nz muzzleloader opener

[rachunter]

i'm heading up tomorrow afternoon for the muzzleloader opener Saturday.i was shooting for 9 days but could only squeeze 6 days in. sat & sun look wet but Monday looks great 49 for the high. i'm going to hunt my property sat/sun then hit the state land for some still/stake hunting a swamp I've been checking out since spring. I haven't been this pumped up about deer hunting in years I think it's because i'll be hunting with a gun instead of a bow.

anyone else heading out??

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I will be up there as well. Headed out after work tonight. Saturday looks like shorts and tshirt weather and Sunday looks like rain in the pm. Not hoping for much but I'll be there. 

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Well we couldn't find a horn anywhere but we took 4 does. Could have been more but with the temps they had to be skinned, deboned and put in the fridge right away. 

[wolc123]

I also did not see any horns last weekend, but did see signs of a few, including rubs and big wide tracks.  The warm weather cut into my hunting time quite a bit and I spent more time fishing (the smallmouth were really on fire Saturday afternoon) than hunting.   The butcher shop I use (Nolt's in Lowville), is closed on Sundays, so a Saturday afternoon ML hunt was not an option.  I went out with my crossbow on Friday, and was able to get within 75 yards of a couple antlerless deer, before they noticed me and high-tailed it into the cover.  It would have been a chip-shot, leaning against a tree with my scoped ML, but was about 25 yards too far for me to take a shot with the crossbow.   The antlerless deer are safe up there now in zone 6C, for this season. 

 I am heading back up with my rifles this weekend and hoping for some windy & rainy weather so I can try some still-hunting for bucks with my new Marlin 30/30.   Also, I strapped one of them $30 Aldi's pop-up blinds down in a hot-spot late Saturday morning, where I can hole up in for a while if the rain comes down too hard.   If the wind is from the prevailing direction, that spot will give me a great shot at the location where I saw a nice little 4-point last year.  If he survived and hits the same spot again this year, it might be his last, especially if he has a little more horn and body mass on him.        

[sailinghudson25]

Went up there for 4 days from fri night to tuesday afternoon.  Does everyday, but no horns.  I'm up in a spot where muzzleloader does are a no-no.  Taking the weekend off because it's too hot.  Next weekend regarless of temps I'll be up there for a 3 day weekend.

I stand hunt morning and evenings with my lyman flintlock.  mid-day I stalk hunt with a peep sighted marlin 30-30.