Deer by the truckload
11-24-2006, 05:39 PM
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Fork Horn
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Deer by the truckload
Here are some of my recent deer stories from the archives of www.MidwestPredatorHunters.com
(November 19th)
I spent the afternoon scouting a farm that I hope to hunt in the next couple days. With about an hour of daylight left I slipped down to another farm, 30 miles south, and snuck into the edge of a field. As darkness started to fall on the field I saw a few deer come out of the brush at 250 yards. They worked their way toward me slowly. I waited to see if there was a buck following them, as some does are in heat, but nothing showed up. With only a few moments of daylight left I picked out one of the deer at 85 yards and let the smoke roll! My victim was unfortunately a button buck, I would've rather had a doe but such is life.
(November 20th)
I hunted a little farm this evening that has a big deer infestation problem. I've hunted this place for years and the population seems to stay strong dispite my culling efforts. Last year I saw 34 deer in one day from a stand, the next day I saw 35!! This place is covered up!
I got in the stand at 2 o'clock this afternoon and took a little nap. When I woke up at 4 there were six deer in the field grazing and playing around. All does, they were standing on their hind feet fighting and frollicking around.
I took out my new rangefinder and clicked off some yardages. I wanted a 200 yard shot but while they were at that distance the brush between us was too thick for a safe shot. As they milled around I got a clear opening at the largest doe at 156 yards. I let the muzzleloader roar, she did a death sprint to the end of the field and collapsed.
The other deer didn't know what to do. Some went back to grazing but two came sneaking in my direction. I reloaded and stopped the larger doe at 66 yards (Range finders are so cool). I squeezed off another round and she was DRT!
The yearling with her, a button buck, ran off into another field and stopped within sight. I reloaded and shot him with the rangefinder. 128 yards, well within range and quartering to me. I touched off the smokepole again, BANG FLOP! Three deer down.
Out of powder I got down from my tree and started gathering my bounty. After stacking up my deer and gear I walked out to the truck. 20 yards from the truck there were two does grazing, but I'm without a gun so I proceed and run them off. After gutting and loading the first deer I came back through and saw the deer in the same spot. I got the other two loaded and prepared to leave but thought "Hmmm wonder if I could get another".
I dug out some powder and bullets from the truck and loaded myself another round. I approached the field from a different angle such that I would be in range and across wind when I could see the field. Sure enough there was a doe at 60 yards. Kabooooom my 4th deer in 30 minutes!
I had a hard time loading all the deer by myself because I tore something up in my back yesterday loading button buck alone. This season has started off pretty bad on the buck end of things but I'm having no problems finding does and yearlings to target practice on!
(November 21st)
The smoke was rolling again this evening!
I setup on the edge of a secluded hayfield around 3 o'clock. I didn't see anything until 5:00 as three does entered the field. I waited a few minutes to see if they had any bucks following them then took aim at the biggest one.
113 yards on the range finder, I touched one off and the 130 pound doe crashed to the ground. The deer cleared the field but one stopped where I could still see her in the woods. I reloaded, checked the range finder- 133 yards- took aim and put her down too.
With two deer down I postponed my dinner plans via text message and gathered my things. At that point I saw another doe in a woodlot to my left, she was facing me at 74 yards. I tried to get fancy on this one, feeling pretty confident in the muzzleloader, and took aim at the end of her nose. My bullet fell a little low and hit her in the base of the neck, killing her instantly.
Three more does came home with me tonight... that makes 8 in 48 hours from the various farms I hunt. Tomorrow morning I'm taking my niece out to try and bag a nice buck I've been watching in the area. He'd make a great trophy for her so I hope we connect. If not, we can always shoot a doe or four! LOL!
(November 23rd)
With camera in hand I trailed along with my brother tonight for an evening hunt on one of our farms. Around 4 o'clock we saw a decent buck trailing across the field at 200 yards but he wasn't quite what we were looking for. Five minutes later we saw another, on the other end of the field doing the same thing. After seeing a few bucks meandering through the hayfield we felt confident in seeing a shooter before dark. That's when the hunt went down the tubes, as three big dogs came barging into the field chasing a deer.
Frustrated we sat tight as darkness set in. Across the field at 300 yards we suddenly noticed what appeared to be a HUGE deer standing there. Upon closer inspection with the camera and binoculars we found it to be a basket rack buck on TOP of a doe! After he finished breeding her he came down and squatted like a dog dragging it's butt on carpet for about 3 minutes, I filmed the whole deal. As daylight faded we decided to stalk up that way and snipe the doe. After a few minutes of stealth-like walking we got within 100 yards of the doe and my brother popped her with his Encore. Great footage to say the least!
(November 19th)
I spent the afternoon scouting a farm that I hope to hunt in the next couple days. With about an hour of daylight left I slipped down to another farm, 30 miles south, and snuck into the edge of a field. As darkness started to fall on the field I saw a few deer come out of the brush at 250 yards. They worked their way toward me slowly. I waited to see if there was a buck following them, as some does are in heat, but nothing showed up. With only a few moments of daylight left I picked out one of the deer at 85 yards and let the smoke roll! My victim was unfortunately a button buck, I would've rather had a doe but such is life.
