Nice deer. Do you use an igloo for a blind?:D

and I thought it got cold in Georgia....

No blinds or tree stands (read no bushwacking) We slip hunt (stalk and walk) and mid-day we do drives through the forest. some may take 1/2 hour, some 2 hours. Cold? Hasn't even started yet. This is balmy compared to Jan./Feb. The Objibway call Feb. the month of the popping trees. -30 F can do that. I won't even start with windchill at that temperature. Oh well it keeps the Kalifornians from moving here. No offense to those of you with a more conservative mind. I have 2 brothers who live in Ca. They will only visit in the summer.

Right at dark I had 8 does milling about under my stand when this fella came charging out of the woods and ran them off.

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Got this one two nights ago
 

Mine

Killed a doe here in NE MO tonight, but lost my favorite field dress knife. :boohoo

I still have my buck tag to fill.

Missouri hunt
 

How does it work in Missouri? Do you have earn a buck like Wisconsin (Doe first then a buck) or do you have 2 tags to fill and you just got a Doe first? Here in Minnesota we buy one tag , then depending on the DNR area you can buy bonus tags. I was allowed 2. The bonus tag must be a Doe or button buck (less than 3" antlers) Our firearm season ends tomorrow. Tribal season ,members of the Ojibway bands, ends Dec.31st

No, we don't have any rules like that. I just got a doe first because I'm picky about bucks & my trigger finger got itchy.

You can get 1 antler or an "any" tag (can use it on a buck or doe) & then one or two doe tags if you want them. Landowners get one buck and then however many doe tags depending on acres. Our antler rule on the north side of the state is there has to be at least 4 points on one side. Our season runs a week & a half, then we have a weekend doe season in December.

I have lived in IL & currently live in IA and of course both of their rules are completely different. I can't keep track of them all...

I didn't get a chance to on a buck:( But I Got my jerky meat! Picked off a nice Doe Saturday morning in Southern Missouri with my AR shooting MK262 at 60 to 70 yards. I got a nice shot and she dropped after about 10 steps.

Conrad's first deer.
 

My sons football team didn't make the playoffs this year. This is the first in 5 that we haven't played well into November, so we hit the woods hard. On opening weekend, he had a shot at a nicely developed 6pt on a bean field.
As it turns out a 150 yard shot was a little much for a 9yo's first deer. He missed the mark, but strengthened his resolve.

The weekend of the 15th had a perfect moon phase, and again we hunted hard. Mother nature blew a front across the south and the winds were up all weekend long. After breaking camp, and packing the truck up on Sunday morning, I told Conrad that we would "still hunt" the swamp, walking into the wind and hopefully up behind a deer for him to shoot. As we were easing through the swamp (picture the swamp scenes from the movie Southern Comfort), the wind was blowing hard. Up ahead, behind a large cypress tree, there was some scrub oak shaking out of tempo with the wind. We stopped and took a knee. After a minute or two, a large black back emergerd from behind the tree. I began planning an escape route, just in case our company turned out to be a hog. As it continued to rub the tree it turned with the hind quarter facing us, and then I could see the white. It kept circling around the tree, exposing itself more and more. When it got into full view, I told Conrad to hit it. We didn't see the rack until we got over to the animal. His eyes were as big as cue-balls.

As it sit's it's a main-frame 7pt with 3 scoreable ticklers around the left beam (10pt). The end of the left beam was broken right at the fork of 2 tines which would've made it an 11 before the rut.

Conrad will be 10 in about 3 weeks. In 2008 he's shot a 21.5lb tom & 10pt buck. I guess we'd better start working on that 10lb bass.

Excellent, congratulations to your young hunter.

Man, that's great. The look on his face says it all. Get kids out and involved early and they'll be hooked for life.

Success!
 

My 11yr old boy got a deer this weekend! His first! A little button buck, but a trophy to us!:lifter

Shot him with a 140gr Remmington Manged Recoil round from the 7mm-08 NEF Handi-Rifle that I got him for his birthday.

Hunted in the stand with him a couple of weeks ago to give him a check ride. He hunted by himself this weekend with me in another stand about 75yds away.

Made a bad first shot (deer quartering towards him at about 70yds) which dropped him in his tracks, but had to follow-up with one to the head.

Just got done hanging him in the gargage and finished trimming his heart and liver (lunch tommorrow!:))

By no means am I an experienced hunter, but my friend got me hooked, so here goes:

I recently acquired a newer Ruger M70 in .257 Roberts, and was wondering: compared to my older rifle in .300 Win Mag, which would you (the more experienced hunter) take with you in the inland Northwest (Eastern WA, Northern ID)? Say the target is relatively soft-skinned game like white tail or black bear.

Accuracy is not the issue, as both are almost equally sharp at 100yds, but I'm concerned about range and versatility. Both are also roughly the same in terms of cost-effectiveness.

Thanks!

(Edited to add) The choice of rounds I have are: Federal 120gr .257 (+P) Nosler Partition, vs. Hornady 180gr .300 Win Mag Inter Lock

Heart warming story, must be proud to have a young hunter capable of waiting by himself in silence, fighting the boredom, and still bagging the game :D

Enjoy the venison.

Yes, my son was proud of me for waiting for him to shoot that damn deer so I could get out of my stand, stretch, get back to the truck, make a fire and get something to eat.

I'm not that young, though.;)