2018-19 Bambi Whacking

BigCountry14 · Oct 6, 2018

I bumped about a dozen does on my way in. Then when the neighbor got in, he bumped a 10pt right passed my stand......i just hadnt quite climbed it yet!

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willtill · Oct 6, 2018

Been too warm/too wet to hunt...

...but I’m going to get my license this Wednesday and verify my TC Arms Omega’s zero.

Lady out in Woodbine is begging me to kill the deer that are occupying her territory. As always, I am happy to oblige.

Pics upcoming once I get back into the thick of it. :thumbsup:

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lazarus · Oct 6, 2018

No luck. Just the two I bumped on the way in. Plus three huge Toms. A big fox that came by around 4:15. And it was back at 6pm. A squirrel. Only a couple of birds. Oh and two big coons in twiglight on the way out.

lazarus · Oct 6, 2018

willtill said:
...but I’m going to get my license this Wednesday and verify my TC Arms Omega’s zero.

Lady out in Woodbine is begging me to kill the deer that are occupying her territory. As always, I am happy to oblige.

Pics upcoming once I get back into the thick of it.

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If you need a partner...I am not far and always happy to reduce the deer population

BigCountry14 · Oct 6, 2018

Ive had pictures of her for two years. First time ive seen her in the woods

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lazarus · Oct 7, 2018

Came back from taking my cat to the emergency vet (damned cat got another blockage. His days are numbered unfortunately). Found 4 big does sleeping in my yard. Too bad it was 2am. I had to walk within about 20 feet of them with my flash light before they finally got up and sauntered off

At least I found where the deer had been “near me” (Park is a mile from my house) *eyeroll*

remrug · Oct 7, 2018

newmuzzleloader said:
Thanks Inigoes, that must be new, that sucks I'm going to have to find another place to make deer bologna as good as Ilyes up by Leader Heights.

Good luck with that.Ilyes is the best I ever tasted.Plus their deer dogs are out of this world,and I dont like hotdogs at all.

JB62 · Oct 10, 2018

First time hunting Sika. Was a little hot and thought the skeeters were going to suck me dry, but manage this little guy. Caught him growling at another smaller buck. Seems they are pre-rut, think males are ready but females have not come in yet.

Mike3888 · Oct 10, 2018

Congrats, nothing wrong with that.

pbharvey · Oct 10, 2018

JB62 said:
First time hunting Sika. Was a little hot and thought the skeeters were going to suck me dry, but manage this little guy. Caught him growling at another smaller buck. Seems they are pre-rut, think males are ready but females have not come in yet.

Congratulations.

Are sika normally that brown?

Mini14tac · Oct 10, 2018

JB62 said:
First time hunting Sika. Was a little hot and thought the skeeters were going to suck me dry, but manage this little guy. Caught him growling at another smaller buck. Seems they are pre-rut, think males are ready but females have not come in yet.

Nice!!! One of the best eating animals on the planet! Veal of Elk!!!

lazarus · Oct 10, 2018

pbharvey said:
Congratulations.

Are sika normally that brown?

IMHO, at least the seasons I’ve seen them in person, yes. Or at least more brown than white tail are by the late season.

AlBeight · Oct 10, 2018

pbharvey said:
Congratulations.

Are sika normally that brown?

The stags are dark brown to very dark brown, you have to look pretty hard to see their spots (yup, they too have ‘em). Plus they are an elk, so they actually do wallow in the mud, making them really brown & kinda smelly sometimes. The does (I don’t care to call them “hines”) are much lighter in color and their spots are more visible. Very much agree with everyone here, the best game meat I’ve had outside of moose.

If you have the time, don’t mind driving a ways to get to where they live, and don’t mind donating a third of your blood supply to the local mosquito population, a sika deer of either sex is a decent hunter trophy and a pile of protein that tastes 2nd to none. Good luck.

67temp · Oct 14, 2018

My season has been pretty crappy so far. I'm only able to get out in the woods on Saturdays and half of those the weather hasn't cooperated. I did managed to drop this little guy last night though.

steves1911 · Oct 15, 2018

Finally made it into a stand Saturday evening at the family farm. Didn't see anything on stand got down just early enough to stalk my way back to the barn between the corn and soybean fields. It paid off with a small doe.

nedsurf · Oct 15, 2018

After 50-60 hour work weeks since early august, I finally got a chance today to get into the woods with my bow. I found a fresh downed tree from the recent storm that I turned into a ground blind. It was right near a good deer path leading to a stream. No deer until walking out then jumped a buck out of his bedding. It was so nice being in the woods.
Also noticed the acorns are big and plentiful this year due to all the rain. There should be some big bodied deer this year and plenty of fawns this spring.

Racer Doug14 · Oct 15, 2018

Nice one 67Temp!

Racer Doug14 · Oct 15, 2018

Seeing a LOT of roadkilled whitetails.

Speed3 · Oct 15, 2018

Saturday while picking up the new puppy in NOVA, watched an 8 pts make a scrap and stand up to kick the branch. Rut still be here soon I think

lazarus · Oct 16, 2018

Trying to wrestle with my ML to see if my changes/fixes will get it zeroed. Going to take off work at lunch time to do it. If it goes well and fast enough I am headed to Patuxent afterward to try to find a location or two to hang my stand Thursday morning. Maybe I will jump a deer while poking around (taking my crossbow with me).

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