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2nd Post       Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, I made my way back to the land this time with a climbing tree stand for two reasons, first to get used to using the climber since its different than the ladder stands I've used in the past and secondly my hope was to get 20 ish feet above those pesky bugs... It didn't work too well. It was better than my last trip though, I think I came home with 6 mosquito bites as opposed to the dozens a few weeks ago. The main info of the trip was: -7:55-8:20 pm 9/19/22 -Clear sky -70 Degrees -72% humidity  -12 hr 19 min was the length of the day     I have been struggling with getting videos onto blogger so I created a youtube channel and will post the links here: Bat sighting My View from 20 ft up Squirrels, Birds and Crickets, Oh My!      This will be my one and only night post, it was the only time that worked in my schedule for this section, so sorry in advance for the darkness of the videos, that...

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  1st post Hello, welcome to my blog. This is my first post and an intro to my land that I chose. It's a part of the Allegan State game land. I hope to hunt it this fall. Linked here is my EDD  -8 pm 8/31/22 -Clear sky -74 degrees  -69% humidity - 13 hrs, 13 min was the length of day This is a sound map I made the first time I visited, I figured I'd hear the most on the first day. Sorry its a bit wrinkled, its a hike in the backwoods with no major trails so it got a little messed up. But I was hearing birds, squirrels, bugs, crickets and other critters too! And this is my intro video showing the land I chose. Here is where I'll be putting my stand and below is a panoramic view of the land Questions from visit 1 -Will the bugs get less buggy later in the season? -How many deer will I see here? -Are the 2 scrapes I saw current or old? Observations from visit 1 -I noticed 2 big game trails passing through 2 buck scrapes - I noticed and felt a crap ton of bugs  -Everythi...