Skunked?

MeekAndMild · November 28, 2005, 09:15 PM

OK, fess up, who else here has been skunked so far this year?

I've been deer hunting 2 weeks now and haven't gotten one. Closest I came to one was when I was out working in the yard Saturday and one ran by. Looked like its tail was on fire it was moving so fast!

springmom · November 28, 2005, 09:19 PM

But I hope to change that tomorrow. It's supposed to be about 36 degrees up in the Sam Houston National Meatmarket (oh, I mean, Forest) tomorrow morning.

Here, deer deer deer deer deer.....

Springmom

Dave Haven · November 28, 2005, 10:52 PM

He got drawn for "Antlerless Elk" In an area where we'd had 100% success... until this season.
We saw these fine specimens the day before the season opened. Never saw them again. BUMMER!

stevelyn · November 29, 2005, 12:20 AM

Yup. No moose. No brown bear. No caribou yet. Didn't even get to make use of Tier II caribou and cow moose permits.

If my survival was dependent on my hunting luck this year, I'd be a vegetarian.

Gotta nice fox pelt last week though, so I'd at least be a warm vegetarian.

yorec · November 29, 2005, 12:37 AM

Sorry... NOT me.

I did well this year.

wvrifleman · November 29, 2005, 06:52 AM

not me thankfullytook a nice 11 pointer opening day and a smaller one 3rd day.think i was a lucky one though.from whats been reported so far deer harvest in my area of wv is way down this there.

wvrifleman · November 29, 2005, 06:55 AM

way down this there?must be to early to type here.either that or thinking of more deer.

Bowtier · November 29, 2005, 08:27 AM

Yesterday was the first day for us. I walked out of the woods at about 4:30 and it was stil 65 degrees, not the best hunting day. I did see about 30 deer though. 9 button bucks, a half rack, a six point, one "legal" buck (4 points on a side) and the rest doe. I could have easily had several doe but my tag is for a different area. And the six point came along with the shooter and about 8-10 does so by the time I determined he was legal he was gone. But the buck to doe ratio seemed pretty good... Oh well, two more weeks to hunt, I didn't want to kill anything on the first day anyway.

FirstFreedom · November 29, 2005, 08:31 AM

Yap, skunked as to bucks. Try, try again. :banghead: Got 1 doe however back in ML season.

VirgilCaine · November 29, 2005, 11:23 AM

I've been skunked as far a shooter bucks. I saw a few pre-season, and I had a 4-point come in on day 2, but he was too young. Rack was not out beyond the ears yet. I did take two does' for the freezer, but all reports say the numbers and the harvest are down. Weather has been terrible tho'. Gusty wind, rain, snow. The deer don't seem to be moving.

Good luck to all

yoippari · November 29, 2005, 01:33 PM

I have been skunked since my first deer when I was 14. Of course I took a 4 year hiatus and only started in time for late season elk. My dad was succesful in getting a blacktail and a roosevelt elk so our freezer is full even with my lack of luck. I could post pictures of both, but the elk antlers are crooked and nubby (spike). The deer is nice though.

erik the bold · November 29, 2005, 01:48 PM

Nothing for me yet either

Had a shot at a nice doe last week, but shot was deflected off a small tree branch. Did recover the slug from the side of the hill, though...

Twycross · November 29, 2005, 02:02 PM

I was skunked for elk, all birds, and coyotes, but did OK on whitetail.

20cows · November 29, 2005, 02:33 PM

Well, I haven't gotten one yet, but here in Texas, the season is YOUNG!

Dean C · November 29, 2005, 02:47 PM

Been in denial since I first saw this thread. But, I'll come clean. I'm not only "shunked", but this is two years in a row. Saw a bunch in regular season but was in a 3pt or better area and all the bucks I saw were either spikes or forked horns. Last year I didn't even see that much.
Next year.
dean

Dave Haven · November 29, 2005, 10:15 PM

What was I thinking?!
I've killed SIX skunks this year!

