Bushmaster
.308 Win
Last week for Bow or Smoke stick. Anyone still going out? I gotta fill doe tag grrrr
Who's hunting Smoke Stick?
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capitalcrew
.44 mag
I'll be out a couple days this weekend, maybe next monday as well. Got a small buck early in the season but he's destined to be nothing but jerky. I wouldn't mind getting a bigger buck or a fat doe for some steaks.
I actually just at the inner loins from that buck last night. Two potatoes and both loins.. man was I stuffed.
I actually just at the inner loins from that buck last night. Two potatoes and both loins.. man was I stuffed.
capitalcrew
.44 mag
Good luck man! It's a good day to be out. I'd find some fresh tracks and get following if I was you.
camper4lyfe
.308 Win
I'm giving it a go right now.
Hell of a view
nfernaays
.45 acp
I probably will this weekend since I got skunked during regular....gotta clean the rust of ol' smoky this week...
I would but the old legs and back say otherwise. This was getting here today, my truck made it but man it's tough walking.
I'm just hanging out at a crossing between bedding and food, wind is not helping, swirling all over.
camper4lyfe
.308 Win
Don't fart
capitalcrew
.44 mag
Ah in that case yeah it's better to sit. At least they're easy to spot in this. If you're anywhere near a field you should have some luck later, they usually come out early to dig for food after a storm like that.
Bushmaster
.308 Win
Yes... Look for those berry trees that still have green leaves on them most of winter time. It's the ones that look like a blood trail when (berry) stepped on. Deer LOVE those leaves come winter. It will be ONLY tree in woods with green leaves now.
Robin
.475 A&M Magnum
Its tougher in the late season, they've yarded up for the most part, safety in numbers I guess. There a few loners around judging by the tracks in the snow, but around here, if you see one, you see a bunch, twenty eyes, twenty ears are tough to beat. But I like the challenge, its generally quieter and it suits my style of hunting. Good luck fellows!!!
Robin
Robin
Im done, didnt use my buck tag but got a big doe on the last day at about noon. No hunting about it, she was running at me so I blasted her in the chest with a 12 gauge.
Shes all packaged in the deep freeze. No sausage, all hunks of meat and burger.
Shes all packaged in the deep freeze. No sausage, all hunks of meat and burger.
I'm done also. Our total was 9 deer for 3 families. We pool the meat between my father me and my brother. We sent around 100 lbs to get processed into different things. We have a full shelf in the freezer just for steaks, yum. We also have over two shelves of miscellaneous cuts. All in all it was a good year for the family. My year was pretty poor. Only one shooter came through the whole time and I did a bad shot on her.
I used to love muzzle loading season. It was always a quiet time in the woods, not very many people out there, and it was very enjoyable. When I went your rifle had to be patched round ball, open sites, percussion cap OR flint lock.
I quit it when they opened it up to pretty much modern arms. I'm not hating the Folks that use the newer muzzle loaders, it's just that it certainly tips the table a bit. Just not for me.
I quit it when they opened it up to pretty much modern arms. I'm not hating the Folks that use the newer muzzle loaders, it's just that it certainly tips the table a bit. Just not for me.
Robin
.475 A&M Magnum
Me either.
Robin
Robin
Meh, I started the old school way, it's all there was, today I want the most efficient tool for the job. In 2003 I had two misfires on this guy,
That was it for me, those MZs are conversation pieces now.
I bought my current MZ soon after, no regrets, it shoots every time!
I took him with the bow the following year.
I hear the same thing when it comes to archery when it comes to recurve/longbow/compound/crossbow.
For me I will use the best tool available to me for the job. YMMV
That was it for me, those MZs are conversation pieces now.
I bought my current MZ soon after, no regrets, it shoots every time!
I took him with the bow the following year.
I hear the same thing when it comes to archery when it comes to recurve/longbow/compound/crossbow.
For me I will use the best tool available to me for the job. YMMV
capitalcrew
.44 mag
I wounded a deer three years ago, which made me pretty sick. I tracked it well into the dark and decided it needed to lay down and I would pick it up the next day in the snow. After chasing that deer for a few hours I finally got my shot and my muzzleloader misfired. That deer was long gone.
That afternoon I got an inline with 209 primers. Haven't had a misfire since.
That afternoon I got an inline with 209 primers. Haven't had a misfire since.
Robin
.475 A&M Magnum
Never had a misfire while hunting, including in the rain. You have to understand the tool you have chosen to do the job, that pretty much applies to anything in life. I usually kill two deer a year with bows and guns I make. I stay within the limitations not only of the equipment I use, but myself as well. I haven't killed a deer with a shotgun in over forty years. I never disparage the equipment people use and pretty much have never cared. If a man wants to hunt with a sling shot, so what, as long as he is well practiced and stays within his limitations. My road, my choice.
Robin
Robin
thegatman
.308 Win
Oh yeah. This weekend for sure.
capitalcrew
.44 mag
Oh I'm not against anyone's choice of what to use. Have at it. One of the guys I hunt with uses a flint lock. From my own personal perspective I want to increase my likelihood of a successful hunt as much as possible, so I go with what is in my opinion the most reliable set up.
Bushmaster
.308 Win
Sometime I have to meet you, your close by, and I'm very intrigued at your traditional abilities hunting and items you make for Bow, Muzzle... Pretty nice work you have done.
Robin
.475 A&M Magnum
Sometime after the holidays, its crazy time around here, the good kind, hah!
Robin
Robin
camper4lyfe
.308 Win
You and me bothSometime I have to meet you, your close by, and I'm very intrigued at your traditional abilities hunting and items you make for Bow, Muzzle... Pretty nice work you have done.
Robin
.475 A&M Magnum
Sounds like a party!!! Hic!
Robin
Robin
Gunner57
.223 Rem
capitalcrew
.44 mag
Blimey
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Yes I will be out. I've been out two dozen times this year and only had two shots on deer (screwed one up). Frustrating season. I will be out next two days on my shit public land just so I can satisfy myself that I went to the very end.
I would absolutely get into flintlock shooting because it's cool (not percussion cap--genuine flint lock!), but unless you have endless time to burn I think you need to be confident deer will be going past you. If you're hunting land that's pressured to the ass it's just another thing to worry about.
I would absolutely get into flintlock shooting because it's cool (not percussion cap--genuine flint lock!), but unless you have endless time to burn I think you need to be confident deer will be going past you. If you're hunting land that's pressured to the ass it's just another thing to worry about.
Finishing up with bow this year...my smoke stick won't arrive in time....oh well next year.
capitalcrew
.44 mag
Unfortunately it seems my buck had an infection that the butcher found and it probably shouldn't be eaten. I probably won't make it out again this year, but I did get another buck opening day so I've got some meat in the freezer at least.