Bambi Whacking 2022-2023

[308Scout]

Pulled him out a few hours ago. Only ran about 20 yards away from where I hit him.

Decent 8 point. I’m lucky enough to be able to hunt a big enough property with an abundance of deer, but if I didn’t get him, somebody else would’ve.

Nice - congrats! Look like some healthy neck roasts on that one!

 

[308Scout]

Pulled him out a few hours ago. Only ran about 20 yards away from where I hit him.

Decent 8 point. I’m lucky enough to be able to hunt a big enough property with an abundance of deer, but if I didn’t get him, somebody else would’ve.

Nice - congrats! Look like some healthy neck roasts on that one!

 

[Hibs]

Cold and quiet

Only 7 guys showed up to hunt counting me and i barely count.

Soon enough hunters will be extinct like cave men and dinosaurs

Good luck to everyone out there today

Where did you go? I counted about the same. I would agree, people are losing interest in hunting.

 

[budman93]

Where did you go? I counted about the same. I would agree, people are losing interest in hunting.

I'm not a fan of public land so It's harder to get excited. I have never gotten a deer on public land and I've also had bad experiences with places being too crowded with hunters. All my local private spots have been sold so that's really my only option now.

My goal is to own a ton of land someday so I can do what I want

 

[RRomig]

Pulled him out a few hours ago. Only ran about 20 yards away from where I hit him.

Decent 8 point. I’m lucky enough to be able to hunt a big enough property with an abundance of deer, but if I didn’t get him, somebody else would’ve.

Congrats on the deer and that great looking pup

 

[outrider58]

Pay attention to the wind shifts if you are hunting wood lots. The deer will normally reposition themselves to the down wind side of the lot so they can use their eyes to see down wind and their noses to 'see' up wind.

 

[wilcam47]

Posting from the woods!

Nice, congrats!

Pulled him out a few hours ago. Only ran about 20 yards away from where I hit him.

Decent 8 point. I’m lucky enough to be able to hunt a big enough property with an abundance of deer, but if I didn’t get him, somebody else would’ve.

Nice! Congrats!

 

[outrider58]

Pulled him out a few hours ago. Only ran about 20 yards away from where I hit him.

Decent 8 point. I’m lucky enough to be able to hunt a big enough property with an abundance of deer, but if I didn’t get him, somebody else would’ve.

Congrats Dan!

 

[remrug]

I am hunting right outside Lineboro. I heard more shots today than any opening day since I been hunting this property, Md and Pa was booming. I got 2 year old 7 pt right at 8 0'clock. He was pushing 2 small does. I heard him grunt once before I saw him.

 

[DaveP]

Where did you go? I counted about the same. I would agree, people are losing interest in hunting.

Been seeing an increase in folks hunting public last few years in Southern MD, and Amish are hitting it hard too.

Wife continued her streak this am, small buck dogging a doe.

 

[Doco Overboard]

Hungry Hungry Hind.
I went to Sika Island this morning, and this is what I found happening there.
Couple of them came through, snagged some corn up, and this one didn't get any at all.

Till it started head butting the feeder bottom. Then the all the others had enough/ ran off.
Lucky I didn't feed them some lead in the meantime....
Nice deer pics here today, the one with the old Mosin is way cool!
Be careful out there-Have fun!

 

[StantonCree]

Pay attention to the wind shifts if you are hunting wood lots. The deer will normally reposition themselves to the down wind side of the lot so they can use their eyes to see down wind and their noses to 'see' up wind.

Freaking Jinx!!!! As I’m reading this the wind shifted to the wrong direction!

Sounds like WW3 out here in Damascus. Hearing lots of double shots too. Didn’t see any antlers in truck beds passing by sunshine burgers, hopefully there were at least some does in those beds.

 

[outrider58]

Freaking Jinx!!!! As I’m reading this the wind shifted to the wrong direction!

Sounds like WW3 out here in Damascus. Hearing lots of double shots too. Didn’t see any antlers in truck beds passing by sunshine burgers, hopefully there were at least some does in those beds.

As I'm reading this, the wind shifted again. Hopefully it was just an errant gust.

What i described in my post, I've witnessed numerous times, especially on days like today's weather pattern.

 

[Inigoes]

There were a few shots this morning at first shooting light.

Haven't heard any since.

 

[Ecestu]

Had a cowhorn spike pose for me for 30 minutes while hanging with a button. Nothing worth waking the neighbors up over. The most shooting i've heard in years. A few got their shots in before legal by 10 minutes.

Their phones must have been running fast. Lol

 

[KIBarrister]

Good number of shots around me in Princess Anne this morning; but nothing on my patch of woodland*. Hopefully this evening is more successful. Maybe this guy will show up again:

* I’ve got a few hundred yards on the north boundary that buys to private land (no hunting public to the east and west; crop land to the south). The fella that has the lease on that property was in my phone the day after I put up the posted signs clearly looking for an offer to lease him some (not happening). He has stalked me a half dozen times that I’ve been down here over the last several months until a few weeks ago he grew impatient waiting for the [not forthcoming] invitation, and asked expressly if he could lease the 7 or so acres that form a sort of boundary with his current lease. Repeated what I had said when he had danced around the topic previously that I wasn’t leasing anything to anyone this year - but decided to take a look at the area he was begging over. Sure enough there is a well maintained bubba stand smack dab in the middle (I have a half dozen of these spread over each corner of the 72 acres, but only this one has fresh screws here and there without a spot of rust)…. Pretty sure the old neighborino shot himself something out of it this morning. Gotta deal with that issue…

 

[Ecestu]

I saw a doe within about 20 yards while we were both in the DMZ (aka safety zone) this morning. She didn't see me but I gave her a tilt of my hat as she passed. I watched to make sure she didn't cut back into the gun-line, and watched her stay in the safety zone as she left public land. On my way back to my vehicle, I bumped a tiny anterless.

I'm out on public right now. Fingers crossed to see my now legal 6 pointer come strolling in.

 

[kstone803]

Ill talk to him, worst is to agree on something and not have enough to pay for it/people that aren't serious enough to pony up when the time comes.
Thats usually what prevents this sort of thing from developing further. The other thing is the lands in their entirey are significant if it goes full shebang.

If it's a lease with sika I'm interested and could likely pull one or two other guys. Shoot me a PM if it gets serious and we can chat.

 

[44man]

Where did you go? I counted about the same. I would agree, people are losing interest in hunting.

Our family farm in Charles county

A nice 8 pointer and a spike and a doe so far today for the crew with two misses. And nothing but relaxing and eating for me though. I just love being here and outdoors and with these guys so if I don’t shoot a deer it’s ok with me

 

[gwchem]

Good number of shots around me in Princess Anne this morning; but nothing on my patch of woodland*. Hopefully this evening is more successful. Maybe this guy will show up again:

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* I’ve got a few hundred yards on the north boundary that buys to private land (no hunting public to the east and west; crop land to the south). The fella that has the lease on that property was in my phone the day after I put up the posted signs clearly looking for an offer to lease him some (not happening). He has stalked me a half dozen times that I’ve been down here over the last several months until a few weeks ago he grew impatient waiting for the [not forthcoming] invitation, and asked expressly if he could lease the 7 or so acres that form a sort of boundary with his current lease. Repeated what I had said when he had danced around the topic previously that I wasn’t leasing anything to anyone this year - but decided to take a look at the area he was begging over. Sure enough there is a well maintained bubba stand smack dab in the middle (I have a half dozen of these spread over each corner of the 72 acres, but only this one has fresh screws here and there without a spot of rust)…. Pretty sure the old neighborino shot himself something out of it this morning. Gotta deal with that issue…

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