Are you getting ready?

ONLY8PTS · Post by **ONLY8PTS** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:49 pm

I've been away from the site for a few months and I'm starting to get itchy.In Pa. we get our new licenses in July and that starts me getting ready.Two months till archery opens.Taking the xbow to the range thursday morning.Haven't fired it in a while,gonna go sharpen up a bit.Anyone else getting psyched yet?

raydaughety · Post by **raydaughety** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:57 pm

Yep, I woke up before daybreak and couldn't go back to sleep do I went to the waffle house and aggravated the waitresses a bit and then drove out to the farm and checked on a couple of fields from a distance. The deer were pretty active, especially where there was water. It's extremely hot today, suppose to be in the 100s this afternoon. I can't wait to feel that cool breeze that blows against the back of your neck announcing the arrival of fall. But that's 2 months away but it's coming

. We'll start out with our annual dove hunt and then start bow hunting...black powder...then rifle season.

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:06 pm

yes, i haven't stopped getting ready since season closed. i slowed down some during the bad cold and rain. shooting dz. to 2dz. times every other day.

crazyfarmer · Post by **crazyfarmer** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:28 pm

like smokepole said, i havent stopped getting ready... my season never ends

cdup · Post by **cdup** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:39 pm

It can't come fast enough, especially when you watch the outdoor channels every chance you have. Wouldn't be for the heat and humidity I would be in the woods now. Preparing for the season or trying to stick a hog. If mother nature decides not to bless us with a hurricane, we won't start for 4-5 weeks tackling the preparation work.

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:44 pm

I haven't quit either. I have been following Mr. Big since his antlers sprouted, every day he seems to grow more leary of everything around him, the only thing I have seen move without making him jump out of his skin is a beautiful doe with twins that feeds around him every few days, I am starting to thing she just likes to stand near him for safety.
I wish tomorrow was opening day, I am so ready!!

chris4570 · Post by **chris4570** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:31 pm

I've been planning my strategies in my head for awhile. Trying to put all my scouting info in my head to formulate plans for various wind conditions. AM/PM hunts.

Made 2 dozen treesteps Sunday for Ecoaster and myself. 10mm rebar and 2"x1/2" lag bolts. At a cost of about $30.

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:32 pm

I'm warming up already, took 4 does using crop damage permits last week.

Rich

HW · Post by HW » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:07 pm

Was out putting some arrows in my target this afternoon.

fogducker · Post by **fogducker** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:27 pm

just a little for warning that the deadline to get into the antlerless deer draw for ontario..
the draw dead line date is july 31

dick195252 · Post by **dick195252** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:53 am

I never stop getting ready either, I shoot my bow everyday

curmudgeon · Post by **curmudgeon** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:28 am

I put in for a Quota hunt with others, preparing a fixed tree stand and make soil preparation for winter peas to be planted

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:03 am

Don't have to get ready. I live in a deer stand.

BigUgly · Post by **BigUgly** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:02 pm

been shooting all year, cleared my trails out, put out more minerals, moved a few stands, fixed up the ground blinds, so yes I'm all set. Hope there are as many deer as deer flys this year

raydaughety · Post by **raydaughety** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:05 pm

Alright Bob, I'm starting to worry about your relationship with that bow