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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/02/20 02:28 PM
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HuntnFly67
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We hunt under a military operations airspace that starts at 10,000 feet. I enjoy hearing (and occasionally seeing) F-15s, -16s, F-18s, and an occasional 22 or -35 dogfight/train 2 miles overhead.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: Pootie]
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11/02/20 02:39 PM
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Satch
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Just heard a squirrel fart...
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/02/20 03:35 PM
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Mr. T.
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You can hear your own heartbeat. Wind in the pine trees.
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: HuntnFly67]
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11/02/20 03:42 PM
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Dalroo
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We hunt under a military operations airspace that starts at 10,000 feet. I enjoy hearing (and occasionally seeing) F-15s, -16s, F-18s, and an occasional 22 or -35 dogfight/train 2 miles overhead. Same here - we are in the Brownwood MOA and just north of the Brady MOA. Every once in awhile we can spot them up high, but hear them a lot. Last year I had an afternoon sit completely ruined by three helicopters practicing overhead - two blackhawks and an Apache I think. They spent more than an hour hovering or making runs past at just a few hundred feet. I can sometimes hear traffic on 287 in the morning, but several miles distant and not a big deal. Of course, cows on our place, and can sometimes hear donkeys baying from a neighbors place to my north. Other than that, just me and the ringing in my ears.
Dalroo Deep in the Heart of Texas How about that Brandon!
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/02/20 03:48 PM
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Texan Til I Die
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8 miles down a dead end dirt road and a mile behind a locked gate. It's pretty quiet except for the noise we hunters make.
Silver spurs and gold tequila keep me hanging on. Pretty girls and old cantinas give me shelter from the storm.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: Pootie]
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11/02/20 04:34 PM
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stxranchman
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Just heard a squirrel fart... Blaming it on a squirrel...have to remember that one...
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/02/20 04:38 PM
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SB9969
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We are right by Ft Hood so not quiet at all. Lots of training exercises and shooting plus helicopters flying over low and often. Get used to it after awhile. The deer don't give it a 2nd thought.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/02/20 04:41 PM
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NOCOOLNAMETOO
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Pretty quiet till they start separating cows on the next lease. Feel bad for those guys semi trucks gates slamming and cows bellowing all day.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/02/20 04:54 PM
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Jimbo
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Where I hunt now, just the occasional cow bellowing, the coyotes at daybreak and dusk, and the neighbors wind mill that I am tempted to drop off a tube of grease into his mailbox. One new neighbor seems to not be happy unless he shoots a few times every time he shows up.....At least I know when he's not there!
The noisiest place I've hunted on was the Joint Base at Camp Bullis. Rifle ranges always started up around 8 a.m. and sounds of trucks honking horns, and troops marching and calling out cadence. Simulators going off that seemed like they were right next to me, and made me jump 2' off my chair. Helos circling, and the sound of ambushes and other training exercises. Can't forget that trumpet at the beginning and end of the day! Other than that is was pretty quiet once the sun went down!
Thursday at 12:45 PM #33 Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/02/20 05:01 PM
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Western
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About all the above less the squirrel fart...Did have a 350i excavator show up on the neighbors about 100 yards over the fence, That may get interesting
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: skinnerback]
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11/02/20 05:50 PM
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Erathkid
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Mostly though I hear ringing in my ears due to Tinitus. Yep. Same here. Drives me crazy when it's too quiet.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: Erathkid]
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11/02/20 06:13 PM
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Grosvenor
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It's pretty quiet where we are most of the time, especially since we no longer have a full kennel of pointers. However, if you're in one of the southern pastures near the lake it sounds like a war zone on the first few weekends of duck season. The more common natural sounds are turkey coming out of their roosts, singing yotes, noisy green jays, bugling sandhills, rooting pigs, and owls. Man I love all that stuff...except for the stupid duck hunters.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: Tbar]
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11/02/20 06:15 PM
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Choctaw
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Nothing but the wind and nature. Yep.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/02/20 06:40 PM
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Double Naught Spy
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Now the last one is to be expected and the deer don’t seem to mind any of the other noises. Deer aren't bothered by noise. Deer are bothered by unusual noise and/or sudden, unexpected noises. Most of my places are right off the hard top, so I can expect road noise. Many of my places are in oil country and I often hear the sounds of compressors or pumps in the background.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/02/20 11:38 PM
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Schpanky
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on my Parker county bow lease I hear very similar sounds..... motorcycles hammering power tools of all kinds dogs (lots of them) loud trucks lots of trucks pulling squeaky trailers down the road....constantly kids screaming and playing heard a live rock band opening weekend at a house just up the road bull dozers music from the neighbors side by side as he was filling his feeder sirens helicopters & planes
The price of hunting close to home....doesn't bother them at all....just me... the benefit....I get away with a little noise my self
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: Erathkid]
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11/02/20 11:40 PM
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Schpanky
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Mostly though I hear ringing in my ears due to Tinitus. Yep. Same here. Drives me crazy when it's too quiet. oh lord yes....
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: Schpanky]
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11/03/20 12:04 AM
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txtrophy85
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on my Parker county bow lease I hear very similar sounds.....
heard a live rock band opening weekend at a house just up the road
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/03/20 03:56 AM
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sbushee
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Occasional military plane. Goats and cows.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/03/20 12:59 PM
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ChrisB
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Normally pretty quite but we have a new pipeline going in right now and it has been challenging. They dont seem to mind the equipment so much but when the guys are yelling the deer scatter. I expect they will finish in January.
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: ChrisB]
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11/03/20 02:02 PM
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flintknapper
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Normally pretty quite but we have a new pipeline going in right now and it has been challenging. They dont seem to mind the equipment so much but when the guys are yelling the deer scatter. I expect they will finish in January. Yep. We have 'fracking' going on right now on our property and even though the pad is over a mile away from our house...the noise is considerable. My favorite spot to hunt is only 400 yds away from the well pad. But amazingly....the deer seem to have adapted to the noise generated. My game cams record audio as well as video and the noise is considerable....but the deer don't seem too concerned with it. The activity there has actually pushed the deer closer to my stand site. The hogs (thankfully) seem more affected. They have moved much farther from the activity than the deer. I'll be glad when they are done because I really enjoy a quiet, cool, peaceful morning....watching the woods come alive, taking in all the sights and sounds of nature.
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Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/03/20 02:38 PM
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Gringocazador
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I spent a week by myself on the Caballo Ranch in Mexico. Way past the first check point on the road that runs SW out of Eagle Pass. Just me and my little Jeep with a high rack. We had the back pasture leased, which was about 30k acres. I had to drive through 60k acres just to get there. The Caballo ranch is about 90k acres, its the ranch where the saying all the pretty horses came from. It was a horse ranch up until the early 60's from what I was told. Very quite week in my life, not a sound, also not a deer one!!!. I did see one 4 point. Thats Mexico, one place will be over ran, the next. Caballo didn't have any water, not a stock tank on the place. Had a system of above ground concrete holding tanks, but the old White/Westinghouse generator went out, no parts, cost to much to repalce. I couldnt't get off that place fast enough, only hunted it one year. My 7-8 years of Mexico hunting was not all that productive, but it was still an experience and I saw things I will never forget. Was still a lot of fun.
Thanks, Billy
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Re: How quiet is your hunting property?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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11/03/20 02:46 PM
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hook_n_line
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The quiet place I bought 11 years ago is not so quiet anymore and the lease down south I get to see Border Patrol trucks and helicopters on a daily basis along with oil trucks.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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