11-16-2005, 10:28 PM
A few to tell from my area;
Myself , a 3 point buck stood at the base of my treestand at daybreak but lack of boneage left me with the decision of taking a chance at letting him walk on and waiting for something that you wouldn't have to pin the ears back to see the rack . Anything under 3" is concidered antlerless and this buck wasn't pushing his luck on becoming a wall mount .
After about 1 o'clock without another deer to be seen I pulled down the treestand and carried it to the road , too windy to sit up there . As I began to package it up for the one mile hike out of the woods I looked up to see two does standing 5 feet from me just watching my doin my task . After I loaded up the stand I noticed I left my headlamp at the stand site ,ha , another reason to continue hunting ! I walked the mile back in and retrived my lamp , then I moved down a hundred yards and sat in the rain till almost dusk . When I stood up I had 7 does not less than 3 feet behind me .
I never heard a thing because of the rain , sneeky deer !
The two hunters I did a free guide service for were setting on scrape lines in prime hunting area , they never saw a thing . the scrapes were being hit during the twilight hours .
My cousin brandished the only deer taken from the area that day , a spike with wide tines almost an 1 1/2" thick . seemes the buck rubbed his rack almost off .
Lonewolf outdid all of us expearanced hunters this year .
By 7:40 A.m. lonewolf was back at home with a mountable 8 point buck hanging on the buck pole . His mom reported the rack was so wide that the head was completley off the ground when it was laying on it's side .
I'm begining to think that I should take lessons from him .
The good news is that all of our hunters came back safley . as of today there have been 19 shootings reported . 6 have been fatalitys , 7 self inflicted . That meens 12 shots were either strays or someone not looking at what there shooting at .
Never take a shot untill you identify your intended target , buck fever is not an excuse that a family will understand or forgive when their loved one is being put to rest .
Leave the bottle at home , hunting under the influence is illeagle and stupid .
Keep your action cleared and the saftey on untill you are in position to hunt , a chambered firearm that has been acidently dropped has ended many a life.
Take all steps to insure your firearm is unloaded at the end of the hunt , many people have missed this step and have had devistating results .
Treat every firearm as if it were loaded , even if you know beyond reason that there is not a shell in it . I'ts not stupid , just safe .
Anyone else have a opening day report ?
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Myself , a 3 point buck stood at the base of my treestand at daybreak but lack of boneage left me with the decision of taking a chance at letting him walk on and waiting for something that you wouldn't have to pin the ears back to see the rack . Anything under 3" is concidered antlerless and this buck wasn't pushing his luck on becoming a wall mount .
After about 1 o'clock without another deer to be seen I pulled down the treestand and carried it to the road , too windy to sit up there . As I began to package it up for the one mile hike out of the woods I looked up to see two does standing 5 feet from me just watching my doin my task . After I loaded up the stand I noticed I left my headlamp at the stand site ,ha , another reason to continue hunting ! I walked the mile back in and retrived my lamp , then I moved down a hundred yards and sat in the rain till almost dusk . When I stood up I had 7 does not less than 3 feet behind me .
I never heard a thing because of the rain , sneeky deer !
The two hunters I did a free guide service for were setting on scrape lines in prime hunting area , they never saw a thing . the scrapes were being hit during the twilight hours .
My cousin brandished the only deer taken from the area that day , a spike with wide tines almost an 1 1/2" thick . seemes the buck rubbed his rack almost off .
Lonewolf outdid all of us expearanced hunters this year .
By 7:40 A.m. lonewolf was back at home with a mountable 8 point buck hanging on the buck pole . His mom reported the rack was so wide that the head was completley off the ground when it was laying on it's side .
I'm begining to think that I should take lessons from him .
The good news is that all of our hunters came back safley . as of today there have been 19 shootings reported . 6 have been fatalitys , 7 self inflicted . That meens 12 shots were either strays or someone not looking at what there shooting at .
Never take a shot untill you identify your intended target , buck fever is not an excuse that a family will understand or forgive when their loved one is being put to rest .
Leave the bottle at home , hunting under the influence is illeagle and stupid .
Keep your action cleared and the saftey on untill you are in position to hunt , a chambered firearm that has been acidently dropped has ended many a life.
Take all steps to insure your firearm is unloaded at the end of the hunt , many people have missed this step and have had devistating results .
Treat every firearm as if it were loaded , even if you know beyond reason that there is not a shell in it . I'ts not stupid , just safe .
Anyone else have a opening day report ?
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