Hunting Pictures

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Well lets see what everyone has gone hunting for and came back with.

Jayare

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Apparently my pic is too large to paste into here so I will have to have my wife resize it for me so I can post the pic of my Kodiak Brown Bear taken 5-15-05 on the Road System here in Kodiak last year. He squared out at 9 foot 9 inches.

Jayare

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Jayare,
Your bear keeps getting bigger last time you said it was 8'9" not 9'9". :D HAHAHAH.

[LT Arthur Nelson (MKC) (Ret)]

Chief Parker,
Excuse my ignorance, but when you say "taken on the road system", does this mean you got a rather large road-kill
:rolleyes:

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

You could pretty much say that. The road system is anywhere you can drive to on the Island and hunt (not having to fly out to somewhere else on the Island or take a boat to). I was driving out the road about 30 miles from town and there he was walking in the road. I pulled my truck over, got my gun out, loaded it, got over to the side of the road (because you can not shoot on or accross the drivable surface in Alaska) then I waited for the bear to step off of the road then I let him have it.

Jeff: I never said he squared out at 8'9". (I know my bear is about 3 inches smaller than the bear you got, but at least I didn't have to go back the next day to retrieve him. Ha Ha) :D and besides that neither of us have a wall big enough to hang them on either. :(

Jayare

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Well here is the pic finally.

Jayare

[ETCM Joseph Harold]

Dude, now that rocks! Cool picture.
R,

[MSTCM Jerald Motyka]

That DOES rock!!

What did you use to bag him? My cousin goes out with an M-1911 .45 caliber phucking PISTOL!!!

Sorry, for something like that - I ain't BUDGING with less than an M-249 or better. Hell, M2, .50 caliber machine guns even!! If you are off on your aim, they get PISSED!! :D :eek:

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Took him from about 70 yards with a 300 win mag. It was 0730 on a Sunday morning the last day of the spring bear season and I was all by myself. I had to call my wife to get her to call some people to come out and give me a hand (and take pics too). :D I had to float the bear down that stream about 100 yards and I got him rolled over 3 times to the edge of the water before my helpers arrived 2 hours later. After they got there we only had to roll him 1 and a half more times to get him out of the water where that picture was taken so I could start the skinning session.

Jayare

[MECS Scott Pugh]

WOW... nice picture and an even better story. I don't have pictures of the deer, but this was the GV after the two met on a dark road in Upstate New York last July. Sorry it is such a big photo.

Scott

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Brings on a whole new meaning of Road System hunting. LOL :D

Jayare

[SKC Raymond Kurtz (Ret)]

WOW... nice picture and an even better story. I don't have pictures of the deer, but this was the GV after the two met on a dark road in Upstate New York last July. Sorry it is such a big photo.

Scott

What part of Upstate was it in? That place is just crazy with deer. I don't hunt and can't stand the thought of killing something in the wild just for the antlers, etc. Besides I'm no Wyatt Earp.

Your deer accident is just the reason I have no problem with hunting, I would rather them end up being on someone's table than being killed by a car or starving to death.

[MECS Scott Pugh]

Between Watertown and Oswego somewhere. That is no joke - there is all sorts of deer up there.

[BMC Chris Gempp]

Long Island is loaded with them also. I bagged four in one year with a bow.

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Chris, Got any pictures to post of those deer? I'm hoping to take my first deer with a bow this year.

Jayare

[BMCM Stuart S. Slesh]

Pa. had a report a couple of years ago that had three deer killed on the highway for every two taken by hunters. I know alot of people who keep antlers. I know a couple who mount the whole head. But everyone I know who hunts, eats the meat. I don't hunt, never have. But I think that you should be allowed to take as many as you're willing to eat. And they should extend the season. Developing the land has eliminated many of the natural predators and replaced them with motorists. Hunting protects the motorists.

[BMC Chris Gempp]

Jayare,
I'll have to email them to you. I can't figure out how to post them on here, :mad: unless someone can help. I have them on a disk.

[SKC Raymond Kurtz (Ret)]

I found this on the Strange Sports website.

Bon Appetite.

[SKC Raymond Kurtz (Ret)]

Some more, (I love this one!!)

[BMCM Stuart S. Slesh]

I love the one on the tire cover. Isn't the freedom of speech wonderful.

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Well I am starting to do a little scouting. I walked up a mountain last night looking for mountain goats didn't see any of those but did see a 8.5 to 9 foot brown bear. I watched him for about a hour his was just eating away. Also saw a lot of deer sign. I love Alaska hope I can stay here for ever!!!!!!!!!!

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Well Jeff,
Once again you have no pictures to show the rest of us how great it really is up here in Alaska. You need to have a camera as part of your standard gear so we can see. I know I would like to see some of this stuff.

Jayare

[BMCS Burt Ford]

Jeff is too loopy after caring for all those kids! He aint caught, seen or killed nothing!

[OSCS Jimmy D. Belcher]

I have some Alaska pictures for viewing. the eagle picture was taken from my front porch with a basic Kodak digital camera.

[MSTC Michael Schmidtke]

I must say that some things you can never see too much of!!! Thats a nice picture Jimmy!

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

It's kinda wierd how we take so many things for granted. I mean we Alaskans see Bald Eagles Every Day up here and quite often think nothing of it, then we see the cruise ships and such pull in here and see all the tourists lined up on the side of the road taking picture after picture of the Eagles because most likely that could be the first Eagle they have ever seen in their life.

There's not many things cooler than seeing a Bald Eagle swoop down to a river right in front of you and grab a salmon with it's claws and fly away.

Jayare

[BMC John Phillips III]

Funny we have a pictures of Bald Eagles in a thread that is named, "hunting pictures." I get the context of the picture, I just thought it was funny.

I've seen dozens of Eagles on the Hudson river and a few in Tx and Fl as well. I know they are much more abundant in AK, but if you look hard enough elsewhere, you might find some.

[AMTCM John Long]

Got him sneaking thru the back yard!

[MSTCM Jerald Motyka]

WHA?!?!

You found some jerk in overalls walking around with a mounted mulie head?? I woulda shot the bastage too!

(he's a purty one! What's the spread?) :D

[AMTCM John Long]

(he's a purty one! What's the spread?)

About 52 chest, 44 waist..... at 6'3"



Oh! You mean the deer.....I think it was 27 or 28. Had a gross of 179 and something. Got him in the Oregon high desert. Got some caribou and elk pics to post when I get a chance.

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Ok here is a few pics. I shot him last Nov.

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

I think this is a better picture.

[BMCS Dave Considine]

WHA?!?!

You found some jerk in overalls walking around with a mounted mulie head?? I woulda shot the bastage too!

