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Post by M4Madness on Oct 26, 2023 18:22:19 GMT -5
I'm tempted to get a few hunts in back there anyway. I was hunting there before that kid was even born. Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 26, 2023 18:20:36 GMT -5
Years ago, my wife's cousin shot the testicles off a buck with a 12-gauge deer slug. About an hour later, it walked past my wife's stepfather and he dropped it. The shot by the cousin had done zero damage except for the missing scrotum. He showed her stepfather the miniscule blood trail leading in and claimed the 10-pointer as his own, even though he'd not even fatally hit it. Years later he must have had a change of heart, as he gave the mount to the rightful owner.
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 26, 2023 18:00:40 GMT -5
I've had permission to hunt the farm directly behind my home for almost 30 years. I took my largest archery buck back there the first week of October 2013, and immediately someone else got permission to hunt there just in time for firearms season. Next thing you know, there were a few hunting it and I got tired of walking up on people in ladder stands, so I voluntarily quit going back there.
This evening, I was reminiscing about that hunt, and decided to check things out back there -- after all, they only gun hunt back there. The place was timbered in 2018 and is still horrible. I didn't recognize the property. Anyway, I circled around and checked out a site where they'd placed a ladder stand years ago, and it was still there today and thankfully unoccupied.
I visited the tree I shot that buck from, and found lots of acorns and a heavy fence crossing. I got excited and thought that perhaps it was time to ease my way back into hunting there sometimes after all these years.
As I'm walking towards home, I hear a couple of whistles, which I was positive were human. I circled around, then stood stationary and slowly scanned my surroundings until I found a ladder stand's legs. Following them upwards, I saw a teenaged hunter. He told me that I'd walked by his father earlier. I asked by name if his dad was the guy who gotten permission in 2013, and he said no. So who knows who all is back there now? I apologized for disrupting their hunt, gave him my name, and headed off.
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 25, 2023 10:49:27 GMT -5
Is there a historical reason for the date of Indiana's firearm opener? Why the Saturday after Veteran's day…Anyone ever heard or had the reason explained for why it is the first Saturday after Veterans Day? I guess it beats saying the 10th Saturday after Labor Day. 😆
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 23, 2023 18:33:12 GMT -5
The comments on that article are disgusting.
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 23, 2023 15:10:40 GMT -5
Awesome job! Congratulations!
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 22, 2023 15:54:52 GMT -5
I'm confused. Lol! Was she facing you or facing away? Facing me. I got extremely lucky. Thinking of buying a lottery ticket lol That clears it up. Lol! The reason I asked is that your post that I quoted earlier said "quartering from" but you meant "quartering to". Just take your time and wait for a good broadside shot. If it doesn't happen today, it will another day. Short of a survival situation, there's no rush to get a deer. It'll all fall into place when the time is right. I haven't even been out a single time yet this season, and know that I have all the time in the world. Good luck, and I hope you fill the freezer!
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 22, 2023 15:32:14 GMT -5
The 1 I poked was quartered hard from me and I was shaking like a leaf in a wild wind storm. I probably shouldn't have taken the shot, but I felt confident. I'm confused. Lol! Was she facing you or facing away?
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 21, 2023 18:58:28 GMT -5
Great buck! What type of terrain was he hunting? Ag field edge. I had a feeling. Lol! No ag fields on the farms I hunt, so I have my work cut out for me.
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 21, 2023 18:35:20 GMT -5
Great buck! What type of terrain was he hunting?
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 21, 2023 15:55:24 GMT -5
Just made a circuitous drive through the main farm I hunt doing a ladder stand check. All are intact and secure. I'll probably start hunting next weekend.
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 20, 2023 11:38:57 GMT -5
Looks like her lucky year to not get an arrow. Maybe a merciful low shot just to pop it. ;-)
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 19, 2023 17:34:24 GMT -5
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 19, 2023 4:10:44 GMT -5
I'm taking November 4th thru the 12th off instead. I have the exact same week scheduled off work, but I think I'm going to cancel it. In 29 seasons, I've never taken off work to hunt. I really thought I could bring myself to do it, but I just can't. LOL! I'm probably going to "sell" 80 hours back to the company at the end of the year.
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 17, 2023 4:21:29 GMT -5
It's a good buck, but no Booner. And the asymmetry is going to kill the net score even more.
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 11, 2023 10:35:10 GMT -5
That's awesome!
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 2, 2023 19:09:45 GMT -5
I probably won't go out until around Halloween. I used to hunt practically every day of season, but as I get older (55), it just becomes a lot of hassle. My normal season was work until 3:30 PM and be on stand by 4:00. Hunt until dark, which put me home after 8:00 PM in the early season. Eat supper, take a shower, then bed. Weekends were both mornings and evenings. Nowadays, I don't feel like dragging butt and being short on time at home. And besides, after close to 100 deer harvested, I'm pretty much a buck hunter only this late in the game.
Good luck to all. Stay safe, and I hope you harvest all you hope for.
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Post by M4Madness on Jul 7, 2023 16:04:17 GMT -5
Had a doe hit in front of my house this morning. My wife and I have been watching a doe with twins and a neighbor has seen one with triplets, so we were pretty concerned. Luckily (for everyone but this doe), she was a dry doe. We went to town for lunch and I had to fight the buzzards upon returning home to dispose of the corpse in a deep hole in the woods behind our house.
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Post by M4Madness on Jun 18, 2023 16:10:54 GMT -5
So sorry to read this. Condolences to his friends and family, and prayers that he finds eternal peace with our Lord.
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Post by M4Madness on Apr 29, 2023 8:10:58 GMT -5
I'm sitting at home. I haven't turkey hunted for probably a decade now. I have a lifetime hunting license and a brand new turkey shotgun that has been sitting in the safe probably 10 years, so I really have no excuse other than laziness. Lol! Good luck everyone, and congratulations to those who have already scored!
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