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<blockquote data-quote="Okanogan" data-source="post: 2007699" data-attributes="member: 90397"><p>I did a fair amount of scouting on public land for deer season this year in hopes of taking my grandson out for a real deer hunt. One of the spots I had focused on had a nice little hill that overlooked a drainage, meadows and good cover. I'd seen a buck there and thought it might make a good spot if we got in early enough that other hunters that were likely to show on the main trail 300 yds out might push game to us. The week before season I'm back in scouting again and find a bait site and a cheesy ground blind set up about 50 yds off the main trail into the area. The set up was stupid as the blind was too close to the bait and set up in a manner where most game would approach from behind the blind to reach the bait. (And other hunters coming down the trail would walk right by it.) The spot I had picked out overlooked the whole area and could have picked out anything approaching from 400 yds. I knew the guy who set it up would claim everything for as far as he could see as his because he had the blind and the bait. I didn't want my grandson's first deer hunt to be an experience in confrontation or rudeness so I just switched plans and stayed home.</p><p>I shot a 2x3 meat buck at 250 yds on opening morning with my grand daughter spotting for me. My grandson shot a decent 3x3 yesterday at 100 yds from the concrete shooting pad we have out back. I'm still hoping to get my grandson more of a real hunting experience but I'm happy we are fortunate enough to own a little property and have access to some other private lands so that at least the grandkids initial experiences don't have to be confrontational.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Okanogan, post: 2007699, member: 90397"] I did a fair amount of scouting on public land for deer season this year in hopes of taking my grandson out for a real deer hunt. One of the spots I had focused on had a nice little hill that overlooked a drainage, meadows and good cover. I'd seen a buck there and thought it might make a good spot if we got in early enough that other hunters that were likely to show on the main trail 300 yds out might push game to us. The week before season I'm back in scouting again and find a bait site and a cheesy ground blind set up about 50 yds off the main trail into the area. The set up was stupid as the blind was too close to the bait and set up in a manner where most game would approach from behind the blind to reach the bait. (And other hunters coming down the trail would walk right by it.) The spot I had picked out overlooked the whole area and could have picked out anything approaching from 400 yds. I knew the guy who set it up would claim everything for as far as he could see as his because he had the blind and the bait. I didn't want my grandson's first deer hunt to be an experience in confrontation or rudeness so I just switched plans and stayed home. I shot a 2x3 meat buck at 250 yds on opening morning with my grand daughter spotting for me. My grandson shot a decent 3x3 yesterday at 100 yds from the concrete shooting pad we have out back. I'm still hoping to get my grandson more of a real hunting experience but I'm happy we are fortunate enough to own a little property and have access to some other private lands so that at least the grandkids initial experiences don't have to be confrontational. [/QUOTE]
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