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Title: Scouting some new land - got out for bit -
Post by: ron w on September 02, 2020, 01:13:14 PM
Got a new spot to hunt, private land. Been a few times to scope it out. Yesterday I went and found a spot with a few oaks. As I got closer to the spot I hear a blow and two small deer broke from cover. Good sign to me..... lol ! Looking forward to the opener in just over a week .
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Post by: Wudstix on September 02, 2020, 03:24:36 PM
Miss having land to hunt.
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Post by: huntmaster70 on September 02, 2020, 06:59:42 PM
Good luck Ron!
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Post by: slowbowjoe on September 02, 2020, 07:03:50 PM
Hoping you have some real good luck this year Ron!
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Post by: Sam McMichael on September 02, 2020, 07:11:23 PM
Good luck, ron!
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Post by: Wudstix on September 02, 2020, 08:20:28 PM
Maybe run across a black bear, as well.
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Post by: Crittergetter on September 02, 2020, 11:22:21 PM
Good luck!
I always love scouting new land!
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Post by: pdk25 on September 03, 2020, 12:41:09 AM
Congrats on the new place to hunt, and good luck.
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Post by: TIM B on September 03, 2020, 05:28:39 AM
Yeah good luck Ron- moving and establishing new hunting grounds can be tough - sounds like ya are off to a good start
Tim B
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Post by: Bowguy67 on September 03, 2020, 07:53:47 AM
Good luck to ya
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Post by: rastaman on September 03, 2020, 11:12:18 AM
Glad you were able to find some private land. It's almost crunch time!  Good luck to you sir!
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Post by: Wudstix on September 03, 2020, 12:01:40 PM
True blessing, post up your adventures.
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Post by: elkken on September 03, 2020, 02:50:02 PM
Go get, m Ron ... Good Luck :archer2:
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Post by: ron w on September 09, 2020, 08:53:25 AM
Getting close now, Saturday is the opener here in Georgia !! Gear is ready, been shoot well if I focus, just getting out With bow in hand will be good !!  Hope y'all have a great season .....
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Post by: elkken on September 09, 2020, 11:34:31 AM
Be safe, have fun, shoot something !    :coffee: :archer2:
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on September 10, 2020, 11:20:02 AM
Good luck Ron.  Tell us more about the new property.  Is it flat? Any persimmon trees?  Pine plantations? Any competition with other lease guys?  Any agriculture?
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Post by: ron w on September 10, 2020, 12:52:52 PM
Hey Charlie, pretty much just woods, some oaks here and there. Was logged a bit ago and you can tell where it was and wasn't, gradual hills nothing crazy! 135 acres just a few guys hunting it , most on weekends I would think. About 20 minutes from my house.
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Post by: Sam McMichael on September 10, 2020, 02:13:18 PM
Scouting a new patch of woods is always fun. I've walked over my place so many times, I know it about as well as the deer. Oddly, though, every time I go out I seem to find a place with deer sign where I have not seen it before.
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Post by: longbowman on September 10, 2020, 02:58:51 PM
It's funny how spoiled we get.  I have my own farm to hunt 12 mins. from my front door.  Within 15 mins of my house I have literally hundreds of public and private acres to hunt yet feel bummed because the property right behind my house I hunted for 24 yrs. isn't available any more...Then I read stuff on here about people either having to lease land or drive for more than an hour just to hunt and I feel guilty.  Good luck everybody.
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on September 10, 2020, 11:41:16 PM
That sounds good nuff.   You make a ground blind?  Hope you get some action.
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Post by: woodchucker on September 11, 2020, 09:35:45 PM
Sounds like a homerun Ron!!! :bigsmyl:

Shoot straight, Brother!! :archer:
Title: Re: Scouting some new land-got out for bit
Post by: ron w on September 12, 2020, 09:33:58 AM
Well I got out for bit but then got rained out! Boy, 75 and humid at 5:15 am, never hunted in a t shirt before, lol. Still nice to be in the woods at day break. I also sent an arrow to the heavens for my friend Chad Holm, taken to soon, my he RIP !! I carried a bow he made for himself !!
Title: Re: Scouting some new land - got out for bit - opening day
Post by: Sam McMichael on September 12, 2020, 10:36:21 AM
ron, did you see anything? I saw a very nice buck at exactly the spot I wanted him, but he wouldn't turn the right way so I didn't shoot. It started to sprinkle on me, and I got back to the truck just as the rain came. That is good, because this boy does not like to get rained on. You are right, it is good to be back out in the woods. Good luck!
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Post by: ron w on September 12, 2020, 11:33:27 AM
 No Sam, just saw a squirrel at first light. Maybe next time.....
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Post by: ron w on September 22, 2020, 09:15:10 PM
It has cooled off a bit so I went hunting this morning!! 50 degrees and dry, sat for 3 hours, acorns are dropping but no action. A couple of squirrels and a owl was all I saw today. We will keep at it......
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on September 22, 2020, 11:13:37 PM
Tomorrow is the day Ron.  Good luck
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Post by: MnFn on September 22, 2020, 11:41:36 PM
I Hunt ND and Mn both.  But it is  about  1.5  hour either way.
I could hunt within 30 minutes, but no comparison in the quality of hunting.

I got out looking around after work tonight myself. It was good to be in the woods again.

Good luck Ron!
Title: Re: Scouting some new land - got out for bit - opening day
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 03, 2020, 11:27:23 PM
Go get em ron!!!
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Post by: ron w on October 07, 2020, 10:14:24 PM
 Been out a few times, saw 3 deer on the way in and out one evening. Went last evening but no action!!  Hopefully it get better as it gets cooler,  can't get any worse........ :biglaugh: