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I came down early and opened up Deer Camp. The rest of the crew will start coming in tomorrow Noon. We have a new Plebe this year joining the Shamanic Dream Team: Introducing Foxtrot CharlieI've been scouting the property. We had a nice 8-pointer that has been showing up frequently, but last weekend, he showed up with half his rack missing. The good news is something bigger must have knocked it off. I can't wait. I'm like a poodle leaving puddles. I already have my gear sorted and the Savage 99 on the rack, ready to go.
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Good luck!
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Moose and Mooselette arrived after midnight. She's looking for her first, taking a 30-30 bolt gun. She'll hunt with Daddy Moose on the Opener and me in the Evening.
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I scouted from the back of the house this morning. It was looking like rain, so I didn't want to go far.
About 45 minutes after sunrise, I was rewarded with the sound of a buck rising out of his bed back in the weeds less than 50 yards from the house. He grunted a bit and then moved on, going towards the stand where Foxtrot Charlie is going to be.
After that, I came in and got breakfast. When I went out on the front porch, I was pleased to see a very wide backside with tail skywards bounding off towards Hootin' Holler, about 200 yards out from the house.
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Just about sundown, we were all sitting around the fire and a big 10 pointer walked up and checked us out about 30 yards from the fire. He then wandered into the bushes and regarded us.
Two more shootable bucks showed up in the pasture a little while later.
It's looking like the start of a good season.
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Good luck out there this morning, I will be down the hill from the house this morning myself here in Roberson county. I've got 2 shooter bucks that have been traveling through my property and getting their pictures taken the past few weeks of the rut looking for does, hoping they might decide to come by but I will be just as happy with a doe for the freezer.
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Best of luck!
I’m chewing on the tenderloins of my first one, wrapped in flour tortillas with cheese and butter, as I type this…
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We're in from Opening Morning.
Moose and Mooselette bagged the half-racked 8 pointer at 0730. The rest of us drew a zilch.
Pictures and story to follow.
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Why did y’all come in if you didn’t get a deer?
Camp is where you make it.
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Heard quite a few shots this morning in my neck of the woods, they are definitely in the rut, neighbor saw 2 bucks chasing a doe nextdoor this morning, he wasn't hunting. I passed on a nice 8 this morning that in hindsight I probably should have shot have several trail cam pics of him, holding out and hoping for a shot at a 10 point I saw last year, local fellow found his sheds post season last winter right next to the back of my property line but haven't seen him since.
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All the neighbors saw nothing. Moose's buck was the only deer taken within a square mile. This evening Mooselette and I saw 3 doe at last light, but she couldn't see well enough to make a shot. The neighbors across the creek were chasing a wounded deer up the creek.
Overall, we're seeing a slow start, but I expect things to improve as the week develops.
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What’s the temps down there?
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Why did y’all come in if you didn’t get a deer? Tea and crumpets.
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Why did y’all come in if you didn’t get a deer? Tea and crumpets. You reach a point in life when a good crumpet is good enough….
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What’s the temps down there? Overnight lows 38F highs are nearing 60F Back at it this AM. Mooselette is going with me to Midway. Why did y’all come in if you didn’t get a deer? Tea and crumpets. You reach a point in life when a good crumpet is good enough…. I used to try to pull all-day hunts, but I seldom saw anything move past 11. Nowadays, I need a few hours to get a meal in me and rest. I'm diabetic and have a bunch of other things wrong. The rigors of an all-day are beyond me.
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What’s the temps down there? Overnight lows 38F highs are nearing 60F Back at it this AM. Mooselette is going with me to Midway. Why did y’all come in if you didn’t get a deer? Tea and crumpets. You reach a point in life when a good crumpet is good enough…. I used to try to pull all-day hunts, but I seldom saw anything move past 11. Nowadays, I need a few hours to get a meal in me and rest. I'm diabetic and have a bunch of other things wrong. The rigors of an all-day are beyond me. Aside from a gimpy knee, I’m in good health. When I was working, I used to stay out all day because the number of days I had was limited, seasons were short, and it was a long drive. Now I can hunt from the end of September into January with one weapon or another, so I pick my days, and don’t turn them into marathons. Don’t even pack a lunch or a thermos. When I’m hungry, I hike back out and drive the 20 minutes it takes to get home. Generally, I hunt the mornings, as it gives me time to track if needed, and to bring ‘em out. Once I get one in the freezer, I become even more casual about it. Still have a week of Archery before the Firearms Buck (and does with a tag) season. Hope to get a doe down and punch my Earn-a-Buck ticket so I can shoot ‘em all on opening day, but gotta take wifey fishing first. Keep at it. You know better than most that every day matters.
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