jtomczak
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Let's do this again folks!
What are you seeing, hearing, harvesting???
What are you seeing, hearing, harvesting???
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2014-15 Washington/Hancock Field Reports
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jtomczak
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Heading down this weekend to check cameras and do a little work. Will post pics if I have anything worth sharing.
imkevdog
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ill be going on 8/15,
imkevdog
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went down and bush hogged, cleared shooting lanes, very dry need rain bad, going to try and disc labor day weekend don't know about planting, going to watch weather
Buckshot
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Rattlesnakes!!!
We been seeing lots of rattlesnakes between Sparta and Milledgeville. So look out if you in the woods !
We been seeing lots of rattlesnakes between Sparta and Milledgeville. So look out if you in the woods !
hunt4em
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We have been working like crazy@ the Cadillac ranch.we are in between powelton and Sparta on hwy 22.bush hogging,and spraying for our fall plots.corn and soybeans doing well.just hope it continues to rain a little bit each week like it's been doing.
BeauWitherspoon
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Put in some work this weekend - hung new stands, moved some old stands - dry and hot.
Pic below is the fella I will be chasing this Fall.
I already have hard horns on some younger bucks, last year it was September 21 before we had any hard horn pics, that's a difference of three weeks. Wonder what, if anything, this means?
Pic below is the fella I will be chasing this Fall.
I already have hard horns on some younger bucks, last year it was September 21 before we had any hard horn pics, that's a difference of three weeks. Wonder what, if anything, this means?
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jtomczak
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blood on the ground
Cross threading is better than two lock washers.
Some good looking deer in them pics! I sure miss hunting Washington co! Maybe one day I will be able to get back over and down that way!
dsweat
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BeauWitherspoon
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Saturday morning I saw four bucks, all small: 8pt, two 6pt, 4pt. Everything moved between 7:15am and 7:45am. It was already too hot to be fun by 9:00am.
Saturday evening I was rained out, huge thunderstorm in southern Washington county around 4:00pm.
Sunday morning I saw one small doe and one winded me before I saw it. A little cooler after the rain but still too warm by 9:00am.
I have run my cameras since early June, attached are pics of the best three I have so far. A bit disappointed in the lack of mass from all these bucks compared to the big guy taken off our place in 2013.
Saturday evening I was rained out, huge thunderstorm in southern Washington county around 4:00pm.
Sunday morning I saw one small doe and one winded me before I saw it. A little cooler after the rain but still too warm by 9:00am.
I have run my cameras since early June, attached are pics of the best three I have so far. A bit disappointed in the lack of mass from all these bucks compared to the big guy taken off our place in 2013.
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jtomczak
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After taking out 3 wasps nest I sat in the stand Friday night. Saw this nice 2.5 8 point and captured a wasp looking for his missing home. Saw 3 does on road.
Saturday morning at 8:45 AM two does came through the creek bottom. I took a 45 yard shot quartering towards and smacked her, i think in the chest v. neck. Sounded like I'd shot a stump.
1 drop of blood, no trail, no deer. Really bummed. We didn't see anything for the rest of the weekend but it was great being back at camp.
Saturday morning at 8:45 AM two does came through the creek bottom. I took a 45 yard shot quartering towards and smacked her, i think in the chest v. neck. Sounded like I'd shot a stump.
1 drop of blood, no trail, no deer. Really bummed. We didn't see anything for the rest of the weekend but it was great being back at camp.
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BuckinFish
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What are y'all's thoughts on the new rut map posted in the forum? I hunt in Washington co near hwy 272. I struggle with timing the peak rut each year between Halloween and Nov 9th since I have to choose my weekends wisely. According to the new map, most vehicle collisions are around Halloween, apparent increase in seeking. Just wondering when you guys consider the best week to be in the woods from your history.
imkevdog
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I think that's real close, friend of mine grew up there and he always take the week leading up to the 11th off ,but I seem to see more movement the week leading up to the 2nd
jtomczak
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droptine06
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I'm off 272 as well and have hunted that area now for 20+ years. The timing of the rut has changed in that area without a doubt. Mid 90's through about '08 the peak of the rut seemed to occur around Nov. 15th with pre-rut activity being strongest usually between 10/31-11/8. The last 4-6 years tho, and the last two years inparticular, it appears to have shifted the peak to around Nov. 7-9 and
Pre rut 10/22-11/2. Not sure why, what or how but it has. For the last 10+ years I've always taken the first 10days of Nov. off, but this year I am changing and taking 10/24-11/3 off to try and catch the pre-rut.
droptine06
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You got some bucks on cam Beau.
We are headed down to our place in Harrison this weekend to plant. Looks like some good rain coming early Next week!
We are headed down to our place in Harrison this weekend to plant. Looks like some good rain coming early Next week!
BuckinFish
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I agree, I grew up watching the elders take weeks off around Nov. 9th and when I finally was old enough to do it myself, i never saw anything. Ill be down halloween to try my luck.
jtomczak
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Food plots finally in the ground, right in front of the rain!
Heading down this afternoon.
Heading down this afternoon.
