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Post by ukwil on Dec 17, 2020 15:42:59 GMT -5
Back out in Ohio again. Blanked last night and it doesn't look like the bait was hit either. I honestly believe there's so much browse and mast here that they just wonder. I had 10 does in 1 pic last week.
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Post by treetop on Dec 17, 2020 15:47:11 GMT -5
I still prefer loc ons and climbing sticks BUT we have been adding couple ladders each season as we get older. I particularly like some of newer ones. 17' man and a half stands. Best time to buy is next 3 months. Picked up 2 last year for under 100 each. I turn 60 next year and thinking of getting a couple ladder stands. All four of my stands are climbing sticks and hang-on. Just like guns you can't have enough deer stands. I have no idea why but hang on scare the h out of me I’ll climb 20 foot up in my summit and not bother me at all ten feet up in a hang on I’m hanging on to everything for dear life
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2020 15:49:44 GMT -5
I turn 60 next year and thinking of getting a couple ladder stands. All four of my stands are climbing sticks and hang-on. Just like guns you can't have enough deer stands. I have no idea why but hang on scare the h out of me I’ll climb 20 foot up in my summit and not bother me at all ten feet up in a hang on I’m hanging on to everything for dear life I'm just the opposite. I do add two additional strips to make sure of safety.
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Post by treetop on Dec 17, 2020 15:52:02 GMT -5
Sitting in a blind watching the snow fall watching a cut corn field hopefully some one wants to come eat lots of tracks but no clear path
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Post by willy7948 on Dec 17, 2020 16:03:21 GMT -5
I turn 60 next year and thinking of getting a couple ladder stands. All four of my stands are climbing sticks and hang-on. Just like guns you can't have enough deer stands. I have no idea why but hang on scare the h out of me I’ll climb 20 foot up in my summit and not bother me at all ten feet up in a hang on I’m hanging on to everything for dear life I’m with you. I’m no good in stand if I’m not comfortable, and I’ve never had a comfortable sit in a hang on lol
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Dec 17, 2020 16:11:29 GMT -5
I'm out on the ground tonight. I'm mostly grinding it out at this point. I know it's not going to be long before I'm missing these quiet afternoons in the woods.
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Post by treetop on Dec 17, 2020 16:49:48 GMT -5
Snow is coming down hard looks like the weather man was wrong again go figure I decided to take tomorrow off probably my last weekend to hunt got late season yet but I got I’ll get to that after deer season piled up maybe I can push it out to after bunnies
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Post by jman46151 on Dec 17, 2020 16:56:44 GMT -5
I have no idea why but hang on scare the h out of me I’ll climb 20 foot up in my summit and not bother me at all ten feet up in a hang on I’m hanging on to everything for dear life I’m with you. I’m no good in stand if I’m not comfortable, and I’ve never had a comfortable sit in a hang on lol That's my issue. I've never had a hang on that I can get comfortable in. I had one that I bought a memory foam pad and put a board under it to increase the seat size and still could never get comfortable.
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Post by ukwil on Dec 17, 2020 18:10:28 GMT -5
Nothing here. Might go out Saturday with the kids in Indiana.
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Post by beermaker on Dec 17, 2020 19:54:07 GMT -5
I turn 60 next year and thinking of getting a couple ladder stands. All four of my stands are climbing sticks and hang-on. Just like guns you can't have enough deer stands. I have no idea why but hang on scare the h out of me I’ll climb 20 foot up in my summit and not bother me at all ten feet up in a hang on I’m hanging on to everything for dear life I'm with you on this, except I just will not use a hang on and steps at all. Call me chicken dung or whatever you want, but you will never say that this horse's rear died from falling from a hang on stand. I just don't trust the stands or the steps.
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Post by jajwrigh on Dec 18, 2020 1:00:03 GMT -5
I am a ladder stand or ground blind guy, mostly. I have a climber and I am super comfortable in it, but I don't use it often at all anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 4:02:20 GMT -5
Will be headed out to Putnam County when I get off work at noon today. My buddy is taking me out to hunt again this afternoon. What a great friend to go sit on the ground in the cold to help me get a deer.
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Post by genesis273 on Dec 18, 2020 5:52:22 GMT -5
Will be headed out to Putnam County when I get off work at noon today. My buddy is taking me out to hunt again this afternoon. What a great friend to go sit on the ground in the cold to help me get a deer. Good luck to you!
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Post by sculver7 on Dec 18, 2020 7:59:07 GMT -5
I have had over 30 sits in a hang-on stand this year alone. I do pack-in hang and hunts on public ground. I prefer a hang-on to any other stand for the type of hunting I do simply because of mobility compared to other stands. The climber is more comfortable but I often can't find trees to get in with the climber in the places I hunt. That being said, I'll be ordering a saddle in the spring and that hang-on will probably be sold.
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Post by treetop on Dec 18, 2020 8:37:45 GMT -5
Sitting back at the creek at moms house been slow not hunting long I defrosted 20 lb of deer and a bit of pork ground it up this AM going to make 10 lb Sweet Italian Sausage and 10 lb Summer Sausage Got up at 4:45 as usual after 40 years of it I can’t sleep past 5 so I decided to grind before I hunted
If your going to butcher your own deer I highly recommend LEM grinders I chewed through 20 lbs in no time one tip I can tell you that helps is still halfway frozen meat keeps the unit from clogging
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Post by parrothead on Dec 18, 2020 8:54:37 GMT -5
My last evening set tonight after work. Then I am on Christmas break will finish the year with 16 all day sets. I cant wait.
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Post by sculver7 on Dec 18, 2020 9:04:43 GMT -5
Sitting back at the creek at moms house been slow not hunting long I defrosted 20 lb of deer and a bit of pork ground it up this AM going to make 10 lb Sweet Italian Sausage and 10 lb Summer Sausage Got up at 4:45 as usual after 40 years of it I can’t sleep past 5 so I decided to grind before I hunted If your going to butcher your own deer I highly recommend LEM grinders I chewed through 20 lbs in no time one tip I can tell you that helps is still halfway frozen meat keeps the unit from clogging I second the LEM grinders. Got one last year after using a kitchenaide grinder attachment for 6 years before that. Don't know why I waited so long.
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Post by esshup on Dec 18, 2020 9:16:56 GMT -5
My grinder is on the Oster Kitchen Center. That tells you how old it is..... I bought a (IIRC) 1/2 hp LEM grinder last year after I decided that if I were to still use the Kitchen Center I'd probably strip the plastic gears in it, and STILL have to break the LEM out of the box along with the jerky attachment I purchased for it at the same time.
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Post by bartiks on Dec 18, 2020 9:52:37 GMT -5
Since I blanked out in shotgun season, since I have a bundle I can take 2 doe in bonus is that right? Got a good feeling about it since all the hunting pressure is gone once gun season is gone. I'd like to get a couple and throw them in the freezer. Oh well good luck to you all that are still out there sticking it out. I'm waiting on sale prices from RK for a ladder stand. I about flipped my poop the other day in there trying to get a salt lick for my house. At least 10 people deep in line and the lines were barely moving.
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Post by treetop on Dec 18, 2020 10:11:13 GMT -5
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