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Michigan Pt. 2 - The High Powered Rifle Sequel

TinyTucky

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Same cabin, same public, and a couple additions to the crew. My dad (known as Swantucky, Swooney, Randog, dipshit, etc.), Levi (from the last trip up here), Eli and myself are in camp this week(end). Rifle opens Saturday morning and we will be here until Tuesday. Once again, I’ll update as service allows. Planning to bowhunt the am and pm tomorrow. Levi and Eli will arrive sometime tomorrow afternoon, but for now my dad and I are sharing camp. Got a decent fire going, sleeping arrangements made, few-ish beers and some tomfoolery of course. After the bow season I have had so far I, for the first time in a long time, am really looking forward to toting a rifle instead of strings. Prolly won’t see shit now, but fun nonetheless, especially with my dad and buddies. I’ll try to add more photos as I go this time around, kinda lacked on that last time.
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First, last and only morning archery hunt of the trip is underway. Been settled for about 20 minutes with 20 minutes to go till first light. Have had 3 different deer pass me in the dark, hopefully they keep that up until I can see. I think I wound up in the same tree I shot my buck from up here last year on almost the same day, maybe that’s a good omen? Don’t love the wind direction, but it’s been consistent so far at least. The scrapes I was hunting a week ago appear to be untouched, but with the wind they’ve been having it’s hard to say for sure. Don’t let the pic fool you, it’s still dark AF, these iPhones can take some pretty sweet night time pics.
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3 mature does and 3 fawns so far during legal. No bucks in tow surprisingly. Let the second group of 3 walk by at 15-25 yards in hopes of a buck, plus I don’t want to shoot a doe this early in the trip. Could’ve turned every last one of those floozies into a pile had I been toting the .308. Good start to the trip, will be interested to see what the pressure looks like. In my experience, most guys put up pop up blinds or stands the day before opener. Hoping to see where the pressure will be this afternoon.