Hunting and game posts

[Siesta Sundance]

Seems a little late for the fawns still to be on the doe. Had these on the cams a few days ago.

I think there was a late crop of fawns this year. Last week I had 2 fawns at the feeder still with spots on. So that's like a July birthday.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

3 in the trough. Front and side view.

Not sure what your feeding them, but its best that the feed is scattered on the ground. Feeding deer in troughs can spread chronic wasting disease (CWD).

 

[Moose7060]

Not sure what your feeding them, but its best that the feed is scattered on the ground. Feeding deer in troughs can spread chronic wasting disease (CWD).

Interesting. Never heard that before but seems possible. Will scrap the trough as suggested. The 2 other spots are on the ground an seems there's more waste than consumed. Luckily CWD is not present in BC other than the far south east corner which had some confirmed cases last year.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

Yeah it's something you don't want in the area, best to read up on it and help mitigate any risks.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

 

[rc51stierhoff]

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[Siesta Sundance]

 

[ayak]

Make that ‘1002’ reasons to get Top-n-Tilt.
I was able to tilt that pallet on down to slide him right on.
Many thanks to Brian at Fit-Rite

 

[Yotekiller]

Make that ‘1002’ reasons to get Top-n-Tilt.
I was able to tilt that pallet on down to slide him right on.
Many thanks to Brian at Fit-Rite

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I have hydraulic top link but still use my loader for this... Can also hang it from the loader to cape out and butcher...

 

[ken erickson]

Not sure if a whitetail's neck could get any more swollen durning the rut than this guy! Yikes.

 

[Magicman]

He is certainly out of proportions.

 

[BBFarmer]

We lost our oldest hen yesterday but alteast I got him.
308 @ 30 yards:

 

[ken erickson]

Not every successful opening weekend deer hunt ends with venison in the freezer IMHO.

A long time friend and one of his friends came up from MO to my property in central Wi to hunt and have a cold weather tent camping experience. We all saw deer and passed but still had a great time! We stayed in my 13 x 13 outfitters style tent with a small wood stove.

Here is one that we passed on. Not much bigger than my German Shepherd's I have had in the past.

 

[KubotaHawg]

Mobile skinning rack. Dang these things are useful.

 

[NCL4701]

Sat out in the permanent box blind with my adult son. First day of rifle/shotgun season here. Put him on the side where the deer usually come in about 30 yards out, moving from south to north most evenings. The usual herd of 8 to 12 does and associated immature offspring showed up on my side moving from north to south 150 yards out. Quite unusual. 30 minutes after they left, this 9 point buck walked out on my side about 50 yards from me after staring at me from the scrub for 10 minutes. He never fully stopped but it was a short putt to put a .308 round just behind his ear for a clean kill. We’re meat hunters, but thought I might not want to mess up the skull on this one. Didn’t think to get a decent picture. Son took this one right after I dumped him out of the loader bucket back at the shop.

Would have preferred my son got him, but that’s how it goes sometimes. It isn’t huge by any means but it’s pretty good size for what we usually have here so I might do a European mount with it. I’ve done one before and it turned out well. Recall it being tedious and kind of nasty but not exactly rocket science. Just blow the raw brains out with an air compressor and remove the soft tissue after a good boil with some soda ash in the water. Last one cost me about $15 and a full days labor, I still have the bone bleach so might have an additional $0 to for another one. Need to remember where the giant pot got to. Even though I don’t hunt for horns it seems a shame to toss that rack out with the gut pile. I did warn the spousal unit there’s a frozen deer head in the spare chest freezer. That got me a good eye roll.

Got to thinking while we were dressing him out, I’ve dressed out and final processed dozens of deer. Enough that I’ve lost count. I’ve killed a total of three. A big cow horn at 400 yards on a buddy’s farm nearly 30 years ago, a big enough to shoot but not by much 4 pointer with crossbow earlier this year, and this one.

I helped my father hunt as he got older. He got three bucks the last season before he passed. In the beginning he’d share some meat with us and didn’t want much help, nor did he really need help. By the last couple seasons, he’d check the game cams I set up, ride his four wheeler to a ground blind I set up, and call me when he had one down. I’d run down with a tractor to get it. Then he’d watch me dress it out and apologize for not being able to help while also making sure I did everything right. We split the meat 50/50 and he still enjoyed hunting so it was a good deal for both of us.

