Live from the field 2021-2022
- greenhorndave
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Re: Live from the field 2021
Decided to roll the dice after work. I got out later than I hoped but went to access the backside of where I saw tracks leading into. A pretty beat-down trail.
Headed back and the does were out earlier and closer than I expected, about 75 yards closer. Wound up bumping them. Hoped stragglers would have come out where the first one did, but they split the difference between where I bumped the first one and the original spot I chose. Six in total.
I was antsy and knew that I was pushing it. Should have backed off and did an observation sit, as it was a new area to me. The plus side is that the does in general seem a little less wired than about a month ago.
Will try again elsewhere.
Headed back and the does were out earlier and closer than I expected, about 75 yards closer. Wound up bumping them. Hoped stragglers would have come out where the first one did, but they split the difference between where I bumped the first one and the original spot I chose. Six in total.
I was antsy and knew that I was pushing it. Should have backed off and did an observation sit, as it was a new area to me. The plus side is that the does in general seem a little less wired than about a month ago.
Will try again elsewhere.
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- greenhorndave
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Re: Live from the field 2021
It was around 0F last night. Windy and in the upper teens now.
It’s only does, but one of my trail cams has been blowing up all day.
It’s only does, but one of my trail cams has been blowing up all day.
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Re: Live from the field 2021
Sounds like you’re on em Greenhorndave!
Did some shining tonight. Found a dozen deer right where I wanted them and hour after dark.
Even saw 6 or so coming out of a corner which is an obvious sign of where they are coming from. I’ll head in Saturday and back track the trails! Hoping to get one more deer before the season closes.
Did some shining tonight. Found a dozen deer right where I wanted them and hour after dark.
Even saw 6 or so coming out of a corner which is an obvious sign of where they are coming from. I’ll head in Saturday and back track the trails! Hoping to get one more deer before the season closes.
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Re: Live from the field 2021
Went out last night to a spot on public that I have been wanting to check out. Used the wind to hit some pines where I thought they'd be, and I was able to walk within 60 or 70 yards from a nice 8 and a doe browsing. They had no clue I was there. I guess I still thought it gets dark way before it does (not used to hunting towards the end of January) and made a move on them and wound up getting busted. Oh well, still good to be out and get close. That will do it most likely for my season. Scouted some this morning and found some great spots to hunt next fall. Wanted to do some hinge cuts on my small property, but of course the saws wouldn't start in 2 deg weather. Figures!
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Re: Live from the field 2021
Went to the spot where I saw slick heads earlier in the week. Conditions were very different and the weather stations just off wind was off about 45 degrees in that area. Nothing seen. It was very clear and bright after shooting hours. Not much was out even on the private properties that are usually loaded at dusk.
Will scout a ton tomorrow to hopefully capitalize over the next two days
Will scout a ton tomorrow to hopefully capitalize over the next two days
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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...
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Re: Live from the field 2021
Last weekend for me. Plan on getting out soon and scouting all day and will sit any active sign i see tonight and possibly tomorrow. The Packers being in the NFC Championship has put a crimp in my plans to hunt tomorrow evening but cant complain as I am hoping this will be their year to return to the big game!
I have venison in the freezer but its the odds are looking VERY slim ill be putting a mature buck down this year. Sure had fun trying though.
I have venison in the freezer but its the odds are looking VERY slim ill be putting a mature buck down this year. Sure had fun trying though.
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Re: Live from the field 2021
Up in the air. Some decent tracks. We'll see
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Re: Live from the field 2021
Nobody wanted to come out and play the game of Get Stuck by an Arrow
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Re: Live from the field 2021
Decided to go for a scout today but on 6 miles in the swamp cut one good track that was pretty old not much for sign in this area.. Cell cams have been dead for about a week now. Back to the drawing board I'm running out of time..
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Re: Live from the field 2021
Saw a buck last night, decent one.
However, as luck would have it he did the damndest thing i ever saw.
I have a spot with oak hardwoods that lead down into a cattail swamp with two creeks on both sides of it and a lake on the far side. They bed almost all the way to the lake typically. I was set up perfect on a well run trail with tracks running both in and out.
Well, this old boy stands up 20 minutes before sundown, wades chest deep across one of the creeks in 20 degree weather, shakes himself off, and proceeds to walk right across the frozen 40 acre lake to the cattails on the other side INSTEAD of walking down the nice easy well run trail past my stand so i could send an arrow through his lungs.
Not sure what made him do that, didn’t seem alarmed in any way but i’ve never seen a buck for that. Must of known i was there somehow idk but it was crazy. Sometimes you can have em all figured out and just bad luck saves those old bucks.
Was great seeing him though i haven’t been on a buck for about a month. Now, do i watch the Packer game tonight or see if he is in there again?????
However, as luck would have it he did the damndest thing i ever saw.
I have a spot with oak hardwoods that lead down into a cattail swamp with two creeks on both sides of it and a lake on the far side. They bed almost all the way to the lake typically. I was set up perfect on a well run trail with tracks running both in and out.
Well, this old boy stands up 20 minutes before sundown, wades chest deep across one of the creeks in 20 degree weather, shakes himself off, and proceeds to walk right across the frozen 40 acre lake to the cattails on the other side INSTEAD of walking down the nice easy well run trail past my stand so i could send an arrow through his lungs.
Not sure what made him do that, didn’t seem alarmed in any way but i’ve never seen a buck for that. Must of known i was there somehow idk but it was crazy. Sometimes you can have em all figured out and just bad luck saves those old bucks.
Was great seeing him though i haven’t been on a buck for about a month. Now, do i watch the Packer game tonight or see if he is in there again?????
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Re: Live from the field 2021
szwampdonkey wrote:Saw a buck last night, decent one.
However, as luck would have it he did the damndest thing i ever saw.
I have a spot with oak hardwoods that lead down into a cattail swamp with two creeks on both sides of it and a lake on the far side. They bed almost all the way to the lake typically. I was set up perfect on a well run trail with tracks running both in and out.
Well, this old boy stands up 20 minutes before sundown, wades chest deep across one of the creeks in 20 degree weather, shakes himself off, and proceeds to walk right across the frozen 40 acre lake to the cattails on the other side INSTEAD of walking down the nice easy well run trail past my stand so i could send an arrow through his lungs.
Not sure what made him do that, didn’t seem alarmed in any way but i’ve never seen a buck for that. Must of known i was there somehow idk but it was crazy. Sometimes you can have em all figured out and just bad luck saves those old bucks.
Was great seeing him though i haven’t been on a buck for about a month. Now, do i watch the Packer game tonight or see if he is in there again?????
Oh, that’s a bummer. From the buck’s perspective, there’s got to be no easier walk than something with no obstacles. What was the wind doing? He’d certainly have a sight advantage. That’s the funny thing about hunting,,, we’re not hunting robots. They have a brain and do things for what seem like whims, and maybe they are, but the unpredictability of it all just can’t be predicted. Good luck if you give it another go.
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Re: Live from the field 2021
dan wrote:20210126_164641.jpg
Survey says?
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greenhorndave wrote:dan wrote:20210126_164641.jpg
Survey says?
they were there yesyerday... no show today
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Re: Live from the field 2021
dan wrote:greenhorndave wrote:dan wrote:20210126_164641.jpg
Survey says?
they were there yesyerday... no show today
I can relate
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Sometimes when things get tough, weird or both, you just need to remember this...
https://youtu.be/d4tSE2w53ts
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