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Post by M4Madness on Nov 10, 2023 19:16:03 GMT -5
Today was the first day in the last week that I didn't see a single deer.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 10, 2023 18:47:47 GMT -5
Nitestalker killed a good one! Congratulations to him!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 10, 2023 18:45:21 GMT -5
Hung my climber for an East wind in the morning about 100 yards above a pond, and now I'm in the same ridgetop ladder stand as this morning. Pretty windy up here on top. How was the sandwich? Good luck, I stayed in. Back at it tomorrow Wasn't anything to write home about -- definitely not Holt's competition. And don't get the onion rings! Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 10, 2023 16:21:16 GMT -5
Hung my climber for an East wind in the morning about 100 yards above a pond, and now I'm in the same ridgetop ladder stand as this morning. Pretty windy up here on top.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 10, 2023 13:12:06 GMT -5
It's hard to tell on my phone (pics don't enlarge), but do I spy G5's on both sides?
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 10, 2023 13:09:40 GMT -5
Congratulations to you both!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 10, 2023 9:33:57 GMT -5
Dang Woody…prayers it’s nothing serious and for a speedy recovery!! Nice buck 10 point!! My sentiments exactly on both topics!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 10, 2023 7:25:04 GMT -5
Ridgetop saddle for me. Very calm here. No movement except for a grey squirrel and a chipmunk.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 9, 2023 20:16:49 GMT -5
Reminds me of the field I started watching over last firearms and muzzleloader seasons. I never dreamed how many deer crossed an old broomsage field until I put a ladder stand at one end of it. It is up by Judah. Land owner was texting me to shoot it already. Apparently there was a nice buck next to my truck at sunset. Never saw it I guess you need to climb a tree where you parked. Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 9, 2023 20:02:07 GMT -5
New spot looked good but saw nothing. Maybe tomorrow Spots like that are great you never have to wonder what you’re missing or can’t see. Reminds me of the field I started watching over last firearms and muzzleloader seasons. I never dreamed how many deer crossed an old broomsage field until I put a ladder stand at one end of it.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 9, 2023 18:03:04 GMT -5
Congratulations on the buck! I'm hoping to get back to it tomorrow morning. I had an emergency repair on our bathtub/shower plumbing this afternoon. The diverter on the spout quit working, and when I went to twist the spout off to replace it, it was corroded enough that it twisted the pipe in the wall and snapped the PVC pipe feeding it. Thankfully there was no water, since the bathtub valve above it controls the flow. I had to tear out drywall in the bedroom closet to access everything and just got it back together. Now my wife is complaining about the primer and glue smell and how there's no way she's sleeping in the bedroom tonight. Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 9, 2023 10:00:01 GMT -5
I can't believe I'm doing this, but after walking out on the porch, I'm going back to bed. The wind is just too much here, and the hourly forecast doesn't show it slowing. Good luck to those going anyway! Nothing wrong with taking a break from things…….enjoy the morning Thanks. I got up at 7:30 AM, and it's pretty calm. Lol! I guess I should have went. My camera has went off twice this morning, the last time being about 10 minutes ago. I think both times were the same small 8-pointer. I just got home from the 10 miles roundtrip through the country to dump my trash -- it's been piling up in the back of my truck -- and didn't see any deer. I played around on the radio some this morning. I'll definitely be hunting the next three days, then it's back to work Monday.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 9, 2023 5:00:00 GMT -5
I can't believe I'm doing this, but after walking out on the porch, I'm going back to bed. The wind is just too much here, and the hourly forecast doesn't show it slowing. Good luck to those going anyway!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 8, 2023 15:38:37 GMT -5
Food plots and agricultural fields are the easiest to set stands for prevailing winds. The challenge comes when you have neither at your disposal and are hunting forested ridges. Deer are much less predictable when there are no edges and they can come from any direction. The best I can do in that situation is to sit downwind of a trail that they may use.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 8, 2023 14:47:05 GMT -5
Awesome buck!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 8, 2023 11:00:49 GMT -5
Besides deer being wherever they want to be, the wind can be tricky as well. The prevailing wind in my area is from the south this morning, but in the last 15 minutes, I've had leaves blowing past me from every point on the compass. It's hard to choose a stand when the wind changes every few minutes. Believe me, I do try to use the wind to my advantage, but sometimes you just have to throw caution to the wind and keep hunting.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 8, 2023 10:44:42 GMT -5
My opinion is that one should make an educated guess on where deer will be in relation to the stand location and hunt said stand only when the wind is not blowing from the stand to the deer.
That said, deer don't always follow the script and can very well be anywhere they darn well choose and not necessarily where you think they will be. Does that make any sense? Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 8, 2023 7:55:01 GMT -5
Just had an 8-pointer come from just left of my wind stream and pass me at 10 yards without even knowing I was here. He was trotting on a mission. What's depressing is that I thought I had great video, and my phone wasn't recording. Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 8, 2023 7:40:50 GMT -5
I had that same thought about our setup this morning My glimmer of hope this morning is that I've felt great about spots that never even produced a deer sighting. Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 8, 2023 7:09:36 GMT -5
I don't have good vibes about this morning's chosen spot. Wind direction isn't exactly as predicted, and it's certainly pretty breezy already. I'm already up in a tree, so I'm committed whether I want to be or not. Maybe a big buck will show up exactly where he needs to for me to remain undetected. You just never know about these things.
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