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Live from the saddle 2022

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Well no dice. Goats decided for whatever reason to hightail it right to my tree and then settle in for a nap. I’ve seen deer go around them when they’re on the move but not when they bivouac so I just packed it in. Next time….
 
Exhumis said:
Well no dice. Goats decided for whatever reason to hightail it right to my tree and then settle in for a nap. I’ve seen deer go around them when they’re on the move but not when they bivouac so I just packed it in. Next time….
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You need to bring a slingshot with you next time and drive them suckers away.
 
I got out for my first hunt of the year. I climbed 2TC over a hot red oak along a creek. I'm really liking the 2TC so far. It is so nice to have the whole climbing kit in one backpack. Nothing seen AM and PM I had a 4 point and a 10 point about 100 inches come in about 6 PM last night. I decided to let the 10 point walk. The full write up of the hunt is in the team 10 thread. It was a very good first day of the season for me. I'm a little saddle sore today as I suspected. About 8 1/2 hours in the saddle will do that on the first day.
 

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Comedy of errors for my first saddle sit of the year last night. Took forever to cut limbs in order to climb up a multi-trunked maple. Had 3 does bust me 1/2 way up. Two dogs circled me a few times. About prime time, the combine was out to harvest beans in the field I was next too. Good times! haha!

On the plus side, I was pretty happy with the stability of my new XOP platform. Pretty heavy for it's size by very stable for side pressure.
 
mparks said:
Comedy of errors for my first saddle sit of the year last night. Took forever to cut limbs in order to climb up a multi-trunked maple. Had 3 does bust me 1/2 way up. Two dogs circled me a few times. About prime time, the combine was out to harvest beans in the field I was next too. Good times! haha!

On the plus side, I was pretty happy with the stability of my new XOP platform. Pretty heavy for it's size by very stable for side pressure.
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Sounds like lots of peoples first sits lol. Use a 2nd rope and go around the branches instead of cutting them and buckle up when the combine is running -- sometimes it runs deer right to you, sometimes the deer run to it if they're used to knowing that there's now a bunch of leftover crop on the ground. Get back in there ASAP
 
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Got off work early, sat for 4 hrs and saw no deer again(2nd hunt)...but I did see a little grey fox(look closely on the trail)for the first time in its natural habitat! He spent alot of time looking at me while I fumbled to get my phone to take his picture! He/she was very cute!
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You should have taken that gray fox if legal. I know up here we can't take furbearers (with the exception of coyotes which opened 10/1) until the 25th. What a neat little trophy.
 
This was my second sit on Monday. Just had a spiker, doe and fawn come under my stand. Had better action the evening before but I wasn't in a saddle. I was on a ladder in a cornfield. One of my targets came out but he was too far away. Traveling with a super tall spiker!! On a terrain transition, outside point and old apple orchard. The one target buck came in from the field edge with the tall spiker the night before, I was hoping he would have duplicated his movements.
 

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You should have taken that gray fox if legal. I know up here we can't take furbearers (with the exception of coyotes which opened 10/1) until the 25th. What a neat little trophy.
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We can take coyotes all year, but I'd rather trap the fox than put a big slice through its little coat! Trust me, I'm gonna try and get him! I do my own fur tanning and am just trying to get 1 of each legal animal for my wall!
 
I had another good hunt today. The morning was uneventful. The evening I had 2 does come through right at dark. No shot was presented but I got out clean. I used the 2TC again today. It really beats hauling those sticks around.
 

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