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Post by genesis273 on Oct 29, 2017 13:31:05 GMT -5
We went out about 8:00am. It was not a good shot at all. We trailed a VERY spotty trail for about a mile (took about 2.5hrs). We lost it there and spent another 30-45 minutes doing a search, there were 4 of us, could not find any more blood. He didn't hit anything vital it appears. Too bad sounds like he was a decent 9. I expect he will recover. Better luck next time.
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 29, 2017 13:32:11 GMT -5
Welp... Happy for hunter, sad for me as my number 1 target buck fell to my neighbor this morning. Great guy and well deserved. The buck is a B&C candidate typ. Main frame 10 pt. With matching G-2 splits. Will gross in 170's. So on to plan B. Did drop a doe after I got news.... Lol. Great sportsmanship! Sorry you didn't connect with it but hopefully your plan B buck is just as nice.
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 29, 2017 13:41:35 GMT -5
Well, no deer seen while hunting from three different stands this weekend. Either the DNR has killed them all off, or this cold weather has them yarded up. LOL! I did see a bob-tailed squirrel this morning. I wonder if it is a birth defect or an injury?
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 29, 2017 13:54:55 GMT -5
Got an eraser? Hate seeing a place get logged. Usually cut too much and leave too much limbs behind. In just about all cases logging is very beneficial to wildlife and especially deer. If they are marking they are doing a selective cut , which is ideal. 4-5 years that spot will be better than ever before with new growth. I considered paint remover for just a brief moment, omegahunter. Lol! Yeah, I'm sure that it'll be beneficial for wildlife in the long run, but I still hate to see it happen. I have lived adjacent to this big, beautiful 350-acre farm for 24 years this month. I have sole hunting permission on it, and I thoroughly enjoy its beauty. Once the loggers are gone, the place will be littered with logging roads and tree tops. Briars will grow unchecked and I'll be lucky to be able to walk through the woods. Pretty much any straight tree that I could use a climbing stand on will be gone. I know that deer will benefit from the briars and treetops, but they'll sure make the forests ugly as well as make my life rougher. I hunted the classified forest section this morning, and they have clusters of trees painted. I thought that selective cutting meant something along the lines of 7 trees per acre or something. Heck, there are that many marked in less than 50-yard squares!
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Post by deerhunter23 on Oct 29, 2017 13:58:37 GMT -5
Taking this evening off to spend with the wife and kids. I feel like I don't get to see them enough during the work/school week. I'll make a batch of chili and snuggle up.
That being said.....i am off work going forward, I will do my best to give live updates thru the week. Hopefully get it done.
Good luck this eve to all going out!
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Post by freedomhunter on Oct 29, 2017 14:39:32 GMT -5
In just about all cases logging is very beneficial to wildlife and especially deer. If they are marking they are doing a selective cut , which is ideal. 4-5 years that spot will be better than ever before with new growth. I considered paint remover for just a brief moment, omegahunter. Lol! Yeah, I'm sure that it'll be beneficial for wildlife in the long run, but I still hate to see it happen. I have lived adjacent to this big, beautiful 350-acre farm for 24 years this month. I have sole hunting permission on it, and I thoroughly enjoy its beauty. Once the loggers are gone, the place will be littered with logging roads and tree tops. Briars will grow unchecked and I'll be lucky to be able to walk through the woods. Pretty much any straight tree that I could use a climbing stand on will be gone. I know that deer will benefit from the briars and treetops, but they'll sure make the forests ugly as well as make my life rougher. I hunted the classified forest section this morning, and they have clusters of trees painted. I thought that selective cutting meant something along the lines of 7 trees per acre or something. Heck, there are that many marked in less than 50-yard squares! Sounds like it is going to get a pretty good haircut. Deer hunting will be twice as good in two years.
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Post by wesb81219 on Oct 29, 2017 15:06:51 GMT -5
Taking this evening off to spend with the wife and kids. I feel like I don't get to see them enough during the work/school week. I'll make a batch of chili and snuggle up. That being said.....i am off work going forward, I will do my best to give live updates thru the week. Hopefully get it done. Good luck this eve to all going out! That's funny, I stayed in tonight to stay home with the wife and also have chilli on the stove . And have a 5 day weekend coming up!
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Post by deerhunter23 on Oct 29, 2017 15:13:25 GMT -5
Taking this evening off to spend with the wife and kids. I feel like I don't get to see them enough during the work/school week. I'll make a batch of chili and snuggle up. That being said.....i am off work going forward, I will do my best to give live updates thru the week. Hopefully get it done. Good luck this eve to all going out! That's funny, I stayed in tonight to stay home with the wife and also have chilli on the stove . And have a 5 day weekend coming up! Heck ya buddy! I hope it's a "great minds think alike" kinda deal and we both feel our freezers this week!
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Post by antiwheeze on Oct 29, 2017 15:22:27 GMT -5
Buddy and property owner is doing the inigural hunt of the food plot Boonchaser put in. He's hoping to connect with a 3 yo buck we car the hernia buck. Pretty nice 6x5. Btw. Something has taken down our horizontal rub x2
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 29, 2017 15:34:42 GMT -5
Back in the food plot. Just got sit down good and two yearling bucks cut across the plot . Hoping that is a good sign
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Oct 29, 2017 15:47:07 GMT -5
I've been set up at my parents' place for about 15 minutes and seen 4 deer already. No racks yet, but it's good to see deer after the somewhat slow hunting at Big Oaks.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2017 15:56:20 GMT -5
There is a good doe working slowly to my stand, but I'm inside the house cooking dinner. My wife is working hard getting report cards finished, so I'm cooking stuffing flank steak with mushroom. Go figure. Maybe tomorrow evening after work.
