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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #50 on: November 08, 2017, 08:59:38 PM »
Almost got a doe tonight, caught it in the hip with a 20.05. That’s a really slow heavy round. Marketed by Honda under the trade name Odyssey. Luckily it was a glancing blow and only cracked the bumper fascia on the passenger side. Crappy part is, I️ was only 100 yards from my driveway when it happened. Almost made it home without issue.  :facepalm:

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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #51 on: November 08, 2017, 09:07:20 PM »
Ouch, don't wash it until the insurance adjuster looks at it, that is if you are covered for a deer hit....

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« Reply #52 on: November 08, 2017, 09:16:44 PM »
Shoot, i have a gravel driveway, i wasn’t planning to wash it for A few more years. Didn’t really even think of getting the insurance involved, it would be covered, just not sure it would be worth it.

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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #53 on: November 08, 2017, 09:27:41 PM »
How fast were you going to do damage just 100yds from home? At least you didn't run off the road trying to avoid it.
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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #54 on: November 08, 2017, 09:42:29 PM »
Bumper on a Honda? Probably 600-800 at the body shop... might be worth checking out.

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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #55 on: November 16, 2017, 09:14:54 PM »
Son and I headed out this morning and he bagged a nice two point black tail buck. An hour or so drive and walk in hunting behind a locked gate. About the only timber company left in the state that doesn't charge to hunt on their land.

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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #56 on: November 16, 2017, 10:29:13 PM »
Bumper on a Honda? Probably 600-800 at the body shop... might be worth checking out.

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I've replaced the one on my wifes 2005.  Check out ebay.  Here is one painted and shipped for cheap.  Its super easy to remove and install.  IIRC two screws in the wheel well and several push clips under the hood along the core support and underneath where the encapsulation panel meets up.

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« Reply #57 on: November 17, 2017, 06:11:25 AM »
Thanks for the link/pointer on the bumper, never thought to look at eBay for a prepainted part before. I’ll let you know how it works out.    :likebutton:

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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #58 on: November 17, 2017, 07:22:53 AM »
Nice buck.  Good eats.
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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #59 on: November 17, 2017, 10:18:56 AM »
Nice buck Bob. We've been on this hill since dark and nothing is moving. Bucks still nocturnal...too hot.

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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #60 on: November 17, 2017, 11:30:16 AM »
Ken, you're going to need thermal or nvg and a suppressor by the sounds of that.

Good luck that the big guy steps out for ya.
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb.  I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #61 on: November 17, 2017, 12:32:00 PM »
Ken, now I see why you have to shoot soo far. No stalking while staying behind cover  for sure.

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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #62 on: November 17, 2017, 02:51:39 PM »
Ken, you need a cactus suit - could use it for Halloween too!
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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #63 on: November 19, 2017, 09:53:49 PM »
We've been on this hill since dark and nothing is moving.

I rather enjoy that view.
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are.  Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!

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« Reply #64 on: December 02, 2017, 06:09:16 PM »
Well. About 120 miles of nasty nasty trail. Found me some food.

Seen a few hundred through the course of the day. The antlers on his guy had my attention for a few hundred yards through the bush. Taken at just under 300, about two steps after he cleared the trail. Double lunger, and no front shoulders this year. No extra burger!


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« Reply #65 on: December 02, 2017, 06:33:37 PM »
Congrats Sam! I’ve heard caribou is really good. Quick question. What is the black stuff on the end of your barrel? I’m assuming it’s to keep crud and moisture out?


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« Reply #66 on: December 02, 2017, 07:02:38 PM »
Yes caribou is good. I prefer it over moose, but not over elk.

You're exactly right in the black stuff.

It's just electrical tape.
A single cover over the muzzle to keep snow dust out.
Multiple wraps to have spare tape for after the shot.
One layer has yet to move the first shot off its mark.
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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #67 on: December 02, 2017, 11:08:01 PM »
I have used masking tape for that, I always thought the pressure did away with the tape before the bullet ever got to the end of the barrel. Like you say accuracy never suffered from using it for whatever reason. 

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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #68 on: December 02, 2017, 11:09:57 PM »
Never eaten caribou or hunted them but that one sure looks nice.

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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #69 on: December 02, 2017, 11:37:55 PM »
That looks like a rather large bull. Pretty sure you killed Rudolph. Dang Canuck trying to ruin Christmas for us!!


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« Reply #70 on: December 03, 2017, 12:58:22 AM »
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Re: Food on the hoof
« Reply #71 on: January 18, 2018, 10:34:36 PM »
I've spent quite a few days bow hunting in the same area we went for rifle, where I set up the cameras, a total of 6 covering about 20 square miles (5 by 4). Guess I'm going to have to bribe Ashley to come out here and show me how it's done, because I got skunked, whooped, and beat up again! These deer are making me work for it, but sooner or later.....
anyways, here's some pics of what I was chasing. The first one is the one I had the best chance at. His name is Hustler. Just a typical 3x4:


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« Reply #72 on: January 18, 2018, 10:38:16 PM »
When I got back to my truck Saturday night, the cam sent me this pic ( I was hunting in and around that tank 45 minutes previous)

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« Reply #73 on: January 18, 2018, 11:03:33 PM »
Nice kitty.

Sure thats not a 4x4? When you see it in the other pic it has a point off the left rear.

