Any deer hunters here?

[OldGuy]

General deer hunting season (mule deer) ended about a week ago here in Utah.  I went out with the oldest son on the first day.  Last time I went hunting was about 42 years ago - back in 1964.  We went out to Eastern Utah where extended family members owned a ranch.  I took my son to the location where my grandfather and dad took me for my first hunt.  They always got a deer.  Back in 1964, they had set up a rock blind on the side of a hill across from a deer path.  The blind was long gone, but we did find a good location.  However, we ran into a couple of my cousins and their families at the same location.  We agreed upon who would take the first shot.  Scoped a big 5-point buck coming off the mountain but it went down at an angle away from us towards where my cousins were.  My cousin nailed it with one shot.  We were bummed.  Saw a lot of does, but my son had a buck only permit.  We are looking forward to going back out next year.  It was my son's first time deer hunting and it was a lot of fun reminiscing with my son about the first time I went.  The first time I went, I knocked over a big 4-point buck.  I gave the antlers to my dad to mount in his bedroom.  When my son was little and we would visit my mom and dad, he would head from the bedroom to look at the antlers.  I guess that's how he developed "Buck Fever".

Picture of 4-point buck I shot back in 1964.

[last426]

I'll never forget the hunting trip my dad and I went on in his new Ferrari. Ahh, it was 1962 and my wildman father just got a new 12 cylinder gt (I think it was the gt). That car was not made for the road and, in the fall in Reno, he had to put an electric blanket on it every night so it would start in the morning. But wow, when it started... Gun metal gray, sort of bluish interior, big ole harnesses to keep one inside the aluminum tube if one wanted.

So up comes deer season and the rumors of a deer by the Tracy power plant outside of Sparks. Off we go (the fastest I had ever gone at the time), with the scoped .270 in the back; I, around 10, was well armed with my blue cub scout knife (still have that bugger), off and running towards Mustang ranch then Tracy. Got there and the hunt was on.

Found the fabled buck and bam, bam, bam, he missed a few but finally hit it. The darn deer was wounded (I never really figured how we would have got it home anyway) and now we were in the stalking mode. The deer forded the Truckee River with us hot on its tail. Bam, bam, bam, some more shots rang out, with the old man shooting at it across the river. Shooting but missing -- he never was a good shot with a rifle and even worse when he had some Christian Brothers in him.

Hmm, what to do. Hell, jump in the river of course and get that deer. As the sun was setting we were wading, with my dad finally putting me on his shoulders. Unfortunately, towards the edge of the river it got deep and the best he could do was throw me towards the far bank. Splash, now we both were totally wet.

But the hunt continued. Bam, bam, still missing and now out of bullets. Give me your knife, he said, opening the scout knife and holding it between clenched teeth. Through the bushes and brambles we went, with the deer always just out of reach. By now it was dark and the hunt was over; the deer had won. Going back to the car was easy, even the river was easy now that we were both soaked. Removed our clothes, yep every stitch of them -- gotta protect the inside of that car. Raced back to Reno, pulled up in the driveway, and flopped out of the Ferrari naked as jaybirds. Ahh, that story is still floating around the family and was fun to recount -- hail to the horse, it got us there and back in style.

Oh, here is a link to the car.  Unfortunately it suffered a big wreck in 63 or so.  Kim  http://www.barchetta.cc/english/All.Ferraris/Detail/3539GT.250GT.htm

[Blown70]

Man I used to live in RENO and loved it there.  All the places you just mentioned. 

That sure was a nice car pops had.

Tom

[daytonalo]

I love the stories about when  the hunter gets shot  , when  animals fight back , either by fate or the animal gets a jump on you rednecks !!!!!!! If your that desperate for food I will send you food stamps !!!!  Obviously you think it is OK to kill animals , so therefore I want to come over and kill all of your animals !!!!!!!!

[Charger_Fan]

How about when they just eat the hunter's lunch?




I'm not into hunting, but I do see the importance of it. If nobody helps control the deer herds, they will overpopulate their feeding areas & starve to death by the hundreds...not a good way to go. They will also be more plentiful on the roadways, where folks like to drive their Chargers on nice fall sunday outings.

