Yuppie Hunters

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trailblazer75

Discussion Starter · Sep 23, 2019

Not you! Me.

I went full on new age this year with gadgetry. I'm hunting from a saddle and doing the bulk of my scouting on On-X maps. I swapped my quiver and stabilizer our for a quivalizer. I have one of them new fangled EZ-V sights on the way

So far in 5 hunts, never hunting the same tree twice, I've seen 6 does and a young buck along with 20+ turkeys. All on public land, mind you.

I'll be making a couple kayak hunts like I posted last year as well as exploring LOTS of waypoints I've dropped on my map. My strategy is to look for key terrain and then hike out early with everything on me. Find sign nearest to my waypoint. Find a tree near the sign. Hang it and hunt. I'm also looking at mostly smaller parcels of land because I'm hopeful that the deeper into it i get, the less pressure there is. So far this hunch has planned out. And in essence, I'm just trying to live up to my call sign, Trailblazer.

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callaojoe

· #2 · Sep 23, 2019

Best of luck. :tup:

I plan to sleep late, have a cup or two of coffee, then drive my atv close to my stand, settle in right before sunup. Maybe smoke a cigar while waiting for something to show up.

All sorts o ways to killa deer.

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trailblazer75

Discussion Starter · #3 · Sep 23, 2019

Add one more to the tally for deer. Unknown sex.

Ringer

· #4 · Sep 23, 2019

I used to do similar stuff when I was younger and more ambitious. Now days I take the more casual approach, mostly because of available time to hunt. I guess I'm lucky enough to have my spots that produce every year, I just have to be patient and wait till things are just right to slip in there. But, I still hang and hunt just like I always did. Good luck.

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HEAVY

· #5 · Sep 23, 2019

Good luck.

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Lazarus

· #6 · Sep 23, 2019

Not sure what saddle hunting has to do with being a yuppie hunter. It's been around for years. Great technique.

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trailblazer75

Discussion Starter · #7 · Sep 23, 2019

Lazarus said:
Not sure what saddle hunting has to do with being a yuppie hunter. It's been around for years. Great technique.

I know. Just being silly. Most guys I show the set up to ask me if it's a hunting diaper.

rat

· #8 · Sep 23, 2019

Lazarus said:
Not sure what saddle hunting has to do with being a yuppie hunter. It's been around for years. Great technique.

I think he is talking about using a tree saddle.

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CRE10

· #9 · Sep 23, 2019

trailblazer75 said:
I know. Just being silly. Most guys I show the set up to ask me if it's a hunting diaper.

Speaking of which, is it hard to take a leak out of one sitting like that? I figure for the shorter length guys they would dribble on themselves.

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trailblazer75

Discussion Starter · #10 · Sep 23, 2019

CRE10 said:
Speaking of which, is it hard to take a leak out of one sitting like that? I figure for the shorter length guys they would dribble on themselves.

You just gotta push out with one leg and let the other hang off in space. Sounds scary but if you gotta go bad enough you'll do it. Add another doe to the tally.

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trailblazer75

Discussion Starter · #11 · Sep 23, 2019

rat said:
I think he is talking about using a tree saddle.

I think he is too. Lol.

trailblazer75

Discussion Starter · #12 · Sep 23, 2019

Add a turkey. Big fat hen busted me trying to get my bow drawn.

Lazarus

· #13 · Sep 23, 2019

trailblazer75 said:
I think he is too. Lol.

I was. He's just not used to seeing me post something nice.

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Lazarus

· #14 · Sep 23, 2019

CRE10 said:
Speaking of which, is it hard to take a leak out of one sitting like that? I figure for the shorter length guys they would dribble on themselves.

Most people still use some sort of a platform to assist.

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MOGC

· #15 · Sep 23, 2019

callaojoe said:
Best of luck. :tup:

I plan to sleep late, have a cup or two of coffee, then drive my atv close to my stand, settle in right before sunup. Maybe smoke a cigar while waiting for something to show up.

All sorts o ways to killa deer.

You have no sense of adventure.

henry

· #16 · Sep 23, 2019

My oldest loves his tree saddle. He has the tiny aluminum platform and a harness back rest and says it's comfy to hunt .

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callaojoe

· #17 · Sep 23, 2019

MOGC said:
You have no sense of adventure.

Some days I do. But not normally for whitetail hunts theses days.

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trailblazer75

Discussion Starter · #18 · Sep 23, 2019

henry said:
My oldest loves his tree saddle. He has the tiny aluminum platform and a harness back rest and says it's comfy to hunt .

I don't use the backrest for it because I tend to stand more than I lean back. But otherwise I have probably the very same set up.

trailblazer75

Discussion Starter · #19 · Sep 23, 2019

I went ahead and climbed down. I saw a total of four does and that smart turkey. Did a good bit of scouting and found a decent area with some great sign. There’s an excellent scrape and rub line that I hung a camera over.

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Dafish

· #20 · Sep 23, 2019

And you have a camera?

let us no how that EZ-Vee sightworks out for you. Like howhard it is to get use to and set up.

Seems like most of the guys on AT who have it are buddies with the guy that makes them,,,

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