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    • Sam86
        August 16, 2011 at 2:16 am
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        #6698

        well i moved to Kansas last year and have had no luck finding a good place to hunt so i tried my luck last year on public grounds and had no luck at all (way to over hunted).. been trying to “out scout” everyone this year on public land and it hasnt been looking promising..

        At work to day i was talking to a co worker and said jokingly “well i’m going to hunt the field behind the gas station off of rock rd this year” and he said, “you want to?” at first i didnt really get it and then he went on to tell me he owns it (see how much i pay attention lol)..

        he goes on to tell me that he has about 10 deer that come within 300 yards of his house everyday and one of them is a “wall hanger” and that i can hunt all i want and the only thing he wants in return is deer (he wants to take it to the butcher all i have to do is shoot it, tag it, and gut it… doe tags are $17.00 i can do that)

        so needless to say i am happy as a tornado in a trailer park and my wife is sick of hearing me talk about it lol oh and another great thing is it’s no joke 3 miles from my house!!! oh yeah…

      • bruc
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          August 16, 2011 at 2:47 am
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          #53871

          Sounds like a good hunting spot !!
          Really liked that “tornado in a trailer park” expression 😆
          Bruce

        • Sam86
            August 16, 2011 at 3:03 am
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            #53883

            lol thanks Bruce.

          • wildschwein
              August 16, 2011 at 4:08 am
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              #53938

              Congrats on the new hunting loco. I hear Kansas is a Deer hunters paradise.

            • Sam86
                August 16, 2011 at 4:11 am
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                #53941

                yeah it is, if you stay off public land

              • FUBAR
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                  August 16, 2011 at 11:43 am
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                  #54301

                  Sweet! Got to love a set up like that

                • WICanner
                    August 16, 2011 at 10:47 pm
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                    #54822

                    Wow – you got to love that. Fell into your lap. Celebrate, but appreciate! 🙂

                  • Sam86
                      August 17, 2011 at 3:33 am
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                      #55028

                      so i went to check out the land today.. found a mini deer highway (trail) and started to follow it and found a good spot to set up a blind. i lood up and noticed that 70 yards infront of my there is a yearling doe looking straight at me, so i stopped and she took off but i stay were i was and found a good spot to put out some food (sets me up for a 15 yard shot) and notice about 150 yards to my left a big doe is looking at me lol i got high hope so far, 45 minute of the property and i seen 2 deer pretty close to where i thought would be a good spot for a stand… what do you guys suggest for food, corn? any one try peanut butter?

                    • bruc
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                        August 17, 2011 at 11:21 am
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                        #55413

                        Might be good just the way it is.

                        Bruce

                      • Lowcountry
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                          August 17, 2011 at 11:38 am
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                          #55428

                          Sam86 wrote: so i went to check out the land today.. found a mini deer highway (trail) and started to follow it and found a good spot to set up a blind. i lood up and noticed that 70 yards infront of my there is a yearling doe looking straight at me, so i stopped and she took off but i stay were i was and found a good spot to put out some food (sets me up for a 15 yard shot) and notice about 150 yards to my left a big doe is looking at me lol i got high hope so far, 45 minute of the property and i seen 2 deer pretty close to where i thought would be a good spot for a stand… what do you guys suggest for food, corn? any one try peanut butter?

                          If deer are already heavily using the trail, I wouldn’t put out any food. Just set up your blind downwind, slip in early, and wait.

                        • FUBAR
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                            August 17, 2011 at 12:10 pm
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                            #55452

                            What they said. Around here, the bearslove peanut butter:D

                          • lcarrow
                              August 18, 2011 at 12:12 am
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                              #56006

                              are you allowed to bait in Kansas?

