I'm up to 21 for the day. This is #18 she came in with no fawns being followed by 3 - 1.5yr bucks and made the mistake of stopping to sniff my boot tracks from this morning.
Heading to Ohio tomorrow for the opener on Monday. Hoping my sone comes with me. He has to check his school schedule first. Then next weekend ,y oldest said he wants to come with.
Well I was having a nice morning sit in Ohio until some jerkoff came and started pumping the oil wells. The entire forest sounds like industry instead of the peaceful silence of nature.
Well I was having a nice morning sit in Ohio until some jerkoff came and started pumping the oil wells. The entire forest sounds like industry instead of the peaceful silence of nature. View attachment 86095
Back in the box after walking to the house for a couple of bowls of venison stew. I think I'll leave the heater off. Full belly, heat and this hammock chair may have me taking a nap all afternoon. Saw 4 bucks (2 legal) 3 doe and a red fox this morning.
Back on stand. No wind, no oil pumps, just the serene silence of the forest, occasionally interrupted by squirrels bouncing around and chasing each other. I should do this more often.
Watching two one year olds spar at a distance. One has a bum leg.
6 does/fawns just came running out into the cut corn field. They are kind of down wind but its blowing hard enough and they are far enough away I think.
We'll see what happens, its a "magic X" day, wish I had some standing corn or beans to hunt over.
Hunted this morning above my house 25 degrees and a good cool breeze with a couple inches of fresh snow from yesterdays storm..no sightings but I think the deer are using the trail right under the stand to get into my plot…really wishing I had some more late dropping trees about now..(do have 14 from Blue Hill and some others that are supposedly late droppers but they aren’t quite big enough to produce a lot yet..)