Morning hunt

[wadevb1]

A few images from my morning hunt.

http://usera.ImageCave.com/wadevb1/AWbuck2.jpg

http://usera.ImageCave.com/wadevb1/AW2does.jpg

http://usera.ImageCave.com/wadevb1/AWdoe5.jpg

http://usera.ImageCave.com/wadevb1/AWdoe2.jpg

http://usera.ImageCave.com/wadevb1/AWdoe1.jpg

http://usera.ImageCave.com/wadevb1/AWclosedoe.jpg

[chevyman]

Very nice pictures, This makes me wish that I was still able to hunt it is great to see things like this in the woods !!!!!!!! :thup: :thup: :thup:

[dramey82]

Was your heart beating fast? :hoppinhappy:

[wadevb1]

Was your heart beating fast? :hoppinhappy:

Not at all, I was just enjoying the moment. Nothing to shoot here, other than with my camera.

[who dat]

Great pics.

[Ruger]

Always great to see deer moving around from a tree stand. For years we put stands up in early September just to take the kids out so they could see the deer. Great pic's bud.
Somewhere I have a picture of my daughter sitting in her ground blind with a yearling sticking his head in and almost licking her face.

[wadevb1]

I had a small six sneak in beneath me tonight. I managed to snap a pic at twenty yards.

I'm a week away from the bigger boys.

http://usera.ImageCave.com/wadevb1/AW6pt.jpg

Great moon rise.

http://usera.ImageCave.com/wadevb1/AWmoon.jpg

[mikethepike]

Nice pics....cant see it here, but MY heart is thumping. You dont take any does?

[wadevb1]

Nice pics....cant see it here, but MY heart is thumping. You dont take any does?

Thanks.

I never shot a doe. I know it is good management, but I'm a horn hunter.

[chevyman]

:yeahthat: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[mikethepike]

Thanks.

I never shot a doe. I know it is good management, but I'm a horn hunter.

Not implying anything....just like the meat .

What kind of camera do you use?

[wadevb1]

Not implying anything....just like the meat .

What kind of camera do you use?

Never thought you were implying anything mike:thumbup:

Last month Nikon released their outdoor AW-100 16mp ruggedized camera. I purchased mine last week and I'm playing around with it.

Great little camera so far.

http://www.nikonusa.com/Nikon-Products/Product/Compact-Digital-Cameras/26293/COOLPIX-AW100.html




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[mikeb32]

Nice Pics Wade....Although I thought the Camera before this one took good pics too!!:cheers:

[miked]

Nice pics, not sure I could have brought myself to let that little six go by.

[wadevb1]

Nice pics, not sure I could have brought myself to let that little six go by.

I let a bigger six walk this morning. I was getting into launch sequence so no camera shots, but not quite what I'm looking for. I'm fortunate to have good spots where mature bucks roam.

[miked]

I let a bigger six walk this morning. I was getting into launch sequence so no camera shots, but not quite what I'm looking for. I'm fortunate to have good spots where mature bucks roam.


Looking forward to seeing pics of the one you lock onto.

[Tom Fineis]

Keep em coming, Wade. Great pics as always.

[wadevb1]

Looking forward to seeing pics of the one you lock onto.

Makes two of us. :)

Mom and a little button from this morning

http://usera.ImageCave.com/wadevb1/AWdoebutton.jpg

[mikethepike]

Never thought you were implying anything mike:thumbup:

Last month Nikon released their outdoor AW-100 16mp ruggedized camera. I purchased mine last week and I'm playing around with it.

Great little camera so far.

http://www.nikonusa.com/Nikon-Products/Product/Compact-Digital-Cameras/26293/COOLPIX-AW100.html


"great little camera so far" --sheet, i'm still shooting 7.2mp



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Just didnt want to stray from your post with the " you should've taken this and , because..." i dont care what you shoot or dont, as long as its in a sporting manner...whether it be film or harvest. I like nature pics and deer in the wild.................they are so magical!:angel:

[miked]

14749

I saw this guy in person on Friday, he came to within 15 yards of my stand but never gave me a clear shot or a good angle.

I feel pretty lucky that I even saw him, I have several trail cam pics of him but not a single picture taken during the day.

[wadevb1]

I stuck a wide ten or twelve point last night hunting a spot near Caledonia. He ran right under me chasing some does and stopped at 23 yards. I don't get buck fever much, but had to talk myself out of it before the release.

Crack! His face is dragging the ground and he tries to run. He manages to lift his head and I see him stop at approx 100 yards. I lost sight of him when light faded. I climb down and find a cracked maxima 350 with deer hair on the split ends. I'm missing 10" of shaft and a 85gn Slick Trick. I follow his tracks for approx fifty yards and minimal blood, then came the rains. I backed out.

Hit the same stand before light and had six does pass under me. I started the search at 10:30 and he wasn't at the last seen point. Time to start a grid search. An hour later I spotted him sneaking away limping bad on the front left leg.

I know I sunk that head into the ball joint socket. I found the bed he laid in and there was zero blood.

I haven't lost a deer in over ten years. Hope we cross paths again this weekend.

[wadevb1]

14749

I saw this guy in person on Friday, he came to within 15 yards of my stand but never gave me a clear shot or a good angle.

I feel pretty lucky that I even saw him, I have several trail cam pics of him but not a single picture taken during the day.

Thats a keeper.

[mikethepike]

I stuck a wide ten or twelve point last night hunting a spot near Caledonia. He ran right under me chasing some does and stopped at 23 yards. I don't get buck fever much, but had to talk myself out of it before the release.

Crack! His face is dragging the ground and he tries to run. He manages to lift his head and I see him stop at approx 100 yards. I lost sight of him when light faded. I climb down and find a cracked maxima 350 with deer hair on the split ends. I'm missing 10" of shaft and a 85gn Slick Trick. I follow his tracks for approx fifty yards and minimal blood, then came the rains. I backed out.

Hit the same stand before light and had six does pass under me. I started the search at 10:30 and he wasn't at the last seen point. Time to start a grid search. An hour later I spotted him sneaking away limping bad on the front left leg.

I know I sunk that head into the ball joint socket. I found the bed he laid in and there was zero blood.

I haven't lost a deer in over ten years. Hope we cross paths again this weekend.

With a .50 cal it would've been lights out

[wadevb1]

With a .50 cal it would've been lights out

Bang/flop, especially with a 300gn Barnes epander.

[shoxroxice]

I had a real big doe with fawn in tow walk under me twice while sitting up in my stand this season, but the 6 point on my camera hasn't walked out while I was out there yet. Still waiting... hopefully I get to him before Nov 15th.