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


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The son and I brushed up another ground blind after sitting a while this morn. Then we met up with brother, brother in law and nephew to do some shooting. All the guns are spot on and I think I just lost my 30-30 to the kid! He liked shooting that and shot the heck outa it. We got no excuses if we get some opportunities!!

Now out for last watch alone up top where my brother got the 6 the other night. Some does been showing up on the cam and they have been scarce lately! But man it sure is warm.


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Boy...what a difference a day makes...saw 15 deer yesterday..they were running everywhere. Decide if am going to even skip lunch today and I haven't seen a thing since 7:45...it's so warm I am having trouble staying awake. Cutting the beans about a 1/4 mile away this afternoon...hopefully something will happen.  Magic hour is upon us 

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This bow season was...not fantastic.

I got a buck an hour after opening. That was awesome, so I am not too bitter.

But, I went out another dozen times and I had precisely one deer come under me while I was in a stand (a male, so couldn't get him anyway). I even had another guy go three times with me to the public land that was just money last year and it was absolutely dead. I can also say I saw no activity from other people so it didn't even seem pressured. This land looks amazing, is full of trails, next to apples. Just nothing at all. 

Really weird. I'm not terribly optimistic about gun but at least on the off chance I see a deer far away I can have a good chance with it.

I am going to try harder next year to get more private land. Driving 40 min + walking 10-15 to sit in a tree and never see any deer gets old. That deer on day one was a blessing, else I would be super demoralized!

Prolly will just stick to the private land in marion, which sucked all october but it's a close drive. I see some activity on cams. And I saw one buck in september, none in oct, a few in the past week or two on it. Mostly nightly time of course.

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Wish I had the luck some of you are having. I did see a yote this morning. Good sized. It was so still this morning you could hear a squirrel fart. I think I did. I heard crunchy leaves getting louder and hoped for a deer. Yote got 48 yards away and was on track to pass within 5 or so yards of my stand. At 48 he stopped dead and looked up toward the direction I came from. He knew something was not right. Walked toward my track 5 or so yards and trotted away from me. Decided not to take a shot due to it being early and far and not wanting to get down and get my bolt. Watched some wood peckers for a bit. Saw one deer far away. 

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Wish I had the luck some of you are having. I did see a yote this morning. Good sized. It was so still this morning you could hear a squirrel fart. I think I did. I heard crunchy leaves getting louder and hoped for a deer. Yote got 48 yards away and was on track to pass within 5 or so yards of my stand. At 48 he stopped dead and looked up toward the direction I came from. He knew something was not right. Walked toward my track 5 or so yards and trotted away from me. Decided not to take a shot due to it being early and far and not wanting to get down and get my bolt. Watched some wood peckers for a bit. Saw one deer far away. 

I feel the same way but I should stop whining, I had a great year last year when a lot of folks weren't seeing anything. I'm making some changes for next year, finding some new properties


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Moved some stands today for better shots with a gun. Also they started to cut my corn, they let my kids and i hop in the combine and take a few laps. My 5 yr old daughter gets out and tells me she wants to b a farmer when she grows up. Priceless. Bumped one deer walking back to move a stand, got some pics of a nice buck moving at 4am. Saturday can't get here soon enough.

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Hit three different public lands today. Nothing sitting the morning, nothing still hunting/scouting the afternoon, and nothing this evening.

Either tomorrow or Tuesday will probably be my last hunts with the bow. I really have to put focus on getting good areas where the g/f has a shot at a deer. I want her to drop one her first year out. 

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