(November 20th)
I hunted a little farm this evening that has a big deer infestation problem. I've hunted this place for years and the population seems to stay strong dispite my culling efforts. Last year I saw 34 deer in one day from a stand, the next day I saw 35!! This place is covered up!
I got in the stand at 2 o'clock this afternoon and took a little nap. When I woke up at 4 there were six deer in the field grazing and playing around. All does, they were standing on their hind feet fighting and frollicking around.
I took out my new rangefinder and clicked off some yardages. I wanted a 200 yard shot but while they were at that distance the brush between us was too thick for a safe shot. As they milled around I got a clear opening at the largest doe at 156 yards. I let the muzzleloader roar, she did a death sprint to the end of the field and collapsed.
The other deer didn't know what to do. Some went back to grazing but two came sneaking in my direction. I reloaded and stopped the larger doe at 66 yards (Range finders are so cool). I squeezed off another round and she was DRT!
The yearling with her, a button buck, ran off into another field and stopped within sight. I reloaded and shot him with the rangefinder. 128 yards, well within range and quartering to me. I touched off the smokepole again, BANG FLOP! Three deer down.
Out of powder I got down from my tree and started gathering my bounty. After stacking up my deer and gear I walked out to the truck. 20 yards from the truck there were two does grazing, but I'm without a gun so I proceed and run them off. After gutting and loading the first deer I came back through and saw the deer in the same spot. I got the other two loaded and prepared to leave but thought "Hmmm wonder if I could get another".
I dug out some powder and bullets from the truck and loaded myself another round. I approached the field from a different angle such that I would be in range and across wind when I could see the field. Sure enough there was a doe at 60 yards. Kabooooom my 4th deer in 30 minutes!
I had a hard time loading all the deer by myself because I tore something up in my back yesterday loading button buck alone. This season has started off pretty bad on the buck end of things but I'm having no problems finding does and yearlings to target practice on!
(November 21st)
The smoke was rolling again this evening!
I setup on the edge of a secluded hayfield around 3 o'clock. I didn't see anything until 5:00 as three does entered the field. I waited a few minutes to see if they had any bucks following them then took aim at the biggest one.
113 yards on the range finder, I touched one off and the 130 pound doe crashed to the ground. The deer cleared the field but one stopped where I could still see her in the woods. I reloaded, checked the range finder- 133 yards- took aim and put her down too.
With two deer down I postponed my dinner plans via text message and gathered my things. At that point I saw another doe in a woodlot to my left, she was facing me at 74 yards. I tried to get fancy on this one, feeling pretty confident in the muzzleloader, and took aim at the end of her nose. My bullet fell a little low and hit her in the base of the neck, killing her instantly.
Three more does came home with me tonight... that makes 8 in 48 hours from the various farms I hunt. Tomorrow morning I'm taking my niece out to try and bag a nice buck I've been watching in the area. He'd make a great trophy for her so I hope we connect. If not, we can always shoot a doe or four! LOL!
(November 23rd)
With camera in hand I trailed along with my brother tonight for an evening hunt on one of our farms. Around 4 o'clock we saw a decent buck trailing across the field at 200 yards but he wasn't quite what we were looking for. Five minutes later we saw another, on the other end of the field doing the same thing. After seeing a few bucks meandering through the hayfield we felt confident in seeing a shooter before dark. That's when the hunt went down the tubes, as three big dogs came barging into the field chasing a deer.
Frustrated we sat tight as darkness set in. Across the field at 300 yards we suddenly noticed what appeared to be a HUGE deer standing there. Upon closer inspection with the camera and binoculars we found it to be a basket rack buck on TOP of a doe! After he finished breeding her he came down and squatted like a dog dragging it's butt on carpet for about 3 minutes, I filmed the whole deal. As daylight faded we decided to stalk up that way and snipe the doe. After a few minutes of stealth-like walking we got within 100 yards of the doe and my brother popped her with his Encore. Great footage to say the least!
11-24-2006, 07:59 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: Deer by the truckload
We have a program here called Hunters for the Hungry. I donate a lot of deer to that cause and also supply venison for friends and family. There are a few families at church that have several children so it helps out their grocery bill, always nice to pitch in where you can.
11-24-2006, 09:10 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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RE: Deer by the truckload
that is ridicoulos.sounds like you just like killing deer for the fun of it,and lost the respect for the animal,trying to shoot one in the nose.......i dont care how cute you can get with a muzzleloader any misjudgement and thats a crippled deer.
11-25-2006, 10:29 AM
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Fork Horn
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RE: Deer by the truckload
Ahh the internet experts rear their ugly head. Make no mistake, I thoroughly enjoy shooting a whitetail deer. I hope nobody elsetries to hide that just because of a few high road ethicists on the internet. Since most of us hunt 99.999% of the time and shoot during the rest, I suppose anyone who has spent much time in the woods enjoys the hunting part a little more than the shooting! 
