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warbirdlover, aka... 'the Rodney Dangerfield of Wisconsin' :D

I'll be building some new stands/re-doing some existing ones throughout the property this coming year. I may call on ya for some carpentry tips.;)

What kind of heater do ya use?

Kudo's to you for still getting out and doing your thing. Hope you have many more years to come.

Happy New Year!
 
Thanks all. I've got a 25 gal propane tank with one of those heaters that sit on top of it. I don't use it all that much but when needed it's nice.

Here's one of the bucks I got from the old stand in this same location... I had a six pointer "bed down" not 50 yards from my stand a couple years ago. I now pass on bucks like the two I've gotten (pic below of one of them). Both of those were almost identical and I've let probably four or five like them go. We don't shoot does or small bucks on this land and the size of the bucks and racks are starting to really get huge.

Wolves and cougars are protected in Wisconsin. Wolves might have just been taken off that protected list but the DNR hasn't set up hunting rules on them. I don't know if you can hunt yotes at night but we have shot alot of them during the day (during deer hunting week) over the years! This year no one saw any yotes. We figure the wolves and cougar got 'em all. All I know is if I'm ever threatened by wolves or cougars they're going to die. One of the guys had a "close encounter" going to his blind in the dark. He was about to get in and had something growling and snarling right by him. He turned on the flashlight and it was the cougar not 10 feet away. He couldn't get in his blind fast enough.
 

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Watch out for those big cats and wolves. For a long time where I am originally from, the game and fish dept. denied they existed.

Here is something to consider that you may already be doing - take an adult male when they have an inferior rack. This will help eliminate the genes for a smaller rack from the deer population. It will really help if you can get others in your area to do the same thing.

Any CWD in your area?
 
Warbirdlover, on the windows that I use in my blinds I have finally gotten pretty good at knowing what I want and building it. You can add the windows by building the window assembly at the house and then easily installing it (or them) at the blind. I just make a open box out of 2X4's and use a table saw to cut two lengthwise grooves (about 1/4 inch apart) in the top and the bottom 2X4's. If the window is 4 feet long, I cut four 12 inch plexiglass windows. Stagger them in the grooves and you can just slide the middle panes out to the sides. Gives you 2 feet of opening to shoot from, and you can slide the panes closed as much as you like to block the wind. Then just take the assembly, which you sized wide enough to fit the front or the sides of the blind and put it in place with screws (through the plywood into the frame or through the frame into the side support boards.

Make the grooves a bit wider than necessary so the panes won't get stuck when the 2X4's get wet and swell. Make the top grooves 1/2 inch deeper than needed so that the panes can be lifted and removed when necessary.

I prefer this method to the 'all open' or 'all closed' type windows.
 
Watch out for those big cats and wolves. For a long time where I am originally from, the game and fish dept. denied they existed.

Here is something to consider that you may already be doing - take an adult male when they have an inferior rack. This will help eliminate the genes for a smaller rack from the deer population. It will really help if you can get others in your area to do the same thing.

Any CWD in your area?

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If we ever would find a big deer with a lousy rack we would take it but so far the small racks are on small deer that haven't yet grown up. See the pics of the deer that came off this land back farther in this thread. And CWD is still south of us and not moving up very fast yet.

603Country, my brother did his windows exactly as you described. Good idea. Thanks.
 
dirty trick

I belonged to a deer lease for 10 yrs or so that had quite a few box blinds and elevated shooting houses. There was much competition to get into the spots that had a reputation as productive. As usual, there were some bad sports and folks who did not play well with others, and sometimes words flew and tempers flared.

For personal amusement, anytime I strolled past a blind/shoothouse, and it was empty, I would toss in a spent case or two.
 
I belonged to a deer lease for 10 yrs or so that had quite a few box blinds and elevated shooting houses. There was much competition to get into the spots that had a reputation as productive. As usual, there were some bad sports and folks who did not play well with others, and sometimes words flew and tempers flared.

For personal amusement, anytime I strolled past a blind/shoothouse, and it was empty, I would toss in a spent case or two.

bamaranger
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This lease is a "family" deal. The only reason I got on is my brother who is married to the sister of the guy that runs the lease. Others are his brother, son and friend(s), my brother and myself. Only six of us hunt the 120 acres and if someone doesn't follow our "rules" he's out. One guy who was on for two years is gone because there is no "walking around" allowed which screws up the natural deer movement for everyone and no one else comes along, at least with a rifle. He brought his son with his rifle and said only one would should a deer on the land which didn't fly with us and his son couldn't sit still all day so they wandered around screwing up everyone else's hunting. They even built a blind where they wanted to which doesn't fly. There are six blinds and the newest ones in on the lease take the lowest producer unless someone wants to keep the one they have. My stand has always been one of the best so I lucked out getting it when getting in on the lease. In any case the guy and his son are gone. We had another new guy this year and he followed the rules. We all walk in together at 5:00 am (opening is at 6:30 am about) and drop off as we go by the stands. We're all set by 5:30 am which gives the woods time to settle down again. Coming out at quitting time we reverse the process. Anyone oversleeps and doesn't make the schedule waits until noon to walk in.
 
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“For personal amusement, anytime I strolled past a blind/shoothouse, and it was empty, I would toss in a spent case or two.”

Bamaranger ain’t the only one who ever did that. The bunch I hunted with several years back were always raising hell about someone hunting their blinds. Little did they know that I was tossing empties in whenever I passed. Being a reloader I had many different caliber's to choose from, some fairly exotic. I even tossed a 50BMG case in one. The guy that hunted it talked about finding it for years.
 
