2024 Deer Tails

[adsm08 2,282]

14 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Kinda strange for this time of year ain't it? Would be around here anyway. Only hear that in spring. 

 

This is a fairly large plot (relative to the range of a turkey) where they are not under a lot of pressure. This flock is a little more vocal than your average turkey.

 

There are also a ton of crows there, and turkeys hate crows. Crows cawing can cause them to gobble reflexively.

Edited November 18, 2024 by adsm08

[WHX?? 49,581]

4 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

Crows cawing can cause them to gobble reflexively

True I often use a crow or owl call to locate toms but just during the spring mate. I guess I really haven't hunted turks in the fall much. I do know the preferred fall method here is to locate a flock, scatter them, then try and get a set up on them to call them back together. Mostly with hen calls. Here spring hens are not allowed but fall hens or toms or jakes are legal. 

[adsm08 2,282]

14 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

True I often use a crow or owl call to locate toms but just during the spring mate. I guess I really haven't hunted turks in the fall much. I do know the preferred fall method here is to locate a flock, scatter them, then try and get a set up on them to call them back together. Mostly with hen calls. Here spring hens are not allowed but fall hens or toms or jakes are legal. 

 

The rules here are the same. Spring is "bearded birds only" and in the fall anything goes.

 

We have a few spots around that property that we know they like to feed in the fall and our tactics are usually to just to try and catch them coming off the roost at day break, and then patrol the feeding spots and hope to run across one.

 

I have read that setting up on the edge of a known feeding field with a box and a mouth call and clucking around like a pair of happy hens can bring them in in the fall, because the alpha female will get pissed and come to see who is raiding her pantry, but I'm not good with a mouth call, so I've never tried it.

[WHX?? 49,581]

19 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

not good with a mouth call,

Me neither but can hold my own with a slate. 

[adsm08 2,282]

21 hours ago, WHX?? said:

Me neither but can hold my own with a slate. 

 

I've never used a slate, but it wouldn't help in this instance. The entire tactic is predicated on the sound of two turkey's talking to each other. I can't work a box and a slate at the same time.

[Ed Kennell 39,410]

Pee Aaa firearm deer opening this morning.   A chilly but sunny 22F  with no wind.  No deer tags left so I took the Kodak and sat about 50 yards from my tree stand.    I had delivered a box of deer meat to my Amish neighbor yesterday and he asked if he could use my tree stand.  Of course I agreed and planned to try to push the deer to him.    He never showed up, so I left at 9:30.  Not much activity.  I heard about a dozen shots, but nothing close and didn't see a deer.    I was happy to see 7 or 8 blue birds feeding.  Looks like the 10 boxes I put up are paying off.

 

[Ed Kennell 39,410]

22F this AM and no Amish neighbor showed up.       No deer this AM, but I checked the trail cam under my tree stand and the deer were here in the evening.  

 

This young buck has been here day and night.    His small body and face indicate he may only be a 1 1/2 year old deer.    I'm hoping he makes it thru for two more years as he has potential to be a great trophy.

 

Edited December 2, 2024 by Ed Kennell

[WHX?? 49,581]

On 11/30/2024 at 8:45 PM, Ed Kennell said:

firearm deer opening this morning.

Ours just ended yesterday. Just got home from a solid two weeks in camp and came home empty handed except for a nice recliner & new tv for the shop ...  Nothing like buying your own xmas presents! 

Saw and had a some dandies on cams but all after shooting hours. 

Cindy missed a dandy ... ah  well let's not discuss it... More after I catch up on things here and sort pics

On 11/30/2024 at 8:45 PM, Ed Kennell said:

7 or 8 blue birds feeding.

This time of year Ed?!?!? We had three inches of tracking dust!

[adsm08 2,282]

19 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

This time of year Ed?!?!? We had three inches of tracking dust!

 

Blue birds and Cardinals are still all over the place here.

[Wayne0 634]

11 hours ago, adsm08 said:

 

Blue birds and Cardinals are still all over the place here.

I have Blue Birds year round up here. I feed them all winter and they come back to the box in my front yard every year and have 3-4 broods.

Doing my part to rebuild the population.

[Ed Kennell 39,410]

4 hours ago, Wayne0 said:

I feed them all winter

What do you feed?

[Wayne0 634]

2 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

What do you feed?

Dried meal worms in a dedicated feeder I built myself. Holes just big enough for the BBs to get in and keep the Jays out.

[Ed Kennell 39,410]

18 hours ago, WHX?? said:

On 11/30/2024 at 9:45 PM, Ed Kennell said:

7 or 8 blue birds feeding.

This time of year Ed?

I have some all year.  I need to replace the feeders that the bears destroyed. I may try throwing a rope over a limb and hanging the feeder.  See how long it takes the bear to untie the knot and lower the feeder.

[Ed Kennell 39,410]

I took a walk after the recent snow.     The fox, coyote, and deer were busy.    

This trail that I keep clear around the farm was so congested with deer tracks, I may add a toll gate.   One pound of venison sausage to pass ?

Edited January 13 by Ed Kennell

[Handy Don 12,818]

2 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

...a toll gate.   One pound of venison sausage to pass ?

Evokes memories of Portia’s speech in The Merchant of Venice.

[Ed Kennell 39,410]

54 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Evokes memories of Portia’s speech in The Merchant of Venice.

Sorry Don, I was excused from English Lit classes. Seems  I was better equipped to maintain the baseball diamond.    

[Handy Don 12,818]

I’ll freely admit that I was unimpressed with Shakespear while in high school. Later, having more of life’s experiences under my belt, his genius became much more apparent. Stunningly, he, personally via his plays, added nearly 1,000 words to a language that at the time consisted of only about 10,000 words.

 

Here’s the quote and explanation of one of the cleverest plot twists ever:

 

"A pound of that same merchant's flesh is yours. The court awards it and the law does give it"

Portia says this line while disguised as a doctor of law in Act 4, Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice. She is trying to save Antonio from Shylock, a moneylender who demands a pound of flesh from Antonio as repayment for a loan. 

Portia then observes that the bond allows Shylock to take a pound of flesh--but not a single drop of blood. Shylock concedes defeat.

Edited January 14 by Handy Don

[adsm08 2,282]

52 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

I’ll freely admit that I was unimpressed with Shakespear while in high school. Later, having more of life’s experiences under my belt, his genius became much more apparent. Stunningly, he, personally via his plays, added nearly 1,000 words to a language that at the time consisted of only about 10,000 words.

 

Here’s the quote and explanation of one of the cleverest plot twists ever explained:

 

"A pound of that same merchant's flesh is yours. The court awards it and the law does give it"

Portia says this line while disguised as a doctor of law in Act 4, Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice. She is trying to save Antonio from Shylock, a moneylender who demands a pound of flesh from Antonio as repayment for a loan. 

Portia then observes that the bond allows Shylock to take a pound of flesh--but not a single drop of blood. Shylock concedes defeat.

 

Here is what I know about Shakespear:

 

Romeo and Juliet was a Rom-Com, and a lot of people don't agree with me on that.

[SylvanLakeWH 26,273]

People use that "get your pound of flesh" quote all the time, but I'm guessing very few know its origin...

 

Keeping on topic, I'm guessing Portia didn't portend today's deer hunting rules... 

 

[Ed Kennell 39,410]

A few deer survived the hunting season and the car bumpers.      I guess it's time to end this and start a 2025 Deer tails.