2011-2012 Hunting Thread

[leeawalden]

As the hunting season gets closer (or in the thick of it for some folks) post up pictures of your kills, quotas, or just awesome pictures from the field. Fall turkey came and went, I saw a bunch of jakes, but didn't shoot anything.

Maybe this guy will hang around.

 

[LR Max]

No deer hunting for me this year . Since moving to Georgia, the closest place I know to hunt is a 5 hour drive.

However I'm taking this fall, winter and next summer to find a decent place to go hunting. I hear Georgia has awesome deer hunting.

 

[leeawalden]

deer hunting in GA is pretty good. We used to hunt over in LaGrange a lot. I have hunted with my friend over towards statesboro some and then in southern GA a few times. Good luck!

 

[msggunny]

Opening day today here in Maine. Too hung over to get out. Maybe monday.

 

[KevinNY]

Took my 1st one with the bow yesterday.

 

[leeawalden]

very nice kevin! I don't bow hunt but have wanted to start. I'm going to pull pictures this weekend so hopefully some bucks are still on there.

 

[xxjtvxx]

I used to hunt then I met the people around me that pouch all year round so no point of spending the $$ on a license.

 

[jonesy66]

Anyone do any Pheasant hunting? I am leaving next weekend for an annual trip with my buddies (5th time) to Kansas, we do Pheasant(primary), Goose, Duck and Quail...sometimes all in one day!!! Fantastic hunting...will post pix when I return.

 

[D Chapman]

A few from my game camera yesterday. These guys have been regulars this year.

I'm guessing the little guy is 90 to 100lbs. The middle size guy maybe 150ish? The big bitch I think is pushing 300lbs.

 

[I HATE PONIES]

Is that just a travel route or is there bait there.

 

[D Chapman]

It's illegal to bait.

 

[leeawalden]

It's illegal to bait.

Kentucky you can hunt over corn. Tennessee I can plant and hunt over it, I just can dump out 50 lbs of yellow clover and pop him while he's got a mouth full.

Most states you can't bait though, they are like TN where you can plant and hunt over it.

 

[D Chapman]

That's the way it is on Virginia. You can plant a food plot, or hunt in a corn field, but you can't place the bait under your stand.

It does not do any good to bait, though. Not the last two years anyway. There are so many acorns on the ground it does not matter. Deer and bear would rather eat acorns than corn or horse and mule feed. All you have to do is find an oak tree with tons of acorns and hunt there.

 

[KevinNY]

I was out in a different spot tonight looking for a buck but the wind was a bit much. Lowered my bow down and was packing my bow holder etc in my pack when i look down and see a doe coming straight in less than 20 yards out. Finally had to whistle at her when it looked like she was going to step on my bow! Entertaining at least. Nice evening out with an owl hooting nearby, which is cool and spooky at the same time.

 

[I HATE PONIES]

It's illegal to bait.

Similar in Ohio. You can bait deer but not turkeys or doves. We can't hunt bears at all.:banghead:

 

[61rover]

Anyone do any Pheasant hunting? I am leaving next weekend for an annual trip with my buddies (5th time) to Kansas, we do Pheasant(primary), Goose, Duck and Quail...sometimes all in one day!!! Fantastic hunting...will post pix when I return.

Just got back from Mitchell, SD and headed to Burlington, CO this afternoon.

We did well in SD but had to work for every bird. They had a very wet spring and summer. This is my first trip to Burlington so we'll see how it goes.

 

[I HATE PONIES]

Got a nice young doe this morning. :drool: Fresh back straps:drool: I checked it in with the new automated telephone check in system. It was actually quite easy to do.

 

[D Chapman]

We cleaned up a few doe this past Wednesday during black powder season.

 

[quick128]

since last saturday I've shot 6. Two really nice bucks in there too, maybe 130-150 pounds. Of course I shot them under slightly different circumstances than the rest of you guys...

 

[leeawalden]

my buddy shot a doe saturday morning.

I saw a doe by her self and let her walk, as soon as she got in the woods I heard one chasing her. A small six came out later, never could get a clean shot on anything.