Just starting to warm up . Im on the COE land where the train runs by 930 -10 each day. I let that broken up rack 15-16 inch spread 8 pt, that seen last wens or thurs during ml season walk about 60 yds away behind 2 does around 730 heading towards the trestle . I was so tempted to drop him and get my 1st kill with the marlin 36g. Already made the decision... he comes back and gives me a shot I am gonna drop him and get picky with my last tag after that. Dec 2nd rut is hitting in about 2- 4 weeks.

Cold? How cold?

MN season is over, opening week was cold, I sat and froze my ass off in -3* to +20* with winds from 5-25 MPH.

I'm to old for that [bleep].

sunny & 60* here all week...........

27 this morning wind was about 10mph , not bad now , hear the train always off . 2 other trucks was here before I got in , Wilson county plates , place is completely surrounded by private land . Grew up in Maine know the cold you speak off.

I've decided early muzzleloader season towards the end of October in Iowa is how my deer hunting is to be spent from here on out.

Been watching a doe the last 10-15 mins tail straight the frigg out. Did a big wide half moon around me , musta caught a whiff of me , trotted off slow, at least her hoof scent is on the ground on the path she took.

Mid 80s here, down to a cool 60 at night. This is the payoff after suffering in 110-120 temps during the summer!

Are you actually hunting NOW, and giving us a play-by-play? Multi-tasking! Very nice!

Ya. I'm gonna sit here till about 1pm . Come back.tommorow everything I have seen this morning was heading too or coming from a creek crossing bout 75 yds away. Was gonna go out to stewart state forest . This place is surrounded by private lands the t-day crowd get something moving I ain't seen in here yet, or that broken 8pt comes by .who knows what can happen , it's November!!!

Headline: Hunter Bags Huge Deer

"Yeah, this giant buck walked right past another hunter who was absorbed with his phone. So I shot that buck myself."

Hey renegade, no polishing your parts while you're on stand, if ya know what I mean!

Im a smart phone post- ho now i geuss.... https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/galleries/12414233/rifle#comments

Others have spoken along also, some enjoy it , some dont. Keeps me on stand a whole hellva lot longer. Takes awhile to compose a post . Bout noon I'm gonna get up and still hunt into the wind for an hour and cover bout 500 yds. Been pretty successful doing that over the years also. 😉😃😃😃

Sounds like a good plan!

I can't imagine pecking away on a dam phone while "hunting" but since you're at least using a pre safety Marlin I'm gonna cut you some slack.

I hear ya..

I still shiver (pun intended) when I recall a deer hunt in NW Wisconsin back in the mid-70s, when we got out of the truck at 5:00 am and the temp was -32F.... Son of a bish, THAT was a cold hunt... Brrrrr.

164 dollar OTD pawnshop rifle , i have given it some love, accurate as fugg ... its 53 im 54 , dont know its previous history , start a new one with me now until it gets passed down to a grandkid in the future hopefully. Took me about 10 mins to compose this...

Foggy dawn and -35°F




For a pile of dinks

Cold during deer season here in this part of Kentucky and Tennessee, is not like the cold compared to the northern states. But then, our bodies are not used to cold, so I guess we notice it more. I've spent more than my fair share of sitting in deer stands in November and December and freezing my ass off. I've got an elevated shooting house on one side of the farm, and when it's cold or windy, I sit in there by my Buddy heater, and don't think twice about it.

Yellow perch? Used to get annoyed by those in the spring and summer home in Maine. White perch was the preference for a good fish chowder , different regions , different taste. I ain't been ice fishing since 1982.

We dote on yellow perch here. Close cousin to the walleye and just as good. Perch tacos...MMMMmmmm!

The battery in my phone would go dead due to cold in just a minute or two while sitting in my stand. The only time I looked at it was to check the time, or if I needed to contact my son to come pick me up.

I can't hear [bleep] anymore even with two hearing aids. I set my stands up where I can see at least 100+ yards, gives me time to react when I see them as I will never hear them.

This year I borrowed my son's radio head phones, set them to talk radio and sat looking for deer and listening to Rush, Sean and Prager. I'll never sit in a stand again without them.

Funny how demand for certain fire arms and calibers can change over time.
I remember some years ago around here a.35 Rem. in any action type rifle were usually slow sellers and often priced accordingly. Back in the day I've seen the same Marlins in .35 Rem stay on various gun store used gun racks for a long time and priced pretty cheap even for those times, too.

I made some threads about this rifle when I 1st picked it up.
It has impressed me with its accuracy, handy to carry. Just need to drop a 8pt as wide as its ears or better with it to break it's cherry for me. Gonna do some more work on it after deer season , it is a 1964 marlin 36g 30-30 sporting carbine with glenfeild address marks on it and black walnut wood .2yr run before Glenfield made them their model 30 in 1966. Not a valuable model, but a kinda rare model, only 5930 got made in that 2 yr transistion. It's basically a non fancy 336 that got marketed to Montgomery wards and other department store chains. Our city office complex used to be a Montgomery wards back when.

Like I said......announcing my every move on an internet forum while hunting ain't something I'd do but you seem to like it so if we can tolerate Gus's babbling and the boy's from OR's pity parties on here I don't suppose it hurts anything. Carry on.

PS.....if you do kill a Deer you might want to post a selfie with it just to make sure you don't land on FB's troll list.

Hahaha!!! I did put up 2 pictures of myself on fireballs troll pic thread. Soon as it got 25 views per the image gallery I deleted the post on fireballs thread and 86,d the image gallery also. So 25 users out their know what I look like. Thanks for granting me permission to carry on with from the stand post also😃😃😃 ain't gonna be no selfie crap. Deer and gun have to suffice like on Sunday with the 10 pt and .45 ml. Tune in tommorow, might be interesting. It's november again can happen.😃😃😃

try using the howard leight impact sport powered muffs when hunting. you can hear a mouse fart 50 yards off and they protect your ears from further damage when you shoot. i wear them for hours at a time on stand.

Fixt😁

96 today in stupid Southern California. I really hate it. Pushing 100 tomorrow which would be a record. The 2 weeks before were 75-80 with nights in the 50s. It is just ridiculous to be running AC on Thanksgiving.

We set a record today, also -- 68° If it tops 65° tomorrow, it'll be the warmest T'Day ever recorded in Salt Lake City. And it looks like it will.

I think I may be the cause. Bought a new snow blower this year.

Yeah, I'm in SLC at Mom's for the holiday. Tee shirt weather. I love it!

Thanks, but my ears are pretty well shot. My hearing aids, like most all these days, do more than just amplify sounds, they are tailored to amplify specific tones to specific levels and they still won't pick up much if anything in the deer woods.

Maybe I'll buy a pair just to see if the two together will help.

This AM, I heard they were expecting a record high in ABQ for Nov 23 - 69*
Previous all-time record was 68* in 1948 (may have been '49)