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Post by deputydon on Dec 1, 2005 19:04:19 GMT -5
Well the first day of ML season is over. I stayed out in the hills till past dark. Actually I'm thawing out as I type. It's 7 degrees and even though I tryed not to I worked up a sweat talking back in snow that was belly deep in places. So I really got chilled. Good news is this weather means the deer will have to come to the bottoms to feed on the corn fields so I'll change tactics tomorrow. More snow in the forecast so the deer will be forced to feed earlier. So after day one the deer are still alive.
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Post by jimiowa on Dec 1, 2005 22:56:37 GMT -5
Yes its tough out there Don! Take care of yourself.
Wading that snow in the cold can be hard on an old guy ;D
We got 4 " of snow last night, supose to get more tomorrow and not to get over 20 for a week.
Shotgun 1 starts here Saturday, my son Bailey called last night and asked if he could borrow my Mossy 500 Saturday. Seems he has more faith in it than that Bennelli Nova?
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Post by Bill on Dec 1, 2005 23:56:19 GMT -5
Ya D-D wading that deep snow CAN be bad on an OLD GUY. ROFLMAO Paybacks are rough on a guy arn't they. HOWS IT FEEL.  The deer are also going to be looking for water. Check over north on Uncles land across the creek from him. It was always best durring a storm or after. |
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Post by deputydon on Dec 2, 2005 23:07:08 GMT -5
Well Bill just remember
you'll ALWAYS be 10 years older than me!!!! LOL Been seeing 15 to 20 deer a day but I'm waiting for a certain buck I spyed
up two days before season so............ I've passed on some smaller bucks I know; I know; I might regret it but for now I gotta try to get em.
P.S. got another inch today and more snow in the forecast for Sat. and maybe Sun. My legs are burning @ night from "swimming" though the snow but
maybe I'll get used to it. This weather is making the deer more patternable !
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Post by deputydon on Dec 2, 2005 23:10:20 GMT -5
Bounce are ya having any luck @ the EX's ??
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Post by bounce on Dec 2, 2005 23:20:50 GMT -5
Have't ben out yet, But I will drive over their one morning and shoot one. going to try and pass on the workout that you need. lol
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Post by deputydon on Dec 3, 2005 7:52:15 GMT -5
I don't know that I'm losing weight cause I eat like a horse when I get home. lol
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Post by bounce on Dec 3, 2005 11:07:23 GMT -5
D*D this storm gave me all the work my body can stand let hunting too. Got a good rest yesterday though and back to work with other things today. Allso need to shoot one close to a plowed road and my road could still close with a gust of wind. Matt did take my tobogin over their for the grandkids so it will be near to help side one out if need be. May need to send you in on the east side and drive them out the bottom on the west side so I can shoot one from the couch on the porch with a heater blowing on me....smiles
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Post by deputydon on Dec 3, 2005 14:32:17 GMT -5
Whatever works......... Mon till next Sun. should be pretty open unless the office gets busy. So I could push for ya.
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Post by Bill on Dec 3, 2005 21:57:44 GMT -5
Don't forget that old sumack patch over the hill to the east of the old crow place D-D. Thats where that last old big one hid out till I figured him out. :-) Course with one person hunting it makes it hard to sneak up on him if he is in there.
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Post by bounce on Dec 3, 2005 22:51:44 GMT -5
Darn hard to get one out of a place like that this year bill, The snow is deep & hard but not hard enuff to drive on!! Need a snow CAT, Willy your close to them bring one out with you and hunt with us?...smiles
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Post by deputydon on Dec 5, 2005 9:09:14 GMT -5
15 below Zero w/o wind chill this morning !!!!!!!!!!!!! Stumpy do ya see what I mean when I say the weather is unpredictable here. Some years it could
be in the 30's and might be yet this Dec. but I wouldn't count on it. I do remember beaver trapping in Jan. w/o a shirt on. At any rate
the deer hunting isn't gettin' easier on me except that they pattern easier as I've said before.
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Post by donnie on Dec 5, 2005 9:13:51 GMT -5
Keep that cold weather there for one more week DD! We'll take our share but not yet.
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Post by deputydon on Dec 5, 2005 19:02:01 GMT -5
Burrrrrrrr just got in from MLing.. 3 degrees w/ a 30 MPH wind made it damn cold. Still didn't see the buck I want. The deer are so worried about food
I walked up to about 30 yds. from two doe and a young buck busy digging for corn.
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Post by Bill on Dec 6, 2005 0:14:21 GMT -5
LOL thats cold. Brrrrrrrrrr Reminds me of the year out at Chadron on the Pine Ridge when it was 30 below. We camped out in a tent for a week in that. My sleeping bag froze to the side of the tent. Never did get cold though. Heck it got up to O that one day and we thought it was a heat wave. Got probably the biggest buck I ever shot with a ML that year as they hold up tight and you could just about walk up to them. Found them all on the north side of the slopes taking in what morning sun they could get. That or out on the alfalfa fields or corn fields.
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