Post by flatbowMB on Oct 11, 2006 11:16:49 GMT -5
Well I had to work Saturday, but Monday was a holiday, so after church on Sunday I packed up some gear and headed to the lake country for an overnight stay to hunt deer the next day (no big game hunting here on Sundays). I parked my car at one lake and followed a 1.5 mile bush trail about to an adjacent lake, and set up camp for the evening along the edge of the lake.
Views from campsite;
Camp set up;
Ahh... time to roast some smokies and enjoy a barley refreshment.
The weather for the most part was beautiful, the overnight temps were around -2 C ( ~ 29 F) and warmed up during the day. The next morning (Monday) I enjoy a nice leisurely breakfast and set out to where I planned to hunt. I camped just on the north side of this beaver dam which was a no-hunt area, but the south side was good to go.
Beaver Dam from South Side;
About a 1/4 mile further (parallelling the shore line of the lake) I come across the head of the biggest Northern that I've ever seen. I imagine a bear must have plucked him from the water and decided the head just wasn't worth trying to eat!
Can you blame him?
Anyway, deer sign everywhere - whoa - Deer everywhere too, or at least big white rumps moving away from me at 100 mph (or so it seemed). I tromp around the area try the ground blind in a couple of spots. Scout around some more and eventually, by mid-afternoon, come across what seemed like an ideal ground blind location. It was by a patch of oaks along a sloping funnell with very heavy deer trails criss-crossing all around it;
So I set up my ground blind (Got the idea from pics Bowtech posted in his 'Ground Blind' thread);
Do you see it (at about 40 yards)?
At about 20 yards;
From the backside;
So I cut a few shoooting lanes through the twigs, settle in and wait. About 1/2 an hour later I see 2 - no three does come up the slope and into view at about 40 yards. They slowy move towards me as they feed until when at about 30 yards the biggest of the three notices something verrrry curious looking. Staring right at me it moves a little closer, then at about 20 yards, starts slowly making an arc clockwise around the blind all the while getting closer and closer yet not moving across a shooting lane.
She goes behind my viewing area & about 15 seconds later reappers through the window opening to the left, still staring at the netting, as she moves across a shooting lane...Wham!
She dropped hard, got up, flopped over got up and moved (not far) into some thich brush where I could not see her. I waited in the blind for about 20 minutes got out and veryslowly made my way through the twigs. Eventually about 60 yards down the slope, there she was;
Slick tricks did the trick.
Views from campsite;
Camp set up;
Ahh... time to roast some smokies and enjoy a barley refreshment.
The weather for the most part was beautiful, the overnight temps were around -2 C ( ~ 29 F) and warmed up during the day. The next morning (Monday) I enjoy a nice leisurely breakfast and set out to where I planned to hunt. I camped just on the north side of this beaver dam which was a no-hunt area, but the south side was good to go.
Beaver Dam from South Side;
About a 1/4 mile further (parallelling the shore line of the lake) I come across the head of the biggest Northern that I've ever seen. I imagine a bear must have plucked him from the water and decided the head just wasn't worth trying to eat!
Can you blame him?
Anyway, deer sign everywhere - whoa - Deer everywhere too, or at least big white rumps moving away from me at 100 mph (or so it seemed). I tromp around the area try the ground blind in a couple of spots. Scout around some more and eventually, by mid-afternoon, come across what seemed like an ideal ground blind location. It was by a patch of oaks along a sloping funnell with very heavy deer trails criss-crossing all around it;
So I set up my ground blind (Got the idea from pics Bowtech posted in his 'Ground Blind' thread);
Do you see it (at about 40 yards)?
At about 20 yards;
From the backside;
So I cut a few shoooting lanes through the twigs, settle in and wait. About 1/2 an hour later I see 2 - no three does come up the slope and into view at about 40 yards. They slowy move towards me as they feed until when at about 30 yards the biggest of the three notices something verrrry curious looking. Staring right at me it moves a little closer, then at about 20 yards, starts slowly making an arc clockwise around the blind all the while getting closer and closer yet not moving across a shooting lane.
She goes behind my viewing area & about 15 seconds later reappers through the window opening to the left, still staring at the netting, as she moves across a shooting lane...Wham!She dropped hard, got up, flopped over got up and moved (not far) into some thich brush where I could not see her. I waited in the blind for about 20 minutes got out and veryslowly made my way through the twigs. Eventually about 60 yards down the slope, there she was;
Slick tricks did the trick.
;D
