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As much as I love shooting deer... Sometimes this is more fun. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well, I was able to break in my new rifle yesterday morning on the last day of the regular gun season...12/08/13! I ended up taking an 11 Point Buck at 9:40 AM hounding after a doe!

I took off of work on Monday to get in one last day of hunting this year (I'm busy for the rest of ML season). After seeing no shoot-able bucks all bow and regular season, the extra day in the woods was well worth it. Small 8 pointer, but it's the biggest buck I've ever shot in 3H. The wound on its leg was a previous injury. My shot went in from the other side of the deer.

Simply put that age class is very young and inexperienced no matter what size the rack spike to basket 8 included. They tend to throw caution to the wind and let hormones and instinct to mate take over. This lack of self preservation gets them into trouble. Older deer tend to be more wary and smarter. In so far as an accomplishment it depends on the hunters level and expectation. If it was the hunters first deer that is a great accomplishment and a perfect start! Hunting is what you want it to be. If getting any deer is good enough for that person then its great! To each his own I say. One of my hunting partners will shoot anything and I will congratulate him if he gets a spike, doe or big buck. I pass many deer but do not expect this of my hunting partners as some are meat hunters... Be happy with your harvest you are more successful that many. Everyone starts somewhere and if a spike is your first buck be proud.

Nice big male. Smoke pole -1, Yotes - 0 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We took out a new hunter she had a grate time we did not slam the birds but we did have lots of fun hunting

I want the names and addresses of all the "Naughty Girls" on Santas list!

You go in ..jump through hoops ...pull down your panties so they can spank ya then you get a check int the mail 2 wks later .... I really don't know being it's government...that sounded plausible....lol

My cousin just nailed one as well.. Was chasing three doe Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

LMAO wooly, I figure 10 1/2 and 250lbs easy.

Not to.mention i could.be in there hunting and get shotd fired towards me Sent from my LGL35G using Tapatalk 2

Cool- still in velvet too! I'll go with $9.95

I bet it will taste better than the tag will

We got 3 inches of snow and the school cancelled lol i can remember getting huge snow storms and still have school...these kids today get more days off than we did

I totally disagree. How did anyone ever clean a gun before all the gimmick cleaners hit the market. Clean your gun with a solvent, then clean it with boiling water and patches and see how unclean it is with the solvent. Getting the water out is simple. It is called patches. Convenience is not always better. I have been using smokepoles since early 70's and have not lost a barrel yet

I hunt in the northern zone and I hear a lot of follow up shots with rifles. I guess these guys must be hunting with those less accurate rifles. HA. What if a guy is good enough to shoot an arrow at 100 yards through a shotgun hole? Wait he shoots his arrow through the bologna sandwich then hits the shotgun hole, then the rifle hole. He wins.

The older they get the harder to tag.

I hunted this weekend with no gloves on. If I did they were thin jersey material that I used during Bow season. The only reason I can do this is using a hand muff. I have had one for 6 years and it was the best money I have spent on hunting gear. I have never had cold hands using it and no bulky gloves. The one I have is neoprene so it is water proof.

After a fruitful bow season I had a relatively good gun season. 11/16 AM: 11/25 PM: 12/02 AM: With my 4 archery harvests 2013 provided a personal best of 7 harvested deer, including a mature archery buck. I still have my reg tag to use on either sex for the late bow season. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not if my mother-in-law cooks it..

Flurries and calm...just right. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did it make the B&C? That is a non typical deer. Congrats on the harvest. ahaha.

Seen this pic before Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk

Gun season in the Southern Zone is definitely too long! Probably half the reason everyone is on here saying they had a crappy year. I don't know how any deer survive the month long gun season!

after many requests,

Hahahaha...Be proud...be proud!!!....lol...Nice job...but did he for get to put one of the ears back on?...hope he gave ya a discount for that..lol

WTH, he wasn't bitching or saying he was unhappy. He merely asked a question regarding what is considered a decent spread.

The trophy in the shooters eyes,who cares???Kill what you want to kill and be happy about it.If a 1 1/2 year old spike or 4 is what makes you happy and your not in a AR area then drop the hammer,or set your sights as high as you and whatever deer are available will let you.

