Oct/Nov/Dec 2015 and now Jan 2016 !
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Oct/Nov/Dec 2015 and now Jan 2016 !
Hello all …. Been away from the net for awhile > Just catching up on my forum reading .
A big Congrat’s to all that posted / shared their successful hunting stories and pictures to date ! Man it looks like all the different food groups have been covered ! Good job all !
In our area it has been a very weird season with weather and game movement … as we moved towards the end of October the warm weather made for a real strange 1st rut in our area ?
1st couple of weeks of October worked out well , I took a beauty fall turkey and nice whitetail doe with a 70’s Red Wing Model recurve .
A friend from work ( Frank V. ) bought his first Excalibur ( Matrix 330 ) … He put many hours in the field with me at some of the properties I hunt and on his own at a 10 acre spot close to his place > He had his share of whitetail encounters and found out these key points …
1. Whitetail Bucks are tricky for sure !
2. And when you finally get an arrow thru a deer it doesn’t just fall down and turn into steaks !
Frank had a good season overall and took a mid season doe @ 30 yards with a 40 yard recovery.
And a late season doe @ 25 yards with a 20 yard recovery . ( December 28th evening stand as a freezing rain storm started to blow in ) I was texting him at 4:55pm telling him to hang in there( it was blowing and cold ) > he text over me saying " I got one " so when I got to the tree he climbed down and relived the action while I took a picture and then I took one walk up picture in the field ... ( Both mid/late season doe’s were taken with 150 gr Bolt Cutter Broadhead’s ) > Text book double lung/ heart shots > Congrat’s Frank V. good shooting !
Frank joked with me saying those 150 Bolt Cutter Broadhead’s pack a wallop when they hit because they knocked the antlers off of both of his deer !
As we moved into the last weeks of October the rut was askew with the weather > I hunted with Wylie H. ( here is a picture after a morning hunt when we stopped for breakfast and he changes his wheels over from outdoor to office ) he later took a nice size young buck from the ramp stand …
And when I finally found some rut sign ( Fresh Rub and Scrape ) I blew the shot and only gave the buck a haircut when he charged in under my climber while I was in the middle of the set up … Oops ! < Can’t afford to miss shots like that when the season is as slow as it was for us this year !
My knee flared up again ( recent MRI shows more torn cartilage ) I’m being refered to another Specialist re : Next step additional surgery … But I still get out with the aid of two walking sticks and do some low impact scouting at other properties > One of which I get a couple cool frames of a group of beauty bearded Toms ( eight total ) .
My wife has been a big help this season > Driving me to and from stands and she even picked me up with my gear a couple time with the tractor … We continue to see many doe’s from property to property but the bucks are few and far between …
November Controlled hunt was the slowest I have ever encountered … I passed a doe and fawns with a spike buck in tow on the first morning thinking things were going to heat up , but we ended the week without even filling one Controlled Hunt tag …
Back to the archery season > One night , I had nine does pass within 85 yards of my stand , but still no bucks ? ( time to thin the herd ) . I was able to call one in to 20 yards > then launched a 150 grain Bolt Cutter down the rail of an Excalibur Matrix 380 to seal the deal ! 20 yard shot with 7 yard recovery …
A trip to Court P’s home butcher shop gave me a quick turn around of Steaks / Chops / Smoked sausage / Smoked Roasts / and he made up individual hamburger paddies for me as well from the ground left overs !
Of course if you spent any time in the field thru October into November , no matter what the weather , there are always no shortage of beautiful sunsets !
Early December the 2nd rut kicks in , but I only get a series of buck grunt/chasing a doe pictures and have no bucks close enough to arrow when I am out ..
A break in the action > My Daughter is back from the Yukon and is finishing up her Fish and Wildlife Program at Flemming College > She did an internship at a wildlife rehabilitation place and sent me many happy ending recover pictures with many different critters !
A buddy from out West sends me pictures of his bird feeding walks ...
Yesterday we end the season with a small group of friends doing misc stands and pushes and although we did see collectively a lot of deer , no deer cooperated with our plans in those last trips afield … the last few days freezing rain and ice made it very difficult to do any set up’s without the deer hearing us coming from a mile away as we crunched thru the thin ice layer of snow … we did see our share of turkey and coyote .
