View Full Version : Deer Hunters, how'd you do?
Patty in Wisc
11-29-2009, 11:17 PM
Hunters here didn't do as good as other years. Some didn't even see a deer. Used to be that they'd open another hunt season for them because of overpopulation but not anymore. This summer I saw road kill (deer) all over going north of here but we just came from up north & I didn't see any deer except ones strapped on back of cars. I hear the wolves & bears are killing them. Bears are killing fawns & wolves are now overpopulated.
The hunters were dissappointed this year. 12 friends of ours hunted for 9 days at their cabin & came home w/ 2 doe & a small buck. Darn wolves & bears are wiping out the deer!
Abnshrek
11-29-2009, 11:19 PM
Maybe they were to busy drinking beer :^)
Patty in Wisc
11-29-2009, 11:22 PM
ha ha, they do a lot of that too but get up early - like 4am to hunt. We take drinking & hunting seriously :):):):)
chong
11-30-2009, 01:52 AM
Hunters here didn't do as good as other years. Some didn't even see a deer. Used to be that they'd open another hunt season for them because of overpopulation but not anymore. This summer I saw road kill (deer) all over going north of here but we just came from up north & I didn't see any deer except ones strapped on back of cars. I hear the wolves & bears are killing them. Bears are killing fawns & wolves are now overpopulated.
The hunters were dissappointed this year. 12 friends of ours hunted for 9 days at their cabin & came home w/ 2 doe & a small buck. Darn wolves & bears are wiping out the deer!
I have a 10 acre property on Hartstene Island (10 miles long x 4 miles at the widest point) on Puget Sound, and since they allowed shotguns to hunt deer on the island, hunting season is virtually over after a couple of days because the deer is so tame. It used to be that you can only use bow or cross-bow to hunt them, but their population was getting so big that they opened it up to shotguns. My property is undeveloped and has no fence so hunters just park their cars on the main highway, about 5 to 6 blocks away, and just set up on my property sometimes.
Over here harvesting of does is not allowed. "If it ain't got no horns, you can't shoot it!" I think its the same thing in Alaska, if I remember correctly.
Seaner
11-30-2009, 07:52 AM
I haven't hunted deer, yet, but I have my eye on a Marlin xlr 308. A doe, I'd never sight. It'll take points to get my attention. I wouldn't normally consider bear or wolf but, if things are that bad, it's time to open 2 new seasons :ha: (one for each).
Patty in Wisc
11-30-2009, 10:44 AM
My property is undeveloped and has no fence so hunters just park their cars on the main highway, about 5 to 6 blocks away, and just set up on my property sometimes.
Wow Chong, all the property owners here put up "no tresspassing " signs & there are big fines if violated. Ppl here get bucks, does or small ones - as long as they lose their spots & no longer small fawns.
There is bear season here too but I don't know when. I know of hunters that will shoot a wolf if they see it. I don't think there is wolf season though. Bears eat the fawns & wolves are feasting on everything - including horses & all livestock.
Abnshrek
11-30-2009, 11:05 AM
Ok here we go.. I had to shoot a pack of dogs a number of years ago in kentucky that attempted to attack me.. I fixed my shotgun forestock retainer then commenced to take the offensive. Bear and wolf fall into the same category.. they have teeth. well maybe not bears it depends on its demeanor., but wolves.. well they are overpopulated :^)
My sister has 40 acres near lacrosse that butts up to a state park of some sorts. Its a tree farms (all oaks) and her weekend house. So deer are a hoof :^) I think I'm going to hunt there next year. Alot of hunter don't do any homework and just like hitting the woods for companionship (&beer or liquer) and being away from the normal ins & outs of life.. a get away.. manly man... lol I go late season.. all my area's open up I see more pigs (adds to the bounty) If I see a monster rack or chase one up I'll attempt to lay him down if he doesn't out wit me :^) (been down before)...
Bananaman88
11-30-2009, 01:26 PM
Well, haven't done any deer hunting this year, but I did get 4 ducks over the weekend. Does that count? I'm hoping to go deer hunting down in Victoria, TX later in the season.
jeffreyp
11-30-2009, 03:21 PM
I know up in connecticut coyotes are all over the place now. Probably due to the abundance of deer.
