Its still 90 degrees and humid,(although better than years past)
and the season is almost upon us... However, I am in a funk this year... I don't feel as anxious as in years past...
Haven't done any scouting, haven't moved or even checked on my stands... Trail cam is still dusty and on the shelf... But I have shot the bow a little... fletched up a few shafts (hunting arrows...) Tested them and then sharpened the broadheads... flying well... Forms good and am hitting em where I'm looking... All set!
But for some reason.. I am not too excited... Will probably go out a few tiimes in the early season... but mostly awaiting the cool weather in November... I am a lil scared as I usually am chomping at the bit... :smileystooges: Is it just me? Or does the season begin too early? Chiggers, ticks, and skeeters...
I think you guys with the long seasons are a bit spoiled. We get three weeks of straight archery season here, shorter season adds to the urgency.
Yes I'm jealous. :p
I'm in the same boat as you. I recently moved to Adel, Ga for my job. When i did i lost my lease in my hometown. I haven't found anywhere to hunt down here besdies a wma in valdosta that i haven't been to yetand is only open on weekends. I will probably just hunt behind my parents house when i'm in their town to visit. All my equipment is ready just not too many places to go.
No sympathy from me. I am pumped! Looking forward to it more this year than in times past.
Lease looks good. Lots of wild grapes everywhere!
Food plots are all in and doing well, thanks to our planting being timed with Hurricane/T.S. Fae.
Stands are in place and ready.
Now, if I could only hit what I'm aiming at, I'd be OK. :goldtooth:
Forecast is for heavy rain this weekend :-(
Make good shots!
Ours in NC opens Saturday AM . Hot, humid, and 30-40 % chance of rain, and lost most of my better places - but I will flat throw myself (and my Thermacell) amongst them early Sat. morning (and hope they show up too - LOL).
I don't think I will get to hunt as often this year as in past years but it won't be for lack of wanting too. The mind is chomping at the bit but the body gets tired quicker, and takes longer to recuperate.
Better git-r-done, boys!
A little cool spell will get you going.:)I don't like hunting in cold weather so Sept-October is my time. :) Permone deals with the bugs.Thermocell keeps the skeets back.Mornings are usually good for 2 or 3 hours of comfortable hunting.Shorts and teeshirts can make 2 hours in the late afternoon bearable even on the 90 degree days.When it is hot I have less hunters to contend with on the public land I hunt. :)
Saturday our forcast is 91 with a high pollen alert.Just right for starting the season out on public land. :clapper:
our season does not open till oct 1st, so it should cool off by then, only thing I hate about hot weather is SNAKES
I never had a problem with "short" bow seasons as posted above since I bowhunt through the entire deer season. My best bow hunting opportunities is first three weekends of gun season here in MS. I never really liked the early opener in Ga when I lived there..Now I'm back in Ms and miss the early the Ga opener! I'm especially jealous of Marty opening up in early sept. in south fl.......but heck I get to dove hunt longer now and work my lab.
Yep Sat morning here in NC - gonna be hot and muggy. Going anyway and gonna sit through the morning at my first stand, come down lunch - and head back in to my evening spot. CANNOT WAIT.
did not scout much though - but just because I know my place and knew where deer would be - slipped in to hang stands and the sign was there so we are good.
J
Joey, hunting here Sat morning then headed to the Barred Feather with Matt, Ray Hammond and Pathfinder for Sat night and Sun morning.
wish you were here............
The season opened Aug 15th here in the Lowcountry of SC. I almost went on Labor Day, but the forecast was for heavy rain, so, I didn't go. I prefer to wait for cooler daytime temps and would actually like to see one or two heavy frosts before I go. It kills the chiggers!!!! :mad: :clapper: :biglaugh:
Bill
When I lived in Bluffton SC I was in the woods on opening morning(Aug. 15)...then not again til it got cooler(relatively speaking).
This year, because of the cost of fuel, fertilizer and time we didn't get to our club in Oglethorpe Co. GA two weeks before the season for placing stands, cleaning up food plots and and planting. We will miss opening weekend too because of lots of different reasons but all members will be there the following weekend. Except for withdrawals I won't miss the 90+ deg temps or the full moon. Maybe by the following weekend the temps will drop a bit and we will have a nice waning moon to enjoy. Pat
Dang guys, we hog hunt all summer walking around in the swamps and NOW it is time to set in a deer stand and it is to HOT? I'll be there and looking forward to a little tree time.
Man oh man! I can't wait. I have been dreamin' and schemin' all month! Damn the mosquitos, full speed ahead!
Skeeters are thick down here purty much year round as well as snakes and redbugs.Thermacel,deet around the boot tops and snake boots and deer season is a joyful for me.Jeff I`ll be coming up your way to Rum Creek in a couple of weeks you should swing by.RC
Give me a call RC and I'll see where I'm at. Off this weekend then work the 20th and then headed to Unicoi for a four day weekend. Then Cohutta for four days and then Illinois for four days. I'll be free the last week of October then it will be back to Illinois for a couple weeks. I can make it over in the evenings for supper though!!!! And I may even pick up your infamous teacher, hero and guide Biggie and bring him too!!!