The only thing that pisses me off is when some guy kills a deer & doesn't use the meat, only does it for the trophy head on the wall.

[OldGuy]

Daytonalo - Yup, we know, "deer have feelings,too!!"  Famous PETA line   Save your food stamps and go treat yourself to a  veggie burger on us   I see that you and the rest of the east coast pastry chefs don't understand that deer hunting out west is a means of wild life management.  I guess the difference with us "rednecks" is that we would rather eat a little healthy venison than a constant diet of  hormone-laden feedlot beef you dish up for your families.

[Guns N Rotors]

Last year, on the second day of shotgun season, it was pouring down rain.
I was the only one in the group to venture out that morning. Everyone
said I was nuts to be out in that weather. "Deer don't move in this kinda rain"
they all said.

After reaching my deer blind, I settled in and set my Mossberg 835 down.
I dug out my thermos from my backpack and carefully poured a cup of
coffee. I brought the cup to my lips watching the rain dancing in my coffee
and I thought "Man, I love how much this s*!t sucks!"

Just as I took my first sip...THERE, 30 yards in front of me!  Two doe...looking at me.
I eased down my cup and pulled the Mossberg to my shoulder... out of the corner
of my eye I see movement on the left. HORNS!!! Moving left to right going to the
opening in the high grass. Wait..wait...BAM! Down he goes. My heart is pounding
in my chest. A nice six point.

As I stand-up, out jumps a big bodied 8 point! He's looking at the 6 point like
"What the hell happened to you, buddy?" I snapped a twig and the 8 pointer
looked at me and flew like the wind up the hill.

My radio crackled to life, my best friend Larry said, "Well...what are you shooting at?"

My reply, "Deer down, deer down."

[bull]

I like to hunt but 9 times out of 10 I end up just camping with a gun.

[firefighter3931]

Daytonalo -     I see that you and the rest of the east coast pastry chefs don't understand that deer hunting out west is a means of wild life management. 

ROTF.....that's gonna leave a mark ! 


Ron

[Vainglory, Esq.]

I am now...

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,19238.0.html

[sixpack70]

I used to hunt every year back in Oregon. Most of my family did. Its hard to hunt in El paso when the only deer I ever see are the black ones on the yellow signs.

[nh_mopar_fan]

I love the stories about when  the hunter gets shot  , when  animals fight back , either by fate or the animal gets a jump on you rednecks !!!!!!! If your that desperate for food I will send you food stamps !!!!  Obviously you think it is OK to kill animals , so therefore I want to come over and kill all of your animals !!!!!!!!

[ck1]

Nice deer, biggest deer I ever got was a two point and thats saying allot for blacktail here in washington, my brother got a 3 point last year, eye guards are not quite a inch or it would have been a four point, "Picture", there is a holy farm close by that I've seen two spikes a 2,3,4 and a monster 5 point black tail sparring over two large doe in heat with there noses in the air two nights ago...........

[ck1]

I love the stories about when  the hunter gets shot  , when  animals fight back , either by fate or the animal gets a jump on you rednecks !!!!!!! If your that desperate for food I will send you food stamps !!!!  Obviously you think it is OK to kill animals , so therefore I want to come over and kill all of your animals !!!!!!!!

I respect your opinion that you don't hunt, thanks for sharing................

[grouseman]

I am an avid hunter, but if anybody would like to pay me to NOT go moose hunting this year, I'll gladly consider offers. 

And you can also pay me to NOT go after caribou, elk, or bear this year. 



Isn't it funny that the cutest animals are always the most delicious? 

[ck1]

Its also funny how some people can't stand the thought of people hunting and harvesting a free wild animals but yet they will go to a grocery store and buy meat and eat it that has been raised, inslaved and some times fattened with chemicals and placed in pens that are unlivable by human standereds and then be butchered on a assembly line......... but a animal that is free "and a most get away from us horrible cruel hunters, but not the ones in the pens" is harvested for its meat and and yes for some its a trophy, god forbid.................which animal has lead a better life and severed a better purpose?  you really need to look at the greater picture and get out of your self centered world.......

