Not what you want to find on your lease...

[jeepntx]

Keep us posted, where are you hunting at?

Between Village Mills and Warren

Hey Chris,

Did you check your trail cameras to see if you have any bucks that are in the middle of rubbing out?

This is the property that I've been having problems with trespassers. The camera I had out here "disappeared" a few months ago, and I just now got a new camera. Had plenty in velvet, but that was back in June.


The property is right at 100 acres that was clear cut the beginning of the year. I didn't find anymore blood, and I can see alot of the ground in the open spots. I'm just going to hope it's velvet blood!

[jeepntx]

I'm extremely jealous

I'll trade you! I wouldn't mind having some pork to fling sticks at.

[Skinny]

Que?

Cliffs:

Finishing up some stuff on the lease before opener.
Found blood trail that I didn't cause.
Following to investigate.

Oh I see! Man I've found some blood trails on our place before and never found what caused it.

I never got alarmed because it was just like blood dripping a little here and there...if it was like spraying out of an animal I might be concerned but not too much because Mother Nature is a beast at times!

[ted_kennedys_liver]

You have good eyes.how in the heck did you come across that? I have trouble finding blood trails after a shot (my eyes could use a little help )

[panhandlehunter]

Just this morning I saw a coyote carrying a fawn at the end of my driveway. It got away before I could get a shot.

[Arrow Slinger88]

Between Village Mills and Warren

This is the property that I've been having problems with trespassers. The camera I had out here "disappeared" a few months ago, and I just now got a new camera. Had plenty in velvet, but that was back in June.


The property is right at 100 acres that was clear cut the beginning of the year. I didn't find anymore blood, and I can see alot of the ground in the open spots. I'm just going to hope it's velvet blood!

I've hunted that area for a while now and we have had the same problems with people stealing cameras and feeders.

[jeepntx]

You have good eyes.how in the heck did you come across that? I have trouble finding blood trails after a shot (my eyes could use a little help )

Just habit of watching the ground, lol. I ran a blood dog for a couple years, but had to put her down last year.

Also, stepping over a lot of cut down pines and limbs will have you watching every step for a rattlesnake this time of year.

[ShawnG]

Maybe it's nothing. Hopefully.

[Blood Trail]

Update?

[BrandonA]

Yep velvet blood.

[jeepntx]

No updates. I looked for a few more hours, but never found anything else. It's all open clear cut, so I would have found something if there was something to find.

I plan on making another run one day after work this week.

Thanks to a few guys on here, I have a supply of "dummy" cameras. I put one in plain sight, and then hid my new camera so it could see it and the corn. Hopefully they don't find the popup I put out....

[kumathebear]

This!

Velvet coming off, some bleed more than others

Venous blood from velvet, arterial will clot into clumps quickly so not to worry.