Live From The Woods 2022 - 2023 Edition!

[Hock3y24]

I saw many deer in the fields on my drive home at noon today. I’m gonna do an extended morning sit tomorrow cause I got nothin else to do. Packed a lunch.

[BizCT]

Mountain laurel.  I can tell you it's not fun to drag an animal in that thick stuff. The positive, it's very easy to see fresh sign and game trails. They bed right in that stuff. I usually don't hunt in it but I got lazy today and didn't walk to my usual spot. 
Great bear terrain. I shot a bear a couple hundred yards away a couple years ago and that's all what is behind my brothers house that killed the bear Saturday. 

I thought I recognized it. I sat in it on PA stateland to hunt deer once. It got warm that day and I pulled off over 20 ticks


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[phade]

Ohio checking in. Sheesh. Fewest days in the woods so far to start a season. Probably Friday PM.

 

[phade]

One of the two NY bucks I was hoping to meet. I have his sheds. He had busted his G3 in velvet and now a brow.

[Swamp_bucks]

10 hours ago, heavuser said:

How many of ya'll are hunting on public?

It’s all I hunt. 

[BizCT]

About to make the 45min drive west into the state of NY for my opener. 51° and light winds.


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[Skillet]

12 hours ago, Nomad said:

Different woods day with Mrs nomad ,

Looks like you're in my neck of the woods. 

The county Rd 12 overlook and Grimes Glen?

Beautiful.

[doebuck1234]

Sitting here waking up/having my coffee before work n sounded like two bucks tickling the antlers across the road,wish it was a tad more light out for a pic!!!!

[dinorocks]

Two buck fighting a few minutes ago…scarred off by a couple coyote (note time stamp).  I’ll need to fix that on October 25!  Hopefully after work I can get back in my ground blind.  Good luck to those in the woods this morning!!

[turkeyfeathers]

Headed in. First sit in this small partial. 50 degrees . 6 mph south wind which is good here. Blows my scent into a giant horse farm as I sit in a funnel. Good luck all. 

[Hock3y24]

Just had a spike licking my ladder sticks

[Hock3y24]

Stopped and licked my camera too. He’s a 4pt

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[Hock3y24]

Got a lone doe workin my way through the tall field

Edited October 6, 2022 by Hock3y24

[turkeyfeathers]

Spike just got a pass 

[Hock3y24]

First doe was too small, different doe came in, made a good shot she snowplowed

[turkeyfeathers]

Knew I heard soft clucks earlier. They skirted me and fighting purrs in behind me at 50 . Fun to listen to 

[Nomad]

Turkeys all around me, a few flew down pretty close . Awhile ago I looked straight ahead and there was light brown that wasn’t there before !

it was a stand off ,then slowly I reached for my binoculars… it was a ray of sunshine that made its way through the canopy and was lighting up part of a tree trunk a ways off 

[BizCT]

About to make the 45min drive west into the state of NY for my opener. 51° and light winds.


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Nothing here. Super quiet walk in with wet leaves. No wind, woods are dead silent. Not a single acorn falling has been heard.

@dinorocks - yote season is open 10/1 not 25th


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[Nomad]

Same nice 8 just came through as two mornings ago ! Same darn path , and 8:20 last time was 7:30 .

Im in a different stand so closer but still a good 40 yards which is way more then I shoot .

Either I put my lone wolf hang on , on that route , or try the stand straight back 100 yards and see if he comes straight through from the back .

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[turkeyfeathers]

They’re getting bigger 

[heavuser]

11 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

They’re getting bigger 

 

What did this one lick this time?

 

 

[Nomad]

So he’s taken the exact route both times I’ve watched him this week , that yellow line . I could use this stand blue dot and hope he come by 20 yards closer .

or if you follow the line left it points towards my “ back “ stand it’s real thick behind it open woods in front . Not sure if he comes straight through the woods from the back or enters from a side then straight down .

or after I get down I have a ladder stand I could put on his path near where I’ve seen him , that’s a bit of work and noise and although I’ve always put ladder  stands up alone it’s getting harder .

help !

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[turkeyfeathers]

2 minutes ago, heavuser said:

What did this one lick this time?

 

 

That was hockey. Spike and fork horn so far for me 

[Swamp_bucks]

2 minutes ago, Nomad said:

So he’s taken the exact route both times I’ve watched him this week , that yellow line . I could use this stand blue dot and hope he come by 20 yards closer .

or if you follow the line left it points towards my “ back “ stand it’s real thick behind it open woods in front . Not sure if he comes straight through the woods from the back or enters from a side then straight down .

or after I get down I have a ladder stand I could put on his path near where I’ve seen him , that’s a bit of work and noise and although I’ve always put ladder  stands up alone it’s getting harder .

help !

I would put a hang on in or use a climber and catch him off guard.  
 

Unless that stand by the blue dot is within range of his trail. If it is I would be there tomorrow morning. 

[Hock3y24]

Impressive Magnus, my broadhead was burried in the dirt after passin through. Arrow is in 4 pieces broadhead appears fine.