Here is CH’s son set up at one funnel area ( later nearly over run by turkeys ! )
Anyway … that’s a summary of some of our outings … A fun 2015 overall ! and now we are into the New Year . ( I turned 55 today ) !
Page Break > Jan 6th 2016
Season over … Yesterday and today > Headed out to drop off some venison to one of the farms we hunted during the 2015 season and take down a couple blinds .
The deer sense the lack of pressure in the bush and show themselves more frequently during daylight hours . So we take some time for a photo safari in and around our area .
This group was across the road from my farm before dark last night …
As we drove approx. 1 hour North , we got a few pictures as misc farms we stopped at .This little squirrel was scurrying thru the fence line till I finally got a focus on him …
Same with this Cardinal > Took about 30 frames till I finally got one in focus …
We bumped into deer at the river flat portion of one farm .
And found these turkeys grouped together in a hay field at another farm there were more but could only get 20 in the frame …
I got a frame of my camera partner ( Eliseo G ) as he walked thru the bush into an opening between two small woodlots …
Some turkeys moving thru the grass flats ( again difficult to get a good focus ) …
On the way home we spot what at 1st appears to be Coyotes in the field to the East , but once we got optics on them it turns out to be a couple of farm dogs doing the rounds ….
Also on the way home we got a few more pictures of deer on another property … And that was it for the day .
Happy New Years to all > Have a Safe Holiday ! > Looking forward to all of your pictures and stories into 2016 !
A big Congrat’s to all that posted / shared their successful hunting stories and pictures to date ! Man it looks like all the different food groups have been covered ! Good job all !
In our area it has been a very weird season with weather and game movement … as we moved towards the end of October the warm weather made for a real strange 1st rut in our area ?
1st couple of weeks of October worked out well , I took a beauty fall turkey and nice whitetail doe with a 70’s Red Wing Model recurve .
A friend from work ( Frank V. ) bought his first Excalibur ( Matrix 330 ) … He put many hours in the field with me at some of the properties I hunt and on his own at a 10 acre spot close to his place > He had his share of whitetail encounters and found out these key points …
1. Whitetail Bucks are tricky for sure !
2. And when you finally get an arrow thru a deer it doesn’t just fall down and turn into steaks !
Frank had a good season overall and took a mid season doe @ 30 yards with a 40 yard recovery.
And a late season doe @ 25 yards with a 20 yard recovery . ( December 28th evening stand as a freezing rain storm started to blow in ) I was texting him at 4:55pm telling him to hang in there( it was blowing and cold ) > he text over me saying " I got one " so when I got to the tree he climbed down and relived the action while I took a picture and then I took one walk up picture in the field ... ( Both mid/late season doe’s were taken with 150 gr Bolt Cutter Broadhead’s ) > Text book double lung/ heart shots > Congrat’s Frank V. good shooting !
Frank joked with me saying those 150 Bolt Cutter Broadhead’s pack a wallop when they hit because they knocked the antlers off of both of his deer !
As we moved into the last weeks of October the rut was askew with the weather > I hunted with Wylie H. ( here is a picture after a morning hunt when we stopped for breakfast and he changes his wheels over from outdoor to office ) he later took a nice size young buck from the ramp stand …
And when I finally found some rut sign ( Fresh Rub and Scrape ) I blew the shot and only gave the buck a haircut when he charged in under my climber while I was in the middle of the set up … Oops ! < Can’t afford to miss shots like that when the season is as slow as it was for us this year !
My knee flared up again ( recent MRI shows more torn cartilage ) I’m being refered to another Specialist re : Next step additional surgery … But I still get out with the aid of two walking sticks and do some low impact scouting at other properties > One of which I get a couple cool frames of a group of beauty bearded Toms ( eight total ) .
My wife has been a big help this season > Driving me to and from stands and she even picked me up with my gear a couple time with the tractor … We continue to see many doe’s from property to property but the bucks are few and far between …
November Controlled hunt was the slowest I have ever encountered … I passed a doe and fawns with a spike buck in tow on the first morning thinking things were going to heat up , but we ended the week without even filling one Controlled Hunt tag …
Back to the archery season > One night , I had nine does pass within 85 yards of my stand , but still no bucks ? ( time to thin the herd ) . I was able to call one in to 20 yards > then launched a 150 grain Bolt Cutter down the rail of an Excalibur Matrix 380 to seal the deal ! 20 yard shot with 7 yard recovery …
A trip to Court P’s home butcher shop gave me a quick turn around of Steaks / Chops / Smoked sausage / Smoked Roasts / and he made up individual hamburger paddies for me as well from the ground left overs !
