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21bravo · 07-30-2009, 10:02 PM

hey all.. i was just wondering how many of y'all were already getting set for deer season...

my hunting buddy and i finally finished our new deer blind today and got it in the woods with a few months to spare. the original plan was to make a temporary MOBILE deer blind framed with 2x4's and covered with plywood. it turned into a slightly less mobile blind framed out of locust 3x5 posts and coverd with pine 2x4's (we have our own sawmill to supply the wood

the hunting buddy's dad is a logger..) it rained on us all day while we were making sure it was fitting together right (its put together with 1/2" carriage bolts so we can tap out the bolts and carry the 5 pieces, 4 sides and roof, to a new spot if need be) and then taking it to the hunting spot. ...at the spot we've planted some clover and there is a spring coming up.. just before we left to come back home today three deer heard us putting up our tools and ran off... the were coming in to eat some clover. i was inside the blind, and my .308 was outside the blind. and i didnt feel like lobbing .40smith rounds at 100 yds.... so they live for another day.... for now

tim peterson · 07-31-2009, 10:30 PM

Hey bravo, man I started scoutting diffrent plots and fields on the 4th of july. Looks good so far cant wait to start hunting !!!!!!! Good Luck.

kutaho · 08-01-2009, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by 21bravo

hey all.. i was just wondering how many of y'all were already getting set for deer season...

my hunting buddy and i finally finished our new deer blind today and got it in the woods with a few months to spare. the original plan was to make a temporary MOBILE deer blind framed with 2x4's and covered with plywood. it turned into a slightly less mobile blind framed out of locust 3x5 posts and coverd with pine 2x4's (we have our own sawmill to supply the wood

the hunting buddy's dad is a logger..) it rained on us all day while we were making sure it was fitting together right (its put together with 1/2" carriage bolts so we can tap out the bolts and carry the 5 pieces, 4 sides and roof, to a new spot if need be) and then taking it to the hunting spot. ...at the spot we've planted some clover and there is a spring coming up.. just before we left to come back home today three deer heard us putting up our tools and ran off... the were coming in to eat some clover. i was inside the blind, and my .308 was outside the blind. and i didnt feel like lobbing .40smith rounds at 100 yds.... so they live for another day.... for now

Thats not a deer blind, that's a small cabin

lots of old apple orchards (6 to 12 trees).
that's were we get our deer and bear.
A family member has 75 acres that hosts
an elk herd, about 20 miles up the road.
never had to use a blind

Should be a good year.

carver · 08-01-2009, 08:40 AM

Shot all my deer guns the past month to make sure that they were still sighted in. Changed the 30-30 back to standard ammo instead of the Leverevolution ammo, easier to find. Will be purchasing a new ladder stand for this year, as well as one of those ground blinds so the wife can come along if she wants to. As far as getting out and looking for deer sign, I just fill up my feeder, and hunt over it now days. That doesn't mean that I won't be out there looking around, because I will be. What I'm really looking forward to is squirrel season!

21bravo · 08-03-2009, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tim peterson

Hey bravo, man I started scoutting diffrent plots and fields on the 4th of july. Looks good so far cant wait to start hunting !!!!!!! Good Luck.

sorry i didnt respond with a "thank you" earlier. i havent been on much here lately and when i was this post was never near the top.

i have to say july 4th is a bit earlier than i started but hey, i always hunt from october til january and plan from febuary til september

kingchip · 08-03-2009, 06:31 PM

We never stop planning. I spent the weekend looking for fawns at sundown, and worrying about a stud buck that's limping unexplained. No predators, no threats and no pressure. Snakebite is all I can think of. Normally I would be preparing the foodplots for planting, but we haven't had enough rain since last august to grow cactus. Maybe 1 1/2" total.

Bill Sweetman · 08-07-2009, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kingchip

We never stop planning. I spent the weekend looking for fawns at sundown, and worrying about a stud buck that's limping unexplained. No predators, no threats and no pressure. Snakebite is all I can think of. Normally I would be preparing the foodplots for planting, but we haven't had enough rain since last august to grow cactus. Maybe 1 1/2" total.

You want rain try rain pretty-much every day!!(here in montreal)North east bout 600 miles from here where I hunt I was told "theres lots a big deer signs but no small deer even on camera. The coyotes have em all cleaned up from this winter!"(our coyotyes are hybrids...........mixed with dog so they kill for food and for fun, some idiot tree hugger thought it would be a good idea to reitroduce the coyote into its natural habitat ...............wrong!!!)........still can't wait to venture out to hunt!!!

