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Post by willyp on Jan 14, 2018 4:56:02 GMT -5
After chasing the "PA WHITETAIL DEER" around since September 30th of 2017 it is over !!!!!! What to do now ? Go squirrel hunting ? Maybe . Rabbit hunting ? Na. Cant go for Pheasants because i refuse to buy the permit ! Got my Flintlock cleaned so well that the bore shines like the chrome on a 58 Chevy bumper ! I have done the same with all of our rifles ! Maybe buy another Flinter to play with ? Nope ! To cold to go out to do that ? Too cold to go to the range and test loads and bullets for the rifles also ? The only sports i watch on TV is foot ball and it will be over soon ! The Grand children live to far away to go spoil them ! The place i worked for wants me to come back and help them out ! HA HA ! No freaking way ! I have been retired for 5 or more years. I now have learned how to live being broke ! I guess there are things out there to do but if it doesn't interest me i am not going to try them ? One thing i will do. As the snow melts i will go and drive around the areas we hunt and take pictures of the the game trails on the hill sides so as to know where these are in new areas .
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Post by GlennD on Jan 14, 2018 8:18:28 GMT -5
Well, my now what has morphed from January bow hunting to dealing with a flooded condo in Ocean City, Md. :/
Building sprinkler plumbing froze and broke right over my top floor unit. The place is in the process of being gutted. Be lucky to move back in before Memorial Day.
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Post by turkeykiller on Jan 14, 2018 8:22:40 GMT -5
Only 104 more days till spring gobbler
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Post by buzz on Jan 14, 2018 8:31:12 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that Glen. I'm going to start a small landscape project today. It's perfect weather for it....
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Post by Loggy on Jan 14, 2018 8:37:13 GMT -5
May take my 22mag up to camp and poke around looking for a yote and some bushtails. Got a first week of April fishing trip planned plus may hit the ice for some fishing if decent ice returns in my area. All this being worked in while preparing a few tax returns at a local CPA firm. So much to do...so little time!!
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Post by Loggy on Jan 14, 2018 8:39:41 GMT -5
Well, my now what has morphed from January bow hunting to dealing with a flooded condo in Ocean City, Md. :/ Building sprinkler plumbing froze and broke right over my top floor unit. The place is in the process of being gutted. Be lucky to move back in before Memorial Day. Hope they get things cleaned-up for you Glenn. Those abnormal temps caused a lot of problems for sure.
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Post by ridgecommander on Jan 14, 2018 9:20:48 GMT -5
Still got two weeks of flintlock and archery here in Allegheny County. Probably will be only archery hunting though.
Will do some predator hunting in January and Feburary, along with winter deer scouting. March is my time to clear shooting lanes and move stands around if need be.
April begins trout fishing and scouting for spring gobbler. Then will hit it hard for longbeards.
June I am headed up to Ontario for a archery spring bear hunt
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Post by cspot on Jan 14, 2018 9:24:49 GMT -5
We still have a few more weeks in Ohio for archery, but not sure if we will hunt it. Got plenty of work to do at camp this year with finishing the cabin and working on the food plots down there. We will do some predator hunting I am sure along with some scouting for spring turkey and deer. May even get a rabbit hunt or 2 in.
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Post by davet on Jan 14, 2018 9:32:20 GMT -5
Get a furtakers license. Fox, and Coyote (don't need one for Coyote) Raccoon....if you see one.
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Post by droptine on Jan 14, 2018 10:43:13 GMT -5
well if anyone could be interested , Sheshequin Buckskinner winter rendezvous is the 10- 11th of Feb. Club is at Marsh Hill, Pa up Rt 14 from Trout Run ,Pa. right over the hill from you camp Loggy. CONTACT INFO. 570-326-4713 or fmspring@comcast.net just thought I would throw that out there for you muzzy enthusiast.
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Post by bushmaster on Jan 14, 2018 11:26:32 GMT -5
It's officially Coyote season for me! I'll be hunting them hard till early spring.
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Post by timberdoodle on Jan 14, 2018 12:47:22 GMT -5
just finished putting new line on my fly reel. 2018 fishing button arrived last week; that was the fastest I've gotten one. Still waiting for the renewal launch permit. Typical winter chores bringing coal and wood in.. Yesterday plowed the driveway. Still running dogs when the weather suits me and bunny season is on for another month and half. March is gun cleaning time and ofcourse winter chores till its time for summer chores.
