How crazy is it to find a salamander crawling around, while looking for blood from a deer in January in Ohio?
LIVE from the stand 2018-19
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How crazy is it to find a salamander crawling around, while looking for blood from a deer in January in Ohio?
Got aggressive yesterday and made an impromptu ground blind close too a fence row crossing. Have seen a group of 5 does make their way through there on a semi regular basis. Monday they were there but didn’t have enough light or confidence too make that 150 yard shot. That’ll be remedied this summer, but I figured I’d get up close and personal with them since the last day of muzzleloader season, and probably for me being out the remainder of the deer season.
Found a tree with adequate cover and trimmed out a couple shooting lanes. Got settled in around 4 and waited, enjoying the warm temps and watching trees bend too their limits without breaking in that wind. Hand a half dozen trains go by which being close too the tracks and on the ground will give you an idea of a earthquake of minor rector scale
Well got to the go time and my head was on a swivel and I was getting amped up to see if my plan was going too work. 5:45 came and nothing showed. I gathered my stuff and did the 200 yard walk too the truck. When I got too the barn I slowed and peaked around the corner too see if I could see anything in the lower field along a creek. Yep all 5 doe were 50 yards from my truck.... Damn deer
Oh well been a good season, had fun, enjoyed the company of friends and have some venison too show for it. That my friends is what it’s all about....
Found a tree with adequate cover and trimmed out a couple shooting lanes. Got settled in around 4 and waited, enjoying the warm temps and watching trees bend too their limits without breaking in that wind. Hand a half dozen trains go by which being close too the tracks and on the ground will give you an idea of a earthquake of minor rector scale
Well got to the go time and my head was on a swivel and I was getting amped up to see if my plan was going too work. 5:45 came and nothing showed. I gathered my stuff and did the 200 yard walk too the truck. When I got too the barn I slowed and peaked around the corner too see if I could see anything in the lower field along a creek. Yep all 5 doe were 50 yards from my truck.... Damn deer
Oh well been a good season, had fun, enjoyed the company of friends and have some venison too show for it. That my friends is what it’s all about....
OO2
Well-Known Member
Hopefully this cold and snow push the deer to the cut corn before legal light ends. They have been yarding up in the bean fields then coming too late. Glad to finally have a chance to try my cold weather bibs!
Good luck. I'm going to disperse a couple more hundred pounds of cheat and get prepped to film Mike on one of these cold, snowy days.
BlueSpruceOutfitters
Junior Member
Finally some snow! Got about 2-3" here in Medina county. It'll make it easier for my weekly, 100# drag of yellow deer loving material. Lol. Still gotta help a couple friends with killing a deer, and I'd love to get it on film, so hope this keeps up!
In other completely unrelated news, I'll be picking up my new (to me) Massey Ferguson 135 on Friday! Very excited, will be the perfect size tractor to cart around for food plots and habitat management projects!
In other completely unrelated news, I'll be picking up my new (to me) Massey Ferguson 135 on Friday! Very excited, will be the perfect size tractor to cart around for food plots and habitat management projects!
Now my buddy got sick in the night so we are hanging out until tomorrow, should have brought my damn crossbow, I am sure there will be movement tomorrow morning
Sgt Fury
Sgt. Spellchecker
My neighbor let me borrow his crossbow, true sportsmen rock.
Just home from work. It's cold, it's snowy, snow is on the ground. I just walked up to my pop up & deer tracks are everywhere. My January season will begin at daylight.
Well bonus day of hunting, had to layer up more because I didn’t bring gear for these cold temps. Crazy two days ago at first light it was 52, today 22 with 1” of snow on the ground
Thanks Ric. Good luck Clay. I've been out since 0630. Quite comfy with the heater on & off at times. Not too sure what to expect for late season mornings. If I see squirrels I'll scream. There's something to be said for sitting in the pre dawn darkness with your coffee.
