Got back last night and I got skunked. I saw a spike buck the 1st morning and passed it up because he was still young and because he offered me no clean shot. Considering all the deer seen from the stand, I remained optomositic but the weather quickly put an end to that.

 

Highs in the 50's and 60's basically shut off deer movement during the day. That, along with hunting pressure, made it a very long weekend. That buck was the only deer I saw from Thursday morning to Sunday evening.

 

Nonetheless, it was another great time and anytime I can be in the woods and not in Chicago is fine with me.

Keep Cheney indoors

I didn't know you went to Alaska Heads. I plan on huntin Kodiak with my Dad and Godfather next year.

 

Do you eat the bear meat?

Do you eat the bear meat?

We don't go to Kodiak for the Bears. We hunt for Sitka Blacktail. But, to answer your question, we eat all the meat from the deer we harvest. Pheasants as well.

Two days til I drag my ass out of bed at 4 AM and sit in a tree.

Two days til I drag my ass out of bed at 4 AM and sit in a tree.

Good luck. Don't miss a 9 pointer now.

Two days til I drag my ass out of bed at 4 AM and sit in a tree.

 

Too bad, I never had to drag my ass out of bed for opening day. Now the day after harvesting my first one for the season, well that was a difficult drag through bleary eyes.

 

 

Soxfan nice sig Remember, I'm the only hunter running. Do you want to trust these other guys with access for hunters on public lands?

Too bad, I never had to drag my ass out of bed for opening day. Now the day after harvesting my first one for the season, well that was a difficult drag through bleary eyes.

Soxfan nice sig Remember, I'm the only hunter running. Do you want to trust these other guys with access for hunters on public lands?

:Looks left and righ uneasily: Hmm...

 

Otherwise, if Heads was in the stand this morning, I'd bet the deer were moving with this snow storm in the midwest.

Edited December 1, 200619 yr by SoxFan1

There's not a cloud in the sky here. No snow, either, but, hey, I've tracked without it before.

 

Forecast:

 

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 17. West wind between 7 and 13 mph.

 

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. West wind between 10 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

 

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 7.

 

Sunday: Scattered flurries. Partly cloudy, with a high near 20.

 

Sunday Night: Scattered flurries. Partly cloudy, with a low around 11.

There's not a cloud in the sky here. No snow, either, but, hey, I've tracked without it before.

 

Forecast:

 

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 17. West wind between 7 and 13 mph.

 

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. West wind between 10 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

 

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 7.

 

Sunday: Scattered flurries. Partly cloudy, with a high near 20.

 

Sunday Night: Scattered flurries. Partly cloudy, with a low around 11.

Any luck this morning if you went out?

 

EDIT: My dad harvested a nice 7 point buck yesterday in the Illinois Shotgun season.

Edited December 1, 200619 yr by SoxFan1

Season doesn't open til tomorrow morning. Hunting on land next to a state park also means you don't need a watch to see when its OK to shoot, cause it sounds like a firing range.

Season doesn't open til tomorrow morning. Hunting on land next to a state park also means you don't need a watch to see when its OK to shoot, cause it sounds like a firing range.

Gotcha. Good luck tommorrow.

I'll have some pics of my dad's deer soon.

 

Any luck out there Heads?

no, but i lost feeling in my right foot and didn't regain it til over 2 hrs after i got off of stand

no, but i lost feeling in my right foot and didn't regain it til over 2 hrs after i got off of stand

What did you have on your feet?

Edited December 6, 200619 yr by SoxFan1

A nice pair of Cabela's boots and heavyweight Cabela's socks. I'm guessing a lot of it is your feet are gonna get cold when the temperature is between 0-10 and you stil still for four hours.

 

 

On a side note, we hang out deer by cutting small slits in the hind legs and using a thing that looks like a coat hanger with hooks on either end to hold the deer up. Looks less like you're hanging the thing and more like laundry.

On a side note, we hang out deer by cutting small slits in the hind legs and using a thing that looks like a coat hanger with hooks on either end to hold the deer up. Looks less like you're hanging the thing and more like laundry.

We have that too and when we gutted it, thats what we used. You can't tell from the pictures but there are slits in the leg tendons. But these pictures were from right before we were going to skin it and process the meat. The antlers are going to be mounted too.

Edited December 6, 200619 yr by SoxFan1