Thankfully the tractor debacle is over!
So we set out to put up our buddy ladder stand. I got it last year to allow two of us to be in the same stand. It is a great way to hunt with my buddies!
At our food plot there is a double tree, that is two big trees growing from one base. They run nearly straight and are only a couple feet apart. Last year I put my climber in one and screwed a hook in the other to hold my gear; that's how close they are. So, we decide to place the ladder stand in the second tree that way all three of us can be in the same"tree". I like this so I can be with both of my girls and feel safe and with big huntin' buddy doing an awesome senior project this year (hunting!) we will hopefully be able to get some video footage of her hunting with this stand set up.
Now setting a ladder stand can be tricky! We had 3 men setting one last year, on the edge of a clear field and we had all sorts of issues getting it up there. So with me and huntin' buddies and a not so clear approach....I was preparing for disaster. We decided to tie a rope to the topmost part of the stand and then throw the rope over the gear hook already in the tree and have little huntin' buddy stand back in the woods to, what I thought would happen, keep tension on the stand so it wouldn't fall on me and big buddy.
Well we started out good but got hung on some trees so we hollar to little buddy 'can you give it a tug to help clear these trees?' I really can't describe what happened next...she tugged the rope and BAM! The ladder stand was up against the tree in perfect position! And little buddy acted like it was nothing! It was the easiest ladder stand set up ever! I used the climber to go up the other tree and secure the straps and VIOLA!(that's French for wa-la) we're done!
Now fast forward a couple days Labor day morning and... well let me put that in a separate post!
Labor day afternoon we head back up to the food plot to set up a ground blind on the other side of the field opposite the tree stand. I was able to get some free, painted green, lattice so we cut it up, drove some stakes in the ground and built a decent blind to hide in. We attached some sticks to the lattice and transplanted so tall grasses in front and left it for the deer to get used to. Pretty much uneventful unless you count the all of the fire-ant bites we suffered and the tick I found while in the shower!!!!!!
Good news is as we showed my brother the other stands we found a nice big, active, buck scrape on the ground and several trees with fresh antler rubs on them as well as tracks all around and trough our food plot!
This has the makings of being one great deer season!
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Keystone Cops meet the 3 Stooges!
Sometimes I wonder how I even get out of the bed! I went up to the food plot to see how it is growing and to mow an access path to the stand locations. My enabler (friend who is allowing me to use his land and equipment) was not around so I was on my own! The old McCormick tractor he has has a bad stater so we need to 'roll start' it. So that means when you park you need to be pointing down hill. This alone is not an issue but add to it the fact that the fuel tank is degrading inside and you need to change the fuel filter every time you wan to use it.
I can handle the roll start I've been doing that for years with my vehicles so I have a good idea how to do it I can even do it in reverse! And the fuel filter swap..not a prob Bob!! There is after all a shut off valve to stop the gravity feed from the fuel tank so it is nearly pain less to swap out.
So here I go lalalalala on my way....up on the tractor roll start, change from the spreader the mowing deck...lalalalala....down the hill mowing all the way. Up the other side tralalala...(Ok so now we teleport back in time to me on the tractor as I describe to you what is happening)
Wow it sure is hot out here! Hmmm I guess I should have brought some water with me! No worries it will only be a few minutes the weeds aren't that bad, heck I could have waited another week to do this! But oh well I'm here...Hey that rain sure did help this stuff I planted grow! I am an awesome farmer!!!!!! It sure looks nice and green, I should have brought the camera! Tralalalala..... Ok around this tree and down the hill we go..this is going well I'll be done in no time! Just twice around then maybe I'll even mow up by the house! HUH!?! what?!? aww come on tractor what's with the chugga luggin?? Oh that's right I forgot to change the filter!!!!! Ok let's get pointed downhill so we can restart! No no no I'm still pointed up hill.....
And the tractor dies!
