This will be our 2018 Indiana Deer Season Hunting Thread. Me, as I am sure many others, would love to see all kills taken this year. Pics and stories will be much appreciated! With the urban season beginning this weekend I figured it was an alright time to go ahead and post this! I am looking forward to an awesome and blessed season and can't wait to see all the booners ya'll can smoke this season!
"The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know."
Re: 2018 Indiana Deer Season Thread
[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48122 09/12/201803:19 PM09/12/201803:19 PM
Killed a decent doe on Saturday evening on Cedar Branch Farms. Shot her with my old reliable 44 mag. Can't thank the guys down there enough for having me down for the youth season hunts. Will try to have a picture up sometime soon! Good luck to all!
"The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know."
Re: 2018 Indiana Deer Season Thread
[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48179 10/01/201811:16 AM10/01/201811:16 AM
to darn hot to even think about going out ... yet ... new hatch of skeeters and the eye gnats by the billions right now ... maybe I'll get out by the end of the week, but the weather forecast still shows warmth for the next 10 days or so .... maybe if we get a cool morning, but I'm not fond of morning hunts this time of year .. no rush, I didnt get out till the 9th last season because of the heat and still had a good season ... the older I get, the wiser I hunt ...
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[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48181 10/01/201802:02 PM10/01/201802:02 PM
No sir Bo, I get to hunt next year as well thankfully... according to dnr law. Yes, it sucks that the heat is coming back just a bit, I'll be looking forward to what next week brings in temps, probably just gonna try to turkey hunt this week and do a tad bit of deer hunting this weekend.
"The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know."
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[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48182 10/02/201805:59 AM10/02/201805:59 AM
I took a decent doe in September in a Reduction Zone.
Last weekend, I took Sydney (my youngest) out for her last Youth Weekend. She bow hunts so youth weekend has kind of lost the excitement since we just roll into regular bow season and she prefers hunting in late October now anyway ... but we went more for sentimental reasons. We saw some does both mornings. I made her pass on a doe that she could have easily killed on Sunday morning because it was getting late into the sit and she had to be at a team tennis match in a couple of hours. Dealing with a deer and making it to tennis at that point would have been tough. I don't think she was too happy with me that I had to reign her in when she was getting into kill mode ... LOL. We had fun though. You can see the look in her eyes in the walking out picture that she wasn't too happy that I didn't let her drop the string on that doe ... LOL. Great memories!
Derek New Day Outdoors Productions - It's a New Day in the Outdoors Magnus Broadheads Take a child hunting. Wear a safety harness at all times ... TRUST ME!
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[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48209 10/12/201802:23 PM10/12/201802:23 PM
Congrats to all so far. This cold weather should get them moving. We had a young 9-pointer get smacked by a car on the highway in front of our house this morning. The police gave me the carcass, so I'm on the board with some venison at least
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[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48244 10/28/201804:17 PM10/28/201804:17 PM
The past few days the younger bucks have been moving pretty decent up here. The big boys have gone pretty quiet in terms of movement, at least from what my cameras are showing. But that should change about any moment.
I went and sat in my box blind yesterday afternoon because it was pouring rain on and off, and I was tired of sitting around the house. I did not expect to see any deer, I just really wanted to be out in the woods/fields. In between some rain this nice tom strolled in with a couple of his buddies. Since it was the last day of turkey season and the fact that these birds get my blood pumping, I let a broadhead fly. Shot him at about 5 yards, he went maybe 6 feet and died. I never did see a deer last night.
Derek New Day Outdoors Productions - It's a New Day in the Outdoors Magnus Broadheads Take a child hunting. Wear a safety harness at all times ... TRUST ME!
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[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48253 10/29/201804:27 PM10/29/201804:27 PM
Watched a 160" class 10pt harass does this morning @ 8:30 and checked 5 scrapes before ducking into thicket. Some big boys on their feet on our cams as well, more often. Seeing some staining on some does as well. Almost primetime fellas.
Can't wait to get back into the woods. I went last Friday morning and saw 4 bucks....not quite shooters yet. The first two were together but then split off at my stand. The other two were moving pretty quick and seemed to be looking for the ladies. Saturday morning was awesome. Had a small buck come cruising through right at light and then a dark antlered beauty came running right to me and stopped right in front of me. His antlers were so dark I couldn't make the decision quick enough whether he was bigger than what I had on the wall already. He had a ton of points though. He began trotting away again looking for a doe and I couldn't get him to stop. I was going to take the shot if he let me.
