Michigan Pt. 2 - The High Powered Rifle Sequel

[TinyTucky]

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.

 

["J"]

Tell the old man we said hey! Good luck Hunna!

 

[switchhitter]

Good luck
Sounds like a great time!
I like following your adventures

 

[TinyTucky]

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.

 

[Curran]

Go get 'em!!!

 

[5Cent]

Good luck TT, keep us posted and wishing you all a fun, successful and safe trip!

 

["J"]

Good luck buddy!

 

[Mike]

Make some memories

 

[TinyTucky]

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.

 

[matthew]

Good luck. Have fun !!

 

[giles]

Living in a van down by the river...

 

[TinyTucky]

Living in a van down by the river...

He brought his truck on this trip. He says the van doesn’t navigate as well down the 2 tracks

 

[TinyTucky]

I ended my morning hunt a little earlier than I typically would have, but wanted to do a little more scouting, move my cell cam and help my dad. Got to my cam and wasn’t sure where to move it to since all the scrapes I had previously found looked like they had not been worked since last week. I decided to push a little deeper to some other scrapes I found previously, to find them very very freshly tore open with wet piss in them and obvious deer tracks. I moved my camera there and freshened the scrapes up. I went back to the cabin, filled up my coffee, grabbed a little Debbie and met up with my dad at his usual haunt. He wasn’t impressed with the lack of buck sign at one of his usual spots, so we wandered a bit, found some fresh scrapes and rubs and built a brush blind for him to hunt in the am (if he gets up ). We checked a couple of his other spots and stands and got out of there. By the time we got back to the cabin I was running a little short on time for an evening hunt but figured I brought my bow, might as well give her one last rip. I planned to hunt the fresh buck sign but the wind was too swirly when I got there, so thankfully that added an extra 1/2-5/8 mile to my hike in. I made a big worthless loop, ran into 3 mature does that were on their feet with no bucks, and ended up in the exact same tree I was in this morning. I have low expectations but I’m here so fugg it. Still unsure where I’ll sit in the am, gonna be a little tougher since Eli has never hunted here and he’ll sit with me for opening morning.

Also, the seemingly random snapped off sapling was a rub, also had some white belly hair stuck in it.