Missouri deer hunting

hooligan1 · November 20, 2024, 07:16 PM

Specifically the Rifle Season Opener, it was pretty slim Pickens at the CA where my family and I usually hunt. I saw one little deer twice, usually I will see 5-7 deer opening day, whether I get a shot at one or not. It was terrible windy Saturday with temps in 60's. And Sunday it stayed warm, with intermittent rain systems that moved through was quickly and thin.. but I did see three young hen Turkeys.
How is everyone's deer season goin?
This could very well be my last because of Leukemia, but it ain't stopping me yet..

bamaranger · November 20, 2024, 08:44 PM

Geez Hooligan, sorry to hear your not healthy. Admire your spirit and wish you the best. Have several friends fighting a similar

fight.

My season? I've made 15 archery hunts since season came in 15Oct. Mostly hunting in the PM at my convenience. It has been unusually hot with corresponding variable winds and hard to get deer close. I actually fished more the first 10 days of the season rather than hunt. Odd mast year, acorns spotty. I have seen only 3 rubs in the woods and no antlers to date. Not really seeing all that many deer period, most moving just at dark. When the weather has moderated and temp is cooler, I have been otherwise obligated and could not hunt. Heard my first geese going south (big flocks of Snows) just this week. Muzzleloader season came in 18Nov, but I bow hunted that morning (legally) anyhow. Saw notta!
Despite all the above, on 8Nov on an afternoon hunt on public land near home, I took a mature doe with a dandy 19 paces shot WITH MY DAD'S BOW, which made the kill extra special. I was with him when he bought the bow in '95.

Our best hunting is yet to come, sometime around the first of the new year.

regards....hang tough... bama ranger

GeauxTide · November 21, 2024, 06:00 AM

Sorry to hear about your health challenge. I'm gonna miss opening day on Saturday due to a blood clot in my left atrium, but I'll be at it after Thanksgiving.

ocharry · November 21, 2024, 11:02 AM

hooligan...sorry to hear you are not well....hope they can get into remission for you...my grandfather had that stuff and they got him working again...did good for about 8 years....so never give up buddy...live every minute like it is the last one

i live over hannibal way...been to warm for me...i do my own butchering and i like to let them hang for a couple days...just to warm so i havent even been out one time...although it has cooled down sone today and it is supposed to stay this way for a couple more days....the dang wind is blowing 40mph...so i am here today doing the keyboard jocky....ahahahaaa...lol

maybe later in the season...but i have considered sitting this one out because we are still eating on 22 deer...so i dont really need venison

anyway....hope you WHIP up on this and get to feeling better.....NEVER GIVE IN my friend

taylorce1 · November 22, 2024, 10:15 AM

I was going to text you to see how you're hunt went. My other buddy from PB MO got a busted up 8 point and doe over the weekend. He's hunting a private lease he has held for many years, so he saw a few more deer. He said it was slow as well for his lease.

November 20, 2024, 07:16 PM	#1
hooligan1 Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2010 Location: Independence Missouri Posts: 4,619	Missouri deer hunting Specifically the Rifle Season Opener, it was pretty slim Pickens at the CA where my family and I usually hunt. I saw one little deer twice, usually I will see 5-7 deer opening day, whether I get a shot at one or not. It was terrible windy Saturday with temps in 60's. And Sunday it stayed warm, with intermittent rain systems that moved through was quickly and thin.. but I did see three young hen Turkeys. How is everyone's deer season goin? This could very well be my last because of Leukemia, but it ain't stopping me yet.. __________________ Keep your Axe sharp and your powder dry.

November 20, 2024, 08:44 PM	#2
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,590	season and regards Geez Hooligan, sorry to hear your not healthy. Admire your spirit and wish you the best. Have several friends fighting a similar fight. My season? I've made 15 archery hunts since season came in 15Oct. Mostly hunting in the PM at my convenience. It has been unusually hot with corresponding variable winds and hard to get deer close. I actually fished more the first 10 days of the season rather than hunt. Odd mast year, acorns spotty. I have seen only 3 rubs in the woods and no antlers to date. Not really seeing all that many deer period, most moving just at dark. When the weather has moderated and temp is cooler, I have been otherwise obligated and could not hunt. Heard my first geese going south (big flocks of Snows) just this week. Muzzleloader season came in 18Nov, but I bow hunted that morning (legally) anyhow. Saw notta! Despite all the above, on 8Nov on an afternoon hunt on public land near home, I took a mature doe with a dandy 19 paces shot WITH MY DAD'S BOW, which made the kill extra special. I was with him when he bought the bow in '95. Our best hunting is yet to come, sometime around the first of the new year. regards....hang tough... bama ranger

November 21, 2024, 06:00 AM	#3
GeauxTide Senior Member Join Date: April 20, 2009 Location: Helena, AL Posts: 4,487	Sorry to hear about your health challenge. I'm gonna miss opening day on Saturday due to a blood clot in my left atrium, but I'll be at it after Thanksgiving. __________________ Reloading For: 223R, 243W, 6.5 GR, 6.5 CM, 260R, 6.5-06, 280R, 7mmRM, 300HAM'R, 308W, 30-06, 338-06, 9mm, 357M, 41M, 44SPL, 44M, 45 ACP, 45 Colt, 450BM.

November 21, 2024, 11:02 AM	#4
ocharry Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2006 Posts: 724	hooligan...sorry to hear you are not well....hope they can get into remission for you...my grandfather had that stuff and they got him working again...did good for about 8 years....so never give up buddy...live every minute like it is the last one i live over hannibal way...been to warm for me...i do my own butchering and i like to let them hang for a couple days...just to warm so i havent even been out one time...although it has cooled down sone today and it is supposed to stay this way for a couple more days....the dang wind is blowing 40mph...so i am here today doing the keyboard jocky....ahahahaaa...lol maybe later in the season...but i have considered sitting this one out because we are still eating on 22 deer...so i dont really need venison anyway....hope you WHIP up on this and get to feeling better.....NEVER GIVE IN my friend __________________ The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim." - Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC

November 22, 2024, 10:15 AM	#5
taylorce1 Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2005 Location: On the Santa Fe Trail Posts: 8,420	I was going to text you to see how you're hunt went. My other buddy from PB MO got a busted up 8 point and doe over the weekend. He's hunting a private lease he has held for many years, so he saw a few more deer. He said it was slow as well for his lease. __________________ NRA Life Member

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