Old is a state of mind my friend.
Having said that, my young state of mind makes my body do stuff it shouldn't do anymore, thus making it feel old!
Kind of a chicken or the egg thing!
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Old is a state of mind my friend.
Having said that, my young state of mind makes my body do stuff it shouldn't do anymore, thus making it feel old!
Kind of a chicken or the egg thing!
I am taking a youngster (48 yrs old) on a snowshoe scout in the Adirondacks tomorrow. See if he can keep up with his elder (70). My happy place is being a few miles in on snowshoes, flintlock on my shoulder, day pack on my back, and cold air in my face.
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Daryl Crawford
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I've been learning a lot more about community scrapes vs rutting buck scrapes. A rut line and I'm grunting or light rattling a little in mid-October, a community scrap it's fawn beats at that time.
That's scary!Around here you just have to make sure that what you're tracking isn't already tracking you.
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In winter I like to scout also. I look thru the neck of my beer bottle and if I can see the bottom it's time to get another.
If not hunting, carry a sturdy beam of wood with you. Taylor it to your capabilities and swing it about against some trees. You will develop strength and be immune to the shock after awhile when deploying such. A simple isometric tool.
Jerry Petersen (founder of Woods Wise Game Calls), through his videos and talking to him once at a show, was who I learned the most from about the language of deer and when to use certain calls. I use doe talk more than anything, but during chase phase and rut may combine that up with some buck grunting. Jerry's teaching revolved around calls that would match what is happening...ie: pre-rut, chase phase, actual breeding, post rut...vs where in the woods a person is.
I think buck-to-doe ratio also could play a role. If lots of does and few bucks, loud aggressive antler rattling will probably scare more away than call them in. If it's 2-1 bucks to does and competition is high, then aggressive calling/rattling might work better. No matter what, Bucks are looking for does in rut and subtle contact calls or doe in heat bleats have always produced the best results for me personally.
There's a LOT going on in those rocks! Never saw anything like those. Some parts look like tree parts petrified in, some like volcanic material, and other things like gems, etc. Would love to hear what a geologist would have to say about them. Pretty cool!
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