{"id":1244,"date":"2016-11-19T18:52:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T18:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2022-04-06T15:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:05:15","slug":"river-report-november-19-2016-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/19\/river-report-november-19-2016-2\/","title":{"rendered":"River Report November 19, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

November 19, 2016<\/p>\n

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been an exciting couple of weeks in the woods.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been neck deep in one last push for grouse and thick in a battle of wits with bucks from my bow stand.\u00a0 I had a pile of close encounters with good bucks on the front end of the rut last week.\u00a0 There were the two sets of two bucks fighting in the field just out of range. \u00a0And there was the trio of bucks hounding one frazzled looking doe.\u00a0 All three came in, mouths open, tongues out, and grunting back at every call I made to them.<\/p>\n

And then there was all the other good stuff.\u00a0 The stuff, that folks who don\u2019t hunt and fish rarely experience.\u00a0 The stuff that makes them \"BuckPOle\"<\/a>love the outdoors even though they don\u2019t like the visceral nature of the harvest. \u00a0I get that feeling, by the way.\u00a0 And so does every ethical hunter.\u00a0 It can be tough to see on the face of a person elated with the thrill of their accomplishment, but no true hunter revels in death.\u00a0 In fact, the thrill ends shortly after the find.\u00a0 Then it\u2019s all about work that respects the animal.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the stuff that I\u2019m talking about is being immersed silently in the wild, trying to be invisible and being witness to nature happening.\u00a0 I suggest that for everyone interested in the wild world.\u00a0 Regardless of how you capture an animal\u2014be it photography or harvest\u2014sink into the woods and become a hunter in your own right.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m talking about stuff like the owl that soared directly at my friend\u2019s hunting blind only to pull up two feet away and land in the tree behind him hooting like the king of the forest.\u00a0 I\u2019m talking about the grouse that slipped under cover seconds before a hawk swooped deeply through the pines just inches from my hiding spot.\u00a0 And I\u2019m talking about every animal I see that doesn\u2019t know I\u2019m there.\u00a0 I\u2019m talking about being part of it.<\/p>\n

I hope everyone in the woods is appreciating that stuff.\u00a0 Especially, since the full moon and warm weather has made for tough hunting. \u00a0Opening Day numbers were down as much as 20% according one DNR source.\u00a0 So there are lots of jokes in text strings about knowing a good Blue Jay recipe.\u00a0 But hang in there hunters\u2014seasonable weather is on the way.<\/p>\n

Take care,<\/p>\n

Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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