monday is the first day of gun season for deer

[dillhole]

iam going to use amuzzleloader for the first time(instead of the shotgun). anybody else going into the deep woods this year?

[Sig220]

What state and what area do you hunt?

In Texas, the gun season opened the first weekend of November!

[dillhole]

i live in ohio and here gun season doesnt start till the monday after deer season we are allowed to bow hunt starting about the first week of oct. when i say gun i mean shotgun pistol and muzzleloader high powered rifles are taboo for deer around here unfortunatley. i 'll be hunting in perry county which is slightly southeast of columbus. rolling foot hill with thick patches of woods with cornfeild mixed in . i am hoping for a productive year

[Sig220]

Wish you the best on your hunting adventures! Should be some large deer in an area like that. Do you stand hunt or still hunt? I let a good size buck walk on me Friday morning. Just could not tell the size of the rack.....big body, length about 4-6" past the ears, wider then the ears, but no chance to see the beams.

In the past, he would have been DRT, but I changed and got a little more picky!!

[dillhole]

thanks i need all the luck i can get. i normally hunt from a blind or if it gets late in the week my friends and i will probably get together for drive and try to force the deer into moving. i have always heard ohio has good habitat for deer. i read in the local paper here that pope and young put a top ten list of the best trophy states in the country(for whitetail deer),and that texas and ohio both made that list. iwould love to go to texas and hunt but my pcoket will never allow it.

[Sig220]

Hunting TX is expensive if you go for one of the big ranch, big deer hunts....you know food, lodgeing and the like.

But you can make a cheaper hunt.....by hunting the public lands, like state and national forest and camping out or finding a cheap hotel. Probably the biggest expense would be the out of state license.......app. $300.

[dillhole]

thats not as bad as i thought maybe someday i hope. although my wife wants to move to another state . iam pushing for montana or texas/colorado .

[sportsnut]

I think i will just climb a tree in the back yard and use a knife this year.:devil: :] :D




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Huh, i wonder where that four point went?:] :wink:

[dillhole]

dont forget your fork

[adam762]

Dill, where do you live? You need to come up to Zanesville and go blast with me sometime.

[masman]

Originally posted by dillhole
anybody else going into the deep woods this year?

our rifle season just finished didnt see much. deer kills are down all over this season the state put spikehorns off limits.

[dillhole]

hey adam i live in Kolumbus . i do hang out by ellis dam down there in zanesville from time to time i love it down there. i appreciate the invitation. id love to hunt in zanesville sometime

[dillhole]

i saw two does this afternoon and someone in our party shot seven pointer . ill be back out there in the morning givin it bell

[dougjones31]

Dang...season came in sept 15 here! Goes out Jan 1.

I have killed a FEW like I always do.;)

[dougjones31]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by sportsnut
[B]I think i will just climb a tree in the back yard and use a knife this year.:devil: :] :D



Who has those deer pinned up like that? Sad. There is a big hunting club down here that has 3000 acres fenced in. They funnel the deer to stands and charge up to $5000 per Buck. Rich Yankees pay to come down here and shoot a trophy buck......but it is like shooting fish in a barrel! Pityful. Surprise...the owner is originally from PA!

[sportsnut]

Originally posted by dougjones31
[QUOTE]Originally posted by sportsnut
[B]I think i will just climb a tree in the back yard and use a knife this year.:devil: :] :D



Who has those deer pinned up like that? Sad. There is a big hunting club down here that has 3000 acres fenced in. They funnel the deer to stands and charge up to $5000 per Buck. Rich Yankees pay to come down here and shoot a trophy buck......but it is like shooting fish in a barrel! Pityful. Surprise...the owner is originally from PA!


Actually they are on the outside of the fruit trees.

[phil in indy]

Indiana's firearm season is over for now. Took two with a scoped mossy 500 and slug. One was a ten pointer. Went to the ouside of ears and up about 8 inches. This weekend muzzleloader starts and goes for 9 days. Have to work every weekend day now but I can take a couple vacation days and go hunting then come back and go to work from 7:00 pm till 11:00 pm overtime.