Hunting Season 2018

the_huber_show · November 07, 2018, 11:28:00 AM

I see a bunch of nice rakes on the cams!

I'm not getting to hunt this year but my buddy just hooked me up with about 15 pounds of deer steaks from last year

Ron Fogelson · November 07, 2018, 08:59:48 PM

looking good DeadEye

My phone started blowing up in the stand tonight just as a descent buck walked out on me,,, buzz, buzz, buzz LOL he was looking at me fairly hard and started to walk off. Him swinging his head let me put my AR10 out the window and line up on his but. Called out got him to stop and punched him good heart double lung didn't go10 yards and watched him pile up.

9 point, 165 live weight and that's a good size deer down this way, sausage, snack sticks, summer sausage ordered can't wait for my back straps to be done

Deadeye · November 08, 2018, 06:08:57 AM

Quote from: fishballer06 on November 07, 2018, 11:21:25 AM
I just noticed that you said your rifle season runs December through February. That's insane!

Ours here in PA lasts for two weeks, and we can't hunt on Sundays.

Oh yeah I know. Raised there in Jefferson Co.

My Brother is still dead set against Sunday Hunting and still carries his license in a holder on his back.

Deadeye · November 08, 2018, 06:10:31 AM

Quote from: Ron Fogelson on November 07, 2018, 08:59:48 PM
looking good DeadEye

My phone started blowing up in the stand tonight just as a descent buck walked out on me,,, buzz, buzz, buzz LOL he was looking at me fairly hard and started to walk off. Him swinging his head let me put my AR10 out the window and line up on his but. Called out got him to stop and punched him good heart double lung didn't go10 yards and watched him pile up.

9 point, 165 live weight and that's a good size deer down this way, sausage, snack sticks, summer sausage ordered can't wait for my back straps to be done

Heck Yeah Ron, Good Deer. Enjoy the eating!

the_huber_show · November 08, 2018, 08:14:25 AM

Quote from: Ron Fogelson on November 07, 2018, 08:59:48 PM
looking good DeadEye

My phone started blowing up in the stand tonight just as a descent buck walked out on me,,, buzz, buzz, buzz LOL he was looking at me fairly hard and started to walk off. Him swinging his head let me put my AR10 out the window and line up on his but. Called out got him to stop and punched him good heart double lung didn't go10 yards and watched him pile up.

9 point, 165 live weight and that's a good size deer down this way, sausage, snack sticks, summer sausage ordered can't wait for my back straps to be done

Nice buck!

Jared LeBlue · November 08, 2018, 06:43:56 PM

Quote from: fishballer06 on November 07, 2018, 11:21:25 AM
I just noticed that you said your rifle season runs December through February. That's insane!

Ours here in PA lasts for two weeks, and we can't hunt on Sundays.

Well you would hate us. Our Bow season starts in September and runs through January. Our Rifle season starts in October and runs to the beginning of January. We get 3 doe tags, 2 buck tags and an either "woops" tag.

Lipripper · November 11, 2018, 11:26:06 AM

Nice deer Ron

Ron Fogelson · November 17, 2018, 03:47:10 PM

That 9 pointer is at the meat locker the doe I got the other night I let sit in the cooler on ice over night, deboned her yesterday and put some roasts and stew/jerky meat in the freezer and ground the rest up and let rest in the fridge. Got it out and mixed up the way I like, 20lbs deer/10lbs fatty burger like 70% and blend it up. Got it sitting in the fridge again getting ready to wrap it up. Gonna have lots of good

this year

Oldfart9999 · November 18, 2018, 11:08:06 AM

Quote from: Ron Fogelson on November 17, 2018, 03:47:10 PM
That 9 pointer is at the meat locker the doe I got the other night I let sit in the cooler on ice over night, deboned her yesterday and put some roasts and stew/jerky meat in the freezer and ground the rest up and let rest in the fridge. Got it out and mixed up the way I like, 20lbs deer/10lbs fatty burger like 70% and blend it up. Got it sitting in the fridge again getting ready to wrap it up. Gonna have lots of good this year

Lot's of good eats there!!!
Rodney

Deadeye · November 28, 2018, 08:49:55 AM

Was at our Property last weekend with the SIL for the Early Gun and Doe Days. We saw none. Cams showed just about all our deer went Nocturnal and others are telling me the same thing.

We weach at least had an encounter with deer, him getting blown at by a deer he couldn't see that got downwind of him, and me walking up on one that was bedded 50 yards from where I had sat all morning into afternoon.

Did get some good pics of our one deer we call The Big 8. Like he was teasing us posing for the Cam.

Deadeye · December 08, 2018, 07:40:12 AM

While the Property being 6 hrs away does make for a great Get-Away time, it also sucks because there are times I'd love just to sneak out for a couple of hrs and it's to far to do that.

I plan to head back up the day after Christmas (Buck and Doe both in that weekend) and hunt until New Years Eve. We have been invited to a super nice Party again this year and I don't want to miss it.

