November 20, 2012, 08:52 PM | #1 |
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Time to "make meat"
Hey!! who's all headed out for a B/P hunt this year?
What' cha taken along for a "Smoke pole?" Does the Mrs. or Ms. also hunt along side you? or perhaps a Son or Daughter? Again this is the time of year many of us fellers wait for. Time to "make Meat." as those Old Timers use to say. |
November 20, 2012, 10:21 PM | #2 |
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actually, I have never hunted a day in my life
BUT By this time next year, I plan to be supplementing my families protein intake with venison and wild hog. I see the light at the end of this economic tunnel, and I think most of us know its a freight train! Not gonna wait till its to late. But texas has all kinds of meat on the hoof. lookin forward to the beginners class
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November 21, 2012, 05:08 AM | #3 |
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Already got a young doe with my .54 Hawken. Dunno when I'll get to go again. Maybe this weekend.
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November 21, 2012, 01:32 PM | #5 |
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Very nice display Sure Shot. Too, the added touch of the (partial) pistol shooting trophy at the bottom is a nice touch as well...
...and a very good post/advice to bushmaster. We have a week long early bp season that is in the middle of Oct. and is limited to certain zones. Our week long shotgun season opens this coming Mon. We can use bp in the shotgun season. Then our FOUR DAY ONLY () bp season opened to all zones that is the first week in Feb. I don't hunt the early bp season and use bp in the shotgun and late bp season. I usually divide days up between different bp rifles, trying(but usually not succeeding) in taking a deer with each rifle. This year will be a T/C Encore and Rem. 700 inlines, both in .50cal. Then a T/C Hawkins in .50 cal and a T/C Seneca in .45cal. Since the Seneca is the newest edition to the fold and has never killed a deer, I'll more start Monday morning with it. Can't wait. |
November 21, 2012, 03:35 PM | #6 |
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Gee I'd like a seasoning opening in Oct Shortwave. Mn rules have us B/P hunters playing second fiddle to those modern rifle hunters who tear up the woods so badly in their quest for meat first.
Our B/P hunting season starts here the weekend after Thanks Giving and runs two weeks and three weekends long. That first week is OK. But up where I hunt the weather can change so quick in that second week. From cold >low 20s and snow to down right -25 below and windy. Regardless of the weather I'm always up & ready to jump in that old Chevy for hunt Shortwave. Your comment about my trophy: Oops I didn't notice that trophy guy before. Hmm~~ that Sir was unintentional So you have a Seneca. Lucky dog U!! I've been looking for a Seneca or a Cherokee for many years. The only ones I've encountered were already hanging on other peoples walls. And when asked what they would take to sell theirs? I'd have to consider signing over a pension check for it. So I'm still looking. Some day maybe._ By the way thanks for the complement in regards to bushmaster. Appreciate it. Happy Thanks Giving Shortwave. |
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it was a morning hunt Sureshot. I got to the woods just after light and got set up. Wasn't fifteen minutes this one and a smaller one came out of the woods about 65 yards away. I had a good broadside shot at first but I bumped the stock against the wall of the shooting house and spooked her a little. She stared me down for a few minutes and then turned away from me. I shot her behind the left ear and the ball sucked her eyeball in and came out her mouth. She dropped like she'd been poleaxed.
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November 21, 2012, 07:12 PM | #8 |
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Got a freezer of doe thanks to a car injured deer on side of road, finished her with the ROA 30gr and round ball on top of lube wad. Had a turkey hit my jeep a few years ago and I had to finish him off and serve him up for Thanksgiving, so this is my 2nd roadkill holiday. The Turkey was 2 days and 5 yrs earlier than the doe.
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It would really be nice if it was a statewide early bp season. The problem with this early season is it is restricted to three public hunting areas, Wildcat Hollow, Shawnee State Forest and Salt Fork Wildlife Area. The last time I went(years ago) I felt like I was in the middle of a war zone. Sun came up and the hillside was full of a sea of hunter orange. If one deer ran down the hill, the whole hillside irrupted in smoke. Felt like low crawling to the truck to get outta there. Been invited several times to go back but that's just not enjoyable for me. Quote:
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