I hunt very hard guiding, scouting and hunting over 300 days a year. Guiding a harvest count of 30-40 mature deer a year requires a TON of work. This amount of dedication, and in my opinion "Sacrifice" (of personal hunting opportunities) is something I take pride in. When I am able to break away and do some hunting on my own it always has a purpose... not just to feed those who need it... but to control an overflowing population of deer.
The farms I hunt are under a land management agreement, meaning nobody else can hunt there BUT I have to keep things in balance properly for the landowner. In many cases the landowners say "Kill them all" but others just want a healthy herd. When I take to the field to remove does in mass quantities I waiste no time, because I don't have it. A doe and her two yearling doe fawns are perfect fodder for the numbers game I'm manipulating.
After sitting in a specific stand and watching the same 13 does hit a field for 11 days straight it does tend to take away some of the "Challenge" of killing them. But, because of the numbers and my commitment to the property and resource, some of them have to go. I enjoy shooting a muzzleloader, especially at long range, so I often try to position myself for 150-200 yard shots. When those shots aren't available I take any unique shot I can get, such as offset shoulders or double shoulders. Occasionally if a deer is under 100 yards I will shoot it square in the nose, obviously resulting in an instant death and untarnished venison. Havingsmokepolled around 40 deer without even BLOODTRAILING one I consider myself a little beyond "Competant" with the firearm. If any range or shot selection was dangerous to other people or deer, or could easily result in a lost animal I would not take it. This is often the case, but better shots are inevitable in most cases.
Take all this with a grain of salt, because in the end I will hunt how I want and never explain it to anyone. The level of success and experience that comes with YEARS and WEEKS and HOURS in the stand gives a person a good understanding of what they are capable of. One thing I am incapable of is dealing with armchair ethicists who reach WAY out therefor something to argue about.
PS: How does it get any more humane than blowing brain matter out of the skull at 2,000 feet per second? You must be the same bunch that disagree with clubbing seals, drowning coonand knocking cattle? [&o] Don't give me any "WHAT IF" crap, that's justa lame excuse for your poor examples.
I hunt very hard guiding, scouting and hunting over 300 days a year. Guiding a harvest count of 30-40 mature deer a year requires a TON of work. This amount of dedication, and in my opinion "Sacrifice" (of personal hunting opportunities) is something I take pride in. When I am able to break away and do some hunting on my own it always has a purpose... not just to feed those who need it... but to control an overflowing population of deer.
The farms I hunt are under a land management agreement, meaning nobody else can hunt there BUT I have to keep things in balance properly for the landowner. In many cases the landowners say "Kill them all" but others just want a healthy herd. When I take to the field to remove does in mass quantities I waiste no time, because I don't have it. A doe and her two yearling doe fawns are perfect fodder for the numbers game I'm manipulating.
After sitting in a specific stand and watching the same 13 does hit a field for 11 days straight it does tend to take away some of the "Challenge" of killing them. But, because of the numbers and my commitment to the property and resource, some of them have to go. I enjoy shooting a muzzleloader, especially at long range, so I often try to position myself for 150-200 yard shots. When those shots aren't available I take any unique shot I can get, such as offset shoulders or double shoulders. Occasionally if a deer is under 100 yards I will shoot it square in the nose, obviously resulting in an instant death and untarnished venison. Havingsmokepolled around 40 deer without even BLOODTRAILING one I consider myself a little beyond "Competant" with the firearm. If any range or shot selection was dangerous to other people or deer, or could easily result in a lost animal I would not take it. This is often the case, but better shots are inevitable in most cases.
Take all this with a grain of salt, because in the end I will hunt how I want and never explain it to anyone. The level of success and experience that comes with YEARS and WEEKS and HOURS in the stand gives a person a good understanding of what they are capable of. One thing I am incapable of is dealing with armchair ethicists who reach WAY out therefor something to argue about.
PS: How does it get any more humane than blowing brain matter out of the skull at 2,000 feet per second? You must be the same bunch that disagree with clubbing seals, drowning coonand knocking cattle? [&o] Don't give me any "WHAT IF" crap, that's justa lame excuse for your poor examples.
11-25-2006, 10:59 AM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Central, PA
Posts: 251
RE: Deer by the truckload
I usually don't respond to or get into the arguments that tend to go on here about ethics and what not but I've very upset with u Jrbhunter, and thats because I'm JEALOUS!! If I had theopportunity like yourself to wack all those does and it was helping the heard and helping needy families I'd be the first one there!! I'll be the first one too pass up a doe here in PA because of the deer situation here but I'd also be the first one to shoot her if there was an overabundance. Like you said if people enjoy the whole ''Hunting'' part and don't want to shoot more power to them but I don't go out there just to ''Hunt''!!