Steven Valys
11-30-2009, 06:35 PM
I know up in connecticut coyotes are all over the place now.
Not in my neck of the woods. We're overrun with with feral cats though.
Always a handful of deer in my woods, just never around when I'm in the stand. I did discover some turd of a neighbor is poaching from a tree 5 feet from my Emu pen. Can't wait to see who it is.
I haven't deer hunted yet. I will not be hunting in Alabama this yr--maybe GA, but usually only takes a few days to get a deer. I only kill 1/yr, but the season last several months and you can kill 2/day.
saltydad
11-30-2009, 06:51 PM
Please come and take the excess deer from my neck of the woods.
Abnshrek
11-30-2009, 09:58 PM
If deer were eating my banana plants I'd done would have been slayin' some.. I can say I am one with myself as a man I don't have to prove it.. I can shoot good.. I do have#121 squirrels in the bags though.. & 6 bushels of pecans is the result :^) Besides my freezer is full of my hog.. so I'm not into wasting things.. Fine me :^)
I hunted 3 days last week and never saw a deer! Bummer--full moon!
Abnshrek
01-02-2010, 10:52 PM
I see deer all the time across the street in the back corner of friends field. I don't have the inclination to fill any of my 7 tags. His brother nailed a 10 pointer. I'd rather kill a pest like pigs.. and they taste good :^) not that venison doesn't.. just not into taking anything to a donation point when I can be getting my yard cleared of an oak tree and pine branches :^)
lorax
01-03-2010, 12:02 AM
Two brockets by blowdart and a whitetail using the bow.
Dalmatiansoap
01-03-2010, 05:30 AM
Thank heavens for the Croatian warm up tonic!
Yeap, rubbing their feet, keeps deers from freezing:ha::ha::ha:
:woohoonaner:
barnercora
01-03-2010, 08:46 AM
My Husband and son hunt in our 66 acres this season and doing good . My son have five and hubby have this
djmb74
01-03-2010, 11:19 AM
got 24 pheasants in my freezer... hehe
My father in law brought them over. He went Bow Hunting in Kansas right before Christmas and shot the biggest buck he has ever seen. Was snowing pretty good and they couldn't find the buck the outfitter felt bad and took him to shoot some pheasant before he had to leave...
Got a pig waiting to be picked up from the butcher, have the back strap already in my freezer. Going to get another pig in 2 weeks.
Pretty much all of our meat has been wild game this past year. Its much healthier for you...
Patty in Wisc
01-03-2010, 12:50 PM
What a heartbreaker w/ the buck. We had pheasant when I was a kid but I don't remember how it was. I'd love to cook up a pheasant.
sirmoebly
01-03-2010, 11:10 PM
This was in my back yard, had to teach him a lesson. So I got the gator out & gave him a ride home......
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28571&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28571&ppuser=4702)
Abnshrek
01-03-2010, 11:17 PM
He shot the biggest buck he has ever seen. Was snowing pretty good and they couldn't find the buck the outfitter felt bad
In the north folks like it when it snows cause... It's alot easier to track deer especially with a blood trail...
<- Thinkin' someone is getting a big buck mounted or the deer didn't get shot one or the other...?
fishoifc
01-04-2010, 12:13 AM
It was a decent season for me put in about 30 days,never got the one I was after but found a few that I liked.I took one on my last day that I had previously passed on a few times. In the end I took four bucks, two does, and one bear.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28573&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28573&ppuser=3890) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28572&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28572&ppuser=3890)
stumpy4700
01-04-2010, 04:17 AM
How did I miss this thread until now!!!!!!!!!....I got 2 does, no pics its not worth braggin. I did pass up on a 4 point and a spike. We try not to shoot under 6 points so there will be 8 and 10 pointers each year. Now if only I could tie them to the tree s untiol I get there lol
Patty in Wisc
01-07-2010, 02:27 PM
Thank you Jarred for bringing this back! :):)
Abnshrek
01-07-2010, 02:55 PM
I second that motion.. :^)
harveyc
01-07-2010, 08:13 PM
I've never hunted deer and don't care for eating it, so I think Bambi is safe around me. I do like to hunt pheasant but am just to busy with chestnuts during season. I hope to maybe hunt goose later this month. The only thing I've hunted in the past year were coyotes (tear up irrigation lines terribly, costing me $1,000+ in damages), scrub jays, and mocking birds (eat my tree fruits and seem to taunt me about it).
