Marylanders out this shotgun weekend?
 

How many are planning to go out for one last hoorah?

I'll be out there in my tree in a bottom waiting for a doe to run by.

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I'll probably be out with the Bowtech seeing as I am taking a buddy out who will be using his muzzleloader. I'm more focused on getting him his first ever deer than I am at bagging one for myself. Now if one comes within bow range.. ITS ON!

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bump back to the top.[:@]

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If I'm out it'll be with the bow and with DaveH but I dought I'll be out there as it's too far to travel for a morning hunt only as we have to watch those Redskins Saturday afternoon;).

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Nope. I'm a pansy! Been goose hunting a lot and don't feel up to the hassle of getting my stuff together and making the run.:(

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This is exactly why I am hunting the morning and NOT in the afternoon. :D Lets go Skins!

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Well I struck out for the year. No suprise. I couldn't put the time in this year and my freezer is showing it. Oh well. Have to try harder next year.:([&:]

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My buddy wasn't able to squeeze off a shot at two does he saw this morning, so they were able to make it to me about 100 yards away. Needless to say I decided to take the smoke pole out and landed me a nice big mature doe on this beautiful morning. :D

Why giving up Sax? You still have the rest of the month to bow hunt. They are calling for the 60's Mon and Tues which would make drawing a bow in January MUCH easier.

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Yep, i saw nothing today, the woods were dead. Only seen about 5 horses.

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Hunted with shotgun in the morning and did not see any deer. My brother got two, a good doe and a bb. In the afternoon I took the bow out to the WSSC where I had seen deer earlier in the weekbut saw nothing. Still a good day to be in the woods.

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I will be at WSSC pigtail in the morning . GZoing to put a hurting on some late season deer .

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wssc?

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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

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How many guys get out on that property? Is it packed?

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Don't know anything about it, I just know what WSSC stands for. The main office used to be in Hyattsville but that was many moons ago, probably have moved to somewhere else now. Call them and I'm sure they will put you in touch with someone.

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You want to give Brighton dam a call and ask about the hunting on WSSC 301-774-9124 . They also have gun hunts on some of the areas . The areas are not hunted to much . You get a big rush early in the season but it dies out later in the year.

Chris

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I think I'm just looking for lower traffic bow only areas. I was curious if that was one of them. Does anyone else know of places that don't get much traffic due to bow only?

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I'm not sure if each area is the same... but my guess is going to be that you can go to just about any WMA in Maryland this time of year and find lower traffic than earlier in the season. I think a lot of people stop hunting all together after the December month. That just leaves more for the rest of us. :D I'm actually considering trying out a bow only area in Harford county once before the season ends. Its just a BAD drag if you get one where I would be going.

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Good luck to anyone getting out with the bow this weekend. I will be out either all day Saturday or just the afternoon. The buck that I was after... appears to be dead. While scouting this afternoon I came upon a spine.... a leg... and then found the head. He was had split brows on both sides and 3 other points on each side for a total of 10 points. Nice mass and tine length too. I'm almost positive he was the buck I saw shacked up with a doe before the gun season came in. Very FEW people hunt this somewhat local property so I have a feeling he was either poached and not recovered or one of the guys that hunts the property with us made a bad shot and didn't pursue. What really gets me is that these other guys have killed SOOOOO many deer this year, that I am afraid that all of the mature bucks may have been knocked off. I found this beautiful 10 dead... and saw what was at least a mature 8 with an arrow stuck in his shoulder the same day I first saw the 10 back in November.

Seeing a beautiful buck die in the middle of the woods like that makes me sick. [:'(] Oh well, I will be saving the rack and adding it to the collection. I took a picture with my cell phone, but will try and get more this weekend. Sorry for the rant.... but still... GOOD LUCK if going out!

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I'm going out this weekend. Looking for my first bow kill of the season. Just bought a house in October and it needed a lot of fixing up!!

Hammy, sorry to hear that. That would make me sick as well.