Well I have never done one of these but after reading a few and kinda getting the gist of it I thought I would give it a try. The early part of mine is gonna try to cover both of my hunts this year. My Maine black bear hunt and my Ohio whitetail hunt.
July 20
Talked to my guide and he told me he had just gotten the bulk of his bait in for the year, 15,000 pounds! He also said he would get the rest of it in around the 27th, another 6,000 pounds to have a total of just over 20,000 pounds. That's crazy. He was getting everything ready to start baiting on the 25th and said the bear prospects were looking really good.
July 28
I emailed my guide to ask him what scent eliminating laundry soap and field spray he likes to use so I could use the same stuff. He told me he uses Dead Down Wind or Scent Killer so I bought a DDW kit at Wally World and I'm good to go now.
August 1
My guide emailed me and said everything is going good and he has just about all his baits out. He said the blueberries didn't do worth a crap, which is good, but the blackberries and wild strawberries did good, which is bad. He said he had his stands and bait sites setup accordingly and the berry crop wouldn't hurt us. He said to plan on the mosquitoes to be a little worse than normal but not to get too excited. He said its Maine not Northern Canada. He said the perfect defense is to be covered from head to toe with camo. That's exactly what I plan to do TOO.
August 2
Now on the whitetail side of things. My buddy and I went out and scouted a big clover field that's on the farm I got permission to hunt for the first time ever. It was nice to get out and do some looking around and the heart rate was just a little higher than normal with the anticipation of what is in that woods. My buddy informed me that he hadn't told me yet but he had seen a definite shooter a few nights back on the adjoining farm that he hunts. He said it would go close to 150 by the time he finished out. And just like on cue he popped out into the field about 1/2 hour before dark. He is a great buck,10 point, and I think he will go 150s for sure. His g4 on the left side is a little behind his right g4 but I think he will go 150 even if it doesn't catch up to the other side. I'm guessing he is close to 19-20" inside, he is a couple inches wider than his ears. I got home about 10:00 last night and needless to say there were still some thoughts of him racing through my head when my head hit the pillow.
August 3
Back to the bear stuff. I decided to wash all the lightweight camo that I will be taking to Maine with me today. I also washed my tree tie in ropes and my pull ropes. Fluteman helped me out with suggestions for pull ropes, knots, and little videos that show ya how to wrap up your pull ropes so they don't tangle on ya. Good stuff! Heres my pull rope and a knot i saw on YouTube.
I got all my Scent Lok stuff, tree and pull ropes, and Under Armour cold gear washed and dried in Dead Down Wind scent control stuff and bagged up in zip lock freezer bags for the trip. I got all that stuff, my boots, my binos, and my range finder packed in my carry on bag. The wife got me a very nice carry on camo bag for Christmas and its full! The days are winding down, 21 days from tomorrow!
July 20
Talked to my guide and he told me he had just gotten the bulk of his bait in for the year, 15,000 pounds! He also said he would get the rest of it in around the 27th, another 6,000 pounds to have a total of just over 20,000 pounds. That's crazy. He was getting everything ready to start baiting on the 25th and said the bear prospects were looking really good.
July 28
I emailed my guide to ask him what scent eliminating laundry soap and field spray he likes to use so I could use the same stuff. He told me he uses Dead Down Wind or Scent Killer so I bought a DDW kit at Wally World and I'm good to go now.
August 1
My guide emailed me and said everything is going good and he has just about all his baits out. He said the blueberries didn't do worth a crap, which is good, but the blackberries and wild strawberries did good, which is bad. He said he had his stands and bait sites setup accordingly and the berry crop wouldn't hurt us. He said to plan on the mosquitoes to be a little worse than normal but not to get too excited. He said its Maine not Northern Canada. He said the perfect defense is to be covered from head to toe with camo. That's exactly what I plan to do TOO.
August 2
Now on the whitetail side of things. My buddy and I went out and scouted a big clover field that's on the farm I got permission to hunt for the first time ever. It was nice to get out and do some looking around and the heart rate was just a little higher than normal with the anticipation of what is in that woods. My buddy informed me that he hadn't told me yet but he had seen a definite shooter a few nights back on the adjoining farm that he hunts. He said it would go close to 150 by the time he finished out. And just like on cue he popped out into the field about 1/2 hour before dark. He is a great buck,10 point, and I think he will go 150s for sure. His g4 on the left side is a little behind his right g4 but I think he will go 150 even if it doesn't catch up to the other side. I'm guessing he is close to 19-20" inside, he is a couple inches wider than his ears. I got home about 10:00 last night and needless to say there were still some thoughts of him racing through my head when my head hit the pillow.
August 3
Back to the bear stuff. I decided to wash all the lightweight camo that I will be taking to Maine with me today. I also washed my tree tie in ropes and my pull ropes. Fluteman helped me out with suggestions for pull ropes, knots, and little videos that show ya how to wrap up your pull ropes so they don't tangle on ya. Good stuff! Heres my pull rope and a knot i saw on YouTube.
I got all my Scent Lok stuff, tree and pull ropes, and Under Armour cold gear washed and dried in Dead Down Wind scent control stuff and bagged up in zip lock freezer bags for the trip. I got all that stuff, my boots, my binos, and my range finder packed in my carry on bag. The wife got me a very nice carry on camo bag for Christmas and its full! The days are winding down, 21 days from tomorrow!