ORIGINAL: Esox_Hunter

 Seismic crews are have been working in my area.  I just found out that they have been all through most of the property on a daily basis for a week or so now.  I guess that would explain the lack of recent sightings for me.  I don't know all of the details of the testing yet, but this bums me out to no end.  If work is going to continue for the duration of the season, I may be hanging the bow up for the year for the most part.  Really disappointed right now  

 
They just finished on one of the farms I hunt.  Wires,  people, weedwackers and helicopters all through the woods.  Took about three weeks from start to finish.  I got to give them credit. They did clean up every piece of ribbon before they moved on.  Sounds like very bad timing for you.

It makes it worse because this is a lease and the landowner continually "forgets" to let us know when all of this chit is going on.  This is our third season of exclusive(control) access and second year of being in a lease.  It is starting to become more aggravation than it is worth.  As hard as it will be, it might be time to just cut my ties and move on.

I am still waiting for an explanation from the LO as to what the heck is going on. 

Sounds like that owner wants his money and wants his money- If he was up front he'd tell ya whats up - his place after all but  if ya knew you probably wouldnt be so upset bout it- somebody oughta tell him bout the responsibility that comes with takin a mans cash.

   Knew some guys who leased a Farm here in central CT- Nice place for Deer Ducks and Turkey- --all was fine till the landowners adult kids who didnt hunt started letting their friends go there too- then some friends started 'taking out the grandkids' to hunt Deer and Turkey-
  Kinda like paying for a new car and then finding ya gave cash for clunkers.The only guys I know who have decent leases have a clearcut written contract so both sides 'get it'. If your paying - its business.

Still sucks!

6 does tonight and two big fresh scrapes just opened up on the way to the stand.  First buck activity I have seen.

I walked into a spot I hadn't even been to last night. Only area I can find that has acorns. Deer must be coming from miles around because there are alot of deer. I got to a spot that looked good but I didn't think it was far enough back. Afterall, it's time to focus on bucks so I need to go back more (right). Next 20 yards I jumped 4 doe. They went right and didn't snortso I'm still good. Figured I'd go to the steep and ended up jumping 3 wide arses. My rule for hunting a new area is to not go in far at first and work your way back each hunt. I didn't follow that rule and messed it up. If I'd got up the first tree I thought about, they all would have came right to me and the wind was perfect. There are a couple tall tined dark horned 8s in the area. That was probably my chance at them. Son of a...

Weather looks rainless next week. (for now)

Actually had tracking snow for a couple hours this afternoon. All gone now. Slow day with a couple doe and one crusing way out.

Hope your kid is feeling better duud.  We need to get er done soon, wally fishing has been hot for the past 2 weeks...

I will be out tomorrow in hopes of seeing (1) one deer.  The way things have been going I need to set my standards low so if something changes I have reason to get excited.  I need to hang a stand up sometime tomorrow, but I plan to be in stand all day other than that.  And all day Saturday....

Finally saw my first shooter on Friday Am but only caught a glimpse as he moved off through the pines grunting at 80 yds. at 7:45am.  Fog made it hard to see things most of the AM.  Then, had a 4 pt. come within 5 yds of my stand at 7:55am.  Saw another buck grunting before all that action at 7:30 am (hard to see with the darkness and fog) but could make out a flash of antlers but don't think he was a shooter.  Then, some baldies hung out in a nearby field from 8:30am until 9:30am until another dink buck came along and shooed them away.  Kicked one more out on the way out of the woods at 10:45am.  Didn't hunt the evening yesterday or the snow this AM.  Fever came back off and on yesterday afternoon and I was up with him all night (coughing, sore throat, alternating motrin and tylenol, just plain miserable).  Wife is starting to get it too and has been up with him the last few nights (he's been sick since Wed.) so I gave her a break so she could catch up on sleep.  Usually get to hunt snow in archery maybe once every 10 yrs down here and I missed it (hopefully it sticks around this evening).   I'll be heading out for sure.
 
1/2 day vacations for me every day next week as long as the kids get better.
 
Good luck fellas.

Got out for the first time this year tonight had a doe in my sights at 15 yards just wouldnt take 1 more step to a clearing. My dad was squirrel hunting a few hundred yards away from me and had a 10 point walk right up to 25 yards away from him. His unlucky day to not take the bow.

Not many doc.  The area was hammered by an ice storm about 8 years ago.  It is nearly impenetrable and for that reason, receives no pressure.  Maybe a guy or two in rifle.  It is frustrating even trying to get to it and that's after I cut a trail.   I did not do much lane clearing because I jumped a nice buck from its bed.  Set it up and got out of there.  Heavy snow was a good time to sneak in and out. 
 
Dad asked how the snow was Saturday morning so I took a pic out the door of the blind to send him.  No shooting back there. 
 

 
 

That place has deer written all over it. Any feed? Gota love snow for a background. Don't change a thing I see plenty of holes to shoot through.

Only saw a small 6 point tonight at about 40 yards couldnt make out any other points. Also saw a few turkey.

Hunted yesterday AM and seen 12 deer, only one was a dink buck chasing a doe around the hill. Rest were baldies and youngins.

Spent the night last night in the ER. Fever came back something strong last night. Son has pneumonia. On antibiotics now so hopefully he is on the mend, finally.