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Post by gsoflittledove on Aug 15, 2008 14:43:21 GMT 12.75
Picked up a new lease today, 99 ac. between MOPAC and the INTERSTATE. If its not a 18 wheeler and a bunch of cars its a freight train. and a lot of smells It has a nice creek crossing threw the middle. running from Interstate to RR. Sence Texas put this 4ft high cement wall down the middle of the Interstate (Insurance approved) the DEER, HOGS, COONS. AND ELK USES THE CREEK BOTTOM TO CROSS THE INTERSTATE. Now there is a GAME TRAIL under the Interstate you can drive a 4 wheeler in. (YES IN) that wide. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION, How do you hunt a noisey, smelly, place O By the way the ELK are from a deer farm 3 miles away they lost 45 last spring. ;D Here NO Closed season, or season peroid. (SAW TWO TODAY) One was a 6X6 very big Going Hunting TOMORRO Bill
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Post by Paws on Aug 15, 2008 20:24:22 GMT 12.75
Man I think I saw this scene once in The Postman didn't I? But honestly I think that the in-house expert in hunting noisy, smelly places here must be either Koot or Rogie! A 6 x 6 would make a heck of a nice Texas trophy there !
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Post by RogueWarrior1957 on Aug 16, 2008 4:37:34 GMT 12.75
My experience with hunting in a noisy or smelly environment relates to oil field activity and the busy highways of New Mexico. (Gastric distresses caused by the camp cook don't count ;D I. E. camp scene from "Blazing Saddles"). One thing about the urbanization of the deer and elk's habitat is they have grown somewhat complacent to humans. They are not nearly as wary from catching a whiff of human odor or the noises of traffic and machinery. We have a resident herd living within city limits of the small town where I reside, but they are more or less town mascots and are not hunted. They come right up in my yard, and I live right on Main Street.
One gentleman who lives north of town just off busy Highway 550 which is the main artery into Colorado from NW New Mexico, used to let me and my friends bow hunt on his property. He had a large orchard and also raised chili peppers which the deer peryed upon without mercy. His property is backed by the Animas River and on the other side of the river lies Ruins Road, very busy with oilfield traffic. There were a few working natural gas wells on Lester's property as well. So these deer were well accustomed to seeing people, enduring foreign odors and noises, and not super skiddish.
We always just set up wearing normal hunting gear...no super camo get up required. I'll admit that you are not likely to find trophy bucks down here...they remain up in the high country. but I've found that if you are looking to fill the freezer, there is nothing better than an orchard fed forked horn, with a little green chili for seasoning.
Just find you a spot where you are relatively inconspicuous, and a safe distance from the human traffic, and see what you can turn up.
Good luck!
-Rogue-
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Post by Toby Benoit on Aug 16, 2008 8:33:15 GMT 12.75
Hunt them just as you would any other place. Once they've become used to the sounds and smells of the trafic and industry, they will no longer pay any attention to it whatsoever. I used to hunt a farm in S. GA where I killed a nice six pointer with my bow, eighty yards away from a tractor shaking pecans out of the trees and a crew of nine Mexicans that was picking the nuts op off the ground. The last three deer I shot with my bow were within sight of housing developements with kids playing in their back yards making all sorts of racket. I also used to hunt near the Naval Bombing range in Ocala, Fl. and watched a group of five does feeding in a clearing while F-14's were doing live fire bombings less than a half-mile away. The deer didn't care; for all they knew it was thunder. I had to get down because I was about to get shook clear out of my treestand! Point is, just hunt them as usual. And don't be relaxed about noise or scent control. Just because they aren't scared of a smelly, noisy diesel train rumbling by doesn't mean that if they catch a whiff of your scent, they won't react as any other deer would in any other environment. Best of luck! Let's see some pictures! By the way, have you seen the new line of elk calls we're offering at www.heirloomturkeycalls.com
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