When: January 24, 2009
Where: The club - swamp stand
Weather: cold (low 20's) and windy.
When: 2:00 - 5:30
I went to the club today. When I got there I saw Tony and Greg. They were up there doing drives of the property (grrrr). When I got dressed Tony and I were standers and I went to 13 and Greg pushed the hill. We saw nothing. Then I went to the swamp stand for the evening sit. I saw nothing...Greg saw nothing (he went to 6...Bob's stand) and apparently they didn't see anything all day while driving. Oh well.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Stupid snow!
When: January 10, 2009
Where: Morning - Recycling center
Evening - Club - Stand 18
Weather: Morning, cloudy and cold. Evening, snow showers!
The morning was pretty uneventful. I got in my tree (the fat man's stand) about 6:15 and sat until 8:30 but I was cold so I left and came home. The afternoon I went to the club. I love hunting in the snow...an inch or two is great and sure makes things pretty but today the snow was really coming down. I sat in the stand from 2:00 until 4:00 but all I could think about was, "will I get out of the parking spot", "the ride home will be miserable"...so I decided to still hunt my way back to the truck. While walking back I passed by the Big Feeder stand. As I rounded the corner I could see a doe feeding. I stopped and put up my gun...she was on the other side of the hedgerow and as I was thinking about what I could do to get a shot she saw me, spooked and ran into the pit. I tried to stop her in the path but she didn't. I sat under the stand for a few minutes hoping she'd come back but she didn't so I left. The ride home was pretty treacherous.
Where: Morning - Recycling center
Evening - Club - Stand 18
Weather: Morning, cloudy and cold. Evening, snow showers!
The morning was pretty uneventful. I got in my tree (the fat man's stand) about 6:15 and sat until 8:30 but I was cold so I left and came home. The afternoon I went to the club. I love hunting in the snow...an inch or two is great and sure makes things pretty but today the snow was really coming down. I sat in the stand from 2:00 until 4:00 but all I could think about was, "will I get out of the parking spot", "the ride home will be miserable"...so I decided to still hunt my way back to the truck. While walking back I passed by the Big Feeder stand. As I rounded the corner I could see a doe feeding. I stopped and put up my gun...she was on the other side of the hedgerow and as I was thinking about what I could do to get a shot she saw me, spooked and ran into the pit. I tried to stop her in the path but she didn't. I sat under the stand for a few minutes hoping she'd come back but she didn't so I left. The ride home was pretty treacherous.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
So close...
When: January 3, 2008
Where: Morning - Recycling center
Evening - Club - stand 19
Weather: Sunny, clear, cold (around 25) and quite windy
When: 6:15 - 8:45 & 1:00 - 5:00
I started out the day bow hunting in Morris Plains. It was a really nice morning in the fat man's tree. I didn't see anything however. By 8:45 I had all the cold I could take...actually everything was warm but my feet.
The evening hunt was a muzzleloader hunt at the club. I went to stand 19. While I was walking in, right by the big feeder, I kicked out a doe who ran into the field. I tried to cap the muzzy while she was standing there but by the time I capped it she was gone. I got to the stand and set up. At 3:15ish I saw a four pointer pop out from the brush in front of the stand. He looked right in my direction so I couldn't move. Slowly I got my gun into position and as I was doing that he walked to his right a few steps into some thick brush. I waited for him to reappear on the other side but he never did. A minute later I saw 8 does running hard in the field behind the cemetary. That was the last sign of deer I saw for the night. A great night on stand!!
Where: Morning - Recycling center
Evening - Club - stand 19
Weather: Sunny, clear, cold (around 25) and quite windy
When: 6:15 - 8:45 & 1:00 - 5:00
I started out the day bow hunting in Morris Plains. It was a really nice morning in the fat man's tree. I didn't see anything however. By 8:45 I had all the cold I could take...actually everything was warm but my feet.
The evening hunt was a muzzleloader hunt at the club. I went to stand 19. While I was walking in, right by the big feeder, I kicked out a doe who ran into the field. I tried to cap the muzzy while she was standing there but by the time I capped it she was gone. I got to the stand and set up. At 3:15ish I saw a four pointer pop out from the brush in front of the stand. He looked right in my direction so I couldn't move. Slowly I got my gun into position and as I was doing that he walked to his right a few steps into some thick brush. I waited for him to reappear on the other side but he never did. A minute later I saw 8 does running hard in the field behind the cemetary. That was the last sign of deer I saw for the night. A great night on stand!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)