Second of the season

Win73 · December 20, 2011, 09:02 PM

I had hunted for two months before I got my first deer this season last Thursday. But in less than a week (Monday) I got my second. Still nothing to brag about but it is a decent sized deer. It was a 75 yard shot out of the same shooting house that I got the first one. It was standing about 50 yards from where the first one was standing when I shot it.

As you can see in the pictures it had broken one antler off. When I shot it, it was right side to me so I couldn't see that one antler was missing.

markj · December 21, 2011, 03:39 PM

Yum jerkey. Gonna get out next week for muzzle loader. Had an operation and missed the season so far. Got Doc OK to shoot again so next week is hunt every day week.

Jack O'Conner · December 23, 2011, 12:34 PM

Good shootin' and fine buck, too!! In my opinion, there is way too much focus upon large antlers.

Jack

AllenJ · December 23, 2011, 01:05 PM

Nice job. In most areas of CA that would be a trophy!

jimbob86 · December 23, 2011, 01:11 PM

Looks like an edible deer to me.... nice shot placement, too!

.... one thing puzzles me though: Why do y'all bring the guts back with you? I kinda thought the idea of "field dressing" was to leave the innards in the field. It helps get the meat cooled down much faster, too.

Is there a good reason for not leaving the guts, etc., behind?

markj · December 23, 2011, 05:10 PM

I killed a one sided buck 3 years ago, musta lost it in a fight. No harm to the meat tho.

Kreyzhorse · December 23, 2011, 07:59 PM

Congrats. Any deer taken is a great trophy. I mean if hunting were easy, everyone would do it.

columbia_shotguneer · December 23, 2011, 08:11 PM

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Is there a good reason for not leaving the guts, etc., behind?

Alot of hunters including myself get the deer to the skinning rack fast enough and alot easier to gut, imo.

Win73 · December 23, 2011, 08:30 PM

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one thing puzzles me though: Why do y'all bring the guts back with you? I kinda thought the idea of "field dressing" was to leave the innards in the field. It helps get the meat cooled down much faster, too.

I had a job I had to get done that day. I didn't field dress it to save time. Total time from the shooting field to my house to the processor was about half an hour. I stopped by my house mainly to shed some clothes and show my wife and daughter the deer.

langenc · December 23, 2011, 08:57 PM

My son skins em before gutting to keep the hair to a minimum.

the blur · December 23, 2011, 09:33 PM

you must gut the deer immediatly. I know someone who ruined all their meat.... well they waited 5 days. but it makes no sense to keep the meat warm.

Doug S · December 23, 2011, 10:35 PM

Congrats on a nice deer. I agree with the above, I'm not hunting for antlers, I'm hunting for meat. I shot a smallish racked 8pt and a nice doe this season. Both taste very good.

Win73 · December 23, 2011, 10:45 PM

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you must gut the deer immediatly. I know someone who ruined all their meat.... well they waited 5 days. but it makes no sense to keep the meat warm.

I never wait as much as one day. Whether I field dress them or not, they immediately go to the processor. I made an exception to this rule one time. I had shot a deer just before dark. By the time I retreived the deer, field dressed it, and got it loaded in my truck, the processor I use was closed for the night. The field dressed deer stayed in the back of my truck overnight. However the temperature was below freezing. That deer was stiff as aboard by the next morning. But I was waiting at the processor when he opened up.

jimbob86 · December 23, 2011, 11:20 PM

I don't take them to a "processor" ..... I am the processor, I guess.

We gut them in the field, bring them back to "camp" ..... hang them head up from a loader and wash the blood out of the body cavity with a gardern hose.... then hang them head down over night in the back of the machine shed ...... hoping they don't freeze solid before morning..... then skin and quarter them and start "cutting" ......

December 20, 2011, 09:02 PM	#1
Win73 Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 401	Second of the season I had hunted for two months before I got my first deer this season last Thursday. But in less than a week (Monday) I got my second. Still nothing to brag about but it is a decent sized deer. It was a 75 yard shot out of the same shooting house that I got the first one. It was standing about 50 yards from where the first one was standing when I shot it. As you can see in the pictures it had broken one antler off. When I shot it, it was right side to me so I couldn't see that one antler was missing. __________________ (Luke 11:21 KJV) When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: (Luke 22:36 KJV) Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

December 23, 2011, 12:34 PM	#3
Jack O'Conner Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2005 Location: Manatee County, Florida Posts: 1,976	Good shootin' and fine buck, too!! In my opinion, there is way too much focus upon large antlers. Jack __________________ Fire up the grill! Deer hunting IS NOT catch and release.

December 23, 2011, 07:59 PM	#7
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	Congrats. Any deer taken is a great trophy. I mean if hunting were easy, everyone would do it. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

December 23, 2011, 10:35 PM	#12
Doug S Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2000 Posts: 745	Congrats on a nice deer. I agree with the above, I'm not hunting for antlers, I'm hunting for meat. I shot a smallish racked 8pt and a nice doe this season. Both taste very good. __________________ "The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles." Col. Jeff Cooper, from The Art of the Rifle

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December 21, 2011, 03:39 PM	#2
markj Senior Member Join Date: October 27, 2005 Location: Crescent Iowa Posts: 2,971	Yum jerkey. Gonna get out next week for muzzle loader. Had an operation and missed the season so far. Got Doc OK to shoot again so next week is hunt every day week.

December 23, 2011, 01:05 PM	#4
AllenJ Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,766	Nice job. In most areas of CA that would be a trophy!

December 23, 2011, 01:11 PM	#5
jimbob86 Junior member Join Date: October 4, 2007 Location: All the way to NEBRASKA Posts: 8,722	Looks like an edible deer to me.... nice shot placement, too! .... one thing puzzles me though: Why do y'all bring the guts back with you? I kinda thought the idea of "field dressing" was to leave the innards in the field. It helps get the meat cooled down much faster, too. Is there a good reason for not leaving the guts, etc., behind?

December 23, 2011, 05:10 PM	#6
markj Senior Member Join Date: October 27, 2005 Location: Crescent Iowa Posts: 2,971	I killed a one sided buck 3 years ago, musta lost it in a fight. No harm to the meat tho.

December 23, 2011, 08:57 PM	#10
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,551	My son skins em before gutting to keep the hair to a minimum.

December 23, 2011, 09:33 PM	#11
the blur Senior Member Join Date: October 3, 2010 Posts: 243	you must gut the deer immediatly. I know someone who ruined all their meat.... well they waited 5 days. but it makes no sense to keep the meat warm.

December 23, 2011, 11:20 PM	#14
jimbob86 Junior member Join Date: October 4, 2007 Location: All the way to NEBRASKA Posts: 8,722	I don't take them to a "processor" ..... I am the processor, I guess. We gut them in the field, bring them back to "camp" ..... hang them head up from a loader and wash the blood out of the body cavity with a gardern hose.... then hang them head down over night in the back of the machine shed ...... hoping they don't freeze solid before morning..... then skin and quarter them and start "cutting" ......