rswright11

Todd: It is tough trying to be 100% in fishing then 100% in hunting. Plus try and make family time. I am going to take my 4 year old with me though just to sit in a blind. Missilelock: I would love to take some time off to do some leg work but we are expecting our second child in a month so I had I save my time up for that. That's why I'm trying to hunt as hard as I can on my days off until the baby comes. Smackdown: If I could keep the dogs away from an area I would. There is a good side and bad side to where I hunt. I can go anywhere to hunt because no one in the family except one cousin has ever been in a treestand. All they do is dog hunt. At one time my stepdad had over 20 black and tans. I never enjoyed riding around in trucks to jump out and shoot at a deer jumping across the road. Just imagine the stabs I've gotten over the years for my love of bowhunting.....

It's about 750 acres total. If someone tells me how to post a picture, I'll post a map of where I hunt and where I have stands.

I guess I'll have to start earlier next year in scouting. Regular season is getting ready to start and once the dogs hit the woods, my season is pretty much over. In fact, I've seen a couple dogs on my trail cameras already. That really burns me up but that's another issue all together... I do bass fishing tournaments so it's hard for me to do a lot of pre season scouting because of that. Another problem is that most of the area that I hunt is small/thick pines. I'm just tired of never seeing anything where I go. Thanks for all the input!!!

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This is my first post buy I thought someone on here may can help. I am very frustrated in my results hunting. I spend so much time and money each year in deer hunting and I hardly ever see anything. I put up cameras and stands before the season starts. I get pictures of deer on the camera, but I hardly ever see any when I go hunting. I've got 3 hang on stands in place. Two are on food plot fields and one id in between soybeans and a pond surrounded by oaks dropping acorns. I sat there today and I saw NOTHING. I take scent free showers, wear scent-lok clothes with rubber boots, hardly move while I'm on the stand. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong but it is very discouraging when I hear people harvesting deer who put in NO time or effort and I spend lots of time and effort and have nothing to show for it. Any input would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks....