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Happy Thanksgiving.

 

i'm in 3k.

I am in a spot I have always wanted to hunt, never had the opportunity really, I finally packed my climber in with me, scooted up a tree inbetween 2 funnels with a slight hill separating.  

QUESTION: I found a ground scrape here, it's clearly 2 days old at thr most due to snow.  Anyways, it's clearly from a deer, I can see the dirts flung back on angles.  NO licking branch? Whats this about? Did a buck chase a doe and get frustrated, or something like that?

thanks

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14 minutes ago, Bionic said:

Happy Thanksgiving.

 

i'm in 3k.

I am in a spot I have always wanted to hunt, never had the opportunity really, I finally packed my climber in with me, scooted up a tree inbetween 2 funnels with a slight hill separating.  

QUESTION: I found a ground scrape here, it's clearly 2 days old at thr most due to snow.  Anyways, it's clearly from a deer, I can see the dirts flung back on angles.  NO licking branch? Whats this about? Did a buck chase a doe and get frustrated, or something like that?

thanks

Doe and bucks will both scrape the ground to get at the food buried in the snow.  If it is done in a large area and not in one particular spot this could be what they are doing. 

Happy Thanksgiving to you also, and everyone else on the site!  Good luck out their guys and girls, be safe!

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Crunchy walking out there ...thin layer of ice...no deer and there was still at least one guy still around last night...heard shots though.....

Happy Thanksgiving...Remember even in hard times we all can find at least one thing to be thankful for ...hold on to that until better times arrive...Bless you all...

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19 minutes ago, NFA-ADK said:

Doe and bucks will both scrape the ground to get at the food buried in the snow.  If it is done in a large area and not in one particular spot this could be what they are doing. 

Happy Thanksgiving to you also, and everyone else on the site!  Good luck out their guys and girls, be safe!

Thank you for your thoughts.  I'm hoping this spot provides some sightings today, having a difficult time with big woods settings.

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Didn't make it out of work early enough to get out first thing. Had some stuff to do but I'm out now for about 2.5 hours before my in laws get here.

I'm breaking in my newest blind. The abandon house next door has a big attached garage with a door on the one end on the second story facing my big field. Now that I have a weapon with a scope capable of reaching across the field I'm gonna try sitting up here as I watch the deer walk all around this run down house and few half standing barns. Should be a perfect "natural" blind!

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I heard twice as many shots this morning, at home in zone 9F than I did on opening day.  About (4) were before legal sunup, but most were between 7:30 and 8:30.   There has been no shots over the last hour.   I saw no deer, but the neighbor fired twice within a couple hundred yards of me.   The only deer I saw here, since opening day of gun, other than the button buck my buddy shot (in my freezer now) is the doe I shot that afternoon (in my sister's freezer now).  I am happy to still have my buck tag as we head up to zone 6C for the long Thanksgiving weekend within the next hour.   That makes the 4-1/2 hour drive a lot more enjoyable.           

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Me and cuz got it done on stateland longer than I thought shot was ended up smoking her tho. Not very big but It sure will taste great and it was his first time being hunting and seeing the whole process. Awesome day415659ecc68e3fe7d87f988352c320a6.jpg

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Congrats what zone ?

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Didn't make it out of work early enough to get out first thing. Had some stuff to do but I'm out now for about 2.5 hours before my in laws get here.

I'm breaking in my newest blind. The abandon house next door has a big attached garage with a door on the one end on the second story facing my big field. Now that I have a weapon with a scope capable of reaching across the field I'm gonna try sitting up here as I watch the deer walk all around this run down house and few half standing barns. Should be a perfect "natural" blind!

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Me and cuz got it done on stateland longer than I thought shot was ended up smoking her tho. Not very big but It sure will taste great and it was his first time being hunting and seeing the whole process. Awesome day415659ecc68e3fe7d87f988352c320a6.jpg&key=52df760f8891a7852f3c523f8fc3789abedee846a48d716bf310a5aa18c9b099

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You're on fire this year Stone!


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