I Have only went Five time so far saw two deer and missed one of those a doe with my black powder pistol at 50 yards hoping others have had better luck
I Have only went Five time so far saw two deer and missed one of those a doe with my black powder pistol at 50 yards hoping others have had better luck
not yet, going today for the week...... of our week short deer gun season....went out a couple times with the bow after our trip and saw nothing....there are some big scrapes appearing from a good buck.....the one good thing is I didn't see the neighbors dogs up in my woods....put out some corn and left.....so hopefully the corn will help with there visits the past couple weeks ....and my pistol doesn't miss at 50yards, if I use it
but not black powder either..... so no where near the same.and traded just for the deer hunting
I normally would never want anything bigger then a 44mag....but trading for this and only have 300 in the 45 I traded for it....I think I came out on top.....it didn't have the scope then either(at the trade)
shoots 480 Ruger 325gr-400gr HP's.....darn fine shooter out to 100yards the furthest I have shot it so far....scoped or not
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I've killed to does for the freezer so far. I passed up a decent buck simply because I hadn't processed the first two and had a house full of company---also it's a long season and I don't want to end it early. Of course, since I said all this, I probably won't get another shot.
No luck for me yet up here in Missouri. I shot at a doe the first morning I went out with my bow but she came in before I had even sat down in my stand good. I had just hung my quiver up and was trying to get an arrow out of it to knock up when she appeared. We had a staring contest a couple times while I tried to knock my arrow and by the time I was ready she had gotten out to about 30 yards. I totally misjudged the distance and shot under her. I had an 8 point come within 20 yards a few days later and drew down on him but while trying to get the pin on him I bumped the release with my finger and launched the arrow right over his back. I never saw a legal deer during the 10 day gun season but my son killed a nice 12 point opening morning. Hopefully I'll get another chance soon.
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the boy killed a 12 pt with a bow:
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I got a doe with the muzzleloader:
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our sightings are way down this year. we have absolutely no acorns and we are dependent on them on our small acreage.
3 does that had no lil ones,passed a 4 with th muzzleloader
I have taken 2 does and the jake has taken one in Mississippi...
Shot this buck on the 27th here in TN, had been seeing a lot of bucks with does but this one was alone.
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I got a funky horned cull buck 7point and all I've seen is does and that one buck.
1 doe and a older 7pt buck ....not that I would cull, but it would be one if I did....this will get culled into the freezer ....headed back tomorrow for the rest of the week.
seen 3 does and thats it only been one time
Killed 2 does with my bow and sat with my 9 yr old grand son over thanks giving while he layer down 5 and other grandson killer one youth weekend
Missed a Big Hog on Delta Came in with a group of about 30-50
I've taken 5 does, my wife has taken 1 doe, and my son has taken 1 with his bow, all these does had no fawns. My son also got this nice 9 pt. Saturday. We are seeing lots of deer and are doing some managing and culling right now, waiting on the rut for the big ones to show up during daylight hours.
i got 4 does and 2 small basket culls. seen lots of hog rooting but cant ever get the crosshairs on one
Yes!!! you came out on top!! I got 1 with by super black hawk hunter this year(lost my release aid in the woods so i had to use my sidearm). i love killin deer with a pistol!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ironman172
I have only flung two arrows this year. Killed nice one in arkansas on sept 28th and other in Illinois on nov 16th.
I have killed time. Lots and lots of time.
No deer, but have been doing ok on the ducks. Not great, just ok.
nancy finally got her one:
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Attachment 1510Killed a little six
No deer but I headed back out to Mobile Bay after the squall line passed through Saturday morning.
Once again saw hundreds of gadwalls but only had a couple of singles and one pair actually come into the decoys.
The rest landed 75-200 yards from the blind and formed huge rafts, hard to compete with a thousand blind-shy edjamacated live decoys swimming 200 yards away from the blind....
Duck hunting here sure aint no duck dynasty, it aint as easy as shown on tv....
