Been sitting here since 0515. Deer just ran past me at Mach speed. I’m on the ground overlooking a bedding area. Deer was directly down wind when it started running.
Sorry to say Im heading home this morning. Ive been at the cabin for 3 weeks .Hunted hard but deerless. I could of taken some doe but am waiting for flintlock with 4 tags. Good luck and be safe.
Been out sitting since 0645. Cold with a breeze here in 1B. Plan to sit most of the am and then take my little guy out this afternoon for the last hour. Today is it for me due to work tomorrow. Hoping to connect with a big DMAP doe.
As I heard leaves crunching I could not tell which way it was I turned around to watch where I thought it was and then the sound literally behind at 30 yds of a deer explode and spin and I watched as the buck bounded away to maybe 100yds and walked away. Not sure of exact size. But a bigger deer. Amazing how the sound was confusing in these crunchy leaves🤔
I killed a hog of a doe this morning. I was walking the trail to get to the top of the mountain and had another 20 minutes to get there and i looked down the hollow and from a distance i couldnt tell if it was a log or a deer, i scoped it for like 5 minutes. With is being drizzly i finally saw the head move, she was pretty far and i took the shot. She dropped right in her tracks and deer scattered everywhere. I didnt see any antlers on the other so i gutted and tagged her and went looking for a buck. No buck seen but i knew the drag was going to suck as i was about 1.5 miles away from the truck. Instead of dragging her 150 yards straight up to the trail i had to drag down the mountain a little then drag her up hill a little until i met the other trail. Took forever as the trails all became ice and i kept falling. I swear i shot the biggest doe on the mountain. Now time to butcher and sit on a hitting pad lol.
Think I officially called it a day and heading home. Rain not great for Flinter hunting and not desperate to kill another one. Tomorrow probably not going to happen with the rain.
Froze half to death this morning. Planned to go out this afternoon with my oldest, but decided to throw in the towel. Rains moving in and the body is still a tad chilled. Still have the late season to punch some tags
Well my dad got to pull his buck tag today at 11 am in 2f, the old man got a nice six pt that was pushing a small doe. After 70 years he still got it pic of our year to come
Saw 9 tonight. Had a big doe in the scope at 300 yds. Couldn’t bring myself to pull the trigger as it was getting on the dark side. Lots of shooting tonight! I bet atleast 30 + shots.
After daughter had her baby this morning, I straightened out some gear and defrosted 2 freezers. Got bored, and grabbed my climber and went up a tree 80 yards from my back lawn. I saw 16 deer, 3 that were bucks ( one was a decent 8), from 2:30 till 4:30. There were also 4 deer standing beside my garage when I came down to the house.
Times have really changed since I started hunting 50 years ago. Back then, opening day was the Holy Grail....better score a buck then or your odds went way down. This year, like most, I didn’t have a buck tag to use in the gun season, but I hunted does in 4 different counties, everyday, except the first Friday, Dec.6th. About half those days I was out from daylight till dark. I saw 13 legal bucks, several over 120 “. I could have had good shooting at all but 2 of them. Six of them were in the state forest, big woods, one was in a state park. The other six were on private ground. Every year, there’s more and more bucks surviving opening day, as they are unmolested by lack of pressure.
I used to be mindful that most of the 2 year olds I let pass would most likely be dead. With the lack of hunting and the severe amount of posted and unaccessible property that is no longer an issue in my opinion. Now my fears have turned to EHD. After being through 2 cycles of it in 7 years I can say that can put a real damper in your spirits and is a very disheartening thing to experience not just from a hunting perspective but is just awful to watch unfold.
First deer of the year for me today. Big doe at 654 yards. Dialed the 6.5 PRC to 10.8 MOA and dropped her where she stood. Been a great season so far. My Girlfriend got a nice 8 pt and my daughter got a 7pt and a doe. I’ve been helping them and being picking on passing up bucks trying to find a nice one that I seen last Saturday night. I’m mentally preparing myself for flintlocking a buck after Christmas. Here’s to tomorrow
Was a bountiful day in Penns woods. More shots were heard than any other day of the season. Asked some friends to take the day off work to take part in the harvest. A good time was had by all.
Had a similar experience on Friday as well. Three of us did a bunch of small drives in an area that had almost no access due to an ice storm at the beginning of the season. 2/3 of us killed and we had a heck of a lot of fun.
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