Bad Weekend?
I have had little chance to set up and hunt this year; changed jobs, medical bills, travel for work, and paying for a spring wedding. But last weekend I was able to get up to Oklahoma and the rancher still had cattle of the 160 acres and the farmer next door had not planted the wheat feed (aka the all you can eat buffet -- that pulls deer thru said 160 acres). The rancher said he would move cattle Monday or Tuesday and I threw a blind and a feeder --- Thursday rancher calls and has not had time to move cows, not what I wanted to hear. They not only eat the corn (yes, no feeder pen) but are genetically breed to as blood hounds, because they can track me down no matter where I sit.
SO FAST FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND AND MY LOW EXPECTATIONS.
Get there Friday early afternoon and cattle had torn the feeder to crap and it is HOT. I had planned to hunt and come home Saturday night and spend time with the wife and son - so only 3 sits ahead of me. I grab the two cards from the trail cameras and throw out some hand corn. I find some shade and start going thru the pics, over 1900 pics and only 6 of deer. Cows, quail, doves, road runners, skunks, cows, coyotes, and cows. LIKE I SAID BAD WEEKEND.
However, I did see deer every sit. Friday a doe skirted me early then about 30 minutes before dark, a nice 8 that has decent mass, just needs some age and a bigger-bodied 5pt that probably needs to go. Saturday morning, young 4pt and a doe and yearling after 2 coyotes buzzed me early and quickly. And a frightful encounter with the skunk about 5 yards from the blind. Saturday afternoon, about 45 minutes left and her comes the cows. I had seen a doe already but 70/80 yards out. The cattle took up shop on my hand corn. I made the decision to jump out of the blind and slip to the edge of the cover about 80 yards away. I ended up seeing a doe and fawn at 40 yards, then started slowly walking out and came up on a doe and twin fawns about 50 yards behind my setup.
Also, Saturday the farmer was seeding for the wheat.
And got the feeder home, put on a battery and it fired right up --- need to work on some legs and get it back up there.
OK, SO MAYBE NOT SUCH A BAD WEEKEND.
Rancher charges me $500 to hunt the 160 acres and told me I could hunt another 80 acre and 160 acre track he had -- no extra charges.
Here are the few pics I got:
SO FAST FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND AND MY LOW EXPECTATIONS.
Get there Friday early afternoon and cattle had torn the feeder to crap and it is HOT. I had planned to hunt and come home Saturday night and spend time with the wife and son - so only 3 sits ahead of me. I grab the two cards from the trail cameras and throw out some hand corn. I find some shade and start going thru the pics, over 1900 pics and only 6 of deer. Cows, quail, doves, road runners, skunks, cows, coyotes, and cows. LIKE I SAID BAD WEEKEND.
However, I did see deer every sit. Friday a doe skirted me early then about 30 minutes before dark, a nice 8 that has decent mass, just needs some age and a bigger-bodied 5pt that probably needs to go. Saturday morning, young 4pt and a doe and yearling after 2 coyotes buzzed me early and quickly. And a frightful encounter with the skunk about 5 yards from the blind. Saturday afternoon, about 45 minutes left and her comes the cows. I had seen a doe already but 70/80 yards out. The cattle took up shop on my hand corn. I made the decision to jump out of the blind and slip to the edge of the cover about 80 yards away. I ended up seeing a doe and fawn at 40 yards, then started slowly walking out and came up on a doe and twin fawns about 50 yards behind my setup.
Also, Saturday the farmer was seeding for the wheat.
And got the feeder home, put on a battery and it fired right up --- need to work on some legs and get it back up there.
OK, SO MAYBE NOT SUCH A BAD WEEKEND.
Rancher charges me $500 to hunt the 160 acres and told me I could hunt another 80 acre and 160 acre track he had -- no extra charges.
Here are the few pics I got:
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