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just not "feeling it" this year
Mobuck
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I hope the weather changes up some from constantly hot and humid to a little chilly in the morning/evening to put me in the mood for archery season. Opener is coming up soon but I haven't done any stand work or even any looking around except through a windshield. We didn't manage to find a cooler and the processing cost has gone up AGAIN. Can't donate to the "share the harvest" cause that processor went out of business.
Maybe when I start seeing some bucks running around and it's cool enough to hang one and cut it up, I'll be after them.
Maybe when I start seeing some bucks running around and it's cool enough to hang one and cut it up, I'll be after them.
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Don
I have mowed some trails to my stands and sowed some turnips and rye.
I re-positioned one stand and need to do one more.
I'm ready for cooler weather and some tree time.
Now, if my arthritis will cut me some slack, I may give him a try.
Well today's the first day of archery season and it's cooler BUT the rain prevented me going out. I did take a little cruise on the UTV to see if the renter had moved the last 30 bales of hay. Kind of glad he didn't. Those bales may be in a perfect spot to hunt the BIG 8 point I saw on the fenceline. I mean BIG 8 point. Biggest I've seen for 3 or 4 years.
Now, if my arthritis will cut me some slack, I may give him a try.
Good luck to you. Post some pics when you get "lucky". [;)]
I had to choose between sitting directly in the travel path and sitting quite a ways downwind of the trail. Neither was a suitable option. I did get a good look but can't be sure either of the two 8 pointers I saw were the one I saw earlier. Regardless, both were "shooters". Quite possible there are 3 good sized bucks in the area.
He wanted to drive across my place to retrieve the carcass. I told him he was not to enter the water(on my place)w/o a safety rope. Anyhoo, he came to the house and we went and got the now bloated 6 point buck that was 70-80 yards out into waist deep water and the Louisiana hunter left satisfied. It didn't cost me much except an hour of time and I may have gotten some advantage with the rather obstinate and uncooperative out-of-state landowner.
I had an interesting experience yesterday. The guy who hunts on the place across the fence called mid-afternoon telling me he'd hit a buck that crossed the fence. He'd followed it(counter to the agreement that he'd call me before doing so) and found it dead IN an old lake.
He wanted to drive across my place to retrieve the carcass. I told him he was not to enter the water(on my place)w/o a safety rope. Anyhoo, he came to the house and we went and got the now bloated 6 point buck that was 70-80 yards out into waist deep water and the Louisiana hunter left satisfied. It didn't cost me much except an hour of time and I may have gotten some advantage with the rather obstinate and uncooperative out-of-state landowner.
Good for you. Friendly neighbors are a good thing.
I had a small problem with one of mine not too long ago.
All it took was a phone call to him, we got things straight and it has been great ever since.
If during bow season and I need to cross the line no problem and during firearm season, I just need to call his son to make sure I will not disturb anyone to do a recover. The same goes to them.
We have a river that separates some of the property and it is nice to know that if either parties have one cross, the guy on the other side will willingly help with recovery.
It would have made no difference if I had my bow, I had no clean shot. Went out a coule days after that and didn't spot anything.
The weather here is not cooperating, its been windy, cold, rainy. I don't mind the cold but no one wants to sit in the rain and 20 KT winds trying to ambush deer.