Jealous!
2023 Hunting Picture Thread
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Patocazador
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Lucky Coincidence.
I was walking back from my morning stand yesterday and turned to look at a barren food plot. A bobcat and I were staring at each other. I reacted first and shot it in the neck.
You can see the "burn" the bullet made sliding under its chin.
I was walking back from my morning stand yesterday and turned to look at a barren food plot. A bobcat and I were staring at each other. I reacted first and shot it in the neck.
You can see the "burn" the bullet made sliding under its chin.
Shanghai McCoy
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It was a windy day but there were some does moving. This one gave me the best opportunity. She's a big one.
Oh, and 51 years to the day since I swore my oath of enlistment into the Navy.
Oh, and 51 years to the day since I swore my oath of enlistment into the Navy.
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American_Fusilier
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My grandpa has a cabin near wildrose! Though I've never been hunting up there
Glockula
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The puppy's first rooster. We scored on public land this morning. He is really starting to get it
irishlad
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Awesome!!!!!!
marksman13
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Picked up a two-fer this evening. Shot the bigger doe at 60 yards. Springfield Waypoint in 308 shooting 165 gr Sierra Game Kings. Bullet must have hit a rib and ricocheted because the bullet entered just behind the shoulder and exited back in her gut. She was perfectly broadside and not quartered at all. The yearling should have been safe, but with the weird exit angle, she caught it in the neck. Dropped her where she stood, but I had to finish her off with my Bodyguard. Bigger doe ran about twenty yards into some thick brush before piling up. I don’t particularly like shooting deer that small, but we need to kill a bunch this year and she’ll be tender for sure.
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marksman13
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Put some blood on the new Waypoint in 6 Creed tonight. Bout to see if I can do it again.
marksman13
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Killed a second pig a little later. 127 yards. Bang. Flop.
irishlad
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Got a few Bufflehead yesterday. Starting to ice up.
Put a doe in the freezer last weekend. I've had very little time to hunt this year but managed to get a day off and try out a ground blind for the fist time. I was in there by 6:50 am with legal light being at 7:15am. Had a doe in my sights at 7:25, she was about 80 yards away down a narrow lane between pine trees. I had my scope on 3X and I went ahead and cranked it up to 9X and found that this doe had 8 legs. You could just barely make it out but she had another deer directly behind her. So I waited for one to move and they walked in tandem back into the trees.
At 830 I was cold and thinking I should go home and get some work done, and just then the does came back out. I eased the screen down just enough to poke my gun out. This time they were super spooky and really didn't want to leave the treeline, but eventually one of them turned broadside while in the clear and I made my shot at 65 yards. I hit her higher than intended but it worked out as the bullet punched through a rib, severed the spine, and broke another rib on exiting. She dropped literally in her tracks and expired quietly and very fast. I used a ruger ranch rifle in .450 bushmaster loaded with 250 grain hornady black. She dressed out at 145lbs and I spent the afternoon with a couple of my favorite knives and had the meat all in the freezer by 430pm.
At 830 I was cold and thinking I should go home and get some work done, and just then the does came back out. I eased the screen down just enough to poke my gun out. This time they were super spooky and really didn't want to leave the treeline, but eventually one of them turned broadside while in the clear and I made my shot at 65 yards. I hit her higher than intended but it worked out as the bullet punched through a rib, severed the spine, and broke another rib on exiting. She dropped literally in her tracks and expired quietly and very fast. I used a ruger ranch rifle in .450 bushmaster loaded with 250 grain hornady black. She dressed out at 145lbs and I spent the afternoon with a couple of my favorite knives and had the meat all in the freezer by 430pm.
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Finally got my schedule to line up with the kids’ school schedule and family plans, got the boy out with me jumping some ducks this afternoon after school and before him and the rest of the family leaves for Christmas out of state (I have to stay behind and work). He is 2 units shy of finishing hunter safety, so he may get to pack the scattergun before duck season ends in a couple weeks. Makes hiking up and down the creek a lot easier when you have someone to pack the birds for you! He had a blast and can’t wait to be able to shoot some of his own.
archeryrob
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Went out shopping for does last weekend and this guy came by posing
This is extremely low fat for an eastern deer. He was still rut crazed. The tarsal glands stinked pretty good and his back legs were all pizzed on.
This is extremely low fat for an eastern deer. He was still rut crazed. The tarsal glands stinked pretty good and his back legs were all pizzed on.
md7
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Couple bucks from yesterday and today. The first two taken with the Bergara 308.
Off to a decent start.
Off to a decent start.
marksman13
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Daughter killed her first deer this evening. Young doe at 85 yards. She was shooting the Springfield Armory 2020 Waypoint in 6 Creed that we got her for Christmas. 103 grain Hornady ELD-X. Shot was perfect and exited through the off-side shoulder, breaking it and leaving an awesome blood trail for about 50 yards where she piled up. A few still shots from the video tell the story of how hard that deer was hit. They’ll be blurry, but y’all will get the picture.
irishlad
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Awesome!! Congrats!