(he's a purty one! What's the spread?) :D

Now that's funny, I needed a good laugh today, thanks

Dave

[BMCS Dave Considine]

Jeff

Nice Bear, what do you do with those teeth???

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Having the skull cleaned and then coated with a laquer(sp) so it can be displayed. They come out great. I will post pic. when I get it back from taxadermist.

[BMCS Dave Considine]

Looking at the last picture, did the taxidermist throw in the kids pelts for free? They are so lifelike!

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Well it has finally started the much anticipated Alaska hunting season. I know that the horns on the blacktails arn't as big as the Mulies and Whitetails but it is still fun to go after the big buck up here. I took my wife yesterday and got her a nice 4 by 5 or at least it would have been when he rubbed off his velvet in a few weeks. Hope I can find one for my daughter and myself as big but even a forked horn will taste good this winter.

[BMCS Burt Ford]

4X5 Jeff? Its not lumber its a deer. 9-pointer! Tell her congrats!

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Just letting everyone know deer season up here in Kodiak, AK getting kicked off with a bang(just think there are still four months to go). I took my daughter out on the 8th and saw two deer, both bucks. We made a great stalk on them and got within 100 yrds. Kayti got set to shoot but the scope on her .243 was all fogged up (rifle bought use with scope. I am going to get a good scope for next year) so she had to use dad's 30-06 to kill it. She got set, I explained where to aim for and she let one fly dropping it in it's bed. She did a great job. I will post pictures when I am at home. It was a little fork not as big as her moms this year but one of these days she may want to go after a bigger one. When she can keep up with dad that is. :D

[BMCM Stuart S. Slesh]

Jeff, I'm lost........ your wife got a deer, and your daughter got a deer.........and you're suggesting that they can't keep up with you.........? Sounds to me like they're just keeping you around for the heavy lifting.

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

My wife can keep up but my daughter is only 11 so I can't take her where the big boys hang out. Hopefully in a couple of years she will be ready. Luckily there are a lot of deer around here so finding a easy hunt is, well, easy. And yes I think that is why my wife keeps me her deer was heavy. I am still feeling the affects of that pack. Just kidding :D

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Hey Jeff,
Have you got your pics back yet from that Goat Hunt last week? I would like to see how the goat looked.

Jayare

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Well Jeff comes back from leave next week and I am wondering if he will have any pics to post of his Elk hunt down in Oregon when he comes back.

Jayare

[MSTC J. Kelley Dentry]

I HOPE to be able to post some pix when I get back next weekend. Heading to MD for a few days of bow hunting on some private land that is only hunted by me (when I can get down there).....30 acres and the hunting "cabin" is my parents house! LOL

here is a picture of the "monster I got on the last day of gun season last year....it was the last day I was able to get out last year and I just wanted some meat in the freezer.

[BMCS Jim Madsen]

Here is a Chuckar that I got earlier this week. Won't fill a freezer but sure made a nice meal.

[LTJG Brian Strattard (ETC)]

Northern Quebec in October...

[ETCS John Zidek]

This isnt mine, a buddy sent it to me.
Says this is how they do it in Ohio!

[BMCS Burt Ford]

This is my 7month old lab, Buoy back in October. His first retreive.

[AMTCM John Long]

Brian,

Is that you with the caribou? If so, where did you go in Northern Q.

John

[LTJG Brian Strattard (ETC)]

John,

Yup, that's my good lookin' mug...I'll have to get back to you on what zone we were in...but we did an unguided hunt during the last week of the season '04 through Lucault outfitters at what they called camp8...caribou were few and far between as most of the herds had passed by already...fishing was OK...but the cold ruined a lot of my pictures when the SD card for my camera froze up...eh, at least I came back in great shape!!! ;)

[AMTCM John Long]

I went with Safari Nordik in 2002 (or 03). Had a blast. Next caribou hunt will be with Tuttilik Outfitters. Got to save up the bucks first.

[BMCS Jim Madsen]

First time duck hunting in years. Not a bad yield.

[MSTCM Jerald Motyka]

Dang Senior!! Niiiiiiiice shooting!! I've always used duck feet as a scale for how badly they were mangled... if the feet are broken, they are so peppered with shot that they can't be cleaned and eaten. You don't have a broken foot in sight! Bravo!

What's that to port, a teal?

How do they figure limits where you are at? In Wisconsin it was points, and a single mallard drake would put you just under the daily limit... but you could get five hens a day. Go figure!

Anyway, nice shooting.

[BMCS Dave Considine]

The EPO here sent this,

Merry Christmas to the hunting thread

[BMCS Jim Madsen]

In Washington, it is 7 ducks a day. 2 Mallard hens. The one on the left is a bufflehead. Shot at 1st light. Thought it was a teal... Kept if just for effect. Hate to waste a bird, but I am sure a critter will be happy with an easy meal.

[BMCS Burt Ford]

nice Jim!

The deer lights pic, I showed that to my BM2 earlier this week and he did this here at Kodiak the other day.

[BMC Chris Gempp]

That's a good idea. I like the deer hanging. I'll have to do that next year!!! :D

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Any new hunting pictures from the hunting season?

I have a pic of Jeff and one of the deer he got (6 pointer) and another pic of the deer my son got (5 pointer) when Jeff was with him. Myself and another CPO were in a slightly different area hunting when Jeff and my son hooked up with their deer back in October out behind the CommSta here in Kodiak.

Whenever I can find the pictures from that hunt I will post them. I seem to have misplaced them somewhere between work and home. I'm still looking for them.

Jayare

[MSTC J. Kelley Dentry]

I just got back to work from a late season bow hunt....saw lots of deer but none close enough to stick. I hope I have better luck next season.... :mad:

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

OK Trapping not hunting. Say hello to my little friend.

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Heres a Pine Marten. I figured out finally how to resize the pics.

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Nothing like Jalepeno BAcon Wrapped Dove breasts for a tasty snack. Illinois Dove Hunting at its finest.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Keith, why you wanna kill all the cute furry creatures. You should try this one on for size - shot by an 11 year old.

(oh and I am just teasing about the cute and furry) and this guy, while furry, is anything but cute!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070525/ap_on_fe_st/monster_pig after you click the link, you can click the photo for a better view...

[LTJG Brian Strattard (ETC)]

I want to know how that kid in the article JP3 posted killed his first deer by the age of 5? From what I've seen...every state I've looked at has a minimum age of 10 to hunt...if not 16...and I'm pretty sure he didn't kill a deer while driving a car...???:confused:

Strat sends...

[YNCM Doug Squires (Ret)]

Heard on the way in to work this morning that ABC NEWS is looking into the photo of the wild pig. Some are speculating that the photo has been doctored a bit...

