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The Obama Deception

I had to scrape my windshield today before work and all I could think about was that I should be hunting.

I think redneck was saying that he believes most of the scent comes from your mouth (respiration) and hence why he does not worry about wearing scent gear. I am almost positive that deer smell your breath before anything else, as you breath most likely carries through the breeze. JMO

This may sound weird but I am going to say it anyway. I am a mouth breather and I have to consciously choose to breathe through my noise. In years past I have noticed that when I accidentally switch to breathing out of my mouth, it almost immediately alerts deer. During a hunt a couple years ago, I hadn’t seeing anything all morning and I got sick of breathing through my noise so I started breathing through my mouth. All I could hear from that point on was deer snorting and running a way. I wasn’t aware of their presence. I started breathing through my noise again, and within 10 minutes the deer came in. I think breathing from the mouth puts a whole lot more human scent in the air. I know there are gums and Dead Down Wind mouth spray. I just breathe through my noise and I will eat apples throughout the day. Has anyone else noticed this and do you have any other remedies for the issue?

The weekend before last I spent most of Sunday setting up my stand in a red pine (cutting down branches, making shooting lanes, etc). This is the first time I put my stand up in a pine before (its looks awesome, very well hidden). I faced it a little bit diagnol of this trail of which I thought to be very well traveled. I can barely see behind me through the thick pine branches and I definitely would not be able to make a shot. I went back there this weekend to make some mock scrapes when I started hearing movement coming towards my way. So I quietly climbed up my stand because I was anxious to see what was coming. Not sure if this was the best thing to do being that it was the middle of the day. About ten minutes later, nothing coming down my trail but I still hear movement. I look to the back of me through this little hole through the pine branches and sure enough I start seeing brown traveling down a different trail that is almost parallel to mine. I realize that this was just one instance, but I totally missed that trail the week prior becuase the grass is so high. I didn't see it until they were actually traveling through it. I know it is early but I am starting to think I made the wrong choice by about 40 yards haha. I really don't want to move my stand and disturb the area again a week and a half before the season starts. I am sure some of you have been in this situation before, thought you might share what you did.

So that is where you spend your bow season? I take it you buy non-resident tags or how does that work?

Wow thats kind of late. I just found out that there is no hunting allowed on Sundays...

haha, isn't your woman still up there? I am not going to waste your time right now. Thanks for all the replies, doesn't sound too bad. The reason I want to do it myself is because I am sure there are going to be a lot more encounters in the future. Thanks again.

Thanks...Sounds like the same as Michigan's. I saw a lot of deer down there but they did seem a lot smaller than Michigans body wise. What is the average healthy buck/doe weight? Thanks

My folks just moved to Summers County, West Virginia which is in the southern part of the state. I was just curious when is the rut season down there? Is it in late October? Early November? Dates would kind of be nice. Thanks

Nice Niner, must still be pretty warm down there. Did you have track it by yourself?

Well bow season is right around the corner but I just bought a new scope for my shotty. I would like to get it sighted in before bow season starts. This is my first time putting a scope on myself. I don't have any fancy bore sighters or anything like that. I was curious what do I need to know to get the reticle perfectly straight? Or do you guys basically just do best guess? Any tips on sighting in a new scope would be appreciated as well. I know this probably belongs under Shotgun and Accessories but I figured it applied here because I will be using it for Deer Hunting and it will get more of an audience. Oh by the way I bought a Bushnell Banner Dusk & Dawn Shotgun Scope. The shotgun is an 870 12 gauge with rifled deer barrel. I know its not necessary but background never hurts. Thanks Y'all

HAHA! 1. The guy answering questions was not doing enough to defend hunting...jmo. 2. I think what I am saying is that I pretty much think the guy behind the wall (guy asking questions) is a tool. His comments at work generally do not represent good character. I am sorry, I got way off on a tangent, I was trying to explain my bad attitude towards unethical people. And I really don't have enough background info on the guy behind the wall to prove that he would be an unethical hunter, I was judging by his everyday attitude and regular discussions at work. My main point in the beginning was that don't you hate to see people who you think are tools to belong to something that you are passionate about. I am sorry for not providing adequate information in the beginning.

haha this made me laugh, my friend MichiganHunter reminded me about getting back on here.

I understand where some of you are coming from with the idea that he may just need exposure to the woods. I failed to include the fact that the guy he was speaking to (who supposedly bow hunts) was not actively denying or educating the individual. I should have included more of the story. It also seemed as though the individual had previously hunted deer during rifle season and his comments just rubbed me the wrong way. I will totally agree that we need to get more people into hunting especially youngings as we do not want to lose support in the future for our beloved way of life. I just dislike seeing people in the woods who do not appreciate it. I may just have a bad attitude because of what I have been exposed to. I used to work for a guy who knew I was a hunter. He told me that he bow hunts every year and that he always gets a buck, sometimes two. He would tell me stories of different bucks that he harvested and I was actually interested. This guy would constantly put down the idea that bow hunting took any more effort than harvesting with a rifle. I never really understood it. When asking him, he would just say it comes easy to him. I found out later that he had previously had a shoulder injury for like a year, and his doctor wrote him a note of disability so that he could hunt with a crossbow. I am not downing crossbows here but just listen to the story. He no longer has the injury and flaunts the fact that he still has them fooled because he can bow hunt with his crossbow. He also later revealed his secret of getting a buck every year. He lives about 5 country miles from a carrot farm, so he would get a dump truck load of carrots and dump them in the corner of his property (which is about 4 acres). He has a stand that he leaves there every year about 15 feet from the carrots. On opening day, he would go sit up in his stand for about 2 hours before dusk, and when a buck came to the pile he would turn on his little laser and pull the trigger. This is the same guy that doesn't see any reason to test any of his equipment before the start of the season. The thing that bothers me the most is that I know there is a lot of other honest hunters in the area who haven't seen a buck for years (no it is not me haha). He had no pride or ambition to do it the right way. He also had two boys of which were interested in hunting… Back to the original story, I was quick to judge as I do not even know the guy. It may also be the fact that I hear this dude talk on the other side of the wall all the time, and his comments are generally representative of a tool. After much rambling, I will say that just because someone has ignorant comments towards hunting or the outdoors does not rule out the possibility of changing their perspective. It may be worth educating the individual and God knows we do need more people educated about hunting, the outdoors, and firearms. However there are many out there that I just hate to see hunting since they are a poor representation of it. This could in fact negatively affect others idea of what hunting is and what kind of people participate in it which could inevitably steer good people away from it. A few years ago there were dove hunting ads on TV where two guys with beers shot doves off power lines and then left their empty cans behind. I can’t tell you how many people I heard reference that ad when speaking about passing the dove hunting bill in our state. Anyways I hope I didn't put anyone to sleep.