the woods and the waters

Hit our place in the country for a hunt or 2 , then hit the water for a fish or 2 on the way back in to town.
The hunts went well and saw a few animals , the ketchn of fish went well to . The movement on the deer was a bit slow and only saw 5 bucks and 4 does in 2 hunts , the coyotes were also active and I saw a rather large boar hog .
Only controlled the coyotes a bit and never heard another shot fired .
Stopped by Buddy's place and hit the dock on his lake and managed around 25 crappie and 3 bass in an hour and home I went .
His crappie are in winter mode there and were deep and thumping ,used the same chart jig and took about 15 of the "cull" fish back to town for donation to the less fortunate .
Below are few photos of said events , hope you enjoy and YES ....
I KABOOMED :Rofl

That was a mighty fine day.

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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

That was a mighty fine day.

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not a bad 24 hours for sure my friend ,all alone and doing as I pleased without any help was pretty nice ,
it was long drag with the coyote though , got to be a bit heavy by the time I got it to the truck .rotfl

Better the coyote than the hog in the other post

I saw a nice buck in my backyard yesterday. It was a sunny beautiful day and he was frolicing. I saw him get on his hinds and rattle his antleers into some limbs hanging down. Scent marking. I need to start keeping the rifle by the back door.

Not much better than venison tenderloin

Some very nice fish and photos of your adventure. A multi sport day!
Bob

Very nice my friend, thank for taking me on your adventure.

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Originally Posted by Micanopy

I saw a nice buck in my backyard yesterday. It was a sunny beautiful day and he was frolicing. I saw him get on his hinds and rattle his antleers into some limbs hanging down. Scent marking. I need to start keeping the rifle by the back door.

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a scrape is a wonderful thing , in your back yard even better ,it is like texting in the deer world
very cool

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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

Better the coyote than the hog in the other post

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he would have been a serious problem to move for me all alone at any age in my life,
gave that a thought as he closed in on me before he left hastily turned tail and left,
thought best make sure he is within a 100 foot rope length of a place my truck will get to for sure .

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

not a bad 24 hours for sure my friend ,all alone and doing as I pleased without any help was pretty nice ,
it was long drag with the coyote though , got to be a bit heavy by the time I got it to the truck .rotfl

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now that is a good day. nice little 2 1/2 year old 8 point there need a pick of him in another 2 years

I'm digging the YOTE picture! If you need help culling the coyote population, I'd love to help out. ;)

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

he would have been a serious problem to move for me all alone at any age in my life,
gave that a thought as he closed in on me before he left hastily turned tail and left,
thought best make sure he is within a 100 foot rope length of a place my truck will get to for sure .

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Mighty fine thinking.

What a life you have ketch,,,,I’d love to be able to fish and hunt a inthe same day,,,,,I’m moving to Texas!

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Originally Posted by murdok

now that is a good day. nice little 2 1/2 year old 8 point there need a pick of him in another 2 years

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difficult on our place to see many bucks past about 1 or 2 years older after they get a rack on their head that looks decent .
one or 2 in the 4 years since we had the place have made it 2 seasons more ,pretty sure the large open space wandering they do puts them in front of the I got a deer crowd . not the what a deer crowd ......
lots of meat hunting goes on out there for sure and every rancher that passes by knows the next rancher and carries a rifle or 3 in the truck too .....
pretty rough spot to be a deer during deer season for sure .

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I'm digging the YOTE picture! If you need help culling the coyote population, I'd love to help out. ;)

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we are going to start calling this year , the numbers seem to growing , never saw many if one 3 years ago , or heard many either , now it sounds like a dog kennel at dark and we are seeing one about every week .

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we are going to start calling this year , the numbers seem to growing , never saw many if one 3 years ago , or heard many either , now it sounds like a dog kennel at dark and we are seeing one about every week .

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With a supply of food they will populate and area pretty quickly. I used coon urine as a cover scent on my boots. Apparently coon was on the menu had one walk in my tracks all the way to the stand. I heard him at the base of the tree. One of the older hunters at the camp shot yotes all the time. I went out and sat in a shooting house with him. He shot the first one into the field through the back legs where it couldn't walk. I felt bad for the thing and was going to finish it off. Directly it's pack members were in the field trying to kill it. We shot 3 of those. According to him the pack leader was the one in the field first. When it was wounded the others moved in to kill it and take it's spot.

interesting , not sure if that theory will hold water ,but pack mentality is odd from a human standpoint ,one thing for certain though the dumping of bunches of dead hogs all over the place produces unlimited food supplies for them if they so feel the need to have a bit of pork . we just got a call that has 12 different "voices" on it ,male yotes ,female yotes, yote pups ,fawns, woodpeckers ,cottontails, jack rabbits and etc etc etc .
it is about super nice for sure ,long range remote and remote volume and it is loud as heck .
stay tuned , we is highly likely to employ said device soon and ....some .....
KABOOM to go with ....:Rofl

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

interesting , not sure if that theory will hold water ,but pack mentality is odd from a human standpoint ,one thing for certain though the dumping of bunches of dead hogs all over the place produces unlimited food supplies for them if they so feel the need to have a bit of pork . we just got a call that has 12 different "voices" on it ,male yotes ,female yotes, yote pups ,fawns, woodpeckers ,cottontails, jack rabbits and etc etc etc .
it is about super nice for sure ,long range remote and remote volume and it is loud as heck .
stay tuned , we is highly likely to employ said device soon and ....some .....
KABOOM to go with ....:Rofl

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They get call shy pretty quick in my experience. Those calls that have the fur or feathers on a stick that activates with the sound keeps them a little more interested a little longer

told my bud that , only the young ones and them dumb foxes run in like wild fire , the older dogs and bobcats are real sly .
also told him must move lots and not use the same call often , yotes are pretty smart critters .
and watch your head at night , bought had mine taken off one time by a huge great horned owl , had to go change my undies after that hunt :Rofl:Rofl

They also will circle ya and come in to the call from down wind of ya. They are pretty sly.

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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

They also will circle ya and come in to the call from down wind of ya. They are pretty sly.

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As will mature bucks when you rattle them in , most species that use the nose keep the wind in their faces if possible .