FrontSight · November 30, 2005, 11:40 AM

My best season ever - I got 5 deer so far this season: a Five Pointer, a Four Pointer, A Spike, and two Does (but I lost my first doe, the first deer I ever got with a bow).

And still have a month to go in the NY season!

yoippari · November 30, 2005, 12:25 PM

Quote:

What was I thinking?!
I've killed SIX skunks this year!

Does that mean you were skunked or they were?

springmom · November 30, 2005, 05:41 PM

PPPPPPBBBBBBLLLLLLLLTTTTTTTTTT

Still skunkin' here. I think my injured hip is going to need a few days off so I'll let the menfolk go this weekend and stay home. I'm going to ask the orthopedist for another shot of cortisone in the hip, and can't wait to see his face when he wants to know what I've been doing that it is still so sore....

Ah well, he gets paid well for putting up with patients who won't stay home and behave themselves, I guess.

Springmom the gimpy

H&H,hunter · November 30, 2005, 07:44 PM

Springmom,

I just peered into my magical mystery crystal ball (I bought it in Sedona

)

I see a gimpy sore hipped women with a dead critter.

I can't tell what type but I think it's mule deer...

In any case it's brown it's dead and it's good to eat.

You'll definatley find one this weekend.

marmark · November 30, 2005, 08:21 PM

Do they have mule deer in texas, I thought that was whitetail country. Never been there, that's why I'm askin.

FrontSight · December 1, 2005, 06:30 PM

didn't mean to rub it in, i was just so excited...
if it's any consolation, i didn't get anything the past 5 years, too busy to do much hunting...
good luck!!

MeekAndMild · December 1, 2005, 08:52 PM

It just isn't fair! I watched one this evening for a quarter of an hour through my rifle scope but I couldn't tell if it was a doe or a button buck!

marmark · December 1, 2005, 09:01 PM

Must be nice living in states where you can shoot more than one deer a year.

mdhunter · December 1, 2005, 09:45 PM

I got my first archery deer about four weeks ago (4 point buck), out of a treestand on a mountainside here in Maryland.....been using the same stand location all fall, and see deer every time I go.....

Last Saturday was our first day for rifle season, and the day when BY FAR the highest number of hunters are in the woods and fields.....and would you believe, I sat up in that same stand location for 11 hours, and never saw a single deer? We usually see a lot on opening day, not sure what happened.....oh well, maybe this Saturday. Didn't see a single hunter either, and heard fewer shots than normal....not sure why, it was a brisk clear day, would have thought the weather and the hunters would have them moving past.

Good luck to everyone else still trying to connect,

Michael

November 28, 2005, 09:15 PM	#1
MeekAndMild Senior Member Join Date: August 2, 2001 Posts: 4,988	Skunked? OK, fess up, who else here has been skunked so far this year? I've been deer hunting 2 weeks now and haven't gotten one. Closest I came to one was when I was out working in the yard Saturday and one ran by. Looked like its tail was on fire it was moving so fast! __________________ In a few years when the dust finally clears and people start counting their change there is a pretty good chance that President Obama may become known as The Great Absquatulator. You heard it first here on TFL.

November 28, 2005, 09:19 PM	#2
springmom Senior Member Join Date: October 26, 2005 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,823	me But I hope to change that tomorrow. It's supposed to be about 36 degrees up in the Sam Houston National Meatmarket (oh, I mean, Forest) tomorrow morning. Here, deer deer deer deer deer..... Springmom __________________ I will not be a victim home on the web: www.panagia-icons.net (my webpage) www.nousfromspring.blogspot.com (Orthodoxy) "I couldn't hear you. Stop firing the gun while you're talking!" Frank Drebin, The Naked Gun

November 29, 2005, 12:20 AM	#4
stevelyn Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2004 Location: Fairbanksan in exile to Aleutian Hell Posts: 2,655	Yup. No moose. No brown bear. No caribou yet. Didn't even get to make use of Tier II caribou and cow moose permits. If my survival was dependent on my hunting luck this year, I'd be a vegetarian. Gotta nice fox pelt last week though, so I'd at least be a warm vegetarian. __________________ Stop Allowing Our Schools To Be Soft Targets! http://fastersaveslives.org/ East Moose. Wear Wolf.

