Hunting success pics: Post what you got!

[JEBar]

congrats to your son .... that is a nice looking buck

[markiver54]

Step it up Ozark...I see a competition brewing.

[Redthies]

letting a Ruger 44 carbine get away from me decades ago still haunts me .... hands down the worst decision to let a firearm go that I ever made ....

I sold my Ruger .44 Carbine to Roddy on here. I only sold it to finance/make room for my Henry BBSC .357 mag. I would have liked to keep both, but they would fill the exact same roll for me, and I will/do shoot the .357 more than I would have done with the Ruger.

I have been out twice for whitetail, but passed on a doe the first trip (she has a yearling in tow) and the second trip I spent some time in one of my stands with a fresh rub right at the end of the shooting lane (50 yds), but the buck never showed while I was there. I showed the spot to one of my friends, so if he bags something from my stand, I’ll at least get a steak or three out of it. I’ll get out again on the Thanksgiving weekend but looking for coastal blacktail which can be very very hard to hunt.

[Redthies]

Just a big zero so far for me....I keep looking at the picture of the buck my son got Saturday to keep me going out ...

Beautiful buck your boy got!

[Mags]

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ah bummer. Better luck to you end of the month!

... I have been out twice for whitetail, but passed on a doe the first trip (she has a yearling in tow) and the second trip I spent some time in one of my stands with a fresh rub right at the end of the shooting lane (50 yds), but the buck never showed while I was there. I showed the spot to one of my friends, so if he bags something from my stand, I’ll at least get a steak or three out of it. I’ll get out again on the Thanksgiving weekend but looking for coastal blacktail which can be very very hard to hunt.

[Ozarkwoodswalker]

Crazy crazy story ...no deer seen all season....got disgusted and came home early...looked out dining room window and see a little runt doe crossing the yard. She comes by every day or two and eats under an old Bradford pear just over the south yard fence. I ignore her cause she is a pure runt. But today she had a partner. A big buck! And rats my hunting rifle is still outside in the car! So I rush to gun cabinet, fumble about and get it unlocked. I grab a Ruger 270 and reach into the piled mess I have in the bottom, pull out two boxes of ammo, and head to dining room. I have No glasses on, but when I get where I can see, I realize I have nothing in my hand but 308 bullets ,....so a scramble back to gun cabinet to pull out the 308 Savage 99 featherweight I have ....I jam in two bullets..open the dining room door and with both me and the rifle inside the dining room I shoot the buck. He goes maybe 15 yards and crashed into a heap...dead as a hammer. As eight points go, he's the best I have shot...while I know there are hundreds and hundreds of bigger racks harvested in Missouri this year...I'm willing to bet in the catagory of bucks shot while the hunter was standing in his dining room...this bad boy has got to be in the top five at least. .going to have him mounted....with a crazy story like that how could I not? I'm tickled.

[JEBar]

fascinating .. .. congrats indeed .... thoroughly enjoyed hearing the story behind taking the buck .... I'm curious, do you remember the sound of the muzzle blast ..

[Vaquero]

Ditto what JEB said.
Congrats, great story.

RP

[markiver54]

Nice kill!
Don't know if he heard Ya Jim.

[Redthies]

That’s awesome! I’d sure be happy with that buck if I walked 50 miles of trails to find him!

As a note of possible interest to others, here in B.C. that would be a 3 point. We don’t count the brow tines, and then antler restrictions are based on the side with the most tines over 1” long. He would be what we call a “3x3”. No matter what you call him, he’s a dandy buck, and the story is second to none!

[Ozarkwoodswalker]

Actually I was surprised that it didn't seem that loud or seem to kick at all..guess I was excited

[Mags]

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Nice one indeed. Good amusing story to go with it. Congrats!

[JEBar]

Actually I was surprised that it didn't seem that loud or seem to kick at all..guess I was excited

my hunting revolver, hunting rifles and hunting shotguns are all big boomers with strong recoil .... when firing at a big game animal, I have no memory of hearing the muzzle blast or feeling the recoil .... I also have no memory of my ears ringing after pulling the trigger .... can't say the same for target shooting

[Greyhawk]

Well.... I didn't have the best deer hunting this year. Shot at a spike, he was broadside at 40 yards and I shot under him! (a clean miss!) It was kind of worth it to see him jump 7 miles into the air but it didn't put venison in the freezer. All those days at the range this year and I muff a 40 yard shot!
But, where I did have success was with porcupines. They have killed three beautiful mature oak trees on my property, but I can never seem to connect with them, until this deer season I was able to shoot two in one day, (both munching on oak trees).
So, I had no problem shooting each porcupine with one shot each at 40 and 75 yards, what was the deal with the little buck? Buck fever I guess..

[Mags]

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They look cuddly and soft. You going to make hats of them?

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[BigAl52]

Revenge on the porcupines. I bet they didnt run far .

[JEBar]

I didn't know porcupines could kill mature oak trees .. .. that being the case I need to figure out a way to get a few of those critters to the park where we spend our summers .... there are two huge oaks that totally block my clear view of the southern sky that I sure love to have them take care of .. .. is your season over ..

[markiver54]

I didn't know porcupines could kill mature oak trees .. .. that being the case I need to figure out a way to get a few of those critters to the park where we spend our summers .... there are two huge oaks that totally block my clear view of the southern sky that I sure love to have them take care of .. .. is your season over ..

Porcupines...who'd a thunk!

[Greyhawk]

Season is over in my zone, but I can hunt other areas for a few more days... Yeah, I don't understand why they like the oaks. I have aspen, spruce, ash, balsam, tamarack, and birch on my property besides the oak trees that are scattered through, and they don't touch anything but the oaks.

[Troutfly6971]

Bought two Henry's in the past year. A 44 mag and a . 308 Just got my first deer with the Long Ranger and it was a dandy.

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