Author Topic: Deer hunting (Read 456 times)

chrish483 · « **on:** November 25, 2007, 02:57:07 AM »

Anyone into deer hunting? I am, with a muzzle loader 50 cal, no multi shots with this or full auto, fire as fast as you can reload,, just wondering as an off topic to the main game here and a life out side of the game.
anyone have any deer mounts to show, ive got a 17 point buck mounted on the wall.

and an 8 pointer

i do my own taxidermy on all mounts.

Xargos · « **Reply #1 on:** November 25, 2007, 03:26:53 AM »

Looks like good work, how long you been doing it?

red26 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 25, 2007, 04:35:56 AM »

Went and got a breach load .243 since my 30.06 Springfield was stolen and called a buddy of mine asked him to join me in getting a place to hunt. So we called around and the cheapest place we could find was $500 a rifle this year. Deer hunting cost more than Golf now??? so I'm probably going to get rid of my rifle and stick to working.

We used to have a lot of land in the family but now a person moved onto the land and claimed part of it for his own he has paid no tax's or anything like that in over 15yrs but the courts ruled in his favor and called it his land. The arshhole moved in and yanked 280 acre out from under us.
My cousin went to go hunting on it last year and is now spending 3yrs in prison for poaching off that guys land. I hate Titus County Texas.

LePaul · « **Reply #3 on:** November 25, 2007, 05:28:38 AM »

Co-worker bagged his deer last week, a 110 pound doe.

He'd been all week long, hadnt seen a thing. Figured he'd try an old spot but his truck had starter issues. Wife told him to use her new Camry. Sure enough, he got his deer and had to call a friend for a few tarps

Wifey wouldn't be happy with a blood stained trunk!

We teased him about the small deer, but he commented how for once, he could drag the deer out with one hand while holding his rifle in the other.

Scherf · « **Reply #4 on:** November 25, 2007, 07:11:55 AM »

Uh, 50 cal for a deer?

Why not just drive an old Buick through Pennsylvania?

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #5 on:** November 25, 2007, 08:26:25 AM »

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Originally posted by Scherf
Uh, 50 cal for a deer?

Why not just drive an old Buick through Pennsylvania?

Yes, 50 caliber for a blackpowder muzzleloader. For any number of reasons, not the least of which is 50 caliber was very common among the original blackpowder rifles150 years ago, as well as the fact those are low velocity weapons and the bullet doesn't expand, so it needs to start out big.

red26 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 25, 2007, 08:32:32 AM »

A 50 cal muzzle loader inst as big as your thinking. Now I think the round of the muzzle loader inst as big or it docent have as much powder as a .50cal cased bullet. But I'm not sure Ive only fired a .50cal a couple of times.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 25, 2007, 08:37:39 AM »

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Originally posted by red26
A 50 cal muzzle loader inst as big as your thinking. Now I think the round of the muzzle loader inst as big or it docent have as much powder as a .50cal cased bullet. But I'm not sure Ive only fired a .50cal a couple of times.

Deer hunters are common. Home taxidermy… now that’s impressive! How long does it take you to do a mount? How much do you spend on materials and how much would a comparable pro mount cost?

derelict · « **Reply #8 on:** November 25, 2007, 08:55:39 AM »

I believe that .44 is the lowest you can go in a muzzle loader, .50 is the common varient. My Dad has hunted for the past 25 years or so with a .50 muzzle loader and killed quite a few deer with, but you have to be pretty close!

Sighted in my usual sweet baby (Remington .270 bolt) yesterday. As usual, 1 shot, bullseye @ 100 yard. Put the gun back on the gun rack until tomorrow

Taking 2 of my kids with me tomorrow, my little brother is coming up today with his son, and we're all hunting with my father on his land. Can't wait.

I'd love to do some taxidermy! How hard is that to learn?

chrish483 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 28, 2007, 04:03:18 AM »

what i have now is the latest Triditions inline a persut XLT

with a Sabot thats a 45 cal in size, shoots great at 100 yds if i could just get the deer to stop and stay at that distance:D and not run, its like ranging a tank at 1k and moving need more shots.

(eskimo2
Deer hunters are common. Home taxidermy… now that’s impressive! How long does it take you to do a mount? How much do you spend on materials and how much would a comparable pro mount cost?)

well i dont know where to begen on that, it doesnt take that long to cut the hide off, (within an hour) then to wash the hide , then to remove all the fat layer off the skin around the eyes an hour or so then tan the hide, but after that its not to much, as for the mounting get the ones with the eyes already in and mounting a deer head isnt hard at all and the cost is probly around $100 maby less, you can get kits for less $80-90 maby less i havent checked on latest prices but i could get them for you.
mounting your own deer head isnt that hard at all but it does take alittle time to do but once youve done one its easy.
so far ive done a few dozen heads for family members at a a cost of $100 or less for each head, and those are shoulder mounts too.

chrish483 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 28, 2007, 04:07:48 AM »

oh if you have it done by another person, here in IOWA your looking at $300-400

Tumor · « **Reply #11 on:** November 28, 2007, 06:15:42 AM »

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Originally posted by LePaul
Wife told him to use her new Camry.

haha!!! I hauled a good sized Mulie out of the Belt mtns (MT) strapped on top of a Ford Festiva once

Pretty sure it was bigger than the car.

jam83 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 28, 2007, 10:16:55 AM »

Real men bowhunt

Slash27 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 28, 2007, 10:46:12 AM »

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Originally posted by Scherf
Uh, 50 cal for a deer?

Its not .50 cal BMG. He's not straffing them in a Hellcat.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 28, 2007, 11:39:15 AM »

Or is he?