Deadeye · December 24, 2018, 08:15:06 AM

Well the plan it to watch the Radar Weather Report, which was terrible with 70-90% Rain and has now dropped to 40%, and decide tomorrow what we are doing. The Boy has already requested the days off, so we will probably go either way.

Ron Fogelson · December 28, 2018, 04:44:38 PM

Big 8 has your number for sure LOL

But man I don't know about driving 6 hours away,,, yep sure get your point on being a nice little get away but boy oh boy do we like running to our camp last min and will it 25/35 min away it sure is nice to be able to do that

Deadeye · January 02, 2019, 06:59:36 AM

Yep Ron there was a time when to go hunting all I did was step out the back door and go.

The Boy got a Doe this past weekend, so that broke the ice on the Property. Once again we would get pics at night and are just once again starting to get some on day too.

Some dog is running loose and howls all over our property and those surrounding us, go pics of him too.

Worse thing has been the Coyotes. We thought the Dog might of chased them off after not hearing them the first two nights, but on the last light they fired up BIG TIME and CLOSE too.

One found the Boy's doe gut pile and yipped once and it seemed like the entire woods around us came to life. I mean like it's dark and they are 20-100 yards away from you. They woke me up 3-4 times during the night with their noise. I left before daylight to get back home and the Boy said at 30 mins before daylight they were sounding off all over the place.

Sounds like we need to do a Coyote Hunt.

Deadeye · January 26, 2019, 04:40:57 AM

Up and ready to head back up for another try at a Buck.

The last two weeks of January through the first two weeks of February are supposed to be the Rut Periods in the Panhandle Area. I'm going up today through Thursday and then back home for a Family Vaca, then hope to get back up once more for another week before season ends.

Hope I'm able to get it done this trip.

Ron Fogelson · January 31, 2019, 05:54:01 PM

So how'd it go?

Deadeye · February 03, 2019, 07:58:31 AM

Saw Deer two days but no Buck to shoot. Got Daytime Pics of one of our Bigger Bucks, that's a first, and they are making scrapes.

On Vaca with the Family this week but will be back up for the last weekend.

Ron Fogelson · February 05, 2019, 07:05:35 PM

cool, good luck,,,,,we are done for the year over here

bassadict69 · February 06, 2019, 08:37:52 AM

Deadeye, what did you use for discing?

My season was bad slow compared to last year. This year the season began with me seeing tons of deer, but letting the young bucks and does walk hoping for big boy to come out. Once the rut was over and it was time to put some meat in the freezer, they had gone nocturnal on us. I ended up with one big doe and one of my son in laws killed a doe also.

We have a few very nice 2 1/2 year old bucks that may be monsters in a year or two. We also have a perfect 10 point that looks no more than a couple of years old...really anxious to see if he made it to live another year and put on more size.

Deadeye · February 06, 2019, 09:16:48 AM

I use my atv with a disc called Ground Hog Max. Bought mine at Tractor Supply.

Here is a pic of it.

One of our bigger bucks.

Deadeye · February 16, 2019, 12:35:14 PM

Well my boy got one of the bigger bucks and the trail camera caught a lot of it.

The buck walked into the field at 12:01, checked his scrape then headed for a Doe that was there.

At 12:31 he came back and that was just as the boy was easing in to have a look.

Perfect timing.

Back again.

Lipripper · February 16, 2019, 12:51:26 PM

Congratulation to your boy that's a nice looking Buck.

Ron Fogelson · February 16, 2019, 01:24:12 PM

Luck and timing often make for a great hunt

Great pics and story

Deadeye · February 19, 2019, 10:00:57 AM

Well my First Deer Season at the new property is done. I had 3 bucks with my Crosshairs on them, but they were all Spikes and nothing I would shoot or were even legal.

The last night the Coyotes howled in an almost perfect circle around the Camp at about 50 yards away. Only Once and one after the other until the circle was complete. Guess they were letting me know they were still there. I just went back to sleep.

Spring Gobbler is next. Gives me a chance learn the property better.

Deadeye · March 26, 2019, 08:00:57 AM

Spring Gobbler has been open for a couple of weeks but this is my first chance to get some time to get up there. So tomorrow I am heading up for a couple of days. Really haven't see all that much in the way of Turkey on the Property, which is a real surprise as they are mostly everywhere down here.

I'll give it a couple of days walking and learning the property better and see what happens.

I thought there was a chance to gain permission to hunt on the neighbors property, but after we spoke about it he let me know he decided to lease his ground to 3 guys. So that is now a Big NO for hunting on it. We were thinking about a deal where I would take care of the old homestead lawn and buildings and in exchange we would be able to stay their for our Camp and also have access to the Property, but doesn't look like that is going to happen now.

Probably just as well as that would of tied me into a Commitment of going up there 1-2 times a month year round and that could transfer into some real Money in Gas Prices.

At the end of this 3-year Lease I'll decide if it is worth it or if it is better to spend more money UpFront on the Lease but save Money by not having to Travel as far to Hunt. We got a great price on the Lease, but if I join a Club 2 hours away for Twice the Amount I'd actually probably be money ahead. Only difference is I would have to agree to Their Rules instead of being able to Make My Own.

We'll see.