Category: Hunting

Powerless on Last Day of Deer Season

By Glen Wunderlich

This is already shaping up as a special day.  Our first snow of the year and it’s a substantial one.  I had planned to hunt on this our final firearms season day for whitetail (although late seasons are coming), so I had prepared to get up early.  Not this early, though.

Seems the heavy dose of snow brought down some power lines and we have no power in this part of Shiawassee County.  Off to the garage at 3:45 am for the generator.  It must have taken me 15 minutes to get it through the snow to the hookup area.  Gotta have that juice with the outdoor furnace and underground water lines.

For now, it’s off to the shower and off to the woods.  Snowplowing will have to wait.

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First Snow, Last Day

By Glen Wunderlich

It’s hard to believe that November in mid-Michigan has gone snowless – until now.  The chilly northeast rain has been transformed to a wet, heavy blanket of white – our first of the year.

Snow capped outdoor furnace and fuel

The photo above was taken without flash under the yard light about an hour ago; it’s still coming down.

As for tomorrow morning – the last morning of firearms deer season – I’ll be there.  It’s what I dream of.

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Woods and Water Columnist, Herb Boldt, Dies

A fellow writer, Herb Boldt, with whom I had shared print space in The Argus-Press, has died at the age of 84.  Herb wrote a weekly column called “Woods and Water”.  He retired in 2005 and once commented that he had the greatest job in the world.

I agree, Herb.  In fact, it never seems to be a job at all.  Some of Herb’s work is below.

http://www.freep.com/article/20111128/NEWS08/111128041/Herb-Boldt-journalist-outdoors-writer-dies-84

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/650ed360aaf842e0a847fb612f754b88/MI–Woods–Water/

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Too Close for Comfort

By Glen Wunderlich

Shortly before the start of firearms deer season, I had set up a portable blind within archery range of a brassica food plot. The one-person hideout was inconspicuously concealed in a row of brush and young trees facing the prevailing wind. Experience has shown that deer – especially the more mature, and thus more educated among the herd – can spot the hideouts immediately and shy away from them. But, the new blind would provide a potential opportunity to view activity from a different perspective. Read more

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Blondes Go Hunting

A couple of Blondes go hunting and they get lost in the woods.
Remembering the universal distress signal of firing 3 shots, they fire 3 shots into the air and wait.  After an hour they fire 3 more shots.  Another hour goes by and still no one comes to help.

One Blonde turns to the other and says, “I hope somebody comes this time because these are my last three arrows.”

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Thanksgiving Hunt

By Glen Wunderlich

Last evening’s hunt was filled with activity.  Deer began moving into the brassica plot in front of me at 150 yards at about 5 pm and the action continued past dark.  I wasn’t able to keep track of how many whitetails were on hand – kind of like counting fish in an aquarium – but they filtered in from all angles.

Near dark, one lone buck – a 7-inch spike buck – entered the area and remained into the darkness.

I am still holding off for a big buck and/or snow, whichever comes first.  With the mild weather coming this weekend, it looks like I’ll have to break out the Knight Revolution muzzleloader at next week’s end for the beginning of muzzleloader season next Friday.

It seems as though the mild weather has the deer in more of a content mood instead of the typical frenzied feeding mode this time of year.  It’s Michigan, however, and by January they’ll get a bit more desperate.

Much of the green foliage is still evident

Brassica Plot in Distance

Tonight and this weekend should be interesting because of all the anticipated fair-weather hunters moving deer.

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