[AMTCM John Long]

Heard on the way in to work this morning that ABC NEWS is looking into the photo of the wild pig. Some are speculating that the photo has been doctored a bit...


I don't know about fake but they definitely long-armed the photo's. The kid looks too small compared to the hog. If it's being mounted, that should be able to tell the size.

[AMTCM John Long]

Trailcam pic...more to follow later....

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Well it has been a good year for deer hunting. I went to Oregon and was able to take a nice mule deer. I was also able to get a friend a big muley. It was a great trip with my dad, brother, and friend. Here are a couple of pictures of the two deer. I hope to have more from AK when I go on the boat trip in Dec.
I did get a nice 3 by 4 on the road system but forgot the camera oh well next time.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

This is killing me reading this thread! Rifle season opens up this coming weekend and I'll be Northbound on a plane to NH to visit family for Thanksgiving! Oh, well...I'll have to get out there next weekend for a little while.

Here is my 190lb 8pt from last December taken just east of Evergreen, AL.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6cc28b3127cce8fc776c9295c00000016108QctmzFo0bK

[AMTCM John Long]

If I haven't posted this yet....here's the website for the military hunting club I'm in (Brandywine Bowhunters). The area is a 1600 acre place just south of Andrews AFB. Lots of bigguns there. A couple of dandies have been taken within the last few weeks.

http://tiptopwebsite.com/websites/index2.php?username=hunter17

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Jeff, your just a deer killing machine.....:)

Try to get Ed to actually make a post on here and post his Caribu he got and maybe his wifes goat she got.

Jayare

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

I will try if not maybe he will send me the pics to post.
Jeff;)

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Here is Ed Williams Wife's Goat taken just up the mountain from there house. Ed also went to the south end of the island and shot a nice caribou. He wouldn't post the pics himself but I will for him. I love Alaska.

[FSC Ed Williams]

Man, I finally got on here and much to my surprise saw my ugly mug looking back at me. Thanks for posting the pics Jeff.
Jayare, someone stole your picture of the bear up here. Just as well, I was getting tired of looking at the blooming thing. Naw, j/k your ugly mug is still on display. I might put the bou up in front of it though.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Welcome aboard E - D! It's about time you crazy animal killer!

[BMCM Wray Gillette (Ret)]

Here is Ed Williams Wife's Goat taken just up the mountain from there house. Ed also went to the south end of the island and shot a nice caribou. He wouldn't post the pics himself but I will for him. I love Alaska.

Do you really eat goat? How does the caribou taste?

Wray... :cool:

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Heck yeah mountain goat is great as long as you don't shoot a really old tough billy. I shot mine last year some of the best tasting meat I have ever eaten.:D

Jeff

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Holy Cow ED, I can't believe you finally made a post. :eek: Woo Hoo we got another FS with a post and hopefully many more to come.:D

I think there is PLENTY of room up there on that top shelf in the display cabinet for your picture of your Caribou. Just remember to place your pic SLIGHTLY BEHIND mine and to the left so the pic of me and my bear is still prominately displayed. Ha Ha ;)

My taxidermist from Anchorage called me last week and he has started putting the felt and backing together for my bear. Hopefully I get it sometime next month.:)

Jayare

[FSC Ed Williams]

That's a lesson for everybody; don't send a bear hide to a high school buddies second cousin by marriage. JP17, what are you doing in the critter killing section? I thought you were a true blue Peta member?
The caribou I shot this year was in full rut plus he was the herd leader that was putting the whoopin on the rest of the bulls so his meat was pretty stinky and down right hard to eat. The mountain goat really is the best wild game to eat.
Jayare, I ended up sending my wifes goat to Eric up here and expect it back sometime in 09 I bet. Got an extension up here not a new tour. Seems the the detailer thinks I need to head down to the states in 09.

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Ed,
Eric may be sending the goat to you, but he does great work just not speedy.

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Coming to a magazine near you. The cached Sea Lion was an extra bonus. Made my memory more exciting for sure.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Coming to a magazine near you. The cached Sea Lion was an extra bonus. Made my memory more exciting for sure.

Nice hunt! How big was he??

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Not as big as Ed Williams was but still looks great on the wall as a rug. The story is pretty neat too.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Time to bear the bad news....I will not be able to share any hunting pictures from this season. I pulled my last stint in the woods this past weekend (Sat thru Mon) and didn't get to pull the trigger. I saw probably about a total of 10 deer through the 3 days, but wasn't able to get a comfortable shot on any of them without a chance of wounding them.

Oh, well....I guess this why its called hunting and not killing! :D

At least I had a backstrap from my buddies buck that I just finished cutting up into steaks a few minutes ago. I'll be firing up the grill for dinner....can't wait!

Looks like I'll have to learn a new game for next year. I'll be in Ohio (where the deer get HUGE!), but I'll have to keep my rifles locked up....time to get a compound bow and keep the yardage under 40 versus the 200+ I can do now down here in southern 'Bama.

Anyone have any good northern Ohio hunting spots they would like to share?? :D

[AMTCM John Long]

A few pics from this past season. Some trailcam pics too.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC09869.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC00196.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/100_0841.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/100_0855.jpg

[AMTCM John Long]

A few more.....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/100_0833.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC09939.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/100_0910.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC09823.jpg

[AMTCM John Long]

And still a few more....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC09922.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC09812.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/100_0899.jpg

Not sure if I posted this one before. It's from Oregon.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DeerMountA.jpg

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Thanks for posting all those.....don't know if you are rubbing it in :mad: or just sharing the pics to make me feel better.... :)

[AMTCM John Long]

Seth,

I wouldn't do that.:cool:

I've had a great year hunting. I got 9 deer and a moose. I gave all the deer away. The pic of me and the two deer is a unique one. That was a twofer. One shot, two deer. I've never done that before. Everything lined right up. I even recovered the bullet just under the hide of the second deer. The hawk pics are from the backyard.

I was out Tuesday night in the stand and had 4 come by but they were a little too small. One of my co-workers asked for a deer. I didn't want him to spend any processing money on small ones. Today is the last day of archery season so I might try to zip one tonight.:D The deer are very edgy these days.

I've got a few other pics laying around. Maybe I'll post them later.

John

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Sounds like and looks like you had a great year. It was hit and miss here in Alabama....some clubs reported a normal to great year, while others reported a horrible year.

[BMCS Jeff Lucas]

PSC Mirsch snapped this photo after we got back from a great hunt. You should have seen us dragging this thing out of the prairie. It wasn't easy. :) :)

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n55/a47mlb/FirstPheasant.jpg

[BMC Seth Tomas]

I thought that Pteradactyl season was closed?! Did you have a special permit for that thing? I don't see the tag.....

