Anybody else getting the deer hunting itch? [Archive]

Thorpe

10-04-2009, 02:57 AM

Well, it was another cool, rainy, windy day here in MN... So that got me thinking... Man! Deer hunting is only 5 weeks away! (for rifle that is) So, what did I do? I went out and mounted the gun rack to the front of the BR, changed the oil, and gauged the tires.... Gonna have to bust out the 7mm rem. mag. one of these days and get it cleaned up! Anybody else getting excited?

Tri-ZNate

10-04-2009, 04:38 AM

13 days away here for inline. Picked up my inline 2 days ago. Saw alot of deer last night :naughty:.

Bryan Raffa

10-04-2009, 07:24 AM

spent $329 at Gander last night..:lol:

mopar_man

10-04-2009, 09:26 AM

I went out on the 1st for the first day of bow season. Needless to say, I can't wait for rifle season.

DixiePlowboy

10-04-2009, 11:04 AM

Gettin' the itch down here in Bama, too.

The air's getting cooler and the leaves are changing. I watched several deer through the binoculars day before yesterday....counting points and dreaming of deer-chili.

I'll have to wait till mid-November though since I only rifle hunt, but then our gun season runs non-stop till the end of January.

I snagged me an old WWII German 8mm Mauser that I'm going to use this year. I love old battle rifles........AND deer-chili :)

Gearheadtom

10-04-2009, 11:21 AM

I can't wait till deer season starts here in New Brunswick, Canada. It starts on Oct. 26. Bird season started last thursday, so I was out yesterday and got 5 partridge.

brapp

10-04-2009, 02:58 PM

went out yesterday btu too warm for the deer to be moving liek normal give it a week ro 2 and well be rollin in the steaks and burgers.

Bryan Raffa

10-04-2009, 09:40 PM

went out yesterday btu too warm for the deer to be moving liek normal give it a week ro 2 and well be rollin in the steaks and burgers.

NICE Brapp..wonder if thos taste any better:lol: :w00t:

funny how someone mentions hunting and nate and you show up :Bounce

mopar_man

10-04-2009, 10:15 PM

I'll have to wait till mid-November though since I only rifle hunt, but then our gun season runs non-stop till the end of January.

Wow! Bow season goes from Oct. 1 - Nov. 14. Rifle season is a measly 15 days. Then there's another month of bow season in December.

Tri-ZNate

10-05-2009, 08:02 AM

NICE Brapp..wonder if thos taste any better:lol: :w00t:

funny how someone mentions hunting and nate and you show up :Bounce

:naughty: I'm always on, but now I lurk in the shadows waiting for my big bore :rolleyes:

The Goat

10-05-2009, 08:24 AM

Thorpe

10-05-2009, 08:51 AM

Sounds about like my season last year... Had a 6 pt come out behind me and stand so close, I could have jumped out of the tree and tackled him, except for the big old pine in my way to shoot him... Didnt see anything after that till we were driving back toward home, and almost hit one with the truck... WTF

lndy650

10-05-2009, 08:59 AM

i got the side lock cleaned and ready to go! then for rifle the 7Mag:naughty:

johnny's X

10-05-2009, 09:05 AM

spent much of my weekend clearing brush and making sure my shooting lanes are right. Put up 3 new stands on the property. I insure a cider mill so I took many trips of apple peelings up and around my stands. I planted turnips close to my hot stand this year. I hope the dear come in to find them when the ground has a little snow cover on it. Ten of us through in $100 each and big bucks wins at end of year. Bow, shotgun,inline. biggest at end of season. I am going to win this year.

DixiePlowboy

10-05-2009, 10:02 AM

I can't stand deer season...

Cause you bastards drive em out of the woods, and they flock to the front of my car like it's a haven!

I did check the accuracy of the .243 yesterday, on the offchance a deer meanders into the back yard.

Drive an older/more solid vehicle......smack'em down when they attempt suicide by car, and take'em for a ride to the processor....:lol: .

BTW, you must have a big back yard if you need a flat shooting rifle for them. Deer come to within 35-yards of my breakfast table if apples are still on the ground under my tree....though I haven't shot any in my yard(yet). Just seems too easy.

When I come across them on the back-40, that's a different story.

The Goat

10-05-2009, 10:11 AM

It's 157 yards to the treeline behind the house. But with houses a half mile or so through the trees, we typically just use a .22 if we're shooting out back.

The scion takes em down...but always does a few grand worth of damage when it does. 50 bucks for the deductible and away we go again.

with the old car...hell I killed 5 or 6 and never did any damage. screw a gun, I kill by deer with whatever tool happens to be laying on the rear floor of the car. Cresent wrench seems to work pretty damned good.