November 29, 2005, 12:37 AM	#5
yorec Senior Member Join Date: February 2, 2000 Location: Wyoming Posts: 2,328	Sorry... NOT me. I did well this year. __________________ What part of "... shall not be infringed..." don't you understand?

November 29, 2005, 08:27 AM	#8
Bowtier Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2005 Location: PA Posts: 124	Yup Yesterday was the first day for us. I walked out of the woods at about 4:30 and it was stil 65 degrees, not the best hunting day. I did see about 30 deer though. 9 button bucks, a half rack, a six point, one "legal" buck (4 points on a side) and the rest doe. I could have easily had several doe but my tag is for a different area. And the six point came along with the shooter and about 8-10 does so by the time I determined he was legal he was gone. But the buck to doe ratio seemed pretty good... Oh well, two more weeks to hunt, I didn't want to kill anything on the first day anyway.

November 29, 2005, 06:52 AM	#6
wvrifleman Member Join Date: April 8, 2005 Posts: 25	not me thankfullytook a nice 11 pointer opening day and a smaller one 3rd day.think i was a lucky one though.from whats been reported so far deer harvest in my area of wv is way down this there.

November 29, 2005, 06:55 AM	#7
wvrifleman Member Join Date: April 8, 2005 Posts: 25	way down this there?must be to early to type here.either that or thinking of more deer.

November 29, 2005, 08:31 AM	#9
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,451	Yap, skunked as to bucks. Try, try again. :banghead: Got 1 doe however back in ML season.

November 29, 2005, 11:23 AM	#10
VirgilCaine Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 2004 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 419	I've been skunked as far a shooter bucks. I saw a few pre-season, and I had a 4-point come in on day 2, but he was too young. Rack was not out beyond the ears yet. I did take two does' for the freezer, but all reports say the numbers and the harvest are down. Weather has been terrible tho'. Gusty wind, rain, snow. The deer don't seem to be moving. Good luck to all __________________ "Danger Itself Is The Best Remedy For Danger"

November 29, 2005, 01:33 PM	#11
yoippari Member Join Date: October 20, 2005 Posts: 31	I have been skunked since my first deer when I was 14. Of course I took a 4 year hiatus and only started in time for late season elk. My dad was succesful in getting a blacktail and a roosevelt elk so our freezer is full even with my lack of luck. I could post pictures of both, but the elk antlers are crooked and nubby (spike). The deer is nice though.

November 29, 2005, 01:48 PM	#12
erik the bold Member Join Date: September 28, 2005 Location: Middle of the Mitten (MI) Posts: 34	Nothing for me yet either Had a shot at a nice doe last week, but shot was deflected off a small tree branch. Did recover the slug from the side of the hill, though... __________________ NOTICE: Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR Per G. G., Chief of Ordnance "If you think it's wrong to kill someone who is about to kill you, you are too stupid to be allowed to vote"

November 29, 2005, 02:02 PM	#13
Twycross Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 1,187	I was skunked for elk, all birds, and coyotes, but did OK on whitetail. __________________ The test of character is not 'hanging in' when you expect light at the end of the tunnel, but performance of duty, and persistence of example when you know no light is coming. - Vice Admiral James Stockdale, USN (ret.) Last edited by Twycross; November 29, 2005 at 02:49 PM.

November 29, 2005, 02:33 PM	#14
20cows Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2005 Location: West Texas Posts: 376	Skunked? Well, I haven't gotten one yet, but here in Texas, the season is YOUNG!

