We have eastern spring turkey season right now where I hunt and my boom stick is a Mossberg 590A1 SPX 12 ga and some #4.
Hunting & Fishing Pics out of or from your blind or stand.
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Hike/scouting trip.
This guy was 80 yds from the truck when I got back to it.
Another spot, that delivered success, at a different time.
Yep.
Getting amped for hunting this year!!
Lotta trips planned, lotta tags pulled.
And taking my 10 yr old on her first hunt she can shoot on!!
She has been asking since she was 2.5 yrs old.
“I shoot elk with you daddy?”
To say Im excited about that is the understatement of the year.
This guy was 80 yds from the truck when I got back to it.
Another spot, that delivered success, at a different time.
Yep.
Getting amped for hunting this year!!
Lotta trips planned, lotta tags pulled.
And taking my 10 yr old on her first hunt she can shoot on!!
She has been asking since she was 2.5 yrs old.
“I shoot elk with you daddy?”
To say Im excited about that is the understatement of the year.
Wishing you and your daughter much success, brother!! Nothing better than taking your kid out to hunt.Hike/scouting trip.
This guy was 80 yds from the truck when I got back to it.
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Another spot, that delivered success, at a different time.
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Yep.
Getting amped for hunting this year!!
Lotta trips planned, lotta tags pulled.
And taking my 10 yr old on her first hunt she can shoot on!!
She has been asking since she was 2.5 yrs old.
“I shoot elk with you daddy?”
To say Im excited about that is the understatement of the year.
Thanks!!
Late season rifle tags to avoid pressure and crowds.
Looking forward to it!!!
Trying to get rid of some of the paw patrol. Occasionally they will chase the squirrels around the corn pile in the day light. They prefer to come in between 10p and 4a. I may have to invest in some boogie-man gear.
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Overlooking a little creek and a long ridge of dark timber.
Pic is looking to the south.
Musta been sneaking and hiding ok, as well as playing the wind well that day. Walked up on a bull elk bedded at 30 yds about an hour before this and a group of deer walk within 20 yds of my spot this was taken from.
Of course I had a bear tag.
Pic is looking to the south.
Musta been sneaking and hiding ok, as well as playing the wind well that day. Walked up on a bull elk bedded at 30 yds about an hour before this and a group of deer walk within 20 yds of my spot this was taken from.
Of course I had a bear tag.
Not terribly scenic but with the lake close by, Bald Eagles providing a show and lots of deer to see and a few to shoot, I do not complain.
Never fails, go deer hunting and the squirrels just about climb up your leg
Many years ago after jsut getting out of the army I got in a lot of trouble over squirrels. Got tired on the noise they were making and took one down. Apparently it ruined everyone’s hunt and i was not invited back.
Maybe that is why they came so close, they thought I was the biggest nut in the woods.
I'd have killed it just so it didn't spread it's derpy geneticsManaged to avoid some responsibilities this morning. First bowhunt of the year.
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Got some video screenshots of this fugly little bastard right after daybreak. He can do whatever he wants, he’s safe from my arrow.
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Being a little wonky in youth doesn’t mean a thing.
I don’t have any photos on my phone of this guy from 2017 but I can promise you he looked rough, and many people would have said he was a “cull” at 2 years old.
And this was him in 2020 when my neighbor got him.
Modern whitetail biology research shows it could take upwards of 13 years to remove a single deer’s genetic signature from a herd.
Make your own decisions, but I don’t shoot “cull bucks”.
They just might surprise you later in life.
Honestly, now that I’m looking at it; the buck I posted from this morning could be a descendant of the above buck. Crab-claw split at the tip of the left side antler is familiar.
A few from the week.
Hunting the burn area of the 180k + acre East Troublesome fire.
Looking east. Tall peak if you zoom is Long’s. Several miles of everything gone.
Burned 90k over night. People died. Many lost their homes. Including a lot of volunteer firefighters out battling it.
Crazy old stump.
Wild to see one burned up, one that died but no real burning, and one fine so close.
Many of these all over.
Standing next to trees with just a little char on them.
Hunting the burn area of the 180k + acre East Troublesome fire.
Looking east. Tall peak if you zoom is Long’s. Several miles of everything gone.
Burned 90k over night. People died. Many lost their homes. Including a lot of volunteer firefighters out battling it.
Crazy old stump.
Wild to see one burned up, one that died but no real burning, and one fine so close.
Many of these all over.
Standing next to trees with just a little char on them.
Buck passing through and my company for the morning, a squirrel with 1/2 a tail that I now call Bob.
Early morning and legal shooting hours! Can‘t see a damn thing….
Been there. 30 minutes before sunrise means to me, give it another 10. And forget, 30 minutes after sunset. Last year, passed up deer that I could see but not see well enough to dare take a shot. (nothing like trying to track a deer in the woods in the middle of the night to ruin the end of a fine day. And I am not a that bad of a tracker. ).
