[paintballdude902]

well here in nc deer just ended and most(if not all) other seasons along with it

i got a few doves and a few quail my first 2 deer one small doe and one 120ish lbs doe

did my first bear hunt but came up empty handed still alot of fun though


so guys how was your 2007 hunting season?

anyone still got open seasons?

[uk roe hunter]

in the uk i took 6 roe bucks, a couple of muntjac does. some foxes, a dozen or so ducks and a dozen of other odds and sods. I have had a really quiet year as i had an ankle op early in the year and still am having problems with it.

steve

[Reyn]

So far 3deer and 11 squirrels. Still have a month on deer and 2 months for squirrels.

[Heavy Metal Hero]

Haven't shot a thing yet, but hog season is year round!

[MudPuppy]

I think we have open season til saturday, then a bit more for antlerless. I took a 6 point on opening day, saving the does to see if they draw in some bigger bucks for my brother (I'm not really a horn hunter, i just like the venison).

My son got to go dove hunting for the first time this year, so that was pretty cool. We didn't get a good shot on a deer when he went with me, they were coming in after dark but did see a nice 8 pointer that just wouldn't come on our side of the fence.

[30-06 lover]

Killed very little. A few ducks is all. Should have had a nice blacktail, but I blew it. Alway this year.

[Kimber1911_06238]

season closed on the 31st. Only one 8 pt buck with my bow this year...but waterfowl season is in full swing :)

[S&WKING]

in nebraska i got my limit on pheasents 2 times and shot a nice buck and killed lots of praire dogs in july

[dcon]

One small buck with the bow, and four does with the rifle. Our bow season is open until the 15th so the total may change, plus I'll be heading to texas later this month for whitetail,axis, and sambar deer.

[Andrew93]

I missed a what i think was a about 8 point. Very mad and sad:cuss::banghead::mad:

[.45Guy]

Shot a button buck during early season, and a doe later. Now I have two buck stickers for next year, and can go back to the, "If it's brown it's down philosophy."

[hossdaniels]

I got all 6 of my deer tags filled, 4 rabbits, a couple squirrels with my grandaddy's newly refinished .22( my personal highlight), also a couple of the deer with my new savage muzzleloader(one at 187yds). The .270 got its first long shot at 325 yds. Next year gonna have to try handgun hunting again with the 44(missed one this year).

[ranger58]

son and I, zero on deer hunting, bow and gun just one of those years and a new place we hunted so a little harder and not as much acreage, ice fishing starting up, bought a new grafite pole, need to get out and try it, maybe today:)

[rantingredneck]

Broke my back the second Saturday of bow season (tree stand fall). Had a seven hour surgery and spent a week in the hospital. Six weeks later back in the woods with a .243 and 12 ga. Five weeks after that took a small doe. Only thing I saw to shoot at. But hey, at least I'm walking and shooting :D.

Went squirrel hunting this past Saturday. No squirrels to be found, but saw two deer. Figures.

[BIGR]

Sorry about your accident rantingredneck . Just glad you are here to talk about it. I filled my 6 deer tags with a nine point and 5 does. Had some good deer roast for supper tonight and man I tell you it was good.

[JohnBT]

"but waterfowl season is in full swing"

It's going to be about 70* here today and tomorrow. SEND US SOME DUCKS. Please.

John

[rickyford2]

I shot a buck it would have been a 10 point but the 1 side must have broke off in a fight so it was only a 5-1 pointer:(
I shot about 10 squirls and lots off pest birds:D



Ricky

[MCgunner]

Done a bit of good waterfowl hunting as usual, only 6 trips, but that was enough I guess. Several limits of dove early. No deer, still have some time. Main thing, my friend's son got his first on my place several weeks back, a spike. I've gotte 3 hogs, though, and am out for more since there is no season on 'em. Got some of my buddy's kid's deer in the freezer and it's pretty full, only a small 5 sq ft freezer. I don't know if there's room for a whole deer in there, LOL, maybe if I take the basket out of the top I think there is. I have a friend that will take anything I can't find room for if I shoot one, anyway.

So, I'm happy with the way the season went even though I haven't shot a deer this year, so far. I don't have a problem with the meat I have in my freezer and there are more hogs out there, LOTS more hogs. They eat better'n venison anyway IMHO.

[MCgunner]

Broke my back the second Saturday of bow season (tree stand fall).

Christ, OUCH!!! Hope you're doin' okay. That hurts just reading about it. Glad you're back on your feet. That could have ended far worse!

