sat. morn...

[coonskinner]

well i've got a place picked bout a quarter mile back from the gobs...its just off the walk trail...hope this dont mess me up...this is a place the locals hunt...i'll be down on a bench full of rubs,prolly just a lil guy...but you never know,big boys in the deep woods are not nocturnal like farmland deer...i've been fooled a couple times on opening day an was not ready...man its a long walk up in there an in the dark from the road and it'll be scary,figurin bigfoot might jump me anytime...but i'll be there in my climber...:biggrin:

[countyroad]

I'm going to save my best spot for Saturday evening. In the morning i'm going to hunt a part of a funnel with quite a few white oaks around it and just outside a bedding area. My best spot is on the other side of a field and I hate to jump deer getting to it. There's no other way to get in. I'll hunt it come evening time.

[Bird33]

I'm going in with my ghillie suit to hunt the ridgetops on opening morning. They come up out of a field early in the morning and roam the hillsides some. Hoping to catch some looking for acorns before they bed down. In the afternoon I'll probably still hunt some draws in another area and save the field edge stand for the evening. I'm confident I'll get a shot if there isn't anyone else roaming around the woods in my area. Praying for rain too.

I'm just hoping to get a few does early on. I actually hope I don't see any decent bucks opening day since I want to save my buck tag for the rut. The anticipation is almost overwhelming at this point!

[Tufelhundin]

I'll be sitting in #Hunter1's tree...he should have never asked me to check on it......:mischeif:

[Bird33]

Coonskinner,

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one that gets a little jittery walking alone in the woods in the middle of the night or early morning. I'm not exactly sure what I'm worried about, but still get the jitters. Sometimes I turn my light on periodically, just so some idiot doesn't shoot at me in the dark thinking I'm a deer.

The place that always gives me the creeps is this old cemetery a couple of hundred yards off the road that I have to walk through in the dark. As I go through the thick stuff on either side of it every little noise makes me bolt and jump. I was hoping I'd grow out of that some day, but still haven't.

[mullskinner]

I'm going in with my ghillie suit to hunt the ridgetops on opening morning. They come up out of a field early in the morning and roam the hillsides some. Hoping to catch some looking for acorns before they bed down. In the afternoon I'll probably still hunt some draws in another area and save the field edge stand for the evening. I'm confident I'll get a shot if there isn't anyone else roaming around the woods in my area. Praying for rain too.

I'm just hoping to get a few does early on. I actually hope I don't see any decent bucks opening day since I want to save my buck tag for the rut. The anticipation is almost overwhelming at this point!


BIRD33 ,
LET ME KNOW HOW THE GHILLIE SUIT WORKS ...
THANKS,
MULLY ........

[Bird33]

Mully,

I'll be sure to let you know. I'm really excited to use it. Mostly because I made it.

[mullskinner]

Mully,

I'll be sure to let you know. I'm really excited to use it. Mostly because I made it.

THUMBS UP GOES HERE >>>-------> ..............:D

[Tufelhundin]

THUMBS UP GOES HERE http://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gifhttp://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif >>>-------> ..............:D



http://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/images/smilies/highfive.gif

[coonskinner]

Coonskinner,

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one that gets a little jittery walking alone in the woods in the middle of the night or early morning. I'm not exactly sure what I'm worried about, but still get the jitters. Sometimes I turn my light on periodically, just so some idiot doesn't shoot at me in the dark thinking I'm a deer.

The place that always gives me the creeps is this old cemetery a couple of hundred yards off the road that I have to walk through in the dark. As I go through the thick stuff on either side of it every little noise makes me bolt and jump. I was hoping I'd grow out of that some day, but still haven't.

ive already had one fight with bigfoot at night and in the snow...:nono:

[Bird33]

Coonskinner,

So how about you tell us about that fight? Sounds like a good story. I've had one with a cougar I'll tell in here some day. Yours sounds better though.

