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I figured it's time to get one of these going again. We've had good discussions the past few years, so we might as well do it again.


I hunt in Adams County, but mainly in LaGrange and as of yesterday Steuben County. Our land in LaGrange WAS great, until the farmer decided to clear cut the tree lines, thickets, and any limbs hanging into the fields. I can't blame them, they're going to put an irrigation system in and needed the tree lines and thickets gone...farming's a business...it's cool.

He understood our situation, and hooked us up with a nice place off of 327, right between Big Turkey and Silver Lake.

Walked through both places yesterday, no rubs yet...but it's still early. Anyone have any decent pics or reports?

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Hello Indiana hunters,

My brother and I may have an opportunity to hunt in the Indianapolis area in November. We don't have Sunday hunting here in CT and just wanted to make sure that you did. We are trying to plan our schedule to come out. My brother is a police officer so his time is harder to get off.

Thanks for your help. Good Luck this season!

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Hay fellers my name is ron I live in So. Indiana just South of Corydon in a little town called Laconia,
I hunt mostly in Harrison & Crawford Co. Hunt mainly Private land within 1 mile of the house have killed alot of DOEs on my place but no bukes yet [:@]and go to Crawford Co. to hunt Public land. My Biggest Buck to date was killed just accross the field from my house he was a 21" inside spread and FD out @ 235# but he was only a 9pt.

Good luck to all of you this year and please be safe.

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You can hunt in Indiana on Sundays, but you can't buy alcohol. lol

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I live in Ramsey, located not far from Indiana Smokepole in Harrison Co. I live in 10 acres of woods surrounded by about 50 more, which is my primary hunting ground, but also hunt public and private land in other parts of the county and in neighboring Crawford and Dubois counties. I'm strictly a meat hunter, but I hunt all seasons.

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Thanks Pat. You can't do either here

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ctelkhunter were are you going in Indianapolis? I live in the area and might be able to help.

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Pat, have you ever hunted that park of Indiana before? I grew up in Dekalb Co, but hunted Steuben Co as well. GREAT hunting up that way, you will not be disappointed. Wish I still lived up there, miss it a lot.

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I hunt Greene county public and private but mainly I hunt my familie's 40 acres. I have seen on rub this year and very few acorns

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Our land in LaGrange is only about 10 miles away from the new land in Steuben, but the type of land is totally different. The new land is part tall timber with tons of acorns and cornon it...where as the old land was younger woods and mostly soybeans.

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Anyone have their stands up yet? Some friends and I are putting ours up Friday afternoon if the weather holds out.


In years past, we've bought Gorillahang-on's...with the larger platformthat havearm and foot rests...which usually run around $135-ish. This year, Itook a few with just the large platform, and welded on some arm/foot rests. Saved me roughly $50 per stand compared to the newer Gorilla's. I used a Sawzallto cutan old ladder stand section for the arm rests...worked great!

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BTW, anyone usea rifle during the Firearm Season? I only use bow and a muzzleloader (during Firearm and Muzzleloader), but thought about buying one of those cowboy guns. Any thoughts...or should I stick to the smoke pole?

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Stick to the smokepole in my opinion, you will be able to reach out farther. Everyone I have talked to has been seeing alot of big bucks this year, I am ready to hunt.

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My stands have been up for 2 weeks now just waiting for Oct. 1 can't wait i'm going nuts


Yep stick to the smokepole for sure!

Ron

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Yea my stand have been up for about a month and a half. I live in SW Ohio but spend most of my free time on our small farm in SE Indiana (OHio COunty)

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Hey guys ! I'm in Newton Co. I don't usually get the stand up til the later part of this month, then hunt about mid Oct. Basically, right next to a river = hate the mosquitoes, plus I like the cooler weather. Also, this year,will be in Newfoundland hunting moose Oct 11- 19. If I don't get a chance= GOOD LUCK to all ya!! Be careful & Safe!!

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I put out a couple trail camera's on tuesday or so, went and checked them. On one, it shows the farmer's son cutting some tree's and loading his truck up with wood. The other camera has a bunch of does and fawns, a 6pt, 4pt, 1 decent 8pt, and 1 mystery buck since his head was down in some weeds. I'll try to load the pics on the PC. If that fails, I'll just snap a pic of the TV with the digital camera.


Got 3 stands put up today in the rain. Got a few more to finish...but I'm pumped!

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Heading up to our property tomorrow to check the trail cam, put it out last sunday along with a new box stand. We mostly gun hunt but I am going to take my bow out a few times for nothing more then to get some time in the tree.

Pat I bought a .44 rifle last year, bolt action Ruger model 77. Nice gun and much better then the old 12 gauge, but if you already have a muzzleloader then I would just stick with it. Only advantage with the ruger is the extra shots, which you really dont need.

I'll post some pics from the trail cam when I get them.

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Great to see the thread up again...thanks Pat.

