Post by: focht22 on October 13, 2009, 01:11:54 PM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on October 13, 2009, 01:17:47 PM
-Steve
Post by: Machias on October 13, 2009, 01:25:07 PM
Post by: rasbo on October 13, 2009, 01:25:13 PM
Post by: Hot Lunch on October 13, 2009, 01:29:59 PM
If your like me and are hunting a postage stamp of private land in hillbilly heaven, set up on the paths the deer travel. In the area i hunt it is 99% private ground and the common tact is to drive the property with trucks. The deer run to places like our canyon for cover. We put shooters on the deer trails and if there are lots of deer around we fill our tags fast. One secret is to tuck the deers tongue in its mouth before the photo!!
Post by: Crunchy on October 13, 2009, 01:33:30 PM
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on October 13, 2009, 01:47:30 PM
Was wondering what kind of techniques best work for some of you guys. Scent cover? Walking around in the woods making noise, or just finding a good place to sit and glass. Do you get in your spot before the sun rises or walk in at first light? Will be up in the woods on sat for opener and would like to get some other opinions. I will be in a wooded area with a bunch of clearcuts. Looks like real good country with lots of potential. What works best for you guys? Thanks and good luck to everyone this weekend.
Totally depends on the weather for me.
Post by: markts on October 13, 2009, 02:19:33 PM
Get in before light, and glass, glass, glass.Thats the way you do it. Mark
Post by: Buckmark on October 13, 2009, 02:41:45 PM
A few good road hunting tips
1) Make sure to have a big thermos of coffee, nothing worse that having to drive back to camp for more.
2) Get a semi auto like a remington with the removable magazine (clip) easy to throw in when your bailing out of the truck, no hinged floor plates, they get in the way.
3) If you do use a bolt action, use a rubber band to hold open the bolt, hook it around the bolt and then the butt stock, nothing worse than having the bolt jiggle closed when your riding around on all those bumpy roads.
4) For a hot lunch, wrap a u-nuke-it burritto in foil and put it up on the defroster, it will be nice and warm come lunch time.
5) Dont forget to take your gun with you when you stop to pee (after all the coffee), nothing worse than missing the big one because your standing there holding the little one.
6) A money saving tip is to get a 30-06 and dont buy any ammo, just stop at every camp and ask if you can borrow a shell or two because you forgot
yours, heck you'll have a box or two after a few days.
7) Make sure to have the biggest scope you can afford and set it on the highest setting, that way you wont need a set of binos.
8) Make sure to count all the bucks hanging so when you get home you can say i saw blankety, blankety # of bucks but nothing i could of shot at.
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I hope this helps, it must work because the friggen road by my place looks like 1-5 during rush hour during the rifle hunt.
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That was hard to type with a straight face, like the other guys said, up early and use your glass, when your ready to leave, talk yourself into just staying another 1/2 hour and glass some more..
Post by: Machias on October 13, 2009, 03:00:08 PM
Post by: TheHunt on October 13, 2009, 03:11:23 PM
That was a classic post... Thanks for sharing :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: 7mag. on October 13, 2009, 03:49:32 PM
Road hunt, nothing better than crusing around in the cab of a warm dry truck, make sure to have the maximum number of people that will fit in your rig along for the ride, makes the drag to the road easier.
A few good road hunting tips
1) Make sure to have a big thermos of coffee, nothing worse that having to drive back to camp for more.
2) Get a semi auto like a remington with the removable magazine (clip) easy to throw in when your bailing out of the truck, no hinged floor plates, they get in the way.
3) If you do use a bolt action, use a rubber band to hold open the bolt, hook it around the bolt and then the butt stock, nothing worse than having the bolt jiggle closed when your riding around on all those bumpy roads.
4) For a hot lunch, wrap a u-nuke-it burritto in foil and put it up on the defroster, it will be nice and warm come lunch time.
5) Dont forget to take your gun with you when you stop to pee (after all the coffee), nothing worse than missing the big one because your standing there holding the little one.
6) A money saving tip is to get a 30-06 and dont buy any ammo, just stop at every camp and ask if you can borrow a shell or two because you forgot
yours, heck you'll have a box or two after a few days.
7) Make sure to have the biggest scope you can afford and set it on the highest setting, that way you wont need a set of binos.
8) Make sure to count all the bucks hanging so when you get home you can say i saw blankety, blankety # of bucks but nothing i could of shot at.
*
I hope this helps, it must work because the friggen road by my place looks like 1-5 during rush hour during the rifle hunt.
*
That was hard to type with a straight face, like the other guys said, up early and use your glass, when your ready to leave, talk yourself into just staying another 1/2 hour and glass some more..
You forgot the beer and loud music.
Post by: Buckmark on October 13, 2009, 04:00:17 PM
Post by: turbo on October 13, 2009, 04:16:59 PM
You can't drink and drive, that would be illegal, besides what would you do with the empty beer cans, just easier to put whiskey in your coffee.
Don't you just huck the cans out the window? I thought it was legal to drink and drive on "dirt roads".. Lmao - great post!
Post by: Clark33 on October 13, 2009, 04:20:58 PM
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Post by: coachcw on October 13, 2009, 08:13:02 PM
Post by: antlerbolic_bearoids on October 13, 2009, 09:33:45 PM