:D

Good pic!

[AMTCM John Long]

I put this on Fred's also. I swapped my cam cards today. This thing is ready to burst at any moment.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/Bisquit.jpg

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

OK, I broke down and bought a trail camera. Seems like you guys were having some fun with them. This is the first weeks pics of Bucky. I got some other pics of a Doe and a much smaller Columbia Blacktail buck. Of course I put the camera up in an undisclosed location in South Western Oregon. I also had quite a few blank pictures also. Enjoy..

[BMC Seth Tomas]

OK, I broke down and bought a trail camera. Seems like you guys were having some fun with them. This is the first weeks pics of Bucky. I got some other pics of a Doe and a much smaller Columbia Blacktail buck. Of course I put the camera up in an undisclosed location in South Western Oregon. I also had quite a few blank pictures also. Enjoy..

If you want to let me know where to go, I can take care of those pesky deer for ya! ;)

[AMTCM John Long]

Here's a few recent trailcam pics....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/BBucks2.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC09843.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC09849.jpg

And the famous, often posted, Invisible Buck.....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/InvisibleBuck.jpg

[AMTCM John Long]

Here's a few more.....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC09854-1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC09883.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/BBuck1.jpg

[BMC Seth Tomas]

I'm still looking for that invisible buck! :D

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Seeing as though I don't have a trail cam, I figured that my hiking boots and the old faithful digital camera would work. These are all pics from just an hour ago out behind my house. The first set was a buck and doe at about 40 yards. They got curious of me and moved in to within 15 yds trying to figure out what I was.

Sorry for the blurriness on the first group...my excitement was through the roof! And the dark pic is the buck, I tried the flash but what do I know about photography??

Seth
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d922b3127ccec4d23413916100000040O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d922b3127ccec4d2830b508a00000040O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d922b3127ccec4d292a2918300000040O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D60/ry%3D60/
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d922b3127ccec4d3bde0703200000040O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Latest round of fur balls caught in the action.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

No pics to post, but I just picked all my ingrediants for my homemade mineral licks.

50lbs disodium phosphate
100lbs Trace mineral salt
50lbs stock salt

Mix together 1 part disodium, 2 parts trace, 1 part stock and lay out where you want to bring 'em in and feed 'em good!

Once I get the licks established I'll post picks...

44 days until opening season!

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Good luck. Lets see them pics when you get em.

Jayare

[BMC Seth Tomas]

30.5 days and counting......come on Sept 27th! I'm tired of shooting the bow at a 2x2 foam block every afternoon!

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

I planted a food plot this afternoon. :D
Saw quite a few new deer tracks back there at the back of my 8 acres where I planted.

Jayare

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Got a new trail cam and have had a bunch of pics the last few days. I have a mineral lick set out and add a bunch of pears to it to bring 'em in for the camera. A bunch of does and a couple of spikes.....the big bucks are still hiding out from me! I know they are here based off of trail cam pics from last year that my neighbor has....giant 11pt and a wide racked 8 right here by the house!!

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Well, the opener here in Ohio has come...due to "ops", I was only able to sit the stand this morning for about an hour and a half before I had to come into the office. Right at 0750 a small button buck came walking right underneath me, but nothing else. When I walked out, I saw that fat doe that I've been eyeballing at the end of a clearcut! Too bad I had to call it quits for the day....oh, well.....thats what tomorrow is for when I can put in a full day! :D

Hopefully I'll be putting up a good story with pics tomorrow afternoon/night!

[CWO Eugene Diotalevi (BMC)]

Hey Seth,

Where do you live? My parents live on VOL.

G

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Hey Seth,

Where do you live? My parents live on VOL.

G

Right in the beautiful city of Lorain! I'm on the western edge by Amherst and Vermilion.

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Well just got back from Eastern Oregon, had a nice shot a a big eastern oregon mule deer buck, but was a little too excited and didnt manage to take my time with the shot and missed him. Looked over to my left and this little tasty morsel (spike) was standing broad side, right after shooting at the big racked buck. Decided I better atleast fill my tag. Wasnt quite as big as yours John, but was a big big buck. Nicer 4 x 4. With dark heavy horns(the one I missed) Such is life.

I had a nice shot at a 5 x 5 bull elk also and muffed that up too. I asked him for a mulligan but he wasnt having nothing to do with that. These giant critters have a way with making me miss. It was a fifty yard shot, but I had practiced it many times, it's just different when that big old bull is standing there.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Congrats on the kill! Spike or not, he'll fill the freezer and make for some great eating! I haven't been fortunate enough yet to have a shot this year, but even when a deer gets remotely close, my nerves shoot through the roof! I can easily see missing a nice buck like you described because of nerves!

[AMTCM John Long]

Keith,

Congrats on the deer. Was that Silver Lake unit?

I have missed plenty of deer from nerves or just plan not concentrating like I should have. Last year was bad for me. This year I'm 4 for 4. I had a spike and a 4 or 6 in front of me last night but did not shoot them. We have to wait till next the 15th before we can shoot small bucks on the one place I hunt. I'll be out tomorrow at 0-dark thirty.

Seth....hang in there.

John

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

John: Yep you nailed it, Silver Lake Unit. I hunted with some guys that have been hunting there for thirty years now. I may go back next year. Seems like we found a place that holds deer for some reason. It burned 6 years ago and has some nice food sources for them. I just rushed the shot on the big buck should have slowed down a little and everything would have been fine. Been a long time since I had seen a buck that big. It has been two years since I have harvested anything, I didnt even hunt last year.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Here she is! I finally nailed my first bow deer last night just before sunset! She came in with 2 other deer at 6:40pm and I got her with a 35yd shot from my climber stand!

Seth

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

WTG Seth. Good to see you can hit something. Looks mighty tasty also, Im thinking snack stix and jerky plus some steaks on the grill. Add a little hamburger and we have one awesome tailgating party!

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Sounds good to me when is the BBQ...:D

Jeff

[BMC Chris Gempp]

Can anyone recommend a good muzzle loader?

[BMC Chris Gempp]

Can anyone recommend a good muzzle loader?

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Just finished making some jerky out of that doe pictured above.....GOOD STUFF!

As for a muzzleloader, I do not have one {yet}, but have heard great things about the TC Encore's.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Got this guy on my trail camera the other day. Same place that I shot my doe.... hopefully he'll come by when I'm in my stand this weekend! He'll look good hanging on my wall and chillin in my freezer!

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Couple of confimed Harvests. Look at these Honkers. Can you say bag limit.

