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The best advise I can offer is to find a hunting buddy that can show you the ropes. You can go wander around the woods, but you stand a good chance of becoming frustrated by the process if you don't have a mentor. Watch some hunting shows on TV. It's not the best, but it can help. Read a few hunting magazines. Try to remember that getting a deer close enough to shoot is just the first challenge. You still have to make a good kill shot, effectively track the deer, gut it and drag it out of the woods. The walking around the woods is the easy part...

GunTroll called me from Missouri. He is up there hunting during the MO gun season. He said that he hadn't killed any deer, but that he was really enjoying being so close to so many big hairy men. He said his favorite part of deer camp was getting to snuggle a big hairy dude after a long cold day of hunting. He said that he was really enjoying getting in touch with is his emotions and that he had several good "cries" in the woods this week. He wanted me to tell all of you guys that he really missed you and he hoped that you all can find the inner peace that he has discovered over the past few days. He said that this will be his last hunting season. He is going to give up hunting and join PETA. Needless to say, I wasn't real surprised by any of this...

Missed a doe. She came out of a deep bottom and I went for a neck shot, cause I didn't want her to run back down the hill. Missed clean and watched her walk off. I wasn't too upset. I was feeling lazy and I was about a half mile from the truck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk.

Bud's has some of the Taurus and Charter Arms in .327 in stock. I haven't had any issues with the 4 Taurus revolvers that I have owned. My wife has a Taurus .38 that I shot today. It's a nice little revolver with a decent trigger. I have heard good things about the Charter Arms too. That said, the SP101 is fool proof if you can swing the price.

Good luck. I hunted the wind yesterday, passed on it today. Folks are still seeing deer here, despite the wind. BTW, I had deer moving middle of the day yesterday.

There is a place in New Providence that used to sell bulk corn, but probably not food grade. Usually these bulk grains are for animal feed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk.

Though experience tells me to not engage, I always have enjoyed a good debate... You are correct that we do not have a bear season in Clarksville. But, I have lived in 3 states with bear seasons. In Clarksville we do have raccoon hunters that hunt at night with dogs. I have listened to dogs on tree for what seemed like a long time, but not all night. We also have irresponsible dog owners that allow their hounds to run about. Even when I see this, I don't think that raccoon hunting should be abolished. When I see hunting dogs lost and hungry I try my best effort to catch them and call the owner. I have owned hunting dogs and I have lost hunting dogs despite best efforts. I have always been happy to get one back. I have never called a hunter that didn't want his dog back after I caught it. Not every hunter that uses a dog is a worthless sack. 50 hunters per mile, standing in the road blocking traffic, drinking and beating land owners. Those bear hunters sound like a rough group. I can only imagine if I saw them I would call the police and the TWRA and let them know that armed hunters were blocking traffic, drinking and beating land owners. If they were on my land, I would call TWRA. I reiterate that 300 to 500 bears are killed on average per year in the whole state of Tennessee. Either there is an extremely low success rate among bear hunters, or there aren't a lot of bear hunters, or there aren't many bears.

my daughter was 9 when I got her a .243 and she had no trouble. For an 11 year old boy I would go with a .243 bolt action.

I am too lazy to shoot 1 per day, let alone 3 in a day. If I were just giving them away, I might could see it.

Good question. I think the photos were taken the day the TN deer was killed, but I don't know how he could have done the other.

A friend bought 100 acres in Grundy County mountains, not near anything good or useful - around 900 per acre. Anything "north of Nashville" that is inhabitable, more like 5000 to 10,000 per acre. Like most things, the more you buy, the less you pay per unit.

PistolFan, I believe there is a difference between the deer in your backyard and the deer I hunt. Apparently the deer I hunt haven't been told that they are supposed to just stand out in the open so I can find them, get a good shot and not walk my butt off in the process. To be honest, I have passed on deer that I could have easily killed this year. Sport didn't have anything to do with it though. I don't hunt just for sport or just for food or just for fun. I hunt for all three reasons to some extent. If it wasn't fun, then I wouldn't do it at all. If there was no sport, it wouldn't be fun. However, I do see the sport in it and I do have fun doing it and I enjoy eating what I had fun hunting. Like I stated earlier, I believe only the hunter can determine what is fair or sport for him or her. I took my then 9 year old daughter on her first deer hunt a few years back. It wasn't a hard hunt. We sat in a blind and shot a doe at 20 yards in a clover field. However, it was a culmination of a lot of effort on her part. Learning to shoot, passing hunter safety, overcoming the fear of failure, learning deer anatomy, patience for the right shot, sitting still and being quite. All these things were big efforts for a 9 year old, so what wouldn't have been an exciting hunt for a seasoned hunter, was the biggest thing she had done as a hunter. It's all a matter of perspective. Now that she is older, she want to take a deer with her bow, so the process is renewed and all the effort of mastering the task begins again.