But I am on a hill! So I can hopefully roll backwards enough to start! I forgot to tell you it was HOT and as I mentioned I had no water and the house was locked! So I trudged up the hill to the garage to get a fuel filter, found it! Back down to the tractor. Ok shut of the fuel valve, check. Fill new filter with gas, check. Remove old filter with one hand while other hand is holding new filter full of gas....ummm chec...nope...now i got it nope...eerrrggghhh this is so much easier with two people! Wait ok now I got it whew glad we don't use clamps. Ok remove old filter, check. Install new filter on carburetor side first...dang it why won't you slide in...whew got it...man it is hot (sweating like a farmer in the sun trying to replace a fuel filter now, I mean I am drenched sweat running in my eyes my jeans are soaked and sticking to me. I mean I was sooo wet with sweat on the ride home I had to cover my truck seat with plastic for fear of it getting uber nasty!). Where was I? Oh yeah.. carb side hooked up check fuel tank side hooked up, check. Back into the seat! I decided I would try to use the key to start the tractor...so I reach down turn the key and SHAZAM! the starter turns and the tractor crnks up!! Woo Hoo no backwards roll start! So I put that puppy in gear and up the hill I go....not so much! I FORGOT TO TURN THE FUEL VALVE BACK ON!!! Just that quick it stalls. But I knew what it was immediately. I reach around and turn the valve on and think one bump of the key and I am golden.....Hey Jack..not so fast! Starter does not respond! Hey that's ok I made it farther up the hill now I can roll start backwards easier..
Now for those of you following that do not know much about tractors and 3-point accessories (especially mowing decks) let me let you in on a couple facts. 1) mowing decks do not lift up off of the ground all the way and 2) if you try to go backwards down a short steep incline with a mowing deck raised you will most likely get into a bind. So now that you know that let us continue...
Here we go: tractor in reverse, clutch disengaged, brake on, throttle set, fuel valve open! Release brakes, roll, engage clutch.....nothing! Aww man! Now the mowing deck is in a bind and the tractor won't roll any farther! Man its hot out here, wish I had some water. What to do what to do. I got it let me rap on the solenoid with my knife! Tap, tap ,rap! Try the key, nothing. Rap tap tap on the starter...nothing! Hmmm..ok I need some thing bigger than my knife. Up the hill again. Man it is super hot out today! Wish I had some water!
My enabler has just recently refilled his garage with his tools thankfully! They were in a storage building but good fortune is with me today..sort of. Man I need a drink! Maybe I can get one up in the apartment if it is open! Cool its open..no cups guess I'll drink from the faucet. Man that was refreshing! Ok hammer, where is a hammer? Got it! Back down to the tractor. Rap tap tap on the starter (while turning the key) VAROOM!!! Woo hoo!!!!
I can handle the roll start I've been doing that for years with my vehicles so I have a good idea how to do it I can even do it in reverse! And the fuel filter swap..not a prob Bob!! There is after all a shut off valve to stop the gravity feed from the fuel tank so it is nearly pain less to swap out.
So here I go lalalalala on my way....up on the tractor roll start, change from the spreader the mowing deck...lalalalala....down the hill mowing all the way. Up the other side tralalala...(Ok so now we teleport back in time to me on the tractor as I describe to you what is happening)
Wow it sure is hot out here! Hmmm I guess I should have brought some water with me! No worries it will only be a few minutes the weeds aren't that bad, heck I could have waited another week to do this! But oh well I'm here...Hey that rain sure did help this stuff I planted grow! I am an awesome farmer!!!!!! It sure looks nice and green, I should have brought the camera! Tralalalala..... Ok around this tree and down the hill we go..this is going well I'll be done in no time! Just twice around then maybe I'll even mow up by the house! HUH!?! what?!? aww come on tractor what's with the chugga luggin?? Oh that's right I forgot to change the filter!!!!! Ok let's get pointed downhill so we can restart! No no no I'm still pointed up hill.....
And the tractor dies!
