WV Bow season is finally here...doe down!
10-18-2010, 05:24 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pulaskiville
Posts: 3,533
Congrats!
I have farm in Braxton county...and I'm not sure what RidgeFactor is talking about. Our hunting is far better than it was 15 years ago. Sure, we used to see 20-30 deer every day out, but we also saw 1 buck out of every 50 deer...and it was a spike or 4pt. Last year I killed a 115" 8-point the first day with a bow...and it wasn't the biggest deer I saw.
We bought our farm in '67 and a 100" deer was unheard of in the late 80's into the late 90's. There were just too many deer.
We've killed some dandy's in the last 5-10 years, and it's all because our numbers are down a little. I still see tons of deer, but the numbers aren't stupid like they were. Some people just want to shoo the deer away....climb a tree...have the deer come back...and shoot one. LOL
I have farm in Braxton county...and I'm not sure what RidgeFactor is talking about. Our hunting is far better than it was 15 years ago. Sure, we used to see 20-30 deer every day out, but we also saw 1 buck out of every 50 deer...and it was a spike or 4pt. Last year I killed a 115" 8-point the first day with a bow...and it wasn't the biggest deer I saw.
We bought our farm in '67 and a 100" deer was unheard of in the late 80's into the late 90's. There were just too many deer.
We've killed some dandy's in the last 5-10 years, and it's all because our numbers are down a little. I still see tons of deer, but the numbers aren't stupid like they were. Some people just want to shoo the deer away....climb a tree...have the deer come back...and shoot one. LOL
Last edited by Pro-Line; 10-18-2010 at 05:26 PM.
10-19-2010, 01:25 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Southwestern, Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,059
Congrats!
I have farm in Braxton county...and I'm not sure what RidgeFactor is talking about. Our hunting is far better than it was 15 years ago. Sure, we used to see 20-30 deer every day out, but we also saw 1 buck out of every 50 deer...and it was a spike or 4pt. Last year I killed a 115" 8-point the first day with a bow...and it wasn't the biggest deer I saw.
We bought our farm in '67 and a 100" deer was unheard of in the late 80's into the late 90's. There were just too many deer.
We've killed some dandy's in the last 5-10 years, and it's all because our numbers are down a little. I still see tons of deer, but the numbers aren't stupid like they were. Some people just want to shoo the deer away....climb a tree...have the deer come back...and shoot one. LOL
I have farm in Braxton county...and I'm not sure what RidgeFactor is talking about. Our hunting is far better than it was 15 years ago. Sure, we used to see 20-30 deer every day out, but we also saw 1 buck out of every 50 deer...and it was a spike or 4pt. Last year I killed a 115" 8-point the first day with a bow...and it wasn't the biggest deer I saw.
We bought our farm in '67 and a 100" deer was unheard of in the late 80's into the late 90's. There were just too many deer.
We've killed some dandy's in the last 5-10 years, and it's all because our numbers are down a little. I still see tons of deer, but the numbers aren't stupid like they were. Some people just want to shoo the deer away....climb a tree...have the deer come back...and shoot one. LOL
10-20-2010, 01:58 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pulaskiville
Posts: 3,533
RF
So you...living in PA can criticize the hunting, but I...living in Ohio can't say that it's good?
So you're saying that if I scouted my land more that I would find that the hunting in WV is terrible? OK...now I follow your logic...not.
So you...living in PA can criticize the hunting, but I...living in Ohio can't say that it's good?
So you're saying that if I scouted my land more that I would find that the hunting in WV is terrible? OK...now I follow your logic...not.
10-21-2010, 06:23 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Southwestern, Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,059
Gotta love those southwestern, PA deer.
Last edited by RidgeFACTOR; 10-22-2010 at 07:38 AM.
10-21-2010, 07:12 PM
#17
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: WV
Posts: 96
Yeah don't believe RidgeFactor has been in the same woods we WVians have been... I will agree on the rack requirement, but as for deer... yeah clueless there. Though I do believe a combination of the 40 year mast high this year and a extremely hard winter may make deer success here tough. Also hunting farm country verses forest country will grow different deer.
Greenbrier County first day... Let a spike walk, had a doe in the brush, a button buck smell my ladder on my stand and a doe flank me too far out. It was breezy, and the woods were quiet with a bit of rain late in the week. Full moon this week, maybe similiar slow luck for Saturday.
Greenbrier County first day... Let a spike walk, had a doe in the brush, a button buck smell my ladder on my stand and a doe flank me too far out. It was breezy, and the woods were quiet with a bit of rain late in the week. Full moon this week, maybe similiar slow luck for Saturday.
10-22-2010, 07:30 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Southwestern, Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,059
Yeah don't believe RidgeFactor has been in the same woods we WVians have been... I will agree on the rack requirement, but as for deer... yeah clueless there. Though I do believe a combination of the 40 year mast high this year and a extremely hard winter may make deer success here tough. Also hunting farm country verses forest country will grow different deer.
Greenbrier County first day... Let a spike walk, had a doe in the brush, a button buck smell my ladder on my stand and a doe flank me too far out. It was breezy, and the woods were quiet with a bit of rain late in the week. Full moon this week, maybe similiar slow luck for Saturday.
Greenbrier County first day... Let a spike walk, had a doe in the brush, a button buck smell my ladder on my stand and a doe flank me too far out. It was breezy, and the woods were quiet with a bit of rain late in the week. Full moon this week, maybe similiar slow luck for Saturday.
Last edited by RidgeFACTOR; 10-22-2010 at 07:37 AM.
10-22-2010, 08:31 AM
#19
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: pike county ohio
Posts: 33
nice doe. they dont have to have horns to get my heart racin..
as for the conflict, the first post about the declination of hunting in dubv was a little inflammatory, heated rebuttals were to be expected lol..
as for the conflict, the first post about the declination of hunting in dubv was a little inflammatory, heated rebuttals were to be expected lol..
10-22-2010, 09:12 AM
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Posts: 358
Nice doe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Michigan probably hasn't managed their herd like they could of....I for one like to see tons of deer, and in michigan there are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many deer in the souther part, especially in the southwest part....It's fun going out and seeing deer.....Now if michigan can just get some of the weekend warriors to be more selective....
We have all the right ingrediants for MI to be a Wallhanger state....and there are a fair amount...but could be better
As far as football teams
I love the Mountaineers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Mountaineers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Michigan Wolverines are my next choice
Michigan probably hasn't managed their herd like they could of....I for one like to see tons of deer, and in michigan there are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many deer in the souther part, especially in the southwest part....It's fun going out and seeing deer.....Now if michigan can just get some of the weekend warriors to be more selective....
We have all the right ingrediants for MI to be a Wallhanger state....and there are a fair amount...but could be better
As far as football teams
I love the Mountaineers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Mountaineers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Michigan Wolverines are my next choice