Dad and I went out to the leased place this morning. The wind wasnt great, but it was worth a try. Small doe and a fawn came by. The doe cut into the corn field before it hit my shooting window. That was all. Dad saw nothing. I'll try it again Saturday.
What suprised me was the lack of people out. I though maybe since it was a weekday, people didnt want to take off from work but last year was a weekday too and the public lands were mobbed. This year, ZIP! not 1 name on the sign in boards. Pissed me off too because I have multiple spots for todays wind and we could have had the whole woods to ourselves. If my old man wouldnt drive so slow, we could have swung by, but we were running late. At least he paid for the gas!
Im sure the public grounds will be load this weekend and labor day. Nice weather rolling in. Keep the posts coming! Did anyone else venture out?
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Well our guys went Dove hunting and the deer hunters said it was too hot to deer hunt, so after cleaning all the doves they hung around and partied.....
In the tree this morning and hour before daylight, stayed till 10. Nothing, not even another hunter on the cd canal
I think you'll see people out tomorrow. Im going to swing by the public land anyhow to check the situation out. The wind will be better there. If its too crowded, i'll just head to the private field.
I was on another chat room and alot of people are saying gas prices are keepingthem from going. Hopefully this wont go on too long. [:'(]
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Went to the public land on Saturday. Heard one go by at 1st light but never saw it. Saw one sneak between my stand and the one across the way at 6:35. It wasnt running but you could tell it was in "get outta dodge" mode. About 8:25 a doe and 2 fawns came running by. Some leaving must have pushed them. They came by about 30 yds but never stopped running. I was back at the truck by 9am. Everyone else had left.
Time to get on my soap box again. I arrived at the sign in board at 4:30am. I have to drive by the parking area so I could see that no one was there yet. But, mysteriously there were 3 stands signed out. All the same had writing. Same sh#t was happening last year. There must be a local guy thats swinging by the night before reserving stands for himself and buddies so they can sleep in and still be assured a spot. The rules clearly state that you must go to your hunting area directly after signing in and remove your tag after you leave the area. They didnt remove their tags from the board either. On tuesday I'm going to report them to the person who runs the area. Its not fair to people like myself who live an hour away, who get up at 3am to make sure we get a spot. Thats the point of 'first come, first served'. I was hoping they would still be out when I came back so I could get their truck tag # but oh well. At least I can let Fish and Game know whats going on and whot to look for.
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