[BMC Chris Gempp]

Seth,
Your killing me with all of these pictures! I can't find the time to get in the woods.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Here is my latest "hunting" trip! My GV decided to partake in some hunting this morning on the interstate and bagged a decent buck! It looks like it was an 8 point...pics were taken with a phone and the antlers are busted off....

GV only had a few thousand miles on it!

[BMC Chris Gempp]

your having a good season. To bad for the GV though. OUCH

[YNCM Doug Squires (Ret)]

Seth:

Driver and passengers of the GV are Okay?

Doug

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Seth:

Driver and passengers of the GV are Okay?

Doug

Funny you ask.....I actually asked him if the deer was salvagable before I asked if he was okay! I {almost} feel bad about that one! :D

....and, yes, he was fine!

[YNCM Doug Squires (Ret)]

I'm glad to see we have our priorities in order.:rolleyes:

[AETC Shawn Burns]

Remember to put some of that jerky in your luggage to share when you get to the Academy on Friday!!!!

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Remember to put some of that jerky in your luggage to share when you get to the Academy on Friday!!!!

I will have to make more for that to happen! I bagged up the last little bit for me to eat while I'm in the stand down on the farm tomorrow morning! Multiple pics of an 11pt hanging out there. I'll have to post some of him. The pics I put up earlier are of the 8pt near me, but I have permission to also hunt a 175 acre farm about 30 mins south of me. Thats where I'll be tomorrow morning looking for the 11pt. I need some burger and sausage in the freezer!

See ya Friday...what time to you land in San Fran? I think I land somewhere around noon or 1230.

Seth

[AETC Shawn Burns]

Good Luck with the hunt it should be cold enough!! I arrive right around 1630. I know rush hour time but I wanted to ensure I got there from Mobile through Dallas.

Look forward to getting through the class and hanging out.

See ya Friday night.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Good Luck with the hunt it should be cold enough!! I arrive right around 1630. I know rush hour time but I wanted to ensure I got there from Mobile through Dallas.

Look forward to getting through the class and hanging out.

See ya Friday night.

10-4! I land at 1230....I don't like last minute stuff, so I'll be kicked back in the lounge when you get there.

See ya Friday!

[DCCS Brett Wickett]

As for good muzzle loader, the T/C Encore is a great gun; however, for about half the price is the the T/C Omega. I just bought one of these a few weeks ago and it is great. Out of the box with open sights (really good ones) at 100 yds it was 3" high and dead on windage. two shots later it was dead on at 100. 6 shots total. I then put it away until this week at which point I shot a 6 point Sunday morning and a doe Tuesday evening to tag out in Oklahoma. First shot was 120yds, droped in tracks, second deer was 95 yds, droped in tracks. shooting 100 grains of triple 7 (two 50 grain pellets, and a 230 grain sabbot). This gun rocks, as much as I like bows and rifles this thing is the cats ass.

[BMC Chris Gempp]

Brett,
It seems like everyone likes the TC Encore. I was also told that CVA makes a nice gun for a really good price

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Lately I have been hooked on Quack. Well and a little Honk, Honk too. All in a mornings hunt.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

I had to stop in here to get my hunting fix, as I'm out in Petaluma for the next 32 days!

.....missing the rut right now back in Ohio..... and I've seen plenty of deer on base here in the past couple of days! I start twitching when I see them!

[BMCS John Brady (Ret)]

This is the best I could do this year, so far.... I almost stepped on these two on the way to set up a stand.

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Looks like you blasted them things to smitherines! Well atleast the heads anyhow, what kind of snakes? I can't really tell from here. Reminds me of a time I was walking a creek fishing when I was a kid, jumped down in this ravine to cross it, and between my legs was a Copperhead. I jumped straight back up outta that ravine, i'm here to tell ya! Another time while shooting bullfrogs once a spring frog jumped up my pants leg, I thought it was a Water Mocassin and I was dead.

[FSC Ed Williams]

838
My wife Carleen wanted to get a Kodiak brown bear this year so I went out behind our house and started scouting. Figured this ones routine, so out we went, second evenings hunt so got it with her .338. You should see a .338 push a 105lb female around, pretty funny. It's only a little over 8 ft but she is real happy with it. They have shot 70+ bears on the island this season and there is still time left. All I have got this year is a couple of foxes, one cross and a silver.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

So as I sit here in Petaluma for the CPO Academy and kick myself every day the the rut is just winding down back home in Ohio......my wife decides to check my trail cam and keep me up to date as to what is going on in the woods.....

Looks like I have another one to add to my list that I want to hang on the wall for when I get back in early December!

What do ya'll think of this one??

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Looks nice Seth what is the address of your deer stand I am more then willing to go down and check it out for you. I now you have lot of important things to do in Petaluma.

Good luck when you get home.


Ed tell your wife congrats. She didn't let it roll down a mountain side like her goat did she?

I sure miss Kodiak how was deer season?


Jeff

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Hey Ed,
Tell Carlene Nice Bear. Just don't send it to my high school buddy taxidermist in Anchorage for the rug mount.
Did you take your Caribu rack down to have it measured when they were in town? What did it score if you did?

Jayare

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

So let me get this straight. All we gotta do to get ED to post is start talking about hunting some more. ED your wife harvested a very nice looking bear. Compared to mine it is big. Glad to see you all are still having fun in Kodiak.

Seth what is those GPS Co-ordinates to your stand. We want to see that 140class whitetail in person.

[FSC Ed Williams]

Thanks Guys,
She shot it on a hill and it rolled to where I could ride the quad to it. That quad has had a few bears on it huh, Jeff. I didn't take my caribou rack in to get measured when the guy was in town but I might next fall.
I was hunting with Ropella last week and he got a 9'7" bear. It's skull measured 27 9/16. Darn thing almost had us for lunch. We were tracking it through alders and it was crouched down in it's trail facing us just awaiting. We got within 12 paces of it before we saw it's head move a little. Got hairy but he made a great shot that paralyzed both its rear legs so it was easy to dispatch after that.
The deer got hit hard last winter but you know that, the bucks weren't really out and moving until the rut and seeing how I ain't got my bow permit I am just watching them walk around.

[BMCS Jeff Lucas]

Trail cam photo. Looks like a little bait on the ground there. Hope baiting is legal where this was taken.

http://www.cgchiefs.com/photos/data/500/Trail_cam.jpg

[AMTCM John Long]

There is a question as to whether that trailcam pic is photoshopped....John

[BMC Seth Tomas]

I'll give GPS position and/or street address AFTER I've shot him myself!

As for the pic above...photoshopped! I saw that same one on archerytalk.com a while back.....

[BMCS Jeff Lucas]

Yea, someone at work sent it to me. You never know these days if things are real or not. I would say the give-a-way is the arrow causing that much blood splatter.

