2023 Deer Season

[yetti462]

I shot my scuzzleloader last night while wearing shorts. Cleaned it and will be headed out tonight and thankfully won't be wearing shorts today.

 

[Michigan Slim]

I shot my scuzzleloader last night while wearing shorts. Cleaned it and will be headed out tonight and thankfully won't be wearing shorts today.

Saw some snowflakes a bit ago. Could be a good night.

 

[Hookeye]

Saw 2 does near my spot driving in around 7.
Had my gear ready and was leaving the truck before 7:30 (not yet legal light) and saw a buck come out of the thicket, and go across field.
Wind in face while in stand, saw nothing for a while.
Decided I was too tired, hurt and the stand wrong for the wind, so bailed.
Almost to truck, its thick crap right by the road, out popped two bucks. Small 7 or 8 went across road in open field.
The goofy 3 point stopped. Had a 40 yard shot to drop him 35 yards from the truck LOL
I just let him walk away.

Dunno if they were bedded there, or came in (from ?).

Wouldn't have shot em anyway. That one before legal light that went into the wind across the field.
Thats the one I want.

 

[cg21]

Going to go through and sort my freezer tomorrow….. and HOPEFULLY I can clean up and condense enough to go out with the kids and continue to get after them. If not I will hang it up for the year…. Was a successful year 1 mature doe 1 button buck both in youth season 1 buck I got in archery and 1 buck my dad got in firearm! Then time to start in on the tree rats again.

 

[yetti462]

Jr. Got to experience the power of the muzzleloader. 250gr Barnes slammed the doe like a rag doll. The look on his face after the smoke cleared was priceless.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I remember more than one occasion, in muzzle loader season out in the woods, when my lunch got so frozen that I couldn't eat it.

This past Saturday, in the woods, I was shooing flies off of my lunch.

 

[Michigan Slim]

I remember more than one occasion, in muzzle loader season out in the woods, when my lunch got so frozen that I couldn't eat it.

This past Saturday, in the woods, I was shooing flies off of my lunch.

My daughter and I had to thaw out PBJ's on the Buddy Heater one year. Well below zero. Best sandwich we ever had. I begged to leave. She shot a deer a half hour later. Lol

 

[Hookeye]

Slept 3 hrs, and woke at 3 am.
Chug a dew, hit the shower and prep for a few hrs sit.
Saw a buck nosing a doe yesterday, in town LOL

 

[Michigan Slim]

Slept 3 hrs, and woke at 3 am.
Chug a dew, hit the shower and prep for a few hrs sit.
Saw a buck nosing a doe yesterday, in town LOL

Had two bucks running a doe last Sunday. Nice eight pointer in town on the hunt for c.. does.

 

[El Conquistador]

Slept 3 hrs, and woke at 3 am.
Chug a dew, hit the shower and prep for a few hrs sit.
Saw a buck nosing a doe yesterday, in town LOL

Good luck buddy I hope you get the one you are looking for. I got in my stand about an hour ago.

 

[Hookeye]

Thanks, but I saw NOTHING.
Driving to, in the woods, driving around after.
The squirrels were in lesser number and those out were of subdued activity.

 

[spencer rifle]

Was out in the DRZ yesterday morning, and saw a WHOLE HERD: 3 does with 5 yearlings and a 14 point ruling over all.

Unfortunately, that was the red deer herd that the landowner raises on his farm. He would take a dim view of me filling my tag with those.
Other than that, nothing but bluebirds eating eastern red cedar berries.

 

[slipnotz]

This was a long muzzle loading season. Bought my tag at 1 pm today at Wally World. Went out at 4 pm to set on my bucket. By 4:15 had 4 does and a buck at 100 yards, didn't want that long a shot with my muzzleloader. By 4:40 had that buck and about 12 does still at 100 yards. My luck changed and 2 does walked out at 40 yards. She is hanging the barn now. I've had shorter seasons.

 

[Michigan Slim]

This was a long muzzle loading season. Bought my tag at 1 pm today at Wally World. Went out at 4 pm to set on my bucket. By 4:15 had 4 does and a buck at 100 yards, didn't want that long a shot with my muzzleloader. By 4:40 had that buck and about 12 does still at 100 yards. My luck changed and 2 does walked out at 40 yards. She is hanging the barn now. I've had shorter seasons.

Nice! Three bucks for Em and I this year. Hoping to get the boy out this weekend. He owns two businesses and both are going gangbusters. Busy kid.

 

[slipnotz]

Slim, say hi to Em and good luck this weekend.

 

[Hookeye]

May go in the morning. I slept in today.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Slim, say hi to Em and good luck this weekend.

I sure will.

 

[Michigan Slim]

May go in the morning. I slept in today.

I'm going after a short day at work. I've had enough of this week.

 

[Hookeye]

I'm going after a short day at work. I've had enough of this week.

I hear ya.
Kidney stone got my attention yesterday.
3 hrs sleep and here I am on INGO.......I just sleep like crap no matter what.

NO issues but I aint feelin it today (stone or going deer hunting).

 

[Michigan Slim]

I hear ya.
Kidney stone got my attention yesterday.
3 hrs sleep and here I am on INGO.......I just sleep like crap no matter what.

NO issues but I aint feelin it today (stone or going deer hunting).

That sucks. Years ago I found one of my guys on the floor in the fetal position. He had some dandy stones!