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Post by omegahunter on Dec 13, 2019 14:14:14 GMT -5
Even cooler was a bobcat came to visit after I shot the coyote.
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Post by jajwrigh on Dec 13, 2019 15:08:00 GMT -5
Really red female. She should be tender! What is your favorite recipe for yotes?
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Post by schall53 on Dec 13, 2019 15:11:18 GMT -5
Really red female. I really like those red ones. I got one like that a few years ago and had it tanned.👍
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Post by schall53 on Dec 13, 2019 15:12:10 GMT -5
Even cooler was a bobcat came to visit after I shot the coyote. Glad to see them working north.
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Post by deadeer on Dec 13, 2019 15:27:21 GMT -5
Cool yote and bobcat.
I am sitting out tonight. Did some Christmas shopping with the Mrs.
Got some great deals at Rural King clearance aisle. Carhartt base layers for $7 & $13, and a new neck gator to replace one I recently lost for $8. Cant beat good deals. Woohoo!
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Post by omegahunter on Dec 13, 2019 17:02:55 GMT -5
Really red female. She should be tender! What is your favorite recipe for yotes? Today's recipe was 33.0 grains n110 under a Harvestor Smooth Blue sabot holding a 200 grain .40 SST, but whatever I happen to be carrying will do!
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Post by welder on Dec 13, 2019 17:24:40 GMT -5
All packed up and ready to go to Camp Atterbury for the muzzleloader hunt tomorrow!
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Post by deadeer on Dec 13, 2019 17:37:26 GMT -5
She should be tender! What is your favorite recipe for yotes? Today's recipe was 33.0 grains n110 under a Harvestor Smooth Blue sabot holding a 200 grain .40 SST, but whatever I happen to be carrying will do! I shot my doe with 60gr N120, everything else same. It was a 50yd shot, and bullet grenades (as expected). I have killed at further distance and no problem. I usually use Barnes 195bx, but have over 500 sst left to use up, so its archery shots all the way. I have a few toned down loads, but never seem to hunt with them. Congrats on your success!
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Post by omegahunter on Dec 13, 2019 17:47:55 GMT -5
Today's recipe was 33.0 grains n110 under a Harvestor Smooth Blue sabot holding a 200 grain .40 SST, but whatever I happen to be carrying will do! I shot my doe with 60gr N120, everything else same. It was a 50yd shot, and bullet grenades (as expected). I have killed at further distance and no problem. I usually use Barnes 195bx, but have over 500 sst left to use up, so its archery shots all the way. I have a few toned down loads, but never seem to hunt with them. Congrats on your success! Light load was because of the SST. Have it loaded light for my daughter. Took it myself this morning because it was my new Scout V2 conversion from this year that had not been blooded yet. 200 SST is running 2356 fps, so it won't grenade on us. I run 58.0 h4198 and the 195 Barnes out of my Encore conversion at 2585 fps. I plan to try swapping the loads next year since the Encore is a much lighter gun.
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Post by treetop on Dec 13, 2019 18:56:18 GMT -5
Headed out in the am problem is I’ve got to work tomorrow sometime I know I’ll see deer so I’ll have to work late cause I won’t get out of the stand than I’ll be at work thinking I’ve got to get home
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Post by butlerj on Dec 13, 2019 19:29:13 GMT -5
Going tomorrow, who else is going?
This may be my last weekend. I've arranged plans for after hunting tomorrow also...
Good luck to you all!
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Post by deerhunter23 on Dec 13, 2019 19:33:08 GMT -5
Going tomorrow, who else is going? This may be my last weekend. I've arranged plans for after hunting tomorrow also... Good luck to you all! Absolutely. Every chance I can get til muzzy is over. Weekends about all I've got right now.
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Post by esshup on Dec 13, 2019 21:02:04 GMT -5
Today was a bust. The farmer was power washing his tractor 200 yds from the pop up blind. He stopped 25 min after legal shooting light. Back at it tomorrow afternoon at a different property.
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Post by arlowe13 on Dec 13, 2019 21:35:23 GMT -5
Got down to the farm tonight around 8:30 and checked a trailcam...speechless
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Post by genesis273 on Dec 13, 2019 21:36:32 GMT -5
Going tomorrow, who else is going? This may be my last weekend. I've arranged plans for after hunting tomorrow also... Good luck to you all! I'll be out in the morning as well.
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Post by esshup on Dec 13, 2019 22:16:33 GMT -5
Got down to the farm tonight around 8:30 and checked a trailcam...speechless If I had an unfilled buck tag I wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger.
