Great morning to be in the stand. Cold and frosty yet not movement. Gun season certainly had a way of sucking all the enjoyment of the deer season right out of you. I really thought the break from the woods last week would reenergize me but it hasn't. Two dealings with trespassers over the past four days isn't really helping. Two weeks to make something happen and unfortunately pm hunts may be tough to pull off with my kids basketball schedule. Pm hunts are certainly where it's at right now. Find prime food sources!!!
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Nothing like showing up to your stand in the dark only to find out someone stole the ratchet strap. Wtf. great start to the morning.
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I heard a lot of shooting after four tonight. Good shooting too. Just one or two shots a piece. Lots of tags got filled tonight I'm thinking.
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I am actually on the ground tonight. On overwatch on a cut corn field. Deer have been making their way out front here at dusk this week.
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No but mine is affecting the relationship with my wife! I'm starting to look like I've actually been living in the woods for two months.Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
I have been on the sideline for most of the week. Work, my kids basketball schedule, and the weather have all kept me out of the woods. With most of my errands done i am hoping to grind out the next couple of weeks in high hopes. Crazy windy here today, so i am taking the opportunity to move a stand with the hopes the wind helps hide the noise. Right on the edge of the field where the funnel meets thick bedding. The plan is to hunt it in the PM with a North West or West wind.
My buddy ran into some locals on his families hunting property on opening day 15+ years ago. He kinda knew them, they lived just up the road. He explained to them that his grandfather had passed away and no one other then family had permission to be there. Well the situation got ugly. Really ugly. And for no real reason other then it was deer season and they wanted to hunt there. So my short tempered buddy walked up to the barn, grabbed a chain saw, and returned back to woods. He then cut the tree down with their tree stand still in it while they watched. Needless to say, he never spoke to them again.
Do bucks get any sleep during the hunting season?
http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer/news/2016/when-do-they-sleep?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+deer-forest-blog+%28The+Deer-Forest+Blog%29
At about 7:10, I had a buck chase a doe fawn out of the neighbors woods into the field and back into the woods. Nice morning to be out!
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