Deer scouting and pics

[bitty]

38 minutes ago, searcyfarms said:

This happened to me today 

I can only dream Saturday would be this blessed for me .... Awesome buck 

[Sledgehammer]

Great deer @searcyfarms 👍🏼👍🏼

[searcyfarms]

@bitty 

@Sledgehammer

Thanks guys Crazy thing about it ...... we had a blind to move and had not because my buddy was trying to get an old metal culvert so i could make a crossing for it with my skidsteer well sunday before the rain i got it done and we moved it across to a lil 3 acre patch - took my wife there yest and saw 5 bucks biggest were 2 - 4x4s ( 8 pointers ) we passed she wants a wall hanger - she had to go home last night to prep for txgiving and i had to unload equipment today at my folks - wish it was her not me - itll be a euro mount - never knew he was around there was a doe around by they were checking out the muddy crossing from the dirt work i did - it was after 10 this morn i was fixn to leave at 1030 

[Farmer B]

Picked these up on the cameras yesterday. 

Nice kitty 😉

[Sledgehammer]

A weird one first. Those are otters. There isn't a river within 5 miles and no significant ponds or lakes nearby. Must be rare upland otters....

This one looks posed but obviously was not. 

[nepoweshiekfarmalls]

I don't need a trail cam to scout for deer.  All I need to do is look out my porch window in the morning!!!

[Farmer B]

4 hours ago, nepoweshiekfarmalls said:

I don't need a trail cam to scout for deer.  All I need to do is look out my porch window in the morning!!!

Looks like you may need a bigger trap for that buck 😁

[nepoweshiekfarmalls]

17 hours ago, Farmer B said:

Looks like you may need a bigger trap for that buck 😁

That trap is for the skunk under the porch.  Raccoons keep messing with it, trying to get the fruit....

[Sledgehammer]

1 hour ago, nepoweshiekfarmalls said:

That trap is for the skunk under the porch.  Raccoons keep messing with it, trying to get the fruit....

Get a couple dog proof traps for the trash pandas. I ordered a dozen from the company (Lake View Iowa based company) and they came first of this week. Split them with a buddy for when season comes in. 

[bitty]

Landlord got this hog half mile south of the further fields we farm at a mountain hunting club 

[Sledgehammer]

Nice one

[nepoweshiekfarmalls]

This one greeted me as I left for work this morning. 

[searcyfarms]

[Lazy WP]

8 hours ago, searcyfarms said:

Nice!!

[Sledgehammer]

Brother bagged a weirdo cull deer last night. We had been watching this one. 

[Sledgehammer]

I got mine last Friday morning. Big old 7pt. 22" wide. 

[hobbyfarm]

My son 17 years old PA opening morning.  He likes to hunt off the pile of wrapped round bales.

[bitty]

I've only gotten frostbite so far but here the few we got so far. My brother and my cousin got so far. I saw 17+ tonight but only a few small bucks with them so far. My one son saw a few bucks but wasn't offered a good shot opportunity, other one saw 23+ deer just going out last hour of today. We have to thin out some doe this year. First time since about 10 years ago we are getting out of hand again 

[SONNY]

a couple pis of a night bird. never seen in daytime.

[Farmer B]

First time capturing photos of two bucks fighting,

very cool to see!! (44 pictues)

[bitty]

My sight seeing of the shooter I've been after has dried up. I had been seeing lots of small ones, very few does where I was compared to buck until the rut started . If I'm lucky enough yet to harvest him he might be one of the best I've gotten. Unfortunately I have had lots of time to hunt lately as the last two days in the combine after beans is waiting for dry weather. 

[bitty]

On 10/24/2025 at 8:13 PM, bitty said:

My sight seeing of the shooter I've been after has dried up. I had been seeing lots of small ones, very few does where I was compared to buck until the rut started . If I'm lucky enough yet to harvest him he might be one of the best I've gotten. Unfortunately I have had lots of time to hunt lately as the last two days in the combine after beans is waiting for dry weather. 

Saw him tonight and unfortunately I swung and missed. Neighbor lady got this one yesterday about a mile away from me. Big 8 point for around here maybe low 140's 

[hobbyfarm]

5 minutes ago, bitty said:

Saw him tonight and unfortunately I swung and missed. Neighbor lady got this one yesterday about a mile away from me. Big 8 point for around here maybe low 140's 

That is a really nice deer.  You guys got snow when that front came through yesterday?  We had crazy wind that was about it.

The deer are starting their late fall and winter habits here.  Seen around 15 of them with the skid loader headlights tonight.

[bitty]

9 minutes ago, hobbyfarm said:

That is a really nice deer.  You guys got snow when that front came through yesterday?  We had crazy wind that was about it.

The deer are starting their late fall and winter habits here.  Seen around 15 of them with the skid loader headlights tonight.

We got a little snow Monday and Tuesday the bigger day. It was melting today. Only patches of snow left although they are calling for a little bit almost anytime.  Where I sat is very high goldenrod and very difficult to see deer in half of it or more . I took my wife to get blood drawn this morning and we saw 5 immature and 2 mature eagles on a roadkill raccoon. I didn't get any good footage of them. It would have been neat to sit a little bit away from the raccoon and try and wait to film them. 

[Sledgehammer]

I've been out some for bow season. Had a target deer at 25yds the other night but the brush was too thick to shoot. Seems like the bucks are locked down with does now and the good ones are in the thick stuff and won't come out. That's normal around here. Still fun to get out there. This was the deer I couldn't get a shot at. Maybe next time.