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Posted: 8/14/2008 6:25:21 PM EDT
[Last Edit: M4Madness]
It's probably about that time for deer season to open in some states, so here is a thread to post photos of the deer taken during the 2008-2009 deer season. Good luck, guys and gals.
 Please post all photos of deer taken in previous seasons in the other tacked thread, and NOT in this one. Thanks. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 8/18/2008 10:22:03 PM EDT
[#1]
I'm signing onto my first deer lease ever this week, hopefully I'll have some good pics for you guys in a couple of months.
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Posted: 8/21/2008 12:03:52 PM EDT
[#2]
I'm still 3 weeks out from bow season. Consider this a placemarker.
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Posted: 8/21/2008 12:22:26 PM EDT
[#3]
we have a ways to go, but i will post one when i assasinate it
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Posted: 8/26/2008 8:17:59 AM EDT
[#4]
Place holder for me.
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Posted: 8/27/2008 6:55:24 AM EDT
[#5]
Deer seson has already started in SC to bad i will miss it this year too it sucks not geting any summer sausage.
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MO, USA
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Posted: 8/27/2008 9:24:15 PM EDT
[Last Edit: GaryM]
[#6]
Might as well put my marker in on page 1.
This year I will be shaking things up, no more AR15 in .223 for me. no sirree bob, this year it will be an AR15 in .300 whisper! (supersonic, no supressor of course.) Now that I have reserved a spot on page one I damn well better get one. It would be a bit embarassing to be skunked and be up front. And here he is... Evening of opening day. Rifle is a .300 whisper using a CavArms/Armalite Lower. A very light and handy rifle. Range was around 75 yards. 
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MO, USA
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Posted: 8/31/2008 3:42:54 PM EDT
[#7]
Bow season in MO starts in 15 days.
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Posted: 8/31/2008 3:58:20 PM EDT
[#8]
There are two 10 pointers living in my back 40.
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NC, USA
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Posted: 8/31/2008 10:05:33 PM EDT
[#9]
Gun season started Aug. 15th but I have not seen anything I wanted to shoot yet, It is just a matter of time before one on the big boy's on my deer cam makes a mistake.
Jim |
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Posted: 9/2/2008 9:38:12 PM EDT
[#10]
first time to post on this side, so hay yall
 consider this holding my spot on page one for the Sept. 27 opening of bow season caint wait
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Posted: 9/7/2008 10:29:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: HighStrung1]
[#11]
90 lb. Doe taken at J.W. Corbett WMA by my friend Mike on Saturday 9-6-08.
He's the one wearing the tactical flowery shorts.  He used a PSE w/Axis arrows and a Muzzy 100gr 4-blade from his Summit Treestand. She ran 40 yards and dropped. She was tasty!   I busted a hog on a spot and stalk from 20 yards, but couldn't find him with all the high water. We searched for 4 hours to no avail, but I did recover my bloody arrow. In our deer camp alone, there were 2 hogs and 2 bucks that were shot and never found. Average depth of water is 22 inches deep and 85% of the 60K acres is flooded. Tree-stand and pop-up blind hunting is SOP in this area for deer. I'll be returning on Friday with a new gameplan and a new location for my stand. Google earth is much helpful. I'll be sure to post pics should i be successful. HS1 |
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IL, USA
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Posted: 9/11/2008 7:23:07 PM EDT
[#12]
Waited to be less jealous to post but the wait aint workin. Nice job on the doe, looks like a nice shot.
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Posted: 9/11/2008 9:57:04 PM EDT
[#13]
placeholder...
hopefully
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Posted: 9/12/2008 5:46:21 AM EDT
[#14]
Tell him congratulations on a nice doe. We're less than 3 weeks away from archery season here.
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Posted: 9/12/2008 6:00:41 PM EDT
[#15]
I sure will! I'm so busy @ work I can't get any time off right now. Next weekend Kissimmee River, Starvation Slough and Micco Landing open for archery and i'll be there. This is my first bow season EVER. My first time shooting a bow was in January this year when I bought a Diamond Triumph and it's been my obsession ever since. I was really bummed when we couldn't find my boar, but as i've learned, it's all part of hunting. Hooked for life! HS1 |
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Posted: 9/15/2008 9:13:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: prcharlie]
[#16]
Now placeholding for a trophy buck, if I'm lucky.