I like the blind...if you would pass GPS coordinates I would be happy to stroll by for lunch....have you considered swapping spent brass for food?
 
I like it. I've seen worse. Two come to mind on one of the pieces of property that I hunt on. I would camo it up a little bit and lower the rest so that I could sit vs standing when I shoot (personal preference). As far as camo is concerned I would include some pine banches if they are around. They last a little while longer. Leave it in place. The deer will get used to it. I agree with mo84. Outdoor hunting definitely aint what its cracked out to be. Although I make fun of the two blinds I mentioned at the beginning of this post, I use them at every opportunity.
 
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I like it. I've seen worse.
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No doubt!

Have hunted out of everything from a foxhole in Tenn. to a out-house that was on an old abandoned farm site in KY. Many years ago, I got invited to W.V. to hunt with a buddy of mine and his relation. His Uncle owned a couple hundred acres outside of Beckley(sp?).
Since I couldn't get down there till after dark and season opened the next morning, I didn't get a chance to see where I was going to be hunting.
Being the hospitable type most in W.V. are, I was given the uncles fav. tree stand. That night,my buddy told me his uncle must have liked me cause he loved that stand an didn't give it up for anyone. I felt special:o.

The next morning, well before daylight , the guys dropped me off at my stand.
Not being able to see well, I climbed 30'-35' on what seemed to be an unstable ladder to a metal lawn chair that was affixed to the tree.

When the sun came up and I could see, I was afraid to move. The metal chair was about 50yrs old, rusty and the frame was cracking everywhere. It was chained to the tree and parts of the chain were embedded in the tree.:eek: Needless to say,it had been up there for a few years.
The ladder I had climbed was two very old, wooden, rickety ladders, chain together and attached to the tree with ropes that had dry rotted some 10 yrs ago.

Needless to say, I couldn't sit up there and enjoy the hunt so I lowered my rifle, picked out a good landing spot and proceeded down the ladder....ladder cracking with each step.

I get on the ground, look up and this chair is actually leaning from the frame being twisted and rusted in two.

At noon the fella's showed up to get me and the first thing the Uncle proudly says is "what do ya think of that stand, that chairs comfortable huh?"

"That's a fine one, great location" was my reply as not to offend him.

Later, I was telling my buddy that I was worried his Uncle was going to fall out of the thing and just how bad a shape everything was in. We went in town and got a new metal chair, aluminum ladder and burned the mid-night oil putting it up as a surprise for his Uncle.
I was worried how his uncle would take this and was relieved to find out that he had been wanting to replace the set-up but didn't think he could do it by himself. He was the kind of guy that wouldn't ask anyone for any help.
 
I'd sure like a butterscotch milkshake! :rolleyes: Looks great to me. The few times I've hunted were still hunting from a treestand (Brrrrrrr!) or a gound blind, which was warmer and more comfy. Hope you have a great season!
 
I don't stand up to shoot. I've got a tall swiveling bar stool I sit on. That chair story sounds like the previous stand I replaced. It was only up 15' or so, chained to a tree. Sides were stapled on. If you fell against them they'd open for you to drop to the ground. The wind HOWLED through that stand and if you've ever hunted in the cold from a high spot where the wind can get you you'll be frozen quickly. It was a disaster. The location is in an oak woods on rolling hills and this is one of the highest hills. There's a little stream about 150 yards away which is the lot line. The bucks tend to run along that stream and come up by my stand. Or go from behind me toward the stream. They've even come down the dirt path that goes by my stand. You don't have to be up high to get a deer. I like that solid feeling of EARTH beneath my feet. If I could have a small cabin up on a super, sturdy frame with "stairs" going up I'd sit up high. Otherwise, no chairs chained to trees for me!! :D
 
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Here's my old stand (check out the urinal!) and a view of where I've shot 2 bucks and let a number of others go through. First year (opening day) on the lease I had over 60 deer "pouring" over that hill like ants coming out of an anthill! Groups of does with a buck with them. It was thrilling to say the least.
 

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Sitting in a blind or on stand is the only way you'll get a deer in Wisconsin.
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Because something is difficult for you (or me) does not make it impossible.

Still hunting is an art, and though I am not good at it, I have done it, and killed a deer doing so...... It is HARD, though.

If you prefer sitting in a blind, great.

If that were my blind, I'd have painted it before the snow flew, to keep the wood from weathering ...... some plywood comes apart pretty quick when exposed to the elements..... water is the closest thing to a universal solvent.

As for the roof- If you put some pitch to it, snow would not melt and pool on it.... it would last longer.
 
I'll revise this...

The only way to get a deer in "central" (west to east) Wisconsin on down is to sit in a blind (unless on private land).... :D

Where would you still hunt in Wisconsin other then the big forests in the northern part of the state? There it could be done if you get back in far enough. And the wolves don't get you... :D

If you still hunt on public hunting land (other then these forests) you'll **** off the other hunters on stand. That are 100 yards or less from each other.

I LOVE to walk and when I used to hunt up in the northwestern corner of Wisconsin would still hunt. I love it but can't do that anymore. Especially on snowshoes!
 
If you still hunt on public hunting land (other then these forests) you'll **** off the other hunters on stand. That are 100 yards or less from each other.
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If they are that close, I suggest 24"-36" of sandbags around your blinds ..... and a K-pot ..... 12" of overhead cover would not be excessive, either.....

Different worlds, I guess.

I usually still hunt the same 1/4 mile of wooded creek bottom ..... it is not over 75 yards wide at any point.... and in places is less than 20 .... not a lot of ground ...... if it takes me less than 2 hours to cover that, then I'm going to be making too much noise to see any deer. I suprise them sometimes...... sometimes they suprise me.....
 
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