TOO 2010-2011 Daily Hunting Log
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huntn2
Senior Member
Pretty slow for me again. Had 1 doe work through a creek bottom last night. Sign seems to be picking up. Found this rub 50 yards in front of my one setup.
Stats are as follows:
Number of hunts: 8
Total hours: 35
Avg length of hunt: 4.38
Number of doe: 10
Number of bucks: 9
Avg deer per hunt: 1.5
Avg deer per hour: .34
Stats are as follows:
Number of hunts: 8
Total hours: 35
Avg length of hunt: 4.38
Number of doe: 10
Number of bucks: 9
Avg deer per hunt: 1.5
Avg deer per hour: .34
badger
*Supporting Member*
Well the rain started as soon as I got to the truck. Here,s a few pics of some sign I seen. First one is a trail that leads to my stand. Then a few rubs.
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badger
*Supporting Member*
Just seen something really cool. After I left the property I was hunting I had to check a few coyote snares. As I'm pulling down the edge of the field in my truck, an owl lifts off a branch above me and almost dropped this rabbit square on the hood! If he would have been slower or me faster, it would have hit the truck. Pretty damn cool!
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It's raining rabbit parts lol.
I ran out this morning and changed batteries in the #2 cam. They was still at 50% but I feel better knowing they have new bats in there now
. I also took the #1 cam back out and I picked out the biggest scrape on the field edge and hung it lol. They have 8 scrapes along this field edge that is only about 150-200 yards long so I found the biggest, deepest, most tore up scrape and hung a cam. In total I counted 11 scrapes on the field edges late this morning and I only walked 4 of the 10 field edges. Trying to find Cap't a good spot to spend a couple hours in this week. I will go back on Wednesday and probably hang another stand for him to hunt out of and then I will hunt out of after he heads back to school.
I ran out this morning and changed batteries in the #2 cam. They was still at 50% but I feel better knowing they have new bats in there now
. I also took the #1 cam back out and I picked out the biggest scrape on the field edge and hung it lol. They have 8 scrapes along this field edge that is only about 150-200 yards long so I found the biggest, deepest, most tore up scrape and hung a cam. In total I counted 11 scrapes on the field edges late this morning and I only walked 4 of the 10 field edges. Trying to find Cap't a good spot to spend a couple hours in this week. I will go back on Wednesday and probably hang another stand for him to hunt out of and then I will hunt out of after he heads back to school.
badger
*Supporting Member*
Just seen something really cool. After I left the property I was hunting I had to check a few coyote snares. As I'm pulling down the edge of the field in my truck, an owl lifts off a branch above me and almost dropped this rabbit square on the hood! If he would have been slower or me faster, it would have hit the truck. Pretty damn cool!
Now that is crazy!
You got some nice rubs there.
I was out with Kody til about 6:15, then the rain started so we packed it in. Had a flock of 16 hens go by... That was it.
badger
*Supporting Member*
Mike I've watched a red fox chase a squirrel down, seen a hawk take a chipmunk twenty yards in front of my stand and some others. But I have never seen a half eaten rabbit fall from the sky in front of my truck till yesterday, it was cool!
Had a young buck come in at dark as I was taking down my sticks last night. Outside of that i've been skunked in my last few outings. Been seeing a few more deer each day on my way to work, just doesn't seem to be heating up too much yet in my neck of the woods. The hunting pressure seems to be slowing down a bit compared to what it was at the beginning of the season, so that is a good thing.
Taking the lonewolf sticks/stand into a spot that I haven't hunted this year tonight, in hopes of changing my luck!
Taking the lonewolf sticks/stand into a spot that I haven't hunted this year tonight, in hopes of changing my luck!
Didn't get out in time to hunt, got the last of my fall ToDo's done since I got out of work late., will be heading to that spot tomorrow night if the wind cooperates. Hoping it settles a little bit before tomorrow!
I was going to head out this evening but It was a little on the windy side. I have Cap't coming up in the morning to get his permission slip signed and sit for a couple hours. Going to take him on a quick cam trip and show him a few things around the property. HOLD on Cap't !!! It's going to be a fun ride lol.
Made it out with the boy tonight. Saw a flock of gobblers and a basket 8. That's it. The 8 was down over the hill and never came up to get a good look.
I can't say one way or another. He never came close enough to get a good look at his right side. He was in some thick stuff and I just basically saw his head going through the thicket.
I hope it was him! I'd be nice to know he made it.
Had my first hunt in a coon's age on Monday. Not real exciting however...
1023's Season Tally
AM Hunts: 2
PM Hunts: 10
All day sits: 0
Total Hunts: 12
Skunked Hunts: 0
Hours on Stand: 28
Average time of hunt: 2 hours 20 minutes
Anterless deer seen: 25
Total buck sightings: 2
Total deer sightings: 27
Different bucks seen: 1
Shooters bucks seen: 1
Deer seen per hour on stand: .96
Stands hunted: 8
Properties hunted: 3
Deer killed: 0
Bow killed squirrels: 0
Dumbass mistakes: 1.5
1023's Season Tally
AM Hunts: 2
PM Hunts: 10
All day sits: 0
Total Hunts: 12
Skunked Hunts: 0
Hours on Stand: 28
Average time of hunt: 2 hours 20 minutes
Anterless deer seen: 25
Total buck sightings: 2
Total deer sightings: 27
Different bucks seen: 1
Shooters bucks seen: 1
Deer seen per hour on stand: .96
Stands hunted: 8
Properties hunted: 3
Deer killed: 0
Bow killed squirrels: 0
Dumbass mistakes: 1.5
I'm about to flip the switch fellas. I made the committment to stay outta the woods as much as I could during the "October lull" and I've held true. In the past, I've not only burnt out good stands, but also myself by this point in the season. I'll be off the next three Fridays and have a week's vacation to use at some point. I'm hoping this new approach will prove it's worth!!!
It'll definitely pay off, man. I like to get out there and hunt like everyone else, but I really don't get excited until the last week of October. The buck movement should really start picking up here soon.
I'm going to hit up a good observation stand where Greg has had lots of success seeing early scrape activity. Easy in, easy out and I can cover a ton of ground. Got some acorns for shits and giggles. Who knows, I might shoot a squirrel!!!
Season Tally
PM hunts - 1
Time in the woods - 5.25 hrs
Properties hunted - 1
Stands hunted - 1
Deer seen - 3
DPH (deer per hour) - 5/3.25
Other critters seen: Squirrel (2), Groundhog (1)
Rookie Mistakes - 1
Misses - 1
Harvests - __
PM hunts - 1
Time in the woods - 5.25 hrs
Properties hunted - 1
Stands hunted - 1
Deer seen - 3
DPH (deer per hour) - 5/3.25
Other critters seen: Squirrel (2), Groundhog (1)
Rookie Mistakes - 1
Misses - 1
Harvests - __