Bambi Whacking 2021-2022

[gwchem]

Nice, stout boy there. Good shot too it appears!

Thanks guys. I actually shot twice at 200 yards. First was throw the lungs, albeit a tiny bit back.

Then he kept jogging, so I shot again, this time it hit the base of his neck.

 

[Batt816]

Thanks guys. I actually shot twice at 200 yards. First was throw the lungs, albeit a tiny bit back.

Then he kept jogging, so I shot again, this time it hit the base of his neck.

Still pretty good @ 200 yards, was that with the 350?

 

[outrider58]

Grabbed this one tonight.

That's a heck of a deer there B!

 

[Uncle Duke]

Grabbed this one tonight.

Nice!

 

[gwchem]

Still pretty good @ 200 yards, was that with the 350?

No, I'm in WVa this weekend, so it was my .308.

 

[GutPile]

Thought he was one of the big guys I've been playing chess with. I actually passed a bigger buck as a result. He was looking away and head was in some vines at just the right angle that it looked like more than 4 points. No regrets because 2 year olds are the tastiest age bucks.

 

[lazarus]

Never use the stuff. At least he isn't leg humping me.

Better make sure you are in a stand and not a blind…

 

[lazarus]

I usually take the .22 out to thin the Squirrel herd out just after deer firearms. That particular fox squirrel was overly obnoxious though. It was fearless to the point of stupidity. It actually got within a foot of trying to climb my leg just before fireams season that year. It came within a couple of yards on more than a few occasions prior (hunting from the ground, mind you). Come firearms, patience had worn very thin.

Good luck with the the big buck! They always seem to be the wild card when you've got the others roughly figured out.

I would, but the neighbor closest to my stand is okay with me bow hunting deer. I haven’t talked to him about thinning squirrels with a 22 and I don’t particularly want to chance a “no”. With the leaves on and can, sure I’d take out a few on the ground. I’ve talked to all my neighbors about bow hunting deer, but only a couple have volunteered “if you want to hunt on my property that’s fine. Or shoot fox or raccoons or squirrels or whatever with a 22 that’s fine”. One neighbor who just doesn’t really like wildlife at all. Another who hunts…on a (900?) acre farm on the eastern shore with his adult boys.

Next year I just need to plan in September to shoot enough to make a good squirrel stew. The other morning I looked out my bedroom window and there were 9 of them all crawling over the ground near my wife’s bird feeder. A typical sit and I’ll see at least half a dozen in a half acre rummaging around the forest floor.

 

[RRomig]

We had a squirrel problem a couple years ago. I’d always take a couple field tips or judos and take some out. It’s great in field practice. After about 15 down it was much more “normal” squirrel population. They still hit the bird feeders but not like the riot it used to be.

 

[BigCountry14]

Grabbed this one tonight.

Nice deer!

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[BigCountry14]

Got a nice one this afternoon.

Congrats

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[Inigoes]

I noticed Giant food stores are now selling farm raised venison, if anyone wants a taste without having to drag the deer out of the woods.

 

[ToolAA]

I noticed Giant food stores are now selling farm raised venison, if anyone wants a taste without having to drag the deer out of the woods.

At my local Giant in the same cooler they also had farm raised Bison and Wild Boar from the same brand as the Venison.

 

[AlBeight]

Thought he was one of the big guys I've been playing chess with. I actually passed a bigger buck as a result. He was looking away and head was in some vines at just the right angle that it looked like more than 4 points. No regrets because 2 year olds are the tastiest age bucks.

Is he really that thick, or is he not gutted yet? Good buck either way.

 

[Bboarder]

Is he really that thick, or is he not gutted yet? Good buck either way.

You like'em thick? Hahah

 

[308Scout]

You like'em thick? Hahah

I like thick bucks and I cannot lie?

Something to be said for a nice neck roast.

 

[AlBeight]

You like'em thick? Hahah

Not necessarily (as long as you have no follow-up questions....)

 

[GutPile]

Is he really that thick, or is he not gutted yet? Good buck either way.

I dress em in the garage. Have a gut dumping spot. He was hefty too.

 

[outrider58]

Not necessarily (as long as you have no follow-up questions....)

Girthy?

 

[Bboarder]

I dress em in the garage. Have a gut dumping spot. He was hefty too.

Your dumping spot... is it a Gutpile...