I might hit a spot that could have some serious acorns on the ground. Found it a few years ago when mushroom hunting, was littered with shells from the year before. I sat there one time the following season but left 45 minutes into the sit as a serious squall line moved in. Thinking of taking a tree seat and buying a guillie suit and seeing what happens. Aggressive is going to be my theme this year, but patience will reign during the rut.
Here is where I am talking about hunting the acorns. Look at the trails in that CRP field though. Maybe I should guillie suit up and hunker down in there. I hate ticks though I do love the fact that all the Sat. images for this land were taken during winter. The lakes have ice and the leaves are all down.
Come to think of it, that might be drainage ditches that are showing up like trails. I know there is one just to the SE of the parking lot where the shades of brown unmatch and lead up to the shrub line at the western woodline
Happy birthday! Wish I had one during deer season. You are due for a mature buck, this will be the year.
Just ordered a cheap stand and sticks, will be here tomorrow. Coworker is going to try to pick one up tonight after work. Plan as it stands is to go in and hang a couple stands Friday afternoon for Saturday morning. He can't hunt either evening so if all goes well I will likely get in a Saturday evening and possibly even a Sunday morning hunt. I'll take the lone wolf as well just in case I need to make a corrective shift. I'm officially getting psyched up to be out there, about damned time!
Things are always changing. Had a meeting today at work, was at the end of the shift and those usually aren't the good ones. It has a huge impact on my season for the foreseeable future. Komatsu has been keeping us swamped with work lately, guess work got a call today and Komatsu had quite a few new mining truck orders canceled so they won't be needing the influx of oarts we have been machining. Music to my ears, going to cut back to 40 hour weeks and cut out the overtime for awhile. Meams I will be hitting the public land a lot more often the next several weeks. Friday, Saturday and Sunday now free :headbang: The saying goes, when it rains it pours. Well for me, the rain has stopped, the clouds are parting and the sun is shining down. Couldn't have happened at a better time. This is "THE" year, I can feel it. To the top of the leaderboard and beyond....
Good luck CLS that's always good to slow down and finally relax after non stop work! Sent from my arrow using Mathews
Had 2 doe's come in this evening eating acorns , got to 32 yards ..... They looked hungry so I just watched them eat ..
Just picked up a small 20 acre lease that is within a small towns city limits all timber that has a couple fields that meet its borders. According to the land owner it has not been hunted in the 32 years he has owned it. I walked it yesterday and it's full of trails and I found some fresh rubs and scrapes hopefully I can get my cameras on it after work and get one stand hung by the massive white oak in there it had acorns all over the ground and good sign.
I'm hoping so. One cedar tree was about the size of my thigh that was rubbed could be a goodn in there.
I might get some time in the woods Saturday afternoon. If not ill be out Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning next week. Maybe Thurs morning.
Got my cheap stand put together, glad I opened it up, never had one completely unassembled. Would have been a nightmare in the field. Getting out there about 1pm amd hanging them, won't be hunting until Saturday morning. I'll try to get a couple pics of the view posted up, not sure how food cell reception will be. Procrastination has ended, KILL mode has commenced. Can't promise a kill, but I can say I will be dropping the first good sized doe(or buck) that presents the shot.
Bow is shooting on the money and it is pure reflex kill mode now...no thinking, just point and kill. haha. This team needs blood spilled!