I don't plan on posting any photos but wonder if links to photos hosted elsewhere are okay?
Patty in Wisc
01-07-2010, 09:12 PM
Harvey, if the link doesn't go to a dead animal, I would think it's OK. They just don't want dead animals shown.
natej740
01-07-2010, 10:26 PM
harvey I'd like to see your pics....I haven't been to California in years loved seeing all the nut trees down by Fresno.
harveyc
01-07-2010, 11:53 PM
Jared says that the links to photos is okay (see here (http://www.bananas.org/f5/reminder-about-offensive-content-10800-6.html#post117270)), so I think it's fine if they are dead or whatever since the main concern is that they photos hosted here get flashed across the main page.
I don't know if I've got any digital photos of a dead animal (haven't hunted in 5 years), but here is one Ringneck pheasant I admired out of season. http://www.chestnuts.us/images/Ringneck4033.jpg :D
I've got photos of my chestnut orchard at Correia Chestnut Farm - American Grown Fresh Chestnuts From Our Family Farm to You; large hand-harvested Colossal chestnuts, recipes, instructions for roasting chestnuts, chestnut roasters, chestnut knives (http://www.chestnuts.us/gallery.htm)
Patty in Wisc
01-08-2010, 12:29 AM
Harvey, thanks for thos really nice pics. Your orchard is just fantastic! WOW
I think you should post that pheasant pic in Mitchels "post a pic" thread:) - what a beaut.
harveyc
01-08-2010, 12:44 AM
Thanks, Patty. That post a photo thread got too long and busy for me. We have a lot of geese flying around just a mile east of me and maybe I'll get over there and "shoot" some with my camera. Lots of swans also and some ducks. The biggest hunting going on are the egrets which stand motionless, waiting patiently for a vole to stick its head up in the alfalfa fields. It's amazing we can have any voles left with all of the egrets out there.
momoese
01-08-2010, 12:07 PM
Thanks, Patty. That post a photo thread got too long and busy for me.
What are you talking about Harvey? :confused: You don't have look at every page to share a photo. ;)
harveyc
01-08-2010, 01:38 PM
What are you talking about Harvey? :confused: You don't have look at every page to share a photo. ;)
Easy for you to say! I'm easily addicted and can spend just hours looking at photos all day. Wish I could make a living at it! Once I post a photo I get subscribed to the thread again and then him taunted with e-mails saying "come look at us, Harvey!" :ha:
momoese
01-08-2010, 01:56 PM
Easy for you to say! I'm easily addicted and can spend just hours looking at photos all day. Wish I could make a living at it! Once I post a photo I get subscribed to the thread again and then him taunted with e-mails saying "come look at us, Harvey!" :ha:
So......you think you can deprive us of your beutiful photos huh. :nanertank: :ha:
harveyc
01-08-2010, 02:37 PM
Hey, what right do you have laying guilt on me like that??!! ;)
harveyc
01-08-2010, 02:38 PM
I'm kinda busy with photos for a new web site, fwiw.
Patty in Wisc
01-12-2010, 03:12 PM
Why do I feel like I have antlers on my head during open season? I never knew there was so much hatred for ppl even talking about hunting.
You must not watch much news and have not seen much about PETA--that group of wackos that think more of animals than people and even tried to disrupt hunting until they passed laws against it. They have blown up research labs, released animals--some I think were even infected.
momoese
01-12-2010, 06:39 PM
You must not watch much news and have not seen much about PETA--that group of wackos that think more of animals than people and even tried to disrupt hunting until they passed laws against it. They have blown up research labs, released animals--some I think were even infected.
They have also gone to agility trials and let people's dogs out of their crates or ex-pens while the owners were busy with their other dog on the agility course. In one instance one of those loose dogs was run over by a car.
