Outdoorsman Thread

[garddogg56]

No one but you Scott you get to hit the woods with several kids and enjoy

[TripleF]

No one but you Scott you get to hit the woods with several kids and enjoy

[Colonel26]

Dogg, that's a fine looking old Savage.

I believe I'll take the old Marlin .35 Rem out tomorrow and see what walks by.

[garddogg56]

Thanx Colonel Marlin 35 rem one of the best Good luck tomorrow

[Old Hunter]

I have a newly gained admiration for possums since I learned they love to eat ticks and they eat a lot of them.

Good luck Dogg and Colonel Wade, hope you gents knock one down. OH

[treefarmer]

I have witnessed from my shooting house many times when the automatic feeder goes off, it spooks the deer. They run away but return in just a few minutes. From the elevated stand quite often you can see how far they run and then see them slip back to the feeder.
I bought a new game camera and was fortunate enough to get a series of pictures as the feeder went off at 7am. The first pic show a yearling close to the feeder, the second shows her running away as the corn is flying from the spinner plate. The third shows her back at the feeder within a couple of minutes.
I have never killed a big buck (by Florida standards) that was at the feeder. Not that I wouldn't, but old smart bucks don't seem to come to this type feeder. The feeders draw the does and yearlings, just like the adjacent green field and then during the rut once in a while a good buck will show up pursuing a doe. All legal in the Sunshine State . Click on the picture to enlarge.
Treefarmer

[philco]

I was fortunate to take what shoulda, woulda, coulda been a pretty decent 8 point buck. The only problem was, part of his antler on the left side came up missing. I'm not sure if it was gone when I shot him or if the bullet bounced off the rib on the way out and broke off the missing section of antler. I don't think it will impact the taste of the venison.

I shot this deer in almost exactly the same spot that I shot one last year, in a hay field bordered by woods. Last year's deer dropped where he was shot. Todays buck jumped straight up in the air then took off running, veering into the woods and down a little ravine. All in all he covered maybe 50 yards before he went down.

[rangerbluedog]

looks like a big boy.
summer sausage!

[steve99f]

Looks like good eatin' Phil!

[treefarmer]

Congratulations on a good buck, Philco! Maybe y'all can find the broken part of that antler if he was in possession when you shot him, since he didn't run but 50 yards. Maybe the autopsy will reveal the bullets path , that's very interestin' !
Treefarmer

[garddogg56]

Congrats Phil nice Buck he'll taste the same but point bragging rights lost

[philco]

We back tracked the blood trail to the point where he was when I shot him and could not find any antler parts so I'm guessing he had lost it in a fight, but who knows. I'm still proud to harvest him with or without a full set of ornaments.

[Old Hunter]

Nice buck Phil, congratulations! OH

[zp4ja]

Congrats Phil. The antlers taste terrible anyway. The dogs love them though. Nice harvest. As I get older, the hunt itself, conservation and good meat on the table is more valuable than a wall ornament.
Have a cow Elk tag this year. Just as excited as if I had a bull tag. Elk is some good meat.
Jerry

[TripleF]

Yeah buddy!!! Congrats Phil!!

[Colonel26]

Way to go Phil.

[bighomer]

Congrats Phil knice buck. The boys are back after about a six week absence.

[kootenay joe]

Those turkeys are all within 22 range for a neck shot !
What is the skinny white pole for ? a turkey meeting place ??
kj

[bighomer]

KJ it has actually got a purple martin bird house on it, a few gourds hanging there for same. They eat lots of skeeters so I give a place to raise their babies.

[Mumbleypeg]

Nice Buck Bruce, he will provide some tasty venison no doubt! I walked up on this scrawny little possum today in the woods...got right up close to him as he sauntered down the hill to his hole in an uprooted tree.....I was waiting for him to "play possum" but he seemed generally unconcerned about me. ....

Some interesting things about possums. According to a wildlife expert I recently heard, possums kill and eat snakes including copperheads, cottonmouths and rattlers. They are immune to pit viper venom. The major portion of a possums diet however consists of insects and small rodents, and vegetative matter. They are also scavengers. Contrary to popular belief possums are not carriers of rabies. Their extremely low metabolism and low body temperature makes them nearly immune to rabies and rarely contract the disease.

Ken

[RobesonsRme.com]

It is illegal to shoot a wild turkey with a rifle in Alabama. Hasn't always been so, but it has been for many years.

Cannot speak to other States.

Charlie Noyes

[kootenay joe]

I have hunted turkeys on my own property during the Fall since they arrived about 20-25 years ago. It's more 'shooting' than 'hunting' as i go out when i either see or hear turkeys nearby. Often i can get to under 50 yards before they start to move away.
I have an old Brno bolt action 22 with a 4 shot clip. I aim for the base of the neck, just where it exits the top of the thorax (chest). Shot has to hit in the mid line as about half of the neck diameter you see is feathers. A shot slightly to one side might only take out feathers.
I have wilderness bush on 3 sides of my land so when i miss(not often, the Brno is very accurate) the trajectory is safe.
I find it more enjoyable to hunt with a 22 than with a shotgun but i can understand that a shotgun is safer when there could be other people in the vicinity.
kj

[SteelMyHeart85420]

Any deer taken with a bow is a trophy. I tagged this 5-pointer over the week-end. Was a six, with a broken tip on the main beam. He'll eat good, I hope.

[TripleF]

Knice buck SMH!!!!

[treefarmer]

Hope you had help gettin' Bambi on the roof, that's what causeed my 1st shoulder injury, down hill ever since . On the bright side, like you said, "He'll eat Good" . Congratulations!
Treefarmer