Imma ride it into the sunsetDo not even ask for help dragging this one out!
Did you happen to age him?Was talking with an biologist with the WD and he was asking me if id be interested in helping an older lady in the city who has so many deer on her little 7.5 acre property they are eating her garden and getting in her flower beds. When he told me her location i realized it was just a couple miles from my house. I said its the last of season and i still have a couple tags left, id see if me or my kids can kill a few does. Went and met with her and set a camera and dumped a little corn to see if any of the deer were going to be in the daylight on her property. Sure enough last and first light plenty of does. Property is NOT wooded, has some mature oaks, and a few cedars, but no wooded areas. So i knew it was going to be tough without perfect wind to kill anything. 2 days after meeting with her i went and set for an evening hunt when the wind was right, 3 minutes before light a group of 5 bucks came in and i picked the biggest of the group out. he isn't a giant by no means, but was fun, and a success to take one of her many deer off her property. For a central Ok deer he was huge body, maybe one of the biggest body deer i have ever killed, his head wouldn't fit into my pot i boil the deer heads in, and i have boiled a lot of deer heads in this pot! city deer eat good. There is a LOT of deer in this area, and of course i had a real decent buck show up last night , maybe she will need more deer killed next yearView attachment 542061
The wife and I sit for a few hours this afternoon trying to take a doe with the xbow. Small bucks chasing does off and on and then finally a 35y shot at a doe that resulted in nothing but a ton of white belly hair....
When you texted that you missed, I forgot your wife was with you. I’ve done a lot of dumb and embarrassing things in front of my wife, but I’ve never missed a shot.
You should shoot in front of her more!When you texted that you missed, I forgot your wife was with you. I’ve done a lot of dumb and embarrassing things in front of my wife, but I’ve never missed a shot.
I kind of expected older biologist said 5.5
I used my cart to bring three elk from the Wichita Mountain Refuge. Two bulls and a cow.Since I hunt by myself most of the time, I bought a two wheel foldable cart for up there and down here, but I haven’t had to use them…yet. I’m concerned about getting a deer to stay on one especially a big NW Oklahoma buck, because in my opinion, they’re sized more appropriately for an east TX yearling doe.
You need a lot of trot line cord to lace them in.
And you wonder why you never draw an antelope tag…
Even with deer season over for me, I still can’t stop thinking about it, and this is the kind of random stuff I ponder.
I’ve observed an interesting phenomenon over the years of hunting on the Salt Fork, and that is there are some bucks that don’t seem to want to cross the big river. I’m sure they all do when they’re looking for loving, but it’s only rarely that I’ll see the same buck on my northern most camera and on my southern most camera which is on the south side of the river.
The buck I killed last month was one of those river crossers. I know from camera activity and actually “seeing” him that he made the round to every feeder I have, and I have little doubt to the neighbor’s too.
The buck I killed in October only visited the two feeders I have in what I call “the middle” which is about 150 acres between the big river and the smaller wet weather river channel, but I know for a fact that he was visiting the neighbor’s place.
These are things you learn from cameras that you would only know otherwise by sitting in the stand and in my opinion what makes them an invaluable scouting tool.
I’ve observed an interesting phenomenon over the years of hunting on the Salt Fork, and that is there are some bucks that don’t seem to want to cross the big river. I’m sure they all do when they’re looking for loving, but it’s only rarely that I’ll see the same buck on my northern most camera and on my southern most camera which is on the south side of the river.
The buck I killed last month was one of those river crossers. I know from camera activity and actually “seeing” him that he made the round to every feeder I have, and I have little doubt to the neighbor’s too.
The buck I killed in October only visited the two feeders I have in what I call “the middle” which is about 150 acres between the big river and the smaller wet weather river channel, but I know for a fact that he was visiting the neighbor’s place.
These are things you learn from cameras that you would only know otherwise by sitting in the stand and in my opinion what makes them an invaluable scouting tool.
I couldn't agree more. My ancestors lived most of their lives outside, sharing the same areas with the animals they sought. They probably learned more about deer habits in a couple months than I've learned in a lifetime.
Cameras are our eyes while we're away doing modern man stuff, like working and driving and wishing we were in the woods. You ever notice that the years you spend a ton of time in the woods are the years you are the most successful? (that's been my experience anyway)
