Time to start planning the fall hunt

[Fast14riot]

Purchased my non-resident license, deer tag and bear tag for Western Oregon this fall. Going with my dad this year. Last year our very own Bc'z, and his lovely wife asked their Rottweiler if I could stay with them for my first time hunting Oregon. The dog said yes, btw. Had a great time and am staying only a few miles up the road from them this year.

It's getting about that time to start planning out of state hunting trips, draws are getting reported, reservations need to be made. Where are you hunting this year? First time? Annual trip?

I can't wait to get back in those steep hills chasing elusive black tail this year!

 

[Bc'z]

Alex looking forward to hanging out and meeting your folks. Indian Mary is a beautiful campground on the Rogue river.
I'm buying my tags tomorrow, bear season start August 1st.
We're gonna be hitting the hills glassing clear cuts and berry patches including the Manzanita's.
We use this time to also scout for elk and deer as general Archery season starts end of August.

 

[boltfluter]

Alex looking forward to hanging out and meeting your folks. Indian Mary is a beautiful campground on the Rogue river.
I'm buying my tags tomorrow, bear season start August 1st.
We're gonna be hitting the hills glassing clear cuts and berry patches including the Manzanita's.
We use this time to also scout for elk and deer as general Archery season starts end of August.

Scouting for bears is always fun!! Walking the dogs, up from my house a few hundred yards, the dogs treed a nice black bear 5 minutes into the walk. Makes for a little excitement!! We have some real monsters here. Never leave the house without the .40 cal.
Paul

 

[std7mag]

Geez!!
Our bear season (rifle) in PA doesn't come in till the week of Thanksgiving.
Opens Sat & runs till Tues.
Then deer Sat after Thanksgiving.
No spring season either.

Hope you have a good hunt!
Makes it all the better with family & friends!

 

[Bc'z]

Geez!!
Our bear season (rifle) in PA doesn't come in till the week of Thanksgiving.
Opens Sat & runs till Tues.
Then deer Sat after Thanksgiving.
No spring season either.

Hope you have a good hunt!
Makes it all the better with family & friends!

General season bear
August 1st through December 31st
General archery will start last weekend in August and run for a month deer and elk
Followed by a month of General rifle.
This is for western Oregon, east side is draw hunt.

 

[hogpatrol]

My out of state hunt has been completed. Just waiting for cooler weather to go out and clear the shooting lanes, do some maintenance on the tree stands, spray the ghillie suit with permethrin and get in a little crossbow practice, Delaware archery comes in September 1 and PA, Sept 15. Weather permitting, I'll be in the stand both days.

 

[Louisiana Shooter]

I'll only be hunting on the lease this year....costs are too much this for my usual Illinois bow hunting trip.

Got a lot of work to do on the lease though, so that will compensate some. Just being in the woods is good.

 

[Mark W]

I’ll be archery hunting the farm across the road from my house again this year. My best stand is less than 100 yards from my front door.

If I use my buck tag early, I might hunt the PA rifle season for some gun hunting.

 

[Bill Norris]

Yep, time to take a walk into the swamp and check out my corn pile location. Clean up the path and make sure my bench is good to go. Looking forward to getting the ODCR recently built Model 7 30BR in there with the 125 Nosler A B.

 

[Bc'z]

Yep, time to take a walk into the swamp and check out my corn pile location. Clean up the path and make sure my bench is good to go. Looking forward to getting the ODCR recently built Model 7 30BR in there with the 125 Nosler A B.

Whisper in thier ear.
Alex tried to take this fellas head of last year.

 

[Fast14riot]

Whisper in thier ear.
Alex tried to take this fellas head of last year.View attachment 1356581

It was my only shot without ruining half the meat! 178amax going 2850 and only 30 yards shot facing away, I would have blown his butthole out his eyeballs with a body shot, lol! Besides, who likes tracking anyway.

 

[markT]

Good topic/ reminder. We all better get our butts to the supplier and buy what we plan to plant this fall.

 

[Bill Norris]

Whisper in thier ear.
Alex tried to take this fellas head of last year.View attachment 1356581

Nice shot no doubt

 

[MikeT49]

My out of state hunt has been completed. Just waiting for cooler weather to go out and clear the shooting lanes, do some maintenance on the tree stands, spray the ghillie suit with permethrin and get in a little crossbow practice, Delaware archery comes in September 1 and PA, Sept 15. Weather permitting, I'll be in the stand both days.

Dale,
I just picked up a ghillie suit for my upcoming archery hunts here in WA (Elk) and back home in WI (Whitetail). Don't want to hijack this thread so I'm going to start a thread on ghillie suits. Hopefully to get "direct reports from watch standers" like you and other members on ghillie suit usage. Mike

 

[JB10]

Got drawn for my first muel deer hunt here in AZ. Been on a few hunts but never my own tag except javelina. Looking forward to the time. We know the unit well just need to do some scouting now.

 

[Gary in MD]

I’ll be heading to Oklahoma again this year on a trophy whitetail hunt. It’s a two day drive but it’s a bunch of fun with good people.
Gary

 

[Bc'z]

Dale,
I just picked up a ghillie suit for my upcoming archery hunts here in WA (Elk) and back home in WI (Whitetail). Don't want to hijack this thread so I'm going to start a thread on ghillie suits. Hopefully to get "direct reports from watch standers" like you and other members on ghillie suit usage. Mike

My old hunting buddy told me once if I wore street clothes I'd see more game than if I wore camouflage....

I killed my last 3 bucks in flip flops and shorts during archery season.

I think Bob was on to something

 

[6fatrat]

Michigan Bear tag Sept. 11th, Grouse Oct 1st, Waterfowl Oct 8th and the 15th Archery Deer rut hunt early Nov. then Deer rifle Nov. 15th.
Plus a little fall run fishing in lake Huron 25 yards from where i am sitting.
Steve Bair

 

[MikeT49]

My old hunting buddy told me once if I wore street clothes I'd see more game than if I wore camouflage....

I killed my last 3 bucks in flip flops and shorts during archery season.

I think Bob was on to something

That's a "urban" ghillie suit.

 

[AWS]

My season was cut short by illness last year only got to hunt a few days from Nov 1- Feb. this year I'm going to again attempt to take two coyotes with my bow, two with a 150 yr old shotgun(1870), two with my handgun and the rest with my rifle unless the first ones were too much fun and take more with them.