I didn't hunt at all. Had zero desire to go...
For the first time in as long as I can remember, we were not in the Top-10 for harvest numbers in a given season. We killed 330 this year, which is 109 (25%) less than 2010. Just wait until you see our total season decline for Washington County and try telling me we don't have less deer to kill. Its long past getting old and just plain disgusting at this point...
You have a buck tag in your pocket and have no desire to hunt......hmmmm. Where have all your bucks went? Did they all get killed in the first season or what?
Hard to believe someone like you that puts all this pre season effort into hunting would not be out there giving it all he had:smiley_chinrub:
Keep your head up man, the 2nd rut should be kicking in down your way right now. I saw several bucks in the last few days dogging does around here.
Pulled the cards on the cameras on Friday and have not seen a shooter on them for over a month. I had a grand total of 5 different deer in 6 days. I guess I'm just not a diehard like some of you guys. I can come up with other shit to do when my season is fully in the shitter...
Are you only hunting one place?
No. I got nothing going on right now regardless of where I turn and I'm not running around looking for new ground. I can kill ducks/geese from now until January 31st and that is my new priority. This will be the first year since 2005 that I have not killed a deer with a bow and only the second time in a decade. I may hunt Christmas day since the wife works, but I'm pretty much done unless the cameras show me something...
No. I got nothing going on right now regardless of where I turn and I'm not running around looking for new ground. I can kill ducks/geese from now until January 31st and that is my new priority. This will be the first year since 2005 that I have not killed a deer with a bow and only the second time in a decade. I may hunt Christmas day since the wife works, but I'm pretty much done unless the cameras show me something...
Honestly, Jesse, I'm the last guy to try talking you into hunting if you don't want to...but I gotta ask. Are your cameras on bait? If so, it hasn't been nasty enough to put decent bucks, or many other deer onto corn piles in great numbers yet. Really, if you are waiting for that its a good plan with nasty weather, but we don't have that yet. I don't know if that is where your cameras are or not, but from personal experience I can say cams can make a guy lazy. The thing to do (if you haven't already, and feel the inclination) is to scatter your cams over creek crossings, fence gaps, any pinch point deer use a lot if you want to see what's still alive. I know I have hung em over bait in the past and missed the big picture, just thought maybe you were doing the same. Too, if Moe is still alive, he should be settling back down real soon in the same areas you found him this summer. Just a thought.
I agree with this 100%. It's funny because I was telling my buddy at work the same exact thing today. He was telling me he wasn't getting any action at all over his corn pile in the past couple weeks... And this is at a property that is absolutely full of deer. Right now they are hanging out in a new-growth clearcut and have more natural food sources than they know what to do with. They have no reason to come to the corn yet.
No. I got nothing going on right now regardless of where I turn and I'm not running around looking for new ground. I can kill ducks/geese from now until January 31st and that is my new priority. This will be the first year since 2005 that I have not killed a deer with a bow and only the second time in a decade. I may hunt Christmas day since the wife works, but I'm pretty much done unless the cameras show me something...
No. I got nothing going on right now regardless of where I turn and I'm not running around looking for new ground. I can kill ducks/geese from now until January 31st and that is my new priority. This will be the first year since 2005 that I have not killed a deer with a bow and only the second time in a decade. I may hunt Christmas day since the wife works, but I'm pretty much done unless the cameras show me something...
Honestly, Jesse, I'm the last guy to try talking you into hunting if you don't want to...but I gotta ask. Are your cameras on bait? If so, it hasn't been nasty enough to put decent bucks, or many other deer onto corn piles in great numbers yet. Really, if you are waiting for that its a good plan with nasty weather, but we don't have that yet. I don't know if that is where your cameras are or not, but from personal experience I can say cams can make a guy lazy. The thing to do (if you haven't already, and feel the inclination) is to scatter your cams over creek crossings, fence gaps, any pinch point deer use a lot if you want to see what's still alive. I know I have hung em over bait in the past and missed the big picture, just thought maybe you were doing the same. Too, if Moe is still alive, he should be settling back down real soon in the same areas you found him this summer. Just a thought.
What happened with the property in Athens? I thought that sounded promising.