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Post by nhmountains on Oct 14, 2020 17:58:57 GMT -6
I have a spot picked out to build a ground blind with maybe 2-3' of steps for entry to the blind. About 100 yards from the house. I figure I can drag my old fat ass into that spot for as long as I'm ambulatory. Plan to get it done next year. I’ve got a spot 125 yards from the camp that I’m grooming for when we get older. I’ve got the apple trees planted and the oaks are getting cleared. Eventually there’ll be a ground hut there. It’s on a knoll overlooking all of that area.
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Post by batman on Oct 14, 2020 19:01:34 GMT -6
Every time I close My eyes I see Dora the Explorer naked.
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Post by kooch on Oct 14, 2020 19:31:51 GMT -6
Swiper no swiping!
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Post by Catscratch on Oct 14, 2020 19:52:23 GMT -6
Is there a magic carpet that can erase "disproportionately hurt" from my memory? I would like to never hear that again...
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Post by Sandbur on Oct 16, 2020 4:05:44 GMT -6
I just read an article where a northwoods hunter considered his deer stand as a magic carpet. It’s time away from the world and your mind can wander and contemplate life. No politics, no fake news to sort out, no damn mask for covid, no covid concerns. Can you find this peace in your deer stand? From talking to neighbors up in the northland, it sounds like there might be more peace and quiet up there. The neighbor directly to the south has canceled deer camp. He has one youth hunting this weekend and that might be it. He and other friends were worried about covid. Friend with 120 acres to East and south is leaving for Arizona and this will be the first year he has missed in 60 years. He usually shoots one doe per year. My cousin says two guys think this will be their last year due to age and health. That leaves him as the only hunter. Most of these guys are in their seventies. It makes you think that you better enjoy it while you can. One other neighbor tends to shoot their deer early. I hear rifle shots in bow season.
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 16, 2020 5:52:10 GMT -6
I just read an article where a northwoods hunter considered his deer stand as a magic carpet. It’s time away from the world and your mind can wander and contemplate life. No politics, no fake news to sort out, no damn mask for covid, no covid concerns. Can you find this peace in your deer stand? From talking to neighbors up in the northland, it sounds like there might be more peace and quiet up there. The neighbor directly to the south has canceled deer camp. He has one youth hunting this weekend and that might be it. He and other friends were worried about covid. Friend with 120 acres to East and south is leaving for Arizona and this will be the first year he has missed in 60 years. He usually shoots one doe per year. My cousin says two guys think this will be their last year due to age and health. That leaves him as the only hunter. Most of these guys are in their seventies. It makes you think that you better enjoy it while you can. One other neighbor tends to shoot their deer early. I hear rifle shots in bow season. It's been getting quieter up by me too. Why? I'm not sure. But after the back to back brutal winters during the DNR's jihad, there were a couple bad years there where there were no deer. I'm guessing some moved, some quit. They certainly didn't come back.
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Post by Sandbur on Oct 16, 2020 5:58:31 GMT -6
From talking to neighbors up in the northland, it sounds like there might be more peace and quiet up there. The neighbor directly to the south has canceled deer camp. He has one youth hunting this weekend and that might be it. He and other friends were worried about covid. Friend with 120 acres to East and south is leaving for Arizona and this will be the first year he has missed in 60 years. He usually shoots one doe per year. My cousin says two guys think this will be their last year due to age and health. That leaves him as the only hunter. Most of these guys are in their seventies. It makes you think that you better enjoy it while you can. One other neighbor tends to shoot their deer early. I hear rifle shots in bow season. It's been getting quieter up by me too. Why? I'm not sure. But after the back to back brutal winters during the DNR's jihad, there were a couple bad years there where there were no deer. I'm guessing some moved, some quit. They certainly didn't come back. We have a bit of ag in my corner of our zone and seem to always have some deer. I don’t see younger hunters up there like I used to see. Perhaps it will change with the current hybrid learning models. Where I live, more youth seem to be involved in hunting and fishing with the lack of in class studies.
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Post by caveman on Oct 16, 2020 6:25:47 GMT -6
I just read an article where a northwoods hunter considered his deer stand as a magic carpet. It’s time away from the world and your mind can wander and contemplate life. No politics, no fake news to sort out, no damn mask for covid, no covid concerns. Can you find this peace in your deer stand? Muzzleloader season has been my magic carpet the last few seasons. Not the hectic pace of rifle season. Usually I have venison in the freezer and am only looking for antlers or a bit more meat, no pressure. Way fewer hunters on the public lands I hunt. Way fewer fellow campers. Snow to make everything pretty. Frozen water to make places accessible. Fresh snow to see fresh critter tracks. Get to eat bacon cooked over a campfire. Then, if you get a deer, with the cold temps no hurry to butcher. Biggest worries are staying warm at night, and staying warm the next night.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Oct 16, 2020 8:43:24 GMT -6
If we lose some hunters in MN. I see that as good thing. Competition for land, public land is seriously intense. I drove around my area in MN during slug season and I was shocked at the amount of orange I saw. They covered almost every parcel of cover, 8-10 hunters sitting on one 80 acre public land parcel. I am all for recruiting new hunters, but we do not need to have hunters sitting every 100 yards from one another.
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 16, 2020 8:56:47 GMT -6
If we lose some hunters in MN. I see that as good thing. Competition for land, public land is seriously intense. I drove around my area in MN during slug season and I was shocked at the amount of orange I saw. They covered almost every parcel of cover, 8-10 hunters sitting on one 80 acre public land parcel. I am all for recruiting new hunters, but we do not need to have hunters sitting every 100 yards from one another. Land is only going to get busier and more expensive as we've all got to compete with deep pockets of the government buyer and government sponsored land trusts. They buy it and take it offline. The pen gets smaller every year.
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Post by kooch on Oct 16, 2020 20:33:35 GMT -6
I just read an article where a northwoods hunter considered his deer stand as a magic carpet. It’s time away from the world and your mind can wander and contemplate life. No politics, no fake news to sort out, no damn mask for covid, no covid concerns. Can you find this peace in your deer stand? Muzzleloader season has been my magic carpet the last few seasons. Not the hectic pace of rifle season. Usually I have venison in the freezer and am only looking for antlers or a bit more meat, no pressure. Way fewer hunters on the public lands I hunt. Way fewer fellow campers. Snow to make everything pretty. Frozen water to make places accessible. Fresh snow to see fresh critter tracks. Get to eat bacon cooked over a campfire. Then, if you get a deer, with the cold temps no hurry to butcher. Biggest worries are staying warm at night, and staying warm the next night.
I love this post.
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