Fri, Jan 27th, 2012

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"Jamie's Buck"

Whitetail Deer Hunting Lease Missouri

I had scouted this property and bow hunted it for 4 or 5 days prior to the rifle season. I had seen some good rubs, (4 or 5 inch diameter trees rubbed) and had seen some early scraping activity as well.

During the bow season, I had seen only small 4 point bucks and a few does, but I was pretty sure there was a bigger buck on the property. The deer were not moving much during daylight yet, and the temperatures were pretty warm.

I wasn't able to hunt the property the opening weekend, as another club member had the property, and reported killing a buck there. Hence, I wasn't even sure if this bigger buck was still alive. I was hoping perhaps there was more than one!

I hunted the property on the Monday after opening weekend, and only saw a spike buck and a doe. The temperatures continued to be pretty mild for the first couple of days into the season.

When I saw that the weather was changing, with a cold front moving in Tuesday night, with highs only in the 40's on Wednesday, I elected to try again that morning, hoping the deer would be more active and perhaps more rut activity...

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"Me and Dad"

Whitetail Deer Hunting Lease Missouri

We had scouted this farm a few years before, and liked it , but never got the opportunity to hunt the farm. Me and my dad went in August to look it over again. Then we found out that we got it for rifle season.

I picked a nice spot on a hill overlooking an overgrown CRP field...

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"My First Deer"

Whitetail Deer Hunting Lease Missouri

As a new member of the club this was the first rifle season for me.

I scouted the property around 40 days prior to the season. This was a good size farm, but very minimal woods in this unit. I have no other farms available close to me. ( this is 320 miles away). A week before the season starts...

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