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Post by bartiks on Dec 3, 2019 16:13:49 GMT -5
With gun season being over and my most productive deer season ever I'm at a loss to see what I can do now with my time until it warms up enough to break out the kayak and start some hardcore bass fishing. I've got some things still on the honey do list, but I am not one to be contained to the inside of the house.
I've wanted to setup a couple of my game camera's and see who is coming and going along some property me and dad own, probably will setup a dummy camera in hopes to catch a thief. Other than that I'm at a loss.
Ideas???
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Post by parrothead on Dec 3, 2019 17:14:25 GMT -5
Get some traps and get rid of some coons and yotes is what I do.
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 3, 2019 17:39:38 GMT -5
Make a skinning knife for you and your dad for next deer season. Making useful tools is very rewarding.
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Post by drfleck on Dec 3, 2019 17:54:16 GMT -5
Shoot some squirrels. Shoot some rabbits. Turkey season comes back in on the 7th. Tune up your snowblower. Maybe tie some hair jigs if you're into that. Read a book. Build a model airplane.
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Post by treetop on Dec 3, 2019 19:10:11 GMT -5
Ice fishing chase tree rats rabbits coyotes fix things I’ve ignored during hunting season join a bow league
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Post by span870 on Dec 3, 2019 19:15:21 GMT -5
Rabbits
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Post by span870 on Dec 3, 2019 19:15:58 GMT -5
Muzzleloader or bow still
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Post by duff on Dec 3, 2019 22:16:32 GMT -5
Waterfowl season now through March.
Walk behind beagles while talking to span.
College bball
Work
Kids sports
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Post by saltydog on Dec 4, 2019 5:48:57 GMT -5
Hunt what I can when I can ? Reload some 22-250's,9 mm ? Work on some steam-punk wind chimes ? Consider doing a couple of home improvement's in Jan  Work Winter shutdown Dec 14-Jan 12 24/7 Christmas day off |
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Post by esshup on Dec 4, 2019 12:52:28 GMT -5
Get some traps and get rid of some coons and yotes is what I do. I agree with this idea. Help the deer and turkeys out for next year. www.hoosiertrappersupply.com/#/ |
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Post by jbird on Dec 4, 2019 16:59:31 GMT -5
#1 - post season scouting - I wait until after muzzleloader is closed and then I am out seeing what sign the deer have left behind. Active sign will tell you what the survivors are doing. Keep in mind these deer will be moving based off of hunting pressure so you should see a similar pattern next year as well. Spotting scrapes and rubs should be fairly easy and getting out after a fresh snow makes finding beds easy as well as seeing the routs deer are using. LOTS of intel to be gathered in post season scouting. It's also a great way to identify terrain features and hidden habitat edges as well that can be much more difficult to see later.
#2 - kill some yotes and nest raiders! I'm not a turkey hunter...but often times the coons in the area need some thinning out and I'll shoot every yote I can.
#3 - hunting tree rats, rabbits or even some waterfowl can help pass the time as well.
#4 - if you have the means/need start a box blind project. I catch a lot of grief for using box blinds....but if you don't like the cold and the wind during gun or muzzleloader seasons a box blind is a great way to keep you in the hunt.
#5 - clean the guns!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 18:03:48 GMT -5
All the suggestions are really great, but I especially like the suggestion to read.
There are tons of great books I wish I had the time to hunker down and read. Some of the old classics, or find several of the great outdoor books by Bayou Bill Scifries, they`re absolutely wonderful. Read the Federalist Papers, and you`ll learn a lot about the thinking of the great minds who formed this great nation, and literally gave everything they had so we could enjoy the rich heritage and traditions of America, and all our freedoms and individual liberties. Lots of books available that talk about hunting white-tails under all kinds of various conditions. Man, so much good stuff around to read.
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Post by span870 on Dec 4, 2019 20:33:53 GMT -5
All the suggestions are really great, but I especially like the suggestion to read. There are tons of great books I wish I had the time to hunker down and read. Some of the old classics, or find several of the great outdoor books by Bayou Bill Scifries, they`re absolutely wonderful. Read the Federalist Papers, and you`ll learn a lot about the thinking of the great minds who formed this great nation, and literally gave everything they had so we could enjoy the rich heritage and traditions of America, and all our freedoms and individual liberties. Lots of books available that talk about hunting white-tails under all kinds of various conditions. Man, so much good stuff around to read. Absolutely anything by Ruark or Capstick or Hemmingway |
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Post by Sasquatch on Dec 5, 2019 8:35:54 GMT -5
With gun season being over and my most productive deer season ever I'm at a loss to see what I can do now with my time until it warms up enough to break out the kayak and start some hardcore bass fishing. I've got some things still on the honey do list, but I am not one to be contained to the inside of the house. I've wanted to setup a couple of my game camera's and see who is coming and going along some property me and dad own, probably will setup a dummy camera in hopes to catch a thief. Other than that I'm at a loss. Ideas??? I think your first Idea is a good one. I've been wanting to set up cameras in unusual places, like woodpecker trees, dens, stuff like that. If my history is any guide, the honey-do list will expand to fill up your free time if you don't keep a wary eye on it.  |
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Post by jbird on Dec 5, 2019 10:37:56 GMT -5
^^^^^ YES.....find you something to keep you busy.....or the wife, kids, mother-in-law will!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2019 12:12:03 GMT -5
Become a beekeeper or something you love to do. Re-learn something old.
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Post by 36fan on Dec 5, 2019 12:13:13 GMT -5
Not a problem for me. I barely had time to hunt. We bought the house my MIL was living in and I've spent the last 6 months fixing it up from years of lack of maintenance. I hope to get it rented soon so I can do all the stuff I've been putting off at my house for the last six months.
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Post by bartiks on Dec 5, 2019 16:12:16 GMT -5
So after a complete over look of what I could do. Something just came to my attention, well I was just thinking about one of my hunts actually. I'm starting to see beaver sign again at the lake. Lot of trees being chewed on. I do have some snares that I set out last spring, have tucked them up out of the way, I may get them back to where they can start taking a notch or 2 out of the local beaver population.
Probably setup my camera's in hopes of catching a thief or may just put the camera's out in random places that I don't normally hunt but most certainly overlook.
Thanks for all the idea's guys, and as a lot of you has said, "don't worry they will find something for you to do".
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