Swamp_bucks

Well didn't see anything from my scouting trip from the truck. So we drove in while it was raining. Didn't see any we jumped but found 4 or 5 fresh beds so I think we jumped a doe group. Found a ton of scrapes and trails. Not to many runs. We also found our way in and out so I'm going in first thing in the morning hope to be in am hour before sun up and sit until 11. Home for lunch then off to a little piece of private. Good thing is I'm getting better with reading the topo maps and satelite pictures because where I picked last night and went today had the sign I was hoping for. Itll take me and my one friend all year 2 figure it out but we are excited. Just hoping it stays off the radar for everyone else for a couple years.

My question to you in these badly infected areas. Will it change the amount you plan to harvest? Make you move areas?

Well didn't see anything from my scouting trip from the truck. So we drove in while it was raining. Didn't see any we jumped but found 4 or 5 fresh beds so I think we jumped a doe group. Found a ton of scrapes and trails. Not to many runs. We also found our way in and out so I'm going in first thing in the morning hope to be in am hour before sun up and sit until 11. Home for lunch then off to a little piece of private.

Planned on sneaking into this new piece in the dark but going to hold off. I'll be at that piece at first light watching from my truck. Talked to my buddy who I'm scouting it with he said no point in blowing it up yet sit back and we can sneak in at 8ish to do a quick scout. Told him I agreed so we will see what it holds later on.

So I've been studying the map on this new piece and have driven past this spot a thousand times so i have an idea how they move off the fields. Here's a picture of it. The wind is supposed to be blowing straight out of the big field on top. Towards the stand logos, there is a swamp at the bottom of a hill. I'll be sneaking in the dark using my phone to help guide me to the spot I want to get to. Wind will be in my face walking in from the right hand side it's supposed to switch by 730. I'll bring my stand so I can either end up in a tree or I'll tuck myself into some brush see what it looks like.

Just found out a piece of private has turned into state parks land. Contacted local forest Ranger he pointed me in the right direction. Going to scout tomorrow am. This chunk I've always wanted to hunt and hoping nobody else knows about it yet. Its roughly 400 acres. I'm pretty excited

Going out tomorrow am. I also just realized I dont work a full week again until december.

I'm with everyone else. You can make that one chunk of 60 acres the best in the area. They will show up may take a year or two but you could have quite the honey hole. Use the steep terrain to help pull thermals down away from trails. I would ask him if you can scout it once the snow is on the ground or in the spring when it's really easy to see all the sign left from the fall. Look at it this way all stateland holds deer and big deer. However if you take 1000 acre piece of stateland the deer are in pockets of 30-60 acres of the best habitat and safety. So on 1000 acres you may have 3-6 actual good spots

Good luck hope your kid can knock one down this year.

Looks like I'll be getting out Saturday on a small chunk of private and then sunday if needed I'll get out to a piece of public in between 3 bedding areas.

Didn't realize it was regular season already in the north country. Thought it started around the 1st of November not this early. Good luck to those going out.

Congrats on a new property and that's a good problem to have. Hope you can knock down a big one.

You are correct but that seems to be how the big ones go.

Just heard a monster buck was hit by a car possibly on the backside of a chunk of stateland I hunt. Waiting to hear where exactly and see the pictures.

Oxford hardware store has a bunch of random ammo. I saw 7mm,25-06 they dont have a ton of ammo but they do have some stuff.

I would believe that.

Looks like you have a good spot this year. Hopefully your dad's is just a lack of acorns and not ehd.

If you can hunt it hunt it. The one piece of private I hunt is like that. Can't go in all the way because I'll jump the deer so I hunt the outskirts of it. I talked to the property owner that borders it and he said just dont face his property but dont bother him with s recovery just go get it. If anything just talk to the person.

Safety courses can be taken online right now and there are a ton of rod&gun clubs in the area.

Welcome

Usually when it happens to me I edit the picture a little bit and then it will upload.

On my way home had a little buck chasing a doe across the road in front of me. He almost got smacked he came so close to my truck.

Nope.

Good sit this morning had a tom and a bunch of hens come in and feed about 60yards out for an hour. Had a huge massive doe come in to about 20yards and all she needed to do was go 5 yards to the right for a 18 yard shot. She didn't do that and went to the left and caught my scent and instantly started looking into the trees. She ended up calming down and wondering off. That's 4 deer in 2 sits in this spot so it's been my most productive piece so far. I'll be hitting this piece a little more often.

Sit was good this morning had a huge doe with fat rolls come in and she needed to take a right about 5 yards and would of been a 18 ish yard shot. However she took the left and got my scent and she instantly showed she's played this game before. Caught my scent and started looking in the trees. She ended up calming down and walking off. Then had a Tom and a bunch of hens come in and feed about 60 yards out for an hour.