Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
British Columbia Sport & Outdoor Lounge => Hunters' Cabin => Topic started by: leaseman on September 25, 2007, 12:15:34 PM
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How is everyones season going this year....??
Haven't been out too much...son lost a couple of chances during the youth season....we connected with a meat buck 10 days ago and are just waiting for any buck in region 8....
How is your season......
Mike
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i have been out twice... havent seen anything....
where you headed for any buck
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scouting has been good. very good. Now i cant wait till november! found a bucks hiding place and scrape line.
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Headed to 8-05 for any buck.....plus lots of grouse... ;D
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leaseman so your doing the whipsaw gong show aswell? how long you up there for?
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Actually I don't do gong shows.....I usually run into 2 or 3 trucks over the course of a day....we like the quiet areas.... ;)
Mike
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hmmm where abouts is that... hehehe... where i go it seems to be a bunch of goombas there
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There is literally hundreds of miles of roads in that whole area....explore.....probably 150+ slashes of all ages = tons of deer!!
Have fun!!
Mike
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for sure.. i am going to get off the beaten trail ans see what we can come up with...
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walk! dont drive atv or truck , use ur 2 legs! alot quieter and get into alot more remote area's.
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Buddy of mine went up to Fort St.John with 4 of his friend for a week, couple weeks ago... They shot 4 6pt elk, and big bull moose and 4 4pt mule with bow. As for me, i'm heading up price george way this saturday, got couple tickets for bull moose..
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1 willow grouse. ::) Missed a blue. :o
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neighbor went up past smithers somewhere, took a boosh plane in. They spent 16 days. shot 2 goats, 2 sheep, 1 grizz, 1 moose, 3 wolves, 1 caribou. THen he goes to the island this week coming up to get an elk with his nephew, and hten in late october he goes to get a goat with his son. Dads gone hunting now, i'm goin next weekend, dad leaves again next weekend, and then finally the last time on Nov 11 for muleys.
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here's two meat bucks down..... it looks like it's dark but it's not.... these were shot in fading daylight at 250 plus yards from a group of 10 or 12 bucks... we both timed it to fire at the same time....took us a bit to find em hehe but we got em
now it's time to go find some big mulies and a moose or two
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these two deer are my brother's and my cousin's... i just got to pose with one ;D
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nice bucks, what region was that?
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region 2 ;D .... less then 3 hours from home 8)
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thomas nice goatie! :o never seen u with a beard like that before. Good meat bucks, way to go. I'm leaving tomorrow at 2 in the afternoon. (later on today, seeing its 12 in the morning) cant wait!
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hehe younggun... thats only 10 days no shaving hehehe and some dirt from the bush mixed in. All cleaned up now.... wife just pointed to the shower and shaver 5 mins after i was in the door hehehe
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I just got home from a week of moose hunting up in Price George way... with 8 guys, 7 days of hunting, we saw 6 bulls and maybe 10 cows & calfs and we took down 4 big bulls. overall, its a good meat hunt, but its not really hunting... You basically, spot and kill, you don't interact with the animal like in other area that we hunted in. i don't think i would put the draw in that area again... To the end, lots of fun in with the buddies, lots of drinking and laughs. Can't wait for the mulie hunt in couple of weeks.
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we did awsome is all i'm gonna say, had a blast! (http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/droussanidis/CAIB452Z.jpg) (http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/droussanidis/CAJIIDRJ.jpg) (http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/droussanidis/CAFUG33X.jpg) (http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/droussanidis/CADG65PB.jpg) (http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/droussanidis/CAZQKVVD.jpg) (http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/droussanidis/CADGGFPH.jpg) Goin back in november for the whitetails.
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U gutt shot it. What you use a 375H&H mag for a hole that size?
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1) thats the exit hole
2) he was angled towards me so i hit him in the shoulder and it came out there
3) i was using my 300 weatherby
4) i was shooting 180 grain Barnes X bullets
Happy?
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300 weatherby mag is lots of gun... And expensive to shoot too.. last time i check is like $100/box....
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Over kill on Mule deer ::)
270, 308 30-06 all good deer rounds!
Mags are for the big game Moose, Elk& bear!
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I cant afford another gun seeing as i only work in the summer, i got my 300 with all the money i've made, no spending money. and seeing as its an ultra light weatherby it cost $2000 with all the taxes. I got my fathers leupold because he switched to zeiss last year. A box of bullets for the gun is $98! I know its a little over kill but i have that or my 22. plinker rim fire. And when it hits the animal i know its gonna anchor him. It kills fast, and without pain, i'd rather save the animal all the suffering by wrecking a few pounds of meat. Its alot of gun for deer and small game, but it is a perfect all around gun for the hunting i do.
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Don't worry Younggun, animal down is an animal down dosen't matter what you shoot it with. It is not like fishing that lighter line for more charllenge. The charllenge on hunting is to find the animal and to stock them... Just a helpful tips for you... If you going for some little meat buck next time, instead of shooting at the boiler room, go for head shot... you will save more meat and they will drop him at the spot.
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I would not tell someone to do a head shot, most people arent that good to do head shots.
I myself with all the years in the Armed Forces I might but everything would have to be just right to do a head shot!
I have seen deer Moose Elk dead in the bush's around NA from missing the lower jaws as they starve to death. Unable to eat!