But I am on a hill! So I can hopefully roll backwards enough to start! I forgot to tell you it was HOT and as I mentioned I had no water and the house was locked! So I trudged up the hill to the garage to get a fuel filter, found it! Back down to the tractor. Ok shut of the fuel valve, check. Fill new filter with gas, check. Remove old filter with one hand while other hand is holding new filter full of gas....ummm chec...nope...now i got it nope...eerrrggghhh this is so much easier with two people! Wait ok now I got it whew glad we don't use clamps. Ok remove old filter, check. Install new filter on carburetor side first...dang it why won't you slide in...whew got it...man it is hot (sweating like a farmer in the sun trying to replace a fuel filter now, I mean I am drenched sweat running in my eyes my jeans are soaked and sticking to me. I mean I was sooo wet with sweat on the ride home I had to cover my truck seat with plastic for fear of it getting uber nasty!). Where was I? Oh yeah.. carb side hooked up check fuel tank side hooked up, check. Back into the seat! I decided I would try to use the key to start the tractor...so I reach down turn the key and SHAZAM! the starter turns and the tractor crnks up!! Woo Hoo no backwards roll start! So I put that puppy in gear and up the hill I go....not so much! I FORGOT TO TURN THE FUEL VALVE BACK ON!!! Just that quick it stalls. But I knew what it was immediately. I reach around and turn the valve on and think one bump of the key and I am golden.....Hey Jack..not so fast! Starter does not respond! Hey that's ok I made it farther up the hill now I can roll start backwards easier..
Now for those of you following that do not know much about tractors and 3-point accessories (especially mowing decks) let me let you in on a couple facts. 1) mowing decks do not lift up off of the ground all the way and 2) if you try to go backwards down a short steep incline with a mowing deck raised you will most likely get into a bind. So now that you know that let us continue...
Here we go: tractor in reverse, clutch disengaged, brake on, throttle set, fuel valve open! Release brakes, roll, engage clutch.....nothing! Aww man! Now the mowing deck is in a bind and the tractor won't roll any farther! Man its hot out here, wish I had some water. What to do what to do. I got it let me rap on the solenoid with my knife! Tap, tap ,rap! Try the key, nothing. Rap tap tap on the starter...nothing! Hmmm..ok I need some thing bigger than my knife. Up the hill again. Man it is super hot out today! Wish I had some water!
My enabler has just recently refilled his garage with his tools thankfully! They were in a storage building but good fortune is with me today..sort of. Man I need a drink! Maybe I can get one up in the apartment if it is open! Cool its open..no cups guess I'll drink from the faucet. Man that was refreshing! Ok hammer, where is a hammer? Got it! Back down to the tractor. Rap tap tap on the starter (while turning the key) VAROOM!!! Woo hoo!!!!
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Hoping for Rain
This past Saturday I once again pretended to be a dirt farmer! I went back up the the food plot area to disc plow the ground and layout some seed.
I found some "sample" packs of seed online designed for whitetail deer food plots, they were free with shipping and handling. So for $9.95 I got 7 seed packs that each cover 100sq ft. Man did I do the math wrong! That makes 7 10'x10' plots quite a bit less than what we have to work with! But there is a seed & feed close by. $55.00 later I have a 50lb bag of deer plot mix and 1lb of field corn.
I took the tractor up the hill and turned towards my treestand and SHAZAM there was a deer hanging out under my stand!!! There's not even any seed down!
A couple hours of discing, leveling and seeding and the plot is ready??? Now we just need some rain. As much as its been raining lately you'd think that would be the easy part! Now I know how farmers feel! Not really my livelihood does not depend on this but i do have a better sense of how dependent they are on nature.
Hopefully soon we will have sprouts, but know folks are saying we need to keep the deer off so the crops can grow! Plant stuff to attract deer but do things to drive them away! What is this backward land?
I found some "sample" packs of seed online designed for whitetail deer food plots, they were free with shipping and handling. So for $9.95 I got 7 seed packs that each cover 100sq ft. Man did I do the math wrong! That makes 7 10'x10' plots quite a bit less than what we have to work with! But there is a seed & feed close by. $55.00 later I have a 50lb bag of deer plot mix and 1lb of field corn.
I took the tractor up the hill and turned towards my treestand and SHAZAM there was a deer hanging out under my stand!!! There's not even any seed down!
A couple hours of discing, leveling and seeding and the plot is ready??? Now we just need some rain. As much as its been raining lately you'd think that would be the easy part! Now I know how farmers feel! Not really my livelihood does not depend on this but i do have a better sense of how dependent they are on nature.
Hopefully soon we will have sprouts, but know folks are saying we need to keep the deer off so the crops can grow! Plant stuff to attract deer but do things to drive them away! What is this backward land?
