Another Important lesson learned today

[thermaler]

went out on a morning hunt and saw two does--but the managed hunt only allows antlered deer, so once again I came up zero. I did, however learn one very important lesson--NEVER, EVER use doe urine in an aerosol can!

[big honkin jeep]

Ha Ha, I can only imagine. If you're seeing does sit tight ,the bucks should be there too right now. Cant wait to see pics of you're score when it happens. Good luck

[thermaler]

Doe urine under pressure is a flawed concept--imagine what happens if the nozzle breaks or malfunctions. Need I say more? : )

[missed]

I bet you were pissed.

[thermaler]

I bet you were pissed.

more like double-pissed LOL.

[nso123]

Just think if you had seen a buck..... or maybe if he had smelled you first. Could have been quite a unique experience.

[thermaler]

Just think if you had seen a buck..... or maybe if he had smelled you first. Could have been quite a unique experience.

I'm surprised I wasn't gang raped by every buck in the forest--the defective nozzle blew off coating me with the stuff. LOL

[CharlieNC]

I wish I could have seen that! Just not smelled it.

[thermaler]

To day I went back to the same spot hoping to see more deer. Because I'm still-hunting the approach was very slow. Imagine my chagrin as I finally approach the spot and see through the woods a huge ground blind--more like a camo Bates motel. It was perched almost exactly on the spot where I saw the deer yesterday. I could have continued on and set up on the other side of the field--but instead slowly turned around and slowly retreated the way I came. I'm not sure the blind was even occupied, but I didn't want to bust their hunt if it was. What would you have done?

[Wildboarem]

Move on. First come first served on public land. Treat others the way i would want them to treat me. Nothing wrong with bypassing that spot to get to another though.

[nso123]

That is the curse of public land. You did the right thing.

[thermaler]

Went out again yesterday--found some trails but there was too much non-deer action in the woods. At one point I heard a pack of dogs barking with some guy yelling at them nearby--I gave up my hunt then and there. On the way out I went by some fields and could easily see bright orange dots all over the place--even from very long distance, it was almost comical. Oh--to add insult to injury I had to swerve twice to avoid hitting deer on the way out that were next to the highway. I see far more deer along the roads than I do in the woods--I'm beginning to think I'd have much better results by simply mounting a railway tie to the front of my pickup and drive up and down the roads at evening and dark. ; )

[handirifle]

Sometimes when there are hunters EVERYWHERE the deer will hide in small out of the way places. Something you'd never think they would stay in.

Then again, sometimes they go to the thickest crap in the county.