[rantingredneck]

Doing much better thanks. I'm not quite 100% yet but I'd say I'm easily 90% recovered. I go back to the surgeon later this month for a checkup. He'll follow me through Sept. of this year.

If you want the full story with all the gory details read this (http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=306807).

Wear a harness!!!!

[mainebear]

redneck: Glad to hear that your back in the field. I know that by following your accident I will certainly be more carefull in the future. Thanks for sharing. God Bless

[Oldnamvet]

I didn't get a chance to get out for deer this year but I do have some pheasants and chukar in the freezer. Working at various clay games during the off season made me score 100% at whatever I shot at this year -- not necessarily always on the first shot though.:o And then I pick my shots as well. My father taught me to never waste a shell just to make them fly faster.

[41 Mag]

Only got to hit the woods a few time this year. Mostly with my grandson which was fun. I ended up only getting couple of feral boar hogs out of the general populus. The grandson missed a 4 point buck during the youth weekend, then followed up a couple of weekends later with his first yote,
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f285/41nag/Hunting%20-%2007/CodyYote2.jpg

The weekend after Thanksgiving he dropped his second feral boar which we didn't have the camera for.

This past closing weekend the daughter got out for her third or fourth time all season and managed to drop a decent little buck for our farm,
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f285/41nag/Hunting%20-%2007/P1050284.jpg

All in all the times I got out with the grandson as well as the once or twice I managed to head out alone were very rewarding. Getting to screw with the daughter and teach the grandson are to me as much fun as anything else. I got some video of a buck we saw last year, which has put on some nice head gear but just wasn't ready to be removed. It was still exciting to have him come in on me to within several yards while in full rut chasing does.

[Gingerbreadman]

Went Deer hunting for the first time. Spent as much time as I could out there. Shot at a doe. Didn't get it. Looking forward to the next season.

[RIDE]

I went out on my first deer hunt this past Sunday... it was the very last day of Extended Antlerless Season...

All day in the stand/blind... looking over some winter wheat, with a large section of dense woods across the field from me... Nothing comes out.

Sunset is about 6:00pm... I kept waiting, hoping to use the new rifle my wife bought me for Christmas.... at 5:50... I look and 2 does are suddenly standing at the end of the field... I can't shoot, as there are some branches in the way... they begin to come right at me... at 5:55pm they are about 40 yds from me.... I aim my new gun, new scope....BANG!!!!!! 1 shot one kill. The doe wasn't real big... But WOW!!! one of the most amazing expierences of my life... I am soooooo hooked.

Because firearms Deer season isn't open again until Nov/Dec. 2008... I am now planning to hunt Turkey in the spring, and may get a compound bow for the Turkey, and an Oct.1 start on Deer.

No wonder you guys love it!!!! Duh!!!! :D:D:D

[CoRoMo]

Purchased three tags, filled two.
(two elk tags, got one elk...one deer tag, one mule deer)
All three freezers are filled to the top. I'm happy.

[stevereno1]

Dove season was very good this year. I got about 15 birds. I took a six point buck on opening day of rifle season, and didn't go but a couple times after that. I am going to get me a few coyotes here in the near future.

[EatBugs]

Did pretty good over here in Indiana. I picked up a new .22 and put a scope on it and sighted it in myself. Then I laid the smack down on some squirrels. I got alot of squirrels this year and perfected my fried squirrel recipe. I also finally figured out how to skin a squirrel. I had alot to practice on:). I love my new .22! fun to shoot whether it be squirrels or old tomatos.
Oh and did quite good during deer season. I did alot of firsts this year. First time I have ever filled all my tags(two bonus antler-less and one antlered) and I shot my first buck this year.

I got my buck when I decided to go for a walk after an exciting but fruitless morning hunt....

(I saw a buck pass right infront of me but when I pulled the trigger nothing happened. so I pumped the gun and out falls an unused cartrage . the buck runs away in the meantime. 1/2 hour later and I see a large herd of does in opposite wheat field to far away to shoot, jumping around and acting skittish. They weren't winding me so I don't know what their problem was.)

