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General Outdoors => Hunting => Topic started by: Pa Goosehntr on November 24, 2015, 07:11:41 PM
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;D ;D ;D ;D OK, who thinks they have one tied up?? ??? ??? ??? ??? Yea-Yea, you see him on your trail cam :o :o :o :o but you know what ??? ??? ??? ??? someone else may see him also... :P :P :P :P :P Good luck next week to all and don't be afraid to post your experiences... :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ good :) :) :) :) :) :) or bad :'( :'( :'( :'(
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I took the smallest of the two, left the big one for my son.
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;) ;) ;) Very nice John..Awesome is a better term 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) I got my 5X5 mule in 96 and haven't had time nor funds to do it again :P :P :P :P But I still have the desire ;) ;) ;) ;) who knows what Christmas present I'll give myself this year... :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X
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These two are from the north rim of the Grand Canyon. Our desert mule deer get big and some rival the north rim deer but that is the exception rather than the rule. If'n you should get motivated enough we have an extra bedroom. Our daughter took a nice 2x3 coues in the last few minutes of her hunt. Two hundred eighty yards, .270.
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Mines been cut wrapped and froze for a few weeks now. Not the brute i was after but this one just got way too close.
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Very nice Mr. John
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nice deer John...
Ben... am I not thinking correctly or are those brow tines abnormally long?...
looking at it again, that is 2 different sets of horn... quite a unique trophy...
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Good job Ben !!!
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nice deer John...
Ben... am I not thinking correctly or are those brow tines abnormally long?...
looking at it again, that is 2 different sets of horn... quite a unique trophy...
I guess I can tell that story. In the past few years I have kinda lost the taste for predator calling but got back into archery hunting. Last year I did a lot of hunting but missed out on some very local area during the rut because I felt there was better hunting on my bosses property. stupid me. I hunted there hard and skipped out on the local stuff for fear of missing decent bucks at the bosses. I picked up a new bow earlier this year since my last bow was outdated. I wanted something I could shoot a single pin with the arrows I wanted to shoot. So I picked up a used 2014 carbon spyder. I loved how smooth it shot from the get go. I practiced pretty much all the time all through the summer and was grouping well out too 40 yds. by aug and sep rolled around I started shooting from unknown distances between 35 and 20 yds and was confident I would not need to move my sight at all for the different yardages. I figured if he was at 40 I would have time to move it.
The season came and if I could be in the stand I was. We actually had two really nice bucks on trailcam. We also had several others as well but the two "shooters" were a big 8 with a broke off main beam past its g3 and the other was the wide 6. At the end of his beams they flattened out to small crab claws but he was wide and tall on his g2's
third day of the season I got home late but wanted to observe. It was still very hot out anyway. I doned full camo anyhow grabbed the hoyt and took a walk. Half way to my observation point I jumped the wide 6. He was a massive 3 or 4 year old buck. Definitely a stud of a body. I watched him walk away only being 20 feet away when I first jumped him. He did not flea in haste. I kicked myself in the rear for maybe messing up my only chance at this buck.
I had not hunted very much a couple nights here and there but every night I was out I had seen deer or buck. I did not want to mess up the area and only hunted it when I had the right wind. About 3/4 through October I got layed off from work and a lot of people told me to hunt and enjoy the time off. I was not really happy with my situation so I started looking for employment again. Meanwhile I did schedule time to be in the woods. It was the week of early muzzleloader that I got my chance at the wide 6.
Thu morning broke clear and I was sitting on the ground with flo orange. I had a small doe come up behind me with the wind blowing right at her. She blew a few times but got over herself. Slowly walking up through the woods I noticed another deer in the woods up yonder. I glassed him with a pair of binos around my neck and I seen he was a small basket rack legal buck. I picked up my iPhone and was messing with it when I noticed the basket rack had another deer with him walking down my way. I got ready and I knew the further deer was the wide 6. They were standing 50 yds away and I was ready. the small basket didn't like me and ran after stomping a bit. I figured that was it for the wide 6 he would follow as well.
