2014 Year In Review
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2014 Year In Review
Hello all,
I've been putting off cleaning up my hunting room since deer season closed till today. I've done a camera dump and thought I would review my 2014 hunting year (some pics have been posted before) ...
Like most I shook off the winter we had and started 2014 with a little shed success;
Spring 2014 turkey hunt was a good year for me. I filled my first tag with the largest Tom I have ever harvested after watching him destroy my decoy;
I was fortunate to harvest another nice Tom to end my season;
As spring rolled into summer I turned to helping one of the farmers who has given me permission to hunt his 250 acres. He is 77 with over 500 head of sheep. I helped with the hay season and cleared his laneway to his back fields that has grown in and was causing issues getting his combine through;
I had gotten out of the habit of carrying my camera and have missed some great photo ops. The few times I had my camera I did get some good pics;
Summer faded away and I decided to get ready for the upcoming season by picking up a M405 and retiring my ExoMax and Camo Vixen;
In preparation for the summer to fall scouting I picked up another trail camera and a DIY security box;
My cameras were working well and one of the properties produced some potential fall targets;
Complete with a Alfred Hitchcock moment;
Another one of the farms I hunt showed very little buck activity but hundreds of pictures of does/fawns;
I spent some time with RJ with a little maintenance to one of the properties he hunts;
The outing came with free tractor rides to boot;
I travelled to Northern Ontario for my first moose hunt in 12 years or so and had a great time with a successful fill of our cow tag;
I bow hunted more than ever during the 2014 season but it was a strange one for sure. I passed on several does with fawns as the fawns were so small that without mom I didn't think they stood a chance. I really only had one potential harvest and judging from my shot and miss I guess he needed to get a little bigger.
As Christmas rolled around I decorated my Redneck Tree;
I completed my season with a full day of hunting with a number of forum members and will post the entire day in a different thread.
This is the first year in probably 10 years that I didn't harvest but it was probably one of the best experiences that I have had in all my years of hunting~!
Looking forward to doing it all over again in 2015 ............
Cheers all,
Robin
I've been putting off cleaning up my hunting room since deer season closed till today. I've done a camera dump and thought I would review my 2014 hunting year (some pics have been posted before) ...
Like most I shook off the winter we had and started 2014 with a little shed success;
Spring 2014 turkey hunt was a good year for me. I filled my first tag with the largest Tom I have ever harvested after watching him destroy my decoy;
I was fortunate to harvest another nice Tom to end my season;
As spring rolled into summer I turned to helping one of the farmers who has given me permission to hunt his 250 acres. He is 77 with over 500 head of sheep. I helped with the hay season and cleared his laneway to his back fields that has grown in and was causing issues getting his combine through;
I had gotten out of the habit of carrying my camera and have missed some great photo ops. The few times I had my camera I did get some good pics;
Summer faded away and I decided to get ready for the upcoming season by picking up a M405 and retiring my ExoMax and Camo Vixen;
In preparation for the summer to fall scouting I picked up another trail camera and a DIY security box;
My cameras were working well and one of the properties produced some potential fall targets;
Complete with a Alfred Hitchcock moment;
Another one of the farms I hunt showed very little buck activity but hundreds of pictures of does/fawns;
I spent some time with RJ with a little maintenance to one of the properties he hunts;
The outing came with free tractor rides to boot;
I travelled to Northern Ontario for my first moose hunt in 12 years or so and had a great time with a successful fill of our cow tag;
I bow hunted more than ever during the 2014 season but it was a strange one for sure. I passed on several does with fawns as the fawns were so small that without mom I didn't think they stood a chance. I really only had one potential harvest and judging from my shot and miss I guess he needed to get a little bigger.
As Christmas rolled around I decorated my Redneck Tree;
I completed my season with a full day of hunting with a number of forum members and will post the entire day in a different thread.
This is the first year in probably 10 years that I didn't harvest but it was probably one of the best experiences that I have had in all my years of hunting~!
Looking forward to doing it all over again in 2015 ............
Cheers all,
Robin
Wildlife Management & Reduction Specialist
Re: 2014 Year In Review
Just completely awesome Robin. Fantastic pictures!!
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8 Excals
1 Scorpyd
PSE Tac Elite
13 Grayling Bears
And 2 Hoyts
Re: 2014 Year In Review
Thanks the pictures and your story was great only wish it was longer, Beautiful country up there in Canada sure hope some day to see it, like at a boo fest, you truly have a piece of heaven up there. Man that was nice..............
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Oh yeah i was right wid you on all of yer work n such very nice pic's. Thx fer sharin
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The Turkey picture in the old foundation was super!
It was a tough year here in Ontario but so far in 2015 the lack of snow will help the depleted herd.
Great pics and great review...thanks Sandman!
It was a tough year here in Ontario but so far in 2015 the lack of snow will help the depleted herd.
Great pics and great review...thanks Sandman!
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Re: 2014 Year In Review
Great pics and story!!
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Re: 2014 Year In Review
Thanks for sharing looked like an awesome year
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Re: 2014 Year In Review
Thank you for sharing! . . . i really enjoy this forum . . .and my Excalibur!
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Re: 2014 Year In Review
Great post. Congrats on a wonderful year.
The barn pic a stunner. Not taking anything away from the others though.
The barn pic a stunner. Not taking anything away from the others though.
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S5s,cheek piece,firebolts, Original Rocket Steel heads.
Bushnell yardage pro on Excalibur mount.
Exomax.
Hawke 1.5-5x32ir SR.
Easton xx75,s 2219. Bolt-cutters.
Bunch of bumpers.
Vixenmaster! string.
Re: 2014 Year In Review
After looking at your pictures again those moose are huge... never seen one in the wild, how much meat did you get? I bet it only takes one to fill a freezer. Also never had the opportunity to eat moose meat, I hear thou its some good vittles ..........
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Great pictures and story line Robin!
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The animal was 487 lbs on the hook skinned - The butcher says to take a 1/3 off and it's a pretty good idea to the amount of meat ... Not sure if that's correct or not.bubba wrote:After looking at your pictures again those moose are huge... never seen one in the wild, how much meat did you get? I bet it only takes one to fill a freezer. Also never had the opportunity to eat moose meat, I hear thou its some good vittles ..........
We split between 5 members and I certainly wasn't complaining with my share. Forgot just how good moose meat was~!
Cheers,
Wildlife Management & Reduction Specialist
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