NC opener?

[Woodduck]

Originally posted by SuperK:
Hey Woodduck...glad to hear you still around!  I thought you might have traded your bows for a surfboard!  HaHa!

Mrs. Woodduck and I got matching inner tubes...  

[J-dog]

Magoo that is all I hunt so no corn either.

Will go back out Thursday morning - we have some cooler weather and the full moon should be going down. Might get em moving better for me. (HOPE)

J

[Tom Anderson]

J-Dog and Magoo,
Where'bouts in NC do y'all live?  
I'm in Wilson....hunt private land, but after 2 seasons, still can't figure out a pattern to the deer's movement there.

[slayer1]

Hey Tom, I saw your PM on my email but not in my profile on the gang. Could you send it again?

[Mr.Magoo]

Tom - I'm in Raleigh.  Are you hunting fields, woods, scrub ...?

[J-dog]

Tom,
I am down in Morehead city, on the coast by Atlantic Beach. I hunt Croatan Game land in Pollocksville, bout an hour drive but worth it - hunting stinks in Carteret though we have a TON of game land.

Guess I am wrong but private land should be a piece of cake compared to GL. Magoo is right, need to knowo the terrain. Also go to google earth get an aerial view as well as getting some USGS topos. It helps alot to figure things out about the land you never knew was there.

J

[Mr.Magoo]

Hey Jason,
Lots of deer down Coast Guard Rd.  

[Tom Anderson]

Jason, I just moved from Cape Carteret last year to here in Wilson.  I know the Croatan well, particularly the Great Lake area.  Problem is, once gun season comes in, the deer become completely nocturnal due to dog hunters (and I used to be one of 'em). I can point you to some exact coords. of some good places there, but you may as well give it up after gun season opens.

Magoo, I'm hunting a combination of fields, swamp, 10-yr old cutover, beaver pond...it's paradise for deer..I killed one every single time I went hunting year before last...with my rifle.   :D  

There ARE lots of deer on Coast Guard Rd., for sure.

Slayer, I sent you another PM - be sure your Inbox isn't full.

[DEERDOG]

Saw 3 deer Sat. morning while trail hunting. I missed a good doe. Dang it!

[J-dog]

Yeah so you know what I mean! I worked EIFD for years. then went to a more southern department. No wI am back on the Island at PKSFD.

I used to sit and watch a big 9 for three years in a row on the canal behind station one. Him with three other bucks. Yep know CG rd very well. People love the deer but scream bloody murder when they eat the shrubs.

I have a dream of hunting OPEN country at some point in my life, getting tired of having to crawl to some of my spots, just to be able to see 15 yards max!!! LOL

Good to see some from around here.

J

[Mr.Magoo]

Tom,
Sounds like you're already familiar with the property.  You just need to determine which routes the deer regularly use when moving through the swamp and cut-over, and how they're approaching the fields (you probably need to hunt at least 20 yards inside the treeline where the deer often hold while waiting to come into the field.)

Frankly, the best way to see how they're moving is to keep your eyes open while your on stand (assuming you're in a stand).  If you're not seeing any deer, scout for sign and move your stand around those areas.

[J-dog]

Been caught up this week, going tomorrow afternoon. Going to try a ground attack, that is where I do best most time. Slip till I find fresh sign then sit on it till dark. With the cool weather has anyone been seeing anything.

J

Tom,

You been in there killin with a rifle? just sit the same spots a little closer!! LOL sorry couldn't help myself.