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Title:The Hunting Notesfile
Notice:Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270
Moderator:SALEM::PAPPALARDO
Created:Wed Sep 02 1987
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1561
Total number of notes:17784

1100.0. "last dance" by ODIXIE::RHARRIS (only one shot, please!) Fri Dec 06 1991 09:08

    This is my last weekend of hunting season, sob sob sob.  It is
    now getting to be post rut.  I have yet to harvest a deer, although
    I have seen plenty.  It is either sex hunt now.  I will kill a doe if
    I see one.  I have no idea where to hunt.  I screwed up reading all
    these periodicals, hunting magz, etc, that I am dumbfounded as to where
    to hunt.  We have had a cold snap this week, lows in the 20's, highs
    are now climbing slowly back into the high50's to low 60's.  It is
    clear, no storms etc.
    
    where do I hunt?  The thick crap, the swamp, the hardwoods.  I need
    some advice from you guru nimrods.
    
    
    no meat in the freezer
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1100.1SA1794::CHARBONNDCurse you, Red Baron!Fri Dec 06 1991 09:192
    The swamp. Even if you don't score, you'll know you've put your
    all into it >;-)
1100.2Head for the ZOO!DESERT::HORNThu Dec 19 1991 14:5924
    With time running out, you want to go where you have the best odds.....
    I suggest that you hunt in you local ZOO.
    
    	Be careful with those mags.  I'm not suggesting that they are not
    good, some are.  It's just that an article has to be "reader
    attractive" to get published.  So, some of the authors add spice to the 
    story.  You also get Eastern writers publishing articles about the
    Western Mule Deer (that they watched for a month in the Boston zoo).  
    So, what I'm trying to say is take it all in stride and use common
    sense.  Animals are like you and I.  They prefer the easy routes to
    travel, they prefer a dry bed Vs. walking in a storm, if its a nice day
    that makes you feel like falling asleep under a shade tree chances are 
    you won't see much game sprinting around either, if its cold and you
    need to stay active to stay warmer then most likely they are more
    active as well, etc.  DO NOT OVER THINK.  The deer are where you find
    them, which could be any where!  I always go to the end of the world on
    my hunts...I'll drive my 4x4 truck to death, then back pack in a camp,
    then hike out from there on opening morning.  Well I have a friend that
    just gets out of town and them starts looking.  Sure enough, he finds
    4 pointers (Western scoring) Muleys just like I do. 
    
    Good louck, but most of all....Have a great time!
    Happy Holidays,
    Scott