Double breasted matress thrasherGround hunting there?
Double breasted matress thrasherGround hunting there?
Double breasted matress thrasher
It's a rare bird and very expensive whether you keep or let it go.That sounds really expensive
Sat this same stand again tonight and had two does and a buck fawn come through at about 3:30. Had already decided that the first good doe that came through was getting shot regardless of what time it was or what else was around. Fawn came in to 8 yards, doe was hanging out at about 10 yards directly behind the tree, couldn’t maneuver around without getting busted. Eventually she turned back around, got behind a tree which was my chance to draw. Held at full draw for a bit waiting for her to step out, she turned and gave me just the vitals at 16 yards. Let the shot go, all three take off and I hear a crash a few seconds later.Back in the same tree as last night, this time hung a lock on and 20’ climbing stick so my old man can sit here the rest of the season. Trails from four different bedding areas all converge to run the soft edge between the swampier area and some cedars/hardwoods. My wind is *this* close to being bad, but we’ll see how it goes. The best way I’ve heard setting up with the wind was “you want it to be almost right for them, and almost bad for you”, and this setup is exactly that right now. I don’t really have anything to lose, so if I blow it up tonight, oh well.
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FWIW I woke up to rain this morning too and decided to sleep in. I hunt in the rain enough during October, I want cold weather (i.e. snow) this time of year.The rain has really picked up. It was not supposed to do this. Now weighing out staying versus going back to the house. Ohio has amazing deer but the absolute worst weather in the country.
You Seem Mighty Confidant, Grinding one up before you shoot it...Good Luck Out There....View attachment 97363
Merry ChristmaHanukKwanzaAdanIvus for the rest of us!
The Airing of Grievances can be found in the SH Support thread (iykyk).
Rain and heavy winds all through Xmas night have resigned themselves to a calm drizzle. The ascent up this hickory was made much easier by this new spliced-eye Predator LB that @DanO Claus sent to my stocking. The sheath is much more durable than the Tethrd rope I used (Tethrd’s original ropes were better than they are now IMO) and it’s very easy to move up and down without snagging on this vicious shagbark. I also swapped my main carabiner to the BD Rocklock I also found in my stocking; it’s been 3 years since I’ve used a BD carabiner and I forgot how smooth they are for a bridge. Probably my favorite tether carabiner.
I’m grabbing my bow for any doe, any 3YO+ buck, and hoping to give the Cabela’s meat grinder I Santa’d to myself a good workout this week doing my first total butchering on a soon-to-die whitetail.
Nah, just hoping that putting ducks in a row prior to the shot means better overall karma lol.You Seem Mighty Confidant, Grinding one up before you shoot it...Good Luck Out There....
Can you actually see through the peep at full draw?
First time out in almost two weeks and first time I’ve needed mid layers. Now if the wind would settle down and the deer show up I’d be happy. 3 little dry creeks meet to my right and beds and fresh sign around me
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