Day 4 of the 2021 Squirrel Season
I got set up at 07:00 with overcast skies, a light breeze, & a temp of 60.
Again, the 1st thing I did was fire up the T-cell. At 07:30, a fox started
moving around in the saplings to my left. It popped in & out of view
never giving me a clean shot. It alternated between barking & scolding.
It finally jumped to a large tree in the corner of the woods & started up
scolding as it went. At 07:45, it made the mistake of stopping behind
some leaves but left its head in the open with just enough room to fit a
.17 between 2 small branches. It was a nice female.
I had dozed off &, when I opened my eyes at 08:50, a tiny little fawn
was looking at me from about 15’. It knew I was there but didn’t know
what I was. It practiced its head bob & tried to do the foot stomp but
just wasn’t ready. It got within 10’ & finally decided, at 08:58, that it
needed to be gone & high-tailed it down the trail into the west section
of woods. The breeze had picked up.
At 09:15, I took a walk through both sections of woods looking for squirrel
& deer sign. There were a lot of hickory nuts down in the west section
but no cutting. The east section had a lot of acorns down but, again, no
cutting. Didn’t see any deer sign at all. I got back to my set-up at 09:40.
I headed in for lunch at 10:30 with the temp up to 75, still overcast, &
breezy. The fawn was at the edge of a bean field & took off running to
the north. I didn’t see moms either time I saw the fawn which seemed
rather odd giving the size of the fawn. Hopefully she was just staying
out of sight.
I thought these fungi were interesting looking. I always try to “pose”
any game with natural surroundings & this dead tree/fungi combination
seemed good.
Day 4 of the 2021 Squirrel Season
- HunterGKS
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Day 4 of the 2021 Squirrel Season
George
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR BODY STILL. YOUR HEART JUST HASN'T CAUGHT ON.
.17 = NITRO OF THE RIMFIRE WORLD USAF 1969-1973
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR BODY STILL. YOUR HEART JUST HASN'T CAUGHT ON.
.17 = NITRO OF THE RIMFIRE WORLD USAF 1969-1973
- soiltester
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Re: Day 4 of the 2021 Squirrel Season
Did you check in your deer blind
Maybe you'll get an early frost and get the leaves off the trees early
Maybe you'll get an early frost and get the leaves off the trees early
ever wonder where the white goes when the snow melts??
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Re: Day 4 of the 2021 Squirrel Season
Different woods. Some leaves are already starting to drop.soiltester wrote: ↑September 5th, 2021, 6:36 pm Did you check in your deer blind
Maybe you'll get an early frost and get the leaves off the trees early
George
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR BODY STILL. YOUR HEART JUST HASN'T CAUGHT ON.
.17 = NITRO OF THE RIMFIRE WORLD USAF 1969-1973
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR BODY STILL. YOUR HEART JUST HASN'T CAUGHT ON.
.17 = NITRO OF THE RIMFIRE WORLD USAF 1969-1973