Lots of Acorns + Doe in Heat + .58cal Early Virginia =7 Pointer

[jackpine54]

Nice buck and good shooting :thumbsup:

We have a bumper crop of acorns up here this year, most I've ever seen. Hope that don't mean another long winter from Canada to the gulf again.

 

[Alden]

Nice take!

 

[Dave Marsh]

Well mother nature sure can vary as I am about 30 miles from Port Crane and we have a bumper crop of acorns. We are constantly crunching them on the driveway and the oak ridge where I hunt is chock full. I wonder what the difference would be to cause that. :idunno:

Dave

 

[will5a1]

Nice buck, and congrats. In my neck of the woods the oaks also have a massive mast crop this year - one of my neighbors, an older lady was complaining she was going to twist her ankle while hanging out the laundry from all the acorns a massive oak in her backyard has dropped. Should be great for the deer and turkey, and the squirrels are loving it. I have also noticed that the persimmons trees have a lot of fruit on them this year, the deer love those also.

 

[roundball]

Yes, based on posts I've seen from many different eastern and south-eastern states, apparently this year has been a bumper crop in general all over.
I suspect my hunting location will have deer and turkey coming through that Oak flat at least a couple more weeks, probably through Thanksgiving.

Be great if I could have a good year and fill tags before the cold month of December gets here then I could switch to hunting in front of our Fireplace on those mornings
:wink:

 

[Eric Krewson]

Nice deer!

I have Mr Beck laying in the floor and have been puling out the dreaded blaze orange required stuff for the Tn M/L opener tomorrow. I will be banging away next to the house this afternoon to make sure everything with my flinter is the same as I left it last year.

I found a place like you described, 4 or 5 huge white oaks clustered together, dropping acorns like rain with plenty of feeding sign.

I built a log pile blind about 20 yards away(I like to bow hunt with my selfbow as well) from the closest tree and will be in it at daylight tomorrow.

 

[roundball]

Good luck, hope you tag one !

 

[Britsmoothy]

Nice RB.
We had tons of acorn too, last year! Nothing this year

Best wishes every one :hatsoff:

B.

 

[stuartg]

Great looking buck! I'm hoping to score something as soon as firearms season opens here in south AL.

 

[Bob J]

Very nice buck, Roundball...congratulations on your hunting success! Acorns are heavy down here on the east coast of Florida.

 

[roundball]

This is what my 2 football field size Oak flat is littered with:

 

[nit wit]

Very nice! :thumbsup:
Nit Wit

 

[house]

Nice buck Roundball congrats!!!

 

[Blackbruin]

:applause: Good shootin!

 

[Eric Krewson]

Things did work out his morning, Mr Beck put this 7 point on the ground.

 

[roundball]

Good deal...start a new thread, post up your hunt details, etc.

 

[Eric Krewson]

It was a comedy of errors, first shot attempt was with my frizzen stall still on, then getting a shot off followed by walking up to my "dead" deer with an empty rifle and seeing it get up and run off. I prevailed and finally ran it to ground and got another shot in it.

 

[Wes/Tex]

Congratulations on the nice whitetail...we're still a week away here...waiting is a pain. Come on Saturday! :wink: :thumbsup:

 

[Spikebuck]

Another great buck. :hatsoff:

Our acorns weren't all that numerous this year. Last year they rained down. This year, not so much.

Our season opened yesterday. The rut is on and I had the privilege to watch and pass on 9 bucks yesterday and 7 more today, some as close as under 25 yards and all under 75 yards. I'm sitting right on the ground in my new orange capote. The bucks are so "busy" going about their rut duties they don't even look!

 

[roundball]

Very foggy driving here this AM but clear where I'm at...just getting light enough to see tree trunks...be a while before I can see the sights...good luck you guys