It's that time of year. Let's see those kills.
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She’s half Mountain Curr and half Feist. She’s never really been around kids, but she’s a little stand offish with strangers. That’s probably just because we didn’t get her around many different people when she was a pup. We did raise her with two grown cats and she does just fine with them. She’s very gamey and does get a little aggressive with our other dog if there is prey involved. Small critters like mice, chipmunks, moles, and voles are in short supply since she’s been patrolling the property.
My best advice would be to research all of the common breeds and talk to some reputable breeders. I like to start with a young pup so that I can get them used to the household since mine are pets first and hunting dogs second.
1st season IA:
My older cousin's 12yo got his 1st buck hunting with his dad out of his man-cave on stilts on his grandma's ground. The buck was shot around 60 yards with a price-point Savage Axis 350L I set up for him.
My younger cousin's (brother to the cousin above) 8 yo got a dandy for his 1st buck. Shot out of a redneck blind bolted to a snow-mobile trailer over his daddy's lease/food plot. It was shot right before dark, so they brought it up to my place for some "glory pics" the next day. This buck was shot with a GL AR in .350L at 35 yards.
I sat behind my place from Sat-Mon of 1st season and the only buck I saw was a little 4-point fork.
My older cousin's 12yo got his 1st buck hunting with his dad out of his man-cave on stilts on his grandma's ground. The buck was shot around 60 yards with a price-point Savage Axis 350L I set up for him.
My younger cousin's (brother to the cousin above) 8 yo got a dandy for his 1st buck. Shot out of a redneck blind bolted to a snow-mobile trailer over his daddy's lease/food plot. It was shot right before dark, so they brought it up to my place for some "glory pics" the next day. This buck was shot with a GL AR in .350L at 35 yards.
I sat behind my place from Sat-Mon of 1st season and the only buck I saw was a little 4-point fork.
2nd Season IA:
My older cousin's 17 yo got his 1st buck (with some assistance, he hit it a little too low & forward with his 350L, it ran by me & caught a 210gr cor-lokt .400L anchoring it).
Father & son kills:
This one was taken on my cousin's lease with a Marlin Guide gun in .45/70.
His son took this one on our usual property with a Savage 220 20ga.
I've got more pics but the old laptop isn't cooperating at the moment...
My older cousin's 17 yo got his 1st buck (with some assistance, he hit it a little too low & forward with his 350L, it ran by me & caught a 210gr cor-lokt .400L anchoring it).
Father & son kills:
This one was taken on my cousin's lease with a Marlin Guide gun in .45/70.
His son took this one on our usual property with a Savage 220 20ga.
I've got more pics but the old laptop isn't cooperating at the moment...
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2nd season IA continued:
These were shot within 50 yards of each other but a week apart. One was killed 1st season & not found, the other was killed 2nd season but was rotten (they gutted it out & it was full of pus).
I ended up firing 3 shots, two of which were killing wounded deer that my cousin's kids shot (one was the buck posted previously the other was a big doe hit too low on our last drive of the year).
The only one I tagged was this meat doe taken on my cousin's lease. One high-shoulder with the .400L off of my cheap homemade shooting sticks at 50 yards dropped it in it's tracks:
Overall, we had 24 hanging plus the two heads:
We had a couple of days of -30* weather so it wasn't the most pleasant deer season we have had. I've been participating in organized deer drives with the same group since the mid-80s. We're now on the 4th generation of folks with this group.
These were shot within 50 yards of each other but a week apart. One was killed 1st season & not found, the other was killed 2nd season but was rotten (they gutted it out & it was full of pus).
I ended up firing 3 shots, two of which were killing wounded deer that my cousin's kids shot (one was the buck posted previously the other was a big doe hit too low on our last drive of the year).
The only one I tagged was this meat doe taken on my cousin's lease. One high-shoulder with the .400L off of my cheap homemade shooting sticks at 50 yards dropped it in it's tracks:
Overall, we had 24 hanging plus the two heads:
We had a couple of days of -30* weather so it wasn't the most pleasant deer season we have had. I've been participating in organized deer drives with the same group since the mid-80s. We're now on the 4th generation of folks with this group.
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Got my laptop semi-cooperating & found a few more deer pics from this past season.
This is the younger brother/son of the guys pictured in #1,944. Bow kill on our usual property:
This was another one taken during the gun 2 season. It went down in a hellhole & had to be recovered with a snowmobile and my Jet sled that I modified for deer dragging:
This is the deer everyone in the county was after, nicknamed "the Beast." One of our guys shot it with a .350L the previous year & he survived. It was taken this year by an out of state hunter that pays big buck$ to hunt a property we used to have access to. It was taken with a .35 Whelen. Initial score was 203 & change:
This is the younger brother/son of the guys pictured in #1,944. Bow kill on our usual property:
This was another one taken during the gun 2 season. It went down in a hellhole & had to be recovered with a snowmobile and my Jet sled that I modified for deer dragging:
This is the deer everyone in the county was after, nicknamed "the Beast." One of our guys shot it with a .350L the previous year & he survived. It was taken this year by an out of state hunter that pays big buck$ to hunt a property we used to have access to. It was taken with a .35 Whelen. Initial score was 203 & change:
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I didn't shoot any of the animals, I just organized the hunt...
In the end, there were 4 red deer, 12 wild boars, and 7 roe deer.
Got another daytime coon when I went out to get my mail. It was a pretty long poke for the ol' "behind the kitchen door" .22 mag so I had to go prone in the mud to get it. Big old female:
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Was requested to try and remove an otter from a private trout pond and took the opportunity to show my son what trapping was about. Haven’t trapped for 10-12? Years but always have the license and available tags ‘just in case’. Took 2 weeks for him to come back around but we had a good male otter in the trap this morning.
JayHHI6818
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Geese count? Son got permission to hunt picked corn field .7 mile from our house I was watching TV today and heard shots!! Text him you get any yeah 6 
Down South
FTR Junkie
Great bucks!
Majday
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Clancy
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We did alright Saturday night. 3 cats, passed 11 coyotes and some other furry critters. We killed the 5 coyotes we needed to qualify and one more because we thought @G Love might need a zero check. That’s G, myself, Sagie and Colton. Everyone shot a 6mm with a Manners PH stock and a Diligent suppressor.
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