The birth of a new hunting spot...5-25 Update!!

[Gadestroyer74]

Nice looking spot there. Keep after it ….

 

[Jim Boyd]

Love the work - enjoy!

 

[4HAND]

Nice! Put a camera on it!

 

[Railroader]

Nice! Put a camera on it!

Well, about that...

The last trail camera I owned took about 10 AA batteries and used 35mm
film... ?

I have never dipped my foot into any of these new-fangled, send photos to your phone systems...

I don't think I want my phone dinging and letting me know the hogs are back while I am stuck at work... ?

The thought is crossing my mind to put a couple out in the woods behind my house, for coyote surveillance...

As of now, I prefer to be surprised at what I see from a hunting stand...

 

[slow motion]

Well, about that...

The last trail camera I owned took about 10 AA batteries and used 35mm
film... ?

I have never dipped my foot into any of these new-fangled, send photos to your phone systems...

I don't think I want my phone dinging and letting me know the hogs are back while I am stuck at work... ?

The thought is crossing my mind to put a couple out in the woods behind my house, for coyote surveillance...

As of now, I prefer to be surprised at what I see from a hunting stand...

Still got a few of the 35mm cams. Seems mine took D cell. Started back last year after a long hiatus. Lot of fun. Never saw any of the bucks in person though.. Bought a few cell cams this off season but yet to use.
Nice spot either way. Good luck man.

 

[7 point]

That's a nice looking spot .

 

[chrisw1073]

Great little spot. I have one that looks very similar. My advice would be to not plant peas. In a spot that small, the deer will mow them down as soon as they start coming up and your hard earned money and time is wasted.

 

[Railroader]

Took a ride to check out the spot today, and there are quite a bit of tracks in the trails I mowed.

Most of the corn that I put around the mineral blocks is cleaned up, and the feeder hasn't been torn down by the couple of bears that I know are in the area...



I have a little more corn under the feeder than I like to see, so I turned it off, and will give them a few days to clean that up before I crank it up again.

Got the final adjustments made to the old Double Millennium. I've got it hidden in some tall brush, with just your head and shoulders sticking out the top, so it's hid pretty good...



Later on, it'll get one of those strap on roofs, some new burlap wrap, pipe insulation on the rail, and some palmettos to finish it off...

Pretty happy so far, but it ain't Grand Central....

Yet... ?

 

[Gadestroyer74]

Looks great ! I like how your getting all this done now so they get use to it and pay it no attention come season . ! Good job

 

[kingfish]

Love this set up. I'm very partial to planted pines. Some of the most exciting deer action I've had over the years has been right in the thick of planted pines, both private and public. The natural camo on the ladder stand rig makes it perfect. I'm betting you'll see a deer or 2 come killing time !!!

 

[slow motion]

Keep the updates coming brother. This kinda good stuff keeps us focused. Otherwise we tend to argue a little cause we're bored.

 

[sghoghunter]

Good looking lil spot for sure but got a question. How did you decide on that particular spot?have you hunted there before or did you just get a wild hair and do it? Reason I’m asking is I done something similar at our club a few years ago. The way mine started was I went and hunted with my brother the week of thanksgiving and I asked where is a spot that no one has been or where no one hunts and he showed me an old four wheeler trail to a small creek bottom. I picked a spot and started cutting limbs. When I got done we went to town and got a ground blind and a bag of corn. That spot was a hot spot for doe’s and during the rut the bucks felt safe. We got piles of good buck pics the rest of the year also. Well long story short I got in the club the next year and took my tractor in there and started mowing. Once I opened that spot up some the buck sightings stopped and only saw does. This year will be my sixth year in the club and it still isn’t the same and before.

 

[bfriendly]

Man that looks like a fun place to sit…….pine thickets are the ticket!

FWIW, you can get a camera that won’t bother your cell phone for $30 at Walmart. I bet checking the card would be a lot of fun in front of your feeder……I get excited just thinking about it.

 

[blood on the ground]

Man I bet you are counting the days!

 

[Railroader]

Good looking lil spot for sure but got a question. How did you decide on that particular spot?have you hunted there before or did you just get a wild hair and do it? Reason I’m asking is I done something similar at our club a few years ago. The way mine started was I went and hunted with my brother the week of thanksgiving and I asked where is a spot that no one has been or where no one hunts and he showed me an old four wheeler trail to a small creek bottom. I picked a spot and started cutting limbs. When I got done we went to town and got a ground blind and a bag of corn. That spot was a hot spot for doe’s and during the rut the bucks felt safe. We got piles of good buck pics the rest of the year also. Well long story short I got in the club the next year and took my tractor in there and started mowing. Once I opened that spot up some the buck sightings stopped and only saw does. This year will be my sixth year in the club and it still isn’t the same and before.

I climbed this tree a few times last year and saw several deer. The crick bottom gets ran pretty hard, and there are several trails that cross my "clearing".

This area is heavily traveled, and I don't think I will have affected it much one way or the other.

The idea here is to get the Grandboys involved in "making a spot" and a place we can sit and see deer and other critters. Maybe we'll even get a shot at one.

We ain't over concerned with "big trophy bucks", but if I can get the gals coming, who knows what'll show up with em??

 

[Railroader]

Me, The Kid, and Little Brother took a ride today to see if we needed to turn the feeder back on.

All the corn has been vaccumed up, and the mineral blocks are getting pawed at. We reset the feeder for normal schedule.

The trails I mowed in the saplings are working, with a good bit of traffic already...



They wanted to give the Millennium a try...



And off they go...Trackin'!



Went on home, and shot the 10-22 a bit...

 

[Gadestroyer74]

Good stuff right there !

 

[fatback]

That’s a great afternoon for all involved.

 

[antharper]

Good job RR ! Them boys got a good one

 

[bfriendly]

Got to sit in the stand! Shoot, I sit in mine and look at my pictures when I’m out there…….yeah that’s some good stuff right there!