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And I wasn't fortunate to bring a deer back with me but we had a heck of a good time!
It seems like every year, I am more and more excited for bow season. This summer, I was shooting bows with a buddy that is just as excited as me, and we figured, why wait?!
Friday after work, we headed south with no idea what we were getting ourselves into. We had picked out a couple chunks of public we liked and we were going in blind, except for spending way too many hours staring at property maps.
First morning sucked. We picked a place with rough terrain thinking it would keep most people out and the pressure off. It kicked our butts and I will not be going back there until I can scout it correctly and know exactly where I need to go to hunt. Huge property and mountains with spiders the size of small dogs. I thinks the spiders scared the deer off because we didn't see squat!
Checked out a different place after that. Looked like flatter ground and easier access, but heck, it was the first day of their bow season so how pressured could it be? We jumped a small buck and saw a doe just while walking 200 yards down the tractor path so we decided this property was much more populated in addition to being more hunter friendly. Didn't see anything while on stand that evening but jumped 2 more on the walk in. Again, while just walking down the main access path.
We left our stuff in the tree and returned in the morning. Ended up seeing a doe with two fawns, another separate fawn, and two bucks. Both bucks were small from what I could tell but I never got a real good look. We lost track of them and thought they ended up working into a field but they had actually bedded about 80 yards away...and what do ya know? We jumped those suckers too. Lots of deer, I just wish the majority weren't running away from us!
All in all, it was a successful trip, even without harvesting a deer. I will hopefully be heading back down there for road two towards the end of October, having a little better idea where I need to be next time!
Bad news is...now that I've had a little taste, I'm even more pumped for Ohio's bow season to open!
It seems like every year, I am more and more excited for bow season. This summer, I was shooting bows with a buddy that is just as excited as me, and we figured, why wait?!
Friday after work, we headed south with no idea what we were getting ourselves into. We had picked out a couple chunks of public we liked and we were going in blind, except for spending way too many hours staring at property maps.
First morning sucked. We picked a place with rough terrain thinking it would keep most people out and the pressure off. It kicked our butts and I will not be going back there until I can scout it correctly and know exactly where I need to go to hunt. Huge property and mountains with spiders the size of small dogs. I thinks the spiders scared the deer off because we didn't see squat!
Checked out a different place after that. Looked like flatter ground and easier access, but heck, it was the first day of their bow season so how pressured could it be? We jumped a small buck and saw a doe just while walking 200 yards down the tractor path so we decided this property was much more populated in addition to being more hunter friendly. Didn't see anything while on stand that evening but jumped 2 more on the walk in. Again, while just walking down the main access path.
We left our stuff in the tree and returned in the morning. Ended up seeing a doe with two fawns, another separate fawn, and two bucks. Both bucks were small from what I could tell but I never got a real good look. We lost track of them and thought they ended up working into a field but they had actually bedded about 80 yards away...and what do ya know? We jumped those suckers too. Lots of deer, I just wish the majority weren't running away from us!
All in all, it was a successful trip, even without harvesting a deer. I will hopefully be heading back down there for road two towards the end of October, having a little better idea where I need to be next time!
Bad news is...now that I've had a little taste, I'm even more pumped for Ohio's bow season to open!