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Post by Woody Williams on Sept 6, 2020 7:55:06 GMT -5
What do you think? Buck or doe? .
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Sept 6, 2020 9:02:31 GMT -5
Pulled trail cam cards. Got them mixed up in my pocket and I believe I ended up putting 2 of them back in cams that I should have brought home to look at. Oh well, I'll go back tomorrow and swap them out. Put up 2 more stands today, took measurements to see about making an improved version of the ladder stands, one that is more comfortable. BTDT.. Gotta get the right pocket/left pocket routine straightened out! The worst is when bad batteries/good batteries end up in the same pocket.
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Post by esshup on Sept 6, 2020 9:30:46 GMT -5
Pulled trail cam cards. Got them mixed up in my pocket and I believe I ended up putting 2 of them back in cams that I should have brought home to look at. Oh well, I'll go back tomorrow and swap them out. Put up 2 more stands today, took measurements to see about making an improved version of the ladder stands, one that is more comfortable. BTDT.. Gotta get the right pocket/left pocket routine straightened out! The worst is when bad batteries/good batteries end up in the same pocket. I did the battery thing too about a week ago. Had to get the multi meter out to find out what was which..... It looks like the Wild Game Innovations cam is junk. Takes 4 "D" cells but won't take a picture now. It's a few years old so I think I got my use out of it.
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Post by esshup on Sept 6, 2020 10:44:58 GMT -5
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Sept 6, 2020 21:57:21 GMT -5
Got the hunting truck ready to go today.. New front brake pads, front shocks, serpentine belt. Way over 300k (odometer quit) and still running great. Frame is rusting pretty bad though, will have to address that eventually.
I don't take it on the long trips, but use it for just about everything here local.
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Post by medic22 on Sept 7, 2020 9:13:41 GMT -5
My backyard deer must be back. Theyre eating my blackberry plants, found fawn prints in the garden.
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Post by parrothead on Sept 7, 2020 9:21:38 GMT -5
Picked up 16 qts of persimmons this morning from my 2 seedless trees behind my house. My Pecan trees are loaded with nuts this year. Pumpkins and gourds are ripe. All my Indian corn has been picked. Garden is winding down.
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Post by willy7948 on Sept 7, 2020 18:49:11 GMT -5
What do you think? Buck or doe? . If that’s a momma she’s thickkkkk
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Post by bullseye69 on Sept 7, 2020 19:01:03 GMT -5
What do you think? Buck or doe? . looks more like dinner!
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Sept 9, 2020 17:37:36 GMT -5
I got a few trails mowed today before a belt broke.
Checked the cams, had the big 10 pointer cross the driveway at 4 pm on Labor Day. Also had a bachelor group with a couple shooters move through the south end of the property twice in the last week, around 7 am each time.
I'll probably stay out of the woods now until a day or two before youth season.
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Post by boonechaser on Sept 9, 2020 22:06:41 GMT -5
Checked some stands. Looks like bumper crop acorns and food plots looking great.
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Post by dbd870 on Sept 10, 2020 11:20:39 GMT -5
What do you think? Buck or doe? . Looks like 🐰
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Post by bullseye69 on Sept 10, 2020 12:10:45 GMT -5
What do you think? Buck or doe? . Looks like 🐰 But buck or doe wabbit?
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 10, 2020 21:03:04 GMT -5
I got off work this morning, hit a few yard sales, got a haircut, and then started clearing more trails. I cut a path to this oak tree. It's at the end of our dead end road. It's about 20 yards from my parents mailbox and dumpster. The deer cross there and go down to the pond. There is clover in the field that they eat and some acorns. It will be the first time I've put a stand in that tree. Underneath of it was overgrown with bush honeysuckle and dead limbs. I cleared out an area for them to find the acorns easier. Then I cut a small trail down to the pond. I want them to give them an easy travel route to a water source. Down at the pond I cleared out a spot for my mirror blind. The trail from the oak tree will bring them down to this side of the pond. The view from the blind location. There's a good trail that comes out at the corner of the dam to my left. It's about 15 yards to the corner of the water. I cleared an area there for them to have easy access to the water. I took a weed eater to this trail. It goes to a stand below the pond dam. Last season I struck out from a different ground blind and moved down to this stand. The first evening I hunted it I shot my buck from there. I finished up the day by putting together a new stand. I have two more to put together but I ran out of time today.
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 10, 2020 21:17:35 GMT -5
I forgot to post a picture of something I made a few days ago. My side by side doesn't have a windshield. When I drive through our trails I get spider webs hitting me in the face. Usually a spider too. I made this out of a shepherds hook and some wire braces from my old grill. It bolts to the front bumper. It looks dumb but it works really well. When I get done going through the trails there will be webs and spiders all over it. It will be nice this season when we ride the trails at night to pick each other up. I am not a fan of spiders and hate having one hit me in the face. My dad liked it so much he asked me to make one for his truck.
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Post by SFC (R) B on Sept 12, 2020 22:25:08 GMT -5
As some of you know the COVID squashed my IL hunt this year. My hunting buddy and I had a generous offer for some Hoosierland time but his job (those things suck.....glad I don't have those problems anymore ) made that impossible. I can't complain though, I have 5 tags in 4 different seasons here in CO and 2 tags coming up first in WY. I have been doing some little stuff on my truck and generally checking things out. Last weekend the hunting buddy came down from Wellington and we headed out on the plains to help a buddy out. He has about a 1/4 section and just recently started a yak herd (10 presently) and wanted a dent put in his prairie dogs population. We got out there just after 0800 and rotated around the property until about 1530. It was pretty windy but I had good luck with my 17 HMR out to almost 200m. The buddy went back and forth between a 22 and his AR. All told we probably took somewhere between 50-60 dogs from 4-5 towns. Not all of them but a nice start The yak herder was happy enough to cook us lunch I put about 70 rounds through my weapon and was pretty happy with my shooting given the wind. Next up will be taking the '06 to the range to confirm zero is good before heading north the second week of OCT.
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 12, 2020 22:34:10 GMT -5
I got 2 more new stands assembled. I plan on putting them up on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Post by medic22 on Sept 13, 2020 17:54:01 GMT -5
Out tonight doing something I always say I'll do, and then never do.
Doing an observation sit near where I killed my 2019 buck. The crops changed a bit which changed the bedding, I expect this spot to be better than last year.
I had nothing better to do tonight anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2020 18:57:32 GMT -5
It`s a small thing, but, I printed the sunrise/sunset tables for October, November, and December tonight...for me it`s one of those little rituals that makes it all begin to feel real.
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Post by boonechaser on Sept 13, 2020 20:39:56 GMT -5
Did a little scouting and found 2 loaded white oaks on edge of one of my clover plot's. Only whites I've seen so far. Got plenty of black and red's but I will be in this set once they start dropping.
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