To introduce myself....I'm a hardcore bowhunter who hunts Steuben, DeKalb, Noble, as well as Wabash and Huntington some....I'm am part of an organization called Hunters helping hunters which we take disable hunter out on several deer hunts...the biggest two are opening weekend of gun and second weekend of muzzy....I'm big into taping hunts and hope this season is another great one.

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Hey i am from the Columbus area North Vernon to be exact. I hunt all of Jennings county and 50 acres of Switzerland county. Me and my friend went back in a field that i hunt the other night and he called in two does with the fawn distress call with his mouth it was really cool. Then we look across the field and see a brute. We sneak around him and look over a ridge and see four bucks 2 were shooters for sure the other two were smaller. I have yet to see any rubs or hard antlers yet. I am only fifteen so i don't get to hunt Swiss co much but i hunt across the road from my house as much as possible. October 1 here we come!

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Hey guys. southern Indiana here (pike county) waiting on Oct 1st. I have a couple stands up and ready, but will be hunting in Kentucky a little to.

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OK got the pic off the trail cam, only been out a couple of days and had quite a few does and fawns, only one buck but his head wasnt in the pic, but judging from his body size he is a big one. Reset the camera up the trail a bit hoping to produce some better shots. Will be back up north later to finish setting up another stand, removea tree that fell across our access lane and check the cam again!

Scott

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Setup another stand today. My brother in-law and I carried the stand, ladder sections, straps, and all the extra's ½ mile acrossed flooded fields and thick corn fields. BUT, the spot is dynamite! We call it "Indian Country"...since it seems so untouched by development that you'd almost expect Indians to be roaming around in there.

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I have one of those places Pat.....Its a treasure to hold onto

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I hunt in Sullivan Co, private land. Have not seen as many deer yet as I usually see by this time. But cold weather is on the way.

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Hopefully this pic works. This is the land that I just got recently in western Steuben County:

Red is our land

Yellow is CRP and/or acorns

Green are 4 wheeler trails

White marks are where the farmer's son used to have stands, and a few current stands off the property (outside of the red).



Nearly every field is corn around the place, except the small bean field directly to the north. "Indian Country" is in the SE part. It looks like a thin woods, but it's amazing back there. Tons of under-brush, thick weeds, and saplings. I'm pumped!

BTW, I hate visiting this site right now. Talking about hunting when it's less than 2 weeks away is evil.

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Hey All,

I hunt in Daviess, Greene and Owen Counties and I am pumped for this year! I'm trying something new this year by not going out until the last week of Oct. and hunt mainly the rut. This will be my first year hunting as a "daddy"so I figure if I'm going to spend a lot of time in the stand it might as well be while the hunting is at its best. Also, it will be nice that all my spots will be fresh for when the bucks aren't thinking quite right. Best of luck to you all and God bless.

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The other day my release broke on me. It was an old Cobra...got it around '01 or so. It's taken a lot of abuse from me, anda lot of deer too. So I looked around at a few others at Gander Mountain. The only Tru-Ball's they had were with the belt-like wrist sling, which I 100% prefer the velcro strap system. I ended up buying a Tru-Fire. It was exactly like the Tru-Ball, but velcro. Fits my hand w/o any adjustments too.

I looked at a Scott Archery release, but it felt weird with the straight trigger. I like them to conform to my finger. That 1 detail made me choose otherwise.


I've heard some bad stuff on Tru-Fire, but so far so good!

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I like my Scott little goose.....I like both velco and buckle.....I switched to a buckle this year

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1 more week. Bah.....

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less than that! oh yea!!

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After years of sitting in 80º during the early parts of October, I think this year will be the year I take the boat to the lake on the weekendsif it's that warm out. I've battled the bugs and heat for too long. Not to mention, I have the end of October and the first few days of November off of work.

If the highs are in the 70º's opening day/weekend though, I'll be in a tree!

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Its looking good pat.......around 61 ...according to weather.com

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Awesome!

The last few mornings....being outside looking at the sunrise...has me nearly going insane wanting to be in a treestand.

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come on oct/ 1

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I'll do what i do every year and wait about 2 weeks or so before i enter the woods to hunt. The early part of the season has never been good to me. Too many standing crops and too warm still. One good thing this year is that there are no corn fields on the property i hunt, it's all in beans. I have been driving out and checking fields almost nightly the last 2 weeks, seeing a lot of does, but no bucks, not coming out until right at dark. I already have a buck im interested in though, he was with the 8 point i shot last year and then i seen him again opening morning of shotgun. He was a 9 point last year, perfect rack, but was still a little young. I'm interested in seeing what another year has done for him if he made it through. I got both my deer last year in a one week span, a doe on the 4th of November and my buck on the 10th.

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1 more day. It also looks like it's shaping up to be one of the coolest opening days in recent memory. In '04 we had frost on the ground October 1st, which is when my brother shot his1st ever buck.

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The day has come....well almost...

Good Luck everybody

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I went out this evening to a family farm 5 minutes from home. Someone stole my bow-hanger, and I found out I need to do a bunch more trimming. Couldn't see anything unless it was directly in front of me or behind me. Realistically, I have no idea if the deer were moving or not.