2021 Hunting Picture Thread

[Gus Gustovshon]

A fat 4-point sacrificed himself at sundown today. The Ruger #1, .270 Winchester, 150 grain Remington Core-Lokt once again left nothing to be desired. You are seeing the exit in this view. He was quartering towards me when the bullet hit his left shoulder, taking out the tops of both lungs. The abdomen was clean. Got him to the processing cooler 2 1/2 hours after he went down. Should be a good table trophy!

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That Ruger is perfect.

 

[ACES&8S]

These two girls used bullets I made for them. Left is Emma used a .308 an 8 point// Right is Kay she used a .243 a 6 point. Both deer went straight down.
They are both experienced hunters and enjoy shooting all year round. I am very proud to know them both.

 

[DM~]

These two girls used bullets I made for them. Left is Emma used a .308 an 8 point// Right is Kay she used a .243 a 6 point. Both deer went straight down. They are both experienced hunters and enjoy shooting all year round. I am very proud to know them both.

Bullets ? or ammo?? IF it's bullets, I'd love to hear about your bullet swage setup...

Congrats to the girls...

DM

 

[courtgreene]

I didn’t take any real bruisers this year. Also, for whatever reason, I never got a shot at a doe which stinks, because I much prefer them. Meat is meat, though, so here’s my gun season in two pics.

that second one was actually the first one shot in gun season. Interestingly, he followed a doe (which never gave me a shot) into some thick underbrush through which I could see neither of them. It was still and quiet for about fifteen minutes. After that I never saw her again but he came walking out of the brush straight toward me. Easy shot. Down right there.
I don’t know much about the finer points of animal husbandry, but does that behavior indicate him breeding her in those 15 minutes?

Edited to add: notice the mud up to the knee on the second picture. There’s a former pond that’s been gone for thirty years near that site, through which those two deer came before going up hill to me. THIRTY YEARS LATER, they still sink that deep when they cross it. For some reason I’m baffled by this.

 

[Highland Lofts]

Took a single anterlerd buck on Wednesday and a small doe this morning. I shot the doe in her nose straight on with my H&R Handi-Rifle. Dropped like a ton of bricks.
The buck was quarteringaway, high right side shoulder shot dead in its tracks. The Bullets never exited either deer. Will recover them and see how much of the 100 grain Hornady SST bullets are left together.




Last night we cut up another deer we both and made some venison jerky marinade and had a few beers. When we get back to my brother's we will cut up some more deer and get the dehydrator going and marinade more venison for jerky.





These two deer make four so far this year we have tomorrow and Sunday left for regular deer season.
Congrats to everyone who was successful and good luck if you still have time to hunt this season & be safe.

 

[KsSkaEnthusiast]

Pt 2 of my girlfriend and I's hunt. My father told me to sit at the upper end of our slightly angled field and wait for him to spook the deer out of our tree row. As he said "they'll come out by my skid steer and almost run you over if your in the middle" and sure enough they came running out exactly the way he said. Managed to pick out the 1 buck out of 10 does running up the field and got a good shot on him. This came from my Ruger American Go Wild in 6.5 creed with the 140 federal fusions. The shot that dropped him went right through the chest on a dead run and I put a second through the neck. Extremely happy with the performance of my equipment.

 

[Armored farmer]

I had a great day despite not firing a shot .
A 'paying the dues ' day started in the pre-dawn flooded timber flooded timber near the Wabash river.

#1 son and his lab pup Lilah.
We had two different flights land in our spread before shooting light, and leave. When shooting time arrived the ducks left.
We hung around until midmorning, but no birds. #1 used his old LH wingmaster out if respect and nostalgia. I bought that LH wingmaster for him when he was a teen..
I carried my 870 ultra mag(which had belonged to #1 son until he found a LH Versamax 3.5")
I then went home and went deer hunting during our muzzleloader season.
It was unusually warm today, 60s. I decided to go after lunch. I just grabbed my orange vest and hat. Hawken .54, permits, knife, and binos. I enjoyed sitting inside the blind during the drizzling rain.

I had a nice 8pt come into range, but no shot was offered.
Maybe tomorrow.....

 

[27hand]

Got a doe on Sat. I took my Tikka T3x in .300 winmag. I know too much gun but I wanted to see how it would do and really, just wanted to hunt with it.
It also never had blood on it.

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On tuesday, I decided to go back to my crossbow behind my house.
The decent bucks crawled in a hole here but one small 8 point was hanging around. Well, Used to hang around

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This was a 32 yard shot with a Ten Point Wicked Ridge Stealth FX4 using Spitfire 100s mechanical opening broadhead.