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 29, 2017 16:21:36 GMT -5
I considered paint remover for just a brief moment, omegahunter. Lol! Yeah, I'm sure that it'll be beneficial for wildlife in the long run, but I still hate to see it happen. I have lived adjacent to this big, beautiful 350-acre farm for 24 years this month. I have sole hunting permission on it, and I thoroughly enjoy its beauty. Once the loggers are gone, the place will be littered with logging roads and tree tops. Briars will grow unchecked and I'll be lucky to be able to walk through the woods. Pretty much any straight tree that I could use a climbing stand on will be gone. I know that deer will benefit from the briars and treetops, but they'll sure make the forests ugly as well as make my life rougher. I hunted the classified forest section this morning, and they have clusters of trees painted. I thought that selective cutting meant something along the lines of 7 trees per acre or something. Heck, there are that many marked in less than 50-yard squares! Sounds like it is going to get a pretty good haircut. Deer hunting will be twice as good in two years. Heck, there probably won't be a standing oak left for acorn production -- the place is crawling with white oaks. The saddest part is that I set aside a very thick ridgetop section somewhere between 15-20 acres in size as a sanctuary years ago. I kept jumping bedded bucks in there, so I decided at least a decade ago to stay out of there. Until these loggers went in there, I can almost guarantee that no human walked through there since I quit doing so. It's just too nasty for any trespassing mushroom or root hunters. I have a feeling that I'll be able to see from one end of each wooded section to the other now.
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Post by treetop on Oct 29, 2017 16:23:30 GMT -5
Been gone for a week closed the cabin up north waiting on ice now but still have Monday off so I am going to try and do a all day sit but going to sit in a blind right by an old orchard deer been killing the pears so maybe something will show up
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Post by boonechaser on Oct 29, 2017 16:23:41 GMT -5
I considered paint remover for just a brief moment, omegahunter. Lol! Yeah, I'm sure that it'll be beneficial for wildlife in the long run, but I still hate to see it happen. I have lived adjacent to this big, beautiful 350-acre farm for 24 years this month. I have sole hunting permission on it, and I thoroughly enjoy its beauty. Once the loggers are gone, the place will be littered with logging roads and tree tops. Briars will grow unchecked and I'll be lucky to be able to walk through the woods. Pretty much any straight tree that I could use a climbing stand on will be gone. I know that deer will benefit from the briars and treetops, but they'll sure make the forests ugly as well as make my life rougher. I hunted the classified forest section this morning, and they have clusters of trees painted. I thought that selective cutting meant something along the lines of 7 trees per acre or something. Heck, there are that many marked in less than 50-yard squares! Sounds like it is going to get a pretty good haircut. Deer hunting will be twice as good in two years. Depends on the landowner. Normally a selective cut will equate to a certain size tree. Normally won't cut anything under 18" some 20". Right now the most desirable trees are white oak and walnut. It may not look as pretty when finished but left tops provide excellent bedding cover and the open canopy will encourage new growth on forest floor providing fresh browse for deer. Our farm was logged 6-7 years ago and I can tell you hunting is way better since.
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 29, 2017 16:26:36 GMT -5
It may not look as pretty when finished but left tops provide excellent bedding cover and the open canopy will encourage new growth on forest floor providing fresh browse for deer. Our farm was logged 6-7 years ago and I can tell you hunting is way better since. The forest floor is already pretty sapling covered now. Not to mention that in some sections, I have to wade through head high paw-paws. Lol!
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Post by freedomhunter on Oct 29, 2017 16:27:47 GMT -5
Sounds like it is going to get a pretty good haircut. Deer hunting will be twice as good in two years. Depends on the landowner. Normally a selective cut will equate to a certain size tree. Normally won't cut anything under 18" some 20". Right now the most desirable trees are white oak and walnut. It may not look as pretty when finished but left tops provide excellent bedding cover and the open canopy will encourage new growth on forest floor providing fresh browse for deer. Our farm was logged 6-7 years ago and I can tell you hunting is way better since. People are cutting white oak down to 12" for stave. Market for barrels is like 4 years behind
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Post by 3ptbuck on Oct 29, 2017 16:28:21 GMT -5
Been in for about an hour and just had a single hen stroll by. After not hunting since thursday i told the boss this morning before I left that I needed to 'flex' tonight and come in a little late. 7-7 Just doesn't work for hunting at all til the time changes.
Also, after a 10 day hiatus the big 10(12 actually) has made an appearance the last 2 nights in here. I was worried he'd got shot.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Oct 29, 2017 16:28:36 GMT -5
I had a doe and a fawn come in downwind of me. The doe smelled me, and instead of running, walked to about 5 yards and just stared at me for several minutes. She eventually turned and trotted off.
I don't want to kill a doe from this property, but behavior like that makes it awfully hard to use restraint.
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Post by antiwheeze on Oct 29, 2017 16:31:28 GMT -5
There is something wrong about seeing falling snowflakes with a bow in hand.
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