The Lodge
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MatthewMay1
amateur professional
I’d be down for a hog killing weekend!
Anybody here have any interest in a 2020 year model Hoyt Axius? Gonna be selling it and all the attachments ready to shoot. More details available upon request
Anybody here have any interest in a 2020 year model Hoyt Axius? Gonna be selling it and all the attachments ready to shoot. More details available upon request
CowboyTaco
Well-Known Member
Finally got a chance to go hunting at my in-laws property. Had to put in a fair amount of work to find a suitable place to sit and clear a shooting lane where I thought I'd see something. Got everything ready and figured I probably wouldn't see anything that night since I made so much noise and left so much evidence of human presence. Went out the next day and darn if something didn't walk right up to where I was going to be sitting. I know the tracks were fresh because some of them were in my boot print.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Finally got a chance to go hunting at my in-laws property. Had to put in a fair amount of work to find a suitable place to sit and clear a shooting lane where I thought I'd see something. Got everything ready and figured I probably wouldn't see anything that night since I made so much noise and left so much evidence of human presence. Went out the next day and darn if something didn't walk right up to where I was going to be sitting. I know the tracks were fresh because some of them were in my boot print.
nice.
I cleared 2 lanes yesterday at my property, trail cameras have lots of wildlife, tons of piggies, looks like 8-10 doe, 2 8pt, half 8pt, 1 4pt, 2 spikes, 1 yote. Not bad for feeders being there for a week.
Roadrunner and these Green Jays with blue heads are pretty cool lookin.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Tons of bird species here.
I had a few of these land near me, they are only 200 miles out of their normal range area.
Once I get my dad over here(professional photographer) he will get pictures of all the different birds/animals for exact species identification, that will be useful in obtaining wildlife exemption in a few years when I convert it over to the wildlife exemption.
I had a few of these land near me, they are only 200 miles out of their normal range area.
Once I get my dad over here(professional photographer) he will get pictures of all the different birds/animals for exact species identification, that will be useful in obtaining wildlife exemption in a few years when I convert it over to the wildlife exemption.
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
It was a roller coaster of a day hunting with my son for the first time. We saw about 12 driving to the spot. Bumped 2 more walking in and within 5 minutes of being in the stand 5 more came out including a mature, real wide buck that would be perfect. We do some shuffling in the stand to get into a better position but he walks off showing us his butt and turns broad side for about 2 seconds at 150 yards and slips into the brush.
A few min later another buck comes out of the brush where the other went in. He followed 3 doe to the feeder where I quickly realized he was a buck I had seen before with a split g2. After 10 minutes of waiting for a good shot and is clear of the does my son squeezed the trigger. Buck kicks his legs and goes into the brush and looked like he was hit good. We wait a few minutes and go down. Blood is in the feeder pen, on the fence and thats it. Found a good pile of blood 60 or 70 yards away and indicated he was headed to the neighbors so a few calls later and he is out there helping us look. 3 hours and no deer and no more blood. I make a few more calls and I get in contact with a guy that has tracking dogs. Shows up at 2:30, and by 3:30 we had the deer in hand. Turns out the bullet hit the feeder pen fence wire and sent shrapnel into the deer. He was actually still alive when the dogs got to him and had to put another round in him.
A few min later another buck comes out of the brush where the other went in. He followed 3 doe to the feeder where I quickly realized he was a buck I had seen before with a split g2. After 10 minutes of waiting for a good shot and is clear of the does my son squeezed the trigger. Buck kicks his legs and goes into the brush and looked like he was hit good. We wait a few minutes and go down. Blood is in the feeder pen, on the fence and thats it. Found a good pile of blood 60 or 70 yards away and indicated he was headed to the neighbors so a few calls later and he is out there helping us look. 3 hours and no deer and no more blood. I make a few more calls and I get in contact with a guy that has tracking dogs. Shows up at 2:30, and by 3:30 we had the deer in hand. Turns out the bullet hit the feeder pen fence wire and sent shrapnel into the deer. He was actually still alive when the dogs got to him and had to put another round in him.
balakay
BabyMax
I shot Jason's feeder pin wire back when we were all down there that one time. It deflected the bullet and I caught that pig right across the back. Broke its spine but it was still alive when we got down to it.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
Awesome! I shot straight through a T-post once when my dad and I were going to shoot a couple does. We both shot, his dropped and mine didn’t. He looks to me and says “how did you miss that?” and then he dropped mine. Lol. Now when I build a feeder pen, I cut the posts flush with the wire fence. Upon later inspection, we found a perfect C taken out of the T-post. Couldn’t do that again if I tried!
CowboyTaco
Well-Known Member
I've had a small branch that I didn't see deflect a bullet enough that the animal wasn't killed and tracking ensued. Since then, I won't take a shot unless it is completely clear.
Either way, your son now has a nicer buck than I've ever shot.
Either way, your son now has a nicer buck than I've ever shot.