Live from the Stand 2022
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dogghr
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No shots taken. Just wasn’t feeling it. Wanted to mainly see how/if logging affected movement. Dozen deer around and under my stand including 2 bucks one nice 8. But it’s only doe w rifle these couple days. Probably should’ve brought the bow. Nothing moved until 9:30.
Fun to watch your scent control work even if I do use very little consideration of such.
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Fun to watch your scent control work even if I do use very little consideration of such.
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pinetag
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So dogghr, what were your findings on the logging and movement? I've heard that it doesn't affect them much and I might be getting logging done here shortly so kinda curious what to expect.
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weekender21
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Live in coastal VA
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weekender21
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One doe out of range and a bunch of turkeys. I was really hoping the rain would end before prime time but it drizzled until after dark.
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weekender21
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Hunted a ground blind with the man cub last night. We saw 6, nothing we wanted to shoot in range.
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dogghr
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It’s been a pleasant surprise. I didn’t want it this way but it’s been imputing find a logger for 100 ac last 5 years. They want 500-1000 ac before they talked to you.
Got lucky and got to know this logger. He came in from another job and has been awesome. Very minimal roads. Clean skidding. He agrees with the trees I want cut and the mature ones I want left. Love it.
As for deer I’ve been in mainly watch mode seeing how they react.
They move more mid day. They are relaxed. I think they adjust to having people around. I’ve passed several bucks so far just to observe and except for one big 10 I doubt I’ll shoot his year. And he probably gets a pass. And I have new neighbors that are on the same page as me w bucks.
And WO is thru the roof on price but RO is way down. But I’ll prob see 6 figures in my pocket by the time we done w a selective cut. I should start a thread I suppose.
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pinetag
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Deadeye
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I was in the Logging Timer Business for several years as a young man.
I can tell you there were many times In would be running that LOUD Skidder in and out for logs and the Deer would just stand there and watch me go past.
Never Had it happen to me, but my Dad told of times when the Feed and Browse was slim pickings, that he had Deer stand there waiting for him to drop a tree and would be eating on the Tops before he finished cutting the logs out of it.
I can tell you there were many times In would be running that LOUD Skidder in and out for logs and the Deer would just stand there and watch me go past.
Never Had it happen to me, but my Dad told of times when the Feed and Browse was slim pickings, that he had Deer stand there waiting for him to drop a tree and would be eating on the Tops before he finished cutting the logs out of it.
Drycreek
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I was building a drill site once just a few days before deer season opened and had permission from the landowner to cut some firewood from the trees we cleared. My operator was running a D7 dozer and I was running a chainsaw. The operator walked the dozer over close enough that I could hear it, so naturally I stopped to see what he needed. He killed the tractor and pointed to the other end of the site which was around 300 feet away, and there was a pretty nice buck and a doe eating leaves off of some of the trees he had cleared. They didn’t seem bothered at all by our activities.
pinetag
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Went ahead and created an official logging thread.
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/to...hare_fid=1470359&share_type=t&link_source=app
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weekender21
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First sit of the year on our property.
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Drycreek
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First sit of the year on our property.
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You have a lot of up and down there 21. That would be tough for this old man to negotiate !
Deadeye
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Beautiful!!!
First sit of the year on our property.
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weekender21
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It’s roughly 800’ elevation gain from the truck to that spot. I don’t hunt that ridge often but the view sure is nice!
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First sit of the year on our property.
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What an amazing view
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Drycreek
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Even though it is a beautiful view, I probably couldn’t see it if I could even get that far !
Altitude has never been my strong suit…….
