Good luck and be safe to all of you going out hunting!
just got back from my am hunt. hunted the nasty thick part of the property I havent been to in months, allot of moonlight so getting in there was easier than anticipated only needed my red hat light a few times. was only allowed to hunt hogs so I used my shotgun so I wouldn't be tempted to shoot a deer which of course is what I saw, and 2 turkeys and couldn't use the shotgun on any of them.tried to get to where the hogs were on foot after sitting in the ladder stand to about 9:15 and what used to be underwater and looked dry I sunk over the top of my knee high lacrosse boots and almost got them sucked off my feet, then proceded to slip/slide and fall a few more times in the mud and could hear the hogs but couldn't reach them, guess thats why they are there. and jumped another deer on the way out. the big field I walked in on had cows and one mean bull giving me the evil eye as I hugged the fence on the way out in case he charged, still beats sleeping in but no points today.
you know I don't use my own stands, just fix up others to handle the tonnage
Walked in to my spot this morning tryin to stay close to the trees in the shade. The moon was so bright, I also only had to use my red light twice, and that was just to make sure I was putting my stand in a good spot so I could see the trail. Nuttin came out all mornin. Went another mile and half back in further, and found THE mack daddy rub and scrape line of all rub/scrape lines. Followed it for about 1/4 mile before it ended in the deep thick part of the swamp. Figures, I set my stand up on the north side, and all the buck sign was on the south side of that big ol swamp. According to the aerial maps, that swamp covers several hundred acres. I would've moved my climber, but I didn't have time to get back to the stand, and then back to the rub line and set up before primetime. I'll try to get some pics of all the rubs and scraps up later on.
In my blind at 5:45 nothing at my feeder as I walked in but look what was around my feeder just 1 1/2 hr before.
