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« on: May 04, 2006, 09:51:04 AM »
Whats the worst stand you have been in? At the base of the stand the water was at my shins.

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« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2006, 02:19:16 PM »
I've been a few in some stands that I thought would either fall over or the floors would fall through, but nothing to compete with yours.

Was your hunt successful? If so I want to here about the retrieval.
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2006, 09:50:23 AM »
Were you put in that stand by a "professional" hunting guide?  If so, find another guide.
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2006, 10:28:33 AM »
Maybe the guide thought you said you wanted to hunt Gators?  :)
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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2006, 03:56:04 PM »
My "worst" stand had to be the evening I sat on a too slim climber (cold and uncomfortable as h e l l ) for 5 hours.  At O-dark-30 with the buck I had patterned standing just inside the tree line and out of range, the forest took a breath, the wind changed to my back, the buck got the drop on me and snorted me out of the woods and back to my truck.   Smart animal, tough conditions, we'll meet another time.
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« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2006, 09:49:53 AM »
My dad went on a night hunt on the day before and got one.  Yes we were put on the stand by a guide  it wasnt bad but the guide were a little "lax" of you know what I mean.
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« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2006, 03:37:54 PM »
you gotta admit, no scent trail to spook the deer out there!
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« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2006, 01:08:53 AM »
Very true!!!
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« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2006, 11:01:44 AM »
I've seen and killed hogs sucking up corn in 8 inches of standing water under a feeder   The hogs knew the corn was there.  They got it every previous day when it was not flooded.  

I can not fathom why a guide (or anyone) would introduce you to hunt in an area surrounded by nothing less than 12 inches (or more) of standing water?  Was there a feeder?  Did you see anything while there?  

H O G is not synonymous with S U B M A R I N E.
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« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2006, 02:37:35 PM »
No there was not a feeder it is illegel in GA aparently we did not see anything on stands at all.  We only got a morning hunt and an afternoon hunt in because we got rained out twice. :cry:   It was fun inspite of it I did not go but the night hunts were VERY succsesful.
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« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2006, 05:22:46 PM »
is that you holding the small ram?  just kidding...
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« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2006, 03:34:12 AM »
I was also hunting in Georgia, just a few miles from the Alabama line, on 1200 acres, and only two of us using the place.  I got into one stand that had a piece of plywood to cover the shooting window.  Every time I would as much as scratch my nose, the cover would rattle against the building.  BUT, I was out hunting and I had a great time.  If I ever get the chance, I will be back in a heartbeat. Remember the old saying, the worst day hunting beats the best working.
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« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2006, 04:48:32 PM »
Around here, bushwhacking hogs at a water hole works
pretty well. Sooner or later, they have to get water, feeder
or no feeder.
Also, the odds are much higher they will be active at night around here.
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