Of course if you spent any time in the field thru October into November , no matter what the weather , there are always no shortage of beautiful sunsets !
Early December the 2nd rut kicks in , but I only get a series of buck grunt/chasing a doe pictures and have no bucks close enough to arrow when I am out ..
A break in the action > My Daughter is back from the Yukon and is finishing up her Fish and Wildlife Program at Flemming College > She did an internship at a wildlife rehabilitation place and sent me many happy ending recover pictures with many different critters !
A buddy from out West sends me pictures of his bird feeding walks ...
Yesterday we end the season with a small group of friends doing misc stands and pushes and although we did see collectively a lot of deer , no deer cooperated with our plans in those last trips afield … the last few days freezing rain and ice made it very difficult to do any set up’s without the deer hearing us coming from a mile away as we crunched thru the thin ice layer of snow … we did see our share of turkey and coyote .
Here is CH’s son set up at one funnel area ( later nearly over run by turkeys ! )
Anyway … that’s a summary of some of our outings … A fun 2015 overall ! and now we are into the New Year . ( I turned 55 today ) !
Page Break > Jan 6th 2016
Season over … Yesterday and today > Headed out to drop off some venison to one of the farms we hunted during the 2015 season and take down a couple blinds .
The deer sense the lack of pressure in the bush and show themselves more frequently during daylight hours . So we take some time for a photo safari in and around our area .
This group was across the road from my farm before dark last night …
As we drove approx. 1 hour North , we got a few pictures as misc farms we stopped at .This little squirrel was scurrying thru the fence line till I finally got a focus on him …
Same with this Cardinal > Took about 30 frames till I finally got one in focus …
We bumped into deer at the river flat portion of one farm .
And found these turkeys grouped together in a hay field at another farm there were more but could only get 20 in the frame …
I got a frame of my camera partner ( Eliseo G ) as he walked thru the bush into an opening between two small woodlots …
Some turkeys moving thru the grass flats ( again difficult to get a good focus ) …
On the way home we spot what at 1st appears to be Coyotes in the field to the East , but once we got optics on them it turns out to be a couple of farm dogs doing the rounds ….
Also on the way home we got a few more pictures of deer on another property … And that was it for the day .
Happy New Years to all > Have a Safe Holiday ! > Looking forward to all of your pictures and stories into 2016 !
Last edited by R.J. on Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:25 pm, edited 3 times in total.
See Ya. ... R.J. > " Remember , Trophies are measured by the time and energy expended to get them , not the size or quantity of the quarry "
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Great job .thanks for sharing. It was a funny season. Happy birthday and happy new year. Dutch
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Great pics and story!!
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Happy Birthday, R.J. ! Always look forward to your pics.
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Thanks for the season update. Great story and lots of nice pics.
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Happy Birthday and welcome back RJ. Thanks for the great story and pics.
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Congrats on a season of unforgettable memories!!! That was a great read, accompanied with some sweet pictures,,,,
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Great story and pics as always!!
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Great story and pictures as always , Rick .
Had deer in front of my stand in the bush second last day . As you said it was very noisy to walk .
Had deer in front of my stand in the bush second last day . As you said it was very noisy to walk .
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Good to see you Back RJ hard to keep track of you when you're not posting! Happy Birthday and good luck with the knee! great Pics from Jill, good hunting,, RJ Senior!!!!
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Outstanding RJ - Sorry I missed the season ending hunts this year ... I really hated going in to work but I had to.
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Always interesting to see the pics you post Rick!
Hope you get the knee fixed so you can around without trouble/pain.
Hope you get the knee fixed so you can around without trouble/pain.
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Great pics as always RJ. Happy New Year and Happy 55 as well.
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Great stories and pic,s thanks RJ and happy birthday Dave
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Thanks for the fine pictures and stories. I like the job you do posting!
Good luck with the knee, come back soon.
Good luck with the knee, come back soon.
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