Originally Posted by
deernutz
The deer's dead. Theres no way a deer as small as the ones in FL would take a piece of lead that heavy and live. He's there. Try using google maps and read the terrain and see if you can map out different escape routes. Good luck!
Agreed. No need to use Google Maps. I have been tromping this land for 9 years... know it very well.
Originally Posted by
littlekid
Kerrdog, where approx. are you located? I hunt in the Palatka to Interlachen area and we are loaded with bears. Just two weekends ago I had a bear not 15 yds from me as I climbed into my stand. I didn't realize this until getting into my stand, smell, and hear something...I removed the red filter from my flashlight and shined him. He could have cared less....me I'm not so sure.
As for Florida deer being "small", sometimes I wonder. Several years ago my father killed a 6pt that weighed (FWC scale) "dress-out" 180lbs. Not sure how this relates to 'dem yankee hoss's' but not small. Fer sure he ded tho' som'eres...spit!
I live in and hunt Hamilton County, almost into Georgia. There are some large deer here (for Florida... pushing 200 pounds), but not nearly the numbers there once was. Too many Yahoos around here that shoot everything! Most commonly they are in the 135 to 150 range. Bear sightings have been reported in the area, I just have never seen one. We have an occassional Panther and Jaguarundis... which are kinda cool.