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Time to get back to fishing!
I was fortunate enough to take this nice Ohio buck last evening. 20yd shot and down in seconds. That woods were crazy with rut activity last night. I first saw this buck after hearing a loud grunt and then a fight. He has a freshly broken tine on his left side which I think he may have broke in the fight. I know the exact spot he was fighting so I will be looking for that tine now.
Just in time for some great fall fishing!
Maybe I can find that elusive 1st brown trout this fall..
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Nice buck!!!
 
New moon and the impending cold front has them riled up - nice shot and congrats - I haven’t even bothered with licensing/tags as there’s no way I can make it out this season - I do miss some back straps being on the smoker - maybe late season/second rut if I can get a kitchen pass
 
RH1 said:
Time to get back to fishing!
I was fortunate enough to take this nice Ohio buck last evening. 20yd shot and down in seconds. That woods were crazy with rut activity last night. I first saw this buck after hearing a loud grunt and then a fight. He has a freshly broken tine on his left side which I think he may have broke in the fight. I know the exact spot he was fighting so I will be looking for that tine now.
Just in time for some great fall fishing!
Maybe I can find that elusive 1st brown trout this fall..
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Very nice buck! Sounds like things are starting to crank up a bit. I’ll be hunting Ohio the first week of November. Probably won’t get much PA hunting in before that time. However, I appreciate the boost of positive thinking!
 
dc410 said:
Very nice buck! Sounds like things are starting to crank up a bit. I’ll be hunting Ohio the first week of November. Probably won’t get much PA hunting in before that time. However, I appreciate the boost of positive thinking!
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Our farm is really heating up.
Scrapes and rubs everywhere, and then all of the chasing yesterday.
Where are you going to be at in Ohio? I have 9 days off starting on 10/31 so I will dow hunting and fishing that week. If your close and happen to any help let me know
 
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Our farm is really heating up.
Scrapes and rubs everywhere, and then all of the chasing yesterday.
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Congrats on the nice buck.
Things are also heating in this part of PA. I'm planning on sitting in stands the next few days. We'll see how I make out but I've had good luck after October cold fronts drop high temperatures15°f or more.
 
JG63 said:
New moon and the impending cold front has them riled up - nice shot and congrats - I haven’t even bothered with licensing/tags as there’s no way I can make it out this season - I do miss some back straps being on the smoker - maybe late season/second rut if I can get a kitchen pass
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I think that cold front is slamming into Iowa right now. We have freeze watches up for this weekend. The temp dropped nearly 20 degrees and we have a biting NW gale.

I'm heading out Sat/ next week with my flintlock to see what I can do during our early muzzy residents-only season. But honestly, I've been too caught up in other stuff to get too worked up if I don't punch that tag next week. Will only be able to hunt evenings during the work week. If I don't have a buck down by Tues, if a doe gets too close, I won't hold back.

Joe
 
RH1 said:
Time to get back to fishing!
I was fortunate enough to take this nice Ohio buck last evening. 20yd shot and down in seconds. That woods were crazy with rut activity last night. I first saw this buck after hearing a loud grunt and then a fight. He has a freshly broken tine on his left side which I think he may have broke in the fight. I know the exact spot he was fighting so I will be looking for that tine now.
Just in time for some great fall fishing!
Maybe I can find that elusive 1st brown trout this fall..
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Great looking buck! Congrats! Hope you can find that G3, if not, still a beauty.
My target buck that I've been after for three years just showed up last Sat. Hoping to see him when it counts.
 

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CinnamonJoe said:
I think that cold front is slamming into Iowa right now. We have freeze watches up for this weekend. The temp dropped nearly 20 degrees and we have a biting NW gale.

I'm heading out Sat/ next week with my flintlock to see what I can do during our early muzzy residents-only season. But honestly, I've been too caught up in other stuff to get too worked up if I don't punch that tag next week. Will only be able to hunt evenings during the work week. If I don't have a buck down by Tues, if a doe gets too close, I won't hold back.

Joe
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I usually try to get a doe in the freezer and hit the last part of the rut for Bucky - I’ll tag out with two does and forget about antlers if possible - lots of bonus doe tags in some WMUs - this year probably won’t even present an opportunity though 😑
 
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