moosehunter
PMA Member
Monday was the 1st time I was out since before shotgun season and headed right to a stand that I normally see lots of traffic but usually nothing big. I put my 13 YO nephew Nolan, in a stand about 50 yards from me with his ML to cover one trail and I was on a doe mission in the other stand. Youngmoose was in a draw a few hundred yards away. After an hour I had a doe on the ground. Nolan had a chance on a small 8 but he thought it was a doe so he didn't shoot.
We changed stragies on Tuesday and tried a field across the road and saw nothing even though there were alot of tracks. They must be in the fields late at night. This afternoon we tried another spot. Youngmoose was in a productive stand and I was in a stand I like for does. But I was the one that saw bucks. Just before dark 2 150" ten pointers came out of some heavy brush along a ridge line together. 40 yards was close enough but there was a little to much junk in the way. They both turned to the brush and another 10 in the same class came out. Just after that a smaller 8 came out. I don't know if they would have responded to a grunt but I forgot the call in the truck anyway. They never came any closer but did hang around awhile. I think it's time for the climber right next to the ridge.
We changed stragies on Tuesday and tried a field across the road and saw nothing even though there were alot of tracks. They must be in the fields late at night. This afternoon we tried another spot. Youngmoose was in a productive stand and I was in a stand I like for does. But I was the one that saw bucks. Just before dark 2 150" ten pointers came out of some heavy brush along a ridge line together. 40 yards was close enough but there was a little to much junk in the way. They both turned to the brush and another 10 in the same class came out. Just after that a smaller 8 came out. I don't know if they would have responded to a grunt but I forgot the call in the truck anyway. They never came any closer but did hang around awhile. I think it's time for the climber right next to the ridge.
