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** OFFICIAL 2014 DAILY DEER HUNT CHAT**
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Yup, hit the local range today to blast the charge out.
Knew it was a waste of time to go yesterday, but I went anyway. Looks like a decent buck is still around (maybe the one that poked the buck my bud shot?)
Might be a good little spot next yr if they plant corn.
Clean the MZ in a bit. I'm done with the crap................it's time to work over the yotes.
Knew it was a waste of time to go yesterday, but I went anyway. Looks like a decent buck is still around (maybe the one that poked the buck my bud shot?)
Might be a good little spot next yr if they plant corn.
Clean the MZ in a bit. I'm done with the crap................it's time to work over the yotes.
Can't you still use it for special antlerless?
For years I left my Encore charged all year in the safe. Then pulled the breach plug to drop three perfectly good pellets and push out the sabot-ed bullet from a shiny bore. With my gun, I don't worry about that any longer. Last year's first deer was taken with a barrel charged the year before.
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Archery season goes all the way October 1 through January 4th. Only one buck per year for all the seasons unless you are blessed with sacred urban hunting grounds though.
Went out yesterday at a private property we hunt in Owen county. So far I've not had a chance to fire a shot all season. Had a couple just give me a glimpse but no chance to take a shot. Took both my boys (ages 13 and 21) yesterday though, and they had quite a story to tell. I put them up in my two man tree stand and I took the ground blind.
I didn't see anything at my stand, but their story was that the 13 yr old dropped his hat and one of his gloves out of the stand at about 10am. He went down to get it, and for some reason decided to just lie down in the grass next to the tree. I guess a little time had passed and the 21 yr old had nodded off too, but he woke up and realized his brother was still down on the ground so told him to get up off the ground and get back into the blind. As he stood up, the woods came to life and there were 6 deer all around the base of their stand!!! I told them if they would spend a little more time looking for the deer and a little less time on their electronic gadgets in the stand (phones, playstation Vita, etc) and sleeping that they might have actually got a shot off!!!
I didn't see anything at my stand, but their story was that the 13 yr old dropped his hat and one of his gloves out of the stand at about 10am. He went down to get it, and for some reason decided to just lie down in the grass next to the tree. I guess a little time had passed and the 21 yr old had nodded off too, but he woke up and realized his brother was still down on the ground so told him to get up off the ground and get back into the blind. As he stood up, the woods came to life and there were 6 deer all around the base of their stand!!! I told them if they would spend a little more time looking for the deer and a little less time on their electronic gadgets in the stand (phones, playstation Vita, etc) and sleeping that they might have actually got a shot off!!!
trailrider
Expert
Smartphone was the best thing that ever happened for the deer in my woods.
I always hunt with a fresh charge.
My gun does not have a removable breech plug....is a Hawken Silver Elite. Aint gonna get parts for that beast. I baby it.
AmericanBob
Expert
Went out Saturday morning with a couple of my hunting partners. One of them managed to shoot an antlerless deer. My other buddy saw 2 but they turned the wrong way. I had 6 blow right past me at a full sprint at about 25 yards. Had a group of 6 turkeys milling around about 40 yards out for a bit as well. Even though I didn't shoot another deer it ended up being a good day. I nailed my first goose after we got done hauling my buddy's deer out so it was sill a successful weekend or me. I think I'm done deer hunting for the year though. I shot 2 and that is plenty of meat for my family. Now it's time to work on some more geese and the yote population.
spencer rifle
Grandmaster
So far this season:
Deer - 0
Trees - 2
Deer - 0
Trees - 2
Went out last weekend with the .450 Bushmaster. Saturday was cold, windy and wet. Set all day and heard one deer snort. Never saw it and saw one mature doe. Shot her at 140 yards with a single round. She went less than 20 yards and went down. Sunday I saw three does when I was walking out from the stand at 10 am. They stopped broadside at 90 yards. Standing, off-hand shot on the biggest doe was text book. The blood trail started where she was standing and ended thirty yards later, where she piled up. Stevie Wonder could have followed this blood trail.
The Bushmaster has now taken 6 deer and it has been devastating on every one. If you don't like to track wounded deer, hit them with a Bushmaster.
The Bushmaster has now taken 6 deer and it has been devastating on every one. If you don't like to track wounded deer, hit them with a Bushmaster.
