Seasons winding down

 Yep already, deer season closed, pheasant closed jeez seems like they just opened. I still have plenty to hunt but it's just the start of the end.

Duck season comes in next week for a couple weeks. I am going to be trying real hard to get a couple ducks, I have yet to shoot one this year.

This week I went muzzleloader hunting for deer on Tues and today, neither day did I see a deer. I did see every variety of squirrels but no deer. 

The only critter I got in my traps this week was a couple rats and a massive grinner.

Wednesday I did some goose hunting, but when I got there I noticed the farmer had VT'd the field. Which means they knocked the corn stalks down and made it harder for me to hide. So I got down in a low spot and set my spread for a ENE wind. Boy when I got done I was sweating like a w......... crap the wind just switched to NW, hold on let me change the whole spread again..... Now where was I??? Oh yeah I was hhhoottt damn hot, and I forgot my water, dang hot and thirsty in 30 degree weather. Well, good thing I wasn't in the field long....

Thank goodness I was done and out of the field by 10:30 am, for such a bad start it turned out to be a super day.

Well wish me luck for next week really want to get into some ducks. 

Really.... again

 Well, as promised I have cooled alittle from last week and have decided to put up the video. This was last week...

So as you can see I messed up...

This week I did wait until the flock came around and was going to let them come around again... the bad thing is they didn't (I accidentally deleted the video). I should've shot and didn't just because I wanted them to do it right. I think I would rather shoot holes in the sky than not shoot at all..... Dad always said if you don't shoot, you get nothing... 

Anyways, I've been trapping a property East of town in the hopes of eventually getting on it for deer, turkey and waterfowl, but right now just collecting critters.

So far I've made $9 with 3 rats and 2 coon, which is a good thing cause my license was $28. I can't wait for this week, I've got 4 rats 3 coon and 1 grinner.... 

I'm going to be rich... 😎

Temps are going back up next week so I'll set the line again for fur. Not sure what I'll be hunting but I'll let'cha know what it was and how I did.

Oh yeah one last thing... Here it is the Twelfth of Dec. and Egg Nog isn't out yet??? What the heck??? Are we just skipping Christmas this year??? Walmart set for Thanksgiving after Halloween and they can't get Egg Nog in early???

Thinkin' 'bout writing my Congressman, who's with me????

Missed a week

 Well, it looks like I missed last week so lets catch up. 

Last week I went to a field without scouting it on Sunday, I went for ducks but only shot a couple geese.

I had a flock come from in back of me right over my head. As usual I took my first shot inside of 15' so there was no pattern and I missed. I connected on the second and third shot though.

 

This week a buddy and I went pheasant hunting, it was clean up at the public areas. He got one and I got to carry it for a while. Nothing else was seen, he didn't have long to hunt as he had to go to work. I went blind to one of my goose spots, it was forecast to be 28 degrees with 30-40 mph gusts from the SW. Well, it was all of that, and the geese were using a field that I don't have permission on. I did have one flock of 25 that kinda did it, but instead of giving them another pass to set down I crapped the bed and whiffed all 3 shots at a marginal distance. I have video but I am still alittle upset about hitting nothing but air, so maybe next week.

Speaking of next week it's suppose to rain Sunday and be warm until Thursday.... this is what it looks like now.

We just get some good weather and within a couple days is goes away..... 😪

half way done

 2nd cold snap of the year and this one came with some snow. I knew it should be a good day to tag a deer or at the very least see a deer. So once again I got up before dawn had some coffee and off to a winter wonderland deer stand. It wasn't too long after sunup that I began to see movement... so I watched the squirrels until something else caught my eye. A decent buck was up and walking towards me, I think it's that same 8 that I told him to stay away. Well, he kept getting closer but he always was covered by brush so I didn't really have a clean shot. It took him a while but after he was done making a rub he headed into a little clearing.... The borrowed 243 roared and the bullet found it's mark, the buck did a bronco kick and headed straight back towards me (that's always good) before expiring. I sat in my stand until 9:30 hoping to double up, and almost thought I could but the doe's were too small. So I got down got some pics and got to work.

This is where he died

I've drug many deer up this hill, I now employ a rope at the top and pull myself and the deer up

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It's not actually the finish line but it is where the ground flattens out, all in all I would say this is about a 100 yard drag.

Turns out it wasn't the 8 which made me feel better.... maybe I'll see him next year.

I keep forgetting my tripod so I can't get some good pics, but my phone does a pretty good job. 

Just hate the selfie look.😠

Well, I got one more week of rifle and I'm hopin' to drop a decent doe, as of these last couple weeks all I'm seeing are fawns. 

I should be able to get in a duck hunt next week too, I'm really missing me some duck hunting.

same thought as last week

 I would love to say that I went duck hunting this week but that would only be wishful thinking. What I did do was.....

Wait a minute... just 1 question.....

What is the definition of insanity????

Yep, doing the same thing again and again, and hoping for a different result..... Deer hunting.

Need I say more? 

And to top it off, I'm going again next week. But, I got a secret....

My buddy loaned me his 243, shhhh don't tell the deer. 

Puttin' brown down next week.

This week, the weather didn't help as much as I hoped it would but I did have some encouragement.

New on Friday 4 rubs 80 yards from my stand, on the trail to my stand.

New on Friday 60 yards from my stand on the trail to my stand

Saturday 80 yards from my stand, culprit spotted... nice little 2 year old 8, if he stays away from me and everyone else he will be really nice next year.

I went out to Jake's last night and sat the evening there were a couple deer that came out but nothing was in range. 

Next week they're calling for rain on Tues and Wed and I hope they're wrong I really want to put 2 deer down and get on with duck season.