ash
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Post by ash on Dec 5, 2014 23:02:30 GMT -5
This year we are hunting on family land. I have picked it back up for the first time in about 25 years and am getting back into the hang of things...slowly. Hunting now in Louisiana is very different than when I was growing up. I did not still hunt much, as it mean't sitting out in the cold on a stump or a 10' or so ladder tree stand. I almost exclusively dog hunted. We used lemon spotted walker dogs (I raised almost all of them) that could run like the wind. Just before I went to college, we had transitioned to walker/blue tick crosses. Better cold nose and not quite as fast as the walkers as land was beginning to be leased and our hunting range went from just about everywhere to certain places. Now, the few folks that hunt with dogs at all use beagles, because they are slow and can be cut off; Walkers can hit a wild deer and literally leave the country. Most hunters now are still hunting and that is mostly done from box stands. We, my brother-in-law and me, have built a couple of stands (shooting houses) and have set up. We will change some things next year because a couple of big bucks have been pooing on us all year. It seems the rut has fizzled this year, been a weird year I'm told by those in the know, and now our only shot at those big boys is to hit em later after the acorns sour. We have had little rain in North Louisiana, so the ground is literally still covered in acorns and it is not all that cold there, not helping matters. Anyway, this is a quick summary Here is a early morning view from my stand  This is the buck that my brother-in-law took early in the season  This is the deer I shot Wednesday  And the next three are of some of the big boys that have been pooing on us. My Brother-in-law saw one chasing a doe earlier in November but could only shoot him in the butt so did not take the shot. He was not pleased lol Two of these could possibly be the same deer    and here is why we stopped seeing deer this week. So bright that you can walk out at night without a flash light  |
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ash
spending too much on rocks
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Post by ash on Dec 5, 2014 23:05:22 GMT -5
Forgot to add a pick of my stand, the brother-in-laws is the same  |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 6, 2014 0:47:40 GMT -5
Some large bodies on the cam shots Ash. Sounds lie acorns is a big part of the food supply. Got a coffee maker in that stand ?
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ash
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Post by ash on Dec 6, 2014 8:01:55 GMT -5
No but have room for one. It turned out a bit bigger than I was planning. I built side here in Baton Rouge and then put it together in Union Parish and it just kept growing and growing lol. That thing is pretty damn heavy. I will have a heater in it next year though.  |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 6, 2014 9:47:56 GMT -5
No but have room for one. It turned out a bit bigger than I was planning. I built side here in Baton Rouge and then put it together in Union Parish and it just kept growing and growing lol. That thing is pretty damn heavy. I will have a heater in it next year though. Three Russian guys at my friend's deer camp built a tree house. Those guys sleep in it. And heat it. and they got in trouble for night hunting out of it LOL. Looks like you added to it to the point it is heavy, whatever makes Ash comfortable. sweet I shot one out of my bathroom window one day. Several off the deck. I got your sign. It is ready for your wife's viewing pleasure. Will you hang it above the bed ?? PM address.  |
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 6, 2014 10:51:02 GMT -5
Now that is some nice looking deer!!!!! Congrads on the buck (nice one at that)......Thanks for sharing the story and pics....Thumbs up
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Post by pghram on Dec 7, 2014 18:16:14 GMT -5
Nice buck, congrats.
Rich
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2014 7:20:26 GMT -5
Hey nephrite not a good start.what did you think you were gonna see on a thread about someones hunting season?
Dave
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Post by MrP on Dec 20, 2014 7:44:29 GMT -5
Sad to see such a beautiful animal killed... I have them roaming thru my property all the time. They are gentle peaceful creatures that don't deserve a bullet in my opinion. Obviously have not hit one with a vehicle, or eaten one....................MrP |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 20, 2014 10:45:43 GMT -5
Sad to see such a beautiful animal killed... I have them roaming thru my property all the time. They are gentle peaceful creatures that don't deserve a bullet in my opinion. So are cows and chickens and fish and all the other sources of meat. If you eat meat you have their blood on your hands. Here in Georgia over-population has devastating effects on deer herds. The health of the herd depends on hunters reducing the population. Starvation is not a good alternative. Me and you have populated their natural environment.... |
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Post by 1dave on Dec 20, 2014 14:01:52 GMT -5
How could you murder Bambi?
So much more humane to watch them starve to death or tumbled under a big rig.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 20, 2014 14:45:36 GMT -5
How could you murder Bambi? So much more humane to watch them starve to death or tumbled under a big rig. Serious hammavatar 1dave. |
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Post by 1dave on Dec 21, 2014 14:35:23 GMT -5
How could you murder Bambi? So much more humane to watch them starve to death or tumbled under a big rig. Serious hammavatar 1dave. You're welcome to it if you want it. I have others. |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 21, 2014 15:13:56 GMT -5
You're welcome to it if you want it. I have others. Did you mean to say 'carbon' based or 'kyptonite' based life form ? |
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Post by Pat on Dec 21, 2014 15:41:07 GMT -5
I'm a city/suburb kid, but husband grew up in the woods of Washington. Family of eight lived on venison. During depression and out of hunting season, in order to feed his family, his dad killed a deer that a was about ten feet from their house. Sheriff jailed him for hunting out of season. One month in jail. Jailer taught him a dozen games of solitaire. Six kids and wife without him around. Stupid!
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Post by 1dave on Dec 21, 2014 17:53:18 GMT -5
You're welcome to it if you want it. I have others. Did you mean to say 'carbon' based or 'kyptonite' based life form ? Defiantly only carbon based. Every hour is past my bed time. |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 21, 2014 18:32:20 GMT -5
Did you mean to say 'carbon' based or 'kyptonite' based life form ? Defiantly only carbon based. Every hour is past my bed time. "Every hour is past my bed time." That's a good one. |
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Post by 1dave on Dec 22, 2014 11:49:33 GMT -5
Defiantly only carbon based. Every hour is past my bed time. "Every hour is past my bed time." That's a good one. Which one do I go with next, The truth, or the . . .   |
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Post by gingerkid on Dec 22, 2014 13:09:35 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Dec 22, 2014 14:42:34 GMT -5
"Every hour is past my bed time." That's a good one. Which one do I go with next, The truth, or the . . . Dave dangerous enough with hammer much less hand grenade. |
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