Whack a doe and donate it to the feeding the hungry program.
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Team #7
- Thread starter Silvio
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Our season opens this coming weekend. Gonna start off on private for the first weekend, maybe two, then public until late season. Will be hunting AR, GA and MO. Stack 'em up like cord wood!!
hokiehunter373
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Oh, we got some killers in here. Lets go, guys! I accomplished my number 1 goal this year on my first sit on Saturday. Kill any deer with my son. Not gonna get us any points as we were in a blind but I know you all will like it anyway so here's some pics. He was just as happy as I imagined he'd be. Everything else that happens this season is a bonus.
That's amazing, great job!
Is that the Tidwe blind your sitting in?
Southern Illinois. Begins Oct 1. Yay for that.
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Congrats man!
Didn't have time for a proper intro yet. Real name is Joe. I live in Central PA, Centre County.
I get long winded lol. Not as much or as often as I used to due to time, but I enjoy writing.
Just wanna say thanks to @redsquirrel and @boyne bowhunter and anyone I missed that hosts this deal. I really enjoy the SH contest and specifically this team thread every year.
It's like a virtual hunting camp. Hunting can be a rather lonely pursuit for me. As an adult with kids and a career, I just don't get to enjoy as much camp camaraderie, or general platonic camaraderie, as I used to, or envisioned once upon a time. Nice to just check in a see how others seasons are going, and it's a good crew. Far better than most randos that gather on the innernet.
Hunting is hugely important to my life and I make it a significant priority. My life has two seasons, hunting and fishing. And fishing season has to share with baseball and turkeys. Hunting season clears the deck.
From now until April, I am hunting, scouting, and now dabbling with trapping about 2-3 days a week or as much as my work and home life will allow. I take about 10-12 days rutcation in early November, that's the core of my season and year. I hunt a couple days a week, usually mornings before work because it just works better for life stuff, and usually Saturdays. We have 3 young kids, 1, 3, and 7, and my wife lets me get away with a lot, but I could definitely live in a van down by the river and be a hunting and fishing bum in another life.
I hunt the mountainous big woods all around the region. It's a great place to live. Mostly bow hunt, and mostly public land, but not exclusively either. I'll pull out the boom stick if it comes to that. I enjoy a good squirrel hunt, and dabble with rabbits and grouse also. I discovered a growing passion for trapping, mostly water trapping, last season and excited to see where that goes. Almost as excited for that as I am deer season, which is pretty incredible.
Plan for the season, I need to get my butt scouting locally, yesterday. I did a fair amount of winter scouting and have some high-quality leads, but I still need to check a broad geographic area for acorns, and start confirming leads are alive. Big woods hunting, you gotta stay on top of things. They shift around a lot. Since turkey season I have spent zero time in the deer woods. I casually run a few cameras but it's become a less emphasized part of my program. Boots on the ground rules the day for me. Time to kick scouting into gear this week, maybe.
Our bow season kicks off Sept 30. Out of state hunts planned, I'll probably bow hunt MD a little, maybe as soon as this week. Looks like I have a good window clear of client stuff this week, not sure if I want to scout around home, or hunt down there. Thoughts?
I'll hunt WV on opening day of rifle for sure, may or may not get also down there with a bow.
Somewhere around 110-120" is a good representative buck around here and I usually hold out for something that size through the rut. Toward the end of the season the standards will creep down a bit.
I get long winded lol. Not as much or as often as I used to due to time, but I enjoy writing.
Just wanna say thanks to @redsquirrel and @boyne bowhunter and anyone I missed that hosts this deal. I really enjoy the SH contest and specifically this team thread every year.
It's like a virtual hunting camp. Hunting can be a rather lonely pursuit for me. As an adult with kids and a career, I just don't get to enjoy as much camp camaraderie, or general platonic camaraderie, as I used to, or envisioned once upon a time. Nice to just check in a see how others seasons are going, and it's a good crew. Far better than most randos that gather on the innernet.
Hunting is hugely important to my life and I make it a significant priority. My life has two seasons, hunting and fishing. And fishing season has to share with baseball and turkeys. Hunting season clears the deck.
From now until April, I am hunting, scouting, and now dabbling with trapping about 2-3 days a week or as much as my work and home life will allow. I take about 10-12 days rutcation in early November, that's the core of my season and year. I hunt a couple days a week, usually mornings before work because it just works better for life stuff, and usually Saturdays. We have 3 young kids, 1, 3, and 7, and my wife lets me get away with a lot, but I could definitely live in a van down by the river and be a hunting and fishing bum in another life.
I hunt the mountainous big woods all around the region. It's a great place to live. Mostly bow hunt, and mostly public land, but not exclusively either. I'll pull out the boom stick if it comes to that. I enjoy a good squirrel hunt, and dabble with rabbits and grouse also. I discovered a growing passion for trapping, mostly water trapping, last season and excited to see where that goes. Almost as excited for that as I am deer season, which is pretty incredible.
Plan for the season, I need to get my butt scouting locally, yesterday. I did a fair amount of winter scouting and have some high-quality leads, but I still need to check a broad geographic area for acorns, and start confirming leads are alive. Big woods hunting, you gotta stay on top of things. They shift around a lot. Since turkey season I have spent zero time in the deer woods. I casually run a few cameras but it's become a less emphasized part of my program. Boots on the ground rules the day for me. Time to kick scouting into gear this week, maybe.
Our bow season kicks off Sept 30. Out of state hunts planned, I'll probably bow hunt MD a little, maybe as soon as this week. Looks like I have a good window clear of client stuff this week, not sure if I want to scout around home, or hunt down there. Thoughts?
I'll hunt WV on opening day of rifle for sure, may or may not get also down there with a bow.
Somewhere around 110-120" is a good representative buck around here and I usually hold out for something that size through the rut. Toward the end of the season the standards will creep down a bit.
hokiehunter373
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Sure is. The one with the magnetic door closures. Thing is amazing and won't be the last one I buy
hokiehunter373
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We sound pretty similar. Besides my wife and kids, hunting is my life. This year is a bit different because I started coaching high school football so my time is being stretched more than it ever has. My #1 goal was posted above and already accomplished so that's a big weight off the shoulders. I'll be doing my first out of state hunt this November. My dad and I are going to Ohio to hunt public. Almost all of my hunting is done on public and I travel a good bit in state to do so. Probably won't hunt as much locally this year so I bank up on these brownie points I'll be using with my wife in November lol. I will hopefully get at least a couple does down and if I play my cards right at least a buck on my Ohio trip. I'm on some good ones in my home state of MD just need the time to hunt them.
We need a 7. How bout a bloody one?
How do you make that an avatar. I'm an old analog guy.
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Download that.
Click either your name in a post, or your avatar at the top by your PM alert.
Click your name again so it brings up your profile.
Then click your avatar where it says edit
Pick the picture ( the one you downloaded at the beginning)
I use my phone but I'm assuming it's pretty similar on a PC
Better watch them old dogs lol.
Thanks for the lesson.
Thanks for the lesson.
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Our season opens Saturday, I've got a real solid deer daylighting regularly I'm tempted to go try, and I might, after all I do have 2 buck tags. Can just save the last tag for the one I've been after the last few years.
