9/24/2011
Hunt time: 0630 to 1030
Weather: ~50 degrees, partly cloudy, wind SW 0-5
I climbed up into a spot I call the Roost Stand... It's up on top of the ridge above my mom's house, and traditionally it holds a lot of roosting longbeards every year. This stand is nestled into a quadruple-trunk maple, just downwind of the two main trails that connect bedding areas. The name was pretty fitting this morning, because around 0715 I heard a couple gobblers not far from me on the ridge... gobbling their heads off. This is the first time I've ever heard gobbling in the fall, so it was cool.
At 0830, I caught movement just uphill of me to the north. It was so thick, at first all I could see were brown legs moving back and forth. When they cleared an opening, I could see there were four does slowly making their way to bed. At about 55 yds away and tangled up in thick brush, there was no way to get a shot. Action, nonetheless.
The rest of the morning was uneventful, other than the countless chipmunks and red squirrels running around underneath me. Their attempts to stock up for the winter were pretty entertaining.
Hunt time: 0630 to 1030
Weather: ~50 degrees, partly cloudy, wind SW 0-5
I climbed up into a spot I call the Roost Stand... It's up on top of the ridge above my mom's house, and traditionally it holds a lot of roosting longbeards every year. This stand is nestled into a quadruple-trunk maple, just downwind of the two main trails that connect bedding areas. The name was pretty fitting this morning, because around 0715 I heard a couple gobblers not far from me on the ridge... gobbling their heads off. This is the first time I've ever heard gobbling in the fall, so it was cool.
At 0830, I caught movement just uphill of me to the north. It was so thick, at first all I could see were brown legs moving back and forth. When they cleared an opening, I could see there were four does slowly making their way to bed. At about 55 yds away and tangled up in thick brush, there was no way to get a shot. Action, nonetheless.
The rest of the morning was uneventful, other than the countless chipmunks and red squirrels running around underneath me. Their attempts to stock up for the winter were pretty entertaining.