[DCCS Brett Wickett]

That picture was also on the wall at the check station in Oklahoma last month when I checked my deer in.

I sure do wish I had billets back in AK.

To all of the Animal Population Controll Specialists out there posting pictures, good job to all.

Brett

[AMTCM John Long]

Here's a small 8pt from yesterday.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/100_1172.jpg

[BMC Seth Tomas]

This thread has slowed way down..... are your seasons over or just not having any luck??

Me? Season runs thru 31Jan, but I've slacked off on getting into the tree. I sat last night with neg sightings... my trailcam activity has slowed way down. Mostly doe at night. My nice 8pts and that 10pt have vanished...hopefully not shot by someone else... I need more meat in the freezer!

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Well, its been a month since the last post on this thread....my vanished 8pt has returned the past few nights on my trailcam. They are searching hard for food sources now that we have a solid snow cover everywhere. I'm spreading corn near the house to get them in front of the camera....seems to be working great at night.

I sat the stand yesterday afternoon and saw 3 while hiking thru the woods. Nothing but a bunch of turkey from the stand. I have only 9 days left of the season and plan on hitting it hard to fill my remaining tags.

Hopefully I'll have pics to post of a successful afternoon!

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

I harvested my first ever ELK this year. It was a cow, but very tasty. These Roosevelt ELK are huge. If you can tell by the picture. Harvested last weekend on private farm here in Oregon. Pesky Critters keep breaking fences down. You can tell how big it is compared to my hunting buddy Justin, he is 6' tall.

[AMTCM John Long]

Keith,

Is that farm Leigh's old hunting spot?

John

[EMC Brendan Murphy]

Gotta love those damage control tags, take the tractor out in the field, pick up elk and bring back to barn. At least it was not up in the Elliot off the 2000 line in one of those hell holes. Been there done that and it sucks but boy do I miss it. They both taste the same and are very tasty.

Congrats on your first Rosie!!

[AMTCM John Long]

Gotta love those damage control tags, take the tractor out in the field, pick up elk and bring back to barn. At least it was not up in the Elliot off the 2000 line in one of those hell holes. Been there done that and it sucks but boy do I miss it. They both taste the same and are very tasty.

Congrats on your first Rosie!!

Been there in the Elliot myself off the 1000 road. Also off Hwy 42 past Sandy Bridge. If I can find the pics...I'll post'em up.

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

The first one wasnt as easy as using a tractor, it was way up a logging road I couldnt get the F-250 7.3 Liter diesel up. But I did get my Grizzly 700 up there and managed to hook up after almost swamping it in a muddy bog, then hooking it up and dragging it the whole way back to where my truck was. It was quite a feat for my four wheeler. I thought I was going to blow it up. Up the hills and down the next. That four wheeler is worth its wait in gold when you got a huge critter like that down. Well some where, where you can use it anyhows. It was about a 1.5 mile drag through the mud and rocks on the grown over logging road. But it didnt end there. Then I hooked a strap up and across the front of the bed of the truck and hooked a snatch block up to that. I put my four wheeler ramp down, slid the rope over the block, drove the opposite direction and finally got it up into the truck up my four wheeler ramp, it is still a mess. It sure wasnt that easy at all.

The second one we got was a lot easier. It ran down to the field and died. Then I pulled up with four wheeler and drug it through the swampy parts of field back close to truck, where we used the tractor this time to load it up. Whew. I dropped that sucker off at the local butcher shop taking a few choice cuts out of it and skinning it. Spendy but well worth the time saved.

The wife and I have been doing alot of ELK canning lately. We're having ELK burgers on the grill tonight.

[BMCM Wray Gillette (Ret)]

Perhaps this is a side effect from the cold in Minnesota

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/weird/Trucking_Duck_All__National_.html

Wray... :cool:

[AMTCM John Long]

I pulled my trailcams today. Got a few good pics.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC00219.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC00216.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC00125.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/DSC00147.jpg

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Nice pics! I only have today and Saturday left and we are done in Ohio. I'll be out this afternoon and most of tomorrow.

I arrowed a doe last week, but I couldn't track her too well once the sun went down. Real thick brush. I returned the next morning to finish tracking and found her far from where I shot her...unfortunately the coyotes found her before I did! :mad:

I've seen deer almost every day I've been out lately, its just a matter of having the shot or not. Hopefully today and tomorrow pay off. I need one more in my freezer!

Here is my latest pic:
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2056/114/4/1409317791/n1409317791_217102_8204.jpg

[AMTCM John Long]

I should be out tonight and tomorrow morning. Tomorrow I'll be right where that buck in the snow is standing. I have a dripper in that small tree but it's hard to see. I have some other deer pics there and they are walking by around the 1000-1200 timeframe within the last few days. Maybe tomorrow.:cool:

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Good luck! They've been moving here all day long looking for food in the deep snow. I'm headed out as soon as I get back from picking my daughter up at school. I love to get that 8pt, but then again, I'd love to see what he looks like next year! I'll settle for a fat doe in the freezer to see him next year. But, with the season ending tomorrow, I'll take whatever comes by!

[AMTCM John Long]

Ah...the pic came thru this time. Nice buck there!!

[BMC Seth Tomas]

No luck for me today. I saw a huge doe about 200yds out that never came any closer. I about froze to death today out there in the tree! I'll try again tomorrow, and if nothing, then I guess I'll hang up the bow for a few months!:(

[FSC Ed Williams]

Got this one last week, got five fox so far this year with my partner bagging a couple. We finally figured out the way to call them in and actually hit them. I use a .17HMR and my partner uses a .22 mag. The .22 passes through them but the .17 blows apart inside em' and stays there. Something to keep us busy and still hunting now that there is nothing else to hunt. Plan on stuffing this one myself but making a blanket out of the rest of them.
Jayare, I finally got those fox tanned that you left here from Attu and plan on adding those to the blanket.

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Hey Ed nice fox old friend. I did some trapping in Sitka, man was it fun. I bet trapping those foxes would be fun too. I havent trapped since then. The Pine Marten were bringing a nice price and still are. I have heard about those cross foxes and how many of em their are over that way. That sounds like a lot of fun.

I am currently scouting for Bears my hunting partner wants to get one. We have a couple of cameras out now, waitng for themt o start moving. Will start checking the cameras tomorrow. Going high up into Weyerhauser land.

[AMTCM John Long]

Hey Ed,

I think I got your partner's pics (Greg) the other day at home. He told me about the call you guys used. He sent me a nice pelt a couple of years back. He and I went to high school together back in the mid-70's.