Monday, June 3, 2013
Dirt Farming
Prepared a food plot
Well we spent most of Saturday grooming an area in preparation for a food plot. With the help of a good friend who owns some good land we were able to mow and plow an area close to our treestand(s). We still need to run the disc-plow through it and spread seed but we have a better idea of what we are working with. Hopefully we can get seed in the ground in the next few weeks (really busy with non-hunting items). We should also be able to create some funnels and paths by cutting the overgrowth again in the fall. Maybe on or two cuts before archery season starts. And we are going to try and create a ground blind so we can cover both sides of the food plot area. It is a lot of work now but hopefully it will yield a bigger harvest this fall.
Well we spent most of Saturday grooming an area in preparation for a food plot. With the help of a good friend who owns some good land we were able to mow and plow an area close to our treestand(s). We still need to run the disc-plow through it and spread seed but we have a better idea of what we are working with. Hopefully we can get seed in the ground in the next few weeks (really busy with non-hunting items). We should also be able to create some funnels and paths by cutting the overgrowth again in the fall. Maybe on or two cuts before archery season starts. And we are going to try and create a ground blind so we can cover both sides of the food plot area. It is a lot of work now but hopefully it will yield a bigger harvest this fall.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Winner, winner: TURKEY dinner
Not Much has happened since we last spoke!
Youth Turkey Day Success
Regular Turkey days not so much...
It all started at the pre-dawn hours of youth turkey day. Well...not so much for me and my hunitn buddies. But for our gracious guide it did, he was at the gate to our spot on public land at 4:30am running off would-be-turkey-hunters. So when me and my girls rolled up a little after 6:00am we had the run of the place. Now I tried turkey hunting last year, and a 4:30am arrival and a 3 mile bike ride in only to be thwarted by a hunter who had been walking the same trail for an hour, kind of dowses enthusiasm. But...this year was different on all fronts!We hiked down the fire road just before sunrise, a short silent stop..then Clint who-dee-hoots on his owl call....gobble gooble, who-dee-hoot...gobble gobble...We bust into the woods double time speed! The kids said they never ran through the woods so fast before!! Clint sets up with big huntin buddy on one side of a point and little huntin buddy and I get over on the other side of the point. Out comes Clint's slate sounds just like a hen, kee kee kee....... GOBBLE GOBBLE! kee kee kee...GOBBLE GOBBLE! kee kee ke.GOBBLE GOBBLE! kee keGOBBLE GOBBLE! kGOBBLE GOBBLE! That tom was hot to trot! Clint didn't even finish his clucks and tom was calling back and he was close. Me and little huntin buddy were listening intently it was waaay cool. Then they both stopped! I was afraid they were going to get busted so I yelped with my mouthcall..GOBBLE GOBBLE! Whew! he was real close. Me and little huntin buddy heard two more off to our right a ways off then BOOM! The sound of a 12gauge 3"magnum turkey load! A whistle and a holler and...
I have gone a few more times since that day. I have gotten quite good on the mouthcall. I called two within sight one day but could not get them to take the 3 extra steps to get into the clear. But that was a fun hunt! We hunted hard saw some great deer signs some some wild boar signs and had to use the compass to get back to the truck! It was awesome!
Now remember I started all of this to be able to hunt by the house right.?. So guess what.. there are turkeys within walking distance of my front door. I suited up one day, walked full camo, bow in hand across the neighborhood, though a vacant lot, across a busy 2-lane road then finally across the railroad tracks and found a sweet spot to hunt. I had seen turkey in an adjacent field but can't get permission to hunt because of some crazy "no weapons on campus rule"! But I got as close as I could on public land and started calling..kee kee kee...gobble gobble! He was far away but we were talkin'! kee kee kee...GOBBLE GOBBLE! he got close quick then a train came and he disappeared. (insert sad face :-( here). But I kept calling kee kee kee...kee kee kee.........kee kee kee...gobble gobble gobble gobble What? That sounds like 2 toms! kee kee kee...gobble gobble gobble gobble, It is 2 toms and they're getting closer, kee kee kee...gobble gobble GOBBLE GOBBLE! kee kee kee...GOBBLE GOBBLE!GOBBLE GOBBLE! They are so close!! I am soo ready, then they just disappear!!! Still an awesome hunt my calling skills work! But now turkey season is over and it's time to fish until DEER season and we have some good plans to bag a few!
