2019-2020 Bambi whacking

wilcam47 · Nov 28, 2019

Bboarder said:
He's taunting you, that's his "I'd look good as a should mount, think you can get me?"

yeah, If I ever shot this one, thats how hes going to get mounted... :lol2:

engineerbrian said:
I typically bow hunt on Thanksgiving morning. Glad i wasnt in the stand this morning!!!

My son heard the tree fall and crash into the stand this morning.

Yikes! Glad you werent in there!...similar situation during bear season few years ago now, had thunderstorms rolling through but I forget the details, anyhow where my stand was the tree right next to it got hit by lightening and blew up. shards were everywhere, had one of us been sitting there we would have got hit by lightening or the shards. Weird thing was it was down the hill not even the tallest thing around. :sad20:

newmuzzleloader · Nov 28, 2019

Sometime in the past 4 days some sorry POS stole both of my game cameras out of my woods. I had to walk around and make sure the tree stands hadn't been tampered with ( didn't appear to be) and found the older larger moultrie laying behind one with the SD card gone. That cam has been in that area for 5 or 6 years with no issues. The other one has been out for 3 years.
F$%#ing thieves. This is the first time in almost 15 years we've had stuff stolen out of the woods.

engineerbrian said:
I typically bow hunt on Thanksgiving morning. Glad i wasnt in the stand this morning!!!

My son heard the tree fall and crash into the stand this morning.

That would have left a mark. Good thing you didn't go out.

ChrisD · Nov 28, 2019

Connected with an 8 this morning in Randolph County WV. So far this week all I had been seeing was spikes and does, letting all of them walk. Bow hunting has largely been a bust for me, with the only decent buck (seeing him multiple times) showing up 85-120 yards away and spikes, 4 and small 6’s in range.

BossmanPJ · Nov 28, 2019

ChrisD said:
Connected with an 8 this morning in Randolph County WV. So far this week all I had been seeing was spikes and does, letting all of them walk. Bow hunting has largely been a bust for me, with the only decent buck (seeing him multiple times) showing up 85-120 yards away and spikes, 4 and small 6’s in range.
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lazarus · Nov 28, 2019

marko said:
I did not know you could hunt Monocacy with a rifle?

Heard back today of all days from Seneca Creek State park, “all legal weapons are legal in Monocacy, yes deer rifle is okay”

So I am hoping in a couple of weeks to spend the later part of Friday still hunting it.

Need to catchup on delayed work on my house while I’ve been down with horrible food poisoning for a week and now out of town.

Slim · Nov 28, 2019

Cool thread, guys! Lifelong city boy here, so which critters can be taken with which weapons at which time of year is always confusing, but that fact that delicious meat is walking around out in the woods fascinates me.

Took vacation Wednesday and met up with my brother-in-law at the Associated Gun Clubs ranges in Marriottsville. Got there around 3pm and basically had the 100-yard Barnes Range to ourselves. Had a nice chat with the Range Officer on duty.

He wanted to test fire an older Remington (700?) inline muzzleloader, and confirm zero on a flintlock that he shoots in Pennsylvania.

Two shots from the in-line were nearly touching at 50yds. Happy with that.

Primitive flintlock Carbine has a peep/diopter sight that we installed last year and that put one round dead center than the other 1.5” higher which will do the trick. The

Didn’t have a freestanding target to put at 75 yards, so set my frame at 100. Had one hangfire with a significant delay with the Remington inline and missed the target entirely. Second shot was about 3” low and an inch right, which my BIL felt was workable for 100yds. I have no idea what the ballistic curve is for a giant copper hollowpoint sabot is. :shrug:

After that he had some issues getting the inline to fire. I think it was dirty. Cleaned the bore, and tried to clean the breach but even with some primers igniting we didn’t get it to fire again before sundown. He cleaned it at home. :fingerscrossed:

Hopefully it’ll work Saturday and get him a deer because his jersey and deer sticks are delicious.

Tried taking photos though the scope to show the reticle and also through my spotting scope, with mixed success. A photographer I am not :lol:

remrug · Nov 29, 2019

I bought a Remington 700 ML when they first came out and still hunt with it today.The only time I had with problems with delayed ignition was when I tried Pyrodex loose powder and pellets using # 11 caps,or if I hunted in damp conditions and tried to fire it another day.

They are a PIA to clean compared to the other MLs out now,but I have so many deer with mine,I feel I owe it something....lol

AlBeight · Nov 29, 2019

remrug said:
I bought a Remington 700 ML when they first came out and still hunt with it today.The only time I had with problems with delayed ignition was when I tried Pyrodex loose powder and pellets using # 11 caps,or if I hunted in damp conditions and tried to fire it another day.

They are a PIA to clean compared to the other MLs out now,but I have so many deer with mine,I feel I owe it something....lol

The 700 ML has by a huge margin been my most productive grocery getter since 1995. I got off the #11 percussion cap train long ago. Now the 209 shotshell primer is the only way to go, never going back.

Antarctica · Nov 29, 2019

I've had a 700ML since about 96 or 97. They seem to get a lot of bad press, but mine has always worked very well. Unfortunately, I let someone 'care' for it during an extended absence from MD, and they neglected to clean it after shooting it once. The bore got pretty eaten up and kinda broke my heart (it was mint in my care), but for all intents and purposes, it still shoots great. I never converted from #11's and never had an issue with them.

JB62 · Nov 29, 2019

Heading out tomorrow pretty pumped. Have some Tinks #69 left over. Is it appropriate to use this time of the year ??

BossmanPJ · Nov 29, 2019

Be safe tomorrow everyone.

Doco Overboard · Nov 29, 2019

I already crushed the underside of my left pinky finger to where the fat keeps oozing out of it this afternoon and drilled into the second knuckle of the finger above it earlier in the day. Sheesh.

I'm still going though, electrical tape ought to hold it all together pretty well. Hope everybody gets a deer and some big ones too.

Doctor_M · Nov 30, 2019

For all those heading out on opening day; good luck and happy hunting! I just settled into my stand. Let the games begin!

metalman3006 · Nov 30, 2019

Good hunting, sitting here with my daughter

ChrisD · Nov 30, 2019

Good luck to everyone heading out today! I’m not in the woods, driving home from WV. Planning on tomorrow and Monday morning in MD.

DoormanTNT · Nov 30, 2019

The tree rats are definitely away and active.

Here bambi, bambi, bambi......

CaptChaos · Nov 30, 2019

I’ll never understand the fools who decide opening day at 7 AM is a good day to practice target shooting, because there’s no way that they’re shooting at deer.

BigCountry14 · Nov 30, 2019

No movement so far and I shot myself in the face with deer pee....good morning

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Speed3 · Nov 30, 2019

BigCountry14 said:
No movement so far and I shot myself in the face with deer pee....good morning

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Hahahah over gotten on my finger before, but never face LOL

BigCountry14 · Nov 30, 2019

Speed3 said:
Hahahah over gotten on my finger before, but never face LOL

It stings the eye...

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