LOCAL SCRAPE PARTY-TURKEY-BAD DOGS

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EIGHT DAYS.....EIGHT DAYS OF DOING WHAT I LOVE......HANGING OUT AT THE FARM HOUSE WITH NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD..... AND WAKING UP AT 4 EACH DAY....NO CHORES....NO DUTIES....THE LIFE OF A KING! SO I CLIMB FROM THE SACK AND THEN JUST FRY MYSELF A PIECE OF NEESE'S FINEST AND WRAP IT IN SLICE OF WHITE BREAD....MAYBE EVEN ADD A SQUIRT OF MUSTARD FOR A SHOT OF TWANG TO KILL THE COTTONMOUTH.

ALSO BEFORE THE HUNT ...I LIKE A LITTLE PRIVATE MORNING SIT-DOWN MEDITATION BEFORE I DEPART ( I HATE TO DO THE MEDITATE THING AFTER I GET IN DA WOODS IF YOU GET MY DRIFT).....NEXT I SCRAPE THE FROST FROM THE HEMI'S GLASS....AND THEN HEAD OVER TO MY LITTLE 199 ACRE WILD KINGDOM 3 MILES AWAY

THE KINGDOM HAS IT ALL....DEER, GEESE, DUCKS, TURKEY, BOBCAT, COYOTES.....EVEN SOME FRESH WATER FISHING ON THE TAR RIVER AND IN THE SWAMP WATERS WITHIN.....WE EVEN HAVE BEAR ACROSS THE ROAD ON TRAILCAM SO I AM SURE THEY WILL VISIT MY PLACE SOON ENOUGH

YEP SHE IS A WILDLIFE KINGDOM ALRIGHT....WITH MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS SOMETIMES FIGHTING OVER TERRITORIAL DEAD TREE DWELLINGS .....PLAYFUL OTTERS WHO SEEM TO COME UP TO ME AS I SIT IN MY GROUND BLINDS AND SOME WITH A FRIENDLY GREETING BARK.....AND THE BEAVERS WHO SOMETIMES SCARE THE THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF ME WITH A BAM-BAM TAIL SMACK ON THE WATER!

I HAVE SEVERAL TRAIL CAMERAS IN PLACE WATCHING TRAILS OR VARIOUS FRESH BUCK SCRAPES....I SLIP IN AND CHECK THE CAMERAS SOMETIMES DAILY BUT IT SEEMS MOST SCRAPE VISITORS CAUGHT ON CAMERA ONLY PARTY AT NIGHT...

I AM YET TO SEE A SHOOTER BUCK CHASING A DOE AND I HAVE BEEN AT IT FOR 8 DAYS NOW.....ALL THE DAYTIME CHASING I HAVE WITNESSED THIS WEEK HAS BEEN BY COW HORNS AND 4 POINTERS....SO .....WITH THE NEXT FEW DAYS WARMING UP AND RAIN IN THE FORECAST I DECIDED TO BACK OFF......TAKE A LITTLE PRESSURE OFF THE FARM AND WAIT A FEW DAYS BEFORE GOING BACK AT IT

I AM EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT I ALLOWED A MEASELY $5 RANGE FINDER BATTERY TO GET IN MY WAY FROM KILLING A NICE SHOOTER BUCK NOT ONCE BUT TWICE ON THE SAME DEER...THE 8 POINTER WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA THE SAME EVENING THAT I MISSED HIM



YEP.....I MISSED HIM TWICE .....AND YES I AM DISGUSTED WITH MYSELF......SO I SET UP TARGETS AT THE FARM HOUSE AND CHECKED MY SCOPE ONCE AGAIN....I WAS DEAD ON AT 200 YARDS.....SO WHAT WAS MY PROBLEM? SEEMS I JUST WENT PLAIN STUPID WITH JUDGING THE DISTANCE AT LEGAL DARK THIRTY SO I ULTIMATELY PAID THE PRICE....THE RANGE FINDER SAID I WAS SHOOTING 359 YDS AND I WAS THINKING IN MY HEAD 200...220 TOPS....

