Live From The Stand

Not much happening now. Busted a deer in bed in an old pasture on the way in. Saw first scrape of the year. May have heard turkeys flying down. Squirrels are napping. Just checked hunt predictor and it says 1100 is a prime feeding time. Speaking of which, our lunch sandwich is at Cedar branch farms where Joe so kindly put us up. I'd like to stay on stand all day but that might be torture for a 13 yo.
We set up the stand near water and for a West wind. Rained last night and winds been out of NE. Jacobs learning the nature of hunting.

Your sandwich is in the fridge waited all weekend for someone to eat it........LOL. Glad to have you guys there gfor Friday night.

You hunt Splinters Rdige Antiwheeze

Two 6's and an 8 by. Waiting for a fawn. Buddy wants some tinder ribs.

Got to wait till Sat. 'cause of work..... funny how that always gets in the way ....

wind started howling about ten so I packed up n headed home, 'bout ran over two does crossing the road from one cornfield to another on the south end of my property.

sounds like your hunt predictor was right antiwheeze

saw two does and bumped some turkeys on my way out!!! Buddy killed a 120" 8 point first thing this am:) on public:)

Some pics from my morning hunt...

Nice pics. I'm guessing those are not from a cell phone cam?

No, lol, Canon DSLR

A few of those will be a nice deer next season....

Nice pictures! h.h.

Very nice pics and subjects too.

My nephew got first crack at the SR stand we put up for my buddy with handicapped access.
Didn't phase my nephew getting back to it but it was tough for his uncle.

Nice pics very cool but if that 8 was in front of me he may have been shot just not with a camera

Great pics arlow....thanks for sharing:)

Wow! Now I'm even more pumped for tomorrow from seeing these pictures.

Some turkey action this morning, a few does, too...

Pretty neat pictures looks like a good place to hunt you got there

Great pics.

Keep the pics coming:)^^^^^

A few from last night...

Video of that 8 pointer in the earlier pics...
https://youtu.be/Cmy6tQLeeWs

Not 'live from the stand'........but a pic of me heading in. Just so nice to head into the woods these days..... was kinda' taken back to see myself enter one of my spots on cam....

"Snapshot of what inspires me to breath"

And yes.........I tore my Tricep Tendon off my elbow in late July....so I'm toting my Dad's crossbow when he's not using it since I have not recovered from my Mid August Surgery. We'll see how this goes. Early Archery has always seen me with a bow in hand since the 1980's...... this just feels wrong. LOL!!

arlowe13...great video, pretty much disproves every theory I had about big deer not moving when its windy out.

Awesome video. Which way was the wind blowing for you to have them right under the stand. Did you use any high tech scent elimination product ( Ozonics . )

Wind was blowing for left to right in the video. My scent control is not high-tech, just a system I have used and been successful.

-Shower in the morning with non-scent soap.
-Keep EVERYTHING I take into the woods in plastic tubs until I am walking to my stand.
-Spray down inside of arms, legs and feet after getting dressed, before walking to stand.
-Spray down while in the stand every hour or so, especially hat and facemask, if you're wearing one.
-I do use an ozone generator at the end of the day to de-odorize boots, pants and jackets if I sweated a lot.
-Wash everything I would wear that weekend in scent free soap including jeans/pants/underwear/socks I would drive to our property while wearing.

All of this is great precaution, but having the right wind for your stand's setup is KING, as you cannot eliminate all scent. Don't hunt a stand if it's not the right wind.

Ozonics, HAHA! I love watching Whitetails Inc but every time I see that box in the tree, I laugh. I pretty much use the same system as arlowe13 and hunt out of 15-18ft stands. There is no reason to go 25-30ft up. Wind is key and pressure. I am a firm believer in not pressuring your spots / rotating.

I have the same set up but most of my stands are set at whatever the cover is around the stand. I use huge zip lock bags and saturate my cloths with wild life research autumn blend. I am a firm believer in baking soda and distilled water, as well as wild life research products.

Ozone works to deodorize items like clothes, basements, cars, etc. I have a real ozone machine putting out 7000 mg/hour and it works to deordorize about anything. You DO NOT want to be sucking this toxic gas into your lungs though. It is for ozone bombing in uninhabited areas.

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now the Ozonics unit, that is a joke....I cringe when I see one in a blind with a kid sucking that toxic gas into their lungs...

