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

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Thank you thank you thank you...I can't believe it...sitting here with tears streaming down my face...wish my dad was here ..

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220 yards, 308, in the corn. Late for work, lol so happy. My wife's getting it mounted for me for Christmas!

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6 minutes ago, CanastotaCamo said:

Sooo.... I walked in the back yard about 2 hours ago while letting the dogs out. I bumped 4 doe accidentally looking over the hillside at the stand I planned to sit. Is it still worth sitting, or is that stand shot for a day or so?


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I'm sure there's more than just 4 deer around and those 4 may come back .  Go for it. Season is winding down.

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I thought for some reason it was only 4-5 days...I see it ends the 20th...I think I will get another chance...I have the first round of jerky done and the hams to do.....Jerky turned out good..a bourbon/cider recipe...but may have dried it a bit further than planned...I fell asleep and the time was still on for the full length.  I like it very chewy the others not so much.  I had started it in the oven for an hour to get the temp up to 170 before using the dehydrator which usually only hits 155...Though it's suppose to go to 160...A big Cabelas one..

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51 minutes ago, growalot said:

I thought for some reason it was only 4-5 days...I see it ends the 20th...I think I will get another chance...I have the first round of jerky done and the hams to do.....Jerky turned out good..a bourbon/cider recipe...but may have dried it a bit further than planned...I fell asleep and the time was still on for the full length.  I like it very chewy the others not so much.  I had started it in the oven for an hour to get the temp up to 170 before using the dehydrator which usually only hits 155...Though it's suppose to go to 160...A big Cabelas one..

Grow I am more than willing to test out the jerky to make sure it is ok!! I can pm you my address!! :pleasantry:

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6 minutes ago, CanastotaCamo said:

Frozen. Phone just thawed out. Drinking a PBR with my feet next to the wood burner. Why couldn't those 4 does I bumped earlier come back?


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Because they're aghast at your beer choice ?! 

Hey , you tried , otherwise you'd have never known. Good try in my book. 

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Because they're aghast at your beer choice ?! 
Hey , you tried , otherwise you'd have never known. Good try in my book. 


Ha! Yea, Brother. PBR and Johnny Walker Black. I'm a special breed lol. I'm glad I was talked into going back out. It was a really good sit. Cold, but felt good. I am actually really surprised I didn't see a doe come up the trail at last light. Win some, lose some, as long as it's fun.


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Live from in front of the fire! It was too cold to be taking gloves off and typing on the phone from the tree stand. I built a nice elevated shooting hut last year with a heater in it so what do I do today? I spend the whole day walking and sitting from one end of the property to the other. No one said I was the bright one in the bunch.  

Watched a small one with spots meander by just over on the horse farm next door. I remember thinking that it may have a tough time making it through the winter if we have a lot of days like today. Shortly after it disappeared I heard a shot and a few minutes later here it comes, front left leg shot through and flopping in circles. I had hoped it would come close enough for a shot but no luck. Later, about 5:00 I hear a shot from the direction of the first one and again 5:17, another shot from the same area. Mind you, this is on or on the edge of my neighbors posted properly. Sure enough, a few minutes later I see my neighbors Gator driving up thru the woods to see what was going on. 

What a day!

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Live from in front of the fire! It was too cold to be taking gloves off and typing on the phone from the tree stand. I built a nice elevated shooting hut last year with a heater in it so what do I do today? I spend the whole day walking and sitting from one end of the property to the other. No one said I was the bright one in the bunch.  
Watched a small one with spots meander by just over on the horse farm next door. I remember thinking that it may have a tough time making it through the winter if we have a lot of days like today. Shortly after it disappeared I heard a shot and a few minutes later here it comes, front left leg shot through and flopping in circles. I had hoped it would come close enough for a shot but no luck. Later, about 5:00 I hear a shot from the direction of the first one and again 5:17, another shot from the same area. Mind you, this is on or on the edge of my neighbors posted properly. Sure enough, a few minutes later I see my neighbors Gator driving up thru the woods to see what was going on. 
What a day!

So were they trespassers? Did you and the neighbors find them? Are they hanging out back ready to be skinned? That whole scenario sounds terrible. If I witnessed that, they would have dragged that fawn to a truck on fire.


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51 minutes ago, Fletch said:

Anybody crazy and out there this morning?? Lol
16 degrees here with 19 mph wind with gusts 25+
Kids off on a snow day.


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Was 9 with high winds at 5:30. It's still 9, just looked with real feel of -13. Snow blowed us ,  neighbors , folks and pushed out a lady hung up in her driveway. Middle finger of right hand goes numb quick. I slammed it in my 1300 years ago clearing a short rack jam. 

Plan on hunting tomorrow. 4 degrees with 5 mph wind. Perfect lol. Brother got pounded with snow and already had 1.5 feet. A real test for the venison burrito drag if I flog one. Be safe out there today folks. 

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19 minutes ago, BowmanMike said:

Well,I didn't get my last deer yesterday.so  guess I have to go out this afternoon for a bit. Going to a friends place with a 60 acre corn field that has just been chopped last week. Think the deer are hungry for corn?

Only one way to find out..

It's dang cold out. Guessing they'll be hunkered down blocked from the wind and trying to absorb some sun. Check these places. They need warmth at some point though , warmth is food so they should get on that corn I'd think. 

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7 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

It's dang cold out. Guessing they'll be hunkered down blocked from the wind and trying to absorb some sun. Check these places. They need warmth at some point though , warmth is food so they should get on that corn I'd think. 

Thats what I was thinking until I saw a doe and her two fawns cross the field right behind my house about an hour ago. OK....I guess i'm now getting dressed to go out and play in the snow. 

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Are you kidding...I just got in and  I may have eye damage...didn't wear my goggles and really should have. I feel like I have welder burn in both....my tracks were blown in before I made it back up hill and there were only 3 fresh tracks...one I cut that must have been a single bedded deer just below the ridge..they saw me, but I didn't see them...on a full run away from where I came in...Scary stuff walking up through those woods, creaking,popping and snapping...OH MY!

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Well I'm in the woods in my dads blind less than 100yds from where he passed a very long couple days ago. I couldn't take being home anymore. The amount of love our family has received both at home and on here has been truly amazing. My wife and mom couldn't believe it when I told them I was coming out and when I asked my brother he said he just couldn't. Between being cooped up these last couple days and the fact that dad would be pissed if I missed a day of hunting because of him I had to get out.


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