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deerman

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ACTIVE water hole
« on: July 08, 2013, 12:27:38 AM »
I was out to my private "range" range today to shoot some hand-loads.  A friend built some that shoot well in his 7mm-08 amd gave me some to try in mine.  My rifle has a longer barrel and he wanted to see what the velocity difference was.  I wanted to see if the accuracy was better than the factory stuff I had been shooting.  I also chronyed some .222 hand-loads in my new CZ 527 LUX.

Then for fun I shot some .44 mag, through the chrony with my Ruger carbine.  To error is human they say, but to shoot a hole in your chrony is just dumb.  Enough said.

Then I set up a trail cam at a lick where I had got pics of deer and elk before.  And I went to a water hole i Found last Nov. and it was loaded with tracks on top of tracks.  I set out three cams and will check them in 3 or 4 days.  May be a good place to set up a tree stand and wait with my bow.



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Re: ACTIVE water hole
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2013, 10:06:16 PM »
10-4 on the treestand...looks like a good spot... ;)

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Re: ACTIVE water hole
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2013, 12:31:53 AM »

I'll see what the trail cam pic show but I always tell myself I will shoot a "supplemental doe" first thing and then the venison pressure will be off.  Maybe I should sit here opening day and do so.

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Re: ACTIVE water hole
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2013, 01:20:18 PM »
I'll see what the trail cam pic show but I always tell myself I will shoot a "supplemental doe" first thing and then the venison pressure will be off.  Maybe I should sit here opening day and do so.

If you are getting a target buck on your trail cams, I would hold off shooting anything but the animal you are after.  No use messing with the patterns of the animals for a meat doe.  Have a couple other places to hunt for the "meat" doe when the conditions aren't right at this site.

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Re: ACTIVE water hole
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2013, 08:21:09 PM »

So I had put three cameras looking at different angles of the water hole.  I picked them up today and looking at #1 and #2 I saw lots of pics of does and does with spotted fawns.  Then I am looking at #3 and thinking "kind of a waste of time and picks to have three cameras on one water hole I'll just have the same does on this cam.  Then I see one picture of a buck approaching the water.  Not sure if the cam taking his pic spooked him so he did not come in and get snapped by the other cams or what.

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Re: ACTIVE water hole
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2013, 10:25:15 PM »
Definitely some potential there.  Should be fun to watch him grow over the summer.

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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2013, 11:12:48 PM »
Great spot.