Nope, this season was a bust for Bucks. Oh well, still had a good time! Kotonics upper Stag lower RRA 2stage triger Burris FFII SSA Prohunter First doe dropped in her tracks and the second went 20 yds and dropped. 
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NY, USA
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Posted: 9/15/2008 11:08:01 PM EDT
[#17]
place holder for my upstate NY trips
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CT, USA
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Posted: 9/19/2008 11:07:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: str8-shoe-tr]
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TX, USA
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Posted: 9/24/2008 9:45:09 PM EDT
[#19]
Reserving my spot. 29 Sept for Mule deer in the high desert. I hope I can take some leave and get permission from MARFORHOUSE to camp for 3 days.
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VA, USA
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Posted: 9/25/2008 1:17:15 PM EDT
[#20]
Holding this spot for what will hopefully be another good season.
And what's going on? I know there has to be more than one successful hunter out there so far. I know season hasn't started for everyone, but I need something to get me more psyched than I already am. |
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Posted: 9/25/2008 7:33:00 PM EDT
[#21]
16 October...opening day for Muzzleloader season in MD...and I will be in the woods all day!!!!
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Posted: 9/27/2008 10:48:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: IIRC]
[#22]
Just an opening day (bowseason) doe. Hopefully I'll have a couple more pics of something with antlers later on.
ETA: Switchback XT 67# 29"draw , Easton lightspeed arrows, and Rage 3-blade heads. 
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Posted: 9/28/2008 1:17:49 PM EDT
[#23]
Congratulations. Hunting over a beanfield, huh? It must be nice to have crops in your area. My locality is comprised strictly of cattle operations. Nothing wrong with "just a doe". In fact, that's all I've ever taken in the first 3 weeks of October. The earliest I've ever taken a buck is October 26. I start archery season each year pretty much targeting does, although I wouldn't pass up a big buck if it presented itself.  What was the shot distance?
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Posted: 9/28/2008 1:42:15 PM EDT
[#24]
IIRC,
That's a beautiful doe! Great shot. She should be very tasty. |
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WV, USA
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Posted: 9/28/2008 1:50:17 PM EDT
[#25]
i cant wait.
next weekend im going to bow hunt in maryland on my freinds property then WV's season starts oct 17th. |
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Posted: 9/28/2008 2:44:03 PM EDT
[#26]
Thanks for the compliments guys. The doe was 18 yards out. Usually we have a good ratio of bucks to does. I don't know what the deal is this year, but it went from being about 1:1, to one buck to three does. I saw seven does by 6:00 p.m., but this is the only one that had no fawn with her. All but one of the fawns still had faint spots on them.
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MO, USA
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Posted: 9/28/2008 9:19:59 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MOD16]
[#27]
 ETA: Finally got a doe last week. Shot her at 32 yards. |
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Posted: 9/28/2008 9:37:14 PM EDT
[#28]
I was thinking about that tonight when I was sitting there, not seeing anything. If it were only a few select fields, I think it would be advantageous. Since we are surrounded by crops, it doesn't really do anything for us. The spot I hunt is the closest thing to a funnel I can find in the area. But once the crops are off, they will cut across the open field, so at that point I'll probably change my strategy.I do think the crops help quite a bit for building up large, healthy sized deer. But with such a selection of food sources(crops everywhere, acorns in the woods, etc.) it doesn't seem any easier to get a pattern on them. It's funny though, I would like to try an area without crops. Damn grass is always greener.
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IL, USA
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Posted: 9/29/2008 7:49:32 AM EDT
[Last Edit: SIGFORALL]
[#29]
Nice job on your doe.