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Season 2 of 'To the Hunt' welcome back!
Wow!! It has been over a year since my last post. No biggie I guess I am sure no one has stumbled across this blog anyway!
A lot has happened since I was last here. Last year I missed and 8 point with a rifle! But that was last year!!!!!
Over the summer I purchased a nice Pink Camo Bow for my girls to share and we tore up the targets all summer getting ready for deer season. We all attended hunter education class and we are ready to hunt!
As is my way... I was able to get my hands on a nice 42" plasma TV which I traded for a tree stand, well actually cash! LOL! I could not get what I wanted in a straight trade :-( . So I took the money and purchased a tree-stand that seats 2 people comfortably. A friend found us some great bow-hunting land so we set up three ladder stands and one climber. I also created a ground blind in some bushes. This place is sweet! There are traces of deer everywhere. The land owner sees them regularly on his nightly walks.
Bow season opens.....(insert sound of crickets)....After a few days hunting my friend sees a doe from his perch and takes a shot with his bow. Too low! But wait...... she runs towards me (I am in a bunch of bushes and trees) I see her but there are too many branches in the way.....UUUGGGHHH!!! We call it off and find his arrow, 5 yards short I'd say. Fast forward..I am tired of not seeing deer so I decide to make something happen! I stalk around some trees and peer into a field..4 DEER at the bottom. I stealthily stalk down to the bottom, kneel down, draw back my bow and swooooosh they are gone!!! Oh so close. Many more days and evenings here and another friend gets a small doe with a crossbow. I give up on this spot. One guy has seen a nice buck since then but can't get him in bow range.
So off I go to the small farm (7-1/2 acres). I bought a climbing stand over the summer at a yard sale el-cheapo style. I set it up and climb! And what do I see within minutes???? Deer!!!! Deer with lots of brush between us. She finally gets to a clearing my shooting lane is open, I judge it to be 35 yards away, I draw back, put the pin on her shoulder....release!!!! Perfect shot straight and true...just low :-(
Turns out she was 40 yards away! Still I got to fling an arrow at a real deer! Exciting!
I always see deer at this farm in several places so I brought my girls with me one Sunday afternoon. I really want them to at least see some deer while we are hunting! I set the girls up under a tree where I have seen at least 4 deer twice and head up to my stand. Once I get up there I can see the girls under the tree so I feel confident and safe (we are not far from the house either). My youngest is taking pictures and moving all around so there is not too much chance of them seeing deer. But, they spook one up towards me! It is too far for me to shoot so I pull out my handy estrous-bleat-can and try to call it over. No sooner do I put up the call; a doe comes bounding out into the clearing and buries her head in a pile of acorns! Excitement mounts my heart is beating fast, I stand, I lift my bow, I hear something off to my right.......its a buck! A 4 point but a buck!!!! I watch him...I watch her...he never gives me a chance at a shot! But little Miss Doe still has her head in the acorns and the sun is going down! I raise my bow, draw back my arrow, she is closer than the last shot from here so I guesstimate 30 yards, I place the pin on her shoulder, she is quartering away (the perfect shot according to all the magazines) I hold, I breathe...release!!!!
I am supposed to wait in the stand for 15 minutes but I can't I need to know! Down I climb! I look for my arrow, there it is right where I thought it would be...and it's covered in BLOOD!!!!!!
Through and through! It was the perfect shot! Numb!! What to do? I call the girls up from the bottom and show them the arrow! They heard it all: the bow shot, the deer run me climbing down the tree! Up to the house to borrow a lantern, 45 minutes of looking in the wrong spot! A call to a friend and then 2 minutes after we find blood.....
A lot has happened since I was last here. Last year I missed and 8 point with a rifle! But that was last year!!!!!
