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Adam, I need to pick your brain about Sika' s...went a time or two last year and had a ball! I might be able to swap you a hunt for some info :D!

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[quote]thruthevitals i have seen the area that u r talking about...i think///near de city??? i also see deer on the north side of the canal when i come across the new bridge. they r in a big field to the right. i think the rut may b a good time to hit that area...i have never hunted it. where r u scouting and seeing deer??

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thruthevitals: The area I' m refering to is just across the street from Lums Pond (North Side). I tried Lums a couple of years ago and saw lots of sign but it seemed to be crowded with hunters and not many big trees. I talked to a guy that said he was from the area and said many of the deer come from the canal area cross the street and go into the feilds between Lums camping area and the flying feild. Thats when I figured I go over to the canal side to meet them. Thats also when I noticed not a lot but a few strange looking folks walking on the roads and in the woods. It' s bee a few years and I might be willing to give it another try but in a different spot. How are things on the south side???

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DEHUNTER, the area im talkjing about is on the north side, havent scouted the south side yet as much as i need to. i did kick up two nice bucks in velvet last year on the south side but never went back for lack of scouting. I talked to an older guy last year and he said the same thing u did about the area across from lums. Also had a game warden tell me the same ( when he chased me down while i was post season scouting, thought i was hunting like some other people he had just caught). i scouted that same area also and saw the same. if you decide to hunt there you should park where you vehicle cant be seen, so other people who dont want to do the leg work dont horn in on you. i havent seen any other bow hunters out yet where ive been hunting. lums has been getting hammered the last couple years ,i think because of all the new houses going up in the area. i think eventually that will have a lottery for that park also. lemond, i know the area you are talking about, i had permssion to hunt the farm that was just on the other side when i first started hunting, but there are houses there now. im hunting fairly close to that now, and that is one places on the list. havent hunted that yet though, but i think,if i rember right,there are some decent trees there.

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i hate scouting without my bow:) that area looks pretty good and there are new homes going there....are there alot of persimmons on that tract. i love hunting them in the fall. i see deer in that field, but i dont know how many are bucks. it' s ard to tell when u are going across te bridge at 100+:) shhhhhhhhhhhhh

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:D Wasn' t on the opener but a fuzzy head none-the-less!! :D Got him Friday at 6:30pm, 18 yard shot, 75 yard recovery! Still smiling big!!!![8D]

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nice shot debob and pretty lookin deer. rack looks good. did u shoot him from a stand??? over food?? was he relaxed or tense. the deer that i am seeing seem to be a little care free:

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Nice buck! That' s a very good rack and looks nice in velvet. I' d have to get that one mounted.

Congratulations on a fine deer! ;)

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Here' s another view:D


lemond, Treestand. I shot when he stopped downwind (intentional set-up). Hit slightly forward of heart. Took out jugular vein. I could see the blood trail from the stand. He was staged up about 80 yards back from a bean field.

DaveH, Thanks....it' s been a 25 year quest for a good buck in velvet! Finally gonna get a buck mounted[8D]

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DEBob nice looking deer , did you get it at your grandpop' s, looks like a Sussex county big boy, ha ha . Friday evening I stopp \ed out at Eric Hopkins and Jeff' s to check out their deer stands and their setup, what a great setup they have. They have built 16 ft stands over the most plush clover I have ever seen. Deer sign everywhere, even built a side door that opens beneath the window for archery shots. I had to leave before the deer started so I could go home and mow grass.