Busted!
Weather has to have something to do with it but still..mornings have been high 30’s, low-mid 40’s and I have still barely seen much in the morning. No chasing, bucks walking with no urgency. Sitting in a tree from November 4th to November 9th, hunting various travel corridors, this seems odd. Worst rut action I can remember.Got in the stand a little late (basically only a few before shooting light). On the walk in i used my thermal and could see deer in the woods to my left a I'm sitting now and two feeding on the crop strips past that.
This stand is nicely situated. Almost anything cruising from the different stands of woods should be at least seen and it overlooks a prime movement corridor. So if it's on this side of the farm and moving i should see it. Downsides are the damn cows that are grazing in the same area. I'm in a stand of shagbark hickory and oaks so the squirrels are unreal.
I've seen one cat, cows and countless squirrels and birds, that's it.
Is it the weather? early lockdown (Ashland cty)? this is only my second year attempting bow hunting and hunting the rut so i don't have a good baseline on what to expect.
Best I’ve had for a while with the exception of today. That’s the luck factor that plays into it.Weather has to have something to do with it but still..mornings have been high 30’s, low-mid 40’s and I have still barely seen much in the morning. No chasing, bucks walking with no urgency. Sitting in a tree from November 4th to November 9th, hunting various travel corridors, this seems odd. Worst rut action I can remember.
PIEBALD!My cousin shot this guy in Harrison Co. last night. Other than that, movement has been very slow down here.
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PIEBALD!
very cool - is he gonna taxi it?
Thats gonna be badass right thereYeah! He is actually a taxidermist so he’s gonna do a bedded full body mount and put it in the cabin!
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