jpastor1759
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Apples, man they are hammering orchards right now, maybe it’s because that’s what I predominately hunt but so far it’s apples by me.How’s the activity where everyone is at? What have they been feeding on?
Apples, man they are hammering orchards right now, maybe it’s because that’s what I predominately hunt but so far it’s apples by me.
I thought I was on a good one for a bit in this orchard, wrong lol, some goofy fork horn with an aggressive attitude who thought he should bark up this apple tree, I threw a few sits at this spot and after watching him work this tree pretty good it’s on to the next wild goose chase for me!I saw 3 bucks one night hitting apples! Sadly, on private property!
Walk that corn field, hunting standing corn can be a blast, sometimes the deer will stay right in it, my brother and I used to walk a lot of corn fields checking for damage when we were involved with nuisance bear permits. Corn damage… a cob laying on the ground picked clean is usually coon or porcupine, cob on the stalk still but the husk is destroyed, almost frayed looking will be birds like crows, cob on the stalk still with the end bit off will be deer, giant flat spots in the corn field which looks a football team had practice there will be bears, very destructive, typically the thickest cover bordering the corn field will produce the most action for all game, you will see a nasty path, pick your wind and set up, corners are good too, a corner by super thick cover is the best, the thick cover is the most important.I’ve never hunted corn fields much… I have one farm I can hunt that still has standing corn. I feel corn fields hard to hunt because there’s not always stuff to funnel deer close…. Since it’s still standing, I wondered if that would change anything seeing as there’s more of an edge. Do they eat standing corn? Or more likely when it’s taken down?
I hunt in 3J and it was hit really bad last year. Reports are saying it's in the area again too. Sightings are way down. I'm also in a management program in 3S and there's reports of it down there as well.Has anyone heard about EHD hitting the deer hard this year? Was at my taxidermist yesterday and he said there was a report of 30 dead deer found in a field in Hurley and many guys saying there are no deer in a lot of areas.
Beans here still and apples and grapes. Also a lot of mast with fresh sign all over the acorns and hickory nuts. Haven't been able to hunt only the afternoon of the first day so I'm chompin' at the bit.