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Live From the Stand / Woods 2014!


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I never made it to the back stand...hit the woods and every 10 or so yards I'd kick up deer and get snorted...So I hit the stand in the pic with the 8pt I posted the other day..at day break a set of twins came out of the soybeans and disappeared behind me then over the ridge came 22 turkeys and they headed right to me...I stood and readied for a shot...but Mr. B. was nagging in my ear " don't you go shooting any hens"...So I stood there practicing moving with out getting picked off....15 mins later they finally feed off...there must be alot of soybeans on the ground they stayed a good while...20 mins. went by, I see 4 long beards and a jake coming in from the opposite direction...I saw them angleing toward me so stood and got ready when they went behind a pine...the biggest Tom was coming up a trail I'd cleared and about 70 yrds out stopped...I had not moved a muscle ...but he abruptly turned and lead the boys away and along the ridge line instead...he needs to go..just too smart,picking me out of the tree.

I hunted in a base layer and hoodie this morning very little wind ...but NOT south west like they said  N/W yes..I have remember to make sure which station for our town I look at...... we have several and it makes a huge difference in temps and wind direction and speed due to the hills and lakes.

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Did not hunt,hung another stand in the thicket. Tons and tons of scrapes in there ! Goose hunters on neighboring land shooting up a storm,farmer harvesting beans along the thicket. Perfect time to slip a bit into thicket and hang this stand.

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Why can't a hawk come get this red squirrel..... Nothing else moving

 

That is great!! that is exactly what I saw this morning. A hawk swooped down and took a red squirrel right of the side of a tree as it was running down ..lol

I have never seen that before.

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Well I just got settled in. Jumped one about a half mile from the stand. Then saw a fresh rub where I jumped one fairly close to my spot this AM. Took about 10 steps towards my stand there go two more. I knew I was in trouble when I saw deer all over on the drive up here. Have had deer on the trailcam every single day this week I have a feeling I just changed that!

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63 warm with a little wind and a sprinkle here and there

Mowed the lawn in a tshirt earlier. Then hit another property and took a licking branch and a bag of scrape dirt. Zip tied it up and dirtied up a mock near my far stand behind the house. See how that goes.

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