"well it was 4 in the morning, 28 degrees outside, course you weren't there.........pussy. In a camoflauged deer blind with grease paint on my face. I've got deer urine on my boots.........I'm not sure why."

happy hunting guys!

If anyone would like to come pick acorns next year...feel free, the damned crows are annoying the piss out of me on the driveway, hence the reason I tested the accuracy of the .243 on a few. Still dead on, still deerless with a rifle.

Gearheadtom

10-05-2009, 03:23 PM

I might go and sit if a few areas by my house before deer season starts to see where the deer are. My dad has got his doe tag, so this year we may actualy get something.
I did get out bird hunting last saturday and I shot 4 partridge.

DixiePlowboy

10-05-2009, 05:48 PM

The scion takes em down...but always does a few grand worth of damage when it does. 50 bucks for the deductible and away we go again.

with the old car...hell I killed 5 or 6 and never did any damage. screw a gun, I kill by deer with whatever tool happens to be laying on the rear floor of the car. Cresent wrench seems to work pretty damned good.

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The look on the Trooper's face was priceless. Buddy of mine and his wife stretching a dead deer across the hood of their Ford Escort.....front cap torn nearly off the car from the impact.

He's holding the front legs out his window while she was trying to see over the hood and the deer....who's rear legs are duct taped to the driver's side windshield wiper arm..:lol:

Thorpe

10-05-2009, 07:43 PM

^^^ You might be a redneck if.....

The Goat

10-05-2009, 10:29 PM

lol...nice one bud

Bryan Raffa

10-05-2009, 10:39 PM

Im on a few buck boards also Johnny! good luck :lol:

MagicJames

10-06-2009, 09:48 AM

We had a early doe season this year, 4 days, and i shot a 120 pound doe. I had barrowed a friends 870, and fell in love with it. (i've got an old winchester 1200 20 gauge) So i spent $500 and went and picked up a brand new 870 express super mag, and a nice scope, rail etc etc...
I cant wait to fire one of those 3 1/2 inch sabbots though.... It will hurt, I promise....

Bryan Raffa

10-06-2009, 08:32 PM

Russell 350X

10-06-2009, 08:46 PM

The itch never left me last year :lol: Next month for us, can't wait. Can't decide tho, Winchester 94 .32sp, Remington 760 .270, or Mauser 98 .270....hmmmmmmm decisions decisions.

MagicJames

10-06-2009, 10:04 PM

thats what I got ,,, but with a RED DOT;)

I have had a few red dots, and cannot find one i like. EoTech, Plain jane red dot. I like millet's 1-4 power red dot, but they are like $200, cost.

So i went with a Bushnell, 1.4 - 4 power scope, got it for like $80, so i can't complain too much.

The Goat

10-07-2009, 08:33 AM

No one does any handgun hunting?

I've been thinking about getting into it.

DixiePlowboy

10-07-2009, 01:15 PM

No one does any handgun hunting?

I've been thinking about getting into it.

I've hunted with a cap and ball .44 Colt Army replica, a single action Ruger Vaquero in .45 LC, and a couple times with a Glock 20 10mm. A handgun usually goes hunting with me even when I'm toting a rifle.

Thorpe

10-07-2009, 07:41 PM

I carry my 40 smith and wesson into the woods, along with my savage 7mm rem mag...

Russell 350X

10-07-2009, 09:18 PM

No one does any handgun hunting?

I've been thinking about getting into it.

I'll be carring a S&W 29 .44mag this year, dad will be rocking the Ruger Blackhawk .44mag.

Bryan Raffa

10-07-2009, 09:23 PM

I'll be carring a S&W 29 .44mag this year, dad will be rocking the Ruger Blackhawk .44mag.

oh tough guy huh :eek: brother has ruger .44 he scared to shoot it ,,, the big puss!:lol:

lndy650

10-07-2009, 09:24 PM

i always carry the .44 1851 confederate army with me

Russell 350X

10-07-2009, 09:42 PM

i always carry the .44 1851 confederate army with me

Blackpowder? I have one of them also, but mines a Navy. I was told they are illegal to hunt deer with??

Russell 350X

10-07-2009, 09:44 PM

oh tough guy huh :eek: brother has ruger .44 he scared to shoot it ,,, the big puss!:lol:

Tell him to grow a pair :lol: There not that bad, unless you shoot dads reloads....they tend to have more boom than factory loads.

