Southern Indiana Whitetail: Opening day is upon us!

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Opening day is upon us!

In t-21 hours the sun will have risen on October 1st which is opening morning in Indiana. The weather is suppose to be clear and cool with a low of 45 degrees.

The acorns are on this fall which means the dear are a bit more spread out when it comes to feeding. It also means, though, that they will more a little more in daylight hours, because they feel comfortable in the cover of the woods.

Dad and I have not been able to scout in one of the areas that we are going to hunt this fall. We will spend tomorrow scouting, hunting from the ground, and probably hanging a couple of stands. It is a stand of several thousand acres of hardwoods. It is public land which presents a bit of a different challenge than some other properties. However, the land is so large that getting into the middle of it can reach deer that are rarely bothered. Dad and I hunted this land a ton about 10 years ago, but have hardly touched it since. It should be a great blast from the past and this property is such that you never know what kind of monster you could stumble onto.

(The camera mount on my bow is not completely fixed up yet. I hope to get it going tonight so that there will be video of tomorrow.)

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Properties

My only property in the Cincinnati area right now is a 50 acre tract on the Great Miami River that I call "The Sanctuary". 50 acres does not sound like much, but the setting of this property is what makes it great. Sitting adjacent to a park, it is protected from hunting pressure and receives deer traffic from the vast amoun of wildlife habitat in the park. The 50 acres is about 1/3 native grass field and 2/3 wooded area and thick burr patch. My first year hunting this property was 2008. Though I filled my tag on Thanksgiving morning on a different property, I saw a good amount of mature buck activity on this property that fall. Having worked hard all summer to get ready for the 2009 season, I was able to arrow a mature buck on Halloween.

The Dream 80 is an 80 acre tract in southern Orange county that is surrounded mostly by Hoosier National Forestry. We started our lease at the beginning of December, 2010. Dad had lusted after this property for many years, so it is now called The Dream 80 and referred to as TD-80. At this point (12/12/2010) we are just beginning to make plans for TD-80. We are beginning to map out sanctuaries and food plots that we will break ground on early in the spring (map seen here http://siwhitetail.blogspot.com/2010/12/preliminary-plans-for-td-80.html). The innitial goal for this property is to make it home to two mature bucks a year. That seems like a realistic goal that will push us to want more out of the property. If this property produces one mature buck (four of us will hunt it with bow only) per year, I will consider it a major success.