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Post by huntnandplumbn on Sept 9, 2015 11:38:07 GMT -5
I harvest most of my Deer "Mid-morning" between 8:00 - 9:30 am. I've harvested very few Deer in late afternoon or evening. So if I get there before hunting time and it's still dark with deer in my plot, should I just pull up, stay in my truck and shoot from my truck when it's legal time? I'm afraid if I get out, they'll be gone. This is my dilemma. For the evening hunt, I can easily be in the tree stand before they get there. I would pull up at your spot about a half hour after shooting light. Then head out. This is something that I had to train myself to do on one of my spots. Even though everything is telling you that you need to be there early, just get it in your head that if you bump all of the deer off while in the plot than A: Their gone anyway and you don't get to see anything, B: You can visually see the plot and make your way in for hopefully more deer stopping by for a late morning snack, & C: What's it hurt to try the tactic and see how it works out.
Evenings on the other hand definitely get in early enough but then also make yourself get out early enough if the opportunity is there to not scare anything and the possibility of them getting to you on time is minimal.
Just one man's opinion...
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Sept 9, 2015 6:41:06 GMT -5
Well, that talk happened sooner than later. He came by in the afternoon and apparently had gone to the farmer and paid for the next three years. Not realizing that I had done so myself but sure as you know what he had my check in his pocket to hand back. Told me he was two years behind and the third was to help cover all of the costs that I'd incurred for the other stuff. Additionally the farmer included a second piece of ground when they met up. He was just very happy with the way that were doing what/how we've been doing and wanted this additional ground to be cared for the same way. Little close to the season but we'll handle it.
World works in mysterious ways.....
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Sept 8, 2015 20:36:44 GMT -5
Well I guess it will be time to have a talk with my buddy this weekend. Out of respect for me and he needs to man up and take care of his share. He'll respect my decision to let him hunt or not even though he's on the lease makes no difference. it's up to him to choose. regardless it's paid for for the next three years so I will enjoy it and manage it as I have already.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Sept 8, 2015 18:40:41 GMT -5
I appreciate all the thoughts guys. again this is a lifelong friend I'm not interested in getting money back or anything like that. Just getting frustrated with it as I know he's not having the financial troubles that he was. If he was I wouldn't even think twice about paying it and not saying a word.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Sept 8, 2015 15:24:06 GMT -5
Just need to keep him around once he's hard horned and then poke a hole in him. Nice looking buck.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Sept 8, 2015 14:56:59 GMT -5
My lifelong friend kind of fell into a great lease for us a couple years ago. Unfortunately it wasn't at a good time for him financially, So I've footed the bill the last two seasons (I.E. $2,000 per year) also including all of the stands (16), food plot stuff, game cameras (12), etc.... Now he is working great but again didn't help. He was well aware that he needed to take care of at least his half and knew that I expected more. Fair is fair you would think. Again I took care of securing the lease (actually I secured it for the next three years). Where do you draw the line and stop him from hunting the property? FYI: Were both on the lease but he would understand and abide by my decision.
Again, What would you do?
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Sept 8, 2015 14:20:00 GMT -5
Strap in and buckle up and don't forget to check stand cables, chains and straps. We lose a few brothers and sisters each year to tree stand falls. Happy safe hunting. Amen to that! I've had squirrels chew through straps over night. I always put 2-3 straps per stand anymore. Just worth putting the extra coin and effort into some things.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Sept 8, 2015 10:26:24 GMT -5
Please sign me up if theirs room on a team.
Ty
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Aug 27, 2015 20:35:07 GMT -5
Never found any arrow, blood , or even hair. makes for great story but sure would've been a lot better if I could've for comfort him recovered him. Especially since I knew the deer and let him walk the year before .
