AZHuntinMom

Thanks Guys, I could kind of understand the being used to humans things. Because the does that stay there in the area most of the year seem even less bothered by the people than the bucks do. And the bucks come in from a less inhabited area. So I could get that part.... It was just the other half that puzzled me... Anyway.. Thanks Have a great day. AZHuntinMom

Did anyone go to the meet the commission event??? How'd it go?

Standman, Whatever they tape they are sure good bucks, and its all the more awesome you and your dad both got them. Congrats

Okay, so I'm kind of new to hunting I only started a few years ago. Just from what I've heard here and there, and read, I am almost anal about scent proofing. I figure you can never be too safe, especially since its not hard to do. Now a while back when I first started sitting tree stands I was under the impression you should sit there all day. I said "Hey no problem I can handle that. " Well since then I've sat a few tree stands and they are in areas where the deer are more used to people. I'm in this stand the other day filming for a friend, and one of the biggest bucks of the day comes in after a doe just five minutes after some kids on a VERY noisy cart - scooter thingie go by only forty yards from the setup.. Then, after the buck leaves, my friend wants to run back to the truck and warm up.. So we go out come back in and only a few minutes later a spike comes in then after that a 2x3 comes in.. After we get out of the stand that night he tells me when he had to go to the bathroom earlier that day, and his container wasn't quite big enough, so he went on the tree or the ground under the tree - dont know.. Anyway - I would never dream of doing that.. But we saw bucks all day, even after that.... So just how important is what scent?

All quite normal, happens in all species - even humans. Genetics get screwed up some how, and you get either an extra sex chormosome or some extra sex organs. I neutered a cat like that once, we thought he was a cryptorchid, he only had one desended testicle, when we opened him up to get the other one out and we found (underdeveloped) ovaries! Open up your high school kids science book, you'll probably find info on "metafemales" and other gender mutations.

Congratulations! They're nice bucks! Have you taped them yet?

I just got my pig last Friday out of 19A. My group wasn't out of the truck for 3 minutes when we spotted our Jav's. I got my sow at 10 yards. We think the group had a total of about 20 in it. I didn't get to hunt the rest of the four days with my friends (was helping a bud with a WT hunt) but they said they didn't see a thing the remainder of the hunt. My buddy down south said they were acting a little goofy too.