Deer hunting BS thread

E2 with my Bow. Right side of B1 with my rifle

 

Drew an Antelope tag again this year. Don’t really know how I feel about it. Been kinda in a slump lately as far as hunting goes. Guess I’ll have to go find some coyotes to get the juices flowin.

 

I'm getting excited for this deer season. I won a controlled hunt in a +9,000 acre wildlife refuge. It's archery only, 1 buck and 1 doe, lasts for the entire month of November and only 300 people won permits.




Best part is I work 3 minutes away from one of the parking areas for the refuge. I'll be getting off work a 3:30 and doing a lot of evening hunts!

 

I've drawn a couple of managed hunts in the past and really enjoyed them. Good luck!!

 

Hey. we have had flashflooding the last week or so. youngest son hunts a river bottom farm just over the hill from the house, trail cam pics.

 

Wow!

 

X7

 

My son and I went out to do some scouting this morning. Also, Tried out my climbing steps and saddle setup.

 

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These three wouldn’t leave me alone mowing

 

Nice!

I hunt my local watershed area and it's controlled hunt slug gun only and Bow only areas.
I have several thousand acres to hunt, seemingly not possible in Southern ct, but it's here.

Yesterday was the first day I could go in to the Bow only area, so I promptly set up my ladder at daybreak.
Same tree for the last 10 years and I usually score multiple deer from it.

I hunt several spots, but always return to this ladder.
Public Land sucks, But one has to make the most of what is offered.
Old saying applies, "Why leave fish to find fish".

 

so, are you allowed to leave it up for the season, or...…..

 

Yes, till Dec.31.

 

that's good, I take it you have a good locking system of some sort ?

 

I have it cable locked, but if someone want to steal a $59 ladder and get it out of the woods, have at it.

Only issue I had was 4 years ago.
Some wad took out the bolts between ladder sections and loosened the straps.
I always check the ladders integrity before I go up.
would have been a surprise going up in the dark like that.

 

Ya, I have never understood the reason for killing snakes, in my opinion they do a lot of good. don't get me wrong I am no animal rights advocate or anything like that, I have done a lot of hunting in my day. However over the years I have read so many articles about killing snakes and have always wondered why?. I find them around the outbuildings every now and then, not all rattlers, i just give them a wide berth, I think it is one of the reasons my rodent population is never very bad. don't take this the wrong way, as i don't really care how many you take out, but I have always wondered why. jmop

 

snakes lives matter

 

If i know they are venomous they die...

 

Ha Ha Very Good!!!!!! (I like that)

 

I don’t like any of them