Post by: Butchmeathook on October 28, 2016, 08:58:05 AM
Post by: scotsman on October 28, 2016, 08:51:44 PM
Find a clear cut with 4-6 year old reprod growth. *censored*foot through the reprod With the wind in your face. I'll say that again.... with the wind in your face. Blacktails also like to bed down down a few feet inside dark timber adjacent to the clearcut.
Look sharp! Blacktails, if they think you haven't seen them will freeze and let you walk past.
Post by: jimmy z on October 31, 2016, 08:53:45 PM
And you won't see any until 5 minutes too pitch black.
Find a clear cut with 4-6 year old reprod growth. *censored*foot through the reprod With the wind in your face. I'll say that again.... with the wind in your face. Blacktails also like to bed down down a few feet inside dark timber adjacent to the clearcut.
Look sharp! Blacktails, if they think you haven't seen them will freeze and let you walk past.
Post by: bowtechian on November 30, 2016, 02:50:50 PM
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Post by: cryder on December 04, 2016, 07:43:54 AM
Post by: AKBowman on December 04, 2016, 08:15:15 PM
Post by: Butchmeathook on December 05, 2016, 08:34:54 AM
It's really no biggie if I do not get one!! It's just being out there...Yeah it sucks getting g wet and cold but really being out there taking it all in and enjoying the beautiful and peacefulness that is out there!! Nothing more eerily beautiful than the fog coming in over the trees, it just gets the blood flowing!!! But I will definitely be going early archery next year!!! I am hooed even if I don't get one!!! Thank you everyone for the tips!!!! Hope everyone has a great Holiday season!!! SHOOT STRAIGHT!!!!
Post by: davk on December 07, 2016, 10:06:15 PM
As far as general tips partially from my F ups this year ...
- Be alert, all the time. I often ran into deer where I least expected to, and when my head was down bummed out on the day.
- If you can, walk slow in and out and glass. Same thing as above.
- Glassing clear cut benches was really productive this past week for me.
- Hunt all day. I shot my buck at 11. He was with at least one other buck, if not 2. 2 days prior I had a buck moving at 1:30. My trail cam pictures show the most daytime movement between ~11-3.
- Carry a call. I seemed to be able to hold deer longer while moving in if I did a doe for fawn bleat after they knew I was there but probably didnt know what I was yet. I used it on a few does and ended up using it on the buck I shot. Moved probably another 30 yards closer after he spotted me moving. I wasnt being real quite after, he just didnt have a good sight of me.
- Know your area well. 2 days before I shot my buck I did what I thought at the time was a extremely stupid move. I dropped down off a ridge through a clear cut into a horribly thick creek bottom. Besides not being able see far or be quite, I was sweating my #$@ off, getting soaked by brush and not being able to sit where I was going to with the cold, and completely draining me of energy. But with that said I killed my buck with the knowledge of the land I got that day. I saw them moving through the clear cut down into some timber. I knew that it was lhighly likely based on the terrain they were going to be popping back out into a different clear cut. So I quietly moved a few hundred yards into position.
Post by: huntingbaldguy on December 08, 2016, 08:45:43 AM
Disclaimer: this takes practice in the preseason judging distances by eyeball in your shooting practice.
Post by: Butchmeathook on December 08, 2016, 08:53:16 AM