The summer is almost outa here and the fun is about to begin. The 'ol Horton is ready to rock and roll. I spent last Saturday making my final preps. This amounted to cleaning up my box stands and clearing shooting lanes. I feel for you guys that have to hang stands every year, my job is so much easier. As of last Saturday I have no buck on camera that I want to hunt exclusively. Hopefully this makes for a more interesting season. There are a couple deer that I may shoot, I'll decide when and if the opportunity arises.
To make things easier for everyone to visualize I'm posting a google earth map of my hunting area. I had to go back to 2006 to find a map where the trees were bare. I had just bought this property in the spring of 2006 and I'd say this photo was taken that winter sometime. I can see the roof of the cabin dad and I built in May of 2006 and my small white shed in the photo. The blue lines represent creeks, the white lines represent my property line on the outside. The zig-zaggy lines inside the property lines represent the paths that I run my tractor on to get to and from most area on my property. The small field towards the back of the property is kept mowed. The yellow pins are all box stands except Creek Bottom 2. This stand is a brush stand to allow me to hunt an east wind in my creek bottom. Dad's Stand is only used during gun season.
Hope you all enjoy all the wonders and blunders of my upcoming season. I'm sure it will be interesting.
To make things easier for everyone to visualize I'm posting a google earth map of my hunting area. I had to go back to 2006 to find a map where the trees were bare. I had just bought this property in the spring of 2006 and I'd say this photo was taken that winter sometime. I can see the roof of the cabin dad and I built in May of 2006 and my small white shed in the photo. The blue lines represent creeks, the white lines represent my property line on the outside. The zig-zaggy lines inside the property lines represent the paths that I run my tractor on to get to and from most area on my property. The small field towards the back of the property is kept mowed. The yellow pins are all box stands except Creek Bottom 2. This stand is a brush stand to allow me to hunt an east wind in my creek bottom. Dad's Stand is only used during gun season.
Hope you all enjoy all the wonders and blunders of my upcoming season. I'm sure it will be interesting.