Anyone bag a deer this year?

[acefaser]

Got a small buck this year and have it nicely mounted.

 

[Brewsday]

Oops...did it again....

 

[Brewsday]

Another view. The shooter was on the other side of this bog...about 150 yards. 11 hours later we were back at camp having carried out the 4 quarters, neck, head and bag of "burger meats, straps and loins...we were not smiling quite as much...next week we try again on my tag...took me 19 years to win the lottery!

 

[RedDog57]

WTF?! That must be the Downeast version of a Jackalope...

 

[RedDog57]

Whoops, just saw the second pic, where I can see the palm. First pic looks like you guys were holding up some whitetail antlers!

Congratulations!

 

[Brewsday]

Yea, not the biggest but I've seen smaller bodies with better antlers. (had to edit that to replace the word "rack" so as not to start those comments). He was not a "short-bodied" youngster. Probably 2.5 years old. Net was 370 pounds of 100% boneless, super-lean, all-natural, deliciously mild meat...so we are happy. I would not have wanted to self-butcher anything bigger...let alone pack it out! 2 guys shouldering one hind quarter lashed to a pole struggled to stand up and walking up hill through 12" deep muck at times is hard work for us oldsters (all between 58 and 64 years old). All told it took about 100 labor hours to get him from the bog to the freezers.
We had decided the night before to take the first bull possible even if he showed up across the bog (which he did!) as warmer weather was coming and the rut had barely started (he did not stink at all but did come in to the call). It's always good to agree on stuff like that before the hunt.

A local butcher reported he had 4 groups go unsuccessful in that zone (you only have 6 days to hunt). That's pretty many for a zone that goes over 80% success rate. I doubt if that guy takes 20 reservations...probably more like 10 or 15. Nobody else at the camps we stayed at scored the first day and they all had guides (not sure if they "passed" on any though). All in all...a good hunt.

One last comment, although his left antler was deformed, even the biologists and their helpers commented that it was kind of cool...hooks around a little like a beef animal bull's horn.

 

[Stevo2569]

Congrats to everyone on their harvest. Got the first pic last year nice 8 weighed 225 before dressing. My biggest ever still working on mounting him. The second a week ago not as nice but just as delicious.

 

[brewkinger]

Have to revive an old thread....

This was the first one that had anything to do with hunting that included pics

Had several pics of this guy on trail cam, most of them at night.

Figured that I would not see him again during daylight hours until the rut was on (and even then it may not be)

He made the mistake of walking out of the swamp 2 days ago following about 40 yds behind a doe.
32 yds (I know because I have ranged the tree next to where he was standing when I shot)

Getting a stud like this during bow season is the VERY reason that I get up and sit in the rain and cold for countless hours.

 

[johnmac22]

I've been keeping my eyes open for my fellow hunters on HBT...unfortunately I am bypassing deer season this year but only because my dad and I drew a once in a lifetime (or so we are told) hunt for elk in December. We have spent all of our time scouting for this hunt as we have never hunted this unit. Hopefully I will have some pictures in December. Hope others have had success in filling their freezers and feeding their families with some fantastic game so far this season!

 

[Natdavis777]

Not sure if Ill make Gun season this year. I plan to be out during Muzzleloader and late bow though. Got me a few bucks the past few years that's racks didnt match their size since they were monsters! I dont care for the rack though.... Im all about the meat

 

[brewkinger]

Not sure if Ill make Gun season this year. I plan to be out during Muzzleloader and late bow though. Got me a few bucks the past few years that's racks didnt match their size since they were monsters! I dont care for the rack though.... Im all about the meat

I am all about the meat as well.
All this mumbo-jumbo about farm-raised, free range, organic.....

Venison is the original natural meat and I can fill my freezer with over 100# in a good season for around $30 for a license (and the price of my time which can be debated but my wife says that the sanity that I gain from sitting alone in the woods is priceless)

Funny thing is that regular success in the woods (I got 3 last year) allows me to forego the "meat" reasoning and become a "horn hunter"

 

[brewkinger]

This was an odd little deer that we got in the Adirondacks this year.
106#/8pt

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[Electrake]

First year hunting here... nothing yet, but a few more weeks to go. NC gamelands are not desirable

 

[GHBWNY]

Someone got one right in front of our house yesterday about 5 PM with their GMC truck. We weren't home, so how do I know it was a GMC? I found the center part of the grille down the road about 50 feet. Along with assorted other pieces, both truck and deer.

 

[WI_Wino]

My eight pointer this year. Big bodied deer. Lots of meat in the freezer.

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[Terek]

wife got her deer hunting the reserviour. I got mine on a day trip up to the local ski resort. I hunt for meat, and tend to shoot the first thing i see. But this year, i ended up shooting the first thing i saw, and the biggest deer i ever shot. i have been watching him for a few years Scored a 122 for typical mule deer

 

[FloppyKnockers]

Obviously it was self defense.




Great outing, man. Good job

 

[johnmac22]

wife got her deer hunting the reserviour. I got mine on a day trip up to the local ski resort. I hunt for meat, and tend to shoot the first thing i see. But this year, i ended up shooting the first thing i saw, and the biggest deer i ever shot. i have been watching him for a few years Scored a 122 for typical mule deer

That's a damn nice buck for that unit...if I am thinking the ski resort you are talking about. Same unit as the reservoir buck?

 

[Terek]

That's a damn nice buck for that unit...if I am thinking the ski resort you are talking about. Same unit as the reservoir buck?

nice one was in 39, so pretty easy to guess There are still a few hidey holes the masses dont know about. Other was in 43, but the res. is split down the middle by 43 and 39. Good place to get away from the masses if ya got a boat

 

[johnmac22]

nice one was in 39, so pretty easy to guess There are still a few hidey holes the masses dont know about. Other was in 43, but the res. is split down the middle by 43 and 39. Good place to get away from the masses if ya got a boat

Yeah there are a few, that's for sure! I usually stay away from 39 unless it's the late archery hunt. I've hunted 43 and 44 a few times...really nice country. This year my dad and I drew a late rifle elk hunt in 41. Leaving next Friday!

 

[Terek]

This was an odd little deer that we got in the Adirondacks this year.
106#/8pt

that is an odd one. its the rare and elusive white tailed mule deer lol

 

[brewkinger]

that is an odd one. its the rare and elusive white tailed mule deer lol

At only 106#, I was worried that a whitetail from Pennsylvania had hitchhiked up to the 'Dacks

Rough year up north for us.
Very few deer seen and even less harvested.
2 very difficult past winters and the past spring held on late.