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Post by harmonist34 on Nov 17, 2019 23:23:05 GMT -5
Congrats!
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Post by harmonist34 on Nov 14, 2019 21:10:47 GMT -5
I think you have a frank talk with them. That’s cruel and wasteful. Mistakes can happen, but if they’re that consistently bad, they need to practice and/or get some training on shot selection.
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Post by harmonist34 on Nov 14, 2019 19:18:22 GMT -5
Thanks for the sympathy! Given that all my info is second hand (I was never witness to these interactions), I'm not comfortable sharing the name on a public forum. I'm out the money for a lease...don't want to have to pay legal fees for defamation, too! But if you're about to lease land in the Greencastle area and want to be sure, send me a private message!
What was really weird is that the last time I was there to get my stuff, there was an envelope in a sealed plastic bag stuck on a hay bale where we usually park. I assumed it was a check trying to make things right. Nope...it was two memory cards that had been taken out of the two of the three cameras I had out that they must have found. I guess they didn't want me getting any other pics of them as they cruised around the farm and set up stands and stuff? Who knows. They didn't delete the images, just pulled the cards out of the camera and left them in a bag. Weird.
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Post by harmonist34 on Nov 12, 2019 21:21:11 GMT -5
Well, this one stings. I tried leasing land for the first time this year. Found a guy who was on his second year leasing a nice looking spot near Greencastle. He had made the arrangements and was looking for someone to split the cost, so I agreed to pay half. We settled up for this year's least around August. Enjoyed scouting it and had a good month of bowhunting, but didn't seal the deal. Had identified a really nice buck and set up near his bedroom a couple times and was feeling optimistic.
And then...
Owner of the land informs my partner he is going to or has sold the land to his son and it won't be available to lease again next year. Disappointing, but that's how it goes. Then he lets my leasing partner know he has another farm in the area for lease and wants to show it to him. Owner and his son are there to show him the lease, and they offer it to him for an additional $2000.
This is where it gets real cute. Landowner walks away from the situation, and then the son tells my lease partner that he owns the land we're on, our deal was with his dad, not him, he intends to hunt it, and he wants us off. Now the guy who has our money is no longer answering his phone or texts, the son (or friends, or some other group of leasers...who knows) have come in and set up stands, etc.
I went over in the snow Monday night to get my 3 trail cams and my stand so I didn't lose those on top of the lease money.
Extremely shady, but with no written contract and no way for me to address things (I never met the landowner), I'm just out the money and the hunting spot. Pretty expensive month of hunting!
Landowner in question is a politician in state government, so I guess we should have known.
I'm sure I'm not the only one with lease horror stories. Anybody got one that'll top this? At least I learned a few things.
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Post by harmonist34 on Nov 7, 2019 21:28:09 GMT -5
Saw one buck near last light but he was moving north to south when I expected east to west, so he never got closer than 80 yards. Oh well...
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Post by harmonist34 on Nov 7, 2019 16:53:25 GMT -5
Well the Urban buck tag was filled this morning. Got tucked in the woods well before light. Around 7:30 I heard a branch crack a ways behind me. He was tearing up a tree then started across about a hundred yards away. I hit him with a grunt and that made him stop dead in his tracks and look my way. Typically I would never call again while they’re looking but since I had the tree between me and him I hit him with another one. Here he came to 22 yards behind me. Had to shoot him quartering to a bit but the arrow went clear through exiting his back thigh. Gave him 2 hours and ended up finding him about a hundred yards away. Beautiful deer! Nicely done.
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Post by harmonist34 on Nov 7, 2019 16:24:06 GMT -5
Been up in the tree since 2 at the lease near Greencastle. Nothing yet but I’m near points where bucks have been bedding so hoping I’ll catch one on his feet before night...
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Post by harmonist34 on Nov 2, 2019 11:19:09 GMT -5
Well - nothing moving this morning. I decided to still hunt/scour towards where I thought a buck might be bedded to see how much fresh sign there was. Couldn’t get any response to calls or rattling, so I moved in a bit closer. Got to property line and nothing, so I came back towards another rounded finger of the ridge. Sure enough on the neighbors land a big buck stands up and scoots over the ridge - saw me before I saw him. Exciting morning, as it’s the first big buck I’ve seen this year. Glad I *almost* had the bunk bed figured out but unfortunately I was a little off and then got too aggressive. Of course walking back from where I spooked the buck I start finding the fresh sign I’d been looking for! I ended up placing a camera late summer in that area that I haven’t checked since and I see I have 3200 pics to go through when I get home. Hope he’s on there and hope I didn’t permanently scare him from that bedding area. Hunting is hard!
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Post by harmonist34 on Nov 2, 2019 8:21:37 GMT -5
Out by Greencastle. Fresh scrape nearby but haven’t seen any fresh rubs. Nothing so far...
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Post by harmonist34 on Nov 1, 2019 21:01:41 GMT -5
I lasted 6 hrs or so but nothing but birds and squirrels. Going to try a new area at Brookville tomorrow morning, I think.
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Post by harmonist34 on Nov 1, 2019 10:48:05 GMT -5
Been out since before sunrise down by Canaan. Nothing yet but a beautiful day! I’m planning on an all day sit - posted near a bedding area and I think it’s just a matter of time...
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Post by harmonist34 on Oct 30, 2019 21:31:14 GMT -5
Sure hope so - I'm hunting Friday! Been having some interesting hunts but haven't seen a single decent buck yet. Hoping I find the right spot or the right time or whatever I've been doing wrong now that they're up and moving...
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Post by harmonist34 on Oct 28, 2019 22:07:16 GMT -5
Nice deer, deadeer. Well done!
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Post by harmonist34 on Oct 27, 2019 21:27:21 GMT -5
butlerj Congrats on the first archery doe! Nicely done. Still waiting for mine!
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Post by harmonist34 on Oct 24, 2019 20:17:36 GMT -5
Amazing.
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Post by harmonist34 on Oct 24, 2019 17:09:04 GMT -5
Hit Brookville today. Found a spot I believed in, but took me too long to get there and I missed the critical first light movement. Had a doe and buck fawn at 15 yards but they were watching me and I couldn't draw. Ended up shutting down in the afternoon and going to spend time with the family tonight. Close again, but still nothing to show for it...
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Post by harmonist34 on Oct 16, 2019 20:26:47 GMT -5
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Post by harmonist34 on Oct 15, 2019 21:24:53 GMT -5
Nicely done!
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Post by harmonist34 on Oct 15, 2019 21:23:37 GMT -5
Wow.
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Pics
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Post by harmonist34 on Oct 14, 2019 21:29:03 GMT -5
Amazing buck - nicely done!
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