Got Out Last Night and This Morning

[8uck5nort]

The season is finally here!

I got out after work Friday and did not see anything. The start of a new season.

I got out this morning. I had a small doe mave through around 8 am. Unfortuantely,I was sitting and reading my book by then. By the time I got my bow and stood up the doe was stopped behind a stand of small trees. She just needed to go another 5 yards until she was in another shooting lane, but no luck. She turned 90 degrees and headed directly away from me into a thicket and disappered. Tried following up with a few fawn bleats, but no dice.

Taking a break to get some chores done, but will be back out for the evening hunt.

[2tonyb]

Where are you hunting that you can hunt prior to Oct.1 ?? 

[ATedrow]

They are hunting in an urban area. The season for the urban hunt came in on Sept 15th.

[2tonyb]

I thought that must be the case.  I don't have any access in any nearby urban are, so I don't pay a whole lot of attention to those rules.  Good way to get an "extra" buck though.

[8uck5nort]

That is correct.

My cousin owns a small 10 acre parcel in Tippecanoe county just outside Lafayette/West Lafayette. I took a nice doe last year in September, and I just took my first buck this year this morning. Posted pic in the Photo Corner - 2009 Harvest section. In October I will switch over to the family farm in White county and then bounce between them.

[MAXELM]

  Way to go 8uck5nort; Was it a good size deer? I will have to wait till Oct. 1 before I can get after them....

[8uck5nort]

He was big for a 2.5 year old. He dressed at 160lbs and was estimated at 180-185 live weight. Had a nice fat reserve on him too. He was small racked but nice. I am totally happy as this ended a two dry spell for holding a set of antlers. Plus I can still hunt another buck this year.

[69Viking]

I'm going to have to contest your live weight in a good way! If he was dressed out at 160 he was probably close to 200 pounds live weight. The reason I say this is I shot a doe last year that was 120 live weight but dressed out at 80 pounds without her head. With those doe facts my guess would be with the thickness of a buck's neck and bigger legs your buck should have been closer to 200 pounds live weight. None the less great buck for the year!

[djohns13]

Congrats on the nice buck. I think the live weight is understated as well. I usually add one-third to the dressed weight to get the live weight. I have weighed a few to check this and it has been accurate on bucks and does. I would suspect that your deer tipped the scales at around 210. Great job.

[8uck5nort]

Wow 200 to 210. I didn't think the a 2.5 yr old deer could get that heavy, but this guy was obviously well fed. I knicked the stomach when filed dressing and he was full of corn. Gotta love them midwest corn fed bucks!