That's all folks

The big game season is over here in the state of Confusion. I just got the one doe. All that is left to hunt is some small game.
My blogging experiment is also over. I have given it a year and no one seems to have found me. Oh well I did not have anything real good to say anyway.


goodbye

firearm season for deer

The Firearm deer season ended today. Not a good season for me as far a freezer filling, but I enjoy every trip I spend a field. I will still hunt some in the late bow season but it is getting real chilly up here and so sitting in a tree stand does loose some of its appeal.

red squirrel VS ruffed grouse

Went hunting for deer this evening. No deer but I did see something I have never seen before. A Red squirrel was munching on the two ears of corn I had brought for the deer when a ruffed grouse came into the clearing and started over to see if the corn was any good. The squirrel took exception to this and attacked. The grouse held it own for a few seconds but the squirrel did not let up and the grouse finally took off to find easier pickings. First round goes to the mammal. Vick's dogs have nothing on these two.

bow hunting

early bow season is winding down. it has been spotty for me. seen a few deer but no shots sense the clipped doe mess.
The firearm seasons begin next weekend and so hope for better luck then. sighted in rifles yesterday and so my shoulder is sore. But it is a good sore.

why bother

We butchered chickens last Sunday, 30 of them, with just the two of us, alot of work, started at 10 am and did not finish until 8pm. we would not raise our own and do all this work, but the meat is better and we know what went into the chicken. We almost do it in self defence.

I have not been doing much hunting, poor weather and Mother's medical problems but, even when I have gone I have been skunked. Will give it another try this evening. Did take the dog out grouse hunting, jumped four but no shots. the dog seem to think that I can shoot further than I really can.

I could probably write more but no one is reading this so "why bother"

cliped deer

i clipped a doe last week with the bow. just clipped her. did not get her. There is a three page story here that is very interesting but since no one is reading this anyway I don't see the point.

Opener of bow

Saturday was the opening of the bow hunting season for deer in the State of Confusion. i never get to excited about getting a deer this early but i all way put in an appearance in the stand opening day. Saw a couple of does, no shots and a small flock of turkey. Ten years ago that would have made the local papers. At that time we had no turkeys and very few deer. All in all it was a good evening on stand.

Then I find out the next day that i had trespassers! It is bear season also and those fucken bear hunter seem the think the they can hunt any where they want. I was told that I had 15 guys, 8 trucks and a dozen dog in on my property. where they shot and took out a bear. i wish I would have caught the bastards. I am so tired of these fuckheads acting like they are above the law. In all the years I have owned the land not once have any of these cocksuckers ever asked permission to hunt. They don't pay the taxes on the land so they should stay the hell off.

chemical lane clearing

I went out tonight and sprayed chemical herbicide on a opening, a shooting lane and the west property line of my hunting land. I don't like to use chemical but I ran out of time to mechanically clear the area.

I also found out the the neighbor on the little piece of land has been putting up stand again. these two are elevated box stand that look like houses. I know, it is his right to do what ever he wants on his land, but I don't have to like it. My problem is they hunt four or five guys on the property and so screw up my hunting. also now I have stand envy.

insurance companies

This is the third time in the pass year that I have been dropped by a house insurance company. What is it with these people. They seen to feel that they are doing me a favor by taking my money. I have had my house for twenty years and have had one claim. These people make money on me. But now they don't like my steps. they don't like my yard. they don't like my shingles. they don't like my out buildings. If you don't like the stuff in my yard then stay the hell off my land! The newest one is they canceled me because I have chickens. Now I have not done the research but I do not believe that there has been a documented case of a chicken attacking and kill a person in recent history. At least my chickens have never showed tendencies toward being man eaters.

The biggest problem is that these companies are run by people who live in big cities, most of them have never seen a chicken except on TV. and then it was being cooked!! They have no idea what rural life is like and yet they get to make all the rules. It is about time they realized that we are the customer and we deserve some respect.

runways and cribs

No I don't mean where models walk and rappers live.

I have been back out cutting runways and shooting lanes. seems like that work is never done. I am going to use some chemical later this month. got to get ready for bow hunting it opens middle of Sept.

Been doing some different work with my inmates. The power company drew down one of the local flowages. The local citizens wildlife grope has hired my crew to go out on the dry lake bed and repair all the fish crib that have been placed there over the years. We are finding all kinds of stuff, lures, can old bottles. You can see where this old farm was. the foundation are still there. the county road that was flooded out is still usable and the driveways still have there culverts under then. It is a surreal world.

Camping and fishing

Went camping this weekend and got to do some fishing. Caught a bunch of pan fish, hooked into four northern pike but only got one in the canoe.

We stayed at one of the State Parks we have here in the State of Confusion. I just don't understand the fee system in the parks. My tax dollars pay for the park but I still have to pay again just for the privilege of driving on to the property. Now I understand paying for camping but a trespass fee to go onto public owned land! That is just wrong! I can even understand charging the out of staters. They did not pay taxes for the park but those of us who live in the state are being hit with double indemnity. wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong.

