There are no deer around here anymore. Damn DNR screwed it up and the deer have been killed-off. DNR can't even count the deer. They can't do anything right!
That's an oft-repeated lament among deer hunters nowadays.
Personally-speaking we had a pretty decent deer season in 2009 having seen to the butchering and processing of four tasty whitetails last fall. Furthermore I am told that 2009 was the 20th best deer season since anyone started keeping track of this stuff. If you're a glass half-full kind of person like I am that's pretty good.
Now is the season for shed antler hunting and scouting.
There is deer sign and deer trails all over the place. Some of the trails look like cow paths through the woods.
Some of them - like the picture above - intersect with major interchanges that look for all the world like they are in need of a deer crossing guard.
Then again - all the deer have presumably been killed-off.
All these tracks must be from a couple of deer jesters that are just doing this to fool with me, eh?
Girlfriend and I relocated the trail camera and put fresh batteries and a clean memory card in it.
We'll see if there are any deer left in the woods.
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So are clearing fields of fire to these choice spots part of your August Schuetzenfest (sp) plans?
ReplyDeleteYou have a great set up for stand hunting. I think in the other parts of the state, hunters would benefit if they did more driving.
Late summer and early fall will be the time to begin patterning deer movement.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about adding one additional Stand of Death to the mix and, of course, some portable blinds.
Speaking of which - I forgot to fetch one of the portable blinds in December. It is now frozen to Terra firma until the spring thaw.
Schuetzenfest will include some additional clearing - but shooting as well.
I have a hankering to obtain some exploding targets for part of the competition.