Time to start getting ready

Re:Time to start getting ready (shadow61)

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:28:41 GMT

Hope to see those pics...or ones with you or your buddy holding his rack!!

Re:Time to start getting ready (snytrophyhunter)

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:53:01 GMT

My buddy Tom called last night. He's back. The BIG 12 point we were chasing last season has been spotted by three different neighbors. He's was seen cutting the road coming right out from the property next to the house. We know the trail he's using. They claim he's bigger than ever. We're hoping that one of the trail cams will give us a good look.

Re:Time to start getting ready (shadow61)

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:56:01 GMT

I'm hoping to be. Looking for a job and one prospect will have me working weekends. I'll get out for sure....

Re:Time to start getting ready (snytrophyhunter)

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:48:38 GMT

Good luck with that 10 Shadow. Will you be in the woods on the 16th?

Re:Time to start getting ready (shadow61)

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:19:41 GMT

Looks good, nice pics.
Just got permission to hunt my neighbor's property down the road from me. Only 9 acres, like mine, but butts up against the same State Park. Easier climb then my back hill. See lots of does around her place & got a trail cam pic of a young 6-point with a nice high rack from the Park. Supposed to be a nice 10-point running from her land across the road & such....hopefully, I'll get a crack at him...

Re:Time to start getting ready (snytrophyhunter)

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:02:11 GMT

Well, Linda and I had a great get away weekend up at the property. We arrived late Saturday morning and walked up to take a look at the food plots. We jumped deer as we walked up the trial and then could smell the turnips as we approached the first field. The green tops are about a foot high and the bulbs vary from golf ball to baseball size in diameter.

As we walked the edge of the field we encounter piles of bear scat. That's unusal for this part of New York State but judging from the piles we've been getting regular visits. We'll see if he's still around come hunting season.

We hiked through the trails jumping deer every now and then. Linda climbed a few of the stands and stated that we must be crazy to spend days on end in them.

After lunch back at the house we decided to sit in the shed overlooking the plots to see what may show. We weren't in the shed more than five minutes when the first deer arrived. She fed on the turnips a full tewnty minutes before wandering off. Deer came and went the rest of the afternoon. At one point there were fourteen in the plot at one time. Not a buck to be seen though. We stayed until well after dark taking turns viewing the deer through my infared monocular. Linda loved watching the deer gorging themselves on those greens.

It was nice to get away and nicer still to know that the food plots have come in so well. October 16th is our bow opener. Can't wait to get up there again.

Turnip Plot

Clover
Lin in the side clover stand
A few locals
Pallet stand behind the clover
Linda in the side clover stand

Re:Time to start getting ready (txbhunter1@sbcglobal)

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:07:45 GMT

Have fun man and send us some pic's of what's growing up in your neck of the woods.

Re:Time to start getting ready (snytrophyhunter)

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:06:02 GMT

My wife , Linda and I are heading up to the property this weekend for some alone time. Needless to say we'll take a peak at the food plots and maybe take a few pictures of the deer population. It's suppose to be a beautiful weekend weather wise. A nice hike through the woods and across the fields will be fun.

Re:Time to start getting ready (snytrophyhunter)

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:19:10 GMT

Tom got a call from farmer Gary. He stopped by the place too check on our food plots. The clover really took off after our last mow. The bottom plot was coming in fine and the deer came into feed while Gary sprayed the top field to keep the grass down. The deer are thick this year and need a little weeding. We'll concentrate on Doe for bow season unless an exceptional buck makes a mistake. I'm rarin to go. The bow has been getting a workout in the back yard.

Re:Time to start getting ready (snytrophyhunter)

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:10:44 GMT

Good hunting Steve. Slam a BIG one!!!

Re:Time to start getting ready (Stevealb1948)

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:32:12 GMT

Wow, hard to believe that bow season opens Wednesday. Finally got sands set and cameras out after losing 200 acres that most of our hunting has been on for the past 9 years (that sucked). Special thanks go to whoever had to sneak onto the property and mess with the old homestead, breaking windows and kicking in doors. Hope they got cut and broke a toe at least. Been shooting a bit recently and i think all the final adjustments are made. Not much on cams so far except for does and fawns. I know the property has some good bucks but haven't caught any on cam yet. Took the first 3 day's off to hunt and am starting to get pretty wound up about it now. Actually looking forward to hunting the new area, have hunted there before but not enough to figure it out well, this will only help in he future if we get access back on the other area, give us more area that we have a really good understanding of. Anyway, hope everyone else has a good opener and will let yall know how it works out for us.
Steve Albers

Re:Time to start getting ready (shadow61)

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:49:02 GMT

Great report! Good reading. looks like you guys should do okay...
My daughter (6) and I got the trail cam set up. She found some deer bones nearby & started her "CSI" schtick; photos, examination, etc....says she'll figure out the cause of death & such soon!