I've shot probably 50+ deer in my lifetime. In the early years I did all the washing and spraying down of clothes and finally it just got to be to much hassle and money. About 10 years ago I quit all that together and still shot as many deer as I did in the early years(including a 140" 10 pt a couple years ago while I was smoking!) I'm not saying it probably doesn't help some but it's just not worth the trouble to me. I'm a HUGE believer in being at the right spot at the right time and having a good deer population in your hunting area. You could be invisible and smell like an acorn but if there's only 2 deer per square mile where you hunt you're probably not gonna see any. I still see lots of deer I could shoot and don't too, just don't buy into all that anymore. I'm not saying people shouldn't hunt however they want, just not my thing.

I ALWAYS use the soaps, shampoo's, sprays, scentless bags, dress away from the truck, hang clothes outside when possible, etc and after killing over 120 deer to this point, some of those some big un's too, I feel I am doing something right.... I still play the wind, every little bit you can do to control scent dispersion helps...deer dont read books, so you never know where they may come from, and I feel by doing what I do, will reduce my scent stream......notice I said reduce, not eliminate...

What toxic gas? It generates negative ions...which is just air with a negative electric charge that falls to the ground with dust/odor particles attached.

We use them on each machine at iaf to clean smoke from the air that we breathe

What am I missing?

Ozone will melt rubber and destroy elastic waist bands in clothes.....

Might be why I need new underwear.... :rolleyes:

I don't think it hurts, nor costs too much to use a scent free/deodorizer soap on your clothes and yourself, but I agree with the assessment that it mostly depends on where you're hunting. My Dad and uncle see plenty of deer when they are working the farm smelling like sweat, diesel, their lunch, regular scented body soaps, deodorant, clothes detergents, etc. etc., so there's really no reason for us to think those deer aren't acclimated to those daily human scents.

That would NOT be from Ozone gas!!!! :rolleyes: And whatever it is…..it peeled the gel coat off the gunnel of my boat!!! :p

Bit of a slow day with the warmer weather, but still saw some deer.

Nice Pics Arlowe

Nice pics

View from my stand since Saturday.

Here is one of my views from this evening's stand...

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evening post

small food rye and brassica plot surrounded by standing corn, corn is 35 yards away







took the afternoon off for some fun at the creek.

Video of a couple bucks I saw the evening of 10/16/15...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ7AyirvW3c

Those boys might not be so passive in a couple weeks!!!! Great video!!

The smaller one ended up sparring with another small 8 a bit later.

Smart guy!!

Only 2 distant yotes so far...

tons of movement this morning, the cold snap had them up on their feet later. They were hammering the white oaks. I was 25 feet up a white oak....

Low pressure system, north wind, drop in temps....usually triggers more deer movement.

Saw a 160 plus this morning at 70 yards, grunted at him and he hauled the mail back where he came from. First time ever I had a negative reaction from a grunt tube! Least I now have a buck worth hunting sighted. Two weeks of sheer pleasure starting on this coming Friday, hunting with family and friends. Did I mention some of the best meals of the year? No spam or Ditte Moore stew in my deer camp.....

Had a couple does come in on me this morning. Was hoping maybe a buck would be following shortly but nothing. Still about a week or so away yet I think.

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Very boring for me lately....i can see three scrapes though from this stand!

This video from 10/21 shows an 8-pointer cruising. If you watch closely, he stops & paws a scrape, then steps forward and pees in it.

Set the video quality on 1080p and full screen for best effect.

https://youtu.be/MtbHlPhjo2s

Thanks for sharing stick:) what are you using to capture video?

That's my Olympus OMD EM-5. It's a mirror-less SLR that also takes HD video. The video quality is great but when you upload to YouTube it loses some of the sharpness.

Passed up small bucks so far. Trying to shoot a doe but all out of range so far.

Luke has seen ton more deer than me so far.

Had a big button....lol.....and a doe @ 10 yards last night......notta this am......pulled a card on the property and have a dandy 8 that is showing up.....more and more frequently......SHOW me the RUT:)

Had 2.5 year old 110 inch buck grunting and dogging a big doe come by my stand yesterday evening in Jefferson county. Lots of scrapes being worked now.

Just had 2.5 year old 8 cruise by checking scrapes on public. Did a little two footed dance trying to rub overhanging branch

Winds screamin' from the west and misting rain......question the sanity of being up this tree

Well I sure ain't doin' it today!
I came down with fever last night... and I decided I better not.

Good luck Greg!

Sat on stand in the wind and mist yesterday , saw 4 does. In the stand now for a all day hunt. I hope the big bucks start moving.

Sitting 30 yards off of a rub line of about eight trees. Usually doe groups run through adjacent, but nothing this morning.

Had a little 6 pt cruise past me at about 20 yds this morning. Keep finding more scrapes everyday. Things are starting to get good.

Did he bed down right in front of your stand... Wow!!!