[rare69]

hey ck1 where in washington are you from. i live in port angeles on the olympic peninsula, and hunt deer and elk every day i can since the age of ten and wouldnt trade it for the world.

[rare69]

here are my blacktails from Washington State

[ck1]

hey ck1 where in washington are you from. i live in port angeles on the olympic peninsula, and hunt deer and elk every day i can since the age of ten and wouldnt trade it for the world.

North Bend, modern for deer here by my parent tree farm, muzzle load for elk thid year at Bethal ridge down in the Yakama area.....picture of our tree farm

[Shakey]

I work with a guy that hunts quite a bit.  I can't recall if he sent me the attached photo or if I got it somewhere else.  Kinda cool the way they got them all skinned and hangin'.

[General 713]

Gun Deer starts here in WI on the 18th.  I can't wait.  Nailed a 11 pointer in 2004 with 16 1/2 inch spread.  I'll post a pic if possible.  Too many deer here.  I don't remember the total killed last year, but it was the most ever here.  The deer population however is at it's record high this year, 1.7 million+.  Doe tags are $2 in my DMU because it is in herd control as well as most of the Units

[SnoPro440]

I hunt in northern MN, right by Upper and Lower Red Lake.  Just got back today.  Here are a few pics of most of the deer we got and 1 of a sign that I thought was pretty funny. 

[Steve P.]

Daytonalo - Yup, we know, "deer have feelings,too!!"  Famous PETA line   Save your food stamps and go treat yourself to a  veggie burger on us   I see that you and the rest of the east coast pastry chefs don't understand that deer hunting out west is a means of wild life management.  I guess the difference with us "rednecks" is that we would rather eat a little healthy venison than a constant diet of  hormone-laden feedlot beef you dish up for your families.

Hey OLDGUY, don't hog it all up for yourself.. Upstate New York is full of hunters keeping down the herds. It is a necessary evil. I might add that when the hunters are given license to hunt in the state parks the meat is taken to homeless shelters.  And now that I think of it, most of the REDNECKS that are hunting BAMBI in the parks are SWAT snipers and x-military snipers. The rest are just your average every day REDNECK.

I got a dear one year. It took out the front end of my brand new truck. Did I mention it was in one of those areas where the snipers lay in wait??  Same area about one year before that, one of my customers had one come through her windshield and land on her lap. It luckily knocked out the deer on impact. After she got the car stopped and pryed her way out from under it, the damn thing came to and kicked the shit out of her interior. There was nothing left of it. The REDNECK sheriff had to kill the poor deer inside her car.   My heart bleeds....  Shelly had to have something like 35 or more stitches around her right eye and down her cheek. Later on more plastic surgery..

On the flip side I guess some people are vegetarians and would NEVER eat meat!!

[sjmarsing]

I love the stories about when  the hunter gets shot  , when  animals fight back , either by fate or the animal gets a jump on you rednecks !!!!!!! If your that desperate for food I will send you food stamps !!!!  Obviously you think it is OK to kill animals , so therefore I want to come over and kill all of your animals !!!!!!!!

So you want to come over and kill all of his animals?  Who said he even had any? If he likes animals as much as I do,  he's  probably already killed them all off! I love animals...they're delicious!  Cats, racoons, snakes, squirrels....mmm mmm mmm.  I assume your pastimes are much nobler such as boycotting McDonald's and grocery stores for supporting the slaughter.

[azraelck]

I'm not personally the hunting type, but I'd much rather see a Deer or whatever shot and killed humanely than to die of starvation and disease when the herd overpopulates, and there's not enough food or water for them.

I've been hunting a couple of times for deer. First time, we had a dog follow us around, barking whenever a deer came within range. Obviously enough we didn't shoot anything that trip.

The second time, we didn't see a deer, but we did see a rabbit. My grandfather raised his .30-06 up, and that rabbit literally exploded. He was out about 300 yards from us too, and my grandfather was 60, and using iron sights then. Now, I don't like scopes, and only use iron sights myself.