The Swamp Blind.

[Jackalope]

Set a blind and a bait pile yesterday where at the end of shotgun season I found some good sign. The interior is not huntable due to it being a thick maze of swampy mess. I set the blind on the back end of a patch of cattails and dropped the bait 25 yards to the north of it.

The Blue line is the easiest path to the blind but it passes really close to some great deer cover to the west. My plan is to be noisy and use this path to bait or check the cam. I cut a quick path through the woods on a straight shot to the blind to use when I want to slip in and hunt. (Green line) The idea is the same as in the deer conditioning thread earlier this year. Let the deer hear me baiting and think they have my path figured out, then slip in undetected via a less invasive route.

These rub pictures were taken in that tiny little clearing west of the corn pile.

 

[RedCloud]

Dang those are big rubs. Should be some good hunting in there. Can't wait to see some deer pics.

 

[Sgt Fury]

Thick areas like that always hold deer during the late season. Looks like a great place. X2 on the “can’t wait to see some deer pics”!

 

[giles]

Wasting your time, “Ohio sucks” remember?

 

[Jackalope]

Wasting your time, “Ohio sucks” remember?

I said it sucks for fishing, and I stand by it!

 

[cspot]

Nice Rubs.

 

[Floki]

Good luck. Hopefully you will be able to fancy Giles with a nut shot.

 

[brock ratcliff]

Looks like a great plan to me!

 

[giles]

I said it sucks for fishing, and I stand by it!

ODNR killed all the deer?

 

[Sgt Fury]

ODNR killed all the deer?

 

[Jackalope]

ODNR killed all the deer?

. That would be a "they" suck, not the "state" sucks.

 

[giles]

. That would be a "they" suck, not the "state" sucks.

I’m so confused...

 

[Jackalope]

I’m so confused...

Understandable with the amount we drank last night.

 

[Redhunter1012]

I seen some cute sleeping pics. Also seen the x-rated one of somebody's Gatorade bottle getting Tea bagged

 

[giles]

Sorry for completely derailing your thread joe.

 

[OhioWhiteTails]

Sounds like a solid plan Joe. Your entry and exit plans are intriguing. Looking forward to the updates on this. Good luck.

 

[Dustinb80]

Good luck Joe

 

[Jackalope]

Well I screwed up the camera. I noticed the batteries were at 4 of 10 when I set it out and the cam is about 15 yards to the corn pile. When the batteries get that low in the cold the sensor range is greatly reduced. Despite 90% of the corn missing it only picked up a close doe and squirrels.

I did take some better pics of the setup though.

View from the blind to the corn. There's a 100lbs of corn in that pic. Used the old filming trick and hid the pile

behind a small rise and a log.

The corn and blind is in the back corner of these cattails straight across in the center frame.

Looks like the deer activity has picked up after that freeze and the rut.

 

[Floki]

Damn that’s exciting. Hope tommrow is the day for ya. Couple decent bucks on cam this week seems they are in that second rut. Anyhow good luck.

 

[Jackalope]

Damn that’s exciting. Hope tommrow is the day for ya. Couple decent bucks on cam this week seems they are in that second rut. Anyhow good luck.

Staying out of it since I don't have good intel. The last thing I want is to have a stud hitting it 30 minutes after dark and him catch me leaving.