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Re: 2021 scouting reports

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:53 am

You southern boys are tough. You can keep the gators and poisonous snakes. Nice work.


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Unread postby Dhoff » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:16 pm

I went today checking some trees for acorns. Aint much that scares me in the woods but bees are a different story. Nest the size of a basketball. Anybody hunt these back down in the winter?
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Unread postby A5BLASTER » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:19 pm

austin1990 wrote:I made a hot 4.5 miles today here in south AR, but found lots of good stuff! This was a major creek crossing, coming from bedding area to a couple different food sources, and activity should only pick up once acorns start fallen20210801_080921.jpg

Found a bunch of persimmons dropping already and couple deer are starting to find them

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This was a great buck bed I found in a killer spot. Bed was on top of a pond levee, in the shadow of willow trees. Water to his back and he could see 200 yards across the open ground from the bed and slip out unseen. No idea how or if I even will try to hunt it. But still good to know. 20210801_092550.jpg


This was actually a killer trail I found, each trail went to either side of that point of hardwoods that ran out into the open bedding, trails coming from the bedding met right there. Several oaks and persimmons were around there, hopefully itll be a good early season spot
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Lots of hog sign found as well20210801_093842.jpg

And last but not least. Found some good gator tracks in a creek bed between a pond and one of the lakes in the area. This is a front right and left rear foot prints20210801_113704.jpg


Good work sir.

I'm about 2 weeks out from being home from work and hopefully get a coolfront too go make a walk and see the damage from the logging.

Soild gator tracks. Looks to be a 7 to 8 footer, good belly mark as well. Would make for some fine eating. And a pair of new boots.
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Unread postby A5BLASTER » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:20 pm

Dhoff wrote:I went today checking some trees for acorns. Aint much that scares me in the woods but bees are a different story. Nest the size of a basketball. Anybody hunt these back down in the winter?20210801_172136.jpg20210801_172117.jpg

That's paper Hornets not honey bees.

Wait for a good hard freeze, go with a black trash bag and zip tie, cut it from the tree and put it in your freezer for a month, then make a display out of it.
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Unread postby Dhoff » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:27 pm

A5BLASTER wrote:
Dhoff wrote:I went today checking some trees for acorns. Aint much that scares me in the woods but bees are a different story. Nest the size of a basketball. Anybody hunt these back down in the winter?20210801_172136.jpg20210801_172117.jpg

That's paper Hornets not honey bees.

Wait for a good hard freeze, go with a black trash bag and zip tie, cut it from the tree and put it in your freezer for a month, then make a display out of it.

Yea. Thats what I meant for decoration. Ive gotten a few small ones over the years on 1 inch branches or so but never one this size. The last wasp nest i found in a car mirror at work after i got stung in the face 5 times... i hate them a holes. Brake cleaned them for revenge
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Unread postby austin1990 » Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:09 am

Jackson Marsh wrote:You southern boys are tough. You can keep the gators and poisonous snakes. Nice work.


Ah other than the 100 degree days, snakes, chiggers, ticks, hogs, skeeters, gators, and hogs it ain't that bad :lol:
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Unread postby austin1990 » Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:12 am

A5BLASTER wrote:
austin1990 wrote:I made a hot 4.5 miles today here in south AR, but found lots of good stuff! This was a major creek crossing, coming from bedding area to a couple different food sources, and activity should only pick up once acorns start fallen20210801_080921.jpg

Found a bunch of persimmons dropping already and couple deer are starting to find them

20210801_084315.jpg

This was a great buck bed I found in a killer spot. Bed was on top of a pond levee, in the shadow of willow trees. Water to his back and he could see 200 yards across the open ground from the bed and slip out unseen. No idea how or if I even will try to hunt it. But still good to know. 20210801_092550.jpg


This was actually a killer trail I found, each trail went to either side of that point of hardwoods that ran out into the open bedding, trails coming from the bedding met right there. Several oaks and persimmons were around there, hopefully itll be a good early season spot
20210801_094835.jpg

Lots of hog sign found as well20210801_093842.jpg

And last but not least. Found some good gator tracks in a creek bed between a pond and one of the lakes in the area. This is a front right and left rear foot prints20210801_113704.jpg


Good work sir.

I'm about 2 weeks out from being home from work and hopefully get a coolfront too go make a walk and see the damage from the logging.

Soild gator tracks. Looks to be a 7 to 8 footer, good belly mark as well. Would make for some fine eating. And a pair of new boots.


That was my guess on size, dont have any around my area so I don't know much about them. I'm hoping for a cold front soon to scout some more, it's been miserable scouting the last 3 weekends.
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Unread postby austin1990 » Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:16 am

Dhoff wrote:I went today checking some trees for acorns. Aint much that scares me in the woods but bees are a different story. Nest the size of a basketball. Anybody hunt these back down in the winter?20210801_172136.jpg20210801_172117.jpg

My grandfather used to get everyone he'd find. He'd come back after the first frost, climb up and put a trash bag over them and tie um up tight and leave it tied up for a few weeks. He had several on display in his shop, but he'd also give them to people, and I know some people even sold one or 2 on occasion.
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Unread postby Wihunter95 » Sun Aug 08, 2021 4:21 pm

Got out in the rain to change some cards. Confirmed some info I needed for a spot. Even caught a couple decent ones.
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Unread postby greenhorndave » Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:05 am

Dropped a cam into an area that I probably should have done earlier, but better late than never. Actually bumped a shooter out of a bed. Started thinking “this could be a good bedding area” and he bailed put when I was only about 15 yards away. Got a good look at his rack. Good intel. Found a good spot for the cam and now we wait. On a side note, I think my clothes weighed about 10 pounds when I got out of there. It was a bunch of work and it was hot and humid.
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Unread postby Lockdown » Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:36 pm

First in the field observation for the year. Lots of deer saw 16, 3 yearling bucks. Half the deer came from deep in the public, half were either in the corn or bedded within a couple hundred yards of it. That’s a phenomenal observation stand (1st time sitting it)... good chance I’ll be back.
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Unread postby Tennhunter3 » Mon Aug 09, 2021 3:28 pm

Scouted a little today.
Was walking down a gravel road and had a huge brown,tan snake about 4 foot long with no bands just one solid color cross the road as I was walking to put out a camera.

I searched online but I couldn't find what type of snake it was. Never seen one like it in all my life it was extremely wierd. According to our state we have 32 types of snakes and it didn't match the picture of a single one of them.

Wondering if it was someone's pet they let out probably some super venomous thing from another country.
I couldn't identify that it wasn't venomous so it has since passed away.

I did put out the camera hopefully will get some bucks on it.
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Unread postby Tennhunter3 » Tue Aug 10, 2021 7:37 am

According to state we have 34 not 32 sorry.
It still didn't match any of them.
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Re: 2021 scouting reports

Unread postby Cottonmouthcity » Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:59 pm

Went glassing and shining last night for the first time this year(got back last week from a deployment). Didn't located the giant I was chasing last season but shined another target from last year who has gotten bigger and glassed up 2 good ones right at dark.
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Unread postby BRoth82 » Sun Aug 15, 2021 12:53 am

Finally have a scouting report to post. I drove around last night checking out a few public land spots I scouted this winter. I saw deer out in alfalfa fields, bean fields and CRP grass. I did get eyes on a decent buck coming off public going to a corn field, he's bedded 100 yards off the road so need to figure out how to sneak in on him and hunt him from the ground, since the trees there are where he beds.

Also got eyes on a few other deer but couldn't tell what they were, coming off public and headed to a bean field, fairly sure I know where they're bedded as well.


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