EMC45
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Whether he shot them or not, that's a great picture! That could be a Natural Resources ad.
Patocazador
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Down here when the bucks are putting on weight, the fat is white. When they're getting run-down chasing does and fighting, the fat is being used up and it is pink.
marksman13
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Killed two more heathen swine tonight. Both right around a hundred yards. I had been wanting to try some solid copper bullets in the 6 Creed, so I picked up a box of Hornady Superformance 90 CX ammo and loaded them up. Neither pig took a step and the 6 Creed just continues to impress me on deer and pig sized critters. The POF Revolution is equally impressive as it just keeps on printing tiny groups and killing the heck out of everything I point it at.
22250Rem
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Not mine, but my buddy dropped this doe at 4:58 PM yesterday with about 17 minutes of legal shooting time left. It was very overcast so we were already losing what little daylight we had. It was the first kill for the Traditions Nitrofire muzzleloader he got earlier this year.
. It was with several other does that he said ran in my direction at the shot. I was over 100 yards west of him but they must have made a left turn and went downhill before they even got near me. I heard the shot and thought something might be headed my way but no such luck. It was the last day of hunting around here for a while as late muzzleloader season closed yesterday. Although squirrel season still runs until the end of February. Managed one squirrel a few days ago with the Crosman 1377 air gun. First one ever for that gun. It's a .177 cal. pump up that seems pretty potent for an air pistol with a shoulder stock, but all my air gun squirrels have been taken with a Benjamin Trail .22 cal. break barrel rifle that works well within 25 yards or so. Had my doubts about the 1377's effective range but parked myself in a spot where a close range shot was about all you could hope for. Wound up with this one from only 8 yards, ( went back to my spot later with the laser rangefinder to confirm that distance). I was surprised at how close he came in; they usually only do that when I'm deer hunting, LOL.
. Next on the list is more squirrel hunting in a friend's woods with the CZ-455 in .22LR. Last couple years I wanted to squirrel hunt with the air guns for the challenge and because It's legal. Now that I have scratched the air gun itch, I want to go back to 22LR.
. It was with several other does that he said ran in my direction at the shot. I was over 100 yards west of him but they must have made a left turn and went downhill before they even got near me. I heard the shot and thought something might be headed my way but no such luck. It was the last day of hunting around here for a while as late muzzleloader season closed yesterday. Although squirrel season still runs until the end of February. Managed one squirrel a few days ago with the Crosman 1377 air gun. First one ever for that gun. It's a .177 cal. pump up that seems pretty potent for an air pistol with a shoulder stock, but all my air gun squirrels have been taken with a Benjamin Trail .22 cal. break barrel rifle that works well within 25 yards or so. Had my doubts about the 1377's effective range but parked myself in a spot where a close range shot was about all you could hope for. Wound up with this one from only 8 yards, ( went back to my spot later with the laser rangefinder to confirm that distance). I was surprised at how close he came in; they usually only do that when I'm deer hunting, LOL.
. Next on the list is more squirrel hunting in a friend's woods with the CZ-455 in .22LR. Last couple years I wanted to squirrel hunt with the air guns for the challenge and because It's legal. Now that I have scratched the air gun itch, I want to go back to 22LR.
Arkansas Paul
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Had a fun season, even though it wasn't that successful as far as taking game. Managed one doe during muzzleloader, then missed a couple times during gun season.
But good times were had.
Here's a couple pics of when the wife and daughter joined me.
But good times were had.
Here's a couple pics of when the wife and daughter joined me.
Gerd33
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One last one for the year, from this past Saturday (Dec 30).
I decided to go out over the weekend for our Alternative methods (formerly muzzloader) season.
Since my daughter wasn't able to work out the scheduling with her work, I took along the Traditions Buckstalker that I bought for her last year.
This doe and two others showed up just before dark, but she was the only one that came out into the small opening in front of my blind. The shot was about 25 yards after which she ran about 30 yards and dropped right in one of our access roads.
I decided to go out over the weekend for our Alternative methods (formerly muzzloader) season.
Since my daughter wasn't able to work out the scheduling with her work, I took along the Traditions Buckstalker that I bought for her last year.
This doe and two others showed up just before dark, but she was the only one that came out into the small opening in front of my blind. The shot was about 25 yards after which she ran about 30 yards and dropped right in one of our access roads.
Jcon72
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Didn't see any of the big ones this season, but I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to arrow this pretty little 12-point back in November. He only made it 20 yards.
Then, a couple weeks later I checked off a bucket-list item when I took this doe with my birth-year 3-screw .45 Blackhawk. She, too, only went 20 yards.
Then, a couple weeks later I checked off a bucket-list item when I took this doe with my birth-year 3-screw .45 Blackhawk. She, too, only went 20 yards.
marksman13
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My daughter killed her first duck this morning. Proud dad moment. Guess it’s time to call the taxidermist.
WisBorn
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That woody will make a beautiful mount tobe proud of
