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Hunters moon
Allyn T:
I wish I could hunt around weather but with a little one and a job that doesn't have a set quitting time I just go when I can.
BowEd:
Yes I can understand that fully for the working man with a family at home.I'm retired here so I wait for opportunities.Regardless yet though the deer will educate a person trying.We all have our goals in life hopefully to accomplish.
I just went out today against my instincts on a windy day and sure enough a doe smelled me way down wind from a block away.It does not bode well for me in the future for that area now for a while.Rather chilly with another cold front coming through which might change things again.Had one doe within 8 yards of me before that but almost straight at me and quartered slightly.I refused to take the shot from above.Anything broadside or quartered away is a go.
Allyn T:
Man today in Missouri would be a great day to hunt. Nice cold front came in last night. It's all blustery and cold
Patches:
In Western MO the deer were moving like crazy this morning. I had about a 1.5 hour drive to my work site and seen deer the entire trip.
I am hunting tomorrow. Hopefully some are still moving.
Neal
BowEd:
Deer are moving well here too and are beginning to get hit on the road more often from all the extra movement.After first frost many dead coon along the roads.It's their sign to fatten up for the winter.
The thing I've got to watch here is over hunting on a smaller area.It'll spook them out.Slipping in and out undetected etc.I've gotta keep my does here.The bucks are showing up regularly.It's a hot time.
Wind direction at stand ultra important.If you ever watch smoke come out of a burn barrel when the wind is high it's no wonder deer smell people.It'll come out of there in a swirl dipping and diving changing course at least 45 degrees.Their nose is as good as any of my hounds were and I've had some good ones.Winding coon from well over a couple of hundred yards away.
The wind will die down.Just gotta be patient.
It's gonna be time for the long johns soon to get put on too as it's cooling off a bit more yet.
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