2024 Live From The Tree

Got this with the little guy this weekend. Needed one for the freezer. He enjoyed help cutting up the deer.

nice job. Sometimes I wonder if the experience for the young ones out weighs the meat in the freezer. Gotta love the look on his face

That’s a nice eater. Congrats on the deer and including your son in on this. It all starts right where you started him.

BOOM!!!!

Nice Orve, good to see the kiddo out in the woods enjoying the outdoors with ya.

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I had to get out with the smoke pole again with the fresh snow and apparently I’m not the only one. I saw 3 trucks parked out in fields on private and there was 5 at the public lot.

What state are you hunting? I’m jealous. My muzzy season was one hunt.
DT

Late cwd hunt in mn.

I’m going to sneak out with the bow tonight I think. Till then we are just getting to the lake and man it’s going to be a cold wheeler haul

Got out in the stand nice and early. Kinda funny how much it’s “warmed” up already. It was -13° on my drive. -9° when I left the house. Now it’s -3°!
We’ll see what walks by. Still have a really nice 10 walking but he’s very nocturnal and rarely a morning guy. A nice fat doe would be good.

Made it out. Trees a little closer than i wanted to be to the trail but it should be ok.

Just watched a guy walk the edge im hunting. Might be ok still

Had three does teasing me at 40 yards. Have my next tree picked

Had an eventful sit, 5 does wandering around the meadow, and then an 8 and 10 crept in. Not horn hunting at this point, just want to punch my buck tag. Absolute layup shot at 15 yds on the 8. Had to hold draw for 3 minutes with a couple yearlings watching me. No excuse. Just a bad, gut shot. It’s a dead deer, just hope it doesn’t get bumped tonight.

Shot a 1000 arrows this summer just to cap the year off like this. Classic! Merry Christmas all.

Well got out this morning to bring in the new year in a tree. Barely caught a glimpse of what I think was a small doe, not too sure though.

However, while walking to the tree got see the northern lights. Being in Iowa, we don’t see them too much. And I have never seen until today. So that was awesome, bucket list thing for me!

We have 9.5 more days of the season here. Will be out this weekend with the bow and then hang it up. Gonna be on the cooler side, but not crazy cold.

great picture!! they sure are something to see!!

Just to follow up, better to be lucky than good. Found my buck the next morning. 3 tags punched for the year. Looking forward to 2025 and putting more focus into whitetail and mulies.

nice buck!! and glad you found it!!

Nice gander!

ganderpike wrote:

Just to follow up, better to be lucky than good. Found my buck the next morning. 3 tags punched for the year. Looking forward to 2025 and putting more focus into whitetail and mulies.

Nice work buddy.

ganderpike wrote:

Just to follow up, better to be lucky than good. Found my buck the next morning. 3 tags punched for the year. Looking forward to 2025 and putting more focus into whitetail and mulies.

That’s always a good feeling. Was it eaten up from predators or still intact? Good work!

Sat in Western Iowa this morning. Real feel of -5. Shot a doe at first light, so didn’t have to sit too long. Wind was right in my face. Heated insoles are sweet!!

Congrats all. Wish I could still get out.
DT

Loomis13 wrote:

However, while walking to the tree got see the northern lights. Being in Iowa, we don’t see them too much. And I have never seen until today.

Those weren’t the northern lights. They were EPG’s dock on fire from the New Years Eve’s fireworks!!