OT - Youth deer season.
September 12th, 2020 at 4:42 PM ^
Sounds like a great morning. Ohio archery opens in two weeks and I'm definitely looking forward to getting out. It will be a few more years before my boy is able to join.
September 12th, 2020 at 4:47 PM ^
congrats on the successful hunt. way to go dad. post a picture. last year during the youth hunt one of the avatar twins scored 6 TD's in a blow out win early in the afternoon and shot a buck about an hour and a half after the game. i told him to remember the day, lots of folks won't do that in a life time
as to us today, in a lazy way, glassed the pastures closest to the house around sunrise and saw nothing. we had some weather earlier today and that might have made a difference. will do some more toward sunset.
we have virtual herds of deer here though running through our fields . had 2 sets of bucks simultaneously chasing two sets of does and passing within 200' of the house, one set to the north, one to the south a couple of days ago. at least two very nice racks, one in each group. one had the whitest set of bone i think i've ever seen - and his rack was close to 18" above his head, maybe more. the velvet must have just come off. they're out there.
September 12th, 2020 at 5:09 PM ^
Your comment made me think of the joke that ends with "I bucked one and Timbuktu ".
I forget how the joke begins tho.
September 12th, 2020 at 6:12 PM ^
The version I have mostly heard has a yooper rather than a redneck and generic ivy league graduate.
The National Poetry Contest had come down to two semifinalists: a Yale graduate and a redneck from Wyoming. They were given a word, then allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word. The word they were given was "Timbuktu".
First to recite his poem was the Yale graduate. He stepped to the microphone and said:
Slowly across the desert sand
Trekked a lonely caravan.
Men on camels, two by two
Destination---Timbuktu.
The crowd went crazy! No way could the redneck top that, they thought. The redneck calmly made his way to the microphone and recited:
Me and Tim a-huntin went,
Met three whores in a pop up tent.
They was three, and we was two,
So I bucked one, and Timbuktu.
The redneck won hands down!
September 12th, 2020 at 6:36 PM ^
Outstanding, thank you!
September 12th, 2020 at 5:26 PM ^
Thanks. We were both super excited.
September 12th, 2020 at 11:21 PM ^
Nice spike, well done.
September 12th, 2020 at 5:28 PM ^
I even made him pull the guts out.
September 12th, 2020 at 5:47 PM ^
absolutely outstanding. thank you for posting. shooting a .243?
September 12th, 2020 at 5:49 PM ^
He's got the .44 mag CVA Scout. I'm surprised how accurate it is. From a rest you can touch holes from 100 yards out.
September 12th, 2020 at 6:03 PM ^
big gun for a kid. how far was the shot, how many grains in the bullet?
September 12th, 2020 at 6:09 PM ^
Before I bought it I debated on getting the shorter stock for him but the standard stock fits him perfectly. He's using a 240 grain Hornady XTP and there is almost no kick. It was only a 40 yard shot. We had him at about 10 yards but I made him wait until it was a little farther out so he could get a good level entrance and exit. He ended up hitting one lung and took off the top of the heart. The buck only made it like 35 yards and left a massive blood trail.
September 12th, 2020 at 6:24 PM ^
That's awesome! It means so much more when you take care of it yourself. He'll be so excited sitting at the table with his venison feeding the family. Congratulations!
September 12th, 2020 at 8:00 PM ^
Nice. In I.T. we might call that "full stack development."
As someone else noted, he'll gain an appreciation for the full process if he doesn't already have one.
September 12th, 2020 at 11:24 PM ^
Gotta be easy pulling out the spaghetti house.
September 12th, 2020 at 4:47 PM ^
I live in Wayne County. Deer season is all year and the best hunting is up and down I-94 or along Telegraph downriver. The Mile Roads as they pass through Plymouth and Northville Township are pretty fruitful too if you really want to do some front end damage.
September 12th, 2020 at 4:53 PM ^
remember to keep both hands on the wheel and power straight through...
