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Post by henson59 on Nov 5, 2013 13:00:48 GMT -5
Well I just got back from a 4 day hunt down at our place in Ohio county. From what my cameras show the young bucks are out right now earlier in the day but the bigger bucks on my place are still for the most part following their nocturnal patterns.
I was able to grunt in a couple spike bucks and a small 8 point but other then that nothing really seemed to respond to the grunting or rattling so I stopped after the 2nd day. I also only saw two small rubs so far as well. I don't really like to make to many predictions on the rut but I really feel like it is still pretty early in my area. I hate to say it but I think opening weekend for the firearm season might be a pretty dang good time to be in the woods.
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Post by henson59 on Oct 31, 2013 15:07:05 GMT -5
I will take my Rage blades off after a shot and clean them up and drag them across a stone it gets them sharp again and it helps me determine if they are bent in the slightest.
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Post by henson59 on Oct 29, 2013 16:40:52 GMT -5
Better cary a steak in a ziplock bag with you out to the woods. you may need a distraction!!!!
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Post by henson59 on Oct 29, 2013 15:38:57 GMT -5
Looks like a wolf. j/k! I am with Woody on this I think it might be a half breed husky or akita that is on the loose. If you have animal control in your area just give them a call.
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Post by henson59 on Oct 29, 2013 12:35:08 GMT -5
You only get less sleep for the one day. John that just means you can't go out boozing and partying on Saturday night. You will have to go home and get to bed early.
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Post by henson59 on Oct 29, 2013 12:33:08 GMT -5
yeah I would love to see the pic could you post it?
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Post by henson59 on Oct 28, 2013 11:31:11 GMT -5
I just fist pumped in my office. All the gals up front must think I have finally lost it! This is so great I have never met him in person but just on this forum you can tell John is an awesome guy and I am so happy he was able to get a great buck like that! The brows on that bad boy are awesome!
This is probably the most exciting thread I have ever been a part of! LOL!!! He is going to be so thrilled when he logs in and sees all of this.
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Post by henson59 on Oct 28, 2013 9:58:00 GMT -5
I really hope he finds this deer. this will be open on my extra monitor all day. lol!!!
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Post by henson59 on Oct 28, 2013 8:17:20 GMT -5
Put team 7 down for a doe.
Shot her saturday night @ 5:30 in wayne coutny IL
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Post by henson59 on Oct 8, 2013 8:30:20 GMT -5
Great story!
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Post by henson59 on Oct 8, 2013 8:24:28 GMT -5
I use Scoutlook from MossyOak. It is a pretty good app, it lets you mark stand locations, gives you weather updates, you can log deer sightings. Its been pretty nice so far
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Post by henson59 on Oct 7, 2013 16:23:14 GMT -5
I hunt Wayne County. Its a great area and there is always a chance that a big buck could walk right out in front of you. But there is a catch when it comes to hunting the more rural parts of southern IL. There is a lot of poaching and tresspassing that goes on. There really isn't much of a game warden pressance at all and at least in our county we hunt the locals almost seem to do as they please during certain parts of the year.
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Post by henson59 on Sept 30, 2013 15:32:11 GMT -5
Always one of the longest days at work too. I'm hoping to get off early tomorrow, around 3 probably, to get a hunt in. I'll probably spend the day tomorrow debating which stand to utilize for the first hunt... Same here! I was actually thinking about burning a sick day. I will be about useless at work! I am not a fan of the 85 degrees tomorrow in my area but its really just more about getting out in the woods then anything.
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Post by henson59 on Sept 30, 2013 10:51:50 GMT -5
Great deer!
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Post by henson59 on Sept 30, 2013 9:17:04 GMT -5
When I was your sons age I was all about hunting up until I hit highschool. I just didn't have time for it and as a kid so many other things seem important at that point in your life. I played football and since our team was good we always went deep into the playoffs and twice it even stopped me from the IL gun season becasue the semifinals were the same weekend. Once football was over it was right into wrestling. To me and my buddies sports was life and thats all we thought about besides girls. I graduated highschool in 2002 and from what I have seen from some of my younger cousins it really hasn't changed a lot.
Just don't push him, enjoy the times when he does want to hunt and just hope one day he will come back to it and when he does welcome him back with open arms. Some of the best times I have had are me and my dad after college when I returned to deer camp and the tree stand.
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Post by henson59 on Sept 26, 2013 14:10:07 GMT -5
Will you take that ladder stand down every year? I would worry about the tree rats tearing up the seat.
I have a couple Field and stream outpost XL's. They are kind of expensive ($160) but I picked them up at the end of the season from my local Dicks sporting goods when they were on clearance. They are pretty heavy but the seat pads are removable so I leave them out all year long. The main feature I like about them is the seat is very wide and it also flips up to give you a huge platform to stand on.
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Post by henson59 on Sept 25, 2013 11:12:41 GMT -5
Thanks, I read the digest when it came out this year but i must have missed that.
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Post by henson59 on Sept 25, 2013 8:23:46 GMT -5
We have found a couple does dead on our place in Ohio Co. I figure there have to be a few bucks out there as well. A few weeks ago you couldn't drive down our road with out catching the smell of something.
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Post by henson59 on Sept 25, 2013 8:18:53 GMT -5
I have not seen anything about being able to take 3 does with the bundle is this new? I had it last year and they way it was explained to me is 1 buck 2 doe any weapon.
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Post by henson59 on Sept 6, 2013 16:13:18 GMT -5
I check my cams once a month. During the summer months I will check them around noon. But once season starts I will just swap the card out if I am hunting that area and I am passing by the camera. I just got an Ipad mini so the urge to look at pics while in stand will probably happen a time or two as well.
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