I DID IT, I DID!

[matt6669 71]

Story to come later along with pics but I got a deer

[Malsua 1,422]

Yeah? Ruffies? Oh, you mean you got a deer. Grats. Do make some jerky. I love deer jerky.

[67gtonut 847]

Sat in tree.... bored, cold....

 

deer stumbles by..... you shoot...... somehow..... you hit it.

 

deer dead or suffering....

 

end of story....

[Malsua 1,422]

Sat in tree.... bored, cold....

 

deer stumbles by..... you shoot...... somehow..... you hit it.

 

deer dead or suffering....

 

end of story....

 

Naw, you have to go over to it, slit it up the middle with your knife and pull all the guts out, attempting to keep the gut sack in one piece.

 

Then, you hoist the front legs over your shoulders, like you're giving it a piggy back ride...you rest the deer's head on your head and carry it back to the car.

[SpecialK 193]

those 200 lbs salt licks are sure worth the money eh?

 

Jerky, make jerky.

[CageFighter 236]

Then, you hoist the front legs over your shoulders, like you're giving it a piggy back ride...you rest the deer's head on your head and carry it back to the car.

:thsmiley_deadhorse:

[Malsua 1,422]

:thsmiley_deadhorse:

 

I was kidding, lol! Even Matt isn't that goofy. I'm a big proponent of killing off the milling herds of walking jerky.

[Blcklightning 11]

Story to come later along with pics but I got a deer

 

Good Job! I'm looking forward to shotgun season starting up.

[intercooler 41]

i almost got one today too...but the guy in the other lane got it first!

[matt6669 71]

Well she's home, skinned and cut up already, man this was fun.

 

So I went hunting this morning and shared a tree stand with a co-workers father who actually got me permission to hunt on the property.

 

We get all set in by about 7am and by about 8am we have this 6-point buck walk across our view about 200 yards out. He spots it right away but for the life of me I couldn't find it. Finally I find it in my sights except he's behind a bunch of trees ohh well, squeeze the trigger and the thing jets outta there. Big fat ole miss and I was pretty upset at myself for that one.

 

We see quite a few in the later morning but all too far to take a shot or in too much heavy cover so we can't take shots.

 

He leaves about 12:30 to go home b/c he has somewhere to go.

 

I'm sitting here surfing this fine website for about 10 minutes when I look up and there are two does eating stuff off the ground at about 100 yards out. Throw my phone down, pick up my gun, they hear me and turn towards me. Ok not a good shot, now they turn away from me im like NOOOO I'm going to lose it. Finally she turns and puts her whole side to me, squeeze the trigger and BAM. Didn't even take one step, just fell to the ground. Turns out I shot it a little high and actually took out its entire backbone / spline.

 

Boy that was a lot of fun, going out again for hopefully another one, this sport is quite addicting.

Heres the pictures

 

 

[tj462nj 32]

real happy for ya Matt...congrats

[Old School 611]

That's a BIG doe lad!! Congrats

[matt6669 71]

Thanks guys!!

 

Frank, my father and his buddy said the same thing. They were able to "neck it" i guess that means they were able to harvest the meat from the neck as well, they said that usually doesn't happen on does.

 

It was really heavy to, hoping my father weighs it after he gets everything chopped up into pieces

 

M

[Wolfy 51]

Congrats but you almost missed out cause you were on your phone. I can't blame you the Evo is amazing.

[Babaganoosh 192]

Where were you hunting?

[maideneddie 35]

Congrats Matt, all good things come to those who wait.

[usnmars 136]

CONGRATS!!!!! you now have an official excuse for missing the auction of the century!

[Ray Ray 3,566]

7mm-08 for the win! Congrats my friend, yummy yummy times.

[Blcklightning 11]

Where were you hunting?

+1 and what rifle did you shoot it with? <- Never mind the gun Ray Ray answered that

Good Job!

[matt6669 71]

I was shooting a Remington 700 in 7mm-08

 

And I did miss the auction of a life time, but I also got my first deer of a lifetime

 

ohh well

 

Thanks guys!!

[GoNRA 12]

congrats, I wonder if the meat is all that much better when you put in all the effort it takes to actually hunt for your food.

[The_Matrix 105]

So did you get sick when you had to gut it? Or someone did it for you?

[halbautomatisch 60]

Congrats, deer hunting may get for you just as addictive as this forum. One of my friends got his first deer last year with his dad's old shotgun, this year he's buying new tree stands and looking at getting a new shotgun for his future hunting exploits.

[Krdshrk 3,878]

Nice! Deer Jerkey for all!