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Post by tar12 on Dec 9, 2016 23:18:26 GMT -5
Just one of many afternoon/late evening dep. hunts...I keep on thinking each year we will not hit the target number...but we do easily. Rifles are both .243s and Savages.1 is a Savage Predator Max and the other is a plain old 110. Both are killing machines using 85 grn GMXs. 6 on the ground and 2 hanging and being boned out on the kill wagon this evening. This is about the max we will shoot in one hunt with just 2 of us. We only take does but the doe to Buck ratio is still way out of whack here. Unless you have lived it and seen it you can't fathom the amount of deer on these farms.Unreal...  |
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Post by rambler on Dec 9, 2016 23:28:12 GMT -5
That's a good start. Good freezer meat.
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Post by tar12 on Dec 10, 2016 19:16:29 GMT -5
Nobody goes hungry..
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Post by 1coyotemaster on Dec 10, 2016 19:21:11 GMT -5
Can you chase a few over to the west? That's about how many I see in a week of hunting. Illinois is still in a slump as far as harvest goes-- down from last year which wasn't a banner year.
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Post by mrbuck on Dec 10, 2016 20:24:02 GMT -5
Nice shooting . And chase some to NJ .
Chris
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Post by jims on Dec 10, 2016 20:45:30 GMT -5
You two have helped the food pantries and getting the balance in order. The .243s work well.
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Post by tar12 on Dec 10, 2016 21:54:31 GMT -5
Can you chase a few over to the west? That's about how many I see in a week of hunting. Illinois is still in a slump as far as harvest goes-- down from last year which wasn't a banner year. I am originally from Charleston Illinois and use to chase them whitetails in the Embarrass river valley area. Killed some nice deer there in my youth. Use to see a lot of deer. |
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Post by dannoboone on Dec 10, 2016 22:36:29 GMT -5
Wish we here in NE Iowa had more of your problem. Today was the first
day of 2d Shotgun Season. There were 10X more hunters out than there
are deer. Several times, it sounded more like battle skirmishes were
going on than hunting season. After the first shot, the deer are on the
run and according to DNR, just as many are wounded to die later as
those which are taken. Man, I HATE this legal "party hunting"!!
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Post by tar12 on Dec 10, 2016 22:54:26 GMT -5
Wish we here in NE Iowa had more of your problem. Today was the first day of 2d Shotgun Season. There were 10X more hunters out than there are deer. Several times, it sounded more like battle skirmishes were going on than hunting season. After the first shot, the deer are on the run and according to DNR, just as many are wounded to die later as those which are taken. Man, I HATE this legal "party hunting"!! Thats sad...I hate to hear that! |
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Post by brownbasshunter on Dec 11, 2016 22:14:23 GMT -5
Wow that is about 30' of backstraps on the ground. Great shooting!
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Post by DBinNY on Dec 12, 2016 13:35:55 GMT -5
That's whackin' and stackin' 'em. Sort of like the big game version of woodchuck hunting but a lot more work after you pull the trigger  |
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Post by ourway77 on Dec 15, 2016 13:35:21 GMT -5
I got three doe deer (Firearms season)haven't seen a buck only on the camera's but use to see lots of them for some reason they have been coming out very late I get tons of deer coming to the corn pile 3AM. Everyone I have spoken to have said the same thing from surrounding farms. Well 2 weeks of muzzle loader is coming Saturday maybe with the cold weather finally here they will show them self earlier during legal shooting time. Getting to use my Rem/Brux that todd fixed for me
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Post by tar12 on Dec 17, 2016 19:50:23 GMT -5
That's whackin' and stackin' 'em. Sort of like the big game version of woodchuck hunting but a lot more work after you pull the trigger Thats spot on! |
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