2022 Deer season

[spencer rifle]

Looked over the deer woods last Thursday - no rubs, no scrapes, but lots of tracks in a few places. Work, volleyball and training for the Hilly will keep me out of the woods for a few days. Youngest has his license and has sighted in his compound.

 

[Michigan Slim]

First scrape of the year appeared Friday. It's a dandy. And, of course, it's in front of my daughter's stand.

 

[cg21]

First scrape of the year appeared Friday. It's a dandy. And, of course, it's in front of my daughter's stand.

Deer are on their feet like crazy this morning in NWI, wife called me with all her driving encounters.

 

[two70]

I spent the past two weekends putting cameras and stands out at my main hunting property. Still waiting for the first hard antlered buck photo to come in but the doe activity has been far more than usual, especially hammering the mock scrape I started last weekend.

I still need to put up a couple more stands and move some cameras around but I'm pretty much set at this point. I'll probably hunt for the first time Friday evening, that's earlier than I normally start but the forecast for this weekend is too good to pass up.

 

[Michigan Slim]

My little girl had bucks sparring in front of her Sunday. Said she could hear their antlers clacking together. Time to set the pecking order before the big show.

 

[cg21]

Not sure about you guys down south but tomorrow morning up in the nw corner of the state is looking like a great morning to hunt. West wind got the perfect spot picked out good luck everyone

 

[patience0830]

Looking for another morning like this next Monday or Tuesday.

 

[BigRed]

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Looking for another morning like this next Monday or Tuesday.

Beautiful!

 

[BigRed]

I have known some that claim Indiana is not beautiful country.

I always say, "You're not looking around much,"

 

[cg21]

I have known some that claim Indiana is not beautiful country.

I always say, "You're not looking around much,"

I think that’s it…. Perspective. I try to feel like I’m on vacation all the time. People go on vacation and take pictures of the dumbest things that locals don’t care about…. And we pass by things around here that people travel to see or would “take a picture of” if they were on vacation.

 

[BigRed]

I think that’s it…. Perspective. I try to feel like I’m on vacation all the time. People go on vacation and take pictures of the dumbest things that locals don’t care about…. And we pass by things around here that people travel to see or would “take a picture of” if they were on vacation.

Don't tell them.... don't need tourists in these parts.

"You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye"

 

[indyjohn]

Does and fawns. There has to be a buck around somewhere.

 

[indyjohn]

And a bobcat, just for fun.

 

[BigRed]

And a bobcat, just for fun.

I checked with dnr. They said that is just a stray house cat.

 

[Mgderf]

I think that’s it…. Perspective. I try to feel like I’m on vacation all the time. People go on vacation and take pictures of the dumbest things that locals don’t care about…. And we pass by things around here that people travel to see or would “take a picture of” if they were on vacation.

I like to sit in my woods and imagine what it must have been like in the 1700's and early 1800's, with no industrialization, no roads.
I'm sitting in the middle of 50 acres of dense woods.
Some places offer no more than 10-15 yards of visibility and virtually no frame of reference.

 

[indyjohn]

More does.

 

[Grogmister]

I checked with dnr. They said that is just a stray house cat.

WTF that was not a stray house cat.

 

[KellyinAvon]

WTF that was not a stray house cat.

@BigRed was joking on DNR and (I'm guessing here) their denial that mountain lions are in Indiana.

 

[jagee]

Someone say house cat?

 

[Jaybird1980]

Someone say cat?