MD Eastern Shore
 

Haven't seen many people talking about MD's eastern shoreon here so thought I'd start a thread. Well.....

Got 2 ducks off theChoptank riveron saturday evenin was sunny & warm, not the best conditions

Friend of mine gota 6 point sika with a bow Friday evenin in southern end of dorchester co.

Whitetail bucks are definitly active, jumped asmall 8 pointer under one of my stands during the middle of the day friday with 2 new scrapes

Sikas seem to be in rut and whitetail coming soon!!!

Muzzle loader in just a couple o days!!!

Whats everybody else do-in??!!??

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Got a buddy from VA who is on a lease there. He might be spending the night here tomorrow, and heading out early Thursday morning, while I go to Patuxent North Tract. Then again, I might wait until Friday if it is expected to be much cooler then...

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Best kept secret around.Great all around hunting. Can't beat the deer hunting anywhere on east coast.Hunted 3 Caroline county farms over the yrs and couple times as guest on farm adjacent to the old "Remington Farms" in Kent county Md - Wow !

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Sika took by bow on 10/13

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gotta love the eastern shore, i do most of my hunting there... live up near the flats, but hunt down further as well...

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I am leaving tonight, hunting ML the next three days, sika and maybe some whitetail. I'll post a report when I get back.

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I'll be at the Patuxant River on Friday and Saturday. Friday might be wet but who cares. :D

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bionic, I will be in blackwater on Friday. Where you be?

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north tract on friday and rock hall on saturday.... im feelin lucky:)

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Hummm - Rock Hall Bucks around the marshes and wet lands. You should Get Lucky:D

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Green, Rockhall is about 5 minutes off of me, theres some great bucks over there...and yeah, "Remington Farms" now "Chesapeake Farms" is amazing, we counted 358 deer one night in a half hour (from the truck).

Im heading out tonight with muzzleloader in hand...feelin' pretty good...
Good luck guys!

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yep, my cousins have pulled a few great bucks off the lease in the past, i think it's my turn now:D

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Trying my luck in piece o woods in Talbot Co. this weekend. We'll see what happens.

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I called my buddy this morning after his hunt on the eastern shore. He didn't see any deer, but lots of ducks...

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Lots of ducks and geese moving this morning with the fog. No hunting for me this weekend, have to work :(. Hope to hit the woods thursday with my bow. Sikas are very active, nows the time to get in after em.

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Used to hunt exclusively on the shore untill the goose limits dropped from 3 a day to 1 and the prices didn't drop with it. That was back in the late 80's I beleive. Now that I'm in Delaware (Md's Eastern Shore :D) I would love to hook into another lease. I hunted all around the Chestertown area including Reminton Farms area and miss it dearly.

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I have a lease in Cambridge off 16. Turkey Whitetails , ducks but No sika.

I am going down saturday too see whats up.

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blaserman,

If you guys need another man let me know

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Good chance Next year , I am the lease holder , some guys might not rejoin. small lease so only 6 people.

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I'm headed to Dorchester county on the week of Oct. 30th to chase some sikas with Muddy Marsh Outfitters. I hunted with them last year and I am hooked on those little elk!!!

Slice

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greenmachine,

How did you do at North Tract? When I checked out yesterday after my morning hunt, only three deer had been checked in, two does and one 8 pointer. I heard few shots and could have been the first to loose a bullet there this year (I think, though I might not be able to hear shots from distant areas). My buddy in southernMaryland saw some chasing going on yesterday, to his amazement, butat Meade I couldn'trattle or grunt even a small buck in. I did see some scrapes and rubs though.

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Got me a spike sika tonght in blackwater. Was going to let him pass but I have only liked 3 or so in the past 8 years. tough little suckers.

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Well, no deer for me! I passed on a bucnh of sika does and a few spikes, and a nice 7pt whitetail, but never did see a big one! My brother shot a big 6pt sika this morning though so it turned out to be a successful weekend!

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bionic, where do you hunt? I killed my sika in hardwoods. I went out to the swamp and 25MPH wind was too much for me. And water was 3ft on my waders. I never killed a sika in hardwoods. Stick out like a sore thumb. But like ghost in the marsh.

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Blaserman: Keep me posted

slicendice: Goodluck with Muddy Marsh. I know the guys well. They are good people and great at what they do.





Hit those sikas in the pines just in from the open marsh

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All this talk about Sika's and Blackwater remind me of when I started hunting 10-12 years ago and we hunted Blackwater for a season for two. Never saw a Sika while there, although I feel it was due to my inexperience, however, we heard em all the time. Been looking to get back down to Blackwater one of these seasons.

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DougMD
i didn't get to hunt north tract at all. the guy i was sposed to go with had a death in the family and I don't hunt alone anymore. But, on saturday i shot a nice doe in kent county. dressed out at 104

my freezer is full:)

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Congratulations! The eastern shore has lots of BIG deer. The biggest doe I saw at North Tract last Thursday morning would only have dressedout at about 90 pounds, and most were around 60 or less.

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Has anyone seen signs of a whitetail rut yet? A buddy said he saw some bucks chasin does in the Pocomoke area over the weekend. I was figurin on the rut hittin in about another 2 weeks or more. I have seen plenty of buck activity but not any signs of a real rut.

I hope to be in the woods Friday& Saturday after some whitetail.

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Big Country, I have killed a few sikas in the hardwoods, but have had much more luck hunting deeper in the water. Lots of fragmite grass and at least 6 inches of water everywhere!! And they are like ghosts out there, one of the spikes I saw last week somehow appeared 8 yards away from me at 9:30 in the morning without me ever seeing him!

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hey I owe some land outside chestertown, best hunting in MD i think is in kent county, but dont everyone go telling that secret, good to luck, rut is almost in.

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Too expensive, can't find anyonefriendly enough to let you hunt without a lease, but I agree, Kent is some of the best.
Welcome aboard.

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thanks I had another name but i forgot the password and have different email, but yeah trying to find a lease that isnt high is getting hard, too may guide services are pushing the price too high for the average hunter which is ashame, best of luck

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Leases are extremly hard to come by here. I've lived here my whole life and know a lot of land owners and farmers but still can't find what I would consider to be a decent lease.My friends that own and lease out property can get a whole lot of $$$ from people & clubscoming across the bridge. One of my buddys owns 5 acres of marsh right along a well traveled road. There is only one little corner where you can legally fit a duck blind, that is an average to below average spot for killing ducks and he gets$5000 a year from a couple of guys from D.C. That is crazy to me.

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Some times people have more money than brains.[&:]

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hows every one doin how the duck numbers ???

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Seems this thread has gone to sleep....

How has everyone been doing on the shore?

My whitetail hunting has beenpretty poor. Warm temps. with bright moon = poor whitetail sightings. I've got in the stand with a rifle about 5 times and have only seen deer twice. Took a spike opening day for the freezer.
Missed a nice buck with my bow earlier in the season.

Sika hunting seems to be doing ok. Headed in the marsh once, saw a good number of sikas.

I've had good luck with geese in private fields but not as lucky with ducks in public marsh.

What are you guys doing???