Its always funny when a bunch of us are out shooting, you load up the Smith for em, put 4 fac. loads and 2 hot loads in :eek: Catches people off gaurd lol

85Tecate

10-08-2009, 01:16 AM

Yeah, after last yrs bow hunting trip i went on, standing out 45ft from a 12pt buck and sure enough my bow was laying against a tree about 3 ft from me. I slowly inched to the bow and when i reached down to grab it i spooked the trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotr ailpro. He took off like a bat outta hell. Only if i had my gun only if i had my gun ONLY IF I HAD MY GUN!!! Grrrr i was so mad. And still am to this day! That poor guy was just standing there staring at me like he wanted to eat me. I was sure thinking the same thing!

brapp

10-08-2009, 04:34 PM

here is the one from last year

Greiver430x

10-08-2009, 09:35 PM

Been out everyday except wednesday for archery, Like Josh said the deer just aint movin. Still to damn warm out and the acorns are everywhere so the deer have plenty to eat and seem to be moving with a pattern different then the last few years oh well. I got all season......

brapp

10-09-2009, 01:57 AM

i seen 83 deer on a 20 min drive tonight with the spotlight but the bastards are just not moving down into the valeys and sticlogn in the standing corn and in the fields where they cant be snuck up on.

harryredtrike

10-09-2009, 04:51 AM

got to get the mossberg 695 out and ready,nov.15 is coming soon

brapp

10-09-2009, 10:29 AM

went ut archery this morning threw an arrow at a coyote at abotu 70 yards ad got hair but no blood and seen 2 does i passed up this morning

Triple B!

10-10-2009, 04:48 PM

I really...

REALLY...

seriously....

Wanna go deer hunting!!!

my dream actually is to take up bow hunting and get a kill with a bow, but going hunting armed is definitely alright too!

On a side note, I haven't been fishing in forever either... Dave (umm... autoXer, LoL) caught a salmon with is buddy last week and I was super impressed/jealous becuase it sounded awesome!!

brapp

10-11-2009, 12:14 PM

tripple b come on down to pennsyltucky! come down coyote hunting( no license required ihave the local game comission wreaped around my little finger) and have a few awesome fishin spots. and there is always ice fishin at pennsyltucky 0 10

y2kane

10-11-2009, 09:15 PM

I would love to hunt deer. Where I am from though no one will let you hunt their woods. All the state ground around here is hunted to death since no one will let people hunt their lands. I don't own any land and the land I hunt squirrel hunt in won't let me hunt deer in. I wish I could get hunting rights for that woods though, I have seen so many in and around there. Last year while squirreling I had a small doe walk into the woods about 10 yards away from where I was sitting. Shortly after that a six pointer walk in right be hind her. Well good luck to the rest of you this year.

hancadam

10-12-2009, 05:33 PM

I went yesterday morning and evening. Saw 11 deer total. Only one in the AM.

Shot at a fairly nice 8 point, arrow hit a wire on the fence I had to shoot through and it deflected. He was walking up a fence line. My treestand is only about 20 yds away looking at an opening through the fence into a big field. Since he wasn't crossing and was about to go being some brush I had to try. I wasn't very happy. None of the others really got within range.

Triple B!

10-14-2009, 11:38 PM

Brapp, that sounds frickin sweet!!! Even if I don't catch anything and just shoot some and drink a few with ya, it'll be worth the trip!! =D

Bryan Raffa

10-16-2009, 10:11 PM

:Bounce :Bounce :Bounce :Bounce 7 hours...:w00t:

Thorpe

10-16-2009, 10:32 PM

I spent a few hours building a rack that slides into my hitch on my BR to tote my deerstand and stick ladder out to the woods... (I will post pics later)Only 3 weeks to go...

hancadam

10-18-2009, 07:53 PM

I shot this one yesterday, found him this morning. Luckily we had our first freeze last night. It was a bad shot, but found him about 150 yds from where I hit him. I was using a crossbow.

Stew is cooking and jerky is in the dehydrator. :w00t:

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/8466/deerr.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/i/deerr.jpg/)

Russell 350X

10-18-2009, 08:50 PM

Thorpe

10-18-2009, 09:32 PM

You can use a crossbow in NY? Only the handicapped can use them in MN...

Gearheadtom

10-18-2009, 09:45 PM

You've got that thing going into stew already? Everyone I know around here lets their deer hang for at least 2-3 days (if it's legal), then they cut it up into the different portions of meat.

hancadam

10-18-2009, 09:53 PM

Too warm to let it hang. We still have a ton of flies. Got up into the 50's today even though we had our first frost this AM.

I am in TN, not NY. We can use crossbows now all season. Also we can use anything centerfire as well during rifle. I read the TWRA is worried about losing hinters. The older hunters are are getting too old and the younger folks aren't hunting. So they are trying to attract more people.