November 29, 2005, 02:47 PM	#15
Dean C Senior Member Join Date: June 13, 2004 Location: Mill Creek (Just north east of Seattle) Posts: 343	Been in denial since I first saw this thread. But, I'll come clean. I'm not only "shunked", but this is two years in a row. Saw a bunch in regular season but was in a 3pt or better area and all the bucks I saw were either spikes or forked horns. Last year I didn't even see that much. Next year. dean

November 29, 2005, 10:15 PM	#16
Dave Haven Senior Member Join Date: February 1, 2000 Location: near Flagstaff, AZ Posts: 790	What was I thinking?! I've killed SIX skunks this year!

November 30, 2005, 11:40 AM	#17
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	Been a good season for me so far My best season ever - I got 5 deer so far this season: a Five Pointer, a Four Pointer, A Spike, and two Does (but I lost my first doe, the first deer I ever got with a bow). And still have a month to go in the NY season!

November 30, 2005, 05:41 PM	#19
springmom Senior Member Join Date: October 26, 2005 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,823	one word, scrap5000 PPPPPPBBBBBBLLLLLLLLTTTTTTTTTT Still skunkin' here. I think my injured hip is going to need a few days off so I'll let the menfolk go this weekend and stay home. I'm going to ask the orthopedist for another shot of cortisone in the hip, and can't wait to see his face when he wants to know what I've been doing that it is still so sore.... Ah well, he gets paid well for putting up with patients who won't stay home and behave themselves, I guess. Springmom the gimpy __________________ I will not be a victim home on the web: www.panagia-icons.net (my webpage) www.nousfromspring.blogspot.com (Orthodoxy) "I couldn't hear you. Stop firing the gun while you're talking!" Frank Drebin, The Naked Gun

November 30, 2005, 07:44 PM	#20
H&H,hunter Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 504	Springmom, I just peered into my magical mystery crystal ball (I bought it in Sedona ) I see a gimpy sore hipped women with a dead critter. I can't tell what type but I think it's mule deer... In any case it's brown it's dead and it's good to eat. You'll definatley find one this weekend. __________________ Velocity is thrilling, But diameter does the real killing.

November 30, 2005, 08:21 PM	#21
marmark Member Join Date: November 27, 2005 Posts: 34	Mule deer? Do they have mule deer in texas, I thought that was whitetail country. Never been there, that's why I'm askin. __________________ No one can force me to run into a burning building, I'm a volunteer!

December 1, 2005, 06:30 PM	#22
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	sorry springmom didn't mean to rub it in, i was just so excited... if it's any consolation, i didn't get anything the past 5 years, too busy to do much hunting... good luck!!

December 1, 2005, 08:52 PM	#23
MeekAndMild Senior Member Join Date: August 2, 2001 Posts: 4,988	It just isn't fair! I watched one this evening for a quarter of an hour through my rifle scope but I couldn't tell if it was a doe or a button buck! __________________ In a few years when the dust finally clears and people start counting their change there is a pretty good chance that President Obama may become known as The Great Absquatulator. You heard it first here on TFL.

December 1, 2005, 09:01 PM	#24
marmark Member Join Date: November 27, 2005 Posts: 34	Must be nice living in states where you can shoot more than one deer a year. __________________ No one can force me to run into a burning building, I'm a volunteer!

December 1, 2005, 09:45 PM	#25
mdhunter Member Join Date: February 4, 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 65	Skunked.....Kinda I got my first archery deer about four weeks ago (4 point buck), out of a treestand on a mountainside here in Maryland.....been using the same stand location all fall, and see deer every time I go..... Last Saturday was our first day for rifle season, and the day when BY FAR the highest number of hunters are in the woods and fields.....and would you believe, I sat up in that same stand location for 11 hours, and never saw a single deer? We usually see a lot on opening day, not sure what happened.....oh well, maybe this Saturday. Didn't see a single hunter either, and heard fewer shots than normal....not sure why, it was a brisk clear day, would have thought the weather and the hunters would have them moving past. Good luck to everyone else still trying to connect, Michael

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