Luckily I was shooting well, scratched down 3 of a kind, which is a decent hand in poker and in duck hunting:
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I didn't ever take deer hunting serious in the twenty years I hunted (napped) but this weekend a friend talked me into going so I got all my stuff gathered up and finally killed my first deer. A small doe buy none the less my first deer.
still a couple weeks for me, maybe I'll get back out and fill the last land owner tag....last week got busted by the deer right before dark so gave it time to cool off....I have had a good season already with the 2....that was shared with a friend that didn't get any, but still may try a time or two
got the granddaughter a bow today she has been wanting to bow hunt....a happy granddad
I stacked the freezer this year with does (8 total). No bucks this year saw plenty of small bucks but couldn't bring myself to stick one. 5 of the does came by bow 1 by muzzle loader and 2 by rifle
I've put five does in the freezer and that's all I want. The prize so far was a black coyote. She came trotting in at last light and I thought I was seeing a wolf as she had her fur all fluffed up in the cold. I had to shoot quickly since she wasn't stopping, and got her too far back---she took off down the hill through some of the thickest stuff you can imagine. She made it all the way to the bottom before the Lord called her home, and between the blood trailing down and the drag back up in the dark, it like to have done me in, too. I do have photos, but not in a format that will easily let me post them---just so you know this ain't a fish story. She wasn't solid black like a Glock pistol, but had some brown mottled in---I thought about a mount until I found out the price equaled a new rifle. Would have looked sort of like I'd mounted somebody's German shepherd, anyway. She weighed in at just under fifty pounds, but that drag up the hill must have worn off a whole bunch of weight because by the time I'd tripped and fallen for the third time on the drag back, she was feeling like she was up around eighty. Hope y'all stack 'em up here at the end.
It's tough when they are rafted up like that on big water . Especially if it is a Bluebird Day . You did good to get he three !Quote:
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Pitiful end to duck season. Once again, saw thousands of gadwalls but none would come close, most were rafted up in flocks of 50 to 250. No big divers.
Most frustrating duck season I have ever had since moving to Mobile in 1997.
The most exciting thing that happened to me was catching the skunk that had been raiding my bird feeder. I caught it in a live trap which I dragged off an appropriate distance before dispatching it. Phew!
I did pass up an eight point buck just before the big freeze. He was a decent size, but my freezer is adequately stocked and I didn't want to shoot him just because he had some mediocre headgear---decent but not impressive. He should be better next year if I can see him. He is one of those bucks that, if you were to see him in the back of somebody's pickup, you'd say, "Nice deer," out of politeness and think no more about him.
Actually, during this period of enforced inactivity, I've been thinking about a rating system for bucks and I'd appreciate all the help I can get. What I've come up with:
Little buck---usually somebody's first buck, a spike or forkhorn, or one for the dinner table.
Good buck---Six point or basket rack eight point, usually a two year-old buck.
Nice buck---Heavier horns or wider rack six, eight or so points that would look good on the barn.
Real nice buck---This is where we're thinking about scoring the antlers and for sure putting them where everybody can see them---probably a skull mount.
Crazy buck---From the conformation of antlers, this one looks like he rides the short bus. Unusual, An oddity that may warrant a mount of some sort just because it's so strange. May be surpassingly ugly.
Oh, sh!t buck---This is the one that everybody in the area has been trying to get a shot at for the late four years. Well formed, heavy, wide, even rack. The mount goes over the fireplace or the TV.
Ohmygodinheaven! buck, also known as a "Joe Darter"---This buck has been missed several times because when the hunters saw the rack it shook them up so badly that they just fired in the deer's general direction. This one will place in Boone and Crockett or Pope and Young---will not only require an excellent mount, but may need a whole new room for its display.
Ain't no such animal---Usually seen right at dark and the hunter describing him is seldom believed and when the tale is told, whiskey is usually involved. None have been killed so far as I know, or they are imported exotics.
O.K. folks, help me out with subdivisions and additions.
Without too much pondering we need to add an "Oh NO" buck... this is a buck that started out as the Oh,Sh!t buck but after I drive the 60 miles with my blood dog and find him he turns out to be a "Good Buck"... or "Nice Buck"
I did when I found him pull a brush top over his head throw my coat over the brush top and then hollared to the shooter...."I found him"...LOL
The club wound up with 10 deer about half of normal...the Jake and I killed 5 of those....but I did see a lot of turkeys...come on March
Yep, you're right. I forgot to factor in the frequent and dreaded ground shrinkage.
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A couple of youngsters from the farm I hunt in TN
