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LIVE from the woods 2016 Edition! - 7th Year, lets make this happen...


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A short time ago a fat reddish colored squirrel climbed up a tree trunk next to me if it hadn't been for the tail I might have mistaken it for a wood chuck. Lol

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Maybe that's what woodchucks do when they are in the woods.
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I am not to optimistic tonight! I decided to hit a spot I have not been in a couple years. Walked the climber way the hell in to a spot I wanted and some dang kids had built up a huge tent fort camp. Figured that would not work. Hiked to another stand site and so grown up no shooting lanes left. So hiked to a third spot and I could only get up maybe 12 feet do to all the shit grown up. Now I'm all sweaty and mosquitos are attacking me. I got like 3 lanes and it's so dim out I'm scared I won't see a limb if a deer was stupid enough to come to me! I do have like 6 scrapes within sight of me though. SMH


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Well i just came back to the house, was planning to tip toe to my spot to sit till dark.  I checked my first cam on site, 0 pics in 4 days, wentbto the second cam which is where I was planning to hunt.  Couple doe on cam thats all. This spot had several does, and bucks headed to a house in the distance who have apple trees in there yards.  This week of last season had all kinds of bucks mid morning.  This year there trees have zero apples.  So im not sure where the deer are feeding this year at this point in season.  Pretty much big woods, zero farms for about 30 miles.  Stumped.  

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Breathe... I was reading moogs story of his buck today and decided I'd do some grunting myself. A few minutes later a big buck came in and wouldn't come closer than 50 yards. Too far for me and it was getting dark. Not bad to sit for 9 hours and then see that. Whew. I'll be back there for an appointment with him in the morning. Thanks moog

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10 hours ago, zag said:

If I used a safety harness I'd take a nap, one squirrel here thus far

None of us used to use them either...USED TO use them. Now we all do after my father was in a stand, had some ice on the platform, fired at a buck with the muzzle loader, slipped in the smoke screen, fell about 15-20. Landed on the muzzle loader barrel and bent it, cracked multiple ribs, bruised both lungs, lost consciousness for approx 30 mins or more. When he came to and was found be my two uncles, tracks in the snow indicated he did about 40-50 laps around the base of the tree.....

 

We all wear harnesses now

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6 minutes ago, Rockspek said:

Breathe... I was reading moogs story of his buck today and decided I'd do some grunting myself. A few minutes later a big buck came in and wouldn't come closer than 50 yards. Too far for me and it was getting dark. Not bad to sit for 9 hours and then see that. Whew. I'll be back there for an appointment with him in the morning. Thanks moog

Used sparingly when you can't see the buck and aggressively when you can but they won't commit.  Helped me with my buck last year and this year.  I even threw in a snort wheeze last year out of desperation and it sealed the deal.  I never really used a grunt tube before.  Now it's a must have for me.  

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