[Tufelhundin]

ive already had one fight with bigfoot at night and in the snow...:nono:



o goodness...relapse.....take a deep breath Coonie...... http://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/images/smilies/melodramatic.gif

[coonskinner]

it really is bothern me just thinkin bout it right now...:chicken:

[TripleA88]

I just wrote a narrative story for college yesterday about bigfoot

[joelife]

It's nice to see that I'm not the only sissy in the woods Saturday morning. Nothing better than finally getting in that tree. :hide: I use a red led headlamp now, you can see about 15 feet with it and trail tacks shine back at like 50 yards.
With that headlamp I have walked up on rabbits at my feet and they didn't jump guess they really can't see it.

[Q2XL]

got my mornin spot all picked out my evenin one too. come on saturday

[coonskinner]

It's nice to see that I'm not the only sissy in the woods Saturday morning. Nothing better than finally getting in that tree. :hide: I use a red led headlamp now, you can see about 15 feet with it and trail tacks shine back at like 50 yards.
With that headlamp I have walked up on rabbits at my feet and they didn't jump guess they really can't see it.

this is why i say climbers are too slow...man if i got i fixed stand set up with steps already in place,at 25 yds. out i'm runnin and i fly up those steps with bow in hand!!!:its scary out there in the middle of nowhere...biggrin:

[geezer]

this is why i say climbers are too slow...man if i got i fixed stand set up with steps already in place,at 25 yds. out i'm runnin and i fly up those steps with bow in hand!!!:its scary out there in the middle of nowhere...biggrin:

What kina of steps ya got for public land? :whistle: :mischeif:

[Tufelhundin]

this is why i say climbers are too slow...man if i got i fixed stand set up with steps already in place,at 25 yds. out i'm runnin and i fly up those steps with bow in hand!!!:its scary out there in the middle of nowhere...biggrin:


I knew I would smoke you in the Race. I have been rubb'n some of dat Catfish oil on my stand everynight, and setting it in my smokehouse during the day for the past two months. :mischeif:

[geezer]

I knew I would smoke you in the Race. I have been rubb'n some of dat Catfish oil on my stand everynight, and setting it in my smokehouse during the day for the past two months. :mischeif:

Dat sucka should be ripe byz now :D :whistle: :mischeif:

[coonskinner]

What kina of steps ya got for public land? :whistle: :mischeif:

climbin sticks mannnnnn...:biggrin:

[Tufelhundin]

:mischeif: Dat sucka should be ripe byz now :D :whistle: :mischeif:


I even took out the ole file and sharpened the blades...dont worry about camp wood COONIE...I'll climb that 80 footer in about 45 seconds flat and when by the time I come down...you'll have all the kindlin you want......you hear dat Coonie....I wasted a whole summer practicing and training...I even quit drinking my beer!!!!


















Well, I made up that last part.

[geezer]

climbin sticks mannnnnn...:biggrin:

What kinda ya got - i got some of dem rapid-rails but never used them cept ta try them out in the yard - doan getz up a tree much anymores :irked: :mischeif:

[snag]

bigfoot can climb trees.................................

[geezer]

:mischeif:


I even took out the ole file and sharpened the blades...dont worry about camp wood COONIE...I'll climb that 80 footer in about 45 seconds flat and when by the time I come down...you'll have all the kindlin you want......you hear dat Coonie....I wasted a whole summer practicing and training...I even quit drinking my beer!!!!

















Well, I made up that last part.

