OT; Got My Deer

[ChuckinNH]

Nice deer Rob! I've seen does the past two evenings on stand. I blew the shot yesterday, and about an hour ago I was watching a run, and happened to be looking about 80 yards away when a good doe appeared 20 yards away. I the breeze was pretty fickle, and she caught my scent, and bounced away in the thick stuff. I could have shot I guess, but I don't like the odds that close to dark. We had 3 "any deer" days here in my zone, and today was the last one. Time to get serious now........

 

[Thomas]

Congrats Rob.
Looks like tender one,should be easier to skin w/aid of fel.

 

[JDGreenGrass]

NH-Rob...Great pictures and a great spot to hunt.

Thanks for posting those.

I suppose I will go and post a picture of the small doe I killed....

 

[JDGreenGrass]

I have never been fussy about the deer I have killed. In other words, I kill the first deer that I see that gives me a clean shot and kill. Therefore, I have killed some small deer. Much like this one...but isn't she tasty.!! Wow, yum.

 

[spruce Deere]

Looks like a good, fat eater jdgreengrass! Nice 770 too The Idaho fish and game decided this year that we shouldn't kill does except for a very short few days in November in the general rifle season. We are beyond flush with deer in this part of Idaho with the combo of the farms surrounded by forests and select logging practices creating wildlife habitat. Looks like a well placed no meat wasted shot was taken

 

[whitedogone]

Illinois deer hunting is NOWHERE what it used to be. The state is interested in cash made on selling permits (over $400 for nr) more than in the health of the herd. Layoff CO's .... sell more permits.... take $ and put it in the state coffers for anything except wildlife. It took hours and hours..... days and days just to have one this size get close enough for a shot with the bow. 5-10 years ago this little guy would have been safe.

 

[Brad_Blazer]

I'm not hunting but my Neice in WI got this one during last month's 2-day youth hunt. Dressed out at 170#.

My brothers were part of the protest against the "earn-a-buck" program last year. Reading the posts here it seems like every state's wildlife dept is working feverishly to either grow or deplete their deer populations. Bunch of BS when you need a lawyer to interpret the regs and a laser scan of the rack to tell if you are legal. Deer per hunter and length of season should be enough.

 

[dcyrilc]

I have never been fussy about the deer I have killed. In other words, I kill the first deer that I see that gives me a clean shot and kill. Therefore, I have killed some small deer. Much like this one...but isn't she tasty.!! Wow, yum.

Nice deer! With that new weight box you'll have to look for a bigger one next time so that you can keep the tractor ballanced. LOL

 

[EddieWalker]

I sure do love having a loader for working on an animal. While I haven't shot a deer on my land since buying it, I have killed quite a few hogs. I never realized how handy the loader would be for working on them. Instead of bending over, I just lift it higher!!!! I gut in one place, then drive to another to skin. It's the greatest thing ever. hahaha

Here's a recent picture from my game camera. I'm guessing there is around 20 hogs in this group from looking at 120 pictures of them over the last three days. They are coming in at the same time and sticking around for an hour or so. My Father In Law and Brother In Law are going to spend the night in my blind with a spot light tomorrow night to try and get one of them. Here, they are such a problem that it's legal to hunt them at night with a spotlight. In fact, just about anything you can think of to kill them is legal except poisoning them. And with permits, that's legal too!!

Eddie

 

[dcyrilc]

I sure do love having a loader for working on an animal. While I haven't shot a deer on my land since buying it, I have killed quite a few hogs. I never realized how handy the loader would be for working on them. Instead of bending over, I just lift it higher!!!! I gut in one place, then drive to another to skin. It's the greatest thing ever. hahaha

Here's a recent picture from my game camera. I'm guessing there is around 20 hogs in this group from looking at 120 pictures of them over the last three days. They are coming in at the same time and sticking around for an hour or so. My Father In Law and Brother In Law are going to spend the night in my blind with a spot light tomorrow night to try and get one of them. Here, they are such a problem that it's legal to hunt them at night with a spotlight. In fact, just about anything you can think of to kill them is legal except poisoning them. And with permits, that's legal too!!

Eddie

There's alot of bacon, hams, and porkchops right there! I'm sooooooo jellous!

 

[NH-Rob]

Eddie,
are those hogs good eating? Do they get mean? Much different then deer.
Rob

 

[Dirtnut]

This was my season pics & missed a bear.Sorry no tractor pictures already had the loader off. Buck was in bow season.

 

[YesDeere]

Just thought I'd chime in. My wife Shannons first deer. I sure was proud! Sitting in a double stand with me 22 ft up, 6MM, 90 yards,freehand, double lung,went ten yards and dropped!! And I havn't killed anything with my rifle. Killed a nice 8 pointer with a bow in Sept. but none in gun season, go figure.

 

[Thomas]

Dirtnut.
Nice freezer fillers..congrats.
Like the tine mass.

 

[ChuckinNH]

You know, I'm beginning to think that one of you guys got my deer instead of yours since my freezer is still empty. Moral of this story is not to wait for a good buck when you are watching legal does.

 

[The Dougster]

While we're telling deer stories, I feel compelled to add mine... I'd been watching a beautiful 10-point with an estimated 18-inch spread since before season opened. We have our land leased to deer hunters and on the second weekend of the season, they had taken some nice bucks. An 8 and 9 point with about 17-inch spreads.. nice bucks. On the second weekend, two of the hunters packed up to go on at the end of the day on Saturday but one of them couldn't get the running lights on his trailer to work. Sunday morning, he shot my buck! 10-points and exactly an 18-inch spread. You can bet that next time I'll work a little harder to get his trailer lights working... lol
One bright spot is that another hunter later spotted a 14-point... I'm going hunting this weekend. lol

 

[ohiokubota]

i got this one tuesday after noon at my propery during shot gun season in ohio athens county he was 176 dressed and 10 point the best one i seen in a long time.

 

[Thomas]

Ohiokubota.
Congrats on fine..fine looking harvest.