Thorpe

10-18-2009, 11:29 PM

Gotcha... (sorry about the NY thing, I looked at Russells quote...) Thats cool that they are so open to idea's down there... How long is your rifle and bow seasons?

hancadam

10-19-2009, 07:07 PM

Bow started the last weekend of Sept. Rifle starts I think Nov 21st. Both seasons last until Jan 11 or around then.

Thorpe

11-05-2009, 11:42 PM

Oh man! The BR and myself are headed north tomorrow to try and bag us a deer!

hancadam

11-06-2009, 12:02 AM

Good luck! Muzzle loader opens Sunday for me. Can't wait.

The Goat

11-06-2009, 11:25 AM

another way you can flush that deer meat is to get a large icechest and put your deer in it, pack it with ice and leave the drain open.

Keep packing it with ice occasionally for the next 1-3 days. Just do it until the water coming out of the little drain runs clear.

another method...if your deer is smaller...a lot smaller. five gallon bucket with a hole drilled in the bottom, suspended. same thing, keep packing ice on it. Makes the meat a LOT better.

Thorpe

11-08-2009, 11:53 PM

Landed a 6 point and a 8 point this weekend... Will snap a pic in the morning for you guys....

mopar_man

11-09-2009, 11:56 AM

Nothing yet with the bow but I haven't been putting a lot of effort in. Rifle season starts on Sunday so I need to stock up on a few things this week before heading out on Saturday with the father-in-law and brother-in-law.

300rman

11-09-2009, 12:35 PM

on our way home from riding this weekend, saw a guy with a deers trapped to the back of his little car. it was hilarious because the car was a PRIUS! i ROFL'd on that one.

MMMM venison!

Gearheadtom

11-09-2009, 04:18 PM

I've been out a few times, but I've only seen a couple deer, and that was in someone's backyard on the way to the area I hunt. The deer around here seem to be very tame and they like to hang around houses. I've been close enough to them before that I could have thrown a rock and hit them.

mopar_man

11-09-2009, 07:49 PM

on our way home from riding this weekend, saw a guy with a deers trapped to the back of his little car. it was hilarious because the car was a PRIUS! i ROFL'd on that one.

MMMM venison!

A guy I used to know had a white Festiva. His car had a license plate on it that read "DRNGED" (deranged). He didn't have a truck so when he went hunting, he strapped the deer to the top of his car and went on his way. I wish I would've had a camera at the time.

The Goat

11-10-2009, 04:44 PM

I smacked a deer in the scion on the way home the other night. for the first time in that car, did no damage. Popped the little plastic grill out, I popped it back in.

Pretty big doe by the looks of her.

hancadam

11-11-2009, 02:27 PM

Got this guy this morning. Me and the land owner saw him Sunday. He told me to kill him. 7 inch spikes, perfectly smooth, bad genes. He was much bigger then the 6 pointer I killed a month ago. Got him with my muzzle loader, right in the heart and lungs.
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5176/deer2.jpg (http://img404.imageshack.us/i/deer2.jpg/)

hancadam

11-11-2009, 02:38 PM

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7402/deer3.jpg (http://img233.imageshack.us/i/deer3.jpg/)

Rabbithunter

11-11-2009, 05:19 PM

I live in Iowa for a reason! Heres a few that I have in my garage!

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l147/rdelashmutt/Hunting/100_2095.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l147/rdelashmutt/Hunting/100_2092.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l147/rdelashmutt/Hunting/100_2093-1.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l147/rdelashmutt/Hunting/100_2094.jpg

85Tecate

11-11-2009, 08:24 PM

Thorpe

11-16-2009, 07:02 PM

We ended our season yesterday... 7 guys, 4 bucks...

Gearheadtom

11-20-2009, 10:32 PM

I'm going out hunting with a few guys I know from school tomorow morning, they've seen lots of doe, and I've got a doe tag!

Russell 350X

11-20-2009, 10:58 PM

Opening day for us tomorrow. Wish me luck.

brapp

11-20-2009, 11:18 PM

i tought about takign the gun for a walk tomarow if i have off work and gettin a jump on the season lol

Bryan Raffa

11-20-2009, 11:24 PM

chic ,,,chic....BOOM!!! good luck tomorrow Russ!

Gearheadtom

11-21-2009, 01:23 PM

I just got back. We chased a couple doe, but they ran off into a no hunting area.
I might go back out tonight. Today is the last day of deer season!

K87_250ES

12-01-2009, 05:31 PM

I finally got one!
I had 6 walk up on me around 6:30 Friday morning. Thought they were all does so I shot the biggest one. I didn’t notice the rack until I was pulling it out of the woods. Guess this is why it was the biggest. It’s got 4-7 points depending on how you count it.
Using a Marlin model 336 30/30 around 60 yards.