My father never allowed me to hunt on the property owned by the trust where he lived adjacent to me. He and I were co-equal trustees but it was all originally his and of course the trust was just for business purposes so I never pushed it and didn’t even ask why. Figured if that’s the way he wanted it, it was his prerogative.

He didn’t want my son to hunt there either but I got pretty sideways with him about not letting his only grandson hunt while he let a neighbor take 6 a year before he even took one for himself and shamed him into it. I helped my son hunt from the time he was a kid until now. He’s killed many more deer than I have even though I’ve been sitting beside him for probably half of them. We split that meat 50/50 with dad as well. My father was always proud of him when he got something but didn’t want any part of teaching him anything about weapons or hunting.

I guess the point of all that is hunting has always been a weird dynamic in my family. Might not even do it, but white tail deer are made out of really delicious meat, so…

 

[rc51stierhoff]

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Sat out in the permanent box blind with my adult son. First day of rifle/shotgun season here. Put him on the side where the deer usually come in about 30 yards out, moving from south to north most evenings. The usual herd of 8 to 12 does and associated immature offspring showed up on my side moving from north to south 150 yards out. Quite unusual. 30 minutes after they left, this 9 point buck walked out on my side about 50 yards from me after staring at me from the scrub for 10 minutes. He never fully stopped but it was a short putt to put a .308 round just behind his ear for a clean kill. We’re meat hunters, but thought I might not want to mess up the skull on this one. Didn’t think to get a decent picture. Son took this one right after I dumped him out of the loader bucket back at the shop.

Would have preferred my son got him, but that’s how it goes sometimes. It isn’t huge by any means but it’s pretty good size for what we usually have here so I might do a European mount with it. I’ve done one before and it turned out well. Recall it being tedious and kind of nasty but not exactly rocket science. Just blow the raw brains out with an air compressor and remove the soft tissue after a good boil with some soda ash in the water. Last one cost me about $15 and a full days labor, I still have the bone bleach so might have an additional $0 to for another one. Need to remember where the giant pot got to. Even though I don’t hunt for horns it seems a shame to toss that rack out with the gut pile. I did warn the spousal unit there’s a frozen deer head in the spare chest freezer. That got me a good eye roll.

Got to thinking while we were dressing him out, I’ve dressed out and final processed dozens of deer. Enough that I’ve lost count. I’ve killed a total of three. A big cow horn at 400 yards on a buddy’s farm nearly 30 years ago, a big enough to shoot but not by much 4 pointer with crossbow earlier this year, and this one.

I helped my father hunt as he got older. He got three bucks the last season before he passed. In the beginning he’d share some meat with us and didn’t want much help, nor did he really need help. By the last couple seasons, he’d check the game cams I set up, ride his four wheeler to a ground blind I set up, and call me when he had one down. I’d run down with a tractor to get it. Then he’d watch me dress it out and apologize for not being able to help while also making sure I did everything right. We split the meat 50/50 and he still enjoyed hunting so it was a good deal for both of us.

My father never allowed me to hunt on the property owned by the trust where he lived adjacent to me. He and I were co-equal trustees but it was all originally his and of course the trust was just for business purposes so I never pushed it and didn’t even ask why. Figured if that’s the way he wanted it, it was his prerogative.

He didn’t want my son to hunt there either but I got pretty sideways with him about not letting his only grandson hunt while he let a neighbor take 6 a year before he even took one for himself and shamed him into it. I helped my son hunt from the time he was a kid until now. He’s killed many more deer than I have even though I’ve been sitting beside him for probably half of them. We split that meat 50/50 with dad as well. My father was always proud of him when he got something but didn’t want any part of teaching him anything about weapons or hunting.

I guess the point of all that is hunting has always been a weird dynamic in my family. Might not even do it, but white tail deer are made out of really delicious meat, so…

Congratulations!

 

[Siesta Sundance]

 

[Yotekiller]

Well firearm season came and went and I got nothing. I spent every day in the stand, some days from dusk to dawn. I had tons of deer around me every day but I wasn't hunting for average. I had two different bucks I was specifically hunting. One of them I haven't seen on camera since opening weekend and one I have seen as recent as 11/30 at 12:46am. He's pretty much nocturnal at this point so I need to find his bedding place which I think I may know where that is finally... I still have muzzleloader season so it isn't over just yet...

 

[dirtydeed]

My wife got one Wednesday night.

I figured I'd decorate it while she was setting up the tree in the great room.