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Bow hunting was not kind to me - or, I'm not a good bow hunter, however you want to look at it.

Opening day of gun season WAS kind to me - or a deer screwed up, however you want to look at it.

After about 3 hours sitting, I got cold. I stood up, hopped around a bit to get the blood flowing again. I leaned the gun on the tree I was sitting under. Behind me, I heard a "crashing" noise, turned around, and coming straight at me was what looked like at the time about a 10 pt. buck. (only looked like that because as I stood there, gunless, he stopped about 10 feet from me. The look on his face was probably identical to the look on my face )

I reached for my gun, he took off. I took the safety off and he was about 30 yds from me, running away. I didn't have time to grab my blow grunt, so I just grunted myself. He stopped.

He fell about 8 ft. from where I hit him - which is about 1 jump for a deer. I had to drag him about 700-800 yds. through tall grass to get him in the truck. I made it about 40 before I pulled a "Who wants to be a millionaire" and phoned a friend.

He was a big 4 point. Now, for deer hunters, you'll understand what that means. Body was big, very big, for a deer with 4 pts.

When I checked him in there was a guy with a 9 pt and the body wasn't noticeably different from mine.

Regardless, I shoot the first "shootable" deer I see - buck, doe, doesn't matter to me. (although in past years I have passed on yr. old deer) Just so happens this guy happened to be "it" this year.

YOU SHOT BAMBI......?

Congrats

I was hunting, a Man and his son came up to me an hour after I got to my spot, told me that they hunted there the previous year and I should leave, I refused. They sat 30 yards from the base of the tree I was in. I watched the kid pull up on a doe, I shot the deer before he did. Next time they will find a better place to hunt

I was very pissed. When I got out of the tree the man called me some names and I told him that I will do the same thing next time if he ever hunts near me again...he went on to tell me he knows who owns the land and it is his right to hunt wherever he wants. Told me that I ruined his sons chance of shooting his first deer...I laughed and got my deer

Hopefully he learned a lesson today

Nice! Way to go Arch! Wish I was up there, some stuff came up that forced me to not make my annual trip this year. Glad you're out there doing well in my place! ;-)

Yeah, I know what you mean. When I saw that guy where I wanted to be...........well, I had permission to be on this ground, he didn't. I wanted to say something, but I went further into the acreage and just forgot about him.

He was the one that wondered if I got one of his does..........

Arch, I took my nephew out for the early youth gun weekend and oddly enough he killed a big bodied 4 point himself. I was astounded to see how large a frame and thick of a neck he had on him and how small a rack he had.

I have two doe so far and am now just stalking the big one that roams my property! Freezers stocked so I'll be patient!

Good luck!!!! You're lucky - around here I can only get 2 - if one of them is with a bow prior to yesterday. Otherwise, I have to go to public ground in Lucas County, and trust me - public ground is NOT where I want to hunt.

Do you want a cookie?

Mmmm, PitDawg gave us some venison links one year. Good stuff! Congrats and enjoy the meat.

Congrats, I'm just happy you didn't use a Jeep.

Congrats,........what time is dinner?

I never have had an issue with people hunting for food. I however will never support hunting for the sport of it.

That said in this day and age were our food is pumped full of crap and with the economy the way it is then I say go for it. There is alot of deer out there and the meat is better than most that is available.

I was out as well yesterday (and heading out this afternoon). Saw a buck munching in a field about 500 yards from my stand on the morning. Nothing else all day. The shot numbers were down from years' past. I was just south of Vermilion in the morning, and about 20 minutes south of that on this other plot of the land the same farmer owns. Saw a lot of hunters though.

Heading back out this afternoon....Tuesday (after opening day) hunting sucks...deer are bunkered down.

Good luck!!!!

I missed the sarcasm in your post, I guess....and I still don't see it.

I do agree that they aren't predators of humans, though. Well, unless they are like those silly squirrels in the commercials that run out in front of you on purpose.

j/c

Got back at 9:15.....a friend called a little after 5. Said he had a big deer, needed help to drag it out. When I got there I had to walk about 300 yds. to where he was - he shined his flashlight to let me know I was close. But he was on the other side of a small river, so I had to walk back about 200 yds to cross, then met up with him. I asked him where it was. Another friend got there.

The shooter said "I shot it right over there, then it went a little bit, and I hit it again, over there. I think". Long story short, we spent over an hour looking for a trail. Finally found a spot - no where near where he thought he hit it. Then we lost the trail.

One guy went off just looking - and about 50 yds away he found it......beautiful, big 8 pt. Great size.

No easy way to get it out though......took all 3 of us dragging, and many rest breaks.

Finally got it out. It's hanging beside mine in the barn. A lot of meat on that thing........

2 less deer for tyler to worry about hitting in n.w. ohio.

Did you weigh the deer?

No luck for me yesterday. Work is getting in the way the rest of the week, and I have to get back to Chicago on Thursday. May have to wait until the 2 day gun season or muzzleloader to get it done...

Ah, plenty of time. You'll get one.

Shot the smallest buck I've ever bagged this year after he ran into me . Yes he literally ran into me , ok it was more of a brush but he surprised the heck out of me . Was on a deer trail behind a big tree and he approached ( ran like hell ) from the blind side going up hill and whooosh ! Did not see the numbers this year as in previous years .

I spent last night skinning and quartering my deer, and my friends deer. Even had a few beers, believe it or not.

Today I didn't work.....my wife and I got the meat almost all boned, and we ground quite a bit. Then we had to leave for our Wii bowling league.

Tomorrow morning we'll finish the boning and grinding - wow, that sounds sexy doesn't it? - get everything packaged and frozen, and we'll be done with it.

Don't know where you hunt - but the deer are there. Be glad you got one. My bro in law has been out all week - he's a "picky" hunter, where I am not. He had a 6 pt. in his sights........but, according to him he had just cleaned his black powder rifle and it misfired - 3 times in a row. First, when he had a coyote in his sights, second, when he had the 6 pt. in his sights, and 3rd, when he just wanted to shoot.

Don't know about all that jazz - seems kinda fishy to me, but it could happen.

Anyway, deer in the freezer is a good thing. Even small deer.

Just a final update: We got 35 steaks from the backstraps and loins. Not huge ones, but bigger than I've ever gotten before. Probably average size is 5-6 ounces?

We still have 2 big bowls - probably 25 to 30 pounds to grind, but we have 18 1 pound bags in the freezer already. This year we're mixing it with sausage - 25% sausage, 75% venison.

Plus, we have enough to can....maybe 8-10 quart jar range? We have a christmas to attend here shortly, so we'll probably finish the "hamburger" tonight - maybe tomorrow after church. The canning will be done tomorrow - and we're done.

Like doing it, but it's always nice to have it DONE.

Probably total meat from the deer in the 65 to 70 lb range????

Took my deer & my sons deer to a friends house to process friday night, he's got a big set up in his barn. Son got a nice spike deer but one of the spikes fell off, looked like a unicon running thru the field, ran right to my son sitten on a tree line. Me got a nice button buck again something about me & button bucks, was going after a nice doe, but got a nice heart shot @ 40 yards on the dead run. but anyway got meat in the freezer,

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Just curious arch, but why would he shoot at a coyote? Surely he doesn't eat coyote meat.... does he? If he ain't gonna eat it, why kill it?
I know some coyotes get shot because they chase, kill and eat deer... which is what a coyote is supposed to do but hunters don't like it.