Live from the stand 2016!
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Me neither!
Merle Hawggard
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The snow looks wonderful Scott! Chuck and I are gonna get after them tomorrow, but looks like 80's again for us.
cagantpr
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I have a couple stories to tell from today now that I am back at my cabin and the woodstove is lit.
1st story starts with me getting hungry and not wanting to leave for lunch after I had just seen that 3pt seeking buck.
Instead of heading to my cabin, I crawled down the ladder and grabbed a couple apples off of one of the remaining fruiting trees (7th leaf Freedom on M.7 if you also follow the Fruit Tree thread).
After returning to the stand, I ate about 2/3 of the first apple, and at risk of being accused of illegal baiting, flung the remaining core back into the foodplot.
I had completely forgotten about it, but a couple hours later, a doe and her twins entered the foodplot on the far side. They slowly fed their way toward me with the doe in the bottom PTT/GFR strip and with the yearlings in the closer, upper WR/RC strip (if you also followed the LC threads).
I recalled and located my apple core, and sure enough, one of the yearlings was grazing on a collision course to where it was laying. It took 30 minutes, but she eventually got within 15 yds of me and within 5 inches of the apple.
She was oblivious to both of us.
Finally, at the 2 1/2 inch range, she noticed the core and gave it a couple licks before picking it up and dropping it twice.
After a couple small nibbles, the fawn went into an excited frenzy. It begins to jump around and periodically fling the apple up in the air a foot or so higher than its head.
During the dance after the 3rd fling, the other yearling begins to take notice of the commotion at which time the lucky twin swallows the core hole and returns to grazing on the WR/RC.
I almost gave myself away laughing.
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cagantpr
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The second story is more interesting than amusing. This occurred with the same 3 deer after the apple incident and after the 3 had gathered in the further away strip.
Both yearling began to stare into some thick brush with ears pointed. Mom gave it a quick look and listen, but mostly couldn't have cared less.
This continued for a while with whatever the kids were hearing moved through the brush parallel to the food plot.
Eventually, a gray fox stepped out into the foodplot about 20 feet from mom and walked through and out the far end.
The whole time, the yearlings gave that fox a hard stare while the the adult doe just kept grazing with her head down.
Apparently predation and safety are relative.
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Both yearling began to stare into some thick brush with ears pointed. Mom gave it a quick look and listen, but mostly couldn't have cared less.
This continued for a while with whatever the kids were hearing moved through the brush parallel to the food plot.
Eventually, a gray fox stepped out into the foodplot about 20 feet from mom and walked through and out the far end.
The whole time, the yearlings gave that fox a hard stare while the the adult doe just kept grazing with her head down.
Apparently predation and safety are relative.
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cagantpr
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The 3rd and final story involves the same 2 yearlings and I believe is closely related to the apple discovery.
After mom vacated the foodplot for the cornfields across the road, the twins decided to bed off the foodplot about 10 feet from my stand.
After a few minutes of laying quiet, the lucky fawn stood up, took a few steps, raised its tail, and squirted a brown spray as if from a garden hose.
I didn't make any of this up.
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After mom vacated the foodplot for the cornfields across the road, the twins decided to bed off the foodplot about 10 feet from my stand.
After a few minutes of laying quiet, the lucky fawn stood up, took a few steps, raised its tail, and squirted a brown spray as if from a garden hose.
I didn't make any of this up.
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Merle Hawggard
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Looks to be a beautiful day here. Lots of crows and blue jays calling. A little fog in the low spots. No deer yet.
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Sitting atop the mountain of our deer lease near what I call "spike stand" because of spikes in the tree from long days past. Have not seen a deer while hunting since Monday... Super warm temps...
We have had 4 bucks killed on our lease so far. 8 point in picture with big 6 was chasing and big 6 was in a food plot. The food plot deer is a first ever for this lease!
This young 10 point was seeking...
And this nice 8 was killed at 6 pm last night when Eli's party started and it was chasing a doe...
Congrats to our lucky lease members on their success!
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We have had 4 bucks killed on our lease so far. 8 point in picture with big 6 was chasing and big 6 was in a food plot. The food plot deer is a first ever for this lease!
This young 10 point was seeking...
And this nice 8 was killed at 6 pm last night when Eli's party started and it was chasing a doe...
Congrats to our lucky lease members on their success!
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Merle Hawggard
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First young buck of the day for me!
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