Southern Indiana Whitetail: I know we need the rain, but...

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

I know we need the rain, but...

I really hate getting soaked in the tree stand. I know that deer movement is hardly affected by these steady November rains, but it can be awfully hard to get motivated to get out in it at 5 A.M. This morning I woke up at five and saw the weather report of rain, rain, and more rain. It didn't take much to keep me in bed. I knew that if I hunted this morning, then I would not hunt Thursday morning (gas is too much), so I opted to wait until Thursday. Now it is suppose to rain Thursday morning.

I have a day off of classes tomorrow, so I will be on stand all day. I love all day hunts. If the deer aren't moving, they can be grueling. But even then the big bucks like to move in the middle of the day. I find this especially true during firearms season when the hunting pressure has picked up. That being said, I expect to have a story at the very least 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.