Absolutley! Lemmie know when!
I look forward to seeing you fellas. Bad thing about working weekends I don`t get to go to shoots and gatherings and see you fellas.... BUT I get to hunt prime public land almost by myself during the week.RC
I don't care about the heat.. Its bowseason that I've waited for 9 months. Granted getting hot is not fun but "I can't kill a deer in the house" is what I tell myself.
John III
I don't mind the getting hot part of it but the deer do. Besides a bunch of sweaty guys smelling up the woods, the deer weren't moving until after dark. Opening weekend last year was so hot we opted to cut a 4 day weekend short because of the heat and humidity. After 4 sits with 6 to 8 hunters and very few sightings....its time to go home early and save a few "home credits" for a later hunt.
Pat
I don't know what's different this year but I have pictures of deer at all hours of the day. My two best bucks are up and moving between 2pm and 4pm. The worst part is getting them cooled down and out of the woods quickly.
Where you fellas hunt redneck you may not be able to do it but where I hunt I carry a backpack and plastic bags and he gets dressed right there.Boned out everything. When I get to the truck the meat goes in the cooler and when I get home I soak it for two days then cube it or grind it or whatever.No more dragging critters for me if I can help it.RC
Here in Oklahoma we can only field dress before we go to the check station. After we get a deer checked in we can get it off to the processor or to the house.
The last two weeks have been unseasonably cool and WET (I measured 63 degrees at 6:30pm earlier this week). I have also seen deer out and moving at all times of the day. I think it is because they get tired of laying in the mud.
The woods are so overgrown this year, I may have to change my hunting tactics. The last big ice storm knocked the tops out of all the trees letting in more light. With all the rain this year the understory has had a growth explosion. Thats OK, all those little trees (paw paws, dogwoods, spicebush and redbuds) are good deer food, and the stress on the bigger trees makes them produce more hickory nuts, pecans, acorns and perssimions.
OkKeith
I hear you RC. Where I do most of my hunting the deer are on ice within 45 minutes of me laying my hands on them. keith here in Ga. we don't have to check deer in but if we did then that might pose a problem with our heat and humidity during bowseason and the season for the rest of them till late Oct or early Nov. Sounds like yall have had plenty of rain that we haven't had.
Bow...check. Arrows....check. Broadheads sharp...check (ask the gash I put on my thumb today). Stand for opener...check. ThermaCell with extra cartridge....double check. Dreams of one of these "monster" East Jawgia deer coming in the morning...priceless!
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Gonna be tough to sleep tonight....Chase will be up every hour asking "Is it time yet??!!??" ;)
Really looking forward to this season. Ya'll be careful out there, wear your harness.
Jeff
I NEVER thought I would ever say it, but we may have got too much rain. Our Bow season starts the first part of Oct. and runs to the middle of Jan. It can be anywhere from frying hot, to freezing cold (sometimes all in the same day).
Beats watching TV though!
OkKeith
Had a good morning having a 6pt and a spike within 7yds but passed. I didn't go back this evening as the mail delieviered my new MOAB. I spent this evening getting it dialed in. I'll try to christen it in the morning.
Went this evening... IT WAS TOO HOT!!!! thermacell worked like a charm...but sweated my toukas off...And I was wearing a leafy mesh suit over shorts and a T-shirt!
Only seen were and a dilla that got a pass as I didn't have an old arra with me... Its in the quiver now though...
Jeff congrats on the new bow... Wiser use of time IMHO
Killed a doe Saturday morning. Went to Matt Schusters and hung a stand for evening hunt. over 90 degrees and humid as it could get without being actual rain. Got it up and was gonna trim some branches for the walk in when I nearly stepped on a nice rattlesnake righth where we'd been standing for 15 minutes. Don't know how we didn't step on him Matt decided it was pretty enough to go home with him. 16 rattles and a really pretty light brown color.
Congrats Biggie on the doe.
Congrats Biggie!
Congrats! I am going to try and get out Monday morning before work.
Congrats Big Man!
Deer sigthings were slim leaning towards none where I was hanging. I did spot one doe on the way out of the woods this morning. Got into some hogs last night and should have some pork to post, but I got greedy and hung on for the 100 pound sow and passed on the 25 pounders at my feet. Plan to take my Danny Beckwith Hatchet Bow out to that spot next Saturday and I won't be so picky then.
Tough moon phases this past weekend. Major feed times were mid-day. Too hot for me by then.
NEXT weekend should be more sightings.
Gregg , 25 pounders eat good.
Big redneck, looks like Matt would have hung a stand for a guest.I`ve heard he invites folks just so they will hang stands for him...RC
Yeah, Robert, I know! Shoulda coulda woulda...