As they lay

[TheBenHoyle]

First off, love hunting in the snow.



Second, I love getting a chance to run an arrow through a whitetail buck. I was very fortunate that the slight amount of arrowing I did to this buck was enough to clip a vein or artery and he died. Still not sure how I got so fortunate.

 

[Shangobango]

Haven’t been around in a coon’s age. This was always one of my favorite threads. Looks like you folks are still hard at it. I enjoy looking at your pics.

Last season’s bow buck. Shot mid January:



Rifle buck from a few days ago:

 

[BAKPAKR]

Haven’t been around in a coon’s age. This was always one of my favorite threads. Looks like you folks are still hard at it. I enjoy looking at your pics.

Last season’s bow buck. Shot mid January:

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Rifle buck from a few days ago:


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I bet that archery buck left an incredible blood trail.

 

[Shangobango]

I bet that archery buck left an incredible blood trail.

He did. And a short one. Went about 45 yards. He was 6 yards from the bottom of the tree I was up when I stuck him.

 

[Nick87]

Good to see you back around @Shangobango.

 

[Shangobango]

Good to see you back around @Shangobango.

Thanks man. Took a long break from any sort of social media. It was a well needed reset. I missed you folks and the discussions on here so…here I am.

 

[Chad Gus]

Hard to beat soybeans this time of year.

 

[DFS]

Hard to beat soybeans this time of year. View attachment 395063

Great looking buck

 

[Nick87]

Hard to beat soybeans this time of year. View attachment 395063

That's a big plot or someone is way behind...guessing a good plot since it looks like wide rows.

 

[Chad Gus]

That's a big plot or someone is way behind...guessing a good plot since it looks like wide rows.

It's 10 acres that my uncle just never got to.

 

[Nick87]

It's 10 acres that my uncle just never got to.

That is a great problem to have for you. Can't believe the deer didnt have them mowed down more.

 

[Chad Gus]

That is a great problem to have for you. Can't believe the deer didnt have them mowed down more.

By Christmas, they'll be 75 to 100 deer out there. Takes them a few weeks after gun season to move in.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Rainy day

 

[buckbull]

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Great looking pup!

 

[jwatts]

First deer I've ever grunted up.

 

[Henry22]

Muzzleloader buck before the snow storm

 

[kansasdad]

Ok, I’m ready to once again spin a tale of missing hunting gear.

Saturday afternoon I was walking towards my ambush spot, and I see that I’m going to be busting up a big winter flock of turkeys. I reached down for my camera/range finder pouch to get the camera out to take a photo and to my horror found that said pouch is not attached to my bino harness. The attachment point for the missing pouch has torn off at some point. Noting where I was in the middle of a twenty acre hayfield I carried on with the deer hunt.

Walking back in the dark I slowly made my way back to the road, trying to will a camoflauged pouch appear in the light of the flashlight. Nada

I tear apart the front seat and back seat looking for the missing pouch. $750ish worth of a Nikon mega zoom point and shoot and a medium range SigSauer rangefinder hang in the balance. Not in the car. Just to humor myself I look on the roof (snide reference to the missing arrow debacle last month). Not there.

I walk back down the road, and all the way back to where I first knew it was gone. Zilch.

Today I met Wes, the other guy who has permission to share the landowners property, to once again look in daylight. He asks me to recount my steps on Saturday and also Friday. I can’t believe that I would have had the pouch tear off Friday and me not notice that it was missing back at the SUV, or when putting the harness on Saturday, but I tell the tale.

After walking the hayfield trail and going over to where I shimmied under the fence Friday night, Wes said he needed to put some corn into this feeders and get home to prepare dinner for his family.

I decided to retrace my steps from Friday night, and wiggled under the fence. Heading up the critter trail, I noted that the mud of Friday night was fully frozen from the low teens temps overnight.

Looking uphill and just around a cedar tree, there she was.


Snapping a photo for this thread, I walked closer. The magnetic flap was at half mast, and the pouch was empty. Turning around I saw a black chunk in the grass about 20 feet away. Camera! And 5 feet further down hill was the range finder.


Hopefully I will get to add a as they lay photo of a tag filled next time.


Phone, keys, wallet, shooting sticks, and now bino harness!

