Interesting Morning Hunt

sc outdoorsman · October 20, 2012, 11:53 AM

My son and I went out this morning and got in the stand a little before daylight. I went to a stand at the edge of a food plot that the deer just started hitting pretty hard. Just before daybreak a small deer worked across the plot. I could barely make out the size, but it was too dark to make out anything else.
I let the deer walk wanting to get a better one. About 20 minutes later this yote came in following the same path as the deer exited the plot. I dropped him then got down and moved to another stand a few hundred yards away thinking his scent would spook away any deer in the area.
I sat in that stand until about 9 and had a nice doe come in to about 100 yards
stand and I dropped her as well.

It was a good morning all the way around. Clipped a predator and got some meat for the freezer.

hoghunting · October 20, 2012, 01:40 PM

Great way to start the morning. Congratulations

Andrewsmith1 · October 20, 2012, 05:31 PM

Sounds like a nice hunt a Yote and a Doe all before 9AM. You had time to field dress it, get it to a processor and still get in an afternoon nap.

BLUETIP · October 20, 2012, 06:28 PM

Nice job, good lookin yote.

BIGR · October 20, 2012, 09:10 PM

A very nice morning in the woods. Congrats to you.

Husqvarna · October 21, 2012, 07:34 AM

nice, wish more people didn't pass up on that shot (foxes where I am from but still a predator that has a big impact on the game)

sc outdoorsman · October 21, 2012, 09:27 AM

Thanks,
I wish I could get a chance to nail a few more yotes. The rabbit population is down from a few years ago.The deer population is down some, but the area is heavily hunted so it's hard to say how many the yotes are taking down. I am not going to pass up a shot on one even if does blow the day's deer hunt.

I saw a bobcat during bow season, but couldn't get a clean shot in some thick brush. So the predators are working the the area hard.

bswiv · October 22, 2012, 04:33 AM

Did you skin it...........??

sc outdoorsman · October 22, 2012, 06:32 AM

No skinning I blew the shoulder out on the opposite side. It was a real mess. I was really trying to do a little population control anyway.

October 20, 2012, 11:53 AM	#1
sc outdoorsman Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2009 Location: Western SC Posts: 208	Interesting Morning Hunt My son and I went out this morning and got in the stand a little before daylight. I went to a stand at the edge of a food plot that the deer just started hitting pretty hard. Just before daybreak a small deer worked across the plot. I could barely make out the size, but it was too dark to make out anything else. I let the deer walk wanting to get a better one. About 20 minutes later this yote came in following the same path as the deer exited the plot. I dropped him then got down and moved to another stand a few hundred yards away thinking his scent would spook away any deer in the area. I sat in that stand until about 9 and had a nice doe come in to about 100 yards stand and I dropped her as well. It was a good morning all the way around. Clipped a predator and got some meat for the freezer.

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October 20, 2012, 01:40 PM	#2
hoghunting Senior Member Join Date: March 27, 2006 Posts: 1,559	Great way to start the morning. Congratulations

October 20, 2012, 05:31 PM	#3
Andrewsmith1 Member Join Date: January 23, 2011 Posts: 33	Sounds like a nice hunt a Yote and a Doe all before 9AM. You had time to field dress it, get it to a processor and still get in an afternoon nap.

October 20, 2012, 06:28 PM	#4
BLUETIP Senior Member Join Date: September 30, 2012 Location: tennessee Posts: 119	Nice job, good lookin yote.

October 20, 2012, 09:10 PM	#5
BIGR Senior Member Join Date: June 13, 2000 Location: Mountains Posts: 1,385	A very nice morning in the woods. Congrats to you.

October 21, 2012, 07:34 AM	#6
Husqvarna Senior Member Join Date: May 7, 2012 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,000	nice, wish more people didn't pass up on that shot (foxes where I am from but still a predator that has a big impact on the game)

October 21, 2012, 09:27 AM	#7
sc outdoorsman Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2009 Location: Western SC Posts: 208	Thanks, I wish I could get a chance to nail a few more yotes. The rabbit population is down from a few years ago.The deer population is down some, but the area is heavily hunted so it's hard to say how many the yotes are taking down. I am not going to pass up a shot on one even if does blow the day's deer hunt. I saw a bobcat during bow season, but couldn't get a clean shot in some thick brush. So the predators are working the the area hard.

October 22, 2012, 04:33 AM	#8
bswiv Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2006 Location: NE FL....... Posts: 1,081	Did you skin it...........??

October 22, 2012, 06:32 AM	#9
sc outdoorsman Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2009 Location: Western SC Posts: 208	No skinning I blew the shoulder out on the opposite side. It was a real mess. I was really trying to do a little population control anyway.