Patty in Wisc
01-12-2010, 08:07 PM
Wow
They have also gone to agility trials and let people's dogs out of their crates or ex-pens while the owners were busy with their other dog on the agility course. In one instance one of those loose dogs was run over by a car.
I have actually been surprised that they have not shown up at our retriever trials--maybe they have in other parts of the country.
Patty in Wisc
01-19-2010, 04:21 PM
I hope this link works. These are some rare albino deer living in northern Wisconsin that are very protected. What beautiful animals!
news + public affairs player: video (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=inwi10s22a3q81f)
justjoan
01-20-2010, 02:02 PM
I have some excellent recipes for Pheasant and Elk and Antelope, Venison just never cuts it, always tastes like the animal was eating pine needles all year to me. Lucky to have all those pheasants YUM, I love Grouse too!!!!:woohoonaner:
Patty in Wisc
01-20-2010, 03:39 PM
Yeah, backstraps are really the only good eating on venison. Venison coarsley ground & used in chili is excellent, but the rest is good as a long cooked roast w/ onions & then make a gravy w/ it. Seems the 'gamey' taste comes out the longer you cook it.
If I ever get access to pheasant, Joan, I'll ask you for your recipe! :)
Or, you could post it here now:)
justjoan
01-20-2010, 03:42 PM
Will get the two best ones I have and put them out here for you all!
Patty in Wisc
01-20-2010, 03:56 PM
GREAT!!
I remember hearing about "pheasant under glass" in fine restaraunts a long time ago LOL.
fishoifc
01-20-2010, 06:35 PM
I would love to try your pheasant recipes.I have to cook some soon my friend got in S. dakota.
Yeah, backstraps are really the only good eating on venison. Venison coarsley ground & used in chili is excellent, but the rest is good as a long cooked roast w/ onions & then make a gravy w/ it. Seems the 'gamey' taste comes out the longer you cook it.
If I ever get access to pheasant, Joan, I'll ask you for your recipe! :)
Or, you could post it here now:)
Not True! I process my own venison and there is no "gamey" taste. There are 3 ways I use venison, backstrap and hindquarters can go into cube steak, all the rest goes into either ground meat, or jerky--none of it has a gamey taste. The process starts with a minimum of 3 days soak in icey cold water, draining and replacing water/ice every day. One other key factor is removing all of the scent glands as you process the meat. Except for the ground meat, most of my recipes cook venison very quick to retain tenderness.
Patty in Wisc
01-21-2010, 12:14 PM
Oh yeah, I made a bunch of dried venison/jerky & it was good. I didn't know about soaking the meat in ice water. Where would those scent glands be?
I would love to see some of your venison recipes as I really don't have any:)
justjoan
01-21-2010, 12:30 PM
I HAVE MADE JERKY ALSO AND THAT WAS GREAT, I WAS ALWAYS INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL THE "SILVER SKIN" TOO!!!!! i JUST HAVE NEVER HAD A PIECE OF CHOP OR ROAST THAT TASTED GOOD TO ME, MUST BE THE SOAKING IN ICE WATER THAT DOES THE TRICK
Patty in Wisc
01-21-2010, 12:52 PM
Funny, there are 2 ads above --one is of home deer processing & one is venison recipes LOL
Don't click on the recipes...they want your cell # just to view & then will charge your cell $10.00 a month:(:(
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01-21-2010, 01:04 PM
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Oh yeah, I made a bunch of dried venison/jerky & it was good. I didn't know about soaking the meat in ice water. Where would those scent glands be?
I would love to see some of your venison recipes as I really don't have any:)
The scent glands are in the hind legs near the bone--right under the scent pads--a little above--about the size of your finger. I can't remember if there are any on the front legs, but I trim all the fat and facia from each muscle bundle as I cut it up.
My jerky recipe is not written, but I use jerky cure you can buy at Walmart. I add a lot of additional spices, but I don't measure. I add red pepper, white pepper, black pepper, salt and sometimes soy or worchestershire sauce. I put that in the fridge for a day or 2 and then I dry it to about the consistiency of dry cured ham on my electric smoker. I then vacuum pack and freeze it. A pack will keep at least a week after it is open, but that rarely happens.
