October In the Pines

[Dusty Rivers]

[quote=GarGuy;16357164]

if you wait until November when rifle season begins the big bucks usually go into the sanctuaries

Fixed it for you

neat. if you go into a sanctuary is it still a sanctuary?

[GarGuy]

[quote=Hayek'sPupil;16357228]

neat. if you go into a sanctuary is it still a sanctuary?

Why would you go into it other than to track a wounded animal?

[DEADEYE1]

Stand

Primos shack attack (yes that specific model) and 30 yds or in. In east texas, entry and exit are the most vital part to me. If you can get in and out cleanly AND without bumping deer off your feed pile, your chances will greatly increase. If the buck your after doesn't realize he's being hunted, your chances of catching him in the daylight go way up.
Buy yourself an Ozonics HR 300 or bigger and religiously take it with you. No amount of scent control on your clothing will let you beat a deer's nose but the ozonics has helped me fool multiple deer into committing to the feed.
Build a 48'x48' feed pen out of hog panel and t-posts to keep the pigs out if you have them. Hand corn only as well. (only other option I would consider is hanging a feeder 20' in the air, directly in the middle of my feed pen).
I hand corn on Thursdays and Sundays. This allows me to hunt any day of the week and know I still have feed on the ground. I've had great success using rice bran meal as well.
If you have vacation days, try to hunt as many days as you can starting October 20th thru Halloween day... (the later in the month, the better the hunting is). I can 95% guarantee you that your target buck will be caught on camera, in the daytime, within that window.
If you have the money, buy a Krivoman 5 window stand in lieu of the Shack Attack. Take camo netting and drape it all over the blind. Then take fake Christmas trees and blend them into the stand to breakup it's silhouette. Take a 5 gallon bucket of dirt and walk the perimeter of the stand and cover up any holes that allows your scent to escape. In conjunction with your Ozonics, I would hunt this setup no matter what the wind direction was. When your target buck gets to the feed pile, open the window and shoot him immediately.
This routine has worked for me well in Nacogdoches county for the last 15 years and I assure you it will work in Houston county as well. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions or want to discuss. I have plenty of pictures I can show you to explain better

Where can you find the shark attack blind?? I have looked and had no luck. I found a site last year that showed to have some and ordered 2. Come to find out the site was a scam site.
thanks
Derek

[corps2010]

Where can you find the shark attack blind?? I have looked and had no luck. I found a site last year that showed to have some and ordered 2. Come to find out the site was a scam site.
thanks
Derek

I'm not sure anymore. (think Primos discontinued them a couple of years ago). I found mine on a hunting site if i remember correctly. Amazon or ebay should have some if I had to guess

[ElfEyes]

I'm not sure anymore. (think Primos discontinued them a couple of years ago). I found mine on a hunting site if i remember correctly. Amazon or ebay should have some if I had to guess

The muddy twin peaks looks somewhat similar with good reviews. Might be an option if you can't find the original.

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[corps2010]

The muddy twin peaks looks somewhat similar with good reviews. Might be an option if you can't find the original.

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Thanks I appreciate the info. Only other blind I've found that closely resembles the Shack Attack is the NAP Mantis