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Great job on that enclosed blind. Thank ya kindly, kind sir!
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
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The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Hey Rooster,
Awesome job on the box blind buddy !!!
Deb & I just purchased a new home & 80 acres of land, that backs onto 460 acres of hard to access public land.
Settlement at the end of the month.
That's how we'll roll next season too !
I'll be hitting you up, expect some PM traffic next summer.
Paul.
"Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"
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Thanks Paul and a big congrats on the new place! Sounds like you will have some great land to hunt!
Also, tell Deb congrats on the buck!
Good luck this year!
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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I had an appt. so I was able to get out of work early today. When I got home there was still a little over an hour of daylight left so I gather up some things to bring to the blind so I won't have to carry them out in the dark on Saturday morning. I had that nagging feeling that I shouldn't do it this close to season but hindsight and all...
I drove up, shut the truck off, got out and opened the back door to grab my stuff and I hear something behind me. I turn around and there is a big 10 point (definite shooter) large bodied, buck running across the pasture and into the corn about 40 yards away from me. He must have been bedded in some of the thicker stuff on the hillside not far from my blind.
Damn it! I hope I didn't blow him out of the country! I'm positive he didn't smell me when I got out of the truck and he didn't have his white flag up and wasn't running flat out so I think the noise of the truck that close and then shutting off had him thinking he better get out of his hidey hole. Schidt! I'm hoping he comes back around!
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The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
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that is a shame.
shame
shame
shame.
Something clever here.
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Rooster needs the shame stick!!
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Congrats to Paul and Deb on the home and land purchase! That’s exciting.
Good luck to all the MN deer hunters this weened.
Chickenbuck Joe...this is your year for a buck.
Camp is where you make it.
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Yes. Good luck everyone and stay safe!
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I can't find my Chicken Buck hat anywhere. I don't remember if I had it up at the shack during ML or not. If not, I think I know what happened to it. At the end of the regular gun season last year, I was packing up the blind and stuff in the dark and it was brutal cold and windy. I kinda recall putting it on over a thicker face mask to make the trek through the brush back to the truck. I bet it got snagged off my melon and then covered up in snow. DRATS!
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No bucks been spotted, no deers been shotted. Some does and fawns observed by nearly all, good food and great company. Grandbabies were at deer camp, very good babies. Lots of fun.
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Something clever here.
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No luck for our crew. We never saw a deer until we were driving out of the woods to go home today. Not much shooting. Didn't see any deer on trucks coming out of our area. Of course, lots of wolf sign. Shoot Shovel and Shut Up doesn't seem to be working real good in our area.
molɔ̀ːn labé skýla
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No bucks been spotted, no deers been shotted. Some does and fawns observed by nearly all, good food and great company. Grandbabies were at deer camp, very good babies. Lots of fun. Good stuff !
Paul.
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Locked down here too !
Joe saw a doe & fawn Friday afternoon.
I saw a little buck Saturday morning.
No other sighting for the 3 day weekend.
Paul.
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Thank you to all who served !
Paul.
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There are no deer moving in this shack. I’ve been looking too.
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Was a cold, windy sumb!tch too !
Paul.
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Was a cold, windy sumb!tch too ! I was snug as a bug in a rug. Got a freezer pleaser at 8:15 am yesterday.
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
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No bucks been spotted, no deers been shotted. Some does and fawns observed by nearly all, good food and great company. Grandbabies were at deer camp, very good babies. Lots of fun. Good stuff ! # 1
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No deer shot and only one seen by five hunters at our camp about 40 miles SW of Chickenbuck. Many coyote and wolf tracks outnumber deer tracks by far! Very few shots heard in area and deer seem to be moving after dark with several deer sighted from vehicles on roads while going to and from camp. Almost got an eight pointer with my truck on drive home last night. Missed him by inches. Swamps were frozen and covered with 2-3 inches of snow but minimal deer tracks visible.
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