Nov 29th Weekend 2008 ... We spot a buck in a corn field ...
The wind is right and the snow is soft enough for a stalk ( Steve R. volunteers ) ... we set the guys up on some other escape routes and I hang back to try to get some cool pictures ...
Unbelievable how close Steve gets to these deer ... I witnessed the whole thing ... I saw a doe and two fawns walk rows away as Steve stalked closer to the the buck that evantually walks ahead with a doe in front of him ..
The buck and doe seem to hear something as Steve's approaches but crane thier ears in the opposite direction ... because the wind is right they realy have no idea Steve is a few rows over and closing !
The last two frames show the buck lifting head ... appears to be wind scenting .. then from my vantage point they seem to disappear into the lower corn foliage .. Steve is basically right beside them now , downwind ...
Steve gets his crossbow up for the shot ... only he can explain what happend next ... there was a flurry of movement and the few shots I did get were too blurry to post ...
PS : Is it possible to shoot over deer at that short distance ! ... The answer is Yes !
I got some sweet frames of a buck that ran the " Easton Aluminum " gauntlet later in the corn field push !
He stops long enough to look back towards Rob L's position ...
Before he heads into the cover past Chris O's sniper spot ... and that is the last we see of him ..
By the end of the day ... we had no deer down , but some awsome new stories to tell at work !!
Fast forward to Dec 30th 2012
I have many indoor projects on the go again ... the list seems a mile long ... But I did get the dinning room done , so my wife kicked me out for some fresh air !
Our corn came off late November ... So now the deer are back in the bush , closer to our stands .
These three walked past me this morning , while on stand with Rob H. and Leon K.
All three of us saw deer on morning stand but no arrow launches occured ... So we headed approx 1 hour North and met up with Chris H.
Leon and I are driving Toyota's and Rob H. has a big Ford > which is handy for taking the majority of the crew to post ...
On the way up , I spotted a nice buck bedded , and managed to get a few frames as he scrambled off his bed > Over the hill and into cover ... the start of many cool pictures of the day !
The plan was simple ... Find some fresh tracks on farms we have permission to hunt .
Set guys up in known escape routes ... and hope for the best ! Here are some cool pictures from one push that did move deer !
I post Rob H. along a ditch run North of the deer trail... Chris H. across the field North of a couple of my climber trees ... And I hunker in the tree's at the South end to try and get some action photo's ! Leon walks thru the bush West to East .
Well it doesn't take long for the 1st player to show up ... a doe scrables out of the bush > up the ditch and starts across the field ..
Rob H. gets ready to get on her with his Excalibur Exquinox , but she doesn't slow down = no connection !
The doe smokes across the field and it's looking like she is going to run over Chris H !
I get two cool pictures of Chris H. tracking her with his Excalibur Exomax ... But again > No slow down > No connection !
I guess if I really wanted to have a "finishing shot" on file , I should have put the camera down and launched an arrow off my Y25 Relayer ! > Because these two came by me inside 10 yards .
A big doe running West to East ... And yes , even deer loose their footing , in deep plowed row fields ! She fell hard , then bounced right back up and out of sight !
This doe ( or button fawn ? ) ran past me North / South ... I got a couple quick frames !
The rest of the day was fairly uneventfull .... saw some more deer / coyotes etc. > Got one of the trucks unstuck from a long lane > And made plans for tomorrow morning .
Last day of the season tomorrow, so I'm gonna focus more on the trigger and less on the shutter !
Good luck to all that are chasing whiteteails tomorrow as our Ontario season winds down !
