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But seriously, try another tactic. If she knows what stand/blind you sit in, set up further back on her trail. Make sure the wind is in your favor and smoke her.
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I'm LOADED up with apples right now, they have started dropping hard. I dumped three 5 gallon buckets of them in the woods this morning, they'll be gone in a day or two.
There is one BIG doe that I haven't seen with babies for the past 2 seasons still running around. She has to be old, for as big as she is, but she's one cagey bitch. Perfect one to drop! I hear you, but I'm serious, she's a tough one to get a bead on. She's given me fits. Hunt her hard and remove her. That bitch will blow out all your spots. Leg stompin, blowin ass holes! lol She may get a dirt nap at the apple tree with a 40gr Maxi-mag arrow. lol that works too
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But seriously, try another tactic. If she knows what stand/blind you sit in, set up further back on her trail. Make sure the wind is in your favor and smoke her. I hear you. A buddy up the road saw here a few times last season in the field I walk through to get to my spots. I've been dumping apples just on the other side and seen here crossing it, then just skirting the edge, before crossing the road. I'm not going to cross the field early on in hopes of catching her.
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An old, experienced doe has 3 eyes. Two in her head and one in her azzhole. They can spot you coming or going and with the wind in your favor.
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Everything looks good at the zoo, besides one daylight picture of 6 coyotes. It looks to have been a decent year for antler growth. We got some nice bucks on camera at the feeders. So far 5 or 6 different 10 pts, and a couple are good, none of the big 8 pts have showed up yet. As soon as the hunters start scouting around us they'll show up. Got a big 9 pt, he was big enough last year, besides he was all broken up by the time I saw him.
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We had a pretty good winter, I think the Bears are getting alot of the Fawns around here! have Yotes too, but alot of bears, My old Bud drew a tag last fall and I put him on a 250lb, but there still alot of them, but few tags! 1st time in almost 20 years I did get at least one deer with bow! seems like when I did see one it was a spike or Button buck!
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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Here on the place, there is a doe and a fawn that I see pretty regular, but for the most part, I'm not seeing nearly the number of deer that I did last year. They cut the woods in front of the house and our deer numbers seem to be way down. I'm not seeing 1 track for every 20 I saw last year. I should be able to tell al little more in a day or two. Yesterday I took down the electric fence around whats left of the pea patch. Any deer around will be in there in a day or two.
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I think it will be pretty good. We have had a little rain this summer
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Stop wearing that scent control stuff in the woods and that doe will stop blowing. Stop worrying that she’s going to wind you. Forget about the wind. She will calm down
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Stop wearing that scent control stuff in the woods and that doe will stop blowing. Stop worrying that she’s going to wind you. Forget about the wind. She will calm down I don't wear scent control. I want her to get her, because I want to get her.
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I'm LOADED up with apples right now, they have started dropping hard. I dumped three 5 gallon buckets of them in the woods this morning, they'll be gone in a day or two.
There is one BIG doe that I haven't seen with babies for the past 2 seasons still running around. She has to be old, for as big as she is, but she's one cagey bitch. You need to take her out if ya get the chance . An old matriarch doe can really fugg up a hunt. She is also teaching the others street smarts.
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I'm LOADED up with apples right now, they have started dropping hard. I dumped three 5 gallon buckets of them in the woods this morning, they'll be gone in a day or two.
There is one BIG doe that I haven't seen with babies for the past 2 seasons still running around. She has to be old, for as big as she is, but she's one cagey bitch. You need to take her out if ya get the chance . An old matriarch doe can really fugg up a hunt. She is also teaching the others street smarts. Yeah, think of the neck roasts on that b!tch !
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Lots of does with twins on our place & I saw one with triplets while mushroom hunting !
Gunna love hunting the new place, for the 1st time this season.
Paul.
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Lots of does with twins on our place & I saw one with triplets while mushroom hunting !
Gunna love hunting the new place, for the 1st time this season. I remember you found moose sheds, are you going to be able to hunt them there ?
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Noticed a very old, large persimmon tree edge of the wood line here is dropping all of its persimmons.
Short circuiting the usual October ripe-and-drop
hundreds and hundreds of purple ripe persimmons littering the ground. Smells great mowing back there. Makes sense why I had seen a doe back over in that area a few days ago.
Usually they turn orange and go splat with a surupy thud in the fall.
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Went for a walk the other evening to one of our places. Saw 15 deer, 3 fawns, 5 bucks that were all 8 and 10 pointers, and 7 does. Don’t usually deer hunt that place very hard but plan on bow and muzzleloader hunting it some this season.
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Noticed a very old, large persimmon tree edge of the wood line here is dropping all of its persimmons.
Short circuiting the usual October ripe-and-drop
hundreds and hundreds of purple ripe persimmons littering the ground. Smells great mowing back there. Makes sense why I had seen a doe back over in that area a few days ago.
Usually they turn orange and go splat with a surupy thud in the fall.
Pretty early for em to be dropping. We had a easy winter and no killing frost late this spring also. 44A ought to be booming with acorns this year on the coner of the L shaped ridge system. I need to put some time in their this year.
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Lots of does with twins on our place & I saw one with triplets while mushroom hunting !
Gunna love hunting the new place, for the 1st time this season. I remember you found moose sheds, are you going to be able to hunt them there ? Not an adult, as it's a draw tag & the WMU only has 8 adult tags. Am still contemplating buying a calf tag (over the counter), we'll see !
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Noticed a very old, large persimmon tree edge of the wood line here is dropping all of its persimmons.
Short circuiting the usual October ripe-and-drop
hundreds and hundreds of purple ripe persimmons littering the ground. Smells great mowing back there. Makes sense why I had seen a doe back over in that area a few days ago.
Usually they turn orange and go splat with a surupy thud in the fall.
Pretty early for em to be dropping. We had a easy winter and no killing frost late this spring also. 44A ought to be booming with acorns this year on the coner of the L shaped ridge system. I need to put some time in their this year. When I went out to go check those Keebler boys’ stands, I was scouting the white oaks, dont see any early nuts. No acorn cups on the creek oaks either. Regional thing, not too concerned. Hickory nuts are loaded max, should be good cutting action in a couple-three weeks for the ‘harmless squirrel’
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Lots of does with twins on our place & I saw one with triplets while mushroom hunting !
Gunna love hunting the new place, for the 1st time this season. I remember you found moose sheds, are you going to be able to hunt them there ? Not an adult, as it's a draw tag & the WMU only has 8 adult tags. Am still contemplating buying a calf tag (over the counter), we'll see ! Whats the point of calf tags , is the mortality rate really high or are they just controlling the numbers ? I bet those calve's are some fine eating, I just don't think I could shoot one .
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