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Post by M4Madness on Nov 18, 2023 9:50:25 GMT -5
What a day! Awesome!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 18, 2023 9:49:58 GMT -5
Is it Little Debbie time yet? I'm a little hungry. I didn't bring any food. Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 18, 2023 9:47:15 GMT -5
A 6-pointer just walked silently past on the logging road heading north. He was on a mission and kept a steady pace without stopping.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 18, 2023 8:44:04 GMT -5
Dead here the last hour. No deer or gun shots.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 18, 2023 8:02:55 GMT -5
Just had a tick crawling on my phone screen!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 18, 2023 7:37:15 GMT -5
7:06 AM EST
Less than 10 shots in the first half hour. All but one so far away as to be faint and measured in miles. One probably a quarter mile away on neighboring farm. Most shots by a single hunter so far is three.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 18, 2023 5:04:48 GMT -5
Hunting until noon today. Going in light with no water or snacks. Lots of small bucks on camera overnight. Big buck only for me today -- no does. Good luck, everyone!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 17, 2023 20:10:43 GMT -5
Over 30 shots I heard grilling burgers on the deck between 5 pm and dark est . Nothing like waiting till the last min . Maybe they got their gun kills tonight and are tagging them in tomorrow. 😉
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 17, 2023 18:43:11 GMT -5
One of the bucks I’m contemplating on harvesting walked passed me at 45 yds at 5:20. That shot is too far for me so none taken. Question I have is..he walked the same way I need to leave!! Do I walk out without a light or with a light?? I never use a light coming out, as I get down the exact minute that shooting light ends and still have enough light to make the trek to my Jeep. On morning hunts, I don't use a light either if the moon phase is right. Obviously you guys that hunt plots or agricultural fields probably have to wait for total darkness to climb down.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 16, 2023 15:00:31 GMT -5
An average .308 suppressor will drop the decibel level down to around 130 dB. OSHA considers hearing damage from impulse noise to be 140 dB and above. My particular.308 suppressor knocks 30 dB off versus unsuppressed. Compare that to various earplugs and muffs to get a good comparison of noise reduction. At 130 I would still wear ear protection…. www.asha.org/public/hearing/loud-noise-dangers/#:~:text=A%20single%20loud%20blast%20or,come%20from%20gunfire%20or%20fireworks. Remember, a gunshot is "impulse noise", not continuous. 139 dB is considered hearing safe if it is an instantaneous noise.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 16, 2023 11:48:41 GMT -5
Not needed if you have a good can on the rifle. I don't need hearing protection when shooting my .308 now. Have you ever measured the noise level it’s at now? An average .308 suppressor will drop the decibel level down to around 130 dB. OSHA considers hearing damage from impulse noise to be 140 dB and above. My particular.308 suppressor knocks 30 dB off versus unsuppressed. Compare that to various earplugs and muffs to get a good comparison of noise reduction.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 15, 2023 18:25:22 GMT -5
Not live but fairly close. It’s been a slow season for me so far. Several long sits with no deer seen and camera has been dead. This guy showed at 7:50 am this morning out of nowhere. He came in real quite and quick and almost got past me. Fortunately I was able to stop him in the last shooting lane I had. It may have been a little longer but from the point of first seeing him to letting the arrow fly it may have been 15 seconds. Congratulations! I had a similar experience one morning years ago. I had a doe walking across in front of me about 30 yards out. Suddenly this 10-pointer that I never knew was there comes angling out from behind me -- almost underneath me -- heading for the doe. I clipped my release onto the string, drew, and fired immediately -- heart shot!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 15, 2023 11:36:40 GMT -5
Surprised they just took the card… An "honest" trespasser. Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 14, 2023 19:46:40 GMT -5
All the does in my area must be bred, as 90% of my photos are lone does with an occasional small buck by itself as well, and the does I saw in person over the weekend were just casual with no bucks harassing them. Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 14, 2023 18:57:11 GMT -5
Bet that scared the crap outta ya. Enough that I went out and bought a harness! Imagine starting out facing away from the tree in your climber. Suddenly the seat section swings to the side while your feet are still on the platform, which causes your body to rotate 180 degrees to where you are facing the tree with your back against the seat section front bar and your legs are stretched out and BARELY on the platform. Now imagine as you are lying on your back that your right arm is extended as far as your elbow will allow with the weight of a shotgun hanging from your wrist entangled in a sling. It was quite the predicament! The seat design was the only thing that saved me. I found this photo online of the same stand:
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 14, 2023 17:21:31 GMT -5
Yeah. But did you get the deer? My memory is a little foggy 20+ years later, but it seems like we tracked blood and didn't find it. It was a young buck and I was hunting a ridge above standing corn west of Williams. I may have actually slipped and fired at the same time. I can't say 100% that the loss of balance was after the shot.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 14, 2023 17:05:58 GMT -5
Just like Cinderella.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 14, 2023 17:03:45 GMT -5
Got this pic just below the house around 12:30, he was dogging a doe. One for next year!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 14, 2023 16:58:34 GMT -5
I hunted from a climber for probably 5 years before I ever wore a harness. The last time before I started wearing one was the time the recoil from my 12-gauge slug gun caused the seat section of my climber to spin 90 degrees from the bottom section. My seat section had the front cross bar, and that's the only thing that saved me. My back came to rest against that bar, and my shotgun was dangling from the sling tangled on my arm.
Today, I still only strap onto the tree at full height in my climber or upon reaching the top of one of my ladder stands. I do not own any lifelines, nor do I shimmy up a tree in my climber while simultaneously attached to the tree.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 14, 2023 6:03:17 GMT -5
Went as far to say 2023 has been one of worst ruts he has seen in his career. And to think I took my first deer-hunting vacation last week during this rut. Lol!
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