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Aug 27, 2015 15:56:47 GMT -5
My lost buck happened on November 4th 2012. I always take a solid week off of work during the first week or two of November. This was the first evening of it. I was tucked just inside of the woods near a field edge on my favorite pinch point. A spot that Never gets hunted until my Vacation. 10 minutes after I had got in my stand I saw a Doe standing on the opposite field edge in front of another stand of mine about 400 yds away. This was all straight behind this huge tree I was in so I would just glance back every few minutes to see what she was doing. On the 3rd look their he was standing next to her. She started to head back into the little wood patch so I started with grunting as loud as the grunt tube would go. He heard it but wouldn't leave her. So I started with the rattling antlers, Even when he looked my way I was hidden by the large tree so I Hammered them together. Even broke one of the tines off in the process. He commited to me but walked the entire way until he was 20 yds away facing straight at me. He was a straight 10 Pt w/ 1 kicker off of his G2 on the left side and a 180" frame. Yes very big. At 20 yds he then got the gusto to run directly under me. I could've spit on his back. Once he didn't see the other deer he turned to leave and I shot him at a very hard quartering away angle. The arrow stopped at the offside shoulder and I could only see about 2" of fletching sticking out as he ran away. I figured to have gotten one lung so the next morning with a blood hound we went looking. Blood even ray Charles could have followed all the way to that same patch he had come out of. Found where he bedded just full of lung blood. That was it. No deer. No more sign. Nothing.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Aug 27, 2015 14:27:16 GMT -5
Two seasons and two mounts... Sounds like your gonna be fine. LOL
Heck some of my best stories are of the one that got away or the one that was lost. Yes even the one that I lost. Gets me fired up just typing it. lol
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Aug 27, 2015 14:19:31 GMT -5
I believe that deer absolutely love the corn. Especially standing corn. Mature deer especially realize that they can stay in there and if they have water somewhere in the mix literally don't have to leave. In my area standing corn is the single biggest season killer as long it's left standing. I've watched corn stalks getting plowed thru during the rut by obvious chasing only to never see a single deer in the persute.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Aug 27, 2015 13:54:19 GMT -5
I think it's only in a hunters nature get a bit frustrated/discouraged when the days keep going bye and the sightings are few and far between. Maybe the recipe is to mix it up a bit. Try somewhere new or hunt in someway different than your usual. Remember after all the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect different results.
As for the stories and memories, they are the best part. I often look at my trophy room and think about each hunt and it feels like it was yesterday. As friends and family visit I always look forward to showing them what's new and how it got there and again it feels like it just happened. Doesn't matter if it's my first buck a 7pt that I ever got or the biggest one in the room. They all have a story.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Aug 27, 2015 8:00:23 GMT -5
At the end of the day hunting is suppose to be fun. Unless the family is going to go hungry if you don't put some harvested game in the freezer.. Have fun first and foremost. I find that hunting with or around friends and family, then sharing the experiences of the hunt is the best part. Shoot how and what you want that will make you happy. For me, I shoot does especially the young ones and I trophy hunt from there. By trophy I mean the first Mature buck that I can drop the string on. Doesn't matter the score just mature. I just like the chess game with the truly mature bucks. The day it stops making me shake is the day I will stop and sell off it all... Guaranteed
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Aug 26, 2015 15:49:20 GMT -5
Very large, farmer planted and picked AG fields. My ground is 500 acres that is roughly 65% planted fields and is All beans. Overall I'm surrounded with roughly the same hardwoods to field ratio for the surrounding area. So far the best trailcam pics are coming from areas more closely bordered by corn as in the past. P.S. I'm more of a sweet corn on the cob cooked on the grill kinda guy.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Aug 23, 2015 21:28:48 GMT -5
I guess theirs only one way to find out... Just hunt. Hope they like corn better since the farmer only seems to rotate back to beans every 3-4 years. I'll document it like I always do and see what happens.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Aug 21, 2015 20:38:59 GMT -5
I hear you on the acorns. Just wondering what I might expect by my lease. Had it for three years now and we've always had corn. Lots and Lots of corn but this year beans. I think I was getting more pictures of the big fellas than this year so it'll be interesting to see if that follows suit thru the season.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Aug 21, 2015 19:32:34 GMT -5
Seems like I've always preferred corn in my hunting ground. Just seem to see more deer in general especially once the harvesting is done. Maybe they just don't feel to comfortable once their really isn't any cover once those beans are cut?
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Aug 20, 2015 13:24:50 GMT -5
Only if your making a TV show. Then it seems to be mandatory. If it's not needed than it's just that... not needed. However if Mr. big daddy is chasing hot momma and isn't planning on stopping than do what ya have to do (what's there to lose anyway.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Aug 19, 2015 19:28:01 GMT -5
My combination is a Darton DS3800 @ 72lbs (ibo of 350 fps) with a maxima 450 fletched with real 4-1/2" feathers and a 100 grain cut on contact rear deploying expandable broadhead. It delivers the arrow at 305fps with 111lbs of KE. No issues with poking a hole through both sides of them. Also with the extra speed I find that I can use just one pin without adjustment out to 30 yds and allows me to extend my remaining pins to practice out much further without much compensating.
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