I decided to get out this morning for an hour or so and let some arrows fly. I checked out a place I like close to the house. I noticed a lot of Deer sign in a section of woods below a big boulder slide.
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Turns out there are some acorns falling already, and there are a bunch of tulip trees as well. The deer really seem to love the flowers that fall from the trees.
So, I go and check it out, blasting a few stumps with a hammer head along the way. I came across a cool spot where the deer are traversing the hill side. There is a nice ambush spot above the deer trail that could provide a nice 15 yard shot.
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I did a little work to fix it up and gave it try shooting some random targets (leaves etc.) where the deer should be passing by.
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/jjeffer/Ambush1_zps7f68a6fd.jpg) (http://s47.photobucket.com/user/jjeffer/media/Ambush1_zps7f68a6fd.jpg.html)
Looks like a great place to sit and watch nature. How is the wind at that spot ?
ChuckC
I can get into this spot from my car in about 10 minutes easy. It will be a nice place to drop in early season when I only have a couple hours to kill. No pun intended.
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Chuck, the wind will be coming right up the hill from the deer trail to me. Perfect!
Cool, I got out myself today......won't be long now.
My quick spot is 150 yd. in back of my house . There is just something that makes me want to get a deer on my land . I have a short leader stand over looking a scrub Apple on the edge of an
old beaver dame .It is a travel lane for deer moving
from a large swamp to main feeding across a rood .
I will put some time into harvesting a deer from that stand this year .
May life's simplest things bring you the greatest pleasures !!!!
Excellent and hope it pans out for you! Look forward to a success story. :thumbsup:
I've heard of leafy wear but you will need rocky wear lol.
Looks like a nice spot to sit.
Charlie, the deer will be below me, and I will be between the rocks. I could probably wear any color in this spot and still pull off a shot.
Looks good Jerry, watch those thermals on a cloudy day......
Good Shooting,
Craig
Looks good Jerry, nice to have a spot close to home.
I'm from pa and I have also seen some akerns Falling. That's for sharing your pics with us. Most places I hunt is within 10-20 min. I'm blessed with about 6 or 7 public hunting areas within that distance.