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Post by SFC (R) B on Dec 13, 2019 22:22:10 GMT -5
Just when I thought I was out....they pulled me back in!!! NETCALL,NETCALL!!!!! SFC B calls JACKPOT on bambi's mom!!! I speaketh too soon!! Last evening our AHIA director (Dave) gave me a call and said "Hey, I just got permission to hunt a piece just south of Parker. Would you b e available for a morning hunt tomorrow?" ......and a picture of 19 deer in a field. SON of a ...... I had JUST told mama on Wednesday that I was worn out from driving and just plain done. But who can say no to a pic like that within 45 min of home? NOT this guy. I told Dave I had to make sure mama didn't lose her business on me The deal was made....all I had to do was take the HP to school and I was free until the afternoon. Winner! I got all my goodies together and decided I was going deer hunting in the VW (as it is much better in rush hour traffic). I dropped off HP at school, came home packed Vinny (the VW) up quickly and busted tail up to Parker where I met Dave and an Air Force Vet named Jerry at Village Inn for a pre hunt breaky and brief. Dave tells us the ranch/horse farm has 80 huntable acres and says it is close by. Man, he wasn't kidding....that joker was just a couple miles away We pull into the ranch and it is a busy place. They are finishing up a large event venue and it is looking beautiful. We park and walk through a small paddock, through a gate, and BAMM we are hunting!! Jerry had never harvested a big game animal in CO so the decision was to give him the first shot. About 10 minutes and we crest a hill to see 6 does bedded on the edge of a small meadow. The only problem is that they are +- 300m out and Jerry isn't real comfortable with that. So we back up and use some terrain features to move closer while staying out of sight (and we had the wind in our favor). We ease up and....no deer. Hmmmm? Have no idea where they went. We move out from there across a small ridge and about 20 min later we spot a doe standing out in the open.....but there is a house off property behind it. We move to get a proper angle and after a short stalk realize she is about 30 yds on the wrong side of a fence we couldn't see. I would have been upset but man we were seeing deer around every corner!! We headed off toward the south west corner of the property and almost immediately bumped a really nice 3x3. Only doe tags here so lucky day for him As we approached the property boundary Dave stops us and points. Through the trees there is a doe mean mugging us. Dave thinks he sees the butt of a beaded deer too but isn't sure. I range the deer at 114m. The plan is for Jerry and I to go single file to a tree about 10-15m ahead that should have given Jerry a better angle at both the bedded deer and the standing one. We get there and I ask Jerry which one he can see.....neither. I am a little puzzled because I now have an even better view of the doe. I ask again and still nothing. That was his shot. I lower my weapon onto shooting sticks and squeeze. She takes two steps and flops TAG SOUP BE GONE!!!! I walk up and she is a big, dry girl. Just what I wanted. I tell Dave and Jerry to go look for deer and I tear into breaking here down. After about 20 min I hear a shot. I wait for good news but nothing. A few minutes later they return with no joy Clean miss. Dave started pitching in on the last bit of my work. We are almost done cutting when I look up and there are 2 yearling does not 40m uphill just staring at us. Dave and I ask Jerry if he was gonna shoot or what!! He dropped to prone and popped the lead deer. At 1130 we are tagged out!! After finishing bagging my deer I tell Dave I can pack the whole thing. He looks at me sideways. We situate three bags of meat along with the head, get it all cinched down and Dave lifts it up. I heft the MR onto me and head to the barn. Until I started walking I didn't really get how far away I was. I hoofed it out about a mile mostly uphill, dropped my pack at the car and headed back to help. We got Jerry's deer down and out before I realized I was a little bushed. We stopped by the ranch HQ on the way out to thank the landowner Ken. Congratulations, thanks and handshakes were passed around. By 1420 I was at the house. Unloaded and then headed to the CPW office to drop off the head for CWD testing (mandatory in GMU 104). And I am spent!!! Nothing like a little Friday the 13th magic!! ps Dave has a pic of me going out heavy that I will post when I get it!! flic.kr/p/2hZ4MTaflic.kr/p/2hZ4N8oflic.kr/p/2hZ3BQkflic.kr/p/2hZ1999
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Dec 13, 2019 22:59:12 GMT -5
Got down to the farm tonight around 8:30 and checked a trailcam...speechless Talk about high and tight. Goodness.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Dec 13, 2019 22:59:40 GMT -5
Congrats SFC. Glad all your work finally paid off for ya.
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Post by freedomhunter on Dec 13, 2019 23:34:26 GMT -5
Got down to the farm tonight around 8:30 and checked a trailcam...speechless He is mature, for sure. But not the genetics I would want breeding. Maybe do a kind deed and let someone who hasnt killed a deer try to kill him. That is what I would do, anyway.
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