Bowhunting.Net 3rd Annual Bowhunt - 2006

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Online Whitetail Bowhunts -  Bowhunts and on the spot pictures -- by Robert Hoague | Sponsors of 2006 Whitetail Bowhunts | Bowhunting.net Annual Bowhunt |  | Wade Nolan Writers Camp Hunt - October | Wade Nolan Writers Camp Hunt - November | Bowhunting Deer At Home - 2006 HOME PAGE For All 2006 Deerhunts JANUARY 2007 January 1 While the coffee dripped I checked the BuckEye Cam pictures. There were 392 taken last night. Good news, that was definitely an improvement in deer activity/ One new thing was that a lot of does had been out. Lately the infrared pictures have mostly been a bachelor party.  A quick look through last night's pictures told this story. Bucks are still testing each other. Even young ones. These two bucks eye each other in front of the BuckEye Cam. And lock antlers They eyeball each other again. And get on with it. And as they go off camera they are still hard at it. Fighting must have been in the air last night. Here Wide-8 is on the left as one of the long brow tined 8-points walks up. Wide-8 sees the 8-point and lays his ears back and postures tall. The 8-point turns and takes a few steps. The other buck's not leaving fast enough for Wide-8 and he postures and steps toward him. That was the last picture but you can bet that the 9-point moved on down the line.  Midnight came and there was a parade of doe pictures. Here is one pic of two does and a buck.  Wide-8 was back at 2:08 and is making sure he is given lots of space. Wide-8 comes back around 5 minutes later. Maybe you're thinking, so what does all this mean? My take on it is this... First and foremost, Wide-8 is still around. Second, the bucks are being aggressive and they are running solo. Believe me, they are all still looking for any un-breed does. And there still are a few does left to breed -- ones that didn't take on the first go round and early born fawns that come into estrus for the first time during December and January. Third, seeing a good number of does indicates that most of them have been bread and they are grouping back up and getting back to normal doe activities. To The Morning Hunt... After I drank some coffee, scarfed down a few pop tarts and took a shower, and got dressed I checked the BuckEye Cam pics. Some were being received right now. That meant that I couldn't hunt the Food Plot. There was no way I can sneak out there and not spook the deer. But I can get in my truck and drive off to another place. So I changed my plan and returned to Ol' #7. My truck's thermometer showed 28 degrees. I heard wild turkeys come off the roost and they were in the nearby woods but I didn't see any. Didn't see any deer either. So I broke down the blind, loaded it up and took it back to the Ridge. There were 4 does there, looking at me come into view. They were eating lush, new green oats that just came up. I had broadcast them weeks ago and figured they were long gone. The does trotted off and I put the Double Bull Matrix blind up. When I came in from the morning hunt I checked my computer and the BuckEye Cam had pictures. Several does passed in front of the camera as well as three of the young bucks. This means that deer are in the plot during daylight hours .... finally. At 12:30 I walked up to the Point and surprised, and they surprised me, a couple of wild turkey hens. They took to the air. The afternoon hunt at the Point was a bust. Nice afternoon, but no deer or wild turkeys. I made myself a crummy snack for dinner, updated the web site, and went to sleep at 8:30. 2006 Deer Hunt Sponsors BOWTECH GRIM REAPER Broadheads Arizona E-Z FLETCH CAM TRAKKER Game Cameras MyTopo Aerial & Topo Maps WILDLIFE Research Center ELIMITRAX TROPHYSCORE WOLVERINE Boots Sticks N Limbs Camouflage GATEWAY FEATHERS ROPE RATCHET HOT TRAILS Scented Hunting Candles Jim Fletcher Archery Essential Gear CARBON EXPRESS Arrows NIKON Optics To The Home Page For This Bowhunt

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