Our season opens Wednesday, I'll start mid month. I allways hope for thet early season doe chance. All crop fields or CRP field here, corn, beans and hay. The crops really help the deer get BIG. Our big bucks weight up to 250 lbs dressed on the scale. Old photo to show body size. Last years hunt. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/skunkmusky/20071stSeasonShotgun8ptandMore0261.jpg This big buck was just over 240 lbs dressed, and scores around 120. The smaller bodied buck scored 133. |
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Posted: 10/3/2008 6:18:09 PM EDT
[Last Edit: M4Madness]
[#30]
 Sorry for the crappy, after-dark cell phone pic. Yesterday (Thursday) was the second day of archery season. Wednesday evening, I hunted out of the same stand that I took a doe from on the third day of last archery season. I saw one doe Wednesday, but she was 60 yards south of me. Yesterday, I moved 40 yards south and climbed a tree. I had two does come past at around 40 yards in heavy foilage at 6:00 PM. At 6:30 PM, I had a red fox come past at 25 yards DOWNWIND. Good thing for Scent-Lok, rubber boots, and good scent-reduction practices in general. Around 6:45 PM, I heard a grunt behind me, and turned around to see what I thought was a small buck (its head was obstructed). Suddenly a fawn came charging down the hill towards it, and started nursing. I then realized that it was no buck.  I got to watch that fawn bucking its head into the udder just like a young calf.A little after 7:00 PM, I had two does walking right where I hoped they would be. I'd already ranged it at 25 yards earlier, so I was set. At 7:10 PM (about 45 minutes before last light), I watched that Lumenok streak right into the ribcage and disappear. Believe it or not, the mortally wounded doe ran up the opposite STEEP hill, which is unusual. I heard her crash, so I immediately called my brother on the cell phone for assistance and climbed down. I was perplexed when I didn't find my arrow stuck in the ground. Since I'm colorblind when it comes to deer blood, we just walked up the hill looking in the leafy undergrowth. My sister-in-law yelled, "I've got her up here." When I rolled her over to show the the entrance wound, my sister-in-law said, "There's something glowing in that hole." Sure enough, it was my Lumenok about a half inch in. I pulled it and about 6" of arrow out. I lost a Rage broadhead and have half a brand new Victory Archery arrow now, but that's the price you pay sometimes. I gutted her and we hauled her out in my brother's Polaris Ranger. |
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OR, USA
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Posted: 10/6/2008 3:53:49 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ski_dog]
[#31]
Posted this in the other thread too, but it looks like it should've been over here instead.
Took this four point Blacktail buck at 7:30 opening morning.  
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Posted: 10/7/2008 10:49:05 AM EDT
[#32]
Gorgeous deer! Congrats!
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GBR
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Posted: 10/9/2008 12:17:22 PM EDT
[#33]
Heres my mate Keith from the UK
This is his first Roe buck ever as you can proberly tell with the smile it took 3 days for that to go   Thats my 12 inch olympic .223 with the CQB fitted Wayne
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USA
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Posted: 10/13/2008 4:21:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: brykelly]
[#34]
#1 Smaller than I wanted but I had to put something in the freezer before Gen Firearms opens... I hope to replace with more worth pic!
#2 
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Posted: 10/14/2008 6:01:04 PM EDT
[#35]
Here is mine. Late evening, muley out in the desert.
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Posted: 10/14/2008 9:57:40 PM EDT
[#36]
nice pics everyone
got this guy on monday  
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Posted: 10/15/2008 12:08:24 AM EDT
[#37]
That is a very interesting rack, It looks like a chicken foot on the one side, very cool
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Posted: 10/16/2008 10:23:05 AM EDT
[#38]
I had a little difficulty seeing that small picture That is an awesome Mulie! Congrats! |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 11:18:51 AM EDT
[#39]
Here's one the pooch and I helped the hunter find.
 I belong to DeerSearch and this was my dog's first real track. He did great  If you're in NY and have a dog that you think could track, please, please, please get involved. There aren't enough members to take the volume of calls that come in. |
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Posted: 10/21/2008 6:30:55 PM EDT
[#40]
My Father-in-law killed this 8 pointer in the low country of SC. I'm going down in the morning(wish me luck).
 
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Posted: 10/21/2008 6:50:45 PM EDT
[#41]
Dupe from the bow hunting section.