Bill

kingchip · 08-07-2009, 09:20 PM

We deal convincingly with ALL predators. They can not be eliminated down here, but we keep them down pretty well.

flannelman · 08-08-2009, 02:18 AM

I haven't been actively scouting but I never really stop looking for sign. If I'm hiking with the kids I look for deer sign. I have seen a lot of deer on my way home from work this week so I'm starting to feel the fever. I'll work on plots the end of this month or early next month.

Win73 · 08-20-2009, 08:14 PM

I put out a salt lick about a month ago. I am also putting out corn and peanut butter about every week to ten days. Not enough to feed them, just enough to get them expecting it to be there for a special treat.

Maximilian II · 08-21-2009, 02:19 AM

Hey, thanks for the reminder guys!
Gotta get out there..

07-30-2009, 10:02 PM	#1
21bravo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: wilkes county, nc Posts: 790	promiseing signs hey all.. i was just wondering how many of y'all were already getting set for deer season... my hunting buddy and i finally finished our new deer blind today and got it in the woods with a few months to spare. the original plan was to make a temporary MOBILE deer blind framed with 2x4's and covered with plywood. it turned into a slightly less mobile blind framed out of locust 3x5 posts and coverd with pine 2x4's (we have our own sawmill to supply the wood the hunting buddy's dad is a logger..) it rained on us all day while we were making sure it was fitting together right (its put together with 1/2" carriage bolts so we can tap out the bolts and carry the 5 pieces, 4 sides and roof, to a new spot if need be) and then taking it to the hunting spot. ...at the spot we've planted some clover and there is a spring coming up.. just before we left to come back home today three deer heard us putting up our tools and ran off... the were coming in to eat some clover. i was inside the blind, and my .308 was outside the blind. and i didnt feel like lobbing .40smith rounds at 100 yds.... so they live for another day.... for now __________________ "BIG MOMMA BRAVO" If everything seems to be going well, you obviously do not know what the hell is going on --"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crime." - Thomas Jefferson -->

07-31-2009, 10:30 PM	#2
tim peterson V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: COLORADO Posts: 279	Re: promiseing signs Hey bravo, man I started scoutting diffrent plots and fields on the 4th of july. Looks good so far cant wait to start hunting !!!!!!! Good Luck. __________________ The great objective is that every man be armed. Every one who is able may have a Gun. Patrick Henry

08-01-2009, 08:40 AM	#4
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,280	Re: promiseing signs Shot all my deer guns the past month to make sure that they were still sighted in. Changed the 30-30 back to standard ammo instead of the Leverevolution ammo, easier to find. Will be purchasing a new ladder stand for this year, as well as one of those ground blinds so the wife can come along if she wants to. As far as getting out and looking for deer sign, I just fill up my feeder, and hunt over it now days. That doesn't mean that I won't be out there looking around, because I will be. What I'm really looking forward to is squirrel season! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

08-03-2009, 06:31 PM	#6
kingchip Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Marble Falls, Texas Posts: 541	Re: promiseing signs We never stop planning. I spent the weekend looking for fawns at sundown, and worrying about a stud buck that's limping unexplained. No predators, no threats and no pressure. Snakebite is all I can think of. Normally I would be preparing the foodplots for planting, but we haven't had enough rain since last august to grow cactus. Maybe 1 1/2" total.

08-07-2009, 09:20 PM	#8
kingchip Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Marble Falls, Texas Posts: 541	Re: promiseing signs We deal convincingly with ALL predators. They can not be eliminated down here, but we keep them down pretty well.

08-08-2009, 02:18 AM	#9
flannelman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rural Arkansas. But isn't all of Arkansas rural? Posts: 1,176	Re: promiseing signs I haven't been actively scouting but I never really stop looking for sign. If I'm hiking with the kids I look for deer sign. I have seen a lot of deer on my way home from work this week so I'm starting to feel the fever. I'll work on plots the end of this month or early next month. __________________ What we do in life echoes in eternity! **** Liberals, they make about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine. If you want to be a looser the best way to get there is to hang around with other loosers.

08-20-2009, 08:14 PM	#10
Win73 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 128	Re: promiseing signs I put out a salt lick about a month ago. I am also putting out corn and peanut butter about every week to ten days. Not enough to feed them, just enough to get them expecting it to be there for a special treat. __________________ (Luke 11:21 KJV) When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: (Luke 22:36 KJV) Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

08-21-2009, 02:19 AM	#11
Maximilian II Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Northwest GA Posts: 1,381	Re: promiseing signs Hey, thanks for the reminder guys! Gotta get out there.. __________________ Karma is just justice, without the satisfaction. And I don't believe in justice. -Joe Sarno, bagman.