 

[Waspocrew]

Late season cow, this ends the season for me.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Ok, I’m ready to once again spin a tale of missing hunting gear.

Saturday afternoon I was walking towards my ambush spot, and I see that I’m going to be busting up a big winter flock of turkeys. I reached down for my camera/range finder pouch to get the camera out to take a photo and to my horror found that said pouch is not attached to my bino harness. The attachment point for the missing pouch has torn off at some point. Noting where I was in the middle of a twenty acre hayfield I carried on with the deer hunt.

Walking back in the dark I slowly made my way back to the road, trying to will a camoflauged pouch appear in the light of the flashlight. Nada

I tear apart the front seat and back seat looking for the missing pouch. $750ish worth of a Nikon mega zoom point and shoot and a medium range SigSauer rangefinder hang in the balance. Not in the car. Just to humor myself I look on the roof (snide reference to the missing arrow debacle last month). Not there.

I walk back down the road, and all the way back to where I first knew it was gone. Zilch.

Today I met Wes, the other guy who has permission to share the landowners property, to once again look in daylight. He asks me to recount my steps on Saturday and also Friday. I can’t believe that I would have had the pouch tear off Friday and me not notice that it was missing back at the SUV, or when putting the harness on Saturday, but I tell the tale.

After walking the hayfield trail and going over to where I shimmied under the fence Friday night, Wes said he needed to put some corn into this feeders and get home to prepare dinner for his family.

I decided to retrace my steps from Friday night, and wiggled under the fence. Heading up the critter trail, I noted that the mud of Friday night was fully frozen from the low teens temps overnight.

Looking uphill and just around a cedar tree, there she was.

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Snapping a photo for this thread, I walked closer. The magnetic flap was at half mast, and the pouch was empty. Turning around I saw a black chunk in the grass about 20 feet away. Camera! And 5 feet further down hill was the range finder.

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Hopefully I will get to add a as they lay photo of a tag filled next time.


Phone, keys, wallet, shooting sticks, and now bino harness!

Note to self — don’t lend anything to @kansasdad.

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Ok, I’m ready to once again spin a tale of missing hunting gear.

Saturday afternoon I was walking towards my ambush spot, and I see that I’m going to be busting up a big winter flock of turkeys. I reached down for my camera/range finder pouch to get the camera out to take a photo and to my horror found that said pouch is not attached to my bino harness. The attachment point for the missing pouch has torn off at some point. Noting where I was in the middle of a twenty acre hayfield I carried on with the deer hunt.

Walking back in the dark I slowly made my way back to the road, trying to will a camoflauged pouch appear in the light of the flashlight. Nada

I tear apart the front seat and back seat looking for the missing pouch. $750ish worth of a Nikon mega zoom point and shoot and a medium range SigSauer rangefinder hang in the balance. Not in the car. Just to humor myself I look on the roof (snide reference to the missing arrow debacle last month). Not there.

I walk back down the road, and all the way back to where I first knew it was gone. Zilch.

Today I met Wes, the other guy who has permission to share the landowners property, to once again look in daylight. He asks me to recount my steps on Saturday and also Friday. I can’t believe that I would have had the pouch tear off Friday and me not notice that it was missing back at the SUV, or when putting the harness on Saturday, but I tell the tale.

After walking the hayfield trail and going over to where I shimmied under the fence Friday night, Wes said he needed to put some corn into this feeders and get home to prepare dinner for his family.

I decided to retrace my steps from Friday night, and wiggled under the fence. Heading up the critter trail, I noted that the mud of Friday night was fully frozen from the low teens temps overnight.

Looking uphill and just around a cedar tree, there she was.

View attachment 395945
Snapping a photo for this thread, I walked closer. The magnetic flap was at half mast, and the pouch was empty. Turning around I saw a black chunk in the grass about 20 feet away. Camera! And 5 feet further down hill was the range finder.

View attachment 395948
Hopefully I will get to add a as they lay photo of a tag filled next time.


Phone, keys, wallet, shooting sticks, and now bino harness!

Also the reason why I only buy blaze orange for my bino harness and pouches. I don't care if it stands out against camo behind it, when you set it down or it falls off its a whole world easier to locate!