Ready for deer season to arrive?

[Killer91]

So,

1. Feed the Deer mineral enriched food (to grow their horns)
2. Sit in a Tree stand near said feeding area.
3. Wait............. 
4. Shoot Deer from 14' up

= HUNTING.................   NOT 

KAM

Kinda what I think.. Now thats not to say I haven't killed a deer at a feeder, but the ones I've killed at a feeder were all over 100yd shots. Not that thats a hard shot but still better than 10yds like I've seen before.

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This is an old buck. just an 8 pt with short tines, but just look at the width and mass!

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Only have one pic of this buck so far. He's a basic 10 point with what appear to be stickers on both bases.

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This is a basic 9 point with a split browtine at the same feed trough as the 10 point above.

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Not the best picture I've got, but trust me when I say this guy was an absolute beast! He was a basic 10 pt with a split browtine and g2 last year. I have not seen him on our cameras this year,  he is still alive. Figured if anyone had killed him they would have been talking about it (small town).

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Its Porky Pig and friends. Sonava B-B-B, Sonava B-B-B, Sonava Gun!

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Jackson Hole, WY two Christmas breaks ago. This town square featured four (4) of these arches made entirely of mule deer sheds on each corner!

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Not sure which was more impressive: these bucks on the wall or the 12 wicker baskets full of sheds (Wellington, KS)

I got some pictures on another computer of a group of hogs like that. I'll try to post them tomorrow. Those things a crazy around here.

[Rash]

A guy I work with went to Colorado on Thursday for a week of bow hunting at 11,000 feet.  Today he had a short post on face book.   The post was "Elk down."

[Dichotomy]

So,

1. Feed the Deer mineral enriched food (to grow their horns)
2. Sit in a Tree stand near said feeding area.
3. Wait............. 
4. Shoot Deer from 14' up

= HUNTING.................   NOT 

KAM

SHHHHH!!!!! They'll stay home this season 

[shotgunneeley]

So,

1. Feed the Deer mineral enriched food (to grow their horns)
2. Sit in a Tree stand near said feeding area.
3. Wait............. 
4. Shoot Deer from 14' up

= HUNTING.................   NOT 

KAM

Yep, we only feed the deer to grow their antlers---they taste pretty good when you grind them up and sprinkle them in your corn flakes.

[skorpion]

Yep, we only feed the deer to grow their antlers---they taste pretty good when you grind them up and sprinkle them in your captain crunch.

FIXED

[Vudu15]

I cant sit on the stand I fall asleep, I gotta still hunt to keep it interesting, I like duck season WAY better. 

[icepac]

We've been dodging them as the dart in front of our cars since late june as well as feral pigs just south of kennedy space center.

Almost hit one last weekend on the way back.

[skorpion]

We've been dodging them as the dart in front of our cars since late june as well as feral pigs just south of kennedy space center.

Almost hit one last weekend on the way back.

my friend ran over a feral pig last week in his car. only minor wheel damage

[Vulcan]

So,

1. Feed the Deer mineral enriched food (to grow their horns)
2. Sit in a Tree stand near said feeding area.
3. Wait............. 
4. Shoot Deer from 14' up

= HUNTING.................   NOT 

KAM

Pretty bad huh.

My last deer was a beautiful stalk. I was out with a couple of other guys. They were checking a ridge line west, me east, I spotted to fallow deer feeding in a small clearing in the middle of some native bush. I let the other guys know, one had a rangefinder and I managed to stalk into a closer position about 250m out. Unfortunately the deer had not seen me but ducked back into the scrub on the right. So we hatched a plan, I setup, waiting, they moved up along the ridgeline in the right side of the photo.

The plan worked, the deer popped out from the scrub, unfortunately one didn't stop, the other did but I could only see it's head. A fallow deer head at 250m is quite small, but I got a shot off and was rewarded with the sight of legs swinging up through the scope. I'd taken it through the back top of the next, severed the spin (well crushed a large section of it), and well seriously messed the skull up. It was an instant kill and also mean't more good meat.

The shot:



Bambi:



Rifle is a Howa Ranchland, .243 with a Nikon Buckmaster 3-9x40 scope. Bambi was delicious.

[Spikes]

Isn't feeding the deer like that illegal?

[Spikes]

I cant sit on the stand I fall asleep, I gotta still hunt to keep it interesting, I like duck season WAY better. 

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Good man. Duck and goose hunting.

[rogwar]

Isn't feeding the deer like that illegal?

Not in Texas.

[shotgunneeley]

Isn't feeding the deer like that illegal?

Not in AR, unless the AGFC found evidence that there were diseases like TB in the state, which is spread by saliva left behind at feed stations. Feeding the deer at this time of year is critical for healthy fawn development, giving nutrients for mothers nursing their young, as well as increased muscle and and antler growth. Pretty soon, well be switching from protein to corn heavy in carbs so the deer can build up a storage of fat to last them the winter. As a hunter, the style and products you use are based on your goals. Currently, we have 10 protein and 5 corn sites in operation over a total of 8,400 acre (over 13 square miles). Plainly put, the carrying capacity for a deer herd on a site that only provides acorns and woody shrubs is far less than what would occur on a site that provides crops and green vegetation. Our goal is to manage our local deer herd in a way that keeps them as healthy and productive as they can be while harvesting them in a way that is sustainable for years to come. You can't do that by simply allowing them to feed off of the natural food (as weak as it is here) and through stalking alone.

Stalking (slip hunting as we call hit) is great for open areas/grasslands when you can see the game from long range and use the terrain to get in close. Here in the dense woods and thickets of south AR it's a bit harder. You have to wear hunter orange (sticking you out like a sore thumb), crunch through leaves and sticks, and the short visibility range almost guarantees they're going to see/hear you before you can get a shot. Not to say it can't be done. My dad and i use this style when the deer movement is slow, but it's not as efficient especially when your just wanting to fill your tags and get some meat. When you're as overpopulated as we are, slip hunting is not an effective way to manage your local herd. You don't have be like Rambo bailing out of a tree, bowie knife clenched in teeth, and wrestling the deer with your bare hands to get the feeling you've had a successful and exhilarating hunt.

[Vulcan]

All hunting in NZ is either 'slip' (we call it tops here, as it's usually hunting the tops of the terrain) or bush bashing. No baiting, no sitting in tree-huts

[kamori]

Pretty bad huh.

My last deer was a beautiful stalk. I was out with a couple of other guys. They were checking a ridge line west, me east, I spotted to fallow deer feeding in a small clearing in the middle of some native bush. I let the other guys know, one had a rangefinder and I managed to stalk into a closer position about 250m out. Unfortunately the deer had not seen me but ducked back into the scrub on the right. So we hatched a plan, I setup, waiting, they moved up along the ridgeline in the right side of the photo.

The plan worked, the deer popped out from the scrub, unfortunately one didn't stop, the other did but I could only see it's head. A fallow deer head at 250m is quite small, but I got a shot off and was rewarded with the sight of legs swinging up through the scope. I'd taken it through the back top of the next, severed the spin (well crushed a large section of it), and well seriously messed the skull up. It was an instant kill and also mean't more good meat.

The shot:

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Bambi:

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Rifle is a Howa Ranchland, .243 with a Nikon Buckmaster 3-9x40 scope. Bambi was delicious.

Where is that at...pretty country