WELL COONIE NOT BE HEARIN NUFFIN BOUT WHO B DA FASEST TREE CLIMBER CUZ HE B KNOWIN WE B WIPPIN HIS LANKY BUTT :D - WE B UP DA TREE A SITTIN DER A LAFFIN WHILE HE BE A FUMBLIN ROUND WID DEM STICKS - YEEEEEEEEEEEEE HA :whistle: :mischeif:

[Tufelhundin]

Fust...we have to get him away frum dem RODGER GULS...http://www.hikinghq.net/forum/images/smilies4/gob_icon_sweet.gif....its gett'n chilly outside... they be gett'n his tention....:mischeif:

[geezer]

Fust...we have to get him away frum dem RODGER GULS...http://www.hikinghq.net/forum/images/smilies4/gob_icon_sweet.gif....its gett'n chilly outside... they be gett'n his tention....:mischeif:

PROLLY B WANTIN TA SHOW DEM HOW TA PLAY GAMES WID HIS BLACKBERRY :irked: :D :whistle: :mischeif:

[Tufelhundin]

We gone to get him in trouble with Ms. Coonie...she told me she seasoned dat skillet in Cat pish oil so it wouldnt dent when she put it upside his ole head. http://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/icons/fryingpan.gifhttp://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/icons/fryingpan.gifhttp://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/icons/fryingpan.gifhttp://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/icons/fryingpan.gifhttp://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/icons/fryingpan.gif

[mullskinner]

We gone to get him in trouble with Ms. Coonie...she told me she seasoned dat skillet in Cat pish oil so it wouldnt dent when she put it upside his ole head. http://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/icons/fryingpan.gifhttp://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/icons/fryingpan.gifhttp://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/icons/fryingpan.gifhttp://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/icons/fryingpan.gifhttp://www.archery-interchange.com/forum/icons/fryingpan.gif

THATS GOOD STUFF RIGHT THERE ....:bouncy: :bouncy:

[Tufelhundin]

THATS GOOD STUFF RIGHT THERE ....:bouncy: :bouncy:



Well the way its going it will get deleted..so enjoy it now why we can....:nono:

[R. Toker]

I guess we've hijacked this thread into "Who else is scared of the dark?". I mostly hunt in the evenings, so I'm coming out to the truck in the dark. When my feet hit the ground and I unhook my Horton from the pull-up rope I am head down straight to the truck. I figure if I keep looking at my feet I don't have to wonder what that strange thing is that seems to be coming toward me. :yikes: :yikes: Glad to see I'm in good company. Good luck Sat. to all y'all.

[Andy Gehle]

You guys are too funny.
Whatcha afraid of? You're the one with the weapon, right?:D

To topic, I'll be hunting a new spot, same general area, but new spot. I'm able to kayak in and only hike about 40 yards to the tree.
Almost completely scent free.
Great spot. Can't wait.

[New Guy]

I'll go out Saturday evening if the weather is fit...not too hot and not too wet...My woods still has standing corn on one side and they havn't touched any of the fields around here yet. I really think the deer live in the corn fields untill they cut them down...but I'll go anyway just in case there's an odd ball deer out crusing the woods...I only hunt one place that spooks me in the dark...there is an old cemetary in one of the places I hunt down south and it has pines planted up to the front and the back of it...they make it really dark and it looks like a scene from a Stephen King novel or something...However there is a huge ten pointer that lives about 1/4 mile back from it (saw him last year twice, once in November and again in January) and I'll just suck it up and make the trip, dark or not...After all He that is in me is greater than he who is in the world...Anyone ever had a turkey flush from a roost right over your head when they were going in in the dark? That's a treat...Good Hunting...
New Guy

[countyroad]

Anyone ever had a turkey flush from a roost right over your head when they were going in in the dark? That's a treat...Good Hunting...

Oh yeah I have. I was about 13 when it happend and I was alone. It scared the snot out of me. That was the first time I'd seen a turkey in those woods. They've been around ever since.

[DLC]

Depends on the wind what stand I'll be hunting!

[Duffy]

I'll be atop an acorn-infested ridge overlooking a creek, same place I got two in 2004. (I wasn't there last year.)

