Opening day in VT, New pics and some scouting

[vermonster13]

No hunting today Tim. Tomorrow I'm back at it.

[Shawn Leonard]

Does th ethreat of hard rain or actual hard rain stop you from taking a shot? It will me on certain occassions but I still take the shot most of the time. I have lost deer for many reasons, including several to yotes, but none due to hard rain and I have shot quite a few in the rain. Shawn

[vermonster13]

I don't take a shot in hard rain in a spot like this. There are three bears(that I know of) and numerous coyotes and the cover is very thick. Where they escape to is hands and knees area for us. There would have been no blood trail and very difficult to hear one fall if they did so in range of hearing. I'd rather not risk wasting the animal. It would be dark within the hour easy, to many negatives for me.

[BillyBobHowdieVern]

more dave more we need pics

[Glenn Carl]

Dave, its update time.

[vermonster13]

I didn't take any pics this past weekend. Had lots of encounters but held off taking a fat doe on Sunday because a new fellow from the site was supposed to come down Sunday to hunt and I wanted a tag for that. he ended up getting permission to hunt some good land near him and I got an e-mail Saturday night that he was not coming. No biggie.

Sunday morning the turkeys were going crazy and I thought a coyote was in them. Deer sitings were zero which is very unusual for this spot. When I went out for lunch I ran into a woman parked by the road looking for a dog lost Saturday, seems they were in searching the ridge above me which explained the lack of activity.

Sunday afternoon things were back to relative normal. I had a nice doe all lined up but she was saved by the two buttonhorn fawns that followed her from the corn. I let down and then she stared right at me and proceeded to blow and stomp for about three minutes. She decided things weren't right and took the boys over the fence into the posted property and the woods behind.

For the last 15 minutes of light three or four were on the crest behind me wheezing and stomping. It was fun and I'll be back for more.

[Jeff Holchin]

Nice story and photos.  Was thinking maybe soon some snow will show up in your photos?  You have a good looking place to hunt, that's for sure!

[vermonster13]

Jake and I went in to do a little midday looking around after he got out of school today. Thought we'd share.

The tractor road in.
 

Colors are changing late down here.
 
 

[vermonster13]

The deer are still real busy with the apples.

 

Plenty of corn too.

 

Jake wanted to sit in my blind before walking out. Gives a view of corn and apples. 6 trails lead into here.

 

[Huntrdfk]

Hey Jake! Hope you gave your dad a tip or two on shooting one of those deer, though I'm not sure he needs it.


David

[bentpole]

Fine lookin' son you have there David. What a nice piece of property. I hope I have an opportunity to get up there one of these days.

[4runr]

More nice pics Dave. Jake is looking more grown up all the time. Tell him I said hi, will ya.

[tippit]

Jake looks like he's ready to go huntin' with you.  Do those Vermont deer really decoy into candy strips    Doc

[vermonster13]

That's early snow camo Doc. If we get snow on the sugar maples before the leaves drop, they look just like that.

[Bonasus]

Vermonster 13,
Do you print out these threads, with pictures, to pass on to Jake when he is older?  Like a diary in a way.  I'd love to know something of my father's life and thinking from the time when I was Jake's age.  Just a thought.
Bonasus

[vermonster13]

I have a folder and CD-Roms burned for Jake of our exploits together. I just hope the land is still there when he can hunt to.

[kawika b]

boy Dave,,, Jake sure has grown fast. gonna be a heck of a hunting buddy soon to come. cherrish him bro,,, soon he'll be asking for a cell phone and mp3 player and,,, well you know what i mean,lol. keep the fire going in him  

[BillyBobHowdieVern]

c'mone dave we need an update and pics plzzzzzz