Here is what I do with my cube venison chops:
I salt and pepper the cubed chops, coat them with flour, dip them in egg and then a mix of seasoned bread crumbs with about 1/3 parmesan cheese and fry in shallow oil. I then use the fried chops in a sandwich with garlic french bread, swiss cheese, lettuce and jalapenos (mayo and cajun mustard optional).
I have also used the fried chops in recipes for veal parmesan.
I rarely cook a roast, but it is best cooked rare. Otherwise, you can cook it slow and long, but it will always be stringy.
My wife was always truning her nose up at venison until I found out about the icey water treatment. Now she loves it and never complains about gamey taste.
Patty in Wisc
02-09-2010, 09:05 PM
I got a email showing pics of the biggest brown bear I ever saw. It was charging after the guy who shot it who just happened to bring his new gun along. Quite a story w/it!
I also got email w/ pics of a mule killing a cougar who was going after the pet dogs. If anyone wants to see these, pm me your addy & I'll FWD them to you.
Patty in Wisc
03-11-2010, 07:53 PM
Last weekend around 5:30, while still light out, we were driving down hy 60 (30 mile north of MKE) & saw a herd of 17 deer about 1 block away in a field eating old corn in the snow. What a treat! To see that many so close. Cars going by didn't affect them. Yet, during hunting season, we - & hunters hardly saw any further north where all the hunters go.
Here is a email I just got. It came with a pic but I guess I can't post it cuz it shows a dead deer that got hit by a car....
---People in Kankakee County, Illinois have a warped sense of humor.
It must be something in the coal-infused water.
This is the pull off at SR 17 and Hopkins Park Rd.
A deer was hit there.
The couch was dumped there previously.
Day two the deer was on the couch.
Day three the end table and lamp showed up.
Day four the TV and TV stand showed up.
The Trooper had to call IL DOT because of all the people stopping to take pictures.
The cardboard caption in front of the deer on the couch reads,
"Sorry Hunters.
Obama ruined healthcare.
We can't afford to have injured hunters on our conscience,
so I'm staying home!
Sorry,
The Deer ---
-------
It was so funny...showed the road right there w/ a 40 mph sign knocked down & snow on the ground. Guess you'll have to imagine it:)
Scuba_Dave
03-11-2010, 08:55 PM
Just do a search, it will turn up
deer kankakee hopkins couch
Very funny picture !!
LilRaverBoi
03-11-2010, 10:22 PM
LMFAO...I'm not gonna post it here because it might offend someone, but do a Google image search for 'deer on couch' and you'll find it!
Patty in Wisc
03-11-2010, 10:27 PM
Dave, you found that pic???! Can you leave a link to it? It really is funny. Links are OK, they just don't want the pic posted here.
oops, nevermind. They'll see it...thanks
Scuba_Dave
03-11-2010, 10:43 PM
I got a email showing pics of the biggest brown bear I ever saw. It was charging after the guy who shot it who just happened to bring his new gun along. Quite a story w/it!
I picked up a book when I was in Alaska about bears that killed people
One bear was shot & kept running at the hunter...killed him & then got 50 yards away & dropped dead
The hunter had hit the bear in the heart & the bear still killed him
Some unreal stories in that book
Not sure if I still have it somewhere
Patty in Wisc
03-12-2010, 12:04 AM
This guy was walking his dogs not far from their backyard & the bear charged out of nowhere. Normally, wife & kids would go & normally he didn't carry a gun, but it was new & he prolly wanted to target shoot at something. Not a rifle, but a very powerful gun that almost made him lose balance. He just fired towards the bear not really aiming & stepping back as he fired. The bear finally fell where he was standing with first shot. My gosh, the bear claws were at least 3 inches - as long as his finger. The paw was bigger than his head, & I think it weighed over 800lbs. sheesh
Abnshrek
03-12-2010, 11:09 PM
I guess its to early in the season... but come summer I might need to start a new thread; " Gator Wrestlin' " :^) especially if I get some good pictures.. lol Crabbin' this next coming up weekend but I know they will still be hybernating, fornicating, sitting on a rock or secluded bank suckin' up the suns rays, but won't be seen in the water... cause its to cool.... <-sayin' aw shucks.. lol :^)
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