woodsrunner38
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Carefully prescribe burn your woods, Zombi, before you loose those pines to wildfire. It needs it badly 
Discovered the secret to Deer baiting
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Zombiphobia
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been in line for a prescribed burn for about 3 yrs now, however the lack of rain-fall hasn't allowed it.
Art Eatman
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Byron, how you hunt depends on vegetation and terrain. Walking and stalking, sneaky-snaking, is fun and is of course challenging, but in some country that's a waste of time. And in some, it's right at physically impossible--as in the mesquite/cactus thickets of the south Texas brush country.
I don't walk much any more, because of a 77-year-old aching back. Lotsa things, I have the know-how--but I went and used up most all the can-do.
I don't walk much any more, because of a 77-year-old aching back. Lotsa things, I have the know-how--but I went and used up most all the can-do.
wyohome
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I am glad you are still hunting, Art, it gives me hope for a few more seasons.
MCgunner
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At 59, I'm a good number of years younger than Art, thank Gawd
", but I don't know how well I'd do back in the rough country of New Mexico I used to so enjoy. It was tough on me then. Spot and stalk hunting out there, not any sort of stand hunting works very well unless you pattern movement..IE live out there. What you do is walk to a canyon and glass, find deer (mulies) and plan a stalk, usually a LONG stalk, that may or may not work as these critters have ears like radar and noses to match and the loose rocks on a hill side make noise if you slip. But, it was great fun to do. It involved a lot of rugged country hiking with gear, though, and my back ain't much better than Art's, what with a herniated disc some years ago that never got surgery. My knees and hips pop when I get up in the mornings, now, so I guess I ain't gonna get any better. :banghead:
On my place, I have a feeder and a stand. I get to hunt and I do enjoy it, believe it or not. I even use a game camera to pattern the game. Is that cheating? I guess you may think so, but it's also legal here. I know right now, late season, that 5 point I shot early on is probably all I'm going to get because even the does down there have gone nocturnal. Hell, I've been dove hunting, season opened the 23rd and the birds are down there. I have figured out their highway and have had a couple of decent hunts. Migratory bird hunting cannot be done near the feeder, so I do that in another non-baited spot where the doves seem to use as a highway. I'm going to let the feeder feed out and bring it home for the year, I reckon. I have enough meat between the hogs and that deer. I have always preferred wing shooting to any sort of mammal hunting, anyway.
", but I don't know how well I'd do back in the rough country of New Mexico I used to so enjoy. It was tough on me then. Spot and stalk hunting out there, not any sort of stand hunting works very well unless you pattern movement..IE live out there. What you do is walk to a canyon and glass, find deer (mulies) and plan a stalk, usually a LONG stalk, that may or may not work as these critters have ears like radar and noses to match and the loose rocks on a hill side make noise if you slip. But, it was great fun to do. It involved a lot of rugged country hiking with gear, though, and my back ain't much better than Art's, what with a herniated disc some years ago that never got surgery. My knees and hips pop when I get up in the mornings, now, so I guess I ain't gonna get any better. :banghead:On my place, I have a feeder and a stand. I get to hunt and I do enjoy it, believe it or not. I even use a game camera to pattern the game. Is that cheating? I guess you may think so, but it's also legal here. I know right now, late season, that 5 point I shot early on is probably all I'm going to get because even the does down there have gone nocturnal. Hell, I've been dove hunting, season opened the 23rd and the birds are down there. I have figured out their highway and have had a couple of decent hunts.
Migratory bird hunting cannot be done near the feeder, so I do that in another non-baited spot where the doves seem to use as a highway. I'm going to let the feeder feed out and bring it home for the year, I reckon. I have enough meat between the hogs and that deer. I have always preferred wing shooting to any sort of mammal hunting, anyway.
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Zombiphobia
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this isn't a stalking Vs ambushing debate.
I don't enjoy setting bait to ambush deer, but I do because... it doesn't matter. Do thing your way and I'll do things my way and everybody's happy.
I don't enjoy setting bait to ambush deer, but I do because... it doesn't matter. Do thing your way and I'll do things my way and everybody's happy.
Art Eatman
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Aw, planting a couple of acres of oats along about September or so makes it fun to just sit and watch the visitation, whether or not you put meat in the pot.
One evening was a hoot, watching a big buck shove a little four-pointer all over the place. One of those, "You young whippersnapper! You leave my girlfriends alone!" deals. I guess that went on for some fifteen minutes. Had to give the youngun credit for stubborn--as well as slow learning. I'll bet he had grooves all over his rump.
One evening was a hoot, watching a big buck shove a little four-pointer all over the place. One of those, "You young whippersnapper! You leave my girlfriends alone!" deals. I guess that went on for some fifteen minutes. Had to give the youngun credit for stubborn--as well as slow learning. I'll bet he had grooves all over his rump.
Bobson
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That does sound fun, Art.
I like your use of whippersnapper too.
I like your use of whippersnapper too.
Art Eatman
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Mule deer are sparse in my desert country. I've done some good by walking hunting, but sometimes a fella just gets tired of having tired feet. So I tried baiting: Corn. Calf Manna. Game blocks. Alfalfa hay. "Just" salt.
Javelina like corn; corn is obviously good piggie bait. Mule deer didn't give a hoot. I could see tracks walking right past all the goodie, with no curiosity whatsoever. Frustrating. "The best laid plans of mice and men..."
Javelina like corn; corn is obviously good piggie bait. Mule deer didn't give a hoot. I could see tracks walking right past all the goodie, with no curiosity whatsoever. Frustrating. "The best laid plans of mice and men..."
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