LFTT 1-29-24

Took off work today to hunt with the cool weather.. let’s go kill em! Good luck

Back down in Monroe county. Seen a few bucks on camera. Let’s see what happens. Good luck y’all.

Was gonna go but was blessed yesterday to kill one so I’m laying off it today. Should be a real good day.

Deer fed all night up until daylight, so not expecting too much.

Deer moving like crazy even saw a 6 pt in the carpool line a d my neighborhood

Saw a bunch on 65 south this morning headed down. More than normal for sure.

bp diesel locations

Just saw a big spike.

Smaller six just came through.

Slow morning, two doe and two hen turkeys.

Got a good deer on camera now.

Plans totally changed. weather totally changed. got a chance to go.

Slipped out watching the top bench for a mid day sit. second time to sit here all season.

Saw a nice 8pt yesterday on the way in from a morning hunt, was on the edge of a pasture at 1100 am. Gonna go sit for a few hours this afternoon.

Got in tree around 11am. Planning to sit until dark. Beautiful day to be in the woods.

Dang do you guys often see deer in open hardwoods like that? So picturesque. I feel like I have to be in/near thick cover to see anything.

Big bucks are playing dumb games

Back at it for the afternoon. Maybe a good one will play dumb this evening. Good luck gents

The majority of the areas that I hunt in MS and AL are big open hardwoods like that....have killed some good deer in both places and yes, I see a lot of deer in them.....something about hunting those hardwoods and seeing them cruising thru........

And a lot of trees\limbs to deflect a shot.

Sat this morning and didn’t see anything. Maybe tomorrow my back will feel better and I’ll sit longer for the cold weather.

There is a thicket to the left below the bench, they bed in it and pop up onto the bench move through and feed.

There is also a big timber company pine desert thicket near where I’m sitting and they funnel around the ridge to this bench.

I have put 3 on the wall and seen a bunch more from exactly where I was sitting on the ground in this pic, but you got to have the right wind and thermals to make it work.

Definitely a beautiful setup......

my deer were active from about 11:30 last night until 3 this morning. i will sit in my shooting shed this evening anyhow. very little stain showing on tarsal glands. three young bucks have been cruising late, but eating rather than bothering the ladies. gotta go hot before long ...

Sitting on my field in Greene County, watching a spike feed. They are logging some paper company land up the road about half a mile. Hopefully they will push some deer my way.

Present

2 does at the feeder. Both are young and acting kind of Squirrley

Back in the shooting house where I killed my good 8 back in December . Haven’t hunted it but once since . Bad weather, been sick , keeping grand babies, going to grand babies ball games , too lazy . Plenty of excuses why I haven’t been back .

My 14 year old that usually hunts with me has got strep throat so im at it alone this evening. Our cameras have been dead the last week here in walker county. Season drawing to a close so gotta go when can. Maybe get lucky.

2 does , 2 fawns and spike maybe a 3/4 pt ? Ends look split

I’m here. Not
Hopeful but better than sitting in the house

All makes sense. Gorgeous.

When I was first learning to deer hunt I had access to some big woods like that near my house but without bedding nearby. I must have sat there 20+ times and never saw but 2 deer. Both were bucks being chased by a couple of farm dogs. Shooters. They came and went so quickly that I didn't even pull the trigger.

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Ended up seeing two spikes and 6 does. The spikes were chasing the does away from the corn. They came out late, 5:40 pm.

Had very awesome hunt

My #2 deer showed - 4 year old 9 w great brows - aint seen him in 5-6 weeks. Missing a brow now and A point was also chipped r it would been hard not to shoot. Got mass - should blow up next year. Washed for 10-12 minutes - lip curl - chase doe and feed

Then one came in late right after legal - think it may hav been my best deer - could not shoot - awesome hunt finally

Its on here

Sounds like fun Tdog, maybe you can get after them again while they are still acting crazy.

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Thanks - Hope to go tomorrow. We had 5 straight rain days then had to wait a few days to dry out. Was at my fav spot today - the Big Field. Saw a giant track n road going to the big field
Should b great here next 2 weeks

does showed up 5 minutes past end of legal shooting light/time. wouldn't have mattered if a buck HAD shown up chasing them. too late ...

Didn’t kill anything but ended up seeing 17. Mostly does. 5 little little ones same young six from this morning and one that ran a does out then stayed right inside the wood line at just past shooting light.
Great day nothing to put in the freezer but that ok too.