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So ...... what did YOU learn this Deer Season?
bkoenig:
--- Quote from: sidearm1 on November 28, 2011, 07:40:13 PM ---No matter how many times you ask permission, the ditch drivers will find you. Sitting in blind, they park in the field on the hill behind you. Too nervous to stay in blind. Beer cans being thrown out of truck added to nervousness. Sixth year using blind, sixth year having a strolling 50 yard shot. 4 Hunters, 5 deer (one nice eight pointer). Made farmer happy, got rid of 4 does for him. (Yes Mr.Farmer, I will shoot does if you want me to)
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The stand I shot my deer from is 50 yards off of a paved road. About 1/2 hour after sunrise some guy pulls up and parks his car on the side of the road, right where the deer like to cross. :angry:
He then spends the next 15 minutes banging around in his trunk and getting his junk together. Finally he slams the car trunk and wanders off to the property on the other side of the road. He just stands there out in the open for about 5 minutes, then walks further in.
Luckily my deer came from the other direction so he didn't have a chance to scare it off. My brother in law drove past later that morning and said the guy was just sitting next to a tree, out in the open just off the road. I'm guessing he didn't have much luck that day. I'm no great hunter by any means, but at least I have the ambition to get out to the field before the sun comes up, and I know enough to be quiet and hold still.
I hate road hunters. If they don't have permission to hunt on someone's land, and shooting from the road is illegal, I don't know who they think they're fooling by driving around looking for deer. Same goes for trespassers. It's been a couple of years since we've had to run anyone off, but in years past it was really bad. I don't get the mindset where people think it's ok to just walk onto land they don't own.
Mudinyeri:
--- Quote from: bradkoll on November 29, 2011, 02:57:48 PM ---Thanks for the responses guys! I had on long johns and some cotton/denim camo pants from cabelas for my legs. My torso had an old under armour base layer, a cotton t-shirt, a big cotton sweater I initially bought for an ugly sweater party, a thin polyester long sleeve shirt, and the winter coat that has a fleece inner layer. Few days ago I ordered some bibs from cabelas that have 150gram insulation and Dry-Plus, a hooded jacket with 100gram insulation, and a microfleece balaclava that is supposed to block the wind. All I need now is a hand warmer that hangs from the hip like football players have and I should be ready. Hope to test it all out when I get over my flu and do some post-school pre-christmas bowhunting.
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The word "cotton" appears WAY too many times in that paragraph. Replace "cotton" with "wool" and you'll be at least 50% warmer when you're dry and 1000X warmer when you're wet.
The hand warmers are God's gift to football players and hunters! I think mine came from Cabela's. My in-laws gave it to me for Christmas a few years ago. Man, I have great in-laws.
sparky:
I love the hand warmers. I actually just got the cheap camo one from wal-mart and it allows me to wear my light archery gloves nearly year round in my tree stand. I always bring my heavy ones along but really like to just wear light gloves. Highly recommend a hand warmer.
armed and humorous:
I didn't go this year. Got laid off last year and couldn't really justify the license, permits, and all that. Never really did any hunting specifically for deer, but I ran across so many while pheasant/quail hunting, that I finally decided I should get the permit just in case I had the opportunity. I don't know of any private land to hunt, so I stick to the state parks and WMAs. What are you going to do? Still, I usually find something to shoot at. Two years ago was the first time I got a permit for deer since I was kid. Hunting behind the damn at Branched Oak for pheasants and quail during the deer season, I was carrying my S&W 500 8-3/8" barrel wheel gun just in case. Wouldn't you know it, I see my three chocolate labs suddenly dart to the far side of a plumb thicket, headed toward the dam, and I get a brief glimps of a deer running ahead of them. I knew the deer was either going to break to the right and cross the creek, or it would break left where the cover ended and cross an opening directly ahead of me. I put my shotgun down against a tree, pulled my revolver, and basically started running to reduce the distance should the deer break left and give me a broadside shot. With the dam as a backstop, I was ready when the deer cut across the 15-yd. wide opening in the brush. Couldn't have asked for a better opportunity, unless maybe the 50-75 yard distance had been a little less. Boom! My ears were ringing (forgot my earplugs), and the deer was still running. I looked to my left, and there was another small opening in the brush, so I prepared for another shot (even though it was a bit longer and I was afraid I'd never hear another thing). Boom! More ringing. No deer. Went and looked for signs of blood, but nothing.
I fully realize that to have a good chance of bagging a deer, it requires a lot of preparation (scouting, getting permission for a good place to hunt, tree stands or blinds, and all that). I'm more of an opportunist, but that opportunity was worth the cost of the permit, even though I didn't bag the deer. The year before, I had a much better shot at a beautiful buck, in a nearby area at Branched Oak, but I didn't have a permit. I was again hunting pheasants when some deer hunters spooked the deer from across the road, and he trotted broadside to me about 35 yards away with no interfering cover. Damn!
I didn't hunt at all this year due to my layoff, but I'm thinking about getting my habitat stamp and park permit so I can do what's left of the season and be ready for next fall.
By the way, I also ran across turkeys out there when I didn't have a permit. The next year I got the permit and didn't see a one. :(
sparky:
Thats usually how it goes, go deer hunting to see only turkeys. Go turkey hunting and see deer all over the place. Been there many times!
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