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Now I have two of the best
huntin' buddies ever
As is my way... I was able to get my hands on a nice 42" plasma TV which I traded for a tree stand, well actually cash! LOL! I could not get what I wanted in a straight trade :-( . So I took the money and purchased a tree-stand that seats 2 people comfortably. A friend found us some great bow-hunting land so we set up three ladder stands and one climber. I also created a ground blind in some bushes. This place is sweet! There are traces of deer everywhere. The land owner sees them regularly on his nightly walks.
Bow season opens.....(insert sound of crickets)....After a few days hunting my friend sees a doe from his perch and takes a shot with his bow. Too low! But wait...... she runs towards me (I am in a bunch of bushes and trees) I see her but there are too many branches in the way.....UUUGGGHHH!!! We call it off and find his arrow, 5 yards short I'd say. Fast forward..I am tired of not seeing deer so I decide to make something happen! I stalk around some trees and peer into a field..4 DEER at the bottom. I stealthily stalk down to the bottom, kneel down, draw back my bow and swooooosh they are gone!!! Oh so close. Many more days and evenings here and another friend gets a small doe with a crossbow. I give up on this spot. One guy has seen a nice buck since then but can't get him in bow range.
So off I go to the small farm (7-1/2 acres). I bought a climbing stand over the summer at a yard sale el-cheapo style. I set it up and climb! And what do I see within minutes???? Deer!!!! Deer with lots of brush between us. She finally gets to a clearing my shooting lane is open, I judge it to be 35 yards away, I draw back, put the pin on her shoulder....release!!!! Perfect shot straight and true...just low :-(
Turns out she was 40 yards away! Still I got to fling an arrow at a real deer! Exciting!
I always see deer at this farm in several places so I brought my girls with me one Sunday afternoon. I really want them to at least see some deer while we are hunting! I set the girls up under a tree where I have seen at least 4 deer twice and head up to my stand. Once I get up there I can see the girls under the tree so I feel confident and safe (we are not far from the house either). My youngest is taking pictures and moving all around so there is not too much chance of them seeing deer. But, they spook one up towards me! It is too far for me to shoot so I pull out my handy estrous-bleat-can and try to call it over. No sooner do I put up the call; a doe comes bounding out into the clearing and buries her head in a pile of acorns! Excitement mounts my heart is beating fast, I stand, I lift my bow, I hear something off to my right.......its a buck! A 4 point but a buck!!!! I watch him...I watch her...he never gives me a chance at a shot! But little Miss Doe still has her head in the acorns and the sun is going down! I raise my bow, draw back my arrow, she is closer than the last shot from here so I guesstimate 30 yards, I place the pin on her shoulder, she is quartering away (the perfect shot according to all the magazines) I hold, I breathe...release!!!!
FFFFWWWHHTTTT!!! TWAANNGG!!!
The buck bolts into the woods. She jumps and runs! Did I hit her????
I am supposed to wait in the stand for 15 minutes but I can't I need to know! Down I climb! I look for my arrow, there it is right where I thought it would be...and it's covered in BLOOD!!!!!!
Wooty woot woot woot!!!!!
Through and through! It was the perfect shot! Numb!! What to do? I call the girls up from the bottom and show them the arrow! They heard it all: the bow shot, the deer run me climbing down the tree! Up to the house to borrow a lantern, 45 minutes of looking in the wrong spot! A call to a friend and then 2 minutes after we find blood.....
MEAT IN THE FREEZER!!!!!! My first deer ever! 110lb SC doe!
Thursday, December 1, 2011
40,000 acres and I'm supposed to see a deer!!!!!
Here we go again!!! So I called a friend who has 400 acres of prime deer country. But cold not get him interested and did not want to damage a friendship over $30.50. That is the price of a permit to hunt WMA (wildlife management area) land.
Have you ever had a friend that can drop an ugly old rubber worm in a mud puddle and pull out a 5 pound bass or take a pot shot at a deer that he can hardly see and it tun out to be a 7 point buck? I do. And that is why I spent $30.50 on a WMA permit to hunt with him. See we planned to go hunting the wed before Thanksgiving on the 400 acre spot but since we couldn't get on it we decided to go to the WMA spot where he killed the 8 point that I posted earlier.
