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while it sucks to lose a brute like like that,take some solice that you seen him still on the hoof and not piled up somewhere as coyote feed.

yes that was bad,prayers go out to those involved

next time you find a stand you have to go out atnight before opening day and destroy them,think of the look when they are all excited to get into it and find it in a pile,

i always leave it in during the season,unless very wet/rainy,also leave the gun in truck at nite for condensation issues,have seen where moving from cold hunt to warm truck to garage etc.. can cause problems.do start fresh for late season

great thread,I've noticed that my omega,shoots far better with same loads as my bone collector,2- 50gr white hots and 250 gr shockwave,after 3 shots with bc forget it , with the omega usually can get 5 or so w/o much movement on the paper

not sure about that area,but typically late 1st/ 2nd wk of december

very cool,congrats on the harvest

must be a gray area,I found a road kill yrs ago,still in velvet,took horns to taxi to mt on a plate and he wouldnt do it ,had to have carcas tag,looked in regs and cant find anything on it

legally you cant cut horns off dead deer,you need a tag to possess any part of a deer,road kill found in the woods etc...i doubt eco will give you a tag to take the horns

very unfortunate,do think you should follow up with ECO,regardless of how much of an a--hole the guy is ,I find it hard to think anyone would shoot toward someone on purpose,at least I hope not,Just glad you are ok,and dont let it spoil your season

dont throw it out,even when its old you can use it for mock scrapes in the early season

at least it was only till 9:30,lol,all you can do is laugh and carry on...

never really had any luck rattling,as mentioned though you may not see an approach,just dont think I'm playing the right song

cool looking kitties,always wanted to hunt them,seen one while fishing in the HiTor area years ago

I have seen quite a few this yr myself,maybe a good sign of them coming back?