KahrMan

That is a big 8 pt. Nice!!

Well my daughter and I bumped a deer walking in and got into the blind a little after 2. It was quiet. There was a large fox squirrel with a white face running around but he was the only thing moving until 4:30. We were sitting side by side but facing opposite directions so we could cover more ground. Right at 4:30 a deer just appears about 35 yards from the blind. I whisper deer. She slowly turns around and gets the scope on the deer. I am using my binoculars and see it is the same little spike I filmed Saturday morning. I tell her not to shoot because he is really young. We are watching him for a minute and she whispers deer and its another buck. This buck had come up from behind us and was about 20 yards out the left window. I tell her not to move, he is going to feed to right in front of you. He was focused on the small spike and paid the blind no attention. This was an older deer with a deformed rack. He had a nub on one side and a fork on the other. I told her she could cull that one if she wanted it. While waiting for a good shot she whispers deer again. She spied a tail about 60 yards away kinda in front of us and off to the left. Well the buck finally gave her a nice broadside shot and she squeezed the trigger. After the smoke cleared I could only see the spike running away. She said the other deer ran off to the right and it looked like it was running funny but disappeared. The last time I took her hunting she missed a big buck and was worried she had missed again. I reloaded and we were waiting a minute and then I see another deer. It was the one she spied earlier. It was doe and was feeding right to us. Then another deer ran up from behind us to right in front of us. it was the small spike that had just off. The doe feeds over and it is really small and we decided to let her grow up some. Well now it is getting dark and we still need to go look for the other deer but the spike and doe do not want to leave. Young deer are really stupid. We start making a little noise and they just look at us. They are only about 20 yards aways. I finally stand up and start zipping the all the windows up. We both get out of the blind and the two deer finally decide to leave. We walk over to where we though the deer was to look for blood. I forgot to bring a flashlight so we were both using our lights on our phones. We can't find anything. We are looking for little drops of blood and I come across a big spray of blood. Caitlin got real excited knowing she did not miss. We follow the trail for about 15 yards and there is a lot of blood being sprayed. I am looking down and Caitlin says there he is. You could just make out the white of his belly and tail We get over to him and he doe not have the one antler. it has broken off. She starts to look for it while I get ready to gut the deer. I then spotted the antler right next to a tree about 5' away. i guess he hit his head as he fell and broke off the antler. I think I will let the deer hang till this weekend before I process him. Then it is venison chili time.

I’ll take 5

Welcome back.

I am taking my daughter out this afternoon. Hopefully they will be moving.

They will do some damage. My truck is in the shop right now getting fixed from hitting a deer a couple of weeks ago. The bill is up to 6k so far.

I really like the Russell’s. It definitely going in the rotation.

A couple of birthday presents from last month. Fixing to open the Russell’s. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Now that you mention it I did not hear one shot yesterday from the surrounding properties. I usually hear two or three shots on opening day.

That’s the way it always goes. Lol

Hot and windy, great deer hunting weather. Lol.

It is hard to pass on a nice 6 but think how big he will be next year.

small spike feeding below my stand.

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The weather was perfect last weekend. Kinda annoying. I will be up in a tree for a couple of hours in the morning and leave before it gets to warm.

Thanks for the link.

Looks like metro is going to run on of these turn your guns in and we will give you $75 in gift cards this Saturday. It is happening at a Baptist Church on 12th ave. Anybody going to go and offer cash to see if you can find some good deals? http://www.wsmv.com/story/36741007/police-offer-gift-cards-for-guns-at-saturday-event

Not a shotgun but your situation is why I bought "thumper". It is Marlin 1895 cut down to 16". I use it in very thick stuff where the shots are going to be fast and short. Big bullets that are quick to get on target is perfect that situation.

I was actually pretty lucky. If I had been in a car it would have been bad. My truck is in the body shop now so everything will be back to normal soon.

That is one of the funniest things I have seen in a while.

Union Planters. Now there is a name I have not heard in a while.

Great story. It is always nice when guns get back to where they need to be.

Went to the range today to make sure both of mine were still sighted in. I am ready to be able reach a little farther than my bow will allow. Cleaning tip: I figured out today that a 28 ga bore snake, while tight, works really well in a .50 cal barrel. Hopefully the weather is not to rainy on Saturday.

I have heard all of those questions. I glad it is just not my wife who asks those questions.

Dave, CDNNSports has several Supergrades for auction on Gunbroker. Here is a link to one in .243. http://www.gunbroker.com/item/685614621 They also have several other nice rifles for sale.