Live from the stand thread

[jsasker007]

I clicked on this thread for the first time this morning. The thing that POPS out to me are the places you guys are hunting. They seem WIDE OPEN to me. A mature buck would never ever ever ever set foot into wide open spaces like that where I own land!! Especially not in the daylight. Big woods northern MN. Elmer Fudd has hit the woods hard in the last month and we have lots of wolves and bears. Gotta be in the thick shit by us.

I have the same situation here. Open spots are nice to see to the other side of the "clearing" but not very practical until rifle season for me. Setting up just off of the deer trails is my best bet especially with the leaves mostly gone. Now I can see into/through the brushy areas but could never get an arrow through that stuff.

 

[fishin coyote]

Do you sit in the ghillie in front of a large tree?

Mortenson, 90% of the time I try to get something behind me like brush, tree tops,etc or multiple trunks. If that's not possible I go with the biggest tree available.

Buck, It's actually a little thicker than the picture shows. For whatever reason mature bucks have no hesitation about crossing thru here. Although it is private and our Fudd season doesn't start until after Thanksgiving which may contribute. Once Fudd season starts they rarely leave the MFR or clear cut thickets.

 

[356]

Live, from the home office rut-season annex....
Just because I have to work from home today does not mean I have to work indoors.....

 

[cbw]

Nice pinch point where a pond to the left (behind the trees) brings deer where 4 habitat features merge.


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[Mtyhunter]

Live, from the home office rut-season annex....
Just because I have to work from home today does not mean I have to work indoors.....

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For the first time, last year I packed a lithium battery w/ inverter to my big blind to run my laptop to do some necessary work. This year rolled around, and I'm like NOPE, I'm not fricking doing that again!
Now I feel like I just hexed myself...

 

[cbw]

Nice pinch point where a pond to the left (behind the trees) brings deer where 4 habitat features merge.


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And the first visitors of the night. Great to see fawns—we have several pair on our property this year.

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[356]

Live, from the home office rut-season annex....
Just because I have to work from home today does not mean I have to work indoors.....

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This has been a fun sit...the blind is close to the house, so I get great Wi-FI. So far three anterless and two younger bucks have been in range. It was fun watching the bucks go after the does. Now I'm waiting for grandpa deer to drop by.

 

[hillrunner]

Not quite live but had a fun hunt tonight. The right buck didn't show but they were chasing.

 

[Brian662]

This guy ran does back in forth in front of me most of the evening. He also squared up with a buck I guessed was one year younger, thought for sure they were going to dance but cooler heads prevailed. Otherwise mostly does and another rambunctious fork running wild in the field.

 

[356]

I am back in the Home Office Rut Annex. First freeze of the season--so I am thankful for the Buddy heater. I have a good signal for my morning meetings at 10:00 10:30 and 11:00. Buck movement has been significant the past couple of days, and I've seen one shooter deer that is new. Still some time before shooting light, so I'm doing some meeting prep.

 

[tooln]

I'm not in the stand yet the weather hasn't been cool enough for me but it's coming soon. So today I pulled the tote out of the attic that has all my camo gear and it's a damn good feeling when everything's still fits.

 

[Newbie]

Where the hell did you get that I was trying to tell anyone how to hunt??? I barely even get a chance to hunt and would be the last person anyone should take advice from. I could care less about what anyone else is doing. I am well aware that everyone's circumstances are different. I was simply making an observation of how the deer in my area are different than deer in other areas 2-3 states away.

I think my comment came off a little more crass than I intended. No disrespect intended, my apologies. Good luck out there buddy.