Deer Season starts in morning

Les Robb

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Well I have all our stands repaired or rebuilt and ready for dawn. No, I won't be in the woods, my son will. He drove home from Ga Southern this afternoon and is all set to get a real trophy buck. If you own land in Washington Ga it doesn't take you long to get spoiled. This afternoon on the way home from work a little 6-8 point tight rack buck ran across the road less than a half mile from my driveway. Hardly worth getting excited about anymore because we live with them all year and worry more about whacking one with the car or truck (wife did $3000.00 damage to our PT Cruiser this year). Any way with a season that lasts till Jan 1st and a harvest of 10 antler less and 2 antlered (one must be 4 point) we could legally shoot 36 deer a year. No way, too much work for one and I do like my Angus. Anyway last year son shot one doe for meat in December and that was the total harvest between the three of us.

Now tomorrow afternoon I may walk down to the penthouse stand and sit till dark. Nope, not likely to shoot anything, just for the fun of being in the woods on opening day without the chill of opening morning.

You going fishing or hunting on opening day in your state?
 
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fjohn

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I don't really have to "go" anywhere. The yards full of 'em. Just ain't fair.

You guys have some CRAZY limits!! WOW.
 

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Around turkey day we go to Kroger with my rubber suction cup arrows and mrseagle takes a bird and makes it go across the freezer and I try to shoot it :D if they stop building grocery stores I might one day be in the woods:eek:
 

Les Robb

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Same here fjohn, my rule is no shooting from porch or anywhere near the house. Got to be down in the woods proper to hunt. As far as the liberal season quota, if you only knew how many deer were killed by cars in this state, it would amaze you. All I know it seems to be working and we don't see near as many on the highway as we used to. Around my land is 1000 acres of pine (harvested and replanted as a crop) that is leased by a hunting club. They have fairly strict rules on trophy hunting and now we kinda go along with the let the little guys go and wait for the man. Anyway last year for example son hunted all year for bragging buck which I had seen a coupla times in the woods. Hard to believe but the week after hunting season ended that durn buck got hit in the road in front of my mother in laws house next to mine.

Oh yeah. we got wild turkey you wouldn't belive but I shot my trophy 20 years ago and now on thanksgiving nothing but a thawed or fresh butterball for me.
 

xxxflhrci

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Bow season opened here two weeks ago. My brother shot a deer in the morning and bear in the evening. Both of them from the same ground blind, basically in the pasture on our farm.

We have too many deer. The police here eradicate them 4 weeks outta the year in an effort to cut down on auto accidents.
 

WAVENBYE2

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I'm ready for some deer jerky!! I wait for it every year, Love the stuff!!
 

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I've never seen so many guys wearing camo as I have this year, I can't even go to store for a gallon of milk without seeing hunters. I heard they close the schools for the week of gun season in WV.
 

kenmyfam

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Around turkey day we go to Kroger with my rubber suction cup arrows and mrseagle takes a bird and makes it go across the freezer and I try to shoot it :D if they stop building grocery stores I might one day be in the woods:eek:

Hilarious !!!!!
And so much cheaper !!!!
 

angus63

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Well I have all our stands repaired or rebuilt and ready for dawn. No, I won't be in the woods, my son will. He drove home from Ga Southern this afternoon and is all set to get a real trophy buck. If you own land in Washington Ga it doesn't take you long to get spoiled. This afternoon on the way home from work a little 6-8 point tight rack buck ran across the road less than a half mile from my driveway. Hardly worth getting excited about anymore because we live with them all year and worry more about whacking one with the car or truck (wife did $3000.00 damage to our PT Cruiser this year). Any way with a season that lasts till Jan 1st and a harvest of 10 antler less and 2 antlered (one must be 4 point) we could legally shoot 36 deer a year. No way, too much work for one and I do like my Angus. Anyway last year son shot one doe for meat in December and that was the total harvest between the three of us.

Now tomorrow afternoon I may walk down to the penthouse stand and sit till dark. Nope, not likely to shoot anything, just for the fun of being in the woods on opening day without the chill of opening morning.

You going fishing or hunting on opening day in your state?

Yes I do but it's still a month away and will be very cold! Also I really don't know you very well but am very flattered you like me so much!!;):p:p:D
-Angus
 

Les Robb

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Well Angus I hope your better looking than my cows, and if your not my deepest sympathy. Anyway weather forecast was 100% wrong and it was a cold rainy all day Saturday affair. Poor son got soaked in an hour and it was all he could take so he finally came back to the house.

Next day while walking down he spooked a coupla deer walking in and when he was close to the stand a small racked 4 point met him coming down the trail from the other direction. (Said when he grows up he could have a great rack) Oh well it was a good weekend. Back to school and planning on returning in two weeks to get the big one.

I'll keep you posted if you like.
 

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That buck leading the pack of smaller ones sure is lookin' good. Seen him around since the vid?
 

Les Robb

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Is that a soybean field? Whatever, those are some fine bucks. The largest has my typical 10 or non typical 21, depends on how you rate it, beat by about 2 inches in the spread but for a Ga deer I didn't do too bad.

PS:: wouldn't advertise my address:D

Luck and thanks for pic's
 

fjohn

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our yard is surrounded by a bean field and close to a corn field... I saw that nicest buck the next day heading toward the river which is about 1/2 mile away. I'm sure there's more where he came from. The leader was definitely a shooter.
 

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How's everyone doing?
 

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BWR1953

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Haven't been out yet. Gun season opened Nov 14th and runs till Jan 10th with 2 a day bag limit.

I did pick up a Marlin .30-30 last weekend. Haven't had a chance to sight it in yet though.

Been several decades since I've been hunting, but I'm looking forward to getting out there again.
 

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Around turkey day we go to Kroger with my rubber suction cup arrows and mrseagle takes a bird and makes it go across the freezer and I try to shoot it :D if they stop building grocery stores I might one day be in the woods:eek:

Been to Kroger yet Jim ????
 

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Our 2 week rifle season starts Nov. 30th. Getting ready ...
 

WIMUSKY

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How's everyone doing?

Looks like you're doing ok. That's a wall hanger for sure... WI gun season started this am. Didn't see a thing...... Sounded like shooting was down again. Supposed to be another slow year...... Getting ready to go back out...
 
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