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Jan 17, 2011 12:28:20 GMT -5
Post by pposey on Jan 17, 2011 12:28:20 GMT -5
Alright you guys just need some more challanging hunting conditions,,, come down here and I will walk you into some of my back and up locations and turn ya loose,,, after a couple days you will be hugging and kissing a dead spike as if he is a 170 class 10 point,,,,,
seriously,, everybody has their own reasons for hunting and their own standards,, last year I made a really good shot, after a really good morning of stalking way up high and back, on my biggest buck ever,,, "only 112 inches" thats big for around here,,,,
this year I shot 2 spikes,, both still hunting/stalking, both a long ways in, On 1 followed his tracks in the snow for an hour before the shot, clean running shots on both,, was proud to get both in those circomstances and both will be good eating all year. I passed one iffy shot on a buck perhaps as large as the one I got last year,,just didn't feel like a good shot.
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Feb 5, 2011 19:07:19 GMT -5
Post by ozark on Feb 5, 2011 19:07:19 GMT -5
I can't justify my lifetime of hunting other than accept that I am a predator. I have human feelings and will avoid causing any living creature suffering if possible. I started hunting lizards and birds as a child using a bean flip (Called wrist rockets now). I can't explain my reasons other than I was doing what my predator instincts urged me to do. I have had a lot of pride in some dogs that I have hunted squirrel, rabbit and coon with. They were predator partners. Deer.....Lovely animal and some are experts at staying alive. I try to avoid crippling shots on all game.I think we have all felt remorse or guilt at times. I guess that occurs when there is a conflict between I the predator and I the human.I am glad that I have hunted, fished and spent so many happy days in the woods. Now, I have memories to relive. Sometimes after taking my medicine and going to bed I let my mind relive a few hunts. One, I have to call my best shot ever on a running deer. It jumped up below me on a steep blufflike hill and ran directly away from me. I shouldered my 25-06 and got the deer in the scope. I immediately decided I would not shoot in in the rear end. At the same time I decided to try a shot at the back of its head and neck. Clean miss or certain instant death was my goal. It was a very lucky shot folllowing good decision making. I think it was a basket buck. Anyway I have relived that kill many times. Ben the predator
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Aug 4, 2011 11:51:23 GMT -5
Post by esshup on Aug 4, 2011 11:51:23 GMT -5
I know this is an old thread, but I'm just getting around to reading it. I don't buy much beef during the year, most of the meat that I "buy" is venison. Here in Indiana, you can only shoot one buck per year, so you need to pick and choose wisely. As for does, it depends on what county you're hunting in. My county is a limit of 8 with all weapons. All in all, I could kill over 300 does if I travelled county to county. The deer don't cost me much, I have a lifetime license, and I already own the hunting equipment. Just my time and fuel (if I hunt off of my property). I can understand your feelings about shooting that buck. Last year I was chasing after this guy . I had a shot at him during shotgun season when I was hunting with the ML, but I didn't feel like he deserved a Texas heart shot at 200 Yds so I waited for him to turn broadside. He did, but I would have had to scrape the bullet/sabot right by a tree at 20 Yds, and thought he'd walk a bit further forward to clear the tree. He walked behind the tree, turned directly away and kept on walking. I never got a shot. So, I have ML season and late archery season to go. ML comes and goes, no buck. Late archery starts and I think I need to start shooting some does for the freezer. One evening about 1/2 hr before last legal light, I notice a doe about 100 Yds away that has a fawn following her. It takes her 25 minutes to work 50 Yds to me, and she stops broadside, looking at me. Crossbows are legal during late season, and I've practiced out that far. It's on a set of shooting sticks, and the scope is on the deer. I let the bolt fly, and the deer wheels and runs 20 yds and lays down. Her head is still up, and I decide to back out and come back the next morning. She's still there the next morning, with a good 3' wide blood trail from impact to where she laid down. The only problem is that she is really a barely legal "he". Spikes right at 3 1/4"long. They were shorter than his ears, and because "she" was being followed by a fawn, I never gave it a second thought. My buck chase for the year was over. I did end up with enough does for the freezer, and those pictures was taken after all the seasons were over, so unless he died after the seasons, he'll be bigger this year. 2 years ago there was an 8 point that was only walking on 3 legs. I told the landowner about it and he said that he wanted that buck removed, no matter what it took. I'm the only one that can hunt the property, and want to keep it that way, so that's what I did even tho it nixed my chances at any other buck. that year. It took over 2 weeks of hunting that particular deer, but I did end up taking that deer. Even tho it wasn't a huge deer, it was a very satisfying thing to do. That deer seemed to know when I wasn't hunting and when I was. I could get to within 40 yds of it when I wasn't hunting, but no closer than 200 when I was. We never really determined what caused the injury, and none was really apparent when it was butchered.
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