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My son and I are leaving next week for a week long public land bowhunt in Ohio. This is our first Ohio hunt. Hunted LBL in Kentucky last year with no luck. Any suggestions?
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Hunt the Cleveland metro parks 
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it froze over
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Study aerial photos so you have an idea of what you want to scout. I'd rather scout for 5 days and hunt a "hot" place for 2, than just sit in a "pretty spot" for a week and do no good. I'd shoot a time or 2 every day between now and then also. That's all I can think of. Good luck to y'all! Let us know how it's going!
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whhat county. I would not go to ashtabula county. I would like to go back to jersey county.
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The bucks will be traveling in space with minmal coverage. Look for fence lines, tree lines, minimal coverage that crosses open areas. Let the does walk.
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will be hunting around mcconnellsville? blue rock. no does for sure. worried about cold weather. trying to decide what to do about release hand. prob just go bare handed and carry a hot hand in jacket pocket. have been speninding all free time on google earth. hope my summit will climb northern trees.
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I'd have to carry a loc on and sticks along with a climber if you are comfortable with using one.
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will be hunting around mcconnellsville? blue rock. no does for sure. worried about cold weather. trying to decide what to do about release hand. prob just go bare handed and carry a hot hand in jacket pocket. have been speninding all free time on google earth. hope my summit will climb northern trees.
It may be cold, it may be warm (for locals). Practice shots from a treestand with your heaviest clothing on.....gloves included. Think about wearing gloves and taking them off at the short notice when a deer arrives. Bows get cold when it's single or teen digits and if you are holding them you don't want bare hands. Traveling bucks can show up at ANYTIME.
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will be hunting around mcconnellsville? blue rock. no does for sure. worried about cold weather. trying to decide what to do about release hand. prob just go bare handed and carry a hot hand in jacket pocket. have been speninding all free time on google earth. hope my summit will climb northern trees.
It may be cold, it may be warm (for locals). Practice shots from a treestand with your heaviest clothing on.....gloves included. Think about wearing gloves and taking them off at the short notice when a deer arrives. Bows get cold when it's single or teen digits and if you are holding them you don't want bare hands. Traveling bucks can show up at ANYTIME. Regarding gloves, I wouldn't wear them. I'd use the mittens that flip back and are held open by a magnet. I wore them in KY last year. Much better for me than gloves.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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been shooting with insulated bibbs and the warmest fleece jacket i can ( its still hot as heck) Cant seem to get a glove/release cobmo I like so I think bare handed with a hot hand in pocket will be my method. Trying to get stand time in here in prep for all day sit (may have to get down once and stretch)thnka for all the tips
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will be hunting around mcconnellsville? blue rock. no does for sure. worried about cold weather. trying to decide what to do about release hand. prob just go bare handed and carry a hot hand in jacket pocket. have been speninding all free time on google earth. hope my summit will climb northern trees.
It may be cold, it may be warm (for locals). Practice shots from a treestand with your heaviest clothing on.....gloves included. Think about wearing gloves and taking them off at the short notice when a deer arrives. Bows get cold when it's single or teen digits and if you are holding them you don't want bare hands. Traveling bucks can show up at ANYTIME. Regarding gloves, I wouldn't wear them. I'd use the mittens that flip back and are held open by a magnet. I wore them in KY last year. Much better for me than gloves. Thats the gloves I use if I need them on
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Don't eat any yellow snow good luck. Carry a pee bottle
Anything worth doing, is worth doing right, or it's not worth doing at all!
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Good luck! Im headed to southern illinois on thursday
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Freak of Nature
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Don't eat any yellow snow good luck. WINNER!
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Don't give up on the rattling. If you ever get one to respond, but not close enough for a shot, let him get going the other direction and hit the horns again.
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Bucks should still be rutting pretty hard, so rattle, grunt and have a doe bleat handy. I don't like deer scents, but if you have confidence in them, have some hot doe urine with you, too.
The key will be to find a concentration of does and the bucks won't be far away. Does will be on harvested ag fields, corn specifically, so if you can find some public land abutting a corn field or other preferred deer food ag field, you have found a hot spot.
The biggest bucks killed up there generally come from the week leading up to and the week after Nov. 6. You should be hitting it just right.
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Thanks for the suggestions. Trying to keep busy at work to keep mind off hunt. I'll be sure to let yoiu know how it goes
Keith
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Sitting in stand now in southern Ohio. It getting ready to bust wide open. I am doe hunting now because I used my BUCK TAG yesterday morning. Good luck!
(this is my first time posting and trying to figure out how to post pic because I know it happen without the pic)
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Sitting in stand now in southern Ohio. It getting ready to bust wide open. I am doe hunting now because I used my BUCK TAG yesterday morning. Good luck!
(this is my first time posting and trying to figure out how to post pic because I know it happen without the pic)
Congats on your kill....Create a photobucket account (free) and upload your pictures to it....Once they are in photobucket you copy the IMG code and paste it here...if you have a smartphone you can download the photobucket app and do it all from your phone
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Thanks for help going to photo bucket and give it a try
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