The moon is playing heck with us bowhunters thou .
From what I have noticed , the deer are feeding at night with the youngsters venturing out early in the evening to get there licks in on any bait pile that can be found .
That's my way of saying I haven't seen any boneheads yet , just a bunch of antlerless coming in just before dark .
I had one baldey stay in front of me for a good half hour yesterday , two tonight , my score ,zip zero nadda since the opener .Where the heck is Bull
le hiding ?
The next big doe or if some luck comes my way and some horns walk by me , it's going down , theres too much great fishing going on to pass up , I'm getting pretty impatient .
I'll be heading up to the Soo next weekend , doing a little walleye and whitefish while I'm up there . I still have to get a stergon on to call this year a sucess .
Sometime this week it's over to the Manistee and then back over to the Au Sable .
I have to get Roosterfish on the line , deercamp is about a month away .
You wouldn't belive the grouse hunting up my way , I haven't seen so many birds since I first started hunting !
I''de like to stick the game-cam out for a night but stateland thefts are hitting us hard up here .
A good sturdy lock and cable or chain is required if you want to have a stand to return to for the morning hunt .Sportsmanship sure is getting a black eye these days .
Whatever happened to simple common courtisy for your fellow outdoorsman ? Some have it , others couldn't care less one way or the other . I met some guys from the downriver area tonight and had a great time with them at the end of the hunt . We in a round about way , knew each others workplace and even had some the same friends . we traded hunting stories , tactics and guarinteed hotspots . I'll be taking them over to an area that I hunt regulary, I'm sure they will like it .
These are the kind of gentelmen I wish others could be like , heck, were already talking about doing some ice fishing together this winter .
Smallies are the hot fish in the area right now with crappies hitting a close second , gills are making there presence known quite well and not much in the way of perch fishing other than the upper west side of Houghton lake .
Lake 4 , pike fishing is a thrill a minute along the north shore coves and weedbed .
Ducks are seen further away from the lakes looking for ponds and puddles in any old farmfeild for a rest .
I'de guess the goose are doing well around here , I can hear calls and shots from my deerstand most all mornings that I have been out .
Tippys elbow to elbow on the weekends with only a slight decrease in fishermen during the weekdays, early A.M. runs seem to be doing the best for the fresh fish .The bad part about this is it makes for a long day at work with just two or three hours sleep .
It is worth it though.
Am I the only one that thinks us outdoor adventurers should get a holiday , say from september 15 thru april 14th ?
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