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Thats true 4 star, i do not shoot elk or moose with a head shot for that reason, i go for the boiler room.. But for a small deer like that one on the pic, you can sure do a head shot, speically he is shooting a 300 Weatherby Mag....and based on the factory load, 180gr barnes-X at 100 yard, it produced a 3586 pounds of pressure per squar foot. and when that bullet hit the head, if it dosen't kill with expension of the bullet to the vital.. The engery is enough to snap the neck during the impack to the head or even the shock is enough to put the animal down.. i know its not the ethoical way of hunting.. but sometimes, do what you have to do.....
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well
me and my son headed up to my favorite blacktail spot on tuesday night. Sittin on my rock by 5:00a.m. in the pitch black..... 13 does between first light and noonish.... hiked back out... quick lunch... hiked back in......11 more does and one unknown bwtween 3:30 and sun down.... no bucks.
This morning.... dragged my butt outta bed at 4:30 made the hour hike up the bluffs to my rock, sittin there in the dark... the deer were moving already. I had deer moving by within yards.... thank god for scent lock suits ;D..... my cover was not blown. As daylight crept up and legal shooting light began.... more does... coming through in groups... first 5.... then 7.... the the odd single.... 17 does and fawns by 10 :00 a.m. .... the annual migration to winter grounds was is on big time.
At approx 5 minutes after i looked at the watch at 10:00.... there he was.... moving... not stopping for anything as he silently manouvered through the thick cover. I could see the antlers just over the brush.. with fleeting glimpses of his body.... i don't have a shot.... oh, wait there's a break in the cover.... lead him i thought..... aiming a foot in front and swinging the barrel at the same speed as the deer..... I waited for that break in the cover and...... squeezing the trigger of my 1911 303 british mk3.... sending 180gr of red hot nosler partition on it's way..... the shot was good.... the deer went down mid step.... then got up and ran down hill about 30 yards... collapsing in a heap. Upon inspection, double lung shot... right on the money.
here is my 2nd buck of this season from my region 2 lucky rock. Initial shot at 40 yards on a running deer. And yes younggun.... I had a shave before this trip hehehe. pics are me and my son and some pics of the deer. A hefty 4x4 ( with one brow tine) blacktail
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Nice Blacktail 4 point you got there ;D
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nice buck, how much he way 125-135lbs? Nice rack on him, what scope is that u got? and wood stock on the gun looks old, but still shoots straight, so thats all that matters, what does he score?
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Actually youngun, he weighed 185 gutted, as per the meat hook at my butcher.... so probably 225 on the hoof, NOT a small blacktail ;D
I don't score my deer, I'm not a bone hunter , could care less about scoring. Although last years big blacktail does qualify for the book... but you won't find it there :D , don't get me wrong.... I'm as pleased as the next guy when i bring down a deer with a nice rack... but it's secondary to meat in the freezer, which is why i hunt.
The rifle i am shooting is an exceptionally acurate 303 british ,BSA lee enfield no1 mkIII and was manufactured in 1911, my prefered rifle and calibre for hunting deer in the thick, although this rifle has taken mulies at 200 plus yards and one big bull moose at 150ish yards. the scope is a bushnell elite 3200 , 3-9x40 with a camo job i did a while back.
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i miss judged the weight just a little. ::) :P If it shoots straight and u can hit the target, use it. Looks like that combo does fine. With my 300 i wouldn't be afraid to push 300 yards, just a confidence factor, just like how i perfer roe over ghost shrimp, or blades over spoons. good job, ur 2 for 2, now i have to go out and get another one just to tie.
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First duck hunt this week on the evening flight, 3 shots, 1 mallard.
With this weather the web foot hunting will start. Anyone else been out yet?
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nice buck alwaysfishin
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Went out duck hunting last night, nothing much flying during legal shooting hours. Lets bring on the wind and rain.....
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was out for first shooting light today..... putting out the decoys in the dark. lotsa fog and mist this morning so we missed shots at a few high flyers that wouldn't commit on the pond. Wasn't untill the sun warmed things a little till we had birds coming in on our decoys. was a couple hours of fun with 3 guys limiting out. Don't duck/goose hunt much but it's something i'm trying to do more of. Was my new remingtons virgin day out in the field and she peformed true to remington fashion.... flawlessly. mmmm roast mallard breasts with orange rum sauce mmmmmmm
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I wanna try waterfouling this year, and need to bone up on the shotgunnin skills. What places around the lm are there for trap/ skeet?? also where do I start as far as hunting goes?
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Friends have been doin well this season aswell! (http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/droussanidis/hugeram2.jpg) That ram is 39.5 by 40! massive! (http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/droussanidis/steepcountry.jpg) Steep country where he was taken. (http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/droussanidis/Fonzeeselk2.jpg) Here's a roosevelt elk that was taken, U cant see it that well, but he's a 6 by 7, same guy shot a goat last weekend, pictures coming of that beast aswell. Hopefully i'll get lucky next weekend.
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hit the pond again this morning with my buddy and his labs... man it was chilly changin into the waders and camo......was slow this mornin with only 5 birds between us..... but it's rainin ...... gonna try a evening hunt tomorrow over some fields i've been given permission to hunt.
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2 nice mallard drakes on the evening flight tonight, not a lot of birds around yet as far as I have seen.
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k so pictures of a nice goat and another monster ram are on the way.