John

[FSC Ed Williams]

Hey Keith,
Thanks, sure wish I could go on another bear hunt but I got the nix from my wife. Seems like she didn't appreciate the fact that my partner and I touched his 9'6" squared brown bear before it was dead. He shot it from above and hit it's spine and paralized it's back legs so it couldn't turn around and munch us so we just touched it's rear. (not the best idea it seems) Just a note, after he shot it with his .44 mag twice in the boiler maker from 2 yds it was still staring at us wishing it could eat us. I reckon carrying a pistol is really just a "make me feel better thing".
Anyway good luck on your hunt.

[AMTCM John Long]

I put my cams out Saturday and swapped cam cards today while hanging a new stand in a blowdown. This is a fresh shed buck.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/B2A.jpg

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Hey Ed,
How's it going? That's a real nice looking fox you got there. Where did you go hunting at to get them?
How did those foxes I left you turn out? Mine turned out kinda stiff so I am going to soak them again and redry them and see how they turn out then.

Jayare

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Well went to check my camera tonight and it was gone. Just gone......Someone took it...told the wife I'd need to buy a new one in the fall. Sheesh sure didnt think anyone would take it way up where it was at.

[MSTC Steve Natale]

Well went to check my camera tonight and it was gone. Just gone......Someone took it...told the wife I'd need to buy a new one in the fall. Sheesh sure didnt think anyone would take it way up where it was at.


BIGFOOT? Maybe wanted to get a family picture done up to hang in the den.

[DCCS Brett Wickett]

I think someone just went and moved it to a height of 6 foot and Keith just can't see that high.

[AMTCM John Long]

Well went to check my camera tonight and it was gone. Just gone......Someone took it...told the wife I'd need to buy a new one in the fall. Sheesh sure didnt think anyone would take it way up where it was at.

Keith,

I posted a website that you could get your cam cards loaded with free software that will send you an email with the computers IP address everytime someone puts it into a card reader. You can then track down the IP address to see who opened it up.

John

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Ok that is two different funnies posted.

Remember Brett I am heading to Louisiana and I know where you work. Mr 245(on a lean day) and I played football.

John. I didnt catch that post but would be interested. It would be something to knock on that door. We had another camera out but not facing the road, or we could have gotten a picture of the perpatraitors. Only so many people have keys to the gate. It won't be to hard to figure out I guess.

[AMTCM John Long]

Ok that is two different funnies posted.

Remember Brett I am heading to Louisiana and I know where you work. Mr 245(on a lean day) and I played football.

John. I didnt catch that post but would be interested. It would be something to knock on that door. We had another camera out but not facing the road, or we could have gotten a picture of the perpatraitors. Only so many people have keys to the gate. It won't be to hard to figure out I guess.

Keith,

Here it is....John

http://www.ihoundsoftware.com/

[BMC Seth Tomas]

I've always hated the thought of someone stealing my trailcam....thats why I didn't buy a $300 one!

This is not a hunting picture, but here is a nice steelhead that I caught today behind my house. Its about a 2 mile 4 wheeler ride to the creek, and my daughter and I have the fishing all to ourselves! The second picture with my daughter is her steelhead from this past weekend at the same creek!

....can't wait to fire up the grill tomorrow!

[AMTCM John Long]

Seth,

Those are great pics!! I didn't know they had a stealie run down your way.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Seth,

Those are great pics!! I didn't know they had a stealie run down your way.

Most of the local creeks and rivers are loaded with them right now! The generally move off the lake in October into the rivers and stay there through April...then back into Lake Erie for the summer months.

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Had a chance to go this morning. After giving the misses a dozen red roses.

[AMTCM John Long]

Congrats!!!

I've never got a turkey yet.

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

When I started I went and bought three decoys and a double slate over glass call. Downloaded some wav files of turkey calls and sat at my computer till I sounded like the computer. Then I went to the farm in Mississippi sat the decoys out started calling and immediately got a response. I had a Hen turkey come into to me calling from 200 yds away I watched her the whole time. it was pretty neat and enough to hook me. A few years between now and then though. Since I have learned about locator calls and where to look for them roosting and getting close for the fly down cackles. It is pretty exciting to me. Nothing like coaxing a big ole gobbler into fill view strutting and gobbling, gets the adrenaline going pretty good. Oh and forgot to mention, dont move a muscle, their eye sight is way better than ours, anything out of the ordinary and they are gone.

This particular bird wouldnt get that close. he was pretty wary, so I banged him at about 50 yds with a Remington #4, 3.5 inch magnum. My hunting buddy couldnt believe I made that shot. It is a great time to be outdoors.

[AMTCM John Long]

Ya...I've hunted them for quite a few years. In fact I was out Saturday with a shotgun. The other place I hunt is bow only so it's a bit more of a challenge. I had a jake come into the decoys a few Saturdays back but he didn't like the strutting tom I had out so he wouldn't come in close enough for a bow shot.

[CWO Jeff Parker (MKC)]

Hello fellas. I am brand new here. I read this entire hunting post and it was an awesome read! I am a hunting addict myself and hope to post up some pic's this winter.... pending cutter sched. I make all my own hunting calls. From waterfowl, turkey, crow, and deer... I take most of my animals with my homemade calls. I'll try to catch up with ya'll soon!

Jeff

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Hello fellas. I am brand new here. I read this entire hunting post and it was an awesome read! I am a hunting addict myself and hope to post up some pic's this winter.... pending cutter sched. I make all my own hunting calls. From waterfowl, turkey, crow, and deer... I take most of my animals with my homemade calls. I'll try to catch up with ya'll soon!

Jeff

Welcome aboard Jeff! Look fwd to some hunting stories and pics!

[AMTCM John Long]

Hello fellas. I am brand new here. I read this entire hunting post and it was an awesome read! I am a hunting addict myself and hope to post up some pic's this winter.... pending cutter sched. I make all my own hunting calls. From waterfowl, turkey, crow, and deer... I take most of my animals with my homemade calls. I'll try to catch up with ya'll soon!

Jeff


Welcome!

I'd be curious how you make a deer call. I've made a moose call from bark and with a plastic milk jug and cord.

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Welcome aboard Jeff, and what a great last name...

John, It's pretty easy to make a deer bleep call. All you need is about 2 inches of a broomstick, split it in half, file out a small section in the middle of both halves, stretch a piece of electrical tape lengthwise accross one of the halves then tape the two ends up and blow in one end. (Before taping up both ends you will want to try it out a few times till you find the right humm your looking for then tape up both ends. Try blowing on both sides in case one side sounds better than the other. I drew an arrow on mine for the direction of flow because one side sounded better than the other.) You can hold it in your mouth hands free and blow it while taking aim at your deer, stops them in their tracks up there in Alaska.

An old GM2 country boy buddy from West by God Virginia showed me how to make these when we were underway. Only takes about 10 mins to make.

