bawanajim

All that habitat work shot in the azz by Alts "buck busters" and followed by his teams of "doe destroyers" and then a couple of well placed mountian lions and well you get the picture.

BTBowhunter

I don't wanna steal a line but,
THAT'S FUNNY, I DON'T CARE WHO YA ARE

BTBowhunter

Look on the bright side Greg! He's still there and you got close!
Next time he might not be so lucky! Can you get in there undetected and set up with your bow safely?

bluebird2

We don't have cougars, bears or yotes .but we do have the highest antlerless alocation PSM of any WMU, so stuff it!!

bawanajim

Like "corporate" you have a boo boo in "allocation" I didn't quote you this time so you can go back and fix your post and no one will ever know ,cept you and me.





yeaI left the "ex" out just for you.

livbucks

I've tried that and they always seem to get tipped off to me becauseI end up not seeing anything. I think they feel squeezed when I enter from the woods and they move out on me. The only way would be to walk up through the plan before light and duck through someone's backyard to get there. I'm always leery of the dogs going crazy if I get to close to the houses though. I can just see some guy in his slippers asking me what the hell I'm doing walking through his yard before sunup. The deer don't seem to care about the dogs because they are fenced in and know they can't bother them. To be where I'd need to be also means that once I'm up in the tree, I end up looking right into the back windows of the houses, being that the vegetation is now gone. There is one place that might work but it is a hell of a hike with a treeestand on my back. I have often thought about parking on the top road and coming in from the back. The terrain in that spot is such that I could even use my flintlock but I would have to be in a tree to have any visibility. It is pretty thick at that particular place. It is more toward the northeast side of the hill and if I hunted in the morning there could be some deer in there catching some morning sun at this time of year. If you are in a tree in that place you can see a hundred yards but on the ground you can't see 20 yards.
I also get agitated by the kids screaming all day over there and the dogs barking non-stop. I may end up parking on the top road likeI said and seeing what happens. Pretty tough to sit in a tree in the cold we have at this time of year but I have done it before. I like my hill because it is large unbroken woods, but the deer just are not there now. I guess I gotta adapt ifI want to score.

livbucks

My Dad actually saw a whopper of a 10 point in archery in that same spot, but he must have been hit by a car because he had a club front leg and one side of his rack was busted off. He came past my Dad at about 15 yards the first week of November and except for the limp, he seemed to be doing OK. Dad said he seemed to be looking for does so he must not have been too badly banged up. He could have been in a hell of a battle with another buck as well. We hope he recovers and with the injury he may end up with some kind of non-typical rack next season. A gun hunter could have taken him though.

rybohunter

I finally made it out this late season with the bow New Years day for the evening sit. I saw a buck and a doe. The buck is one I’ve seen all season. Has one of the weirdest racks ever. He’s all main beams with brow tines, and the tips of his beams curl upwards. No other points. I’m hoping he’s a big weird 1.5 old buck and not a messed up old buck. Being that I’ve seen him several times this year, my guess is the former.
Weather looks decent for Saturday so I hope to be out then as well.

Good luck to those still hitting the woods.

livbucks

I have seen a few young bucks like that in my day. A nice beam with no points.
Today the snow looks nice but too wet for the flinter.
I went to work today and will hunt Saturday. Looks like mid 30's for then.
I might use a bow tomorrow depending on where I set up.
Good luck and most of all, have a good time regardless ofa kill.

BTBowhunter

We went out again today. This time my buddy's fiance came along and helped drive for us. The first drive produced 2 does but noshot opportunities. On the second drive we hit the jackpot. 14 does and two young bucks camepastmy huntingpartner. He took a huge doeout of the bunch.

Once we got her taken care of, it was my turn. My buddy and his girl did the drive that he did alone yesterday. They sent a7 point right under my tree. He managed to go 30 yards with a muzzy hole in his heart.

Not a bad second day for 09.


Greg, is there an escape route you could cover and have a buddy take a walk, unarmed, behind this housing project? That strategy has worked well in those type of situations for us in the past.