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Post by medic22 on Nov 13, 2021 10:48:08 GMT -5
Saw 3 bucks and 5 does. One of the bucks is leaving with me. That’s a Big Body deer for antler size…. Congrats! Yep. That's why I shot him opening morning.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 13, 2021 10:37:29 GMT -5
Saw 3 bucks and 5 does. One of the bucks is leaving with me.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 13, 2021 8:02:33 GMT -5
4 pointer so far.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 13, 2021 6:54:26 GMT -5
0652 eastern Orange county
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Post by medic22 on Nov 13, 2021 6:46:24 GMT -5
Deer on both sides now. 10 more minutes
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Post by medic22 on Nov 13, 2021 6:38:41 GMT -5
In the saddle, a little breezy but I think the leaves make it sound worse. I already hear deer moving around.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 12, 2021 14:07:44 GMT -5
I did this. Rural king fence post on a base, only 2 skulls on it now but it'll fit 5 or 6 more floor to ceiling.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 12, 2021 12:45:23 GMT -5
Loading up for deer camp. Next post will be from a tent. No teepee this year? No. The cots there made for tough sleep. We tent camp at a buddies property and have since wisened up and got sleeping pads.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 12, 2021 9:19:42 GMT -5
Loading up for deer camp. Next post will be from a tent.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 11, 2021 17:50:52 GMT -5
Is your love-hate relationship with hunting, or is it with DEER hunting? I believe the enormous amount of commercial deer hunting shows puts pressure on the average hunter to "do things right" and for most people it's just not possible. Do you participate in any other hunting during the year? Squirrel season opens mid August and rabbit season runs till the end of February. Throw in a couple weeks of spring turkey season and there is literally only 5 months out of the year that something isn't huntable. Those months can easily be filled with fishing. Take the kids along as much as possible and the stress should be melting away not building up. I think THP has made this worse. Yes, they are average guys on public land. Yes, they have above average scouting ability. They also have like 9 guys that are constantly scouting and hunting that are all sharing information and the ability to take off work to just focus on hunting, which is still something most of us don't have.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 10, 2021 12:02:40 GMT -5
The pumps is about the only place ive noticed it. We still have so much meat packed away pfrom the early days of the pandemic that food prices haven't really hit us yet.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 10, 2021 9:54:52 GMT -5
The prosecution isn't very good.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 9, 2021 12:11:18 GMT -5
I heard this morning that a 50K offer was made for exclusive rights to hunt the property the deer was killed on for the rest of this year. That offer was rejected with the message to tell anybody else to not even bother. Do they think monster deer just grow on trees? I know you guys manage well up there but not that well.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 8, 2021 11:45:42 GMT -5
Live from work. Everything is packed for 3-4 days at HNF. Temps look good for hanging deer. And since my hunting time has been short and it'll be gun season, as well as biden inflation. The first 2 year old basket rack that presents a shot is going in the freezer, along with a few does. I’m with ya every year time gets shorter I thought when you got older life was suppose to slow down and get easier I truly believe I’m working as much or more than when I was 30 It's my wife working too much, I have a lot of free time. The older the kids get, the more time I like to spend with them.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 8, 2021 10:53:46 GMT -5
Live from work. Everything is packed for 3-4 days at HNF. Temps look good for hanging deer. And since my hunting time has been short and it'll be gun season, as well as biden inflation. The first 2 year old basket rack that presents a shot is going in the freezer, along with a few does.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 8, 2021 9:49:34 GMT -5
From Dan Infalt on Facebook
"I had been driving for a long way thru unknown places down back roads thru Indiana last week not having any idea where I was just following the GPS and surviving on coffee when my weary eyes saw the lights of a town ahead.
I needed gas and a coffee refill so I slowed down, and started looking around. The first gas station I came to the roof had collapsed and it was obviously out of commission.
A little further down was another closed down station. I noticed half the buildings were boarded up. Old cars and washing machines and other garbage was piled around the buildings, and people were wearing worn, ripped, and faded clothes. It looked like I was looking back 50 years ago... I finally found a gas station and it was full service with a guy who fills your truck hoping for tips.
He looked at my front plates with a strange stare and then said "Wisconsin eh?" I said yes sir. And he asked how much gas I wanted. I told him to fill it. While it was filling he was looking around the back of my truck. He said you hunting? I told him I was. He told me a few spots I should try where he had some luck. Then he said "you sure you want this full? your getting close to $100?" I said yea fill it... I had to wonder what this guy barely getting by thought of me, and what I was spending to hunt deer. Here is a man just like me, just born into a different world. Not a lesser man, not a greater man... Just a man. I figured he looked down on me, and probably did not like me cause of our different situations.
I paid the man, and made sure I gave him a generous tip, and he kept trying to give half back saying it was to much. The gas station was a little shack. I asked the man if he sold coffee, he said no. I said "you know somewhere where I could get a hot meal and a coffee?" Instead of answering, and as if I didn't even ask a question he interrupted me and asked where I was staying as he looked around in the back of my truck. I said just tent camping. He responded by asking "For how long?" I said "A week or so" The man stared at the ground hard as if in deep thought for a moment, as if maybe he was contemplating if he should say what he was about to say, then he said it.
'Well, hell Mr, your gonna freeze in a damn tent, I guess you can stay at my place, it ain't much, but we have an extra room, and my wife can make you coffee and something to eat."
For a moment I was speechless... He had no idea who I am, neither of us knew each others name, and yet he was concerned about me enough to welcome me into his home. Boy, did I read him wrong when I pulled up to that gas station. I thanked the man, shook his hand, and headed to a busted down restaurant for coffee and a meal. Occasionally my wanderings bring home a buck or a bear, but the people I meet, the sights I see, and experiences that shape me, are the true prize I carry home from every trip.
Don't ever get so caught up in big bucks, that you forget the reason God sent you on the trip in the fist place."
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Post by medic22 on Nov 7, 2021 19:39:54 GMT -5
I work 24 hour shifts in air medical. We cross time zones pretty regularly, therefore I saw 1am 3 different times last this morning. Once when we crossed into Eastern, once when MyManMitch screwed us, and again when we crossed back into CST.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 7, 2021 16:25:22 GMT -5
Great for kids, women, and recoil shy. Good midrange cartridge. Ouch lol
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Post by medic22 on Nov 7, 2021 15:06:58 GMT -5
WHERE DID ALL THESE LADY BUGS COME FROM AND WHY?! Getting absolutely swarmed in the stand. I just looked outside and saw my windows covered. I just got rid of the fruit flies and stink bugs.
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Post by medic22 on Nov 7, 2021 14:18:51 GMT -5
So the bundle can be used as 1 bonus tag? That the way the regs read to me? Or do you have to have a bonus tag with the bundle in a “1” county to kill a doe with rifle? This is as confusing as all get out! The bundle can be used for any of the regular tags, so yes you can use your bundle as a bonus tag......or 3 if your county allows it.
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