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Post by wildman on Aug 2, 2024 8:44:24 GMT -5
Those of you that hunt south FL, esp. in the early season, are tougher than me! Heck, I have a hard time hunting the hotter days in N FL, esp. as I get older.
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Post by meateater on Aug 2, 2024 9:25:49 GMT -5
its tough older you get, i find myself planning out long hikes in the afternoons. 100 yds to that tree,400yds to that tree.550yds to that tree.oh crap the clouds are blocking the sun i gotta get moving. plenty of breaks in shade and water including a few frozen ones i always throw in backpack. i take my sweet old ass time hunting in this heat .
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Post by Crkr 23 on Aug 2, 2024 10:06:22 GMT -5
My hat is off to you South Florida boys, y'all are some tough Mo'Fo's. Good luck to all.
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Post by swampdog on Aug 2, 2024 11:47:54 GMT -5
I’ll set during a rain if I’m already in the stand…unless I hear thunder or see lightning in an approaching storm. I may have tempted mother nature during my youth, but not in my current realization of mortality.
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 2, 2024 14:02:37 GMT -5
I’ll set during a rain if I’m already in the stand…unless I hear thunder or see lightning in an approaching storm. I may have tempted mother nature during my youth, but not in my current realization of mortality. Yep, by the time you've reached our age you should have exhausted 6 or 7 of your 9 lives.
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Post by swampdog on Aug 2, 2024 17:50:19 GMT -5
That’s exactly right OMG!
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Post by meateater on Aug 5, 2024 12:36:24 GMT -5
on to plan b, went out saturday morning to check cameras and put a scent dripper over a nice scrape . water is up bout 8 inches, everything is underwater now, not from the storm or any rain in past 10 days it was pumped in, in last month they have raised the water in holeylands well over a foot basically flooding the entire wma. 100% flooded on purpose, sucks.
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Aug 5, 2024 14:09:10 GMT -5
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 5, 2024 14:09:10 GMT -5
on to plan b, went out saturday morning to check cameras and put a scent dripper over a nice scrape . water is up bout 8 inches, everything is underwater now, not from the storm or any rain in past 10 days it was pumped in, in last month they have raised the water in holeylands well over a foot basically flooding the entire wma. 100% flooded on purpose, sucks. They've been doing shit like that for 50 years. One reason the tree islands have degraded. The WMDs have basically killed off a once thriving deer herd from artificially high water levels for too long of periods. As you well know...
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Post by nuthinfancy on Aug 5, 2024 17:45:00 GMT -5
The weather this weekend was actually very pleasant. Rain and breeze kept it cool and had the deer moving. Lots of rutting activity
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Post by meateater on Aug 7, 2024 12:30:04 GMT -5
on to plan b, went out saturday morning to check cameras and put a scent dripper over a nice scrape . water is up bout 8 inches, everything is underwater now, not from the storm or any rain in past 10 days it was pumped in, in last month they have raised the water in holeylands well over a foot basically flooding the entire wma. 100% flooded on purpose, sucks. They've been doing shit like that for 50 years. One reason the tree islands have degraded. The WMDs have basically killed off a once thriving deer herd from artificially high water levels for too long of periods. As you well know... yeaaaaaa, one of my buddies got a dinner island permit yesterday for this weekend. f/.; holeylands.
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Aug 9, 2024 11:10:34 GMT -5
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Post by Crkr 23 on Aug 9, 2024 11:10:34 GMT -5
A little hint for y'all hot weather hunters. A friend started using one of those fans that go around your neck, they kinda look like headphones. He said they work great. He wears it on the walk in, putting up his stand, sits for several minutes to cool down and then turns it off. I looked at one on Amazon and it even had a cooling plate in it, it was about 80 bucks. The ones that were fan only ran about 30 bucks.
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