Next week or so should be really good at least where I'm at. (Martinsville) Hope to seal the deal before the gun season puts the big boys in hiding.
Good luck to you all.
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[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48278 11/05/201808:58 AM11/05/201808:58 AM
I hunted Friday morning and evening, Saturday morning and evening, and then Sunday morning. 5 different stands across two farms. I never saw a single deer in those 5 sits. I checked cameras also and in the past week, there has been little to no activity on cameras that up until that point were getting tons of photos. One camera that was on what had been a hot scrape got three pictures in 7 days, all of a squirrel. The deer activity just fell off a cliff for some reason, which I don't ever recall happening for the last few days of October and into the first few of November.
It can only go up from here I guess ... LOL.
Derek New Day Outdoors Productions - It's a New Day in the Outdoors Magnus Broadheads Take a child hunting. Wear a safety harness at all times ... TRUST ME!
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[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48280 11/05/201811:05 AM11/05/201811:05 AM
Friday evening I had two does come right by me and stand in front of me for about 5 minutes. I sat there and waited... and waited... and waited for a buck to come in with his head down and tail up following them, but that sight never occurred. The first doe finally caught whiff of my scent as she had circled downwind. She blows and runs off. The other doe doesn't mind what her girlfriend is saying and stands in front of me, broadside, for about another minute. Finally deciding there was no buck coming in I sent an arrow right through her pump station as I have some relatives who want the meat. I shot her at about 6:40 and let it get dark before I started tracking. Less than an hour after shooting her, my buddies and I heard a coyote start howling about 50 yrds from us. We attempted to scare them off and about an hour later we found my deer mauled and torn up. Very upsetting. Looking forward to getting out and busting those yotes after deer season. Saturday morning, had a 2.5 yr 7 point run right by me with his nose up a doe. Later on, two more does. Nothing Sat night and didn't make it out yesterday.
"The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know."
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[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48285 11/05/201812:48 PM11/05/201812:48 PM
Back in 2012, Jess Stuart from Sierra Blanca Bows, made me this beautiful bow. I killed a deer several years with it and hunt with it regularly. I pulled it out this year since I have not taken the time to really get comfortable with one of my selfbows and I shoot this one really well. Saturday morning this doe gave me a second chance after a hurried whiff over her back at 20 yards. She came back around thanks to the beauty of a quiet recurve. The second shot was perfect and she only went 50 yards and died in seconds. Monroe County, public land.
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[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48286 11/05/201812:51 PM11/05/201812:51 PM
The Indiana DNR posted the kill count for the 2018 deer season so far. I believe it was only a little over 20,000. Does that seem low or normal? Never really paid attention before this early so I don't really know.
"The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know."
Re: 2018 Indiana Deer Season Thread
[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48290 11/06/201801:01 PM11/06/201801:01 PM
The Indiana DNR posted the kill count for the 2018 deer season so far. I believe it was only a little over 20,000. Does that seem low or normal? Never really paid attention before this early so I don't really know.
We were just under 21k this time, last year.
From Indianapolis, IN Live in Independence, KY Hunt in Vevay, IN
Re: 2018 Indiana Deer Season Thread
[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48291 11/06/201801:48 PM11/06/201801:48 PM
Derek New Day Outdoors Productions - It's a New Day in the Outdoors Magnus Broadheads Take a child hunting. Wear a safety harness at all times ... TRUST ME!
Re: 2018 Indiana Deer Season Thread
[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48293 11/07/201811:51 AM11/07/201811:51 AM
Heck yea 76! Decoying bucks is so much fun. Congrats!
Derek New Day Outdoors Productions - It's a New Day in the Outdoors Magnus Broadheads Take a child hunting. Wear a safety harness at all times ... TRUST ME!
Re: 2018 Indiana Deer Season Thread
[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48301 11/08/201812:44 PM11/08/201812:44 PM
Derek New Day Outdoors Productions - It's a New Day in the Outdoors Magnus Broadheads Take a child hunting. Wear a safety harness at all times ... TRUST ME!
Re: 2018 Indiana Deer Season Thread
[Re: Magnum hunter]
#48305 11/09/201808:26 AM11/09/201808:26 AM