2017 Deer Season Thread

[rugerla1]

1 hour ago, martin5 said:

I took an 8 point at 7:15 yesterday morning. It dressed 175. Biggest one yet for me.

Wow congratulations, that’s a dang good buck!

[Quavodus]

Alright man!  Congratulations.

[gregintenn]

Martin doesn't post often, but when he does....WOW!

[martin5]

Thanks guys. I hope this is motivation for everyone to get out there and get one. It is by far the best one I have gotten.

[reed1285]

I went yesterday morning. Had a doe and her small spotted fawn come right under me at about 8:30. Unfortunately that is all I saw. I am gonna head back out tomorrow morning. Looking for my first bow harvest this year.

[bersaguy]

Well my grandson was in the stand at daylight and did bag a small 4 point but had to wait till about 10:30 so he didn't make his 8:30 AM time frame. Said he would send pictures if he had time but had some work to do.

[martin5]

Anybody get one this weekend? The weather certainly was better.

[KahrMan]

Wanted to go this weekend but was out of town. Hopefully somebody connected.


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[aknifemaker]

Martin, nice deer congrats.  Got a nice young doe last Monday evening, making stew right now!

[AuEagle]

Had 4 watching me grill burgers this evening.

Here's 3 I've been blessed to harvest over the years.

 

[rugerla1]

@Slappy

So I've had very little action to film. Many trips out I didn't see anything and the Panasonic camera is hard for me to see. Maybe I'm just not used to it yet. I started using my GoPro instead and decided to put a video of this Saturdays clips together. I spent a couple hours last night trying to figure out why I couldn't find the editor on YouTube. Then searched on YouTube about it and they took down the editing software in September! Perfect timing for me right? Well I did a little research on editing software and decided on Shotcut. It's free and will do way more than I know how to do for sure. It took some trial and error for sure and my video or editing isn't that good. But I'm going to keep trying and hopefully the action in the woods picks up and I'll have more action to show. Anyway, here's my first ever YouTube video hunting. I hate that you can't see the little buck but he came in to a grunt call and was snorting almost like he was coughing. Came in acting like he was ready to start some trouble. It was pretty dang funny. I snort wheezed at him and he didn't come back, so I reckon he wasn't feeling as froggy as he thought he was. It was entertaining for me for sure. Hope to have more videos to share soon.

 

[KahrMan]

Which GoPro were you using. The quality of the video was great. 

[rugerla1]

Just now, KahrMan said:

Which GoPro were you using. The quality of the video was great. 

GoPro Hero 5 Black. My wife bought it for me after deer season last year so I could film while hunting. I know that not having zoom is probably the biggest drawback using this type of camera. But I can turn it on and off by voice, by button on the camera, or with my iphone and even watch on my phone what is being filmed real time. It's pretty high tech for an old country boy with not much tech savvy lol.

[Bubba Fett]

This guy has been walking by the cameras every morning about an hour before sunup the past two weeks.  Haven't seen him before.  There is a sizable rub and scrape about 20 feet to the right of the camera that I'm really hoping is his. 

Muzzle load can't get here fast enough.

[martin5]

Congrats on the doe aknifemaker!! AUEAGLE those are some nice wall hangers and Bubba good luck on that one. He is a nice one.

[Slappy]

Ruger! Man! Excellent work. That was way better than I was expecting. Haha. Seriously, the production value and content I thought was really good. So, can't wait to see more and see you get a deer down too! Good job man. 

 

As for me and my hunting this year....since I'm being made to work weekens I won't be able to get out as much as I normally would. I have hunted twice so far. We cleared out an area underneath a powerline on our property. It's about 300-350 yards in length total.  I saw 3 small doe at 200 yards and that's been it! Also had some neirbors dogs run down my section of the powerline too. That wasn't fun. :-( 

 

 

i also found a spot on our property that looked very "deerish" so I put up a game camera and haven't told anybody. :-) Turns out there was evidence of an old deer stand right where I set my camera up. So may be a pretty good spot. We shall see! 

Edited October 17, 2017 by Slappy

[bersaguy]

I can tell folks about deer hunting and dogs. About 4 years ago a buddy of mine was hunting on a friends farm and was sitting in his stand about 7AM when he heard some dogs barking way off in the distance. They were heading right in his direction and closing fairly fast. He saw a big buck run out of a field and into a thicket about 30 yards from him and it stopped. He has a pretty good shot at it and he could tell the deer was getting ready to bolt as the dogs drew closer so he dropped the deer and when the guns went off the barking quit and he could see the dogs running back in the direction which they came from. He was in the middle of Field dressing the deer when the game warden walked up to him. He told him that he is under arrest for hunting over dogs whic is illegal. My buddy told him they are not his dogs and he was not hunting over dogs. It took him about 3 hours to get the mess straightened out. The Game warden was in thata rea along with 2 others because several hunters had complained they thought someone was using dogs and they were there trying to catch who ever it is. The land owner finally showed up on the scene after the warden allowed him to call him. The land owner made it clear to the warden that my buddy was a friend of his and his truck was parked back at his house and he had been hunting his land for several years but the dogs just showed up this year and they are not his or the hunters. The warden finally cut him loose. He never found out if they caught the hunters using dogs but said it about ruined his day.  

[Omega]

35 minutes ago, bersaguy said:

I can tell folks about deer hunting and dogs. About 4 years ago a buddy of mine was hunting on a friends farm and was sitting in his stand about 7AM when he heard some dogs barking way off in the distance. They were heading right in his direction and closing fairly fast. He saw a big buck run out of a field and into a thicket about 30 yards from him and it stopped. He has a pretty good shot at it and he could tell the deer was getting ready to bolt as the dogs drew closer so he dropped the deer and when the guns went off the barking quit and he could see the dogs running back in the direction which they came from. He was in the middle of Field dressing the deer when the game warden walked up to him. He told him that he is under arrest for hunting over dogs whic is illegal. My buddy told him they are not his dogs and he was not hunting over dogs. It took him about 3 hours to get the mess straightened out. The Game warden was in thata rea along with 2 others because several hunters had complained they thought someone was using dogs and they were there trying to catch who ever it is. The land owner finally showed up on the scene after the warden allowed him to call him. The land owner made it clear to the warden that my buddy was a friend of his and his truck was parked back at his house and he had been hunting his land for several years but the dogs just showed up this year and they are not his or the hunters. The warden finally cut him loose. He never found out if they caught the hunters using dogs but said it about ruined his day.  

Warden in my area would of just stuck it to him anyway.

[jpx2rk]

For you hunters who have overnight travel to your leases.  LOL.  Got this in an email

[bersaguy]

55 minutes ago, jpx2rk said:

For you hunters who have overnight travel to your leases.  LOL.  Got this in an email

Do you think they put that sign up due to experiences in the past?.................

[rugerla1]

I just got the phone call that my buck mount from last year is done! 

[jpx2rk]

11 hours ago, bersaguy said:

Do you think they put that sign up due to experiences in the past?.................

Probably a 270 win mag at sunrise woke a few up.  LOL

[gregintenn]

On 10/18/2017 at 5:27 PM, jpx2rk said:

For you hunters who have overnight travel to your leases.  LOL.  Got this in an email

Looks like someone's rifle suffers from horizontal stringing.

[rugerla1]

Good luck in the morning y’all!  

[rugerla1]

Finally got him home! My biggest so far and hoping to find his Uncle this year!