Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Deer Season

Anyone getting ready for deer season? i went and sat on my stand one night this week, a few deer came into the field. Kinda puts me in the mood for deer camp (I could care less about actually shooting something).

Gator

I have my new slug gun (T/C Encore 12 Ga) about 1/3 sighted in, with a month to go before I will be using it. As it usually is here, the best way to see deer is to be working in our horse barn and look outside. There are from 3 to 7 head that get within 75 yards of it every night at dusk. They don't even care about the dog barking at them.

We have a bad egg around here. There was a mother deer and her 2 babys. They shot (poached) the mother a few weeks ago. The babys alone and hungry took to the neibor, he was feeding them. They shot both babys the other night. Skinned them took a few parts of the meat and dumped there bodys on a neibors front yard. They know who did it but no definate proof. They could at least have the decentcy to hunt them legit and not poach them at night from a car. Its not like there are tons of deer here they were kinda everyones pets. When I used to hunt my father taught us big bucks and thats it.

I'm trying to get excited but I'm not very worked up about opening weekend. This year my Grandson/Partner gets to hunt with Grandmas Remington 222. He is now 8 years old and has done the target practicing. We've had the talks about safety, the finality of killing, getting your own meat as versus the grocery store, etc. I've put up a wooden picnic table near some wheat and have a good rest for him. The gun is still a little too heavy for him to hold offhand. Also, it should decrease the chance of a bad shot (my biggest worry). I have a couple of bucks spotted and timed for him. My only problem is that he won't get to go with me until the middle of November. Youth weekend in Texas opens tomorrow but his Mom (my daughter) is getting married tonight and lots of relatives are hitting town for the weekend. We are stuck with staying home and being polite. However, there is a chance that they will leave by about 2:00 Sunday.

Hey Alligator; I'm trying to hunt, darn rain almost everyday.I dislike rain more than almost any kind of weather.Gets on my glasses can't see. I'm like some of you all, I shot so many deer getting one does not matter that much anymore.I get more out of watching my friends get deer they get so excited.....I brought a stealth camera this year it's really been a lot of fun..still learning how to use it...set it up on the kitchen counter one night,set my duffle bag that i use for hunting about 10 ft. away, it has all my munchies to help me pass the time in the stand.caught the theif who was getting my candy late at night in her night gown......

Still another week until opening day, but so far we haven't seen any bucks, and very few deer. We have allot of hogs on our land and the deer are very skittish.

My wife has shot several hogs, but never a deer, so hopefully that will change this season. I'm more exited about getting her a buck than I am for myself. Unless it's something close to book, I doubt I'd ever shoot one on my land. Besides, the hogs taste better!!!

Eddie

I just bow hunt and have only had a chance to go 3 half days but did manage to get a deo and a nice 16" wide 8 pt, scored 108". I took my nephew to my land in KY for yout h weekend, put him on 3 does but he thought his Dad was serious when he said shot in the head so his shaking hands insured a miss. The next day had him on spike and 4 pt but I looked over to see him lean way out of the blind. His Dad was with him and was not a good coach at all. IF me I think would have got all of them great shot at 9 yrs old. Tok him again last wekend to WMA but did not see anything. I plan to be in KY on Nov 11 for opener and might even tryout a muzzleloader T/C encore I got for Christmas. Good luck to all.

Interesting about the hogs, Eddie. I put up a feeder on the creek a couple of weeks ago. The first night, the hogs knocked it over and pretty well wrecked it. They actually bent the steel barrel from the top. Big hog! I put it all back together and wired it to T posts. Haven't been back in a week to see how it is doing. However, I did walk the creek looking for rubs. I didn't see any. In previous years, it has been covered up by deer.

They aren't cohabitating well with the hogs. However, they better learn how. The hogs aren't going away.

DD,

My hogs come and go but I see a lot less deer when the hogs are around. I am going to fence in my feeders next year, just been feeding the hogs all year at one of my feeders.

Gator

I'll will be watching the sunrise tomarrow morning while trying to fill my archery tags. I saw lots of deer last weekend, just not the nice buck I am looking for.

jimmy s,

There is a running debate on the Texas Hunting Forum if the flash from game cameras scare off the big bucks or not. Either way, I have had a lot of fun with my cameras. Send some of that rain down Texas way!

Gator

I recommend using 2 1/2 to 3 inch aluminum fence post for legs with t posts and barb wire. I have used the legs for two or three and havent had any of them break like I did with the smaller ones. This year we put U- bolts on the legs and fastened them to the t posts. I dont know if it will help but we will see.

I've got 4 young kids and am taking a few years off of bowhunting and black powder. The kids and wife need me at home more than I need to be in the woods for now.

But gun season does start in a couple weeks and I'll be going some on my parents farm in Kentucky. A buddy of mine black powder hunted on the Kentucky land last weekend and saw 7 bucks and 15-20 does but they aren't in rut yet. I just bought my Tennessee property last November and am looking forward to hunting it for the first time soon. The herds are so healthy in this area that seasons and limits are starting to be extended around here the last couple years.

Eric

OK, I have to ask .....How many of you have deer heads hanging on the wall? And whats the biggest deer you have killed, as in 8 pt., 10 pt., ect..

Do you mean how many of us have heads on the wall, or how many heads do we have on the wall?

I rarely hunt myself anymore, but I do enjoy watching and guiding friends, family and clients.
I have attached a couple pics of two archery hunting clients/friends (Illinois) that were successful this week.

Mule deer can be very difficult to harvest with a bow because of their unpredictable nature.

Please excuse the photo with the bloody tongue as I havn't had time to "doctor" the picture.

Ed

Theo... either way LOL


I know we have them all over the house. Them that don't have heads as well. 4 deer heads right now and an abundance of horns!!

Very nice Edward! Don't worry about the bloody tounge, that is more of the norm for deer pictures than ones without the tounge hanging out.

OHH good pictures!!

Here are just a few of the ones hubby has gotten over the years, and these arn't the big ones LOL

Here are 2 of my three wall hangers.

My cousion found these two sketical remains locked together laying in his field. They apparently got in a fight and died together.

That last one would make an incredible mount.

Our season starts a week from tomorrow and I'll be hunting every day for nine days. We've got so many deer these days that I can shoot 7 off my property but only one can be a buck. And figure this, out of 10 years of hunting we have only shot one doe! Last year me and the brother in-law each got 8 pointers. His deer weighed 230 lbs dressed. Several years ago I got a 9 pointer that scored 142, that's the best so far.

bz:

Does MN's DNR really want you to harvest does, or do they charge you extra for every single tag you purchase like in Ohio?

OINK! OINK! OINK! OINK!


This guy needs a few more years to grow.

Dave, I have a 3rd generation night vision scope atop my .223, we need to get together to knock that boar out He will be at your feeder 2-3 hours after dark. Have you seen the hog traps that run around $300...they work great.

We have 13 inch spread restrictions on bucks, but luckily we have seen 3 legal bucks so far. I'm excited about Nov 4th, hoping the 15-17 inch spread with high tines walkes out ! He's a beauty !

As for me...I'll quit hunting the day I first sight a deer, and my heart doesn't skip a beat. Good Luck Guys !