I took 17 minutes of video of a young deer - could have been a button - under mt stand today... PErsonally have no interest in shooting immature deer.
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Decided to climb up in the summit yesterday evening behing my house
Saw one lone big doe walk right under me. Let it stroll by at like pissing distance. Dont need any meat right now.
I love the sustainability mindset! Never understood the "if it's brown it's down". Not knocking it. If it's legal, then play ball. Just not my cup of tea.
Ive never taken a deer, so at this point i wont be picky. When the time comes ive taken a couple my mindset will likely change.I love the sustainability mindset! Never understood the "if it's brown it's down". Not knocking it. If it's legal, then play ball. Just not my cup of tea.
Ive been using antlerless tags for years to put meat in my freezer. For me it is definitely about the satisfaction of "providing". Between me and my boy and what we get during the season we dont buy beef all year.Ive never taken a deer, so at this point i wont be picky. When the time comes ive taken a couple my mindset will likely change.
Ive never taken a deer, so at this point i wont be picky. When the time comes ive taken a couple my mindset will likely change.
Ive been using antlerless tags for years to put meat in my freezer. For me it is definitely about the satisfaction of "providing". Between me and my boy and what we get during the season we dont buy beef all year.
You can't eat the antlers. And 80 pounds does are the best eating deer.
Ive never taken a deer, so at this point i wont be picky. When the time comes ive taken a couple my mindset will likely change.
Ive never taken a deer, so at this point i wont be picky. When the time comes ive taken a couple my mindset will likely change.
Freezer filler first ever archery deer
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Dude, nice deer!Oh we're actually using this thread? I thought it was just for pissing matches.
Here's my two:
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+1 - That is some very nice meat. Congrats Sparkey. Must have been a great feeling.Congratulations on your first archery deer. Good eats for sure.
Bob
Oh we're actually using this thread? I thought it was just for pissing matches.
Here's my two:
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Congratulations on your first archery deer. Good eats for sure.
Bob
That is very strange.I passed on a doe that had her fawn with her yesterday (11/16). I thought that was kind of strange, that they were still together this time of year. I would have thought a buck would have beenn dogging her at this point and separating her from her fawn.
None of this is really noteworthy.. But what is noteworthy is that on the WMA I was on yesterday in Rochester, someone was gun hunting. Right at dusk, I hear a single gunshot, not too far from my stand. I didn't "see" the hunter actually make the shot. I stayed in my stand until dark which was only about 10 minutes later. At that point, I could see his flashlight/headlamp about 100ish yards to the north, and I could hear him crashing through the woods. His light was shining behind him (opposite his direction of travel) and he was obviously dragging something.
Not sure what I should/could have done about it. I couldn't see it if was actually a deer. Coyote is open so I gave him the benefit of the doubt. But a coyote weighs 35 pounds for a good-sized one. Not the kind of animal that requires dragging like that. Try as I may I can't come to any other conclusion other than that this guy shot a deer.
My vehicle was the only one in the WMA parking lot. But there are multiple access points so the guy could have come in from anywhere really. Lots of homes abut it too. He could have just walked in.
It’s possible this hunter was dragging a bear but most likely it was a deer. If you didn’t see then the benefit is right to be given but if you were an EPO then you certainly would be cutting him off for some “interrogation”.I passed on a doe that had her fawn with her yesterday (11/16). I thought that was kind of strange, that they were still together this time of year. I would have thought a buck would have beenn dogging her at this point and separating her from her fawn.
None of this is really noteworthy.. But what is noteworthy is that on the WMA I was on yesterday in Rochester, someone was gun hunting. Right at dusk, I hear a single gunshot, not too far from my stand. I didn't "see" the hunter actually make the shot. I stayed in my stand until dark which was only about 10 minutes later. At that point, I could see his flashlight/headlamp about 100ish yards to the north, and I could hear him crashing through the woods. His light was shining behind him (opposite his direction of travel) and he was obviously dragging something.
Not sure what I should/could have done about it. I couldn't see it if was actually a deer. Coyote is open so I gave him the benefit of the doubt. But a coyote weighs 35 pounds for a good-sized one. Not the kind of animal that requires dragging like that. Try as I may I can't come to any other conclusion other than that this guy shot a deer.
My vehicle was the only one in the WMA parking lot. But there are multiple access points so the guy could have come in from anywhere really. Lots of homes abut it too. He could have just walked in.
No bear in zone 11.It’s possible this hunter was dragging a bear but most likely it was a deer. If you didn’t see then the benefit is right to be given but if you were an EPO then you certainly would be cutting him off for some “interrogation”.
Mass website says zones 1-14No bear in zone 11.
You beat me to that one.You’re incorrect. Zones 1-14 are open for rifle on black bears as we speak.
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Correct and I am not in a position to claim any experience on the matter. I do know that last year black bears were claimed to be in excess of 5,000 bears and as little as 25 bears were taken so they increased the zones. Hence the reason I was out there post haste!You beat me to that one.
In pre bans defense..... That is a recent addition. Bear used to be western zones only.