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  1. I hunted three times this week.  They were by far the most active in the afternoon/evening.  Never saw much of anything in the mornings.  The day that I shot a doe this week was at 4:45PM.  That day I actually did decide to sleep in and started hunting around 10:45AM.  Worked out well. 

  2. Yeah, the real work starts after the shot is fired.  I processed mine the last few years but took this year off and took it all to the processor.  I pick it up tomorrow and will find out if I go back to processing it myself again or not.  Do you ever grind up your venison and use a jerky gun? Apparently it makes it more tender if done this way and the ability to mix in other meats and stretch out the venison. I've done the jerky strips many times and haven't been really satisfied with how it turns out.  Do you have any suggestions on making the jerky lasting longer short of eating it same day?  Seems like if I don't eat it within a couple days it goes bad.  I'm thinking maybe I just don't make as much each time I do it. 

  3. Hey, it doesn't have to be a difficult shot to be a good shot! I'll take an easy shot any day! That's cool you were able to watch her come in from so far away. They really gets the heart pumping when they start heading to you.


    For sure. Three does entered the field and hung out for a while and two split off back into the woods but for some reason this one kept coming my direction alone and then bang. Worked out well since the other two were not as big and I would have passed on them. There were two other does I had already let walk about thirty minutes prior. I only had one doe tag and was holding out for the right one.


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  4. Nice doe FJ! She should be good eatin indeed! How far was your shot?


    I'll have to admit it was not a difficult shot. I was hiding inbetween some hay bails and watched her come in from 400-500 yards out and I finally took the shot around 75 yards. It was windy and snowing so I was glad it ended up being a fairly close range shot. Biggest doe I've ever shot.



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  5. Deer down on 11/27 around 4:45PM EST.  Snow hunting 2013 - Hunting on the family farm in West Virginia.  Saw 9 does that day and no horns.  Went ahead and took the biggest doe I had seen all day.  She was a big one!  Shot with a Remington 700 .308 WIN and Leupold VX2 scope. 

     

    Not sure what happened on this first picture.  My cousin couldn't quite figure out how to take pictures with my Android:

     

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    She had to be at least a 150lb doe.  Two of us struggled just to get her on the back of the 4 wheeler (after being field dressed).  Should be good eats! 

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  6. Like others - trail mix, beef or venison jerky, candy, water and that's usually about it.  If it's post rut I'll come off the stand during lunch time and fire up the portable grill at the camp site.  Nothing going on in the woods from 10AM to 4PM except sleeping deer. 

  7. That one have covered sir! Going in with some buds on a one year 200 acre lease, cost is $200. Does that sound over priced?

     

    I pay a little over $2 an acre on a lease in Hickman County.  1300 acres and about 13 or 14 of us on it if that gives you any idea.  I would load up on scent-killer Gold, scout the property, hang some stands and put out some trail cameras ASAP. 

  8. I've never purchased a firearm through gunbroker.com, only accessories and magazines.  I was curious if I buy a firearm through gunbroker.com and do the FFL transfer if I still have to pay sale tax on it?  Not necessarily looking to avoid the sales tax, just an added bonus since I'll already be paying for the background check and transfer fee.

     

     

     

     

  9. Nothing on the side either.  All I ever saw were hens but the gobblers were either MIA or wouldn't come out of the thick woods up in the trees.  Also missed 3 weekends of hunting due to weather, etc. so I have no one to blame but myself.

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