Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
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Hannah has been wanting to go deer hunting, she's been practicing with the 1903 Springfield, shooting a reduced load. Today I finally finished the tree stand.
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It is 12 feet off the ground. I made the ladder from mill cut oak, and there is oak planking in the tree stand.
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I ordered a camo scent hiding net to wrap around it. The netting smells like a compost pile. It will help block her scent, plus give her the ability to move around a little without being detected.
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The stand is situated upon the high ground... in all directions of the stand, the land slopes off to either river bottom, creek bottom, or springs. The deer like this area because it is heavily populated with nut trees... beech nut, hickory and oak. In fact, the tree stand is in a beech tree. All around this area, you can see where deer have been scraping away looking for wild nuts. Plus, from this spot, they can see downhill from all directions, and is a safe place to forage. In this photograph, you can see where the leaves have been disturbed; this is all digging for nuts by deer.
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This is a close up of one of the deer scrapes. My wallet is on the ground for size comparison.
Hannah will sit in the tree stand this evening, for the first time. There's no hunting on Sunday, so we'll see what happens.
Vernon
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It is 12 feet off the ground. I made the ladder from mill cut oak, and there is oak planking in the tree stand.
[attachment 44363 2.jpg]
I ordered a camo scent hiding net to wrap around it. The netting smells like a compost pile. It will help block her scent, plus give her the ability to move around a little without being detected.
[attachment 44364 3.jpg]
[attachment 44365 4.jpg]
The stand is situated upon the high ground... in all directions of the stand, the land slopes off to either river bottom, creek bottom, or springs. The deer like this area because it is heavily populated with nut trees... beech nut, hickory and oak. In fact, the tree stand is in a beech tree. All around this area, you can see where deer have been scraping away looking for wild nuts. Plus, from this spot, they can see downhill from all directions, and is a safe place to forage. In this photograph, you can see where the leaves have been disturbed; this is all digging for nuts by deer.
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This is a close up of one of the deer scrapes. My wallet is on the ground for size comparison.
Hannah will sit in the tree stand this evening, for the first time. There's no hunting on Sunday, so we'll see what happens.
Vernon
