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Post by parkerbow on Oct 12, 2020 17:42:11 GMT -5
I did not hunt this weekend, too warm for and I already have a doe in the freezer so I got a bunch of around the house chores done before my vacation starts at the end of October. Today I decided to hang a camera over some scrapes I found the first week of the season. After I hung the camera I thought I needed to do a little scouting around the area to maybe find a few trees to climb but my gut feeling told me not too. I thought it is gonna rain later and should wash all my scent away. Well after walking around a bit I to a point and and old grown up log road. Right there was a huge fresh bed and I looked down across the drainage and I see a stud sneaking away. Grrrrrrr I had that feeling that a good one was in this area because of the big early scrapes I found. I should have listened to my gut feeling and not walk around. I hope he comes back into that area. Just leave that area alone for a while. He should be right back in there and back to normal. That is what I am hoping. I will probably not hunt that area for until about the 24th or so and it has to be the right wind.
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Post by michaelc on Oct 12, 2020 17:47:14 GMT -5
Also, its really hot out here, but I had nothing better to do. In the woods is the best thing to be doing this year, hot or not.
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Post by michaelc on Oct 12, 2020 17:53:47 GMT -5
Yep, I bumped and jumped deer the first 4 days of the season and I haven't seen any since then. I've only gotten 5 or 6 pictures of deer on camera and mine have been out since the 1st part of September, and still no sign of the buck my son shot during the youth hunt.
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Post by treetop on Oct 13, 2020 15:24:48 GMT -5
Got off early so I hit the stand don’t think much will happen until sunset bit warm but sure fills good to be out
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 13, 2020 16:12:26 GMT -5
I just finished a scouting mission. No scrapes anywhere but, I found fresh rubs. I did open up 7 mock scrapes though. I checked my cameras and found only a few small bucks. I do have one more SD card to view but, my phone won't open it for some reason. Camera shows 138 pics on it. I'm hoping my laptop will let me view them.
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Post by sculver7 on Oct 13, 2020 16:17:48 GMT -5
Sitting on the edge of a big bedding/swamp area and hardwoods. Have had a big buck come through about 400 yards to the South of here pretty frequently about an hour after shooting light going out to an ag field. Trying to figure out if this is the area he’s bedding in. Hopefully something happens. Trails everywhere back in here and no sign of other hunters. We’ll see what happens.
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 13, 2020 17:16:07 GMT -5
That looks like an amazing spot
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Post by michaelc on Oct 13, 2020 18:19:50 GMT -5
That looks like an amazing spot In deed it is. If the deer are there, your in the money spot for sure.
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Post by michaelc on Oct 13, 2020 18:25:46 GMT -5
Well I guess I spoke to soon. Just got this picture from 1 of my cameras.
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Post by Huntnfreak on Oct 13, 2020 19:49:00 GMT -5
I had a doe pass by at 20 yds this evening and then had a couple young bucks behind me about 40 yds sparring around...beautiful evening!!
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 14, 2020 7:43:27 GMT -5
First sit of the year. Beautiful and quiet morning !!
Too quiet as it’s nada on deer do far..
Good luck..
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Post by sculver7 on Oct 14, 2020 7:49:26 GMT -5
Sitting on the edge of a big bedding/swamp area and hardwoods. Have had a big buck come through about 400 yards to the South of here pretty frequently about an hour after shooting light going out to an ag field. Trying to figure out if this is the area he’s bedding in. Hopefully something happens. Trails everywhere back in here and no sign of other hunters. We’ll see what happens. Well, didn't end up seeing a single deer. I guess I just need to push in deeper. I've been reluctant to go too deep as to not bump/spook any deer but I guess that's inevitable when hunting such large tracts of public land. I have not been seeing near the number of deer that I usually do this year compared to previous years and it's making me a bit nervous as I have heard 2 different accounts of quite a few deer being found dead in the area. I hope EHD/CWD/some other disease isn't the culprit and that the deer have just moved to where the water is due to the drought that we've had. We will see what the rest of the season brings.