HOT

It has been hotter than hell up here in the north woods. After working all day in the heat I have no wish to get out and get anything done in the deer woods. Need to get out the bow and get some practice in. need to build and repair stands. really need for it to cool off some!

more work

This is the first day in about a month when the Temp. is below 80 and I have the day off at the same time. I got out and did some brush cutting on my hunting land. cleared both the wildlife opening and the new shooting lane for my fathers stand.

The neighbor was up. he was putting a stand on one of my best runaways about 20 yards over the fence. This really burns me, Cuz I have had the area to myself for so long, and now with four people hunting a long twenty really messes things up. I know they have cost me deer.

Now that having been said, I really have nothing to whine about! It is his land and he can do what he want as long as he stays on his side of the fence. I guess jealousy is a hard thing to work through.

baiting

Its hot out!!! Not the time of year you would think much about hunting, right? The only thing is that the apples are falling, the little on anyway, and they have to be cleaned up. so now is the time to think of where you want your bait stations this year. Some of you may not believe in baiting. That's OK. Frankly I don't care if you do it or not, I do. I do not use a feeding station bait system, I use a stop bait system. I just put down enough bait to stop the deer and give me a better shot and so cleaner kill.

I finally got some fishing in. worked the river for small mouth bass. only got a few and no big ones but it's still better that working.

bears and deer

I saw a sow bear today with four cubs. all seem to be health now but I do not think she can raise all of them. I have never seen one sow with four cubs before. new record for me.

The bachelor group is back! I have a group of bucks that spend their summer's in the field and swamp behind my house. There is always at least one nice one in the bunch and this year is no exception. He already has six and the antlers and not even close to being done growing yet. I seldom hunt these deer due to access problems. I have made one kill out of the group before. I took a nice eight point a couple years back.

scouting

I have been doing some scouting. well truth be told I am always scouting. But I did have an encounter with a small buck today that was worth noting. I was walking on an old road that my crew is brushing when I saw the deer about 45 yards up in front of me. I kept moving until he noticed me. i expected him to run but he was just not sure what I was. I let go a number of fawn bleats and that seen to confuse the buck even more. He started to come to me, at about 20 yard he stopped and just looked at me. I kept bleating but he would not move. I finally got bored with just standing there and I walked toward the deer. I got about 10 yard from him before he decided to run. Then when he tried to jump off the road the brush piled up seem to be in his way. I just kept coming and he stayed about 15 yard ahead of me looking for a place to get off the road. when he finally found one he ran off three of four jumps then stopped to see if I was going to follow. It was a younger deer, maybe last years fawn. Those few minutes made my whole week!

food plots?

Well I finally got them done. Never again will I try to do food plots by hand. It is just to much work!!

I see and hear from the Dem. debates the Capital Hillery has her entire campaign strategy planed out. "Its Bush's war, Its Bush's war, Its Bush's war." But then that is the perfect liberal strategy, Don't have any real ideas to help the country, just blame the President.

Have you seen anything in the news about the shootings at V.T. lately. No and I think I know why. Instead of passing all kinds of new restrictive gun laws there was a push in that State to make it easier to get a concealed carry permit. This is so that possible, some armed citizen, could have stopped that deranged bastard before he killed all those people. As soon as the liberal news media found that out, they dropped the whole story like a hot potato. Selective reporting, that is the way the Press has been trying to rule this country from the get go.

The Barber is gone

I am here to report the closing of a local institution. The Barber in my area has closed down her shop for good. Now this may not seem like a big deal to those of you who live in populated areas, but up her in the woods it is a big deal. Our nearest Barber is now about 20+ miles away. we can't just go down the block to the next shop. Yea I am whining a little, but I still would not want to live in the city.

The food plots are coming along, got three more in the other night. Still slow going with a walk behind tiller and a rake. I am getting the job done. The first ones I planted are starting to come up. If the critters don't eat all the plants now, there will be corn for them to eat this fall.

Of food plots and ticks

Food Plots, another thing the Hunters do in the off season to improved their hunting experience. This is my first real try at it. I put in two small plots today one in Bio-logic and the other in corn. Now I have no tractor or other large machinery to help so I am doing this with a small walk behind tiller and a rake. slow going so far. I figure I need to put in another six plots and that this will take me the rest of the week.

When i got home tonight I looked down at my jeans and they were crawling with ticks. By the time I got done picking I must of had 30 or more for my tick jar (see earlier post). Only eight of them were bit in. that's not bad!!!!!! I pity the hunters who are trying to turkey hunt now.

bears

Another sign of spring here in the north land. The Black bear are out. I have seen two of them in the past week. Also two people at work have had problems with bears one took out a bird feeder and the other took all the siding off the side of a house. life in the wilderness, never boring.