I was wrong. He quartered toward me and walked. Closer he came then he went broadside. He was between 30 and 35 yds. He went behind one of the massive white oaks and I drew back. On the other side he stopped and fed. I let her fly. It happened so quick the arrow flew true but I was unsure where I hit him from top to bottom. I knew front to back was about right. I figured I got mid to high lung when I heard the whop. I watched him run up over the hill and I shook. I immediately texted a buddy and my father. I walked up grabbed my arrow and was devastated. It was wiped clean. Only chunks of meat and fat coated the arrow shaft and I figured I hit him higher then I had thought. On my way out to give him time I found good blood when I crossed his exit path. I marked the spot and waited for 5 hours.
When I got home I got a call from my manager asking me to report to work on Monday. I was thrilled. I had work and I had just arrowed the biggest buck of my life. I got back out there and the good blood ran out 40 yds after I found it. It went to drops and the pins I walked 8 miles that day covering local fields and woods looking for him. I knew in my gut however this deer was not hurt because of where he ran he should have been laying dead if it was mortal.
I was sick upset and mad. Everything I had read said that the rut should kick in on October 31 and run good till the second week of November. I had a hunt scheduled for November 4 thru the weekend. That wed morning I planned on hunting but didn't figure I would get a shot at anything. The big 6 still weighed on my mind.
The time had changed and I was unsure of the exact time the sun came up. SO I ended up sitting in the dark for 45 mins longer then I usually do. As it became daylight I seen a big deer stiff legged walking across the horizon. I couldn't get him to stop or turn. Little did I know the next hour would be the best hunting I have ever experienced in my life. Up until I seen the 6 I arrowed I had seen 5 other buck and a handful of doe. I had just seen the basket rack buck from weeks prior push a mature doe crazy all around me and I had to chuckle to myself as the two little ones she had during the summer both button bucks watched and had no clue what was going on. Finally she broke free and the basket walked away. As I watched him walk off I noticed other bucks chasing to my right.
I was looking through a pair of binos when I noticed a buck approaching out of my right hand peripherals. I seen the big Y's and figured it to be the big 6. I looked him over and seen no wounds. As he was heading away I seen he had massive brows. I told myself looking at the deer he was a more mature deer then I had been seeing. Still not the stud the big 6 was but if he came in my range he was going to get stuck. I got ready and watched him as he checked out two scrapes and rubbed a tree. He was 30 yds away when he turned to my right and was broadside. I drew and waited till he stopped. Between two trees I could see his leg and his rib cage. I let the arrow go and watched as the buck ran 30 or so feet and stopped. I was upset I had hit him back far. I had no idea how it happened till I went back to get my arrow and see a couple twigs on the one tree. I could not even see back that far on the deer and still managed to hit him 2" behind the ribs.
I knew he was hurt bad. I watched through binos and seen blood pouring out of him. Then he walked away casually. I thought I heard him crash and then all the deer that were in the woods around me left. I slipped out and waited for my father. 2 hours later we took up the trail. I was surprised when we had good blood. I trailed him for 60 or so yards before I found the first bed. It was made as soon as he was hit and I probably jumped him when I got down out of the tree. we followed him across the same field the big 6 had went weeks prior but this one turned and ran through some real thick stuff. Which kinda made me feel good that he was searching for cover. We were taking it slow and really watching till I came to another bed. At this point I knew he was probably only right in front of us. I told dad I'm pushing him and for him to stay back on the tractor trail. He really started to weave though some thick stuff. dad was following me on the trail and he seen a big pile of blood I worked my way down to him and there he lay not more then 20 feet away dead.
I wasn't happy with the shot that happened but was puzzled how I hit him back behind the ribs when I couldn't even see that far. the only explanation was I hit the twigs and got lucky. we got him home and skun out and to the butcher shop to hang. It was 75 deg out by then. we packed up and headed north. Sunday when I got back I checked the trailcam to see the wide 6 had became a regular to that camera on the other side of the property and to this day he is still around. From the wound on him he should be dead. High lung and should have hit the back bone as well. I'm still dumbfounded that he is still alive. I hope he makes it through the winter or dad gets a crack at him.