So I get up to investigate noises in a ravine next to me. UP pops a buck and runs deeper into ravine and stops on other side of small hill. I go into sneak mode and follow, cause I know he is there. step on a twig and up pops the buck but this time he turns and starts to run my way on other side of ravine bottom. I get my gun to the ready and wait to see if he stops. He does stop in a perfect broadside 30 maybe 40 yards in a break in the trees and looks at me. I take the shoot and he runs up a cliff and outa site. HaHa got him! my first buck ever! Oddly, I find another blood trail on the property(this is opening day for firearms BTW) I follow it a bit but find nothing. It started near the road so I think someones else's deer ran onto the property I was hunting but the deer didn't start to bleed yet so they didn't come looking for it.

I shot my other two deer two days later and 5 mins from each other. I was watching the far wheat field to see where the large herd was coming out of the woods(been seeing them for last 2 days) with plans to move my stand when two does pop into my view. I shoot the larger one. So I come out of my blind and start to shed some layers for the work ahead when I look up and see the other doe watching me from the woods edge. I try to be sneaky and quietly pump my shotgun. I pumped it too gentle and it jams up. UGH! it felt like an hour to get the gun unjamed. But the doe was still there! So I settle into a shooting position and the doe makes a run for it-- kinda, she prances farther into the field and closer to me. I try a holler but it only makes her go faster so I put a lead on her and shoot. Aha! she falls in her tracks... Deer number 3 and my season is over in 3 days. I didn't know whether to be happy or sad. Shotgun season lasts 2 weeks over here. ( BTW, the first doe was actually a button buck, but still legal in Indiana)

So too cheep to buy more tags for another county but still having the hunting fever I go squirrel hunting on public land that gets NOOOO pressure during the weekdays. I didn't get anymore squirrels ( can squirrels see hunter orange? cause those little buggers where picking me out left and right) but I did see a few more deer.

I would like to dedicate this post to the landowner who allows me to hunt his land. A great guy and member of thr. He helped me this season when I shot my buck. Not only to give advice and help hoist buck into the back of my truck and lend me his knife when I discovered I couldn't find mine to gut the buck(turns out the knife fell out of my hunting pack). but, he didn't yell at me too much when in my nervous and excited state, I became plagued by Murphy's law and made mistake after mistake after mistake in front of him. I was acting like a real knucklehead.

So, yeah. It was a great season. Its gonna take alot to top this year.

[JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone]

My 13 year old got his first Whitetail. A doe the hard way. On the ground still hunting. I spent so much time with him, hunting does in the the woods that I was well out of buck area. They just weren't ruttin yet. Nothing for me except some incredible times with my youngest.

http://steveandrhonda.clearwire.net/FamilyStuff/Shane1stDoe2007.JPG

Earlier in the season I took the boys to some Mule Deer country. We saw several that'll be shooters next season, but only one really nice one at too long'a range for me to be teaching the boys just yet.

Mountain Lion is still open and last week we saw some good tracks in the snow not too far from home. I'm thinking about going back there to practice calling for some Yoties. Maybe I'll get lucky and a cat will move through the cross hairs.

-Steve

[JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone]

Please don't take that as a sexist remark. (Although I have been known to make a sexist remark a time or two...)

No, really! I love it when I see women in the woods doing the same thing men have been doing for centuries. If I had daughters, I hope I would be able to share the joys of hunting with them. Alas, I have sons and have already carried on tradition. I wish more dads would do the same with their girls. I know some do. But more need to.

Good for you Eatbugs! Going out on your own. Still, I'd rather that any hunter, male or female, use the buddy system. Hunting a farm or not.

-Steve

[ArmedBear]

Doves. Limits on two different hunts in the farmland in the Imperial Valley. Fun, and not bad eatin'. Had a big dove-eating party after a number of us saved our seasons' take. Dove is not my favorite meat, but it makes a good empanada.

Public lands closed due to fires in San Diego County. Finally, after partial reopening, I bought a deer tag. Didn't even see a deer. I think they all went to the areas closed to all human users.

Shot a rabbit or two, some pigeons.

Went to Montana with friends. Brought home a buffalo I shot with a .45-70 BP Sharps I borrowed. That was fun, and the meat is delicious! Had to buy a freezer for it.

Found a nice big covey of quail close to town in a legal hunting area, after it was reopened from fire closures. Shot one, before they flew into a subdivision. Ate it; it was delicious. Returned to area and found a sign that said DF&G had closed quail hunting in the area to help preserve remaining quail after the fire. Shot a dove instead. Tried brining it; it worked. I'll do that again.

Dog training this weekend. Might get a pheasant out of the deal.

Looks like it will be a sparse season in fire- and drought-ravaged San Diego, however, we've gotten a lot of rain recently. Next quail season might be another really good one!:)