Author Topic: Eastern whitetail reports (Read 968 times)

John Y Cannuck · « **on:** November 17, 2003, 03:04:53 PM »

For us, the weather was lousy, wind dropped a tree inches from my Jeep, Catalytic converter plugged up on the way home, (it's still in the shop, fix is under warranty!) and we got only two small does for eight guys.
Had a hell of a good time though!

One of the guys was twenty feet from a huge bull moose, with a giant rack. His comment, having never seen a bull moose up close, or hunted them, was "Holy F*ck they are big". He said he took his saftey off on his 270 Win for his own protection, but it felt like he was holding a slingshot. (Moose season is closed).

I missed the buck of a lifetime, when I walked right up on it in heavy timber, then was looking the wrong way when he got up. All I saw was a big white butt with lots of horns. One bound, and he was gone into the thick stuff. Didn't even have time to lift my gun.

Bluenose · « **Reply #1 on:** November 18, 2003, 01:29:20 PM »

Same crummy weather for us. Two does for the six of us. I had a spike buck run past me at about 20 yards. No chance for a shot, and I'm still wondering how I could have gotten him to stop... maybe I should have thrown my gun infront to trip him and taken him with my knife? Oh well, maybe next year. Missed the moose season this fall, so just being in the bush after deer made me happy.

Bluenose

John Y Cannuck · « **Reply #2 on:** November 19, 2003, 01:14:33 AM »

Stopping a running deer, can be accomplished very effectively in my experience, by making a sudden, and unnatural noise. The guys in our camp, simply holler "woe" as loud as they can, and make the word short, and sharp. If you don't succeed, try it again. The deer, if running in dry leaves, or sticks is making so much noise, it may not be able to hear you. "Woe" works about 95%.
Of course, if you've been seen, all bets are off, "woe" may or may not work under those circumstances. If tail is up, I very much doubt that anything short of a bullet will stop the deer.
Many years ago, a lady we used to hunt with, (passed now GRHS) stopped a deer with "woe" with the hound dogs right behind it. She maintained that the deer stopped so fast that the dogs passed it.

pa ridge-runner · « **Reply #3 on:** November 19, 2003, 02:05:03 AM »

I whistle a short loud blast and have stopped them like that also.I have also seen when a shot from the rifle will stop em too,and sometimes it screws up the direction they want to go,and they may turn and run a different way. :?

Bluenose · « **Reply #4 on:** November 19, 2003, 01:50:36 PM »

Thanks for the advice guys , I tried to stop him with a whistle (mouth only, not fox40) with no luck. The ground was pretty crunchy with crusted snow so now that I think about it, he may not have heard me. It feels really unnatural to shout 'woe' at a deer, but next year if I get the opportunity I'm trying it. About two years ago, I had a BIG buck trot past through some thick bush and he never even looked up when I whistled. I still remember that one like yesterday...