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I enjoy hunting to be out in nature. Enjoying what you do is what counts in life. Right?

I'm on call this weekend and had to take care of an emergency, so my buddy went out solo Friday night. With a storm approaching I knew the dogs would be on the prowl, especially at the two new farms we just got access to. He dropped 2 coyote and a big fox. This is the second time he's hunted solo and I couldn't be more proud of his success. SJC

I saw a black 3-4 times back in my woods while deer hunting over the last (3) months. Naturally, all I saw back there tonight was (2) antlerless deer at under 15 yards. I did pick up a fine “target of opportunity” on the walk back home though. Hippity Hoppity Easter’s on its way. Im going to try for squirrels again tomorrow evening over at my parents. There are a lot more greys over there but I never seen a black. Hopefully I’ll pick at least one up, then I’ll be able to do the crock pot bunny squirrel taste test. Squirrels usually win that battle but it takes more of them to make a meal.

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I try not to worry too much about why other people hunt. I am just happy that they do hunt. If trophies are your thing that is between you and yourself and not really anyone else's business. If you simply want to hunt regardless of size, that too is just your own business and nobody else's. At my age, I have stopped worrying about impressing anyone but myself. I am pretty happy that I can still climb that damned killer hill behind the house and live to tell about it.....lol. The first legal deer that comes along that is not a fawn is in big trouble. i guess that is what my version of a trophy has become. I hope there is no one here that thinks less of me for that.

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All it take is the right 5 acres. You can own a thousand acres, but if you are not in the right spot at the right time, it won't do you any good.

Certainly not all 5 acres are created equal, but having your own piece of land tends to mean you really know it, and spend a lot more time out hunting . I have a modest 10 acre chunk with a little cabin, but having a warm place to spend the night and not having to drive to it arriving tired means I am spending a lot more time quality hunting then ever before.

Trail cameras only captured the buck during daylight twice in three years: https://trib.al/cLWm69z

slight difference, at best, I'd say. Air density drops when colder so may have to give it an extra pump.

I get trhis. Now trhat I', up here full time my time in the woods has gone way up. With that sightings of Trophy deer go up also. We took two mature Doe at Bow and 1 second day of gun. In the last two years I passed so many buck deer that I might not of if "time" was not in the equation.

Had a Black one this morning under the wife's bird feeder.

He said it was about 11:00 AM

Exactly. And if someone has three 130in bucks wandering their property then that will be their trophy. The whole Trophy vs Meat Hunter to me never held water. I won’t kill a buck unless it’s a mature trophy for my area and I don’t always kill a buck every year. But I do fill everyone’s freezer that I need to fill. And when I do kill that trophy I get even more meat then most because it will weigh 170lbs plus most times.

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I can relate to that, having gone thru a brief “trophy” stage myself, back before I was married and had kids. I bought a piece of land that was a smidge over 5 acres, about 1/2 way between our farm and my grandparents farm. It was in an area known for producing large antlered bucks. All went well for a few years, and it was especially nice having that other place, so that I could reduce the hunting pressure on the hundred acres on the other two farms where I had hunted all my life. Up until the year that I killed (2) “trophies” on it, one on opening day of bow and the other on opening day of gun. It was a narrow slice of land, that cut into a large hardwood forrest. Word got out, and the following season, neighbors put up (3) stands in sight of (and within 100 yards or so) of mine. I didn’t see a single antlered deer there the following year, but usually at least one hunter, every time I went. That’s the trouble with small pieces, no matter how good they might seem at first. Fortunately, the property had roughly doubled in value in the few years that I owned it and I was able to dump it for much more than I paid. I used that cash to buy a new tractor and to make improvements on our home farm. With a few extra hungry mouths to feed, deer hunting has been mostly about the meat for me, for quite a few years now.

I gave permission for a fella at work for him and his buddies to hunt my property with their hounds this weekend to run coyotes. I told him I brush hogged much of the fields, so they should be able to get decent shooting, and I left my gate open so they can have easier access. He was appreciative, said thank you, and said he would let me know if they are successful. Fingers crossed they take a few out!