                            • Sam86
                                August 19, 2011 at 2:30 am
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                                #57183

                                ok well i will give it some thought maybe i wont bait.. yes in Kansas it is legal to bait… i can not wait for the season to start i am pumped, cant get it off my mind lol

                              • David Petersen
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                                  August 19, 2011 at 3:36 pm
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                                  #57750

                                  Sam — While baiting may make things more convenient and certain, and in some places where it’s legal “everybody does it,” an animal killed over bait is exactly that and no more. Far more satisfying is to keep it all natural and test yourself. That way, when you succeed, you feel so much better about your accomplishments as a true hunter and about yourself. And as others have said, it appears you don’t need any artificial help with this honey hole. Enjoy! Dave

                                • Troy Breeding
                                    August 19, 2011 at 5:22 pm
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                                    #57824

                                    Finding land to hunt on isn’t easy. I’ve been in OH for just over a year with no results.

                                    All I can say is “you lucky dog”.

                                    Troy

                                  • Sam86
                                      August 20, 2011 at 3:53 am
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                                      #58287

                                      Dave, i understand what you are saying and i actually have never hunted with bait before, i have never shot a deer with a bow of any kind before either but i have a few dozen deer in my life and a few with a flintlock so i know what you mean about self accomplishment… i don’t know i think that I’m just getting itchy since i have not got a deer since 2006 but i totally understand what you mean…

                                    • David Petersen
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                                        August 20, 2011 at 2:57 pm
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                                        #58830

                                        Sam — perseverance furthers. You WILL kill a deer with your stickbow soon, clean and fast and fair. Took me four years of hard trying to get my first one, a whitetail doe. All these years later I’ll never forget the ancient, instinctive, ineffably great feeling in my heart and guts when she ran out of sight then I heard a commotion in the dry hardwood leaves, then silence. It’s good good good! Dave

                                      • Patrick
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                                          August 20, 2011 at 8:00 pm
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                                          #59065

                                          David Petersen wrote: Sam — perseverance furthers. You WILL kill a deer with your stickbow soon, clean and fast and fair. Took me four years of hard trying to get my first one, a whitetail doe. All these years later I’ll never forget the ancient, instinctive, ineffably great feeling in my heart and guts when she ran out of sight then I heard a commotion in the dry hardwood leaves, then silence. It’s good good good! Dave

                                          Amen to all above, Dave!

                                        • lcarrow
                                            August 21, 2011 at 10:07 pm
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                                            #60326

                                            Dave hit it right on the head,it took me awhile also and I have never forgotten it,on the deers terms and not my own.(SWEET)

                                          • Sam86
                                              August 23, 2011 at 3:00 am
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                                              #61772

                                              :Dok well heres the deal, last week i put out some corn and a salt lick, yesterday i went back out to check it all and not much had happend but thats ok i know they are there, so i sat in my blind for a minute and started to think about it and ya’ll are right, i have never needed to bait before so why start now. so i picked up as much of the corn as i could (i had a back pack with me) and picked up the salt lick, i’m 5 yards off the trail in a popular area, what do i need bait for??? thanks for talking some sence into me…. oh on another note my dad came over to the house 2 days ago to shoot with me (compounder) and he always talks smack about my “stick” and to his defense the last time he seen me shoot was over a year ago (when i first started and i was doing “good” to hit a paper plate at 10 yards) man i felt good to smoke him all day long, to be honest i was on fire, stacking arrows left and right and i’m sure he wasnt shooting his best but i will take it lol and yes i played it off like was shooting my “norm”

                                            • bruc
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                                                August 23, 2011 at 5:18 pm
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                                                #62427

                                                You’re a good man Sam86 !!

                                                The Hunting Gods will reward you !!

                                              • Sam86
                                                  August 24, 2011 at 12:53 am
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                                                  #62777

                                                  oh ok lol well i hope they do

                                                • jfuller3
                                                    September 2, 2011 at 7:15 pm
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                                                    #17234

                                                    What part of Kansas are you in?

                                                  • Sam86
                                                      September 2, 2011 at 8:18 pm
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                                                      #17281

                                                      i live just south Wichita, KS

                                                    • jfuller3
                                                        September 3, 2011 at 5:11 pm
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                                                        #18250

                                                        i have family there, i hunt around the Independence area a lot.

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