We got out there in the 40,000 acre wood (much larger than Pooh's 100 acre wood). And it was slap full of deer!!! Just not where I was standing. It was not a doe day for guns so I brought my bow along. Kinda awkward toting a rifle and a bow through the woods, but I did it for the first hunt. Then I left it in the truck for the second hunt. And on the third and finally drive of the day I left it in the truck again and lo-and-behold what comes my way? Two does yes that's right 2 does! Not only can I see them I can see that they are does with my multi-focal lenses (that's right not just bi-focal multi-focal). So close they are and looking not at me that I probably could have hit them with a rock! And guess where my bow was.....in the truck!!!!!
So once again I see 2 deer so it was a good hunt.
I had to work Thanksgiving and the Friday after but my hunting pal went out Friday and shot at a doe (he has doe tags) he missed but gave due diligence to track it in case he wounded it. Then he sits down, looks up and sees the body of deer. Not the head just the body. So he shoots it. 150 yards later he finds a 7 point buck piled up in a ditch.Yeah my thoughts exactly!
So I get to here a great story on our way out Saturday and how they saw at least 10 other deer in this section of the 40,000 acre wood. So that is where we go. Absolutely beautiful...not a deer for miles!
We decide to set-up a small drive some other guys join us so we have 5 hunters now, 3 of use as shooters and 2 drivers. I find a great spot and clear some leaves from under foot and scare up a doe! She bolts up the hill before I can even raise my rifle! Ok, they haven't even started the drive maybe I'll see more. 10 minutes later I hear shuffling in the leaves and pow there is a fawn. So I put my scope on it and watch it struggle all the way up the hill to stand broadside at the top. Cross-hairs on the kill zone easy shot! But I had decided when I watched it struggling to climb the hill that it was too small especially to be my first deer. It could not have been more than 7 months old!
Woo-Hoo another hunt and 2 more deer spotted! Soon I will get that shot off!!
Have you ever had a friend that can drop an ugly old rubber worm in a mud puddle and pull out a 5 pound bass or take a pot shot at a deer that he can hardly see and it tun out to be a 7 point buck? I do. And that is why I spent $30.50 on a WMA permit to hunt with him. See we planned to go hunting the wed before Thanksgiving on the 400 acre spot but since we couldn't get on it we decided to go to the WMA spot where he killed the 8 point that I posted earlier.
We got out there in the 40,000 acre wood (much larger than Pooh's 100 acre wood). And it was slap full of deer!!! Just not where I was standing. It was not a doe day for guns so I brought my bow along. Kinda awkward toting a rifle and a bow through the woods, but I did it for the first hunt. Then I left it in the truck for the second hunt. And on the third and finally drive of the day I left it in the truck again and lo-and-behold what comes my way? Two does yes that's right 2 does! Not only can I see them I can see that they are does with my multi-focal lenses (that's right not just bi-focal multi-focal). So close they are and looking not at me that I probably could have hit them with a rock! And guess where my bow was.....in the truck!!!!!
So once again I see 2 deer so it was a good hunt.
I had to work Thanksgiving and the Friday after but my hunting pal went out Friday and shot at a doe (he has doe tags) he missed but gave due diligence to track it in case he wounded it. Then he sits down, looks up and sees the body of deer. Not the head just the body. So he shoots it. 150 yards later he finds a 7 point buck piled up in a ditch.Yeah my thoughts exactly!
So I get to here a great story on our way out Saturday and how they saw at least 10 other deer in this section of the 40,000 acre wood. So that is where we go. Absolutely beautiful...not a deer for miles!
We decide to set-up a small drive some other guys join us so we have 5 hunters now, 3 of use as shooters and 2 drivers. I find a great spot and clear some leaves from under foot and scare up a doe! She bolts up the hill before I can even raise my rifle! Ok, they haven't even started the drive maybe I'll see more. 10 minutes later I hear shuffling in the leaves and pow there is a fawn. So I put my scope on it and watch it struggle all the way up the hill to stand broadside at the top. Cross-hairs on the kill zone easy shot! But I had decided when I watched it struggling to climb the hill that it was too small especially to be my first deer. It could not have been more than 7 months old!
Woo-Hoo another hunt and 2 more deer spotted! Soon I will get that shot off!!
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