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Old 11-14-2016, 09:48 AM
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Ok after get a draw into a area for land use on private property. A oil rig was on next property drilling so loud . Saw nothing at at all the whole day .have been hunting this land for eight years never seen this so bad before.
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Old 11-14-2016, 01:30 PM
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Well if youre looking for positives, good news that someone's drilling.

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Old 11-14-2016, 02:22 PM
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I have been on many drilling rigs and have seen game within 300m of them. The activity on a rig is very localized to a small area. The deer figure that out.
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Old 11-14-2016, 02:23 PM
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Last year I got access to a really nice lease for a day and on that day an helicopter school decided they would use said lease as a practice landing area.... all ****ing day!
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Old 11-14-2016, 02:48 PM
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Best tree stand ever...= monkey board.. Lol...
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Old 11-14-2016, 03:37 PM
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Best tree stand ever...= monkey board.. Lol...
"Chain er down and kick out the rotary for a minute please. Gotta make a shot."
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Old 11-15-2016, 09:44 AM
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Well if youre looking for positives, good news that someone's drilling.

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Old 11-15-2016, 10:13 AM
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Best tree stand ever...= monkey board.. Lol...
I saw most of my game from the monkey boards
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Old 11-15-2016, 11:34 AM
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This is awesome news. A rig drilling these days seems far more elusive than any trophy WT buck lol
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Old 11-15-2016, 11:42 AM
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This is awesome news. A rig drilling these days seems far more elusive than any trophy WT buck lol
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Old 11-15-2016, 11:47 AM
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I'll take the rig any day! means somebody is working. My areas have all been clear cut, you outta try recovering from that!
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Old 11-19-2016, 04:02 PM
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that's great news that there is a drilling rig there. they seem to be few and far between these days... it would be nice to see more of these....
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Old 11-19-2016, 11:05 PM
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If you want to see oilfield activity. Come out to eastern AB. Rigs, completions and pipelines cruzin right along for last couple months. Hell, even the mulies are smilin😎👍🏼
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Old 11-20-2016, 08:02 PM
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If you want to see oilfield activity. Come out to eastern AB. Rigs, completions and pipelines cruzin right along for last couple months. Hell, even the mulies are smilin������
Don't have to go W4 at all, my trucks are movin iron almost everyday, go west men, work is where you find it..
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