I did a scout/ bow hunt today on public
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I did a scout/ bow hunt today on public
We recieved a dusting of snow last night so I took advantage of it to get out and do some scouting with my hunting gear in tow. Wow, how sad what I found! I walked a loop of about 1 1/2 miles. 4 deer tracks! Yes I said 4! I sat near a buck bed and swung thru to see if he had been there afterward. No luck. The search continues........
I wish I had some snow to help me locate them!
I wish I had some snow to help me locate them!
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Yeah I hear ya. We got just under 2" of snow last night and normally I would be excited but I can't hunt until Monday. Sounds like by then it will be melted away! This has been a tough late season so far for patterning deer. The ground has been just frozen enough that the deer are not leaving any tracks.
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tough break guys, we just gotta keep tryin'
I went shining by some public tonight and the results were pretty sad...saw about 25 deer, a few were bucks, one started running when the light hit him and I couldn't tell what he was. Saw about 1/4 of the deer I saw shining in summer, never seen so many picked cornfields with no deer. Maybe they are pushed way back into the swamp, or feeding on oaks/cedars before they were coming out? Gonna have to go for a walk I think..
I went shining by some public tonight and the results were pretty sad...saw about 25 deer, a few were bucks, one started running when the light hit him and I couldn't tell what he was. Saw about 1/4 of the deer I saw shining in summer, never seen so many picked cornfields with no deer. Maybe they are pushed way back into the swamp, or feeding on oaks/cedars before they were coming out? Gonna have to go for a walk I think..
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Keep at it fellas....
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magicman54494 wrote:We recieved a dusting of snow last night so I took advantage of it to get out and do some scouting with my hunting gear in tow. Wow, how sad what I found! I walked a loop of about 1 1/2 miles. 4 deer tracks! Yes I said 4! I sat near a buck bed and swung thru to see if he had been there afterward. No luck. The search continues........
I wish I had some snow to help me locate them!
Sounds like we hunt the same area magic!
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DEERSLAYER wrote:magicman54494 wrote:We recieved a dusting of snow last night so I took advantage of it to get out and do some scouting with my hunting gear in tow. Wow, how sad what I found! I walked a loop of about 1 1/2 miles. 4 deer tracks! Yes I said 4! I sat near a buck bed and swung thru to see if he had been there afterward. No luck. The search continues........
I wish I had some snow to help me locate them!
Sounds like we hunt the same area magic!
this kinda sums it up
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Yup, thats sounds about right.
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magicman54494 wrote:We recieved a dusting of snow last night so I took advantage of it to get out and do some scouting with my hunting gear in tow. Wow, how sad what I found! I walked a loop of about 1 1/2 miles. 4 deer tracks! Yes I said 4! I sat near a buck bed and swung thru to see if he had been there afterward. No luck. The search continues........
I wish I had some snow to help me locate them!
Now that is hard hunting!
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magicman54494 wrote:We recieved a dusting of snow last night so I took advantage of it to get out and do some scouting with my hunting gear in tow. Wow, how sad what I found! I walked a loop of about 1 1/2 miles. 4 deer tracks! Yes I said 4! I sat near a buck bed and swung thru to see if he had been there afterward. No luck. The search continues........
I wish I had some snow to help me locate them!
Tough sledding man........with little snow in the forecast it looks to only getter worse for locating decent deer. Good luck.
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I hear Ohio has some good hunting this time of the year
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Edcyclopedia wrote:I hear Ohio has some good hunting this time of the year
Damn you Ed, stop prodding me. I keep thinking about it. My heart says go but my head says no. I'm in for next year! Good luck out there. I'll be waiting for pics!
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I have a piece of private that has deer on it. I'll be hunting it yet this year. I also know an area on public where the deer herd up and I know some of the buck bedding there so I'll be spooking around out there as well.
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Edcyclopedia wrote:I hear Ohio has some good hunting this time of the year
I have been saying I'm going to go down there for a late season hunt for a few years now. It seems like I'm always broke by January though. One of these days I will make good on it. I hunted Ohio private land once that was open to the public. One word. AWESOME! I passed on what would have been my biggest buck ever because I new there was one in the 180's that had been seen going through that spot. Later I seen a buck in the 160's that would have tempted me, but he was out of range. This was down around the Brown & Adams county line.
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I did a little walk about yesterday and was surprised at the lack of activity from the deer.
I think that "no acorns" have already started to hit hard...
I feel bad for the deer this year - by the looks of it from my quick scouting trip (hit 3-small spots) - they are yarding up sooner than usual.
At least the weather has been reasonably mild so far, but I fear a tough winter kill this offseason.
I think that "no acorns" have already started to hit hard...
I feel bad for the deer this year - by the looks of it from my quick scouting trip (hit 3-small spots) - they are yarding up sooner than usual.
At least the weather has been reasonably mild so far, but I fear a tough winter kill this offseason.
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