Actually fellas the gun is only as accurate as the guy that is shooting it... regardless of what it can do at the range... throw in all the other elements in a hunting scenario and mister hole puncher becomes mister how did I miss that deer with this "accurate" weapon. I might not shoot a rifle as well as a shotgun and vice versa. I know all my guns are right on off the bench in a controlled environment... out in the field the more accurate gun is the one that killed the deer.

Before anyone can really answer. What tags did you purchase and what have you already filled?

I have had TSI done by loggers where they cut a lot of aspen, beech and maple that were crowding other good timber. I have also done about 5 acres of hinge cutting. I basically went through and cut anything that wasn't an oak or cherry in the whole area. I cut partially through it and pushed it over. I did this mostly 2 years ago and this year I noticed a huge difference in the amount of deer bedding on my property. And the key to it all with the professional logging was to LEAVE THE TOPS!! I have had tons of guys come to me asking to cut firewood and I said NO because the whole point of the cutting was to not just make room for the better timber but to give the deer security cover!!

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maybe, just maybe it was a bologna sandwich.

I go to bed every night at midnight. I pee at 3am and poop at 5am. The only problem is that I don't wake up until 8am.

God was just about done creating the universe , but He had 2 extra things left in His bag of creations , so He decided to split them between Adam and Eve. He told the couple that one of the things he had to give away was the ability to pee while standing up. " It's a very handy thing " , God told the couple , whom he found under an apple tree. " I was wondering if either one of you wanted the ability ", God asked. Adam jumped up and blurted , " Oh, give it to me ! I'd love to , please oh , please oh , let me have the ability , It'd be so great ! When I'm working in the garden , I could just stand there and let it fly . It'd be so cool , I could write my name in the snow . Oh please God let it be me who you give that gift to , please God let me be able to stand and pee in the snow. Eve just smiled and told God that if Adam wanted it that badly , he should have it . It seemed to be the thing that would make him happy and really wouldn't mind if Adam was giving this ability. And so Adam was given the ability to urinate while standing in a vertical position. Adam was so happy that he celebrated by peeing his name in the snow while laughing with delight. " Fine " God said , while looking into his bag of leftover gifts, "What's left here ? Oh yes.......multiple orgasms .

Who said that? Spikes are dumb. I thought most of us agreed on that? Fool a mature doe during the rut? Now that's an accomplishment. They never have their guard down. Even a big buck can be caught thinking with the wrong head. Not putting down shooting a spike. To each their own trophy and goals. Just an honest answer when we're comparing age of deer and intelligence.

Spikes are mostly 1.5 year old bucks. A 1.5 buck regardless of how many points it has, is one of the dumber deer out there during their 1st rut. Still not a simple stalk.

A friend of mine and I have been out since this morning. Saw a few this morning but no shots. Now we are sitting over the last field of corn on the farm. The farmers combining it. About a half hour ago three does popped out ahead of the combine I put one of them on the ground. Sitting until the end of the day hoping to get maybe one more.

Deer hunting must be really slowwwwwwww.

My daughters first deer,a great looking,rut crazed 8pt. No words can describe the proud feelings I got from watching the hunt unfold on opening morning of 2013.

Thread was getting waaayyyy to PC. Needed to throw a little smoke screen in there.

iwom or hbs. anything else is simply not as warm.

Pic of my sons deer

Under armor wool outer layers. Wool is the best i have found Sent from my LGL35G using Tapatalk 2

Geeze, Belo...Take a pill...

tonight venisom chili simmering on the wood stove at camp. Homemade sourdough bread carrot cake with creme cheese frosting for dessert Sent from my LGL35G using Tapatalk 2

Venison cutlets topped with Bruschetta Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the layout of your land. The cover you're trying to rid the area of sounds like it would make a great staging area by itself already...... not to mention the benefits that stuff provides naturally through the four seasons by itself. Getting rid the nasty stuff might be counter productive to any plot you want to open up. Any other options for a plot location nearbye that wouldn't destroy the thicket? I'm not a plotter, but I have seen a few pop up here in recent years that actually made the habitat worse simply due to being very poorly thought out.