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in reply to: Southwest DIY Javelina Hunts? #28690
Smithhammer wrote: [quote=Etter1]We gonna put in for tags soon Smithy?
I’ve been so busy preparing for the bear hunt that I’ve let this fall by the wayside. Don’t want to miss the deadline as I’ll start being out of town A LOT in the next few months!
Hey bud – sorry, somehow I missed this post (my thread notifications seem to be sporadic these days). But yes, we should commit and put in for tags by mid-Oct.
Area 34A, like 1Shot suggested? Sounds like it’s a good area, with convenient camping, etc.
3rd week of September. Who else is in?
I believe you mean third week of January?
in reply to: Campfire Cooking #25573I’ll certainly see them. Getting into bow range and deciding to kill another one are the only things standing in the way. As it is approaching though…..I’m pretty sure that shooting will occur, assuming that I overcome the first issue.
My blood is up big time. Pigs will also not be granted any sort of pity. I’m just ready to be hunting!
in reply to: North GA Bear 2014 #25558Well, daypack is packed, broad heads sharpened, water bottles filled. Only thing left to do is grocery shop and throw everything in the truck.
It’s gonna be a long five days!!!!
in reply to: North GA Bear 2014 #24124Ive got one meal covered for you guys. Venison backstrap and chicken on the fire.
Im just bringing beer and probably some red. Hopefully Ill get one down this weekend and then I can just be designated scouter/meat packer.
in reply to: Southwest DIY Javelina Hunts? #16401We gonna put in for tags soon Smithy?
I’ve been so busy preparing for the bear hunt that I’ve let this fall by the wayside. Don’t want to miss the deadline as I’ll start being out of town A LOT in the next few months!
in reply to: North GA Bear 2014 #16390Sorry, I haven’t posted in a while about this. I’ve been up two more times. The first time I went in to my low elevation area which is a LOOOONG way from the truck and bumped a sow and two cubs and found the best bear sign I’ve ever seen back there. Tailfeather will be hunting the hottest white oak I’ve ever found in a few weeks.
Yesterday, I went and checked my high elevation ridges where I killed the bear last year. The sign from last year in the red oaks was amazing. I’ve never seen such destruction! Some trees will have a tough time dealing with the hurting put on them.
I did find a few white oaks getting climbed and that’s where I plan to start on opening morning. I would go back into the low elevation area which is much better but I don’t want to try to get a bear out of there alone and I’ll be hunting by myself opening weekend.
The second weekend, I’ll be back in there with tail feather and I think things are going to get western pretty quick! I have four buddies coming up to hunt for three days on the second weekend and I think I’ve gotten a good plan developed for all of them.
Tailfeather hates when I say things like this but: Everyone is going to see bears. Hopefully the arrows will fly true!
All the bears I’ve seen and the tracks and climbing marks tell me that there are a lot of good bears this year. Last year there were TONS of little and illegal bears but aside from cubs, I’m only seeing sign of good bears.
I did come across two deer beds yesterday on a high bench. The first I’ve ever seen up there. We very rarely see deer in the mtns anymore. Too many bears.
Black widow is shooting flawlessly and broadheads are sharp. The waiting is killing me!
Oh yeah, and lots and lots of pigs this year.
in reply to: Empathy for wildlife #12664dfudala wrote: For the past couple years at this time I begin to wonder to myself, just what the animal I may harvest this season is doing right now and what kind of life has it had? I wonder what twists of fate will cause us to cross paths at just the right moment. When that moment comes I hope I honor that animal and its life with a true and humane shot. Its why I practice every chance I get. I never felt like this when I used to hunt with my old crew and the emphasis was on other, petty priorities. I do feel empathy now for all those animals who will be harvested by people who do not respect or revere them as they deserve. As for an animal I may harvest this year, I’m sure I will be eleated as it would be my first traditional harvest but, I hope I also feel a slight sense of remorse. An animal must give its life for me to enjoy the ultimate success of our sport. That is something I hope to never take lightly again. The hunt is what you make it and I hope to make mine memorable whether I am successful or not.
It feels like youve been climbing around in my head. Well put!
NE GA bear hunting. Somewhere on a 36k acre piece of real estate Looks like Ill be camping by my lonesome Which is totally fine!
in reply to: Another Noisy Recurve #62859The hunter is a fantastic bow. Try yarn puffs over cat whiskers. IMO, there arent any better string silencers.
in reply to: Best Natural Cover Scents #58180Wood smoke
in reply to: Come on Feather Joe. Tell us a story #53472Steve Graf wrote: [quote=tailfeather]… I bet you have your share in N.C.!
You bet we do! But luckily enough for me, not too many around us. Never need spray or anything else to fend them off. We have tons of dragon fly’s though, which feed on them (of which I have an amazing, at least to me, story)
I have a thermacell and have used it with great success is buggy places like the tiaga forest, or swampy lowlands, but I have yet to see any critters when I use the thermacell. I keep wondering if it smells bad to the wildlings.
I take it from your experience, no problems with deer, bear, etc spooking?
Ive never seen an issue with deer or bear spooking from a thermacell.
in reply to: Tis the season #52940Sept 13 is our opener here too but Ill be after bears the first few weekends. I cant seem to get into deer mode so much but Im ready to hunt!
in reply to: Noisy Recurve #46173My experience is that yarn puffs are by far the best string silencer you can use.
in reply to: I got this old BOW #38910One of my favorite bows is a mid sixties damon howatt monterey. Shoots great and I never unstring it. Just shoot it several times a week.
in reply to: Crossfit and hunting? #31878Are you challenging me to a trial of strength? Better just go ahead and pick up four six packs of left hand milk stout or any IPA! Ill let you sip on one of them whilst you catch your breath.
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