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Posted by Andy L (Member # 642) on December 13, 2006, 12:29 PM:
Ive actually got to hunt a little the last couple weeks. I gotta say, Im struggling. I blamed it on the hoards of deer hunters, full moon, ass deep snow and bitter cold winds. But now, thats all over, except the deer hunters to the north of my house. I still cant hunt my best coyote areas. Damned deer season is FINALLY over this Sunday. Cant wait.
Anyhow, I hunted pretty hard yesterday morning. Called one coon. That was it. Hunted pretty hard this morning in good cat/fox country. I think I called a cat. Never got a good look. Something came in thru a thicket and I just couldnt see. Foxes normally come on out in a run. They arent generally smart or wary enough to do what this thing did. Im almost certain it was a cat. Still, that was the only animal I saw and no shot.
I dont know whats up. I hardly ever kill a coyote down there, but its normally pretty easy to get a few foxes in and the occaisional cat. Guess see what next week brings when my being banned from the better coyote areas are finally lifted, since everyone has to quit hunting those damned stinkin deer.
I cant wait.
Posted by CrossJ (Member # 884) on December 13, 2006, 01:18 PM:
I wish deer got mange.
Posted by scruffy (Member # 725) on December 13, 2006, 01:25 PM:
ditto...
Last day of the shotgun deer season is sunday up here as well. I'm hoping by Christmas things will settle down, all the gut piles and unrecovered deer are eaten, and the coyotes are responding to calls again.
A white Christmas would be nice to, being able to go out Christmas morning and find fresh tracks in the snow is always a good way to start the holiday. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
But I want only an few inches of powder, you can keep that "ass deep" stuff Andy, LOL.
later,
scruffy
[ December 13, 2006, 01:38 PM: Message edited by: scruffy ]
Posted by Andy L (Member # 642) on December 13, 2006, 01:53 PM:
Yeah, that ass deep snow sucked. It was awful.
I have always had to wait til deer season was over before I could do much calling. I can understand, to a degree, people wanting things left quiet so they could hunt their own land. But, used to you got one tag and had 9 days to fill it. Now you can get all the tags you want and hunt baiscally from the last weekend in Oct til the middle of Dec. Thats the shits.
Im so sick of deer I could puke.
Posted by Melvin (Member # 634) on December 13, 2006, 02:39 PM:
I'm really pissed!! Muzzleloader and archery don't go out untill january 13th.Sumdabitchen season is too long! ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on December 13, 2006, 03:12 PM:
Andy,
I started my Vacation at 3:30 last Friday and so far, the only rifle I've touched was owned by the Game Warden when he came out to sight it in for one of his hunts.
Most of my delays have been child related, so I'm not even allowed to cuss out loud about them. Today got totally screwed up by a Greyhound Bus Driver who decided not to stop and pick up my son. By the time we got that straightened out, the Christmas shopping that we had planned was cut too short. So it looks like I'm going to be a chaffer and mall mule again tomorrow.
I'm hoping to get my old truck down off of the blocks yet tonight, and if I can get it started, I might be able to get out for a little while on Friday, before Family starts showing up that afternoon, for the holidays.
The traps have been loaded in the truck since Thanksgiving day, when I mysteriously got 3 flat tires driving past the neighbors place.
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on December 13, 2006, 03:45 PM:
Im going archery deer this weekend hope I dont run itno a bunch of predator callers. (just kidding) Tim , I WILL SAY A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR YOUR NIEGHBOR , it will end with may he rest in peace.
p.s. if you bury him face own the more he digs and claws the deeper he wiil get. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
that guys got me mad and I've never seen him before.
good luck with the truck
Paul
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on December 13, 2006, 04:36 PM:
Andy,
Between deer season, full moon, unseasonably warm temps... it all adds up to bad hunting. Matt and I will be redirecting our focus starting this weekend to bobcats and coons. With firearms deer season over with now, we have access to our full 50,000-plus acres including miles after mile of hardwood riverbottom timbers. Our objective is to break up the river into four mile stretches, start at one end on ATV,s', leap frog one way calling 'cats for an hour per stop going one way (shoot anything that responds) and then, when we get to the four mile mark, turn around and work our way back to the truck calling coons out of den trees. Once we get back to the truck, load up and go four miles further down and repeat. That oughtta eat up a day pretty easily.
Posted by Michael J (Member # 468) on December 15, 2006, 09:44 AM:
I know what you're talkin about. My problem ain't so much the deer hunters it's those drilling rigs here in north Texas punching holes every square inch of ground. They are everywhere!! They scare off everything for a sq. mile around it. At night they have just as many lights on them as DFW airport!
I understand petro exploration has been slow for many a man in the oil field business but shieet this is rediculous.
Go to a honey hole one day and kill a yote and the next week there's a sky scraping rig klankin drill stem, huge diesel engine roarin to beat the band right in the very spot that you scored.
I'M FRICKIN SICK OF IT!!
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on December 15, 2006, 12:35 PM:
I hate oilfield driller people.
Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on December 15, 2006, 10:12 PM:
Hey Andy,
I can't access my email. I'd love to hear from you though. Please give me a jingle on my cell phone. Thanks!
[ December 15, 2006, 10:13 PM: Message edited by: Locohead ]
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