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Post by redarrow on Jan 14, 2018 13:25:21 GMT -5
I used to stay busy tying flies, cross-country skiing, built a few fly rods. I need to get back into doing more of that stuff. Lord willing, at this time next year I 'll be retired and looking to stay busy around the place-or go to camp a lot more often
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Post by Loggy on Jan 15, 2018 6:36:57 GMT -5
well if anyone could be interested , Sheshequin Buckskinner winter rendezvous is the 10- 11th of Feb. Club is at Marsh Hill, Pa up Rt 14 from Trout Run ,Pa. right over the hill from you camp Loggy. CONTACT INFO. 570-326-4713 or fmspring@comcast.net just thought I would throw that out there for you muzzy enthusiast. Are the Buckskinner's an offshoot of The Lycoming Sportsmen Club?
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Post by dennyf on Jan 15, 2018 6:47:07 GMT -5
Catching up on my sleep, not counting today. Two more weeks until the Outdoors Show starts.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 7:05:22 GMT -5
Working Ot, getting stuff accomplished that I have been putting off the last couple months when I was hunting.
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Post by droptine on Jan 15, 2018 10:01:14 GMT -5
yep, Loggy it sure is. real good bunch of guys. just looked at their flyer, for the shoot. $20.00 covers the whole weekend.
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Post by Muab Dib on Jan 16, 2018 7:19:23 GMT -5
Now what? For us it's time to begin scouting our little area again. There seems to have been a major shift in deer movement in the area we hunt. Not much, maybe a hundred yards or so, but it was enough to throw us off balance a bit this year until we realized what was going on. We'll be setting cams out and scouting through the rest of the winter, spring, summer and fall...Year 'round deer "hunting" for us in some form or another.
Muab
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Post by Dutch on Jan 16, 2018 8:39:16 GMT -5
I have some projects. Clear out an old logging road of tartarian honeysuckle because we lost an easy access to one part of our lease.
We want to plant a clover plot on a new log landing as a result of timbering.
Lime some existing plots.
Put up some new ladder stands and pull old ones down that have been there too long.
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Post by dennyf on Jan 16, 2018 9:08:47 GMT -5
Too long, because they're falling apart, or because they're in areas that are no longer "productive"?
My first ever ladder stand is only about 12' high, because I didn't use all three extensions when I put it up. The unused piece became the access to the top bunk. Didn't need to be 15', because it's on the edge of the woods and the old pasture falls away from it quite a bit. Still a productive spot, because deer have been scootin' around below it since about 2000 when I put it there.
Did replace the ratchet strap a few years ago. Other than that, still sturdy. Might have to go eventually, because it's on a big ash and they're all dead or dying. 15' stand is also on a big ash in another area. Haven't been up in that one for a spell. Too hard on my ankles/knees, but the BIL likes it and so does one neighbor.
I have killed deer from both stands, can still use the shorter one.
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Post by fleroo on Jan 16, 2018 9:16:49 GMT -5
You meant "manscape", right ? So you look proper in a form-fitting speedo, laying on the gulf shore sand, right ?
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Post by Dutch on Jan 16, 2018 9:31:47 GMT -5
Because they have been out in the weather for many years. And I just flat out have too many, to much maintenance, and risk
When the back of a ladder stand grows into a tree, it needs moved.
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Post by fleroo on Jan 16, 2018 13:24:52 GMT -5
Actually, all of 2B.
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Post by good ole boy on Jan 16, 2018 16:46:26 GMT -5
Because they have been out in the weather for many years. And I just flat out have too many, to much maintenance, and risk When the back of a ladder stand grows into a tree, it needs moved. Last year was the first time I left a stand up cause I plum just forgot about it.They all come down at the end of the season.Why let em rot or get damaged bein left out?
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Post by Dutch on Jan 16, 2018 17:28:24 GMT -5
Because they have been out in the weather for many years. And I just flat out have too many, to much maintenance, and risk When the back of a ladder stand grows into a tree, it needs moved. Last year was the first time I left a stand up cause I plum just forgot about it.They all come down at the end of the season.Why let em rot or get damaged bein left out? Because I don't have time.... I don't have time to take them down, then put them back up, when you have them scattered around 400 acres, 200 miles away
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