we have busy tail season starting this weekend, and bow season only a month a way!
i just started shooting last week. we have a hunters league starting here soon, may get into that for more practice. bought another ladder stand , plus a hunters safety vest this weekend. why did they paint the stand high gloss black?? good grief! so it got some brown, and gray .
the safety vest is sweet!!!! no more using a flashlight, or having to put my old type on the the garage, before i go out! just put it on; four snaps and you are ready to go! del

I have been getting the itch for hunting too. Seen lots of bucks lately. Still with the velvet on. A nice 10 was thinking about walking out in front of my truck the other night.
Glad he didn't.

My fall hunting will be after the elusive 50" Iowa muskie. I pretty much have given up hunting to pursue fishing year round.

Good Luck with that. Fall fishing is awesome, I agree. But I dont think I will ever stop hunting some. Me and the dog will chase the birds and I been shooting my bow too. Got an antelope tag for SD also plus a muzzleloader tag. Something oughta get itself kilt.

Don't get me wrong I love to hunt, but since moving up here I don't have private hunting grounds and refuse to hunt public. I'll still go out with Dad and my Brothers when I'm back home and back on our old hunting grounds. I do tend to stray out west on occasion chasing elk in the Rockies.

having a place to hunt is constantly becoming a big problem. i only have a public area, but not to many people bother me.( OTHER THAN THE LEAF LOOKERS! )
that is the other problem! fishing is good! hunting is going on . just not enough time!!
i do hope to get into some fall crappie fishing! del

ITCH? It's comparable to full body poison oak...for fall fishing AND hunting. Best time of the year.

We have probley the largest public acreage in the state, somewhere around 50,000 acres but during bird season it gets pounded daily. With having one of the best bird populations in the state we draw alot of hunters. Oh well more peace on the lake for me

Esox good luck finging your 50", I am trying to beat my 27". Gotta start somewhere.

Michael

I got a pair of 48's so far this year, falls looking to kick out some big fish I'm thinking.

finally got out to the woods yesturday. mainly looking for mushrooms, and a little scouting.found three smaller shrooms, so good eating tonight!!!this oak strip is a go between from woods to a big slue(sp?)not any places to place a stand!
did see where a buck shreaded a small tree. he made a couple of marks on an old rub, but then stopped.
the itch is getting worse!

Acorns started dropping here Tuesday, earliest I can remember them falling. Working outside was like being in a hailstorm.

one week to go! i shot my broad heads this morning, to be certain they still shoot tje same as mu fld. pts. did a slight service job on the bow.( waxed the string and buss cables, popped out the pins for a dab of grease, and replaced one of the cat whiskers) will sharpen the heads later this week. I"M ready!!!!

we have 5,000 acres of public hunting not to far away with great hunting , but my knees won't take the hills. i was happy to see that the farmer had taken out the beans sat. now i can get to my ladder and a ground blind without having to walk the edges ! the crappies are biting, deer season starts wed.; just not enough time!!( and i'm retired!!!!)

finally it's here!!! i plan to be in a stand tonight!