2020 Kansas Gun Season Day 2
Another chilly and frosty morning.
A little more prepared this morning than yesterday.
The seating arrangement this morning consisted of an old fashioned pail with a fluffy pillow to sit on.
The accommodation did work, as I was able to sit closer to the windows on flat ground and could easily see out the windows.
Sitting on a pail in your 40’s ain’t as easy as it was in my 20’s!!!!
Ahh girls gotta do what a girls gotta do
Life ain’t perfect all the time but it’s a beautiful ride.
We sat in the same blind as we did yesterday morning.
We are getting plenty of movement of trail camera, with a few potential shooters for sure.
Just a matter of time.
Cool, bland morning with the wind nipping at my cheeks.
The sun didn’t make her presence until 830am
But was not even warm enough to melt the frost off the earth
I like to say we saw nothing, but we did see some
Boone and Crocket fox squirrels😊
The coyotes were very vocal this morning as well.
The bait pile we had in the area of the blind has mostly disappeared.
So, we know there has been movement in the area.
Again, a rather dull morning, but any day in the blind is a better day than at work.
We checked out mid-morning, walking out being serenaded by the coyotes.
The coffee and thick bacon, yummy warm eggs and homemade fresh bread really hit the spot.
Ma Ma Kirchoff is amazing!
The weather tonight was nice and didn’t warrant wearing a heavy coat.
The sun was out and the car temp read 47 degrees and there was little to no wind.
Once the sun went down it got a bit chilly.
I managed to get wind burn on my face with little to no wind.
This evening hunt we headed over to public land again.
We basically sat in the same area as yesterday.
We had a few other places we wanted to try,
But one had cattle nearby so we didn’t want to hunt there for safety reason.
We also ran into 3 other trucks with blaze orange on, not sure if they were pheasant or deer hunting, so we tried to avoid them.
At the end of a dead end road there was a car parked, so we wanted to avoid that area if there was another hunter on public.
We don’t hunt public in Wisconsin. So, we are a tad bit leery hunting public in a different state. Due to the thick wooded areas, wide open fields, and the vast area that public covers, it is hard to see other hunters. The idea: NOT GET SHOT!
We walked across a large hayfield and into a woods. Past the woods there is a large open field. It’s a hidden field with woods along the edges. Pretty secluded area. I had high hopes that we might see something.
There was many signs of deer movement as we walked in the woods to the field. The way we walked in was quite a cow path created by deer. There were several scrapes on our way through the woods.
We settled in the tree line of the field in some brush.
The owls hooted and hollered again tonight. This time there was at least 4 of them. One we basically had right above our heads, it pretty cool to hear an owl that close.
The only wildlife we saw were 5 turkeys making thier way through the field from one side to the other.
I met a new friend, a small rodent of some sorts, below my chair. I could hear it skitter and scattering below my feet. It didn’t scare and I was waiting for it to climb up my leg. I shall call him Elroy and he was my new friend! Stay strong Elroy!
I am not impressed by public land right now. Impressed by the beauty, not impressed with lack the of deer.
Tomorrow we are going to check out some more public land and replenish the bait piles.
Better hunts ahead!