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Post by buckert on Oct 14, 2020 19:02:40 GMT -5
I’ve taken about 10 days off but will be back at it for a quick hunt tomorrow after work. I need a NW wind to get into my spot tomorrow. Conditions forecast in northern Indiana is setting up for a promising next couple of days. New moon, barometer will be rising and temps will be crashing.
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Post by jonsnowii on Oct 14, 2020 21:43:08 GMT -5
Question: I should be able to hunt Thursday evening after the rain or Friday evening when it's cooler. Which do you think will be best?
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Post by titanium700 on Oct 14, 2020 22:05:16 GMT -5
Friday.
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Post by deadeer on Oct 14, 2020 22:05:17 GMT -5
Question: I should be able to hunt Thursday evening after the rain or Friday evening when it's cooler. Which do you think will be best? Yes! Get your butt in the woods! Lol
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Post by titanium700 on Oct 14, 2020 22:26:37 GMT -5
Haha. Best answer. Lol
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Post by medic22 on Oct 15, 2020 11:18:33 GMT -5
Sitting on the edge of a big bedding/swamp area and hardwoods. Have had a big buck come through about 400 yards to the South of here pretty frequently about an hour after shooting light going out to an ag field. Trying to figure out if this is the area he’s bedding in. Hopefully something happens. Trails everywhere back in here and no sign of other hunters. We’ll see what happens. Well, didn't end up seeing a single deer. I guess I just need to push in deeper. I've been reluctant to go too deep as to not bump/spook any deer but I guess that's inevitable when hunting such large tracts of public land. I have not been seeing near the number of deer that I usually do this year compared to previous years and it's making me a bit nervous as I have heard 2 different accounts of quite a few deer being found dead in the area. I hope EHD/CWD/some other disease isn't the culprit and that the deer have just moved to where the water is due to the drought that we've had. We will see what the rest of the season brings. Don't fall for the "have to get deep trap". Sometimes the overlooked spots next to the road hold deer.
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Post by sculver7 on Oct 15, 2020 11:42:43 GMT -5
Well, didn't end up seeing a single deer. I guess I just need to push in deeper. I've been reluctant to go too deep as to not bump/spook any deer but I guess that's inevitable when hunting such large tracts of public land. I have not been seeing near the number of deer that I usually do this year compared to previous years and it's making me a bit nervous as I have heard 2 different accounts of quite a few deer being found dead in the area. I hope EHD/CWD/some other disease isn't the culprit and that the deer have just moved to where the water is due to the drought that we've had. We will see what the rest of the season brings. Don't fall for the "have to get deep trap". Sometimes the overlooked spots next to the road hold deer. For sure. I guess I used the wrong word... It's not necessarily pushing in deeper, it's jumping to different bedding areas and pushing in deeper to the bedding. I couldn't agree more with you, though. I remember a couple years ago seeing a 140" buck bedded 30 yards from the road while guys were going way back into the property. Bucks are smart and sometimes what seems dumb to us is actually super smart for a deer.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2020 11:52:35 GMT -5
Don't fall for the "have to get deep trap". Sometimes the overlooked spots next to the road hold deer. For sure. I guess I used the wrong word... It's not necessarily pushing in deeper, it's jumping to different bedding areas and pushing in deeper to the bedding. I couldn't agree more with you, though. I remember a couple years ago seeing a 140" buck bedded 30 yards from the road while guys were going way back into the property. Bucks are smart and sometimes what seems dumb to us is actually super smart for a deer. When I hunt my neighborhood the deer know us a hundred times better than we know them. I watched time after time them going from one yard to another per the neighbors daily activity. Why they go there 1st to others later. The only time that goes away a little is two weeks just at breeding rut time. I've seen big bucks stand right out in the front yards to breed does. They know it's safer in the front mowed yard verses the woods. They cut right through every ones front yard. Drives the suburban hunter nuts. My 168 buck was 10 feed at edge of woods 20 foot from the house. Not the 200 yards back in the backyard woods.
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