Now the buck I shot I never seen till that day. His bases are weird. The brows go straight up like it should have been a spike then the main beams formed at the base and went out. He was 16" inside spread and is very tall. He is getting a European mount done by a member and officer of the club.
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;) ;) ;) Great story Ben and congrats!! ;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D Congrats Ben........nice deer ;D ;D........ 8)
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Good luck to everyone on Monday.
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Nice Deer Ben.
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;) ;) To all that are venturing out tomorrow..BE SAFE!!
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:( :( :( Well I came up empty and with a wet butt :P :P :P I saw snow, sleet and rain ::) ::) trying to thaw out now :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[...... and they say tomorrow is a washout :P :P :P guess I'll hafta monitor that 8) 8) 8) 8)
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;D ;D ;D WIMP! :P :P :P if my old worn out butt :-[ is going to be out there :P (they kill just as good on a wet day as a dry, sometimes better) :o :o .........you can't kill one sitting in front of the hearth drinking vino and reading "Good Housekeeping" :P ::) :P.............. 8)
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Wonder if Goose goes out in the rain to check traps or Goose hunt?
I took this week off from trapping. Don't Deer hunt. I'll get some traps out on Sunday. It's nice to get a week's breather and get caught up and re-organize.
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;) ;) ;) ;) Yea I hear ya ??? ??? ??? ??? this body just creaks and snaps in this weather :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ ya ever see one my size slide down a steep bank?? It's not a pretty sight and it hurts on my end :P :P :P :P :P yea I check traps and hunt geese, ducks in fowl weather....but as you get older you should get wiser, not dumber...as in dumb and dumber ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X
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but as you get older you should get wiser, not dumber...as in dumb and dumber
dumb and dumber, IE... Jasper and Goose...
Goose you just make it to easy even for a dim wit like myself... 8)
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;) ;) ;) Somebody had to give you a leg up!! ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? The youngin is trying to get all the credit... :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
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;D ;D Well after yesterday :P :P :P I am temporarily laying claim to "Dumber" ::) ::) "Dumb was smart enough to stay in out of that crap :P ................ 8)
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;) ;) ;) ;) Yea but I'm headed out as soon as this stops :o :o :o :o they should be moving or at least I'll be moving in stealth mode ??? ??? ??? ??? well I can try :P :P :P :P :P
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jaspr and I made plans today to meet later this morning to Walleye fish. Screw the Deer hunting.
This rain has the river on the rise and Walleyes biting.
Can't wait to use jaspr's new houseboat, he's been talking about it since July. Heat, toilet, stove. Hot soup and hot coffee...that's the way to fish...lol. Roof over our heads, so let it rain.
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;D ;D ;D ;D Hern don't go ice fishin with him today no matter how hard he tries to convince you!! :P :P :P :P
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Some fish'n trip...
The houseboat Jaspr was talking up, turned out to be a nickahokeie, Perry County, hillbilly, homemade rig...
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Lol ;D;D ;D ;D
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At least it floated
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;D ;D ;D ;D Can't wait for jaspr1's reply ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) making fun of a Purry County yacht. :o :o :o :o :o
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;) Some people are just hard to please :P As you can plainly see ::) the deck hand is patiently waiting in the hammock to help him with his "worm" :o :o :o I left without him :P :P hence the revenge picture and antagonistic comment >:( >:( I should charge him with an Article 87, missing movement of the ship ??? ??? I'm not going to though ;D If he wants to sit on the pier all day :P and try to figure out what to do with the "worm" ::) well I say have at it ;D ...............I had a great trip and shore lunch ;) ;).............. 8)
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Purry County yacht club Flag Ship ;D ;D ;D ;D deck ape included ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Well I like it Jaspr1 and would be proud to sail with you to your favorite Ice fishing spots but don't ask to go to mine. I can't be seen looking like that! :o :o :o I have an image to uphold. ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Jaspr I had a good time for sure. And thanks for returning to the dock for me. Chill my friend, chill. I was expecting a store bought houseboat, but I like the way you made your houseboat. Keeps the women away and we had time to fish. Enjoyed the Walleye fillets and fried potatoes & onions.
