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Had over 80 pics from last night between 645pm - 545am this morning. 5 different bucks and a ton of doe. Wind was not in my favor so I had to sit in a stand I normally save for gun season. With the leaves gone and timber removed from logging i quickly realized it had to go. I found a nice transition area from field/hardwoods to bedding area with some thick stuff. Two fresh scrapes along the edge. It looks promising.




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We are at $25 / acre


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Tough weekend for us. One deer in cut bean field at 620 am on my walk in, too dark to see what it was. Perfect conditions but no movement. All cameras have been dead including nighttime movement. Rain here for next two days ....


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According to Facebook "on this date" six years ago I shot a turkey with a bow... I'm in that exact spot today. Hmmm...

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Just settled in. First sit for this stand this year. Pinch point between fields and bedding area


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Rain sucks. I was in the stand getting wet without my raingear when around 7:30 am, a woman comes walking by...she shot an eight point last night and was trying to find it, but was unfamiliar with the property lines. I got down and helped her look for an hour, along with her boyfriend, but to no avail. She only got 8" of penetration, sounded like a single lung shot (her boyfriend saw the shot and the blood was bright red frothy). They tracked it for ~150 yards last night before deciding to let it lay, but low and behold the freakin' rain came and the blood trail was gone. They'd hoped it had bedded in my field and died. No such luck.
 
So, I got soaked, didn't get to hunt, and she didn't find her deer. Not a day for the books.

Some times the property just does not setup well for daytime movement. Last year was the first time I hunted on a new property that my father bought and it had tons of deer sign, but hardly any daytime movement. I knew I would have to manipulate the circumstances in order to get numbers during legal light. So three food plots later I have at least 8-14 does during legal light every day. It's just tough for the guys who are not able to make any land improvements, I feel for them as they are in a real bind if the property is not a good one. 

October 21 pm
Daytime high of 72 degrees but 54 at dusk
Cloudy
SW wind 10-15 becoming calm
Showers subsiding around 3ish

Weather seemed like it was going to make for a good pm hunt and I guessed right for once. Rain quit, temps cooled down, and wind died right down. Last hour was like magic out there in the cut beans. 30+ deer, 7-9 bucks (two shooters). Lots of chasing, bumping, and scent checking of does. Couldn't help but feel sorry for the does Watched 3 bucks work different field scrapes and I walked past 5 scrapes on my walk in! Things are about to get good out there!!!



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Anyone try to start rattling or grunting with any success? Thinking with the cold weather approaching this weekend I may try it


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Rained just stopped and deer are moving .... tonight should be great




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Oswego county wind is ripping and temp is 55 but feels like 30s as it’s going right through me. A good sway in my tree, and not even a squirrel to be seen. 30 more minutes hoping for something to show itself


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Haven’t been out in a week due to my wife having back surgery. She had a good today and told me to go out this afternoon. Been getting a lot of deer on my cameras all week so my hopes were high. Just heard a different pattern of leaves crunching from the squirrels. Sound was getting closer and coming my way. I stand up and grab my bow and wait for it to come. Then it shows up. Someone’s 60lb dog running loose ...... still feels good to be back in a stand


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I had the same thing, updated the firmware and installed a new microSD card, and it's fine. Before the firmware update, it wouldn't even save pictures to the card, even though it ran fine all winter. I think they had a compatibility issue with an update, but didn't roll it back. Also, the Spypoint is definitely pickier about where it's located than my Moultrie cameras. Moving it 50 feet was like night and day.  

Another one out there that has vast amount of draw weight/length is the Diamond SB-1. I have no experience with this one but did see it in stores last year.

Same easy adjustment with just an Allen screw




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My son has the mission craze. Great bow and crazy amount of adjustment. Easy to adjust and change as he grows. It’s a fun bow to shoot




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The games have begun. We decided we
Weren’t going to do all day sits just yet due to lack of daytime deer movement on our cameras. Got out of stand at 1130 to be back at camp for lunch at 12. While there my phone goes off and wouldn’t you know it......


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Not putting the cart before the horse but rather being pro-active. Looking for everyone’s choice of taxidermist especially any one that does black bear.

I have put a ton of time in on my property and have some great bears on camera. Talking with the wife she said she would rather have a full mount versus a rug if I am able to harvest one

I don’t want to rely on the internet and get something back I’m not happy with.

I’m willing to travel if I can find a good one.

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What sonar is that, awesome picture

Couple from the weekend


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Are these marks staging fish? 

Def. staging fish. When they school

That way they are generally harder to trigger a strike. Can be frustrating but when they turn on it can be insane

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Is there a better time of year to troll with plugs ? Tried different sizes and colors but only takers were on ff or on flasher/meat. 

Now is the time. Adjust the lead off the rigger and your speed until you find what triggers them. I run my plugs close to bottom and will usually run a bit faster for more erratic action. As in any fishing they will have there day but always run a mixed spread and let the fish tell you what they want.

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Traveling together. Have seen them almost every day in the bean fields

I haven't seen them posted anywhere.  

Good news, no fleas. Started in 430 FOW nearly straight out maybe a bit east.  48 degrees about 75ft down but varied a bit until fishhawk transducer wire to battery pack broke.. New battery pack is on its way ($15 dollar part).  Rigger popped before we finished putting in, buddy picked it up, nothing and I see what was most likely a steelhead jump twice behind the boat.  After 3 hours of fishing between 50 and 100ft down and nothing to show we picked up and went inside near coal plant, setup at 150, went as shallow as 90, marked bait and fish, lost another jumper but at least got to fight it for a minute.  Learned that carrying extra AA batteries for transducer is just not enough some days