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Hey Gary, you want me to ship you some acorns up there in MI. We have LOTS of trees in IL that look like this. The deer don't have to leave the woods around here to get their bellies full. And they don't have to move very much either. Which I believe is part of the problem right now. The woods is full of acorns, and all the deer do is get out of bed and start eating them. Not much movement. Gotta get close to them to see them.

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I've had a productive day so far. No deer, but I just doubled the amount of land I can hunt ! Talked with the guys that have been leasing the 50 acres across from me (used to lease our side too ) for the last eight years and they said to hunt it anytime I like.They only hunt m/l and modern gun. They say there are some real good sized ones in there. The property buts up to a "fox farm " where they run hunting dogs all the time and it has a ten foot fence that they say the deer just follow right along. I've been dieing to get in there. I was over there a couple of time when we were deciding which property to buy but haven't been over there since. Saving it in case I ever got the chance to hunt it;)

My plan is to get in there in the next couple of days, since it's stirred up now from m/l weekend, to do some scouting so it will settle down in a few weeks when off to hunt for a week.

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John I have a place you can stick those acorns[:-]

Well Mr. Mass came through at 6:40AM this morning. About30 mins before legal shooting. Just how I drew it up, but he came through early.

I stayed in the stand the entire day. I had flock turky's come through around 1:00pm. This evening I had 5 shela's right underneath me most of the night. No bucks.

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Rob, having more hunting land is always a good thing. Way to go.

Gary, I had the same problem last week. What I think was a good buck came thru before shooting light. They did just what they are supposed to do to survive. Be back in their beds before daylight. Those big old bucks are some smart critters.

As for the acorns, they won't grow very well without sunlight.:D:D:DYou sure you don't want me UPS some up there for ya? WE GOT LOTS!!

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John I have a great pictue of 1 acorn, LOL It was lodge in a nuk of a tree.

Send lots!!!!

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Rob, good luck hunting that new ground, cant beat that!

So guys I see Jeff is taking a little break until PA..we got rained on here all day on and off and I decided to work around the house, play some football with my boys and went and visited my mother instead of hunting today. I am gonna take my buck over to my taxidermist tomorrow if I can get a hold of him. Hes bout 3 hours away. Taking my spring bear too. Hope its ok, its been in the freezer a long time. I am giving the hide for a rug to my aunt. I am gonna keept he skull.

I will definately be back hunting Tuesday...elk and abuck tag left to fill here in Idaho. I might do some grouse hunting too. I love eating those little buggars and we have a lot of them around. I'll get my buck cut up this week. We are going to jerky and sausage most of him. DIY that stuff. Probably gonna smoke alot of it.

Good luck this week guys. The deer here are really starting to move around with this cold weather..

Troy


obtw..i have never seen an acorn in real life..:(someday I will get to hunt the famed mid-west!

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promises...promises!

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Shed,
great buck! I was gone for the last 4 days and missed the original post. I know that it is really special when you hunt an individual buck and get him. Wow! From the ground no less. Awesome hunt, congradulations.

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Here it is John, the only Acorn I have seen on the farm this year:D I have photo of it. It's about 20 ft up in this tree, how it got there I do not know.

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You sure it's not a Buckeye??