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Leave your northern deer alone for opening week. The neighbors will push deer onto your properties for when you return. Join in the fun on a large southern tier block. In the big woods, hunter movement can be welcome.

I was vaccinated Dec 2020/ Jan 2021. Doubt it was from that. There have been 7.52 BILLION doses of COVID vaccine administered worldwide. We have a huge population of vaccinated people. The side effects are not worth spending a minute of discussion on as they are inconsequential.

Great genetics

it’s falling in Catt county but I am up north.

Snowing here. The old lady says no tree stands until medical tests done. Good weekend for a blind anyway

Usually piebalds are small. That is the biggest one I have ever seen!

If it helps folks out (even those in Ohio), I spent a lot of time in the woods last week. The woods are mostly vacant of any mast crops or apples. The deer have really taken to green fields. The does are bedding in thick secondary growth near field edges and are acting like they do during gun season by not moving much as they are in hiding from bucks. I watched doe groups move less than 100 yards in an entire all day sit. If you hunt the big woods, you will think there are not many deer around unless you can find a pile of Hickory nuts. The clock is ticking. Dead deer finally showing up on roadways tells us there has been an uptick in activity. Buck sightings really started to increase Saturday.

Welcome back!

I don’t believe anything coming out of Washington

The tax bill sitting on floor of the house has provisions to address the fact that billionaires are paying zero tax. The tax plan pays for the two trillion ten year spending on the infrastructure bill.

I remember seeing a documentary a few years ago about the pipeline and how scary it has been constructed under Lake Michigan. Hopefully they are shutting it down to shore it up and not shutting it down for good. The documentary showed how a looming environmental disaster is coming without engineering controls. Fox News doesn’t say anything about why it needs to be shut down. Again half truths. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6120882

Mojo restored

On Thursday I was seconds away from death. Got your attention? I will preface this story by stating I am a fit adult with no underlying medical conditions and I have been using a climbing treestand for 36 years. Hunting a state land tract Thursday afternoon I had an interesting start to my day. As I was hauling up my bow and backpack up the tree I developed a severe cramp in my right pectoral muscle. Unlike most cramps that you can stretch and massage the pain away, I found I was not able to do so. I tried moving my arm and shoulder but the lancing pain continued. I also noticed that in my haste to get up the tree, I had neglected to put the safety rope around the tree and clip in my harness. “Crap”, I thought, “am I having a medical emergency “? My next thought was I need to get clipped in fast! I struggled with the pain while trying to get the rope around the tree. I started to get a little nauseous and tunnel vision started. I told my self not go out as the black shroud started to descend on me. I sucked in air like jet pilots do when pulling heavy g-force turns to prevent passing out and I was just able to stay awake long enough to secure my harness clip, kneel down on the platform, hug the tree, and tell myself “no matter what, just hang on”. I passed out almost the instant I hugged the tree. When I came to, I was squatting at the end of the platform, leaning against the harness tether still hanging on with both hands on the platform wires. I don’t know how I slid all the way down to that position or how long I was out for. I knew where I was and what had happened. My scalp (shaved head) was frozen because I don’t put my hat on initially to reduce sweating, but the rest of my body was super sweaty. Amazingly enough, my $1,000 bow set up and back pack remained leaning up against the tree on the seat. When I hugged the tree before going out I was hugging/pressing the bow and pack between my chest and tree. How I slid off the tree without knocking down my gear is a mystery. Given how cold my scalp felt, I think I was out maybe 10 -15 minutes?? I got lucky!!!! The takeaway should be ALWAYS make sure you are clipped in at all times. Bad things can happen in an instant. Tests were negative for heart attack with the most likely diagnosis of stress/pain induced vaso/vagal syncope or …. I had an ouchy and I fainted. Stay safe out there folks!

This was posted under “Open Lake Discussion “. For Pete’s sake this is the one place where we can go to escape the real world. Both sides are getting played by pundits. Pundits that have never held a day in office or even served in the military. Opinion pieces. Half facts. Start developing an independent mind. Watch more than one news station, and if you view something that will only serve to make you miserable, send a message to those making money off sewing division…… turn off the news. One nation under ONE flag.

Not experienced in the Salmon River

Completely hit or miss as stream levels and temps are conducive to shooting right up the river. If are not marking fish,seeing jumping etc etc don’t spend much time. The estuary may be a better play

On Erie there are a handful of charters that troll for them. Fluorescent red or orange jointed rapalas and small spoons. I would add small hot’n’tots

Deer movement was minimal where I was but the southern tier had a coating of wet snow that made quite a racket when it all started falling off the trees. A giant coyote came by and ran right towards my morning deer movement direction. Then I had a woman walking her German Shepard (WMA illegal) come by at 9 and back at 10:30. This is the fourth hunt she has ruined so I gave it to her good. Personally, I think she lives bordering the state land and conducts deer drives for her husband. She wears an orange hunting vest so she appears to know what she is doing. Hi light of the day was a grouse putting on quite a display on a strutting log. Off to Allegheny County for the next three days. Staying in a hotel that promises a free nights stay if you shoot a ten pointer (true).

Great story! On the other hand my mojo is not working. Yesterday on the way an evening sit, I stopped into a Home Depot to pick up a bow hanger. In the parking lot I find a wallet. I turn the wallet in to service and leave believing I surely will bag a big buck with my newly gained mojo! However, no such luck as I was greeted with a visit from a small six pointer. Today was similar. I am driving down my street on the way to an evening sit and I come across a car blocking the road. The owner of the car was in a bad state of mind claiming his car ran out of gas. I could tell he wasn’t from the neighborhood which he confirmed he was looking for scrap metal before garbage day. I drove back down the street and grabbed my lawn mower gas can to give him the boost he needed to get to the gas station. With my mojo cup overflowing, I am confident tonight is the night. In my stand, it feels right. About 3:30 I see a buck moving my way. He was doing the typical bird dogging by mouthing seedlings to taste for does in heat. He is on a path to my zone of death at 25 yards then inexplicably he turns 180 degrees and heads back the way he came. At 50 yards I tried to reroute him with my grunt call. The reaction was not what I had hoped for. There must be a bigger buck around because upon hearing the grunt, the buck went from tasting seedlings into trot off alarmed mode. I have never seen a buck act that way to a grunt this time of year. So much for mojo! Tomorrow I am going to look for some old ladies that need to cross the road.

WTF?? You railed him!