Tell Bubba congrats! Tomorrow morning should be good. This afternoon should have been good too, but I won't see any woods till Saturday morning. What time will the tenderloin be coming off the grill tomorrow night? I don't want to be late...

See! That thing is just barely dead. It might run off at any second... You can cook and eat them. We killed a bunch for a church cookout one year. I didn't eat there and I didn't drink the Kool-Aid either...

WRONG FORUM SIR! Please move this post to the Adult Only Forum!

Not at all! I just wanted to remove any question about this picture, the story and these two deer being real. Sometimes GunTroll and WD-40 are thick headed and take a bit more persuasion (think hickory ax handle) than the average stubborn mule.

They don't die easy. When I lived in Florida, my buddy and I went on a 'diller killing spree on his hunting property. I shot the first one with a .22mag rifle. It shot up in the air about 3 feet and ran off. Then next one I shot 3 times with a .22LR with Velcoitors and it ran off. The next one I shot with a .357 revolver and it ran off. We shot another with a .44mag and it ran off. The first one that we shot and it didn't run off was with a 12ga with turkey loads. Be warned that they are nasty little suckers and are known to carry awful diseases. Don't touch them. They will jump and run at you when cornered too. Scared the heck out of me. I jumped and squealed like a little girl.

Guys, the photo is real. I posted one pic, but there are lots others. I ain't gonna post links to his Facebook site, but I assure you both are real. Haven't y'all heard of walk in freezers? We used to hang gutted deer for more than a week to age the meat in an old 18 wheeler refrigerated trailer that our deer processor used to hold deer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk.

I guess I am lazy, cause I know I wouldn't carry a pistol in the woods if I was carrying a rifle. Maybe the LCP in a pocket, but not a big old 686. However, if I were not too lazy to carry both, then I would carry a 686 or a GP100 in a Bianchi 111 Cyclone It will ride higher on the belt. but it would allow my gun to be covered by my coat. To me, the most likely use for a revolver while hunting is to carry while tracking, leaving the rifle in the truck so my hands are free to drag Mr. Buck out of the woods. The drop holster does look cooler though and is fast. I don't know how well it will protect your gun though. The way I hunt, I am always snagging everything on me on a limb or briars.

Take both! If you are sitting on a stand and have a rifle rest, use the .308. If you get down to do some walking, swap out and take the 7.62. Either is a good choice IMHO. The 7.62x39 is comparable to a 30-30. Do you know how many deer have been killed with a 30-30? Atleast 10, cause I killed atleast 10 with mine.

Tennessee Deer Talk: Montgomery County Buck The buck on the left side of the pic, right side of the hunter, was taken in Montgomery county with a bow. The other deer was taken in southern Ohio Montgomery county buck grossed a little over 182" and the Ohio deer grossed over 155" - These two deer were taken 4 days apart by the guy in the photo. The hunter lives in Montgomery county and only bow hunts and only shoots big bucks. I know the hunter and his father. This is what you can come to expect when you trophy manage property and allow bucks to reach maturity. I have seen photos of several deer he has taken and they are all HUGE! You have to let the 130" deer walk if you want them to make it to 180".

You can find full size stock on Ebay to fit your .243. I got a new 7mm-08 Remington 700 SPS that I need to get bloody.

If I kill that 1.5 year old buck, then he has zero chance of making 2.5 years old. If I pass on him, he has a better than zero chance of making 2.5. He may get shot by the neighbor, or he may live another year. It's a chance you just have to take.

One word on ammo, your gun may or may not shoot the Remington bulk ammo well. All of my .22's shoot the Winchester 333 bulk ammo well.

No. It's a COMPACT model, just like me!