Re:Time to start getting ready (snytrophyhunter)

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:06:14 GMT

Well we had a very productive and busy weekend. Although it had been bone dry in my neck of the woods the rains came to deer camp, 155 miles northwest of me. The clover on the top field came back with a vengeance. It was lush and the deer were all over it. Tom had already purchased the seed and fertilizer for the bottom field and his good friend and Farmer, Gary, got to work after the first rain and finished the field off. By the time we came back to camp, a couple of weeks later, the turnip greens were well established.

I arrived Friday late morning and opened the house, turned on the water and gassed up the quads after unloading my truck. I drove to town and picked up some supplies. I went back to the house and shot my bow for some time when Tom arrived. We rode up to the fields and the deer where feeding on the clover. Eight deer bound off as we approached. We inspected all the stands and basically decided which were to be relocated and what other chores needed to be done.

We were both beat from working all week. Tom has been working nights and only had two hours sleep. We had an early dinner, "a drink or two", and hit the sack early. I was up at five, made coffee and decided to tip toe up the trail to see what was happening in the fields. I arrived there just at dawn and spotted eight deer on the top field. I was having trouble keeping my bi-carbs steady for some reason. Nothing to do with the "drink or two" from the night before I'm sure. Anyway as I stood there fumbling with my glasses a big Doe walked out from behind some brush not 20 feet from me. She caught me flatfooted in the middle of the trail, she stomped her foot and gave out a blow. Suddenly there were tails flying everywhere, at least twenty that I could count and no I wasn't seeing double. Like I said it was only a "drink or two."

Anyway we got to it and relocated three ladder stands and placed another lock on stand and a ladder. It took a lot of tree trimming and cutting to make shooting lanes on them. All the stands were placed in thick pine trees giving us plenty of cover along with some scent control. We also cleared shooting lanes on another four existing stands. It was hard work and we were soaked with sweat and covered with pine pitch, dirt and saw dust.

As that wasn’t enough we rode over to Tom’s neighbor, Vern, to borrow his tractor and brush hog. Vern had gone into town and the hog was broken. Vern had purchased the parts that were needed so Tom and I got to work and fixed it. We then drove the tractor back to the upper food plot and mowed the clover. While we were mowing Deer came into the lower field to feed and just watched as we worked. They were waiting for us to leave so they could get to the clover.

With our work done we drove back to return the tractor. Vern and his lovely wife were back and offered us some ice cold ones. It was welcome after a long day afield. We finally turned in around 10:00 PM after a quick dinner and yes a bit more of the Johnny. The next morning the skies opened up and we got a soaking rain. Our timing couldn’t have been better. The fertilizer should be well soaked in by now. We have a number of blue bird days coming up with warm temperatures so the food plots should flourish. We’ll leave the property alone now until bow season opens. We feel good about our prospects.

Re:Time to start getting ready (shadow61)

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:48:16 GMT

Need any help with that Johnny Walker, just give me a shout!!!

Been seeing a lot of does here and DEC isn't issuing DMPs for 4Z. Only buck so far was the 4-pointer behind the house. Have to set up the game cam in the State Park and/or sit on one of the open fields and see what may be running over there.

Re:Time to start getting ready (Topgun 3006)

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:26:40 GMT

The weather is definitely goofy as you aren't getting any rain and it won't stop over in northern Minnesota where a couple friends live!!!

Re:Time to start getting ready (snytrophyhunter)

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:36:36 GMT

We're heading North again this weekend for a bit more scouting and Johnny Walker. The first trip showed plenty of Doe and a gosh awful number of Fawns, I'm happy to say. The herd wintered over well. The food plots on the other hand didn't fair as well. The clover that had been planted on the top plot was DOA. Just too much heat and little if any rain. Pretty much a dust bowl. We had planned on planting the bottom plot but with the lack of rain it just may be a waste of time. Rain in the forecast but we need some consistant precepitation to establish the bed. We'll play it by ear.

In any event we plan to relocate one ladder stand in the thick stuff below the bottom field where we had pruned and fertilized the apple trees late winter. The trails through there are heavily worn. A new stap on stand and a ladder will go just off the top food plot allowing us to pick one of three different stands to use depending on the wind any particular day. Seasons a comin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re:Time to start getting ready (snytrophyhunter)

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:57:29 GMT

It's encouraging to know that I'm not alone. Cheers!

Re:Time to start getting ready (txbhunter1@sbcglobal)

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:29:06 GMT

Me too, it's my favorite off season training regime. LMAO!!!!!!

Re:Time to start getting ready (Bowman_No4)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:46:27 GMT

ROFLMAO Shadow! Those caps can be bad when you haven't practiced. Lucky for me I have a nice year round regimen that keeps my cap removing skills in fine form! LOL!

Re:Time to start getting ready (shadow61)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:01:10 GMT

Good stretching....=loosening the cap???