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Live from the stand 2021/22

xbowguy

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That Walmart corn is some bad ass shit!
Come to think of it...Got anymore of that Walmart Gold Dust Kevin? Asking for a friend...🤣
 
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So, yesterday was the first day i saw NOTHING and I went to the best shot I had. Usually don't see many doe down below this stand as this is where the big boys bed. This is the first sit all season I see no venison. Wished I hadn't passed up all those does about now and Monday the season closes for honest folk like me...

Sun at my back, wind in my face, 13 degrees. I'm at the farthest point in on a cornfield corner that drops down to a god awful thicket then swamp. I've never seen a human or a track down there. The only way you can hunt down in there is on your hands and knees with a knife or pistol in your teeth.
I'm on the corner where the farmer turns the outside rows from north south to east west and setting on my stool where the interior rows go north south. I am looking Northeast. The big boys come out at last light to the corn, but I can usually see them mulling around in the thicket or the swamp beyond during the last hour or so thanks to my higher ground position and the sun at my back.

Early on I am enjoying the Cardinals and Bluebirds trading between bushes at the thicket edge jut off the corn. I'm thankful for no Blue Jays close. Rabbits and squirrels moving back and forth from the thicket to the standing corn also put on a show. Fox squirrels taking a whole ear of corn back into the woods like a lab with a goose!

I see some movement in the swamp edge and my heart picks up. Nope not a deer, just that doggone Fisher again and he's big as an Otter. Come close big boy and I'll give you 50 cal. patched round ball lead poison! He's a no show too.

Anyways, I'm wondering why these bucks down here aren't moving till after dark. Perhaps it's because...
 

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Smaller bear is about 250 I guess. Larger bear is 500+ The darl picture is the larger bear. The last picture gives you perspective as my pack boot is at the bottom. My shooting sticks at the top. In the middle is a good buck track, though not the biggest I saw here in this part of the corn. And the smaller bear track is on the right in that last picture. Maybe the bear have taken over the swamp and the bucks are more cautious? I'm going in there after the season to see it I imagine.
 
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This is what I get for putting off shooting my doe...50 times...till the last day! But from Monday afternoon if you look at the weather radar for Cleveland to Buffalo it will show lake effect, except over Erie county Pa...​


Oh well, I never ever did choose the easiest row to hoe! Snowblower patrol, hunt (hopefully drag venison!) snowblower patrol. Then drag all my hunting stuff to the "pouting shack" and drag up the ice gear!

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Winter Storm Warning from SUN 7:00 PM EST until TUE 1:00 AM EST​

Action Recommended​

Make preparations per the instructions

Issued By​

Cleveland - OH, US, National Weather Service

Affected Area​

Southern Erie, Northern Erie and Crawford counties

Description​

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST TUESDAY... WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 11 to 14 inches by late Monday morning. Additional lake effect snow of 2 to 4 inches will continue into Monday night. Northwest winds gusting as high as 30 mph Monday afternoon through Monday night. WHERE...Southern Erie, Northern Erie and Crawford counties. WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 1 AM EST Tuesday. IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility Monday afternoon through Monday night. The hazardous conditions could impact the Monday morning and evening commutes. ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The heaviest snow will occur between 10 PM Sunday evening and 11 AM Monday morning. Snowfall rates up to 1- 2 inches per hour will be possible. Snow will be wet and heavy, which could lead to tree damage and power outages. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency.
 

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Denny
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Anyone out in southern ohio? Snowing yet??

Not in Ross Co. yet. Forecast now showing possible snow starting an hour later than what it stated last night, now around 3:00 p.m.
 

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