freethefly 6 #1 November 15, 2004 No deer yet. Got in my treestand at around 4:30am saturday morning and waited silently. Then at about sunrise 3 trucks full of hunters,10 in all, drove down through the holler I was hunting. We have been tracking a big buck through this holler for the last few weeks. Large piles of deer droppings in the area shows his route. Piles in excess of 75 or more pellets indicate a buck. He is an amazing specimen. Even though he is but an 8 point buck, he will easily dress out to 200 pounds. His head would make a great trophy as his rack is as perfect as a rack could be. We signaled to the strangers that they were not alone. We engaged the intruders and warned them that they were on private land. They left but only after leaving a scent trail down through the holler. This scent not being familiar to the deer detered them from coming down our way. I sat for a spell and walked a great deal to no avail. The day was a bust. Try again on sunday. Got to my stand by 5:00. Only one intruder. He walked down through the holler and stood right under me. Even though I am well camaflouged I still have a blazing orange vest and cap on. He only looked up after I tapped my foot on my tree stand. He left, going back the way he came. On his way out he pushed the buck I was waiting for my way. A thunder of crashes echoed in the holler as the buck made his way towards the point of ambush. I braced as I raised the rifle to my eye. My eye focused on the open sight of the rifle and the background that is the woods. I followed the crashing sound of the deer with my rifle as he made his way through a tangle of tree and brush. I was ready only again for a dissapointment as the deer came out over 100 yards away with plenty of brush cover. My rifle is zeroed in for 300 yards on open sights. A scope would be nice but the rifle is a collector item and I hesitate to drill for scope mounts. Yet I am right on at 50 to 300 yards providing the conditions are favorable. He stood for a breif moment and then vanished as if he was nothing but the fog. I lowered my rifle and sat in the silence. I waited in my stand for what seemed to be hours. Not daring to move I hoped that he would rematerialize at another point where I have found droppings and know that they run through. About 30 minutes passed and he does not show. I climbed down and went to where I last saw him stop. There on the ground was fresh droppings. The pellets were still warm and moist. They were diffenitly his. He got away this weekend but I will return next weekend to pick up where I started. If I have it my way he will be in the freezer before long. He will supply me with feash vinison for another year. Also his head would look great on my wall."...And once you're gone, you can't come back When you're out of the blue and into the black." Neil Young Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #2 November 15, 2004 Nice. The gun season starts here this Saturday morning, and I will be out. I'm happy with a few does though. I'm a meat hunter, to feed my family, and you can't eat horns anyway.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #3 November 15, 2004 mmmm.....venison!!! re: "meat hunter" comment - I believe that there's still some states where you can only take antlered deer, but I'm not positive on that...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #4 November 15, 2004 It may be, but here in WI, some deer management unit have finally changed to earn a buck. You must shoot, tag, and register a doe in order to even get a buck tag. That's how overpopulated we are, from decades of buck only hunting.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #5 November 15, 2004 QuoteIt may be, but here in WI, some deer management unit have finally changed to earn a buck. You must shoot, tag, and register a doe in order to even get a buck tag. That's how overpopulated we are, from decades of buck only hunting. As a kid growing up in the LaCrosse area, I can recall my Dad griping about seeing some "HUGE does" and not being able to shoot - glad they finally changed the rules. As I recall (and I was only 10 years old, so I could be mis-remembering), it was a single tag, buck only.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #6 November 15, 2004 oouu, deer season! Try deer pee next time,when you post in a tree-- it's brought me a few bucks ( including an incredible 2 by 3 point buck!!!) Sounds like you had a lot of fun, I miss hanging w/ the guys during hunting season, going out for a big breakfast or dinner, making fun of the guys who didn't think I would get a deer, and then they didn't and I did! Make sure you share some deer jerkey w/ your skybuddies...mmmm, nahmies! Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #7 November 15, 2004 Yep, and it's just recently that the tags were changed. It's 2 does and a buck now, with extra doe tags available for purchase if you fill up. Where I hunt the tags have all been filled opening day for the last 5 years. If all goes well, I'll have ~9 deer hanging in my yard by the end of the weekend, to split between my family and my friend's family. That's some damn good eating for a whole bunch of meals. We process our own, so between 30-06 cartridges and tags, a couple hundred pounds of meat will cost me about 30 dollars. THAT is why I hunt. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 42 #8 November 15, 2004 Good luck with your hunt. I filled both my doe and buck mule tags 2 weeks ago and the freezer is full!!!"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #9 November 15, 2004 Mulies! Ooooooh, BIIIIIIIG! Yum, too. Hmmm, Now I've got a craving for elk.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #10 November 15, 2004 Nothing like venison.... damn I miss that!!Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #11 November 15, 2004 No is not..is WABBIT season. __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #12 November 15, 2004 QuoteNice. The gun season starts here this Saturday morning, and I will be out. I'm happy with a few does though. I'm a meat hunter, to feed my family, and you can't eat horns anyway. You wanna talk about over population, we have Doe days, take what you can, no tags req'd. And in some parts of SC they have been hunting since, Aug 16, rifle, muzzle, primitive, dogs, hell butter knife and baseball bat if you want to and still see 200lbs live deer occaionally. Just saw a recent buck that is going down as scoring 165 in Boones and Crockett I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #13 November 15, 2004 The worlds largest army is in Michigan right now. More guns than the U.S. military I've been told. Don't mess with umm Michigan ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #14 November 15, 2004 Here is a picture to hold you aover till you get to shoot one of your own. Unfortunately this deer was taken illegally on a military installation in San Antonio, TX It is scored as the second larget deer ever taken in the state. Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #15 November 15, 2004 Don't get me wrong, bud, if a buck steps out in front of me, he's going down! It's just that I'm not one that goes out in search of the monster buck. I go out for food, and take whatever I can get, within reason (no yearlings, even though they are really tender...).It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #16 November 15, 2004 nice rack! Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #17 November 15, 2004 rev, I understand the need for meat and I just threw in the score for every one else, but if you want to hunt you need to be here Doe days, doe tags, hell I have hunted a lot out of season, legally, nusaincepermit at my friends farm, in SC there are more deer per capita then when the colony was started, we are being over run I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kinney29 0 #18 November 15, 2004 I called my dad last night just to say good-bye. He lives in his tree stands from now until the beginning of DEC. He bought his new home, not by the value or size of the house, but on the # of Ruts on the property. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dixieskydiver 0 #19 November 15, 2004 Gun seasons started here Sept. 15th ends Jan 1st. I'm gonna get to go again this coming weekend probably. Dixie HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez "Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinfarmer 0 #20 November 16, 2004 Shotgun season opens here (NY) next Monday. I haven't even bought a liecense yet, but I've got 15 doe tags because of being a land owner. I still have a lot of corn to pick and the best way to shoot a deer is from the cab of the combine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antifnsocial 0 #21 November 16, 2004 QuoteGun seasons started here Sept. 15th ends Jan 1st. I'm gonna get to go again this coming weekend probably.I hunt deer, I shoot deer, I eat them. Just thought you should know. That's just the way girls are raised here in Pennsylvania. We get our hunting licenses at age 12 for the most part. Please feel free to reply to my posts and pm's, but only if you're smart enough to understand what they really mean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinfarmer 0 #22 November 16, 2004 Isn't opening day in PA a school holiday? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antifnsocial 0 #23 November 16, 2004 QuoteIsn't opening day in PA a school holiday? yep, as long as I can remember, lol Please feel free to reply to my posts and pm's, but only if you're smart enough to understand what they really mean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TypicalFish 0 #24 November 16, 2004 QuoteWe get our hunting licenses at age 12 for the most part. Oh, GOD, and red hair, too..."I gargle no man's balls..." ussfpa on SOCNET Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #25 November 16, 2004 Quote in SC there are more deer per capita then when the colony was started, we are being over run It's true. I'm a yankee by upbringing, and I was STUNNED when I found out how damn long the season is down there. And driving the interstates is STILL taking your life in your hands. They hang out on the roadside, munching on the grass like it's nothing. Elvisio "changing my shorts every drive" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
