New Guy from Arkansas, via KS, DEU, TX, KS, & MO Next

Abishai

Abishai

New Member
I'm from Arkansas. I usually hunt there every fall if I'm able to go home on leave. I'm active Army hence the moving everywhere. About to leave the land of giants (Kansas) for the Ozarks in Missouri. I found this forum through a Google Search looking for food plot implements last night and wondered why I'd never joined before now.

I prefer bowhunting for deer. I haven't killed a deer with my 06 in 7 years. I'm usually tagged out with my bow before gun season opens.

I killed a turkey a few weeks ago.

Woo Pig Sooie
 
Hi! Nice summit climber. I did that for many years, and I miss the days of shinnying up a tree, but being 57 and having many Hunting blinds with ladders, I no longer do that very often.
 
Mennoniteman said:
Hi! Nice summit climber. I did that for many years, and I miss the days of shinnying up a tree, but being 57 and having many Hunting blinds with ladders, I no longer do that very often.
Click to expand...

I love it because I can sleep like a baby in that thing and not be afraid of falling out. I'm getting old too (not as old as you), but honestly prefer pre-set ladders. For mobile or public sometimes I go saddle, but usually go climber.
 
Abishai said:
I love it because I can sleep like a baby in that thing and not be afraid of falling out. I'm getting old too (not as old as you), but honestly prefer pre-set ladders. For mobile or public sometimes I go saddle, but usually go climber.
Click to expand...
Saddles arrived after my time so I never tried one. But I did always enjoy hunting with a climber and Summit is a good one. I also have a Tree Walker climber that I really like.
 
Welcome aboard! I don't use a climber any more, but my summit climber served mem very well for many years of bowhunting. I've been around since the old Baker treestands (dangerous) and there were a few guys using tree saddles back then.
 
I find that I fidget a lot more in a saddle than a climber. I also don't like looking at the tree trunk or messing with climbing sticks. Funny enough, my buddy got a saddle back in the 90s. I tried it and didn't much like it. I'll use it now when it's beneficial, but it's more of "a" tool in the arsenal, not "the" tool. I think for saddles to catch on it just needed genius level marketing like Tethrd to come along, because they still aren't as great as people make them out to be. Lol.
 
Abishai said:
I find that I fidget a lot more in a saddle than a climber. I also don't like looking at the tree trunk or messing with climbing sticks. Funny enough, my buddy got a saddle back in the 90s. I tried it and didn't much like it. I'll use it now when it's beneficial, but it's more of "a" tool in the arsenal, not "the" tool. I think for saddles to catch on it just needed genius level marketing like Tethrd to come along, because they still aren't as great as people make them out to be. Lol.
Click to expand...
We are now in the age of hunting blinds, but there's still nothing as close to nature as climbing a tree before daylight and watching the forest floor come to life around you.
 
Mennoniteman said:
We are now in the age of hunting blinds, but there's still nothing as close to nature as climbing a tree before daylight and watching the forest floor come to life around you.
Click to expand...
When we got the farm we put up permanent elevated blinds so we could take kids out. As I got older, I began using them more myself. I now only use them and ladder stands for safety. I just got a new knee this past January.

I will say that blind hunting is quite different from treestand hunting. I feel much more connected when I'm in a treestand. In addition to vision, many more senses are employed. My hearing gives me a 360 degree sense of my surroundings. Even smell is used. When I get that "wet dog" musty smell I know I've got a deer close to my stand and freeze.

Most of my senses are obstructed in a blind, but it allows for movement which I need with my arthritis. While I feel less connected, there are things I've been able to observe from a blind that I would never be able to have watched from a treestand or hunting from the ground. For example, one morning I watched 3 gobblers, a harem of hens and 3 jakes interact of several hours. I watched as a hen would squat and the dominant Tom would hop on top and breed her. She would then slowly feed away from the group and disappear. The gobblers tolerated the jakes to a point, until they got too close to the hens. A quick chase would occur and then the gobblers would go back to strutting and droning for the hens. Each hen in that group was bread and then headed off on her own. It was only after all of the hens had gone off in other directions that was able to get one of the gobblers interested enough to come to my calls for a shot.

I've had similar long exposure encounters with deer watching interesting behaviors. It would have been very tough without the concealment to have witnessed some of this behavior.
 
1st gun. Average model 70 with high end ammo. 100 yard shots. As you can see where the stickers are, not too great
9e72c635583233b4fe64adfdf4cac3b2.jpg


Sent from my SM-S916U1 using Tapatalk
 
2nd gun. High end .22 shooting 100 yards. Grabbed the cheapest ammo i had and was shooting very fast
a4577feaf5f39ec52dd9c6782242b469.jpg
ef4e7a565562d622d0e245918aeb054f.jpg


Sent from my SM-S916U1 using Tapatalk
 
3rd gun. High end .308 shooting $24 walmart blue box federal. My conclusion is the gun/scope is more of a factor than the ammo or shooter. 400 yardd, 5 shots all on a 6 inch plate. First time shooting beyond 300
2bebe275c75dbdf6f255134393b9e778.jpg
58ead0c795c7ca30a2cd40368aed207a.jpg


Sent from my SM-S916U1 using Tapatalk
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top