September 12th, 2020 at 4:59 PM ^
Cmon XM, keep the Covid talk out of this thread!
JK. And I have no idea who negged you.
September 12th, 2020 at 5:48 PM ^
serious part is that you really are supposed to keep on course and not take evasive action around the deer.
as to your second sentence, the candidates are legion and there doesn't need to be a reason. i could type 'go blue' and it'd get neg'd. living rent free in more than one melon around here.
September 12th, 2020 at 8:04 PM ^
That's one of the first things I was taught as a young driver in a rural area.
A worst-case scenario would have you swerving (and risking losing control of the vehicle) and the deer moving into that spot, too. Better to stay the course and maybe move at the last second if you have the opportunity.
September 12th, 2020 at 6:03 PM ^
I keep score
September 12th, 2020 at 6:04 PM ^
you look different in that picture than your avatar. what gives?
September 12th, 2020 at 6:33 PM ^
That’s gotta be Mrs. Putin driving
September 12th, 2020 at 6:42 PM ^
she's a looker!
September 12th, 2020 at 10:21 PM ^
"Well she's a guy so..."
September 13th, 2020 at 3:10 AM ^
That reminds me of a t-shirt I saw yesterday in Grand Teton National Park. It had a picture if a mini-van with the stick family on the rear window. You know the one... with dad,mom, boy, girl and dog. There was a bear pointing at the stick family with a caption: “Look, there’s a menu!”.
September 12th, 2020 at 5:31 PM ^
I live right smack in the middle of the deer/auto accident capital of MI. Just saw three wander through my back yard an hour ago.
September 12th, 2020 at 5:00 PM ^
Vinny and I took two yutes out bucking.
September 12th, 2020 at 5:14 PM ^
Hoping to get out for the early doe next week. Good luck everybody. If we can't have football, at least we can have more chances to feed the family delicious venison.
September 12th, 2020 at 5:18 PM ^
I love this. Congratulations to your son.
I miss those days when we’d take my son and daughter out hunting for our youth hunt. Fortunately for me, my wife loves to hunt as well so I expect we’ll be spending a lot more weekends at our lease since we have more free time on Saturdays.
September 12th, 2020 at 5:58 PM ^
10 year old went out for first time this am. Saw a doe but she never stopped to get a shot off. 9 year old going out this evening and in the am. 10 year old Sunday evening.
First time hunting for both boys, so hoping for something positive.
Either way it will be quality time in the woods for the boys.
September 12th, 2020 at 5:58 PM ^
Oldest went out for first time this am. Saw a doe but she never stopped to get a shot off. Younger brother going out this evening and in the am. Oldest back out Sunday evening.
First time hunting for both boys, so hoping for something positive.
Either way it will be quality time in the woods for the boys.
September 12th, 2020 at 7:39 PM ^
Got my stand set yesterday with the help of a mgoneighbor (whose mgowife was very understanding of us spending our time that way). Opening Day was today here in NC, but other commitments superseded. Should be able to be out there tomorrow evening.
September 12th, 2020 at 9:33 PM ^
Congratulations to your son! What a great memory. Looking forward to when my daughter is old enough
September 12th, 2020 at 9:55 PM ^
We sat about 8 hours today. Saw 10, but none in range.
September 12th, 2020 at 11:20 PM ^
Went out with my 9 year old today. He passed on a couple big does this morning and was rewarded for his patience with an 8 point tonight. He was shaking for 20 minutes afterwards. It is so enjoyable teaching the next generation to be self sufficient.
September 12th, 2020 at 11:44 PM ^
Shooting stuff with guns is the best.
September 13th, 2020 at 7:20 AM ^
couple of does out there right now, but 300+ yds. no way the twins are taking that shot. we'll see if they come closer.
EDIT: now there are 6 out there, but still too far to shoot.
September 13th, 2020 at 2:20 PM ^
Heading back out tonight?
September 13th, 2020 at 6:54 PM ^
We'll sit quietly on the back deck and see who shows up