2024 Live From The Tree

Just hiked in set a stand almost sweat to death, got up in the tree to realize my range finder and release were forgotten at home.
So now I’m back home cooking brats
I’ll hunt that stand tomorrow evening i guess

ouch!!!

Mike Schulz wrote:

ouch!!!

Ha ha yeah I was shooting in my yard and my bino harness was still hanging in my garage with my range finder and thumb release in it. Whoops, haven’t done that before that I remember

first time for every thing I guess!! bet ya don’t do it again!! good luck tomorrow!!

I did it once Bearcat. Now I actually have an extra release and range finder that never leave the backpack. Yeah, I’m that guy with an extra of everything.

Doe tag filled on third sit. Gonna do a little walleye fishing till later this month.

Well I packed my release and range finder this morning. But I’m diverting with the wind. Going duck hunting. Good job on the kill Steve

On public in a funnel between a slough and channel tonight.

Didn’t forget anything tonight. Sitting in a area of mass acorns on the ground. Between swamp beds and corn.

Good job on the doe Steve.

I headed out after waking up from a bacon induced coma. Had to lube up the knees for the walk somehow.

I’ve got a Reveal cam with nearly dead batteries thanks to the endless wind for the last two weeks. So, I was gonna head out today no matter what. Back in the woods on a ridge not far from a neighbor’s green hay field.

Its tough to tell but is that a small scrape you are hunting over POP?

I think that’s just a turkey scratch. I checked and no deer prints and no licking branch over it. But there’s always a couple right around me every year. One I’ve dubbed “the magic scrape”. It gets used year round and I’ve had to tie a new branch on the tree twice after the deer rip it off. I made a mock scrape a week ago that’s right in front that I’ll check out the cam card tonight.

I have found a few scrapes recently in the last couple walks. And those are right on our walking/4 wheeling trails.

First sit for me in a couple of weeks. Got a doe tag burning a hole in my pack. Decided to sit a tree I shot a doe out of last year. Hopefully another is bedded on the little oxbow again.
Same wind as last year there should be something in there.
Pressure is up tonight. 30.20 for my area. The deer should be moving with this little cold front that has pushed through.

On a side note. Got the skull back from my opener buck. I thought he would look good sitting in my office at work with a Kansas buck I shot back in 2018.

Very cool mount there Michael!

Snuck in to edge of swamp deer like to bed in, good trails coming out of it. Going to ag field.

That looks like a solid spot weedis I hunt a lot of very similar stuff on public.

Pailofperch wrote:

Very cool mount there Michael!

2nd that!!!

Had an owl visitor Friday night that was very curious what I was.

Deer were moving this evening but nothing in range. Didn’t see any thing big.

BigWerm wrote:

Had an owl visitor Friday night that was very curious what I was.

I had that yesterday. Always cool having owls around your tree

My owl buddy from the farm. Both times I sat in this particular finger of woods he came and hung out with me for the evening.

As for last night I saw a little 8 early on, and then around sunset something or someone pushed 6 antlerless deer out of the slough past me.

Naturally at 18 yrds, young and dumb

You and that buck get along great Randy. Even smiled for his picture. And next year he’ll hate you for no good reason!

Just got done grinding my doe. Used trim from a brisket I smoked for the fat. Going out again this weekend but it feels good to have meat packed in the freezer.

Randy Wieland wrote:

Naturally at 18 yrds, young and dumb

That will be a beauty in a couple years! Actually already is.

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Randy Wieland wrote:</div>
Naturally at 18 yrds, young and dumb

That will be a beauty in a couple years! Actually already is.

G1’s are not n a weird angle. Otherwise very symmetrical. Body wise, tiny deer. Very young.

Had fun blowing an elk cow call at him. He didn’t see me but dang well knew where it came from. He spent about 20 minutes looking for me. Must have some bull elk in his genes lol

LOL on the elk call! How old you think? 2.5?

CaptainMusky wrote:

LOL on the elk call! How old you think? 2.5?

Ya. He was smaller than the does around me. Was looking for his spots.

The twins just lost their spots this week

Had a very nice mature buck at 85 yrds. This little guy came right beneath me and knew something wasn’t right. Bolted out to about 50 yrds and everything cleared. Oh well

Back on private with standing corn across the ditch and picked beans behind me.