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Post by genesis273 on Sept 14, 2020 13:22:14 GMT -5
Ok, so NOW I'm done with my season prep. I trimmed and repaired a stand this morning and then had the brain fart to move another.
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 15, 2020 20:21:01 GMT -5
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Post by bullseye69 on Sept 15, 2020 20:26:28 GMT -5
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Post by dawnpatrol on Sept 16, 2020 18:15:09 GMT -5
Put all hunting clothes on the clothes line to air out and then putting in totes.....Mr. Big was starting to shed his velvet last night.....made a cam adjustment on another property.....have a ladder stand laid out that needs assembled in case I need to make a move on something!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 18:26:59 GMT -5
Helped a buddy get a ladderstand moved and set back up. Confiscated a climbing stand and a bag of screw-in steps a trespasser had left on one of the farms I have permission to hunt. This idiot left it right in the open along the edge of a fence row, just before the lane drops down into a bottom. I can only guess he planned on coming back shortly to climb up a tree then screw in the steps to climb down in preparation for opening day October 1. I do things the right and proper way, I don`t go anywhere I don`t have permission, and I seriously detest trespassers since they trample the work I`ve done to be legal and ethical, and ruin my deer hunting.
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 16, 2020 18:55:46 GMT -5
I spent a couple of hours wrestling a ladder and hang on stand into a twisted multi-trunked osage tree. It's not the greatest arraignment but it will work. Next year I'll have a better stand and a ladder that isn't connected together so I can twist it around the trunk better. I still have one ground blind to make.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2020 8:27:09 GMT -5
Taking tomorrow off to finish the stands at my brother place. Also put up the ground blind in the swamp area. Last Saturday didn't work out as planned. I will be checking for scrapes. The big main ones should be showing up by now.
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 17, 2020 11:41:49 GMT -5
Yesterday while putting up that hang on stand I noticed my clover seeds sprouted. I had new growth all around that stand where I planted it. I would like to plant it on all of our trails.
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Post by boonechaser on Sept 17, 2020 12:29:53 GMT -5
Yesterday while putting up that hang on stand I noticed my clover seeds sprouted. I had new growth all around that stand where I planted it. I would like to plant it on all of our trails. Only problem with using clover on trails is does not do well with equipment traffic such as ATV's and such and will die out with much use. (I have used before). Maybe buy some cheap red and white clover from COOP and mix in little ryegrass in case does die out???
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 17, 2020 14:27:19 GMT -5
Yesterday while putting up that hang on stand I noticed my clover seeds sprouted. I had new growth all around that stand where I planted it. I would like to plant it on all of our trails. Only problem with using clover on trails is does not do well with equipment traffic such as ATV's and such and will die out with much use. (I have used before). Maybe buy some cheap red and white clover from COOP and mix in little ryegrass in case does die out??? I figured it wouldn't do well in the tracks. There's still a decent strip down the middle and both sides where it might grow. I'll have to look into the seeds you mentioned. Do you know of a good place to buy it in or near Switzerland or Ohio County?
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Post by esshup on Sept 17, 2020 21:59:32 GMT -5
I talked to my customer that has property in an urban zone. He said come on over, the deer are moving. SO, maybe Saturday or some day next week. Gotta get the x-bow sighted in first, and a few tree stands made too, but I might just throw the gillie suit on and take a camp chair & trigger stick.
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Post by featherduster on Sept 17, 2020 23:52:33 GMT -5
Opened up my lanes today and as I was doing so I had a doe walk out into one of the freshly opened lanes, she was the first deer I have seen all year.
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Post by boonechaser on Sept 18, 2020 9:51:51 GMT -5
Only problem with using clover on trails is does not do well with equipment traffic such as ATV's and such and will die out with much use. (I have used before). Maybe buy some cheap red and white clover from COOP and mix in little ryegrass in case does die out??? I figured it wouldn't do well in the tracks. There's still a decent strip down the middle and both sides where it might grow. I'll have to look into the seeds you mentioned. Do you know of a good place to buy it in or near Switzerland or Ohio County? BEAR BRANCH FEED MILL should have if not, there is a FEED MILL in downtown AURORA right by railroad tracks off 50 that has all varieties of clover and grass seeds and sells by the pound. Ladino clover is (White) most attractive for deer I would mix some red in as well for variety and ryegrass just to give a good base in case clover dies out. If you don't drive on often and it can get a decent amount of sunlight you should get a decent stand. GOOD LUCK this year. I live just outside QUERCUS GROVE, you cant be to far from me...
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Post by Collegehunter00 on Sept 18, 2020 10:57:34 GMT -5
Going back out to my public land spots to go scouting again and set up some cameras. I like to go once in the early summer to get an idea of where the deer are. Then go again before season to see how other hunters who've scouted have been and how they've either impacted the deer movement and where they have setup. So today after my professor is done on zoom im hoping in my car and I'm gonna go setup at different locations. Then do an evening sit from my tree saddle in the area where I plan to be opening day. I wanna get an idea of what its like and so I'm not lost when it comes to be opening morning. Might being posting pics if I get any good ones.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2020 11:39:31 GMT -5
Arrived at my brothers little before 9am. I rotated both the climbing sticks and hang-on about 60 degrees. Live line and pull up rope ready. 2nd stand I just needed to loosen hang-on to level the platform. Life line and pull up rope is ready. Both ready to hunt. Just finished lunch and scouting 3 places for a blind.
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Post by willy7948 on Sept 18, 2020 16:06:45 GMT -5
They talked me into it. Planting a smallllll plot this weekend lol
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 18, 2020 17:09:48 GMT -5
I figured it wouldn't do well in the tracks. There's still a decent strip down the middle and both sides where it might grow. I'll have to look into the seeds you mentioned. Do you know of a good place to buy it in or near Switzerland or Ohio County? BEAR BRANCH FEED MILL should have if not, there is a FEED MILL in downtown AURORA right by railroad tracks off 50 that has all varieties of clover and grass seeds and sells by the pound. Ladino clover is (White) most attractive for deer I would mix some red in as well for variety and ryegrass just to give a good base in case clover dies out. If you don't drive on often and it can get a decent amount of sunlight you should get a decent stand. GOOD LUCK this year. I live just outside QUERCUS GROVE, you cant be to far from me... I'll stop by the Aurora feed mill. Thanks for the info. I'm maybe 5 miles from you towards Rising Sun.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2020 19:08:58 GMT -5
Here are my adventures at my brothers place. Hangon stand rotated and covered up so deer will not see me. Picture taken 15 yards away on the logging trial. Blind is in some cedars and covered up very well. Standing about 5 yards from blind. I'm pumped this year. Best I've ever hidden where I hunt.
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 19, 2020 21:36:50 GMT -5
I sacrificed my good rubber garden hose for hand rail and shooting rail covers today. I hate the clanking sound of a bow limb or gun stock on a metal shooting rail. We got the mirror ground blind finished. It turned out really good. I think this might be the year I get one from the ground with a trad bow. This picture was before we brushed around it. the mirrors are angled down so they won't see their reflection. We walked all around and tested that out. I don't want a buck charging it while I'm sitting there. Here is after I brushed it in . I was standing less than 10 yards from it when I took this picture. I might have to make a ghilli shirt and had to wear. Behind me is really thick brush so I'm not worried about anything down the hill and busting me. My dad thinks if I get a good shot at one while it's drinking it will bolt forward into the water and die.
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Post by genesis273 on Sept 20, 2020 7:34:22 GMT -5
You guys have some nice set ups! Great job with that mirror blind. I hope it works out!
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