Hunting Thread!

[NearMeBettas]

After this weekend I have 1 more week. I'm on the 2nd weekend

Same with me.

 

[FishandBirdLover]

My dad, cousin, and I went out to my dads friends land and we (My dad and I. My cousin went a bit further down to a stand) walked through a field to a hunting "Hut". We saw 3 deer walking through the woods and we had hoped they would stick around but they left. We then saw a fawn that was just eating and chilling and we were waiting for it to come out of the woods. We waited FOREVER and it didn't suspect anything. It came out of the woods and it knew we were there and ran of. We then saw another deer walking through the woods. I tried to get it but it was snowing heavily and it was behind tons of brush. It sadly ran off. THEN, my dad and I each saw a deer. We thought they were both fawns. They looked back and a bigger doe came out. My dad kept telling me to aim at the one, then the other, because they kept going behind things. When I was about to shoot the 2nd biggest doe, my dad told me to shoot at the biggest doe. I did. My dad described the deer as "going down like a ton of bricks". He then shot 4 times at the 2nd biggest doe. We both busted their spines so they didn't run far. We both then saw 2 deer running through the woods and the fawn ran away. My dad and I each got 2 does. Pictures soon...

 

[NearMeBettas]

My dad, cousin, and I went out to my dads friends land and we (My dad and I. My cousin went a bit further down to a stand) walked through a field to a hunting "Hut". We saw 3 deer walking through the woods and we had hoped they would stick around but they left. We then saw a fawn that was just eating and chilling and we were waiting for it to come out of the woods. We waited FOREVER and it didn't suspect anything. It came out of the woods and it knew we were there and ran of. We then saw another deer walking through the woods. I tried to get it but it was snowing heavily and it was behind tons of brush. It sadly ran off. THEN, my dad and I each saw a deer. We thought they were both fawns. They looked back and a bigger doe came out. My dad kept telling me to aim at the one, then the other, because they kept going behind things. When I was about to shoot the 2nd biggest doe, my dad told me to shoot at the biggest doe. I did. My dad described the deer as "going down like a ton of bricks". He then shot 4 times at the 2nd biggest doe. We both busted their spines so they didn't run far. We both then saw 2 deer running through the woods and the fawn ran away. My dad and I each got 2 does. Pictures soon...

What a night!

 

[Rocky998]

My dad, cousin, and I went out to my dads friends land and we (My dad and I. My cousin went a bit further down to a stand) walked through a field to a hunting "Hut". We saw 3 deer walking through the woods and we had hoped they would stick around but they left. We then saw a fawn that was just eating and chilling and we were waiting for it to come out of the woods. We waited FOREVER and it didn't suspect anything. It came out of the woods and it knew we were there and ran of. We then saw another deer walking through the woods. I tried to get it but it was snowing heavily and it was behind tons of brush. It sadly ran off. THEN, my dad and I each saw a deer. We thought they were both fawns. They looked back and a bigger doe came out. My dad kept telling me to aim at the one, then the other, because they kept going behind things. When I was about to shoot the 2nd biggest doe, my dad told me to shoot at the biggest doe. I did. My dad described the deer as "going down like a ton of bricks". He then shot 4 times at the 2nd biggest doe. We both busted their spines so they didn't run far. We both then saw 2 deer running through the woods and the fawn ran away. My dad and I each got 2 does. Pictures soon...

Awesome! Congrats!

 

[Fishmanic]

So is your Dad going to do the butchering to freeze it for next years family meals.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Congratulations! Was this your first deer? How'd it feel?

Do you process your own meat or hire it done? I've always wanted to get a deer done professionally just to see how it's done, but I'm much too cheap.

 

[Fishmanic]

For the price of a couple of bullets you can feed your family for a whole year

 

[FishandBirdLover]

So is your Dad going to do the butchering to freeze it for next years family meals.

Yep!

 

[FishandBirdLover]

Congratulations! Was this your first deer? How'd it feel?

Do you process your own meat or hire it done? I've always wanted to get a deer done professionally just to see how it's done, but I'm much too cheap.

I shot a 5 point buck last year and a buck fawn also last year. So this is my first doe, 3rd deer.

No, my family has hunted for YEARS, so everyone knows how to process the meat. It gets handed down.

 

[FishandBirdLover]

Here are our deer.

 

[Rocky998]

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Here are our deer.

Nice ones!! Congratulations Naela! You did good!

 

[FishandBirdLover]

Spoiler: Deer

 

[WhistlingBadger]

They look delicious!

 

[NearMeBettas]

Yep!

You should help! You shoot the dear, you help process it.

For the price of a couple of bullets you can feed your family for a whole year

Not actually, but I wish lol. You have to buy a license. The Youth license are relatively cheap being under 10 dollars depending but the bonus is much more expensive hitting around $20.00. Then you also must think of the time involved in sitting out in the stand.

 

[NearMeBettas]

Spoiler: Deer

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Nice dear!! Congrats!

You didn't really shoot them in the spine, did you??? I just caught that in the above message. I don't know how a crippled dear would run at all. Why not shoot the heart or lungs (or head) for a quick death instead of crippling them? That seems awfully cruel. If they were accidentally shot in the spine the gun was not sighted in right, risky shots were taken, or someone is simply a bad shot lol. Four shots at the second doe before hitting it??

I shot my buck this year in the heart and he dropped. My buck last year in the lungs and he didn't make it 100ft. The year before doe in the head and she dropped, and before that, another lung shot to a buck didn't make it 100ft. My point is, a shot to the vitals (heart, lung, or brain) is MUCH quicker and less painful than crippling them and you kill them with one shot.