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    Thanks to some good friends and a supportive wife I put my tag on a nice buck today. My friends Sonny, Josh and I have been out every weekend since the first chasing rutting mulies. We've had several close calls while spot and stalk hunting but couldn't quite close the deal. We noticed the deer had been going to water pretty regular. Now I've hunted coues over water for a long time but I've never tried hunting mulies over water. Sonny suggested we should put a blind up at the water. So I figured what the hey, lets try it. So I made plans to set up the blind with every intention of letting Sonny sit it (this is his first archery hunt) while I continued to spot and stalk. Just before the weekend Sonny found out that he was on call and wouldn't be able to hunt. Sonny insisted I go ahead and set the blind up anyway and sit in it to see what came in. Saturday I had 25 does and 1 button buck come in but none of the bigger bucks. I figured just my luck the rut is winding down. I was thinking about skipping Sunday and coming back Monday but Josh told me I should go sit, that he had a good feeling, and my wife insisted I went out also. So I did and this stud buck came walking in behind 15 does. A 25 yard shot a little far back thanks to my string hitting my jacket I hate it when that happens, but the grim reaper still did its job. He went about 60 yards and piled up. Thanks Sonny and Josh I owe you guys!! Please ignore the camera dates. I was using a borrowed camera since mine fell off my pack in the desert somewhere and I didn't know how to set the date in it. Thanks for reading I hope I didn't bore ya. Good luck hunting!!

     

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    Try to get out and about in January. Even if you don't archery hunt being out during the rut is the best time to locate bigger bucks. Once you find a bigger buck it will give you a place to start looking later on in the season. They don't usually move to far. Plus actually seeing a big buck will give you the confidence to stay behind those glasses for days, yes I said days not hours. He's there somewhere you just don't see him but if you glass long enough he will make a mistake and show himself.

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    My hunt weekend started off badly. We had scheduled to have our new furnace installed on opening day which took all day, that same morning my wife's dog died. Saturday we had family down visiting. So Sunday I finally got a chance to go hunting. When I woke up the wind was howling but I didn't care. I was determined to hunt no matter what. My dad was supposed to come but he's been fighting a sickness since our elk hunt in September so he opted to stay home. I'm sure glad I finally made it out. I only saw five deer up and moving that morning but my buck was one of them. He's my best buck yet. You gotta love these little deer. I wish my dad could have been there.post-3207-1291488748_thumb.jpg

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