I HAD EARLIER PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY ....INSTALLED IT IN THE RANGE FINDER...AND THE THING STILL DIDN'T WORK....SO I FIGURED THE RANGE FINDER ITSELF WAS TOAST FOR WHATEVER REASON OTHER THAN THE BATTERY.....WELL WELL.......IT SEEMS I PURCHASED A DEAD BATTERY ....SO AFTER MISSING THIS BUCK, I WENT BACK TO WALLY WORLD AND DEMANDED THEY EXCHANGE THE BATTERY.....AND LO AND BEHOLD I WAS BACK IN BUSINESS....LATE MIND YOU, BUT I WAS BACK IN THE RANGE FINDER BUSINESS.....THERE'S QUITE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 220 AND 359 DON'T YA THINK? ABOUT 18 INCHES WITH A .243 ACCORDING TO THE BALLISTIC'S CHART


SO AS OF NOW I HAVE NOT HARVESTED A SHOOTER BUCK....SEEN PLENTY OF SMALLER ONES AND TONS OF DOES.....BUT FOR ME, NO BACKSTRAPS AND NO BONE COLLECTING THUS FAR

SO HER I SIT ON THE EAST EDGE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SWAMP IN THE WORLD AND THE DOES ARE WORKING THE EDGES ....SNEAKING AND HIDING....I GOT TURKEYS WORKING BOTH SIDES OF THE SWAMP EATING EVERY ACORN IN SITE....AND I WOULD HAVE GIVEN MY LET ONE TO HAVE HAD A CAMERAMAN AT THIS POINT....SO NOW NOW MY CAMERA BATTERY DECIDES IT WANTS TO ACT UP SO I FILM A BIT AND SHUT IT DOWN A BIT TO SAVE THE BATTERY....

SATURDAY...10:00 A.M. ....I WAS FILMING A FLOCK OF TURKEY'S GOING APESHIT FLYING IN AND OUT OF THE TREES .....AFTER WHICH I SHUT DOWN MY SONY TO SAVE SOME PRECIOUS JUICE.....THEN ...OUT OF NOWHERE....105 YD ACROSS THE WATER.....BAD DOG BAD DOG! I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING WAS UP!!!! NO WONDER THE TURKEYS WERE SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER! SEEMS MR. COYOTE WANTED SOME BREAST FOR BREAKFAST AND NOW WAS CRUISING THE WATERLINE AND JUST BUSTED UP THE BIG ACORN PARTY.....OKAY, SO IT'S EITHER FILM THE DEER KILLER FOR TWO SECONDS WHILE HE WAS IN VIEW OR SHOOT THE THING.....I PICKED UP THE REMINGTON AND FIRED ....HE ROLLED INTO THE WATER BARKING AND SCREAMING LIKE THERE WAS NO TOMORROW .....I BET THAT HOLE HURT PRETTY GOOD WHEN HE SUCKED IN THAT SWAMP WATER....




WELL WITH ALL THE BARKING AND YELPING FROM THE FIRST DOWNED DOG, BROUGHT OUT 4 MORE COYOTES AND THEY TOO WENT HEADLONG INTO THE WATER AS WELL TO HELP THEIR MOMMA......I STILL HAD FOUR MORE ROUNDS IN THE MAGAZINE AND I USED ALL FOUR

FINAL TALLY,....2 FOR 5 ON THE 'YOTES.....IT LOOKED LIKE A SCHOOL OF WHITE MARLIN AND TUNA THRASHING IN THE WATER I TELL YA!.... GEEZUS H THRICE WHERE'S A CAMERAMAN WHEN YOU NEED HIM????? I HAVE LUGGED MY TRIPOD INTO THE WOODS GOING TO A GROUND BLIND EVERY DAY THIS WEEK BUT THIS DAY AND NOW ALL HELL HAS BROKE LOOSE!!!!