Tell LeRoy, your deck hand, I'm sorry for peeing off the back of the upper deck.
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D LOL-LOL :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
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:) :) THANK-YOU all for all the KIND words!! :) NOW........I don't TRUST any of YA!!!!!! :P :P :P :P :P............. 8)
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>:( >:( >:( Mornings hunt was ditched as I had to help deal with a trespasser on the farm :P :P :P :P :P
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Does anyone actually Deer hunt on thishere site?
Let's see some pictures!!
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jaspr1 will be putting up a pic of his reindeer soon.. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D Guess that reindeer plum tuckered out the old guy?? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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OK half the Jaspr1 team is on the board ;D the other half ::) and you know who your are :P needs to get off that squirrel trail and get on a deer trail ::) Not a trophy like the one who made a monkey out of me the 1st day :P but us old cripples can't be choosy :P if we want a venison steak ;D. Went out at 10:30 am same spot I've been going all week...I was about 40yds from my truck and I saw him get up and sneak into some dense briars.(11:00am) So I went to a spot close to his bed and sat down. I was just finishing eating a sandwich and putting the crap away and he appeared coming back to his nest at 12:30 pm....15yds tops .308 to the neck..straight down...I was able to get the TRD to within 20yds of him on a tractor trail...my CEO who was in the area drove over and helped me get it out ;D ;D LOVE that woman ;D ;D ;D She said you should let me get a picture of the Truck in these briars getting the paint scratched off for Goose..anyway I won't have to eat TAG Soup :P this year...LOL.......... 8) ON the Naproxen this morning :( :( :( :( :( (http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/jaspr/20151205_132443_resized.jpg)
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Nice job Jaspr. Congratulations!!!
Great Picture.
By the look on your face, I can see you know the work begins and the fun is over...lol.
Good wife too.
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Nice job. Thanks for posting
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Nice pic!! Congrats
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Nicely done Jaspr.... Congrats!
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Jasper
Good going. Somebody has to kill the weak and sick. I am still looking for the blind def and dumb.
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;D ;D ;D ;D That's my bud... ::) ::) ::) ::) always trying to get me re motivated.. :P :P :P :P...Yea I'll be back in the woods tomorrow and the bald ones are fair game now ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? You have the soup stirs I'll try for a fat one.... :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ Got to get your CEO to buy you a four wheeler for Christmas :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X did you get any blood in the TRD bed or did the CEO make you wash it out already??? :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
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Nice buck bud! Congrats! Remember they are all trophys!
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>:( >:( >:( Yes!!! OMG!!!! "BLOOD" in the pristine bed of the TRD :o :o :o I almost got some MUD on it also, but I skirted around that!!! ::) ::) When I got home it got a wash job ;D and once again is as shiny as a babies butt ;D ;D.....Hern that is the look of Pain setting in :P :P :P :P :P :P.......... 8)
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Good job on the buck pops! When am I invited for a venison dinner?
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good job jaspr 8)
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L4F, no venison dinner. We caught Walleye on Wednesday.
Walleye and Venison!!
Surf and Turf dinner, take no less.
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I like how you think Hern. ;D ;D
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Saturday at last light 4 doe decided to run out of the top woods and past the stand I just crawled down from, a quick trip back up the ladder and made the 100 yd shot using the vertical support of the 2 man platform as a rest. Nice big doe to tag out for the season! Now back to chasing fur if I can find the time.
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Darren you are kicking ass on the deer!
You should eat good this winter.
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;D B66 Congrats!!! ;D ;D "Sonny" dinner is served at 5 ;) Liver and Walleye ::) ::) You didn't think you were getting backstraps or steak ::) ::) OH no ;D Liver will help you grow into a big boy ::)with a less rebellious, back talky, more respectful nature. :o :o .............might even throw in a "NIP" of cod liver oil to spike it... :P...come early ;D ......... 8)
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;D ;D ;D Here I thought you were gonna serve him pickled deer feet and shiners... :o :o :o :o :o :o
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Congrats Bowman66.
