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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!

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Maybe they were to busy drinking beer :^)

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ha ha, they do a lot of that too but get up early - like 4am to hunt. We take drinking & hunting seriously :):):):)

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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)...

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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.

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I know up in connecticut coyotes are all over the place now. Probably due to the abundance of deer.

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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.

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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.

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Please come and take the excess deer from my neck of the woods.

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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 :^)

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I hunted 3 days last week and never saw a deer! Bummer--full moon!

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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 :^)

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Two brockets by blowdart and a whitetail using the bow.

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Yeap, rubbing their feet, keeps deers from freezing:ha::ha::ha:
:woohoonaner:

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My Husband and son hunt in our 66 acres this season and doing good . My son have five and hubby have this

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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...

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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.

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This was in my back yard, had to teach him a lesson. So I got the gator out & gave him a ride home......

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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...?

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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.

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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

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Thank you Jarred for bringing this back! :):)

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I second that motion.. :^)

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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?

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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.

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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.

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Jared says that the links to photos is okay (see here), 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

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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.

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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.

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What are you talking about Harvey? :confused: You don't have look at every page to share a photo. ;)

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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:

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So......you think you can deprive us of your beutiful photos huh. :nanertank: :ha:

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Hey, what right do you have laying guilt on me like that??!! ;)

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I'm kinda busy with photos for a new web site, fwiw.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Wow

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I have actually been surprised that they have not shown up at our retriever trials--maybe they have in other parts of the country.

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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

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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:

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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:)

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Will get the two best ones I have and put them out here for you all!

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GREAT!!
I remember hearing about "pheasant under glass" in fine restaraunts a long time ago LOL.

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I would love to try your pheasant recipes.I have to cook some soon my friend got in S. dakota.

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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.

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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:)