2 FOR 5 AIN'T GREAT AND IT AIN'T BAD EITHER....RUNNING THROUGH THE WATER AT MACH 8...THE ONE ON THE RIGHT LONG HE GOT AWAY...THE ONE ON THE LEFT LONG, WELL....HE DIED....THE ONE OF THE RIGHT SHORT....I MAY HAVE SCARED HIM SHITLESS....

BUT THE ONE ON THE BRIDGEPOLE...THE FIRST ONE THAT APPEARED ON THE WATER'S EDGE.......WELL HE TOO WILL KILL NO MORE TURKEYS...NO MORE FOX SQUIRRELS AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST NO MORE FAWNS


BADDOGSINDABOX........WELCOME TO MY WORLD





FOUND A FRESH SCRAPE ON A BEAN FIELD EDGE AND I PUT THE CAMERA IN PLACE....THE NEXT MORNING:






THE BELOW CUDDY PICS ARE FROM ONE CAMERA POINTED AT A SCRAPE WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN MOST PICTURES.....SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A RALLY POINT FOR ALL CRITTERS

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TRAIL CAM ACTION ON ONE SCRAPE

[Bird Dog]

Nice pictures. Looks like there's plenty of action there.

[weekender]

awesome read and pics, nice shooting on the coyotes. That is some really hot scrape action. In my humble opinion, you are leaving at the wrong time. The rain, cloudy, wet ground all good times for bucks to freshen scrapes in the daylight. 9-11 AM is really good for me for scrapes. I would turn my butt around and get back on that scrape, as far away from it as I could have a sure shot. Make sure it is downwind the best you can. They will scent check scrapes from 75-100 yds down wind.

But that's just me.
G

[clt_capt]

I guess ole' Wiley didn't figure on any of those ACME bullets...

Better luck on the deer - you are warmed up now...

[offshore]

Coyotes take them all out!! I have ruined or lost many $18 arrows due to Coyotes.
Weekender was talking about his Trail cams and I think the main reason I never tried one is just what you mentioned. It would absolutely drive me batty if I had seen a monster and then hunted him in the area I saw him and never saw him again. The running topic with the guys I hunt with is....Let him go?? Or take him out?? My response is if you feel in your heart that this buck is worth taking you better take him because 90% of the time you will probably never have the chance again. I do a lot of filming from the perch and I cant tell you how many I never ever see again. It is amazing how they vanish!!! A trail cam would most certainly put my in the white jacket!!

[WAHOONBOX]

awesome read and pics, nice shooting on the coyotes. That is some really hot scrape action. In my humble opinion, you are leaving at the wrong time. The rain, cloudy, wet ground all good times for bucks to freshen scrapes in the daylight. 9-11 AM is really good for me for scrapes. I would turn my butt around and get back on that scrape, as far away from it as I could have a sure shot. Make sure it is downwind the best you can. They will scent check scrapes from 75-100 yds down wind.

But that's just me.
G

I KNOW YOU ARE CORRECT CUZ....BUT....BUT....I DID SAY I WAS THERE 8 STRAIGHT....AND THE PONEYTAIL CAME HOME FOR JUST A 6 DAY STINT....WITH A LIST.....THEN WHEN SHE LEAVES AGAIN, I CAN GO BACK AT IT THIS SATURDAY FOR 8 MORE DAYS

[FLATLINER]

AWESOME BRO! The story on the phone today was just a teaser! I couldn't wait to read and see the pics!!!

The Bridgepole and the left long produced.......... UMMMM, i'm thinkin some sniper action on the left flat autta be the ticket.............. ground beef ballyhoo on a red/white combo and a planer to get it where its needed.


One shot, one kill....... 3x over....

Flat

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ARE THESE TWO PICS THE SAME DEER? OR TWO DIFFERENT DEER ONE FOLLOWING THE OTHER ONE MINUTE APART......


I HAVE SEEN A FEW HALF RACKS (SMALL MAIN BEAM ON ONE SIDE) ON SEVERAL BUCKS THIS YEAR

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I HAVE BEEN ENLARGING CAM PICS AND STUDYING SOME.......SHOULD THESE BUCKS BE TAKEN OUT OF THE GENE POOL?