Deer on the farm.
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:38 pm
Not really seeing any big bucks on the farm yet. But I feel the year round feed plots are working. The deer look to be carrying a lot more weight than they have in years past. And healthier deer should become bigger deer.
My cousin Gary and I went to the farm last week. Didn't do much just checking on things and snowmobiling after we got his sleds back from the shop.
Went on a 1.6 mile or more walk to pick up my deer cams. Ya ever use a snowball for toilet paper? Its a chilling experience let me tell you! Made it back to just about 300 yards of the gate and just had to go. All pine trees around no birch bark or anything. Its hard to peel off all those cloths enough to go and stand leaning back with a hand against a tree. The first two snowballs weren't real bad but three and four were. But I think it did better than toilet paper. But its really taking conservation of natural resources too far!
A yearling spike by the trailer.
A bigger spike
A nice four point at my Dad's old hunting spot.
Cought someone out shining.
And another nice spike.
My brother Tommy got his first buck last year at Dad's spot. Now I need to get caught up and get my first buck.
I didn't get time to build a hunting cabin last year. So I just through a floor in a log shack I built 30+ years ago when I was in high school. And found it was too high. If I had seen a buck I would have had to shoot way down and through the top of their backs. But it was nice to sit out relax and watch the does.
And I ate way too much out there cooking on the 1940's military tent stove.
Billy
My cousin Gary and I went to the farm last week. Didn't do much just checking on things and snowmobiling after we got his sleds back from the shop.
Went on a 1.6 mile or more walk to pick up my deer cams. Ya ever use a snowball for toilet paper? Its a chilling experience let me tell you! Made it back to just about 300 yards of the gate and just had to go. All pine trees around no birch bark or anything. Its hard to peel off all those cloths enough to go and stand leaning back with a hand against a tree. The first two snowballs weren't real bad but three and four were. But I think it did better than toilet paper. But its really taking conservation of natural resources too far!
A yearling spike by the trailer.
A bigger spike
A nice four point at my Dad's old hunting spot.
Cought someone out shining.
And another nice spike.
My brother Tommy got his first buck last year at Dad's spot. Now I need to get caught up and get my first buck.
I didn't get time to build a hunting cabin last year. So I just through a floor in a log shack I built 30+ years ago when I was in high school. And found it was too high. If I had seen a buck I would have had to shoot way down and through the top of their backs. But it was nice to sit out relax and watch the does.
And I ate way too much out there cooking on the 1940's military tent stove.
Billy