Jaspr1, the jokes on you. ;D ;D ;D I love Liver and Walleye! ;) ;) ;) But the 5pm thing is way too early. I'm still working so you can enjoy the great life your living. :'( :'( :'( Just as well, there won't be any money or deer left when I retire. ??? ??? ??? ???
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Jasper, you make it sound like you were settling for that scrag horn to the uninformed, but you and Hern and I all know you shot that one out of the breeding herd to increase herd quality... congrats on a nice cull buck, he'll still eat good... 8) 8) 8)
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;D Thanks Dale ;D Ernesto will be so jealous >:( when he reads how I was working on herd management ::) I thought I was a little trigger happy :o but I like your version better ;D ;D ;D L$F "NO WORRIES" I will have the CEO make you a liver and walleye sammich ::) and I will give it to you next semester at the "Coyote College"...... 8)
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Jasper
Dale is just suckling up to you. I will never stoop to that. I hate liver. But a good coyote hunting spot, Well I been know to show favor to some people.
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I ask for pictures and you guys are producing.
Good Job, B66!
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Still say you should feed him pickled deer feet.. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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:( :( :( Fog!! :P :P :P couldn't see 30 yards in front of myself this mornin.. :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ it didn't lift til just before 11.... :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
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:( :( :( :( :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ OK I didn't shoot nottin.. :-X :-X :-X :-X
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;D ;D ;D ;D No worries ;D ;D there's always after Christmas ;D ;D maybe you can con Jeremy into taking you out 1 day for meat :o instead of just a walk in the woods ::) ::) ::).................. ???
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;) ;) ;) I'll be checking what's on the farm when I'm trapping and maybe the smoke pole will come out this year.. 8) 8) 8) 8)
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;) ;) I plan on going on Monday "Davy Crockett style"....there is a legal crippled 5 point on the farm that looks like it was hit by a car... ??? ??? ??? ??? If I can find it I'll put it out of it's misery since it can only hop...something wrong with the right hip and the hoof just flops when moving.... :-\ :-\ :-\ It will be a trophy anyway ;) ;) ;)
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Good luck Goose!
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what's the matter Goose, can't handle a real deer, gotta pick on the blind, crippled and crazy?...
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>:( >:( >:( >:( "Goose" >:( >:( >:( >:( I can't believe your going to let that "Tar Heel" get away with that insult :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P...............Team Jaspr1 is on a "mercy Mission" to cull a poor injured creature from the forest :( :( I laud your efforts!!!!!!! as should every decent ,civilized! ;), sportsman..........put your life jacket on "unsinkable" your going to need it................. 8)
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;D ;D ;D ;D Blind crippled or crazy. :o :o :o :o :o..they all taste the same. :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\...my only concern is if it's all blood bruised... ??? ??? ??? saw a bunch more on the farm, but this one is a priority :-X :-X :-X :-X
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I hear ya there... jus pickin... the longer you let it go the more it'll heal up, the less bloodshot... go git'em...
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:( :( :( Well I'm back :P :P the buck gave into his injuries, :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ they musta been worse than I thought :-X :-X :-X I found him and he has been dead about two days as the critters are just starting on him. :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ I think I'll hafta set up in the early morning on his carcass and see what comes to feed.... ;) ;) ;) ;)
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that may not be a bad idea... even to sit out a night or 2 if the early morning doesn't turn anything up...
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:( :( would you believe that nothing, I mean nothing has touched that carcass?? ??? ??? ??? ???
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Goose, hard to believe. Maybe the warm weather, the predators had all they needed to survive. But Skunk, Coon and Possum should've started last week when it was warm.
Check that carcasses when you have a cold spell.
If I put out bait piles early season, Canine aren't interested until dead of winter, when ground and water is froze. But they remember where the free food is laying or buried.
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;) ;) ;) I considered dragging it into the deeper cover with the 4 wheeler ??? ??? ??? ??? at least deep enough but open enough that I could overlook for a shot :o :o :o I still may do that... :) :) :) :)