Live from the stand thread

[gwm]

Cool view there. Is that a natural watering hole or did you make that?

Natural waterhole that I made bigger. It always held water but I wanted it bigger than it was.

 

[gwm]

This little guy is giving it everything he's got. They ran the field three times.



Time out for a drink.



And now this little guy is going to try to catch up to them.

 

[Bill]

I’m hunting from the barn. Weapon of choice is a Sony Handycam.

 

[Brian662]

130ish" 9 point came out to eat and chase a few does around

 

[356]

Rut Annex Update: Between my meeting that ended at 10:54 and the one that started at 11:00 I arrowed a nice buck. I saw a doe and a fork go through earlier and he was on the same trail. I didn't have time to get video, and I felt the shot was less than perfect. After my 11:00 am meeting I looked at the sight and found white hair and a blood trail that is good, but dark, and no arrow.

This has been an amazing 6 hours, and once I retrieve the buck, it will be a story for many years to come.

This was the hardest retrieval I've had...it was a liver shot and the deer was still alive at 6:32 pm when I found him. A second shot allow me to notch the tag. The deer expired just over the property line in a deep creek bed, and I have a good relationship with the neighbor (but not one where he will help ). Winches will be required, as this is a solo recovery, so I am getting dinner and planning my approach. Here is a picture of the buck on a camera from yesterday. I harvested him just 10 yards from this camera, about 24 hours after this picture was taken.

 

[Turkey Creek]

Good buck movement the last couple of hours before dark last night as the wind dropped off, one of my better bucks would have been killable (not sure I would have shot him, he is a long tined 4x4, but looks to be maybe 3 or 4 years old) if I was in the stand I hunted tonight. Unfortunately, I had other commitments last night. Hunted this morning and saw a half dozen antlerless, the most I have seen in quite sometime. An average size buck bumping a pair of them around, though he wasnt set on chasing anything. Tonight was a bust, had a little spike buck chasing a doe in some brush 15 minute after I got into the stand and then after that it was just me and the squirrels .... lots of squirrels! LOL

 

[Bill]

This was the hardest retrieval I've had...it was a liver shot and the deer was still alive at 6:32 pm when I found him. A second shot allow me to notch the tag. The deer expired just over the property line in a deep creek bed, and I have a good relationship with the neighbor (but not one where he will help ). Winches will be required, as this is a solo recovery, so I am getting dinner and planning my approach. Here is a picture of the buck on a camera from yesterday. I harvested him just 10 yards from this camera, about 24 hours after this picture was taken.

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That corn didn't grow so well.

 

[hunts_with_stick]

This has been one of my worst years in terms of seeing shooter bucks. I have off all next week and will hunt starting sat. Can’t today and tomorrow son has a baseball camp at a college 4.5 hours away so we are leaving today and not getting home until late tomorrow.

 

[bwoods11]

I’ve seen 9 deer & 5 are bucks all but one close …fun sit ! This buck is 2.5 or 3.5 ? Not sure . But a nice one for future

 

[356]

That corn didn't grow so well.

Could be a case of Ground shrinkage :-), but I'm happy with the harvest. I'd say he was 3 1/2. At 192#, he was just under the one I harvested two years ago.

 

[Brian662]

Nice buck, congrats! Good to see all your time and energy pay off!

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

Congrats…but that’s not the same deer in the trail cam pic

 

[Bill]

Could be a case of Ground shrinkage :-), but I'm happy with the harvest. I'd say he was 3 1/2. At 192#, he was just under the one I harvested two years ago. View attachment 84867
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I wasn't knocking your deer. Not my style at all. I was literally meaning the corn didn't grow to well.

 

[PatinPA]

View attachment 84626Day three of torture. The seat in this stand has gotten almost unbearable. The sun just started over the mountain and I’m already thinking of packing it in my legs hurt so bad. Awful design

The most exciting thing I’ve seen so far is a squirrel.

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Get one of these driving cushions to sit on. Makes a world of difference.
https://www.amazon.com/CushZone-Adj...22&sprefix=driving+pillow,aps,117&sr=8-2&th=1

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

Congrats…but that’s not the same deer in the trail cam pic

I looked at the pictures and thought the same thing. Both are nice 8 pointers, but definitely different deer.

 

[Feelslikefar.]

Get one of these driving cushions to sit on. Makes a world of difference.

The last two days I was sitting on THREE hunting cushions. lol

The problem is the design of the seat. Must be made for little skinny people who can sit with their knees together. I'm not little or skinny. I can sit with my legs together for a few seconds. But not at all while wearing heavy winter clothes and a tree harness. In the seat the metal cross bar presses up hard on my lower thighs. In any other position than knees touching each other, the higher metal bars mid seat press up real hard on my hamstrings. After a while that cold metal pressing back there causes my legs to cramp up. Nothing like jumping out of your seat in pain trying to get the cramp to subside... when you only have a couple inches of platform to stand on. Especially when you're trying to me motionless and quiet. lmao (kills me because there's so much about the stand I love, it's 100% rock solid and quite.)

The plan for gun season is to buy some thick foam "kneeling pads." Two on each side to sort of level things out, then one long one across those two. If that doesn't work, I dunno. Maybe get rid of it, screw down some 3/4" marine plywood and stick a regular chair of there.

 

[PatinPA]

The last two days I was sitting one THREE hunting cushions. lol

The problem is the design of the seat. Must be made for little skinny people who can sit with their knees together. I'm not little or skinny. I can sit with my legs together for a few seconds. But not at all while wearing heavy winter clothes and a tree harness. In the seat the metal cross bar presses up hard on my lower thighs. In any other position than knees touching each other, the higher metal bars mid seat press up real hard on my hamstrings. After a while that cold metal pressing back there causes my legs to cramp up. Nothing like jumping out of your seat in pain trying to get the cramp to subside... when you only have a couple inches of platform to stand on. Especially when you're trying to me motionless and quiet. lmao (kills me because there's so much about the stand I love, it's 100% rock solid and quite.)

The plan for gun season is to buy some thick foam "kneeling pads." Two on each side to sort of level things out, then one long one across those two. If that doesn't work, I dunno. Maybe get rid of it, screw down some 3/4" marine plywood and stick a regular chair of there.

Ah I gotcha. Ya I've often thought about cutting the seats off and putting a more comfortable seat in it's place. The driving cushions are stiffer and hold their shape better instead of conforming to the seat shape after awhile like your typical hunting cushion. We called them hot seats. Kind of look like a whoopie cushion filled with foam peanuts. I've never found them to be very comfortable no matter the seat.

 

[hillrunner]

Could be a case of Ground shrinkage :-), but I'm happy with the harvest. I'd say he was 3 1/2. At 192#, he was just under the one I harvested two years ago. View attachment 84867
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Is that a real picture in the creek?

 

[Brian662]

Is that a real picture in the creek?

I thought it looked like AI initially but didn't think @356 was that kind of guy

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

ai. Zoom in and it’s borders don’t look natural