So they are there at 0500 and 2200 or are the times wrong? 1/2 before and after sunset/rise?
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« Reply #74 on: January 19, 2018, 09:38:33 AM »
Times are right...2200=10 pm. 90% of the time they come out between 9pm and midnight. The 3x4 started coming out at 7am so I worked him and still came up short. He's in the last pic, on the left
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« Reply #75 on: January 19, 2018, 06:49:37 PM »
Find out where they're coming from, and set-up between them and the water.....might cut your time differential enough to get a shot.......then plug the kitty!
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« Reply #76 on: January 19, 2018, 08:43:32 PM »
Holy crap, that's a big house cat!
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« Reply #77 on: January 20, 2018, 12:23:50 AM »
Mike, I learn something every outing. The last day of the hunt I realized that I had severally under estimated the distance that the herd I was chasing, was actually traveling, from food to water. Now I believe that number to be 6 miles... about 3 times my original estimate.

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« Reply #78 on: January 25, 2018, 05:53:18 AM »
wow.  scary cat.  those things are silent killers.
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« Reply #79 on: January 26, 2018, 06:23:45 PM »
Scary to think about how many times we’ve been seen by stuff like that but never knew they were around.


This guy here is proving to be very elusive this year.




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« Reply #80 on: January 26, 2018, 08:20:13 PM »
That is a nice buck!
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb.  I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
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« Reply #81 on: January 26, 2018, 11:00:14 PM »
Very nice buck.
The winter out here has been so warm that I haven't seen signs of rut til this week, and of course my area's hunt ended on the 15th, the rest of the desert ends this weekend. Got one of the regular bucks on camera that lost half his rack, and another has some large chunks missing (possibly from the cat).

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« Reply #82 on: January 27, 2018, 08:11:56 PM »
Ouch. He was in a battle of some sort. I’m amazed at how tough and resilient animals can be sometimes.

Went back to the lease today and heard rumors that the 10pt I have the picture of was killed near where I’ve been hunting, over a pile of corn. If true, that would be highly frustrating. Baiting is illegal here in Alabama.


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« Reply #83 on: January 27, 2018, 09:00:20 PM »
Hope the same outlaws did set the fire to drive him to that pile! That’s the stuff that ruins hunting and sullys it in the eyes of the uninformed/antis
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« Reply #84 on: January 27, 2018, 09:12:07 PM »
That’s not the case this time. The fire was set last night and the deer was supposedly killed earlier in the week. We just heard about it today. I really hope everything was on the level. If so, I’ll be tickled pink for the guy.


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« Reply #85 on: January 27, 2018, 09:36:58 PM »
Finally got a picture and it is definitely the same deer. On to the next one.




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« Reply #86 on: January 27, 2018, 09:47:26 PM »
Man, that is demoralizing.

...although I think his left G4 looks different...your pic shows it pointing in and down.
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« Reply #87 on: January 27, 2018, 10:50:09 PM »
That’s an illusion Mr. Ken. That tine is blending in with a tree in the distance.

This picture should be a little more clear.



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« Reply #88 on: January 28, 2018, 01:10:14 PM »
Well that's a shame.
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« Reply #89 on: January 29, 2018, 09:24:04 PM »
Well last week finally processed my caribou. Boned the carcass out then onto steaks and fast fry.

It's very lean as you can see.

I have also determined that I have a very set point of aim on an animal.
Through and through shots from both directions. The first was a good shot, watched as he exhaled a lot of his blood. Then turned and started for the bush, at which point he got another. Probably 2-2 1/2" exit wounds, aligned one rib apart...I should have taken pic while he was hanging, it was pretty impressive. But you can see the green tarp underneath in any case.



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« Reply #90 on: March 08, 2018, 09:46:24 AM »
That is some beautiful looking meat Sam!


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« Reply #91 on: November 10, 2021, 11:16:02 AM »
Well sonny boy officially got his first.
He surprised me last year wanting to go.
Last year was black powder so hard for him.

Not big but better starting with something other than a boonie. Lol. I know a guy who did that. Never meet expectations that way.

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« Reply #92 on: November 10, 2021, 12:48:10 PM »
Nice. How long a shot?  How was his shot placement?


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« Reply #93 on: November 10, 2021, 01:54:34 PM »
Nice!
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« Reply #94 on: November 10, 2021, 03:09:53 PM »
Great.
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« Reply #95 on: November 10, 2021, 03:27:18 PM »
Nice. How long a shot?  How was his shot placement?


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Just inside 100.
Poor shot placement.
Should have been easy but we spooked him and he bolted.
Dad had to place a finishing shot well. Lol.
But first time so I was ready for backup.
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« Reply #96 on: November 10, 2021, 03:38:20 PM »
Good times!


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« Reply #97 on: November 10, 2021, 05:43:22 PM »
Memories!

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« Reply #98 on: November 10, 2021, 08:39:57 PM »
Well.
Tomorrow Austin is getting a range day. Lol.
I’ve never seen as poor of shot placement as the second one but also he’s new.
Patience in a hurry.
And you can’t miss fast enough.
Both lessons take time.

On a positive note, I’ve place two bi-lateral lung shots today. Plus a neck. Lol. Wasn’t sold on the first one tonight. So a mercy shot was used.

But, meat processing tomorrow morning.
Range day.
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« Reply #99 on: November 10, 2021, 09:57:06 PM »
Congrats, thats bigger than my 1st. Could barely hang a ring on mine.

I had to drag mine down off the mountain though in an area called Hope Valley.
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