Annual deer camp

[Terry Green]

Nice! Wish I was there!   

[evgb127]

I seriously don’t know how Greg isn’t 300lbs with the way he feeds us at camp.

[two4hooking]

Morning on the mountain had some tracking snow. I found a great set up for the waldrop. Dang doe came from behind me and caught my wind at bow length away. Later a spike showed up and didn’t have a clear shot through the vines until he was too close and picked me out. After a foot stomp and some feigned attempts to get me to move he moved downwind and that was that.

This afternoon we hit some clearcut around camp in the sleet. I kicked a 6 point that ran toward EVG but alas it never showed for him.

Steady rain now but we had some good food and we’ll see how it is in the morning.

[stevem]

Nice camp.  That wood stove looks like it will be well used.

[Ben Maher]

That camp looks amazing . Hope a buck gets unlucky for you guys .
One of these days I’m going to do a Whitetail hunt , canvas tent and all that …
Good luck for the rest of the hunt

[two4hooking]

Weather has been windy and raw. This morning was was set up watching two converging trails on joining ridges in the clearcut I saw the 6 in the rain yesterday. Then right at 7:20 here come another compound hunter with his bow strapped on his back as his girl walked behind him about 5 yards back. I waved and he looked confused and did a triple take probably wondering why i had a longbow, plaid, and white feathers. Anyway, no action after that.

Got close to a spike I worked up on sneaking along a edge this evening. He had a bad limp but I couldn’t work closer to about 35 yards as he was walking away. The wind probably ticked him off after i last lost sight of him. I did manage to scare a few squirrels today though.  Tough hunting this public land.

Well, last night out. Tomorrow I pack up after breakfast.

[evgb127]

“Scare a few squirrels,” is a blatant misrepresentation.  More like gave those squirrels a haircut and a fear of man. The only thing you “missed” was the pheasant that you almost hit with your car!   

In all seriousness, if anyone is ever fortunate enough to get the invite to Greg’s annual deer camp, do not turn it down. It’s great hunting with even greater hospitality!

[evgb127]

The public hunting land you’re hunting is wild and vast…

But Greg won’t steer you wrong about where to hunt.

It’s hard hunting with a bow (I could have easily taken the deer I saw with my .270). But the camaraderie can’t be matched!

[two4hooking]

Hey, that’s a nice bow there!

[Tim Reese]

Looks like a blast fellas.

[Ryan Rothhaar]

I see a bag of charcoal….are you using that on a grill or in your woodstove? If in the wood stove I’m interested to know how that works out…assuming to get an all night heat with coals in the morning?

R

[two4hooking]

Ryan, I have never put a whole bag in there to try to last the night, but i have read about some advising that.

I use the charcoal to speed up preheating the stove using my chimney and shoveling the hot coals in. Then all I need to do is out in some full sized logs and turn down the air and flu.

I have found that a full load of wood will drive you out of the tent unless it is arctic out. I would assume a whole load of charcoal would also be crazy hot.

After i get the bed of colas and stove hot, i found one long big log will last the longest without making it a sweat lodge. Get 5 or 6 good hours and maybe 2 more but it will start to get chilly.

[Ryan Rothhaar]

Thanks! Yeah I didn’t figure you’d put the whole bag in there  makes sense, getting the stove to draw faster using a bit of charcoal first, makes the wood burn better.

Thanks!

R

[wooddamon1]

Great looking camp and country.

[Phil Magistro]

Great looking camp!  What could be better than some snow, a warm tent, and friends hunting deer.

[stagetek]

Beautiful country. Neat and organized camp. Great set-up.