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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: monkeyball on December 07, 2011, 12:59:00 PM
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The season opener was an extremley warm day. Very little shooting and not much movement by hunters or deer.
Last Saturday was just the opposite.Cold,clear and deer were on the go,at least in the morning.
Sat in a tree stand and saw two shooter bucks and a dozen plus does in the a.m. Everything out of range of course and surprising to me,they were all out in the open. Sat until 10:00,took a break and was back in to climb up again at 12:00.
Max is cinched up and ready for the hoist....
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Beautiful clear blue sky,I better get up there.
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Here are a couple views from the stand. I am sitting just off the edge of a bedding area that is really thick. The wind is "variable"
This is looking to the east.......
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To the northeast......
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Due north....
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Here is looking west. I killed a doe coming out that tractor path earlier in the year. Guess where both buck walked out?
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These girls got bumped out shortly after I got back up in the tree. They were about 80 yards away and I zoomed in on them. Look close,they blend in.
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This is looking south,and the second buck that came out that morning followed this field edge down below me then vanished.
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As eventful as the morning was,the afternoon really slowed down after the doe left the area.
A couple more hours to go....
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So,what do you do when you are sitting in a tree and it gets a little slow? Who wants to guess how many legs are in a "Cat Whisker"?
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Sat until 4:30, then quietly got down out of the tree and hunted my way back out of the woods. It was a great day and I was very thankful that I got to experience it all.
I will be on the ground this Saturday and see if I can connect the dots. Take care.
Craig
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How cool is this?... way!!... I'm saying..
Thanks for sharing!
God bless,Mudd
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Assume slideshow! Thanks...
You spend far too much time trimming cat whiskers BTW! Perfect sphere...or a tropical conclusion?
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Craig,
Cool deal. Nice pics.
Gonna be cold Saturday.
God Bless, Pierre
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I guess 40 legs on the whisker, how do you get them so round, mine look like an hour glass? Do you tie through different areas rather than in the middle?
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Good luck, im taking my daughter saturday so it looks like its second season for me or nothing.
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Thanks for sharing the photo's. I'll wait till the second season. I don't want to spook the deer back to the gun hunters. The cold air is coming keep warm.
Craig
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Nice pictures and treestand diary. Good luck with the rest of your season!
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
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Thanks for the cool pics!
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Nice pics - it really is warm around here these days. I had ticks on me during the opener, first time ever. Very weird season, weather wise and rut wise in my part of PA.
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nice photo's.
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Makes me miss the PA woods. Always make a trip down in Nov to bow hunt. Great pics and good luck!!!
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Originally posted by monkeyball:
So,what do you do when you are sitting in a tree and it gets a little slow? Who wants to guess how many legs are in a "Cat Whisker"?
(http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/livrht/DSCF5610.jpg)
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Thanks kills me! I do the same stuff when sitting in a blind or stand...hilarious!
Great pics...thanks for sharing!
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Thanks For Sharing Craig. I always like your photos. :thumbsup: Good luck this weekend.
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Nice bow!
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Hey buddy I love your pics keep them comming and I will see you at the shoots this summer whittingham in the spring will be the first one I go to. Widow
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Thanks for all the compliments guys. It is going to be cold-cold-cold tomorrow. My feet are going to be on the ground and my butt in my Waldrop. I am so glad the gun season is almost over.
Good Hunting,
Craig
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Good stuff.RC
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:thumbsup: Thanks I enjoyed the pictures and the story!
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Monkeyball, Always do a search for Monkeyball Tradgang when I log on. Love the pics. and feel like I get a nice visual of your time in the woods. That bow did not look like a Leon Stewart...are you two timin your Slammer?
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Life is to short to shoot one bow Scanman. I try to not get to attached,it keeps things flowing.
Good Shooting,
Craig
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Nice pics Craig, boy do I second the almost over gun season, almost a month in NY.
Bill