Jayare

[MKC Francisco Magrans]

Hello:
I'm also new here and ....yes I am an addicted bow hunter of 25 years!! I will post some pics this fall....great thread here...

Franco...aka "Alaskan Coastie"

[CWO Jeff Parker (MKC)]

Thanks fella's. John, if you're intetrested I can send you one. Not sure about the broomstick idea ( although it sounds interesting ). I spin all my stuff up on a wood lathe. It's a hobby more or less but has become an addiction. I had several folks use my turkey call this spring in VA & NC and the results were great for them. I missed all of the '08-09 deer, duck/goose, and turkey season due to being U/W. I'm looking forward to this season though. I anticipate alot of dead stuff!

Jeff

[AMTCM John Long]

Welcome aboard Jeff, and what a great last name...

John, It's pretty easy to make a deer bleep call. All you need is about 2 inches of a broomstick, split it in half, file out a small section in the middle of both halves, stretch a piece of electrical tape lengthwise accross one of the halves then tape the two ends up and blow in one end. (Before taping up both ends you will want to try it out a few times till you find the right humm your looking for then tape up both ends. Try blowing on both sides in case one side sounds better than the other. I drew an arrow on mine for the direction of flow because one side sounded better than the other.) You can hold it in your mouth hands free and blow it while taking aim at your deer, stops them in their tracks up there in Alaska.

An old GM2 country boy buddy from West by God Virginia showed me how to make these when we were underway. Only takes about 10 mins to make.

Jayare

I'll play with that and see what happens. As of late when I want to stop a deer for a shot I'll just grunt with my mouth and that often works. If I did it right, I'll already have the drop on them and will be releasing with 2-3 seconds. I rattled and grunted this one in blind last year. I caught movement to my right after a series of grunts and rattles. I drew back and followed it in right behind my tree stand. It stopped, looked up and that was about it. Maybe 13-15 yards out.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/100_1172.jpg


This one from last year came into a doe-in-a-can call. It walk right under my climber. I grunted with my mouth but it didn't stop. I got it walking almost vertically. It flipped a couple of times and expired where you see it. I took the pic from my stand right after shooting. You can see my bow laying on the ground. I just lowered it before climbing down.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/John623/100_1106-1.jpg

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Welcome aboard Franco! How'd that SWE go? I left early....figured that with you being an MK, you would be in there for a while trying to figure out how to spell your name! ;)

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Not a hunting pic or trailcam pic, but I did take this today with my new camera while out riding the 4 wheeler behind my house this afternoon!

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs113.snc1/4683_1163316168953_1409317791_430824_6703647_n.jpg

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Well, on my 5th outing of the year I finally connected and took a decent doe last night with my bow on a 30yd shot! I had to drag her almost a half mile out of the woods (which absolutely whooped my a$$!!). I'm sore as can be right now and am anticipating either good deer chili or burgers this weekend!

It isn't a good pic, but it was taken with my phone after sunset in the middle of the woods. The hole you see is the exit wound. The entrance wound was a little higher and farther fwd.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9ce32b3127ccef80f5d40de5300000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

[DCCS Brett Wickett]

Way to explain the "Exit Wound" :rolleyes: sure looks like a gut shot to me....LOL

Congrats and have a burger for me. I still have two weeks before I can go.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

I know it wasn't the "perfect" shot, but she fell within 70yds of where I shot her!

The funny part is, I explained it because I knew that if I didn't then someone would try to pick me apart on a bad shot! Looks like I lost that one either way!! :D

Oh, well..... she's meat in the freezer and I'm heading back out this weekend for another one!

[BMCS Burt Ford]

Congrats Seth!

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Here are some nice "non-hunting" pics. I have several miles of 4 wheeler trails behind my house and my wife and I got for almost daily rides back there. Lately we bring the camera with us and take nature shots. Here are several good ones that we have gotten this summer and fall.

Enjoy!

Young 8 point bedded down after chasing a doe during the rut.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9cf25b3127ccef8dc3cd230fc00000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

A slightly bigger 8 point bedded down about 500 yds behind my house.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9ce00b3127ccef83f14adb75300000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

The 8 point from the 1st pic above while he was chasing this hot doe.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9cf25b3127ccef8dc35a6701400000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

A young buck still in velvet taken this past summer.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d837b3127ccec735196cf91700000040O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

I have plenty more, but those are some of the better quality ones.

Enjoy....

[OSC William Allen]

Seth
Great pics. Thanks for posting them.

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Time to revive this thread!

Here are some pics from a deer farm that we went to! My wife and daughter were able to bottle feed the fawns while I drooled over and hand fed some nice bucks peanuts! The farm is http://www.browningwhitetails.com/

Here I am sweet talking a fawn and trying to tell it not to be afraid of those weird men in camo that hide in the trees!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0db11b3127ccefa68a3728b5300000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

Some of the yearling bucks:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0db11b3127ccefa689b910a9c00000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0db11b3127ccefa68668acb5100000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

This is Maxcell, a 3 year old.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0db11b3127ccefa682e68cb9700000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

Check out his website above, and also check out this Ohio forum where he posts weekly updates and you can see how fast these bucks are growing their racks! The forum is getting fairly long, but go though all the pages to see how big they are right now (or just skip to the last page). I can't wait to see how big Maxcell, LBJ, and Durablend get! Here is the link: http://www.ohiosportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36493

[BMC Seth Tomas]

Here is an update with a few pics from a new 1200 acre farm that I just got permission to hunt on. Nothing big antler-wise, but I'm more of a meat hunter than a bone hunter. I should be checking my trailcam again tomorrow afternoon to see what else has been there in the past week.

These are taken at the edge of a soy bean field under a couple of apple trees. I'm thinking that one of my stand locations will be about 50yds into the woods directly behind the camera to catch them coming out of the woods. We have about 9 weeks until opening day for archery season! Wooohhhooooo!!! :D


This guy has a messed up rack on his right side....it'll be interesting to see how he turns out. I'm guessing only a month or so left of growth before they slow down and stop developing.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0d932b3127cceface572bea8f00000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0d932b3127ccefacef8d72b8c00000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0d932b3127ccefacf69394bfe00000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

[BMC Seth Tomas]

A few more (limited to 4 pics per thread....)

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0d932b3127ccefacf1f71cabd00000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0d932b3127ccefacfaccf0bf200000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0d932b3127ccefacf6c928aff00000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0d932b3127ccefacecf846b5c00000030O08QctmzFo0bA9 vPhA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

[BMC Chris Gempp]

Seth,
He's a shooter. I just tranferred to Staten ISland, so I wont be going everyday like last year, but I am already making plans for the Fall.