[CritterGitter]

I am gonna go huntin with big bad Andy. He'll protect me from all those sceary things that squawk in the night time. No bigfoot gonna get me with Andy by my side! LOL

:coolgleamA:

Kyle

[deerhunt45]

good luck everyone :)

i may make it out saturday evening, sunday morning.

may you all see the deer of your dreams :D

[Q2XL]

good luck too all saturday. be careful climbin the trees and all. i got 3 bucks picked out just need too decide which one i want .man that a tough thing too have too deal with isnt it.:whistle:

[OhioHunter88]

HIGH JACKERS......Well saturday morning ill be in one of two ladder stands not sure which yet,both over a biologic field, and saturday evening ill probably be in a ladder/hangon in a valley wtih woods and a bean field with a cameraman...

[deerhunt45]

HIGH JACKERS......Well saturday morning ill be in one of two ladder stands not sure which yet,both over a biologic field, and saturday evening ill probably be in a ladder/hangon in a valley wtih woods and a bean field with a cameraman...

sounds like a plan. good huntin 88 :D

[TripleA88]

HIGH JACKERS......Well saturday morning ill be in one of two ladder stands not sure which yet,both over a biologic field, and saturday evening ill probably be in a ladder/hangon in a valley wtih woods and a bean field with a cameraman...

Thata boy- get it on film

[Bird33]

Is anyone going to hunt through the corn on opening day? I agree that lots of deer hang out in there until it's cut.

[hoot gibson]

i tell you boys , aint nothing sissy about wearing a light into and out of the woods while dark . i didnt use one , and then read a story about a man that was shot in the chest with a crossbow bolt , 45 minets befor shooting time , and on private land , by a trespaser . dont bother me to wear my red light now .. i might be a sissy , but im an alive sissy.. hoot

[mullskinner]

i tell you boys , aint nothing sissy about wearing a light into and out of the woods while dark . i didnt use one , and then read a story about a man that was shot in the chest with a crossbow bolt , 45 minets befor shooting time , and on private land , by a trespaser . dont bother me to wear my red light now .. i might be a sissy , but im an alive sissy.. hoot
I'M WITH HOOT ON THIS ONE IT AIN'T THE THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT IT'S THE THINGS THAT GO THUMP IN THE NIGHT THAT GETS YUH !!!
WEAR A LIGHT !!!:)

[sportsman34]

welll hope u guys enjoy the first day because i can't go till sunday because i have OPOTA (ohio peace officers training academy) all day saturday 8am till 4:30 pm and the good thing is we are at the range so i will be shooting my glock 40

[COB]

Things that go bump in the night don't scare me. To old and stupid! Things that go TWAGE in the night scare the living hell out of me! I'm not that stupid. I'm with Mr. Hoot. ALWAYS use a light in the dark! :whistle:

[mullskinner]

Things that go bump in the night don't scare me. To old and stupid! Things that go TWAGE in the night scare the living hell out of me! I'm not that stupid. I'm with Mr. Hoot. ALWAYS use a light in the dark! :whistle:
COB,
BE SAFE AND GOOD LUCK THIS SEASON :biggrin:

[coonskinner]

i agree bout the flashlight ...theres a lot of guys out there really over xcited...and please dont shoot after dark...and be sure of your target during the day too...,accidents happen then too...:biggrin:

[joelife]

i agree bout the flashlight ...theres a lot of guys out there really over xcited...and please dont shoot after dark...and be sure of your target during the day too...,accidents happen then too...:biggrin:


Wut you talkin bout. Tats why muh sight got dem glowin pins. J/k :yeahthat:

[coonskinner]

Wut you talkin bout. Tats why muh sight got dem glowin pins. J/k :yeahthat:

glow pins...:confused:

[deerhunt45]

i agree bout the flashlight ...theres a lot of guys out there really over xcited...and please dont shoot after dark...and be sure of your target during the day too...,accidents happen then too...:biggrin:

i agree also. i prefer a colored lens, red or amber, to just a plain white light. :cool:

[OhioHunter88]

My sights got a light on it..hehe.....BTW 45 whered your Avatar go?