Took this little buck on Friday evening. I had to endure an entire 8 minutes in the stand! Before you judge me for taking such a little buck let me explain. I’ve turned down several small bucks here in Ga this year already. I have a guy in Tn that let’s me hunt 3,000 acres. He’s got a beautiful farm and a nursery. The deer destroy tens of thousands of dollars of trees in his nursery every year. So, the only stipulation to allow me to hunt this pristine area (my dad and I are only ones with permission to hunt there) is that we have to shoot every buck we can and bring him some jerky every now an then. Small price to pay and bringing even a spike out to show him makes him very happy and retains our good graces to continue to hunt. As I said, I was in the stand for 8 min Friday evening. He came out from behind me about 8 yards away, walked out right in front of me at15 yards, quartered away at a 45 and looked the exact opposite direction from me. Shot was a little high, arrow in pic as found. Spine shot, he dropped in his tracks. As fate would have it though, 45 min after this one was down a very nice 6 pt walked out at 5 yards and hung out for 10 minutes! (1 buck per day in Tn, so I enjoyed the show while gritting my teeth) Saturday evening, I had 5 does come out. Pretty dicey for 35 min with 5 sets of eyes watching you, fanned out in a semi circle and coming right towards you. The biggest one, presented a great broadside shot at 22 yds. The rest is history documented in the pics. Couldn’t hunt this morning though, b/c it was so late when I got her out Sat. all the check stations were closed so I didn’t have a tag, so I took advantage  What a weekend!  
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Posted: 10/22/2008 10:27:58 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Headless_T_Gunner]
[#42]
Got this one on December 1st near Goliad. He is not the huge buck that I saw two weeks before the season opened and hunted for two weekends straight. One of the other hunters sat in a stand for 30 minutes and got him. That is how it goes some times.
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MO, USA
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Posted: 10/23/2008 1:37:03 AM EDT
[Last Edit: j20owner]
[#43]
Originally Posted By New4John:
...to shoot every buck we can... I always heard that does(who can have up to 3 fawns at one time, depending on age) have more of an effect on population than bucks. Strange policy. Nice deer, though. 
The doe is mine. The button buck is my wife's. Both shot within about 2 minutes of each other. My doe dropped from a spine/lung shot and hers was a good lung shot. No tracking needed. AR for the doe, .243 for the button. |
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Posted: 10/23/2008 9:30:44 AM EDT
[#44]
Absolutely they do, the bucks rubbing the trees in the nursery is what cost him tens of thousands of $'s each year. If we don't shoot them, the nursery owners in the area (not this guy) will just shoot them under crop damage tags and let them lay and waste. |
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MO, USA
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Posted: 10/23/2008 1:03:45 PM EDT
[#45]
Well, der. That's what I get for typing before my brains catch up with my fingers.
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Posted: 10/25/2008 3:14:37 PM EDT
[#46]
 Well, I arrowed my second doe of the season this morning at 10:43 AM. I'd watched two does feed for an hour and fourty-five minutes 75 yards up the hill from me, until the last one left at 10:05 AM. I was just relaxing when I heard this doe trotting down the hill behind me. She caught me completely off guard, and I barely had time to stand up and grab my bow. I drew, anchored, and mouth-bleated her to a stop at 26 yards. After the shot, she ran perhaps 50 yards, stopped and swayed back and forth, then fell over. |
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Posted: 10/26/2008 11:19:39 AM EDT
[#47]
Originally Posted By M4Madness: Well, I arrowed my second doe of the season this morning at 10:43 AM. I'd watched two does feed for an hour and fourty-five minutes 75 yards up the hill from me, until the last one left at 10:05 AM. I was just relaxing when I heard this doe trotting down the hill behind me. She caught me completely off guard, and I barely had time to stand up and grab my bow. I drew, anchored, and mouth-bleated her to a stop at 26 yards. After the shot, she ran perhaps 50 yards, stopped and swayed back and forth, then fell over. Good job, keep shooting those does. Not only do they taste just fine, but it helps the overall herd. I shot 7 does last year and 1 small buck (damn thing hid his rack behind his ears). |
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Posted: 10/26/2008 10:30:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: IMRICH]
[#48]
Picture of my best deer season. Mine is on the left-shot last week also posted earlier in the thread, the one in the middle was my 14 year old's first deer and the one on the right was my thirteen year old's second deer. All three were desert muleys shot out in the sage brush.
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ID, USA
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Posted: 10/27/2008 6:28:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BigBang]
[#49]
My 14 year old sons first deer. He had an either sex tag, but after hunting two weeks we didn't see a single buck. Saw probably a hundred or so does, a few elk and a moose, but no bucks. It was about a 200 yard uphill shot. It dropped within 5 feet. He was thrilled and i am very proud of him.
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Posted: 10/28/2008 6:54:12 AM EDT
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Oklahoma primative 2008. 70 yards 240 grn XTP with 100 grn Pyrodex pellets. The deer dressed out at 120lbs and has a 20" spread with 12 points. I think it's gonna be a non typical. |
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