A week ago Monday, I went back home and set up a stand, rice bran dump spot, game cam and a feeder. Went back this weekend to hunt BP. Swapped out the CF cards and checked out the pics while on stand on my laptop.
1,600 pictures in 5 days! Now, there were a ton of repeats, as the cam was set to take pics every 3 seconds when something is there. Let me tell you, the rice bran WORKS. There was one spike that had pictures taken of him nearly every 3 seconds over the course of an hour. LOL. Not only did it work, it worked fast. The first pics on the cam were at 8:30 PM. We finished up in the area around 3:30 pm. Pretty much all of the deer spent 10+ minutes at the rice bran, every time.
All in all, there are approximately 8-10 different doe and fawn that hit it over those 5 days. There were at least 5 different bucks - 3 spikes, including one "unicorn" that might be 6-8 months old. A six pointer that also has the look of a baby (short snout). Then there's this guy. I've got him pegged as being 3.5 at the most, could be 2.5. He never showed up in daylight, and for the most part all of the pics were in the middle of the night. Did get some of spike and doe on the bran and at the feeder during daylight hours. I hunted the stand Saturday evening and Sunday morning and didn't see a single deer while on stand. Saw several going in and leaving 1/4 mile or more from the stand. Thinking I may have to move the whole setup.
Saturday afternoon, I mixed up a batch of chase's recipe and then really screwed up. My initial pile was a couple yards inside a fence between the pasture and our back hay meadow. Rather than climbing the fence and having the extra motion and noise, I just reached as far as I could and dumped the bucket. 45 minutes before dark, the cattle found it and my reach was clearly not far enough. They wiped out 3-4 gallons in 20 minutes. 4 or 5 jockeying for position the whole time.
On Sunday, we setup a new stand on the other side of the county road in between our "lake" (8 acre pond) and another pond in a deep ravine that runs between them. Stand is in a pecan tree and the feeder and bran pile are near one of the biggest damn oak trees I've ever seen. We measured it, and if I remember right, the circumference was a shade over 150". The rain on Monday probably ruined the bran pile, but hopefully they found it quick.
This post was edited on 11/5 2:52 PM by Jeff J.
This post was edited on 11/5 2:55 PM by Jeff J.