Only a few small bucks and a button buck tonight...

Nothing at all today so far man where are all the deer at now a days

Spent all day THURSDAY, Friday, and Saturday hunting on my farm here in Ripley Cty. Mornings were a total bust, with no deer sightings and or movement. Evening have been somewhat productive but no bucks. Does are moving from bedding to feeding areas, around 6:30 to 6:45 pm. Last night at 7:00 had a cool looking spike chasing 2 does and also saw a doe with her fawn tagging along.

Lots of deer moving pre-dawn on the walk-in today. Then pretty much dead after daylight.
Plenty of rut-clueless 1.5 yr-old bucks are still roaming around nudging does. About typical for this time of year.
But seeing very little genuine rut action yet.

Very sloooooow again this morning. Nothing but squirrels. Mornings have been a total bust lately and absolutley no rutting activity around.

Nothing here either last 2 days. Not sure whats going on.

I am thinking the rut (chasing chase) is not on quite yet....

Had a little 8 cruise past me yesterday morning. It's gonna get real good in the next week or so. Temps might dampen it a bit during the day though.

It is ON!!!!!

I had two little bucks come out in my food plot this evening and a doe. The bucks never even bothered the doe must less even looked at her. Then I seen 2 big does and 2 fawns across the road feeding in the bean field. It doesn't look like it is on yet around me. But that can change in a minute.

Been a good morning so far. Seen 6 bucks all on the same trail. One of which was probably the biggest I've seen while hunting, grunting and on a doe. 90 yards out. Setting up an ambush For tonight.

I had a really nice 10 come out last night in Park county, scent checked 8 does then fed off by himself. Any day now it's gonna bust open.

On stand, too warm. Got video equipment set up. I hope something big shows up so i can get him on vid.

Been on stand since 2:30 in non stop rain. 4 toms strolled by earlier, no deer. Looking forward to cooler temps tomorrow!

Passed 2 small bucks today and two yesterday. I hunted from noon to 3pm today. They were cruising. I have passed more small bucks this year than all the past 5 combined. Big ones gotta show up sometime.

I have not seen a deer now for 4 days. I should have went to the beach the last couple of days instead of deer hunting. Hope they start moving this weekend when it cools down. Plan on doing some all day sits.

Saw another nice 9 or 10 point tonight, but was way out of range. That makes 7 bucks and 2 does for the day.

Easy to do when your boy has the freezer packed full of venison! =)

I am going out tomorrow again. This weekend and into next week is going to be good. All day and mid-day sits....

I ended up seeing 5 total, all doe. Two came out right about 5:30 and the other 3 about 15 mins later. One was a piebald doe that is 3 years old this year.

Got another piebald fawn and she is major white. Haven't got any pictures of her yet unless shes on a game cam I haven't checked for 2 weeks.

My neighbor told me last year he saw a 6 pt. piebald buck behind our properties but I've never seen him. Ive definitely got the piebald gene on my property. Ive seen 3 piebalds and there might be 4 in the last 9 years. h.h.

Driving down 24 I saw giant black BMW with a pair of boots behind it and sure looked like it had 4 flat tires! I pitty the poor guy who should have been in church that had too change them tires!

Had a couple does walk under me about 1030 this morning. Just slowly working their way through and feeding on leaves. They sure as heck weren't in heat and weren't being chased.

Chasing Phase Here......almost got ran over getting out of my stand @ 11.....by a doe getting chased by two bucks.....did see a mature buck.....cat & mouse with this guy!!!! Would love to wrap a tag around him!!!!

Had 4 does calmly walk by me yesterday morning. No bucks were following. Found a few scrapes. Brother saw 9 does and 2 bucks, they didn't seem to be seeking or chasing.

Skunked last night unless you count the 3 does walking through the campground after dark

Had a big old doe walk by me this morning. No bucks followed. Bro also had a doe walk by with no bucks following.

I wish I could hire a hot doe to walk around me this time of year. Would that be prostitution?

Hey DP........read up 3 posts... h.h.

Btw.....its a Mazda:)

One for the freezer. 20 yd shot with a 60 yd dash and crash


Time to run the beagle

Congrats trapper!!!

Thanks

Nice going, Dave!

Video from a few days ago of a nice 8 responding to a snort wheeze. Started recording right after I hit the call.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtmCfXGV-So

Congrats Dave!

Congrats!!!

Didn't take long to put that snake bow to use....congrats.

Congrats Dave!!

Thanks yall

congrats TD.

Saw 4 doe and one small buck. One of the doe is that piebald fawn and she is 50% white. In two sits Ive seen two different piebald doe on my property. h.h.