Nice picture
Of the stand…not out of it. More to the point, this is my 70 year old ass trying to not kill myself getting down from there! Haha
This isn’t a spot per se , I just went for a heavy walk to literally scope out locations for later in the month. I stopped there and set up hoping a bunch of crows would come out of the trees, but it never materialized. I think there must have been a bow kill deer gut pile in the woods that they were working on as there were tons of them, making a ruckus.
May I make a suggestion? Get a long rope. Tie your (unloaded) rifle to it and lower it to the ground before you try climbing down. (same with getting in the stand, get in it and then raise your rifle to the stand by the rope.).
Other, not heavy but bulky items can be raised to and lowered from the stand as well. Works for me when I get in a difficult stand.
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Bowhunting a field edge/corner stand on a buddy’s land in Central IL. I shot a decent little buck in 2016 or 2017 out of this same stand.
I’m spending a few days here while the weather is warm, then headed home to hunt my place when a cold front moves in. Temps are supposed to drop 40° in 12 hours and stay there for a few days.
I’m spending a few days here while the weather is warm, then headed home to hunt my place when a cold front moves in. Temps are supposed to drop 40° in 12 hours and stay there for a few days.
Well…shit. Hazards of hunting property that doesn’t belong to you, with some leased farmland.
Hopefully everything just bedded down until he’s done. I still have about an hour left of shooting light, but I can hear him loading at least one more round. Doubtful, but I’m choosing to be an optimist.
Hopefully everything just bedded down until he’s done. I still have about an hour left of shooting light, but I can hear him loading at least one more round. Doubtful, but I’m choosing to be an optimist.
Deer almost completely ignore farm equipment. Like someone taking off a corn field will chase the deer out of the last couple rows, and they will stand there and not know what to do. Now if that equipment stops and turns off they will be gone instantly.
In SC we get one hour before/after sunrise/sunset. Thats why guys put $2,500 scopes on $500 rifles! If conditions are decent using my scope I can get to 45 minutes before/after.
In Louisiana the law says shooting time is 30 minutes Before sunrise to 30 minutes After sunset. A fellow shooting one 45 minutes before sunrise here and gets caught will lose the deer and the rifle and get to spend some quality time in the parish courthouse with a kindly gentleman who will look “dimly” on his accomplishment (pun intended).
I shoot a 1200 dollar scope on a 550 dollar Vanguard and regardless, in the dim of the woods, I am not going to shoot unless I am sure I can clearly identify the critter I am shooting at.
I hope they never pick up that little roll of cotton
Decided to get out the cold wind yesterday. Had to let this one walk. No ticket for me to punch.....
Last year deer hunting....this year the same thing....standing corn still as of last Sunday. Opening day is this Saturday. Think I'm using the M1 again!
Had that discussion with someone last season, explaining to them that "sunset" is an official time every day, not when the sun goes bellow the mountain skyline, or on the other extreme, when it's too dark to see (and a half hour after that lol)
Last day I can bowhunt before IL gun season this weekend. Testing out this ground blind location today for my son’s first time hunting with me, coming up on Friday.
I’ve been pretty impressed by these Rhino-180 ground blinds. The extra visibility is awesome, and I’ve had some birds and squirrels right up next to the screens that clearly had no idea I’m in here.
I’ve been pretty impressed by these Rhino-180 ground blinds. The extra visibility is awesome, and I’ve had some birds and squirrels right up next to the screens that clearly had no idea I’m in here.
Have you had it long? I almost bought one a year ago, but wondering about durability vs the high price.
Also curious about how "warm" it is compared to traditional blinds? I hate sitting in them because of the lack or visibility and range of motion, but when the weather is nasty, cold, wet and windy, sitting inside one in a comfortable chair wins every time.
Also curious about how "warm" it is compared to traditional blinds? I hate sitting in them because of the lack or visibility and range of motion, but when the weather is nasty, cold, wet and windy, sitting inside one in a comfortable chair wins every time.
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Looks like my AO. What part if NC you in, if you don’t mind me asking
This was literally my first time using a pop-up ground blind. I’ve always used hang-on and climber tree stands, since I’ve always found a way to make them work in my area. With the increased possibility of my kids getting interested in hunting with me, I decided it was time to start using a ground blind for comfort and safety reasons over a double ladder stand. Bought this one on a buddy’s recommendation.
I was worried about the wind too. It was 30° here, snowing, with a 10mph W wind this morning (and my viewing screens were facing N and W). I was very comfortable. It definitely lets some wind through, but I was only feeling half the wind I had expected to.
I think deer eat cotton so they can wipe their ass while they shit. They have definitely learned to adapt round here.
Cull buck (want the 8 pt genetics reduced) down Sunday evening, shot him on the ground at 20 yds after hitting the rattle and grunt. SE IA, tree stand pic from earlier that morning. Only sat there till 8 because the wind screwed me
One man’s cull is another man’s trophy haha! Folks from back east pay good money to shoot something like that. Congratulations on a nice deer and a freezer full of protein.
