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It’s amazing how you can have so much fun spending a week at deer camp, but it’s so disappointing coming home empty. I may have jinxed myself thinking how easy it was gonna be to get at least one deer. Not much moving til last light, but it was pretty hot! We still had chances, several. Anywho, All of my sits were filled with excitement, failures, fun and disappointment, and I learned a lot! Some of the things I learned I’ve heard before, but never faced it in reality,so I’ll start there with that one.
1)Don’t push a wounded deer! Seriously! We’ve all heard folks say to back out, give him a few hours to expire etc.. It sounds easy, but it’s much easier said than done! I saw first hand how far a wounded deer can go, no matter how much blood they spill along the way! Hopefully lesson learned! I’m gonna try and I look forward to waiting out a bleeding deer! NO MORE CHASING IF I don’t see or at least hear it CRASH!
2)I had a doe blow at my skylined sit one morning. The side of the valley I was on had 3 tiers, I was at the top, she was below on the middle tier. The next morning, I climbed a tree down 1 level, close to where she was the day before. This time when she showed up, she stood about 20 yards to my left and stared directly at the tree I was in the AM before. I watched her for 20 minutes at least and her only movement was slight foot adjustments like she was getting a lil cramped up! Then a small buck showed up. He came in but stayed down on the lower tier. Another 10-20 minutes go by, she is still looking for me! I bet 40 minutes she looked intently for me! Finally she and the buck just boogered out! On another sit, I watched a doe look up at a field for 15-20 minutes and never move! I’m focusing on remaining much more still than in the past! It’s hard for me to remain still, but I’m trying hard and doing better!
3)Grunt calls work! As that doe and young buck boogered out of sight, I leaned forward and hit my grunt with 2 short grunts. The buck came right back to within 20 and again blocked by trees as he milled his way directly under and past me!
4)Don’t be afraid of peeing in the woods! Oh I never have been, but I’ve heard of folks peeing in a bottle etc… not me never! I Had a buck come right under my stand and sniff my pee spot, but ignore the scrape that was 5 or 6’ away.
5) no number 5, but keep having fun y’all and don’t give up! Killing a deer ain’t as easy for some folks as it is others. Somehow I managed to schedule a return trip to Kentucky next week! Taking the .308 this time!
1)Don’t push a wounded deer! Seriously! We’ve all heard folks say to back out, give him a few hours to expire etc.. It sounds easy, but it’s much easier said than done! I saw first hand how far a wounded deer can go, no matter how much blood they spill along the way! Hopefully lesson learned! I’m gonna try and I look forward to waiting out a bleeding deer! NO MORE CHASING IF I don’t see or at least hear it CRASH!
2)I had a doe blow at my skylined sit one morning. The side of the valley I was on had 3 tiers, I was at the top, she was below on the middle tier. The next morning, I climbed a tree down 1 level, close to where she was the day before. This time when she showed up, she stood about 20 yards to my left and stared directly at the tree I was in the AM before. I watched her for 20 minutes at least and her only movement was slight foot adjustments like she was getting a lil cramped up! Then a small buck showed up. He came in but stayed down on the lower tier. Another 10-20 minutes go by, she is still looking for me! I bet 40 minutes she looked intently for me! Finally she and the buck just boogered out! On another sit, I watched a doe look up at a field for 15-20 minutes and never move! I’m focusing on remaining much more still than in the past! It’s hard for me to remain still, but I’m trying hard and doing better!
3)Grunt calls work! As that doe and young buck boogered out of sight, I leaned forward and hit my grunt with 2 short grunts. The buck came right back to within 20 and again blocked by trees as he milled his way directly under and past me!
4)Don’t be afraid of peeing in the woods! Oh I never have been, but I’ve heard of folks peeing in a bottle etc… not me never! I Had a buck come right under my stand and sniff my pee spot, but ignore the scrape that was 5 or 6’ away.
5) no number 5, but keep having fun y’all and don’t give up! Killing a deer ain’t as easy for some folks as it is others. Somehow I managed to schedule a return trip to Kentucky next week! Taking the .308 this time!
