Spotting a Buck in a Cedar Swamp: First Deer of the Year at 150 Yards

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  • Tom's avatar

    Keep your long undies handy. The cold weather is settling in.

  • John's avatar

    Awesome find! Definitely made it worth the walk 👊

  • Mike's avatar

    @Tom yessir, ‘bout froze in less than an hour. You can see how red my hand is from a short exposure. Supposed to be 5° tomorrow🥶

  • Lacey's avatar

    Nice find!

  • Mike's avatar

    @John felt like a kid at Christmas, lol. Adrenaline dump helped beat the cold

  • Mike's avatar

    @Lacey thanks! If I had a GARMIN watch, I’m not ashamed to admit it would’ve shown the ol’ heartbeat spike pretty hard🤣

  • Tom's avatar

    At least the wind isn’t blowing

  • Mike's avatar

    @Tom heck, it’s sun tan weather here man

  • Lacey's avatar

    @Mike lol more the reason to get one!

  • Taras's avatar

    Awesome man good find

  • Mike's avatar

    @Taras 👊. Thanks man, great way to start!

  • Cody's avatar

    Nice find Mike!

  • Erik's avatar

    Nice job, I have never found any sheds. I just I need to slow down & get out there

  • Mike's avatar

    @Cody thanks Cody, this one was definitely a rush

  • Mike's avatar

    @Erik yessir, slow is the key. The older I get, the more luck I have, haha

  • Brad's avatar

    Have most of my luck finding them at night with a flashlight

  • Mike's avatar

    @Brad I can definitely see where that would help.

  • Larry's avatar

    Always exciting finding those first shes of the year. Good luck finding more and if at all possible keep the snow o er on your side of the lakes lol

  • Ferg's avatar

    Great start man

  • Mike's avatar

    @Larry thanks man, and we’ll do our best to shut the snow machine down, haha. The worst part has been the inconsistency of temps. It’d be nice to have good ice with no snow. It’s been just the opposite

  • Mike's avatar

    @David 👊

  • Larry's avatar

    @Mike I hear you. Temps keep jumping up and down since mid December here. 50s one day teens the next 40s 3 days later

  • Mike's avatar

    @Larry exactly. Plus every time we get good skim ice, it snows and insulates it from thickening. Then, 40° and start all over🤦‍♂️

  • Rebecca's avatar

    So neat!

  • Mike's avatar

    @Rebecca thanks! It was a good find

  • Brian's avatar

    Nice

  • Logan's avatar

    Nice! I found a 4 point shed some years ago! So I can relate! Hope you find the beast that belongs to! 👍🏻💪🏼🔥🔥

  • Mike's avatar

    @Logan thanks man, good luck on more finds👊

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