fmrleatherneck
10-26-2009, 12:11 AM
Been able to get out for at least a half day just about every other day. Pretty pleased about that!
Haven't seen ANY deer yet, but I'm just out in back of my house (and NOT real far from the four wheeler, either!), so that doesn't bother me too much. At least I'm out! Tiny spot. Lotsa sign, acorns everywhere (mostly small, though) and soybeans nearby. Dense stuff on the other side.
Got out Saturday well before dawn and settled in to let all the "late risers" push something past me on their way in... It was pretty calm, early on. Got rained on a few times; "driving rain" a bit, but just showers, really, so nothing serious. Once the wind came up, though, it about blew me out of that tree!! Finally decided it was going to get worse before it got better, the way it was swirling around and stuff, and quit about 2:30 or so. If I was the type to get sea-sick, I would've had to get down a lot sooner!
Not the story I wanted to tell you, though! Just about the time of sunrise, I had 3 coyotes singing at the same time from three different directions! I thought that was pretty cool! Think I'll have to start looking for a little remote call set up of my own, maybe! Might have just found something to keep me busy after January! That's the first I've heard them myself, with no question, but neighbors tell me they see and hear them all of the time. (I tried a few mouth squeaks but I got what I expected... nothing! Figured there was nothing to lose! Too quiet of a "call", I'm sure, to say nothing of probably a lousy attempt!) There are turkey farms all around me here, plus the wild turkeys I've seen. And, when you come in here after dark, It looks like a herd of rabbits scurrying away! And I still have doves in my yard and driveway in bunches every morning, too! Maybe not as many as in August, but still a bunch. So the 'yotes have got plenty to keep them fed, that's for sure!
I had seen something run across an opening on me earlier in the week; about 100 yards away (towards the soybeans), low to the ground and dark, but it was pretty much IN the dark, too, so I'm not sure about the coloring. It looked to me like it had a tail almost as long as it was, but, odd to me, it carried that tail almost straight up in the air! It got into the dark, dense brush real quick and I never caught another glance. What do you guys think it was? Could it have been a coyote or a bobcat? There are a few pet dogs that run around loose, but I don't think it was one of them.
Getting skunked every day is tough, but I really enjoy being able to get out, anyway. I'm pretty sure I've had deer moving around me most days, but it's so thick I haven't been able to see any of them. There are a few openings here and there in front of me and to my left, should give me an opportunity, whether I can capitalize on it will be up to me, I guess! Got to get something to move into one of them first, before anything! Didn't think I'd need to put corn out, with all of the food-stuff around me... Now I think I was wrong and will be getting some out this week (don't think it's too late, yet!). I have heard shots all around me over the course of the week or so, and LOTS of shots during blackpowder before that. Not only because of convenience, but I have faith in the spot, it's up to me to get something in the freezer!
I'll try to keep you posted!
Haven't seen ANY deer yet, but I'm just out in back of my house (and NOT real far from the four wheeler, either!), so that doesn't bother me too much. At least I'm out! Tiny spot. Lotsa sign, acorns everywhere (mostly small, though) and soybeans nearby. Dense stuff on the other side.
Got out Saturday well before dawn and settled in to let all the "late risers" push something past me on their way in... It was pretty calm, early on. Got rained on a few times; "driving rain" a bit, but just showers, really, so nothing serious. Once the wind came up, though, it about blew me out of that tree!! Finally decided it was going to get worse before it got better, the way it was swirling around and stuff, and quit about 2:30 or so. If I was the type to get sea-sick, I would've had to get down a lot sooner!
Not the story I wanted to tell you, though! Just about the time of sunrise, I had 3 coyotes singing at the same time from three different directions! I thought that was pretty cool! Think I'll have to start looking for a little remote call set up of my own, maybe! Might have just found something to keep me busy after January! That's the first I've heard them myself, with no question, but neighbors tell me they see and hear them all of the time. (I tried a few mouth squeaks but I got what I expected... nothing! Figured there was nothing to lose! Too quiet of a "call", I'm sure, to say nothing of probably a lousy attempt!) There are turkey farms all around me here, plus the wild turkeys I've seen. And, when you come in here after dark, It looks like a herd of rabbits scurrying away! And I still have doves in my yard and driveway in bunches every morning, too! Maybe not as many as in August, but still a bunch. So the 'yotes have got plenty to keep them fed, that's for sure!
I had seen something run across an opening on me earlier in the week; about 100 yards away (towards the soybeans), low to the ground and dark, but it was pretty much IN the dark, too, so I'm not sure about the coloring. It looked to me like it had a tail almost as long as it was, but, odd to me, it carried that tail almost straight up in the air! It got into the dark, dense brush real quick and I never caught another glance. What do you guys think it was? Could it have been a coyote or a bobcat? There are a few pet dogs that run around loose, but I don't think it was one of them.
Getting skunked every day is tough, but I really enjoy being able to get out, anyway. I'm pretty sure I've had deer moving around me most days, but it's so thick I haven't been able to see any of them. There are a few openings here and there in front of me and to my left, should give me an opportunity, whether I can capitalize on it will be up to me, I guess! Got to get something to move into one of them first, before anything! Didn't think I'd need to put corn out, with all of the food-stuff around me... Now I think I was wrong and will be getting some out this week (don't think it's too late, yet!). I have heard shots all around me over the course of the week or so, and LOTS of shots during blackpowder before that. Not only because of convenience, but I have faith in the spot, it's up to me to get something in the freezer!
I'll try to keep you posted!