This years camp roster includes Teeton, Gene, Roman and myself. We're all set up in camp and ready to start first thing tomorrow. We'll have daily notes from the stand during the day and recaps in the evening. Hopefully we can take atleast one Sika this week. Anything more then that would be icing on the cake, small goal I know, but these little buggers can be tough to bowhunt. I expect that they'll still be rutting some, and if not we'll hunt them at they're food source or in they're travel corridors.
Til tomorrow, Bill V
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the group split gene and Roman went to another zone. not sure yet how they're doing.
Teeton and I have spent all day setting up 3 stands and we scouted quite a big area of the zone. I'm wiped out all ready. it's pretty dang tough walking through this carp
it's 2:30 and were finally sitting in our stands hunting. Teeton
is about 120 yards behind my left shoulder on the edge of the swamp. I'm on the right side of this small patch of woods I call the wallow woods.
I can see a 1/2 Mile or more in about a 180degree of direction
the fragmite is tall and veryy deep and thick. I don't know if we'll get out to the marsh in this spot or not
more later
they were whistling this morning from about 730 til 930.
we're about 2 miles in and it's so incredibly quiet back here
hope to see something soon
gene and Roman heard about 12 whistles and zero sightings also
well get back on it tomorrow
taking the camera in with me tomorrow. I'll get some good photos
I'll be hunting a known crossing area that has 6 to 8 fresh wallows
more tomorrow
Bill v
was very busy. I don't know that Stekewood guy found out but yes!! :))
Stag down!
it took until 12:50 when I got him in the truck. what a job to get him out
I will detail todays notes later as there is a lot to do yet
Bill v
I knew you would get one!!
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cell service down here has been bad this year. I'll catch up on yesterday's notes.
right now I'm sitting in the wallow woods facing west. I just had one whistle really close to me. 100 yards or less. I could here him walking out in the frag hope he comes in so I can get a pic of him
teeton is a 1/2 Mike away over in the stag woods
gene and Roman are in another unit
swampy woods. just inside heavy frag
got to the hub/cafeiteria (h/c) as it was getting to be shooting light. Teeton had a 5 min walk to the west for his stand. I had a 25 min walk to the south to mine through heavy swamp
got to my stand about 6:15. good shooting light. felt like I was real late, at 630 I was settled in for a long sit
Mike
the impact sound is loud, a hard hit. he takes off on a 900 mile an hour straight run into the 8 feet high frag. I listen and the noise stops for 3 seconds and starts again and then it sounds like he might of crashed
Bill v
as you can see I was lucky. he never made a sound, if I didn't get up to range he may have passed by without me even knowing it
the shot was a little high. hit the top of both lungs and took out part of the backbone. they are tough cookies
that thing ran like a bullet train through 10 foot high frag
gene and Roman are getting closer by the sounds of thier reports
Roman is hooked and already making plans to come back. it is addicting.
Wed. teeton went to the stag woods to sit my stand. nothing seen. I sat the wallow woods in the morning and saw nothing too
that afternoon I went out into the marsh. which is were I am now. (thur)
here's a pic of the view I have. can see a mile or more in many directions
I sat until 11 am today. saw 3 hinds. 200 yards
the other 3 saw nothing
I put teeton in that swamp stand and I'm sitting the wallow woods
well see how this goes. I'd really like to see teeton get a shot
gene saw a hind and nearly got a shot off
Roman had deer very close in the drag but it did not exit the drag
Teeton heard lots of whistles from the marsh stand but had no sightings
then there's me. if I had a crystal ball Teeton would have been in the stand I sat
I had a beautiful 4 point standing 20 yards for 5 minutes broadside. I'll post a picture
Friday morning. windy and overcast. no sightings and not much whistling. Teeton is in the stag woods stand. gene is in the marsh stand and I'm in the wallow wooits pretty windy. doesn't feel like a good day to sit
Pat
tomorrow morning Is the last hunt.
Roman had to leave today, the young man took the cooking duties and did a great job, I think he even suprised himself
thanks for cooking Roman
looks like rain tomorrow and a little cooler, maybe that will shake things up
we only have 2 stands up now. I'm going to hunt from the ground in a spot we used to call the popcorn machine
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