deer bedding and party balloons
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this is a great read, i first heard about this in a scouting video dan did and then stumbled upon the thread. very interesting. i will definitely be keeping an eye out for balloons next time i am in the woods
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was just out this past weekend scouting a heavily hunted state forest here in MA. Got into a nice little depression with a mix of laurels and swampy bottom. A knoll on one side of the depression was covered in beds, quality droppings, and tons of rubs. Lo and behold, balloon!! I'm a believer. Seen it all over Mass.
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greenhorndave wrote:Drenalin wrote:I'm going to have to develop a cheap featherweight GPS chip you can attach to balloons and track on your OnX app. I'd sell them to you guys cheap, as long you don't hunt near me.
This is a pretty cool phenomenon that I'll have to keep an eye out for.
This is a super interesting idea.
Better patent that idea right now before someone else does!
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The more I scout their is something too this theory. I've found several balloons in buck bedding areas 2019 and some recently.
One spot is a bowl with a bed on the highest point of it and a giant signpost rub down in the bottom of the bowl. Sitting in the bowl was a party balloon.
When I went in to hunt it in 2019 I kicked two bucks from that area on entry they saw me setting up. Saw nothing from a tree during this hunt.
One spot is a bowl with a bed on the highest point of it and a giant signpost rub down in the bottom of the bowl. Sitting in the bowl was a party balloon.
When I went in to hunt it in 2019 I kicked two bucks from that area on entry they saw me setting up. Saw nothing from a tree during this hunt.
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Scouting a small piece this morning and come across this balloon, with a bed just beyond it.
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Just scouted two spots of Indiana public. I found some promising bedding and old balloons very close to them. Definitely something to watch for now.
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Scouted into, then hunted a bowl between bedding and an oak flat opening evening in KY. 4 ballons in 100 yards. 4 does, then a pretty decent 10 pt that night. The balloons rarely disappoint.
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Scouted my way in on Indiana public yesterday and found a balloon in a spot with crisscrossing trails. The wind was right so I set up in the saddle right there. Got a nice 8 pt. about 45 minutes before sunset.
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First post here.. Couple days ago, I took a mature buck on public land here in NY. When I shot him, he was basically standing on a party balloon. My friend who came to help get him out of the woods with me, was telling me about this site and the balloon theory. It makes sense to me, as there was another group of balloons that still had helium in them, further down the ridge a little ways and it would be more than coincidence those balloons, just converging on that one spot.
My cell cam, managed to capture the buck and balloon in same picture, just after the shot.
My cell cam, managed to capture the buck and balloon in same picture, just after the shot.
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Best big buck bedding area on public parcel. Guess what I found?
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Sometimes when things get tough, weird or both, you just need to remember this...
https://youtu.be/d4tSE2w53ts
Sometimes when things get tough, weird or both, you just need to remember this...
https://youtu.be/d4tSE2w53ts
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ghoasthunter wrote:ghoasthunter wrote:i cant believe how much the balloon theory is blowing upon face book there are people posting balloons everyplace there has got too be something too it. but not all that surprised at same time.
Dan if you make party balloon beast t shirts i will buy one right now lol
I like it! Make a funny cartoonish T-shirt with a buck laying in its bed holding a balloon that says "Good Luck (insert vulgarity)"
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BTW- I posted this a while back. This explains the physics behind the balloons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BYVIS7ARek&t=40s
and here is an article about it: https://ucscphysicsdemo.sites.ucsc.edu/ ... in-vacuum/
Not sure if it helps or hurts with your hunt- but could be an extra tidbit to put in the scouting toolbelt.
and here is an article about it: https://ucscphysicsdemo.sites.ucsc.edu/ ... in-vacuum/
Not sure if it helps or hurts with your hunt- but could be an extra tidbit to put in the scouting toolbelt.
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Was just out with my father in law walking his hunting property this weekend and came across a balloon. He was pretty much upset he had to pick up garbage but I tried telling him that might be a pretty good indicator of your thermals wind direction and what not. He just brushed it off and continued to tell me how the deer move through the area and its the same way all day every day morning and evening....knows it like the back of his hand. . Thought to myself you better stick to private.
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I find these all the time in bedding as well. I like the air current theory, makes sense.
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