 

[Highland Lofts]

Nice pair of deer, meat in the freezer is a good thing.
We have two to get cut up & put in the freezer.

 

[hq]

I had a great day despite not firing a shot .
[...]
I had a nice 8pt come into range, but no shot was offered.
Maybe tomorrow.....

Much the same last night. Freezing rain, sleet, wind. Even some snow. Meaning that deer weren't moving, even though we flushed a few from under the trees on the way to the stands. Three does and a fawn showed up before midnight but not knowing whose fawn it was, I couldn't take the shot.

It took more than half an hour in 220°F late night sauna and a big cup (or two ) of hot chocolate laced with peppermint liquor to thaw us after the hunt.

Today the weather doesn't seem to get any better so we try again on sunday. A genuinely big buck showed up on the camera at 2:30am so there's an incentive to go back as soon as the weather improves.

 

[Patocazador]

The second half of the duck season opened today so I opted out of deer hunting and went back to the pond on the back 20 acres.
Both wood ducks and blackbellied ducks nest in the 5 nest boxes I made but they seldom show up in hunting season.

Heavy fog hung over the pond but one drake wood duck showed up. I winged him and he disappeared into the fog. My dog died last Spring so I had to wait for the fog to lift and chase the duck down out in the pasture. At least I wasn't skunked.

 

[Armored farmer]

#1 son sent this snap from today's duck hunt....

 

[Patocazador]

Does that nail polish help her swim better?

 

[AgPilot]

Does that nail polish help him swim better?

 

[AgPilot]

The second half of the duck season opened today so I opted out of deer hunting and went back to the pond on the back 20 acres.
Both wood ducks and blackbellied ducks nest in the 5 nest boxes I made but they seldom show up in hunting season.

Heavy fog hung over the pond but one drake wood duck showed up. I winged him and he disappeared into the fog. My dog died last Spring so I had to wait for the fog to lift and chase the duck down out in the pasture. At least I wasn't skunked.

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Sorry for Your loss

 

[Patocazador]

Sorry for Your loss

Thank you. She was a wonderful dog.

 

[J-Bar]

ANTICIPATION

My Colorado cousin will join me for a 1 1/2 day Missouri muzzleloader hunt on January 3-4. Part of the joy of hunting is the anticipation and we have over two weeks more before we venture out. Here’s hoping I can make another post in early 2022!

And now back to our regular program…

 

[Hugger-4641]

More meat in the freezer.
Taken with my Howa 30-06 just before sunset. Perfect heart shot, big exit, no meat lost.

 

[marksman13]

Stick around to blow at me 15 times and you have lived your last day. Fifty yards with the 250 Savage. She ran maybe fifty yards before collapsing. High shoulder shot with 100 grain Hornady Interlocks.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

A 250 Savage in a Ruger single shot.
Nice...

Good shot too.

 

[Axis II]

Got a doe on Sat. I took my Tikka T3x in .300 winmag. I know too much gun but I wanted to see how it would do and really, just wanted to hunt with it.
It also never had blood on it.

View attachment 10428942021-12-06_06-35-58 by poofy27, on Flickr

View attachment 10428952021-12-06_06-36-45 by poofy27, on Flickr

On tuesday, I decided to go back to my crossbow behind my house.
The decent bucks crawled in a hole here but one small 8 point was hanging around. Well, Used to hang around

View attachment 10428962021-12-07_07-29-05 by poofy27, on Flickr

This was a 32 yard shot with a Ten Point Wicked Ridge Stealth FX4 using Spitfire 100s mechanical opening broadhead.

What is the black thing sticking out on the side of the receiver?

 

[marksman13]

A 250 Savage in a Ruger single shot.
Nice...

Good shot too.

I almost sold it earlier this year. Kinda glad I hung onto it though.

 

[27hand]

What is the black thing sticking out on the side of the receiver?

Thats the bolt release.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

I almost sold it earlier this year. Kinda glad I hung onto it though.

You chose wisely...

 

[hq]

Success! This fellow arrived, nervous and twitchy. It even took off twice for no apparent reason, ran 20-30 yards each time, started looking around and listening. Eventually it stopped 100 yards from me and offered a broadside. I probably have to sight in my rifle for shorter distances, I aimed at the top of the lungs and it took out the spine instead. Not DRT but paralyzed and breathing so a coup de grace was needed.

A quite decent young 6pt. Good body mass, very small antlers.

Dinner & sauna next.