Shamanic Gum Pt II
From the 24hourcampfire.com Shamanic Gum PT II “Funny,” said the fellow, with the goat. “I’ve never seen a goat spit anything out.” “Is there a problem?” asked the shaman. As he turned to see what was going on, several wads of gum came out of campers mouths and flew into the fire. “Problem?” said the fellow. “No, not a problem. I just think it’s funny that my goat just spit up his gum.” “He doesn’t hunt deer, does he?” asked the shaman. “No,” said the fellow. “He just comes along for the company.” “But you like the gum.” said the … More . . .
Angus’ First Blood
Angus is my #3 son. He had his first Yute season this weekend. Name: Angus Age:10 Season: Kentucky Youth-Only Firearms Season, 2008 AKA Yute Season Rifle: Marlin 336 in 30-30 WIN w. Simmons 3-9X30 scope on Weaver Swivel Mounts See (Ode to a 30-30) Load: Custom loaded Winchester PP 150 GR RN over Hodgdon H4895 Camo: HMD-Xtra (HandmeDown Mixed Bag) Treestand: Hunters View 15′ Buddy Stand, first erected 2004. Weather: Unseasonably warm L61-H85F Winds East gusting to 15 We started our afternoon hunt around 3:30 PM at Garbage Pit. It sounds like an ugly place, but it really looks like … More . . .
Getting the Yute Ready for Yute Season
If all goes well, Lil Angus will have a deer by the end of this weekend. Angus is my #3 son. He’s enjoying his first Kentucky Youth Season. He’s been watching me since he was 4. Now it’s his turn. It’s been a long road. His older brother, Moose just finished up his last year as a Yute in 2007. Moose will be off on his own when he starts Muzzleloader Season next weekend. In the beginning, I purchased a Wigwam pop-up blind for us to sit in together. Angus still wasn’t cool with climbing stands. It worked wonderfully. We … More . . .
Fall Beckons
I gave up on bow hunting this year due to a bum shoulder, and that has meant a lot of free time. That’s okay, we had a 4-day family squirrel hunting trip, and a bunch of time to scout. Moose, #2 son, is hunting as an adult for the first time this year. That means he can be separated from Dad for the first time. The result has been a lot more activity in our woods, and a lot more time afield. It has also meant a lot more contact with the turkeys. A morning does not go by … More . . .
Adoring fan responds to UV-Killer
I’d mentioned my exchange with Dan at Atsko re: the UV-Killer thing on a few of the forums where I correspond. Grogel Deluxe on the 24HourCampfire had this to say: Shaman, I believe UV killers have been used by sucsesful deer hunters since the 20s. Im not the kind to call a man out without proof. So I present you with this. And you can tell Dan I like snow seal for my choppers. –Grogel Deluxe. So do I Grogel! I’m a faithful SnowSeal user since 1976. Views: 2 Related posts: UV Killer Redux UV Killer Tests — Elephant Repellent … More . . .
What has been My best Improvement ?
Your best improvement??? – 9/23/2008 8:41:52 AM No New Messages Goose Super Member From Deer & Deer Hunting Forum Goose — 9/23/2008 8:45:08 AM What would you say is the ONE thing that helped you the most in improving your sightings or harvests? i.e. Stand locations,scent control,using scents,rattling,grunting, different route to stands, understanding travel routes ect………(other than finding better land) My #1 improvement? That’s easy. This is going to sound stupid, but it’s true. My #1 improvement was finding a piece of property to hunt that actually had deer on it. I frittered years of hunting on land that had … More . . .
Of Treestands and Red Tape — Did my stands survive Ike?
After the remnants of Hurricane Ike hit the Ohio Valley over last weekend, I was worried about how badly the farm had gotten hit. I was stuck all week on the north side of Cincinnati with the lights out and roads blocked from fallen trees and power lines. This weekend came, and I had to go down to deer camp and see what was up. My neighbor had called me earlier in the week and told me that Bracken County, KY had been only grazed. They had not lost power at all. I was optimistic. The big question remained: What … More . . .
Harvesting Doe
When I first got on my land in 2001, I saw one important fact. I needed to reduce the amount of hunting that was going on. I chased everyone out and posted the property, and started seeing results almost immediately. It takes a population of undisturbed does to make a herd. Does make does. Does make bucks. More does make more bucks, and it keeps going like that until you hit the carrying capacity of the land. You can kill off all the bucks and the whole thing rights itself if a few seasons. It’s now the start of my … More . . .
What is baiting all about?
The way baiting was defined by my state back when I was starting out was food left to attract game. Salt and minerals were not bait. A food plot was not bait. Nor were scents. A pile of corn was bait. It was illegal A salt block was not. Planting a few rows of corn and letting it grow was a good thing and encouraged. Putting apple scent on your hat was legal. Slathering peanut butter on a stump was not legal, but I do not remember anyone getting prosecuted. None of this really matters a whit in my way … More . . .
The Magic Watch
I have a Casio hunting watch, that supposedly tells me the optimum times for hunting. I have used it for 3 years now. It’s calculations of sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset are within 5 minutes of my observations and my GPS. On that basis alone I find it a handy device. Last year, I had Mooseboy up in the stand with me, and things were going slowly. I fumbled around with the watch and found out we were due for a minor hunting maximum in an hour or so. It came down to the last minute, and we counted … More . . .
The shamanic QDM Policy in Review
So I am drinking my coffee this morning and the big guy is looking down from the fireplace at me in my chair. I started patting myself on the back all over again. I still haven’t gotten around to measuring him, but the taxi figured he’d go 165 or thereabouts. In the half-light of the Weather Channel, he looked just as mean as ever. Then I got a nasty thought: “Now what?” Ooops. Hadn’t thought of that, had you shaman? I remember Norman Mailer positing in American Dream that the only good orgasm was one that was massively better than … More . . .
ANNOUNCEMENT: The shaman Joins the Stump Sitters
From: Dan Schmidt [dan.schmidt@fwpubs.com] Editor-in-Chief Deer & Deer Hunting Magazine Dear William, Congratulations! You have been selected to be an inaugural member of Deer & Deer Hunting Internet Pro Staff. Your selection was based on your loyalty as a Deer & Deer Hunting reader, your experience as a hunter, and, of course, the commitment you have shown to the D&DH Web community. The purpose of this Pro Staff is to highlight our most loyal and serious customers. We will expand the staff in the months to come, but we want to limit its membership to only a handful of participants … More . . .
How Do You Protect Your Stand From Theft?
I used to use log chain and a 1/2″ lock to lock up my climbing stand. It was noisy as all get-out, but it would have been easier to saw the stand as cut the chain. Nobody ever stole my stand– they went to the next guy. The fact of the matter is, if you are in a safe area, nothing is going to happen to it. If it isn’t, the perps have all the time in the world to figure out a way to steal it. I go for relatively cheap ladder stands now. Nobody steals them, because they’re … More . . .
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