Were you hunting public or private? Looks like you found the honey hole!Just got home from 11 days in southern Illinois. Was a humbling hunt yet learned I have to remind myself to be patient and let the deer do what they’re going to do at times.. Still managed to bring home 2 bucks and a doe. Buddy with me got a buck and doe. All diy public land.
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Got setup this morning late audible for wind shift. Less than 30 degrees, hang in there guys!
What is that boat? How's the stability compare to yak or a canoe?
A good friend once told me "You can sit all day and leave 30 seconds tooo soon" yep.
This one nagging realization has led to several unintended all day sits for me, lol.
Happened to me Sunday morning. Let my bow down, took pack off the gear rope. Put right arm through the strap and reached back with the left for that strap. Doe and 2 little ones standing about 22 yards. Shockingly, they didnt bust me and just went on their merry way. It was the cherry on top of a perfectly frustrating weekend of hunting.
I think I still owe 2 to catch up lol, good luck!!
It’s cold as hell in MI. But I just can’t help myself. Need some more meat in my freezer. Plus I can’t let [mention]Horn [/mention] kill all the deer over here.
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Weapon down has always gotta be the last task before descending lol
I didn’t really learn this until like 9 seasons in. Ridiculous. And to think my momma said I was smart...Well, I felt like a damn genius when I started noticing more deer at those opening/closing times and leaving my arrow nocked until the very last second. It’s now a conscious thought I have while climbing: bow is first on the hook, last off the hook.
I get that but it is my way of being committed to getting down. That and if the bow would hang in the tree when I take the pack off the other side lol. Prolly should test that at ground level. Seriously though that has always been my routine, sending the bow down first ends the hunt. It was only the second time in 42 years that a deer came in once the bow was down.
I dont like to drop my pull up cord after sitting my bow on the ground. Keep it w/me on the way down. You never know what can take place while climbing down.
I do the same. Dropping the pull up rope is the commitment that that hunt is over. So far, knock on wood, I have never had it come back to bite me.
I've started using my pull down cord as my bow lowering cord. It helps me not forget to clip it into the rappel rope (I don't like it dangling while I hunt) and makes it the last thing I do before I go down
