« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2008, 11:55:21 AM »
Good afternoon all. Just out of the shower after getting back home from my last hunt. Had a very productive hunt. Arrived Friday am at camp, cleaned up all the mouse crap and washed all the canned food I left. The little buggers got into everything. Gonna have to replace3 sleeping bags for sure. Any way, after getting everything straightened up I jump in the 6 wheeler and cruise around my land. There had been so much traffic it looks bigger than some of the gravel roads around the area, across my land to the guy next to me , out the back of his place and on to the next guys! All the land is posted, but if you own land there you can hunt unsold property around you. Anyway, no more turkey flock, and no deer where I usually see them. Back to camp, get the Binocs and start looking around. 3 does are across the valley on land I can hunt but take off. Get in the truck, go for a ride on a new road cut thru the land that is for sale, and top of a ridge is a nice young buck. 300 yd sneak and the 280 brings him down. My Birthday buck
. Sat. am, up and out going to a good spot close by and by 8:00 I had a nice yearling. Back to camp, ate, took a nap, my favorite part of camp. Read till about 3:00 and went behind my land and walked half mile, saw several tails bouncing thru the trees then a nice doe stops and hid behind a 3" tree. The 35 Rem barked and time to tag and drag. Got her to the trail and walked back to the 6 wheeler to get her back to camp. I gotta quit smoking for sure, thought I was gonna have a heart attack trying to get her to the trail. Go to camp, get a bag of ice to put in her and when I turn around there are 8 deer in my field staring at me, and both guns about 20 yds away. Tryed to ignore them will going to the truck to get the 280 and just as I opened the door, they took off for the trees. Did a belly flop in front of my tent and yelled stop just as they got to the trees, one was at the edge of the field and the rest in the trees and they stopped. The one by the edge dropped at the shot so that was the end of my hunt, all tags filled, 7 total this year. Had the last one cleaned out before 5 and back in the tent to clean up. It was a good year, but WINDY up there almost all the time. These 4 will be jerky and breakfast sausage, yum. DP PS. Double D, Looks like I just wrote a book myself
, sorry about getting long-winded. DP
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Handi's:22Shot, 22LR, 2-22Mag, 22Hornet, 5-223, 2-357Max, 44 mag, 2-45LC, 7-30 Waters, 7mm-08, 280, 25-06, 30-30, 30-30AI, 444Marlin, 45-70, AND 2-38-55s, 158 Topper 22 Hornet/20ga. combo; Levers-Marlins:Two 357's, 44 mag, 4-30-30s, RC-Glenfields 36G-30A & XLR, 3-35 Rem, M-375, 2-444P's, 444SS, 308 MX, 338Marlin MXLR, 38-55 CB, 45-70 GS, XS7 22-250 and 7mm08; BLR's:7mm08, 358Win; Rossi: 3-357mag, 44mag, 2-454 Casull; Winchesters: 7-30 Waters, 45Colt Trapper; Bolt actions, too many; 22's, way too many. Who says it's an addiction?