[Bird33]

In your experience does the red light prevent spooking animals? Someone said that they have come up on rabbits with the red light. How about the rest of you?

And does anyone know the science behind that claim?

[joelife]

In your experience does the red light prevent spooking animals? Someone said that they have come up on rabbits with the red light. How about the rest of you?

And does anyone know the science behind that claim?

From the Quality Deer Management Association
http://www.qdma.com/articles/details.asp?id=48

The results of our study confirmed that deer possess two (rather than three as in humans) types of cones allowing limited color vision (Figure 1). The cone that deer lack is the “red” cone, or the one sensitive to long wavelength colors such as red and orange. This suggests that wearing bright colors while hunting does not affect hunting success. This does not mean that these colors are invisible to deer, but rather that they are perceived differently.


Deer are essentially red-green color blind like some humans. Their color vision is limited to the short (blue) and middle (green) wavelength colors. As a result, deer likely can distinguish blue from red, but not green from red, or orange from red. Therefore, it appears that hunters would be equally suited wearing green, red, or orange clothing but perhaps slightly disadvantaged wearing blue.

So in conclusion deer can see something but it isn't red. in low light conditions deer see red as black. This is good if you are walking in the dark using a red light. Deer can see better at night but if they are real close they see your red light as a dark area or shadow. And the greatest thing it doesn't mess with your night vision. In higher uv light situations like daylight they actually see your red light as green. so you look like a giant tree or bush.. But honestly you'll look mighty funny stalking during the day with a red headlamp on.. And it's probably illegal.

[coonskinner]

green light...go go go...:biggrin:

[whitesnake]

I wear a light in the dark just becuase I can't see very well and I hate tripping over things in the dark. You want to talk about things in the dark I got one for you. I went on an evening hunt last year with a buddy and he shot a six pointer right before dark. We tracked it for several hours before we found it. While we where field dressing it he goes do you hear that, and I stopped and listened and I could hear several things circling us right out side of the range of our lights. That made the old hairs on the back of my neck stand straight up. After a couple of minutes of listening to things circling us there was a coyote yep at about 30 yards or so away. Them darn things circled us all the way to the edge of the woods while dragged the buck out to the truck. I didn't like that at all, not one bit. You the bad thing about all that was the only weapon we had where our knives. That is part of the reason I carry I big knife now, beside it works great on deer.

[deerhunt45]

My sights got a light on it..hehe.....BTW 45 whered your Avatar go?

having some technical difficulties :whistle:

[bowhunter1023]

I wear the light because I am a sissy...Sometimes I curl into a little ball once I get to my stand and cry because it is so tramatizing walking in the dark :hide: .

I am taking my buddy from LA out for his first bow hunt Saturday AM. I have a buddy stand that over looks a shelf the is used heavily to get from bedding to the soy-bean field about 1/4 mile away. We should see deer and I will be there with the video camera. He only has 20 yard chip shots, and we can hunt it on any wind but a North one...and it looks to be out of the South with is best.

[Bird33]

Whitesnake,

I've had some similar experiences with coyotes and other carnivores out west. My brother in law was actually stalked in broad daylight by a wolf. One of the big ones. Scary stuff.

[It's Not A Passion..]

In your experience does the red light prevent spooking animals? Someone said that they have come up on rabbits with the red light. How about the rest of you?

And does anyone know the science behind that claim?

I bought a streamlight headlamp for this season with the green LED lights. I was goofing around with it the other night and shined it on a opposum, and he didn't react to the light at all. Deer and opposum eyes are both designed for nightvision so I'd say the chances are pretty good that a deer would react the same.

[coonskinner]

i'm not sure bout the red an green lights...seems i hear deer runnin an snortin when i use them but i dont know,maybe they heard me comin...seems the dogs way down in the holler hear me too,i hear them barkin...so its hard to tell what is what with this...i think the scientists just guess...:biggrin: