So the season ends Friday. Len and I decided to hunt every morning we can. I can't hunt Friday.<img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle> Anyway, we've had some almost and got busted by the wind a couple times. So this morning we set up about 75 yards apart just for the fun of it up where I saw the 5 bucks last Sat. The wind is wrong again. It shifted to bad once we got 25 feet up. 3 does did come in from up wind. I alerted Len with the radio as he was facing the other direction. He ended up with 2 of them right under him. Then they got a whiff or something and bolted. One stopped at 22 yards and he nailed it. That makes exactly <font size=4><font color=red>20</font id=red></font id=size4> for him for the year.<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> 6 with the muzzleloader/shotgun, 3 with the X-bow, and 11 with his Darton. I've told you he takes no prisoners.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> He's doing what the landlord wants. Thinning them out big time. He's only shot one or two racked bucks,,,, the rest are does. He doesn't let many pass, but still to take 20 and 11 of them with a compound in the same year is quite a task. We have got the guttin' and draggin' pretty much down to a slash, zip, bang procedure.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> Me... I'm still at hold on 7..... but I do let a lot walk. I say Len is in charge of herd management.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Edited by - davidmil on 01/29/2003 10:36:37

I thought you were a killing machine, but looks like Len makes you look like an anti!

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Proud father of a Devil Dog

I'm a little more selective.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Edited by - davidmil on 01/29/2003 10:58:12

David letting deer walk now that is a good one<img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>Which darton does len shoot?

CB

WHACKEM N STACKEM

What do you guys do with all that meat? I don't believe I know enough people to give that much meat away. Not to mention the time and/or cost involved with that much processing. Holy Cow!!

Len has all kinds of folks that want some deer meat. For example, we just picked up a new place to hunt. He had one processed and still had it in his truck when he went hunting there the other day. He got talking with the landowner and he said he'd take some if we had extra. Len handed him a whole deer cut and wrapped for the freezer. I got a guy that wants another(I gave him 2 every year for the last 7 or 8 and one this year).... but he isn't getting it. I shot 7, gave 6 away and now I find myself wishing I had one more in the freezer. So, if I get another it goes in David's freezer... not Chucky's.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> I process my own. Len does some of both but I think he's in tight with the processor. He also gives away several on the hoof. Chances are I'm going to be on a bowhunting Suburbia deer culling program starting in Feb.... so I guess I got more than Friday to score for the freezer. And hey, if I don't I'll keep one of the crop damage deals in July.

CAJUN: Len shoot the same bow.. well I shoot the same bow he does... Darton Maverick.

Edited by - davidmil on 01/29/2003 13:33:09

Edited by - davidmil on 01/29/2003 13:34:01

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Dave, how many did Len shoot right handed and how many did he shoot left handed?? <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

*Become a better shot —> practice, don't just shoot*

I'm not sure. He doesn't even keep track of that. I know he's done both as I've watched from my tree switch hands and shoot when a deer is on the wrong side. We had to sit down and calculate to remember how many were gun/bow. I've seen him sit up there with a release on each hand. Now that's lazy.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> Doesn't want to have to turn around in the tree.