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Found the deer I hit on Saturday thanks to the ravens. Glad to see it died quickly (good lung shot) and unfortunately it somehow didn’t leave a blood trail for the last 150 yards and to complicate things it did a 90 degree turn and died in a depression in the terrain so would have been very difficult to see till the wolves dragged it out in the open.
I used my tag on it so I can legally possess the antlers. I already have venison in the freezer from the deer I hit with the truck and got a salvage permit from the warden. So hunting is over for me. Although I heard a few coyotes have moved in the area near my house so I’ll go after those once the deer hunters are out of the woods.
I used my tag on it so I can legally possess the antlers. I already have venison in the freezer from the deer I hit with the truck and got a salvage permit from the warden. So hunting is over for me. Although I heard a few coyotes have moved in the area near my house so I’ll go after those once the deer hunters are out of the woods.
muad
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First fire of the season. I think the secondary combustion system is working again thanks to my bro making the new inlet pipe.
The back plate is warped, so I'll probably have to buy that. One price was like $300 online. Hard to spend that much, maybe I should just buy a new stove next year? Decisions...
The back plate is warped, so I'll probably have to buy that. One price was like $300 online. Hard to spend that much, maybe I should just buy a new stove next year? Decisions...
Wolves and yotes are mutually exclusive up here. Wolves will drive out and/or kill yotes. Yotes backfill the areas that don’t have wolves. I believe if the coyotes are able to multiply they’ll hold a small territory against solo wolves but if a pack comes in they’ll move out.
We are overrun with wolves. I hadn’t seen a buck during deer season in two years prior to seeing this one. They wipe out almost all of our young of the year deer.
If you have a steel bumper it’s cheaper to hit them. Especially with the cost of ammo these days. LOL!!You crazy Minnesotans using your vehicles to hunt with! Isn't it cheaper just to shoot em? Haha
Same thing with coyotes and red fox. Red fox get pushed off there preferred terrain by coyotes and take up residence wherever they can find food and stay out of harms way. We do get an occasional wolf sighting in my area as they will cross the ice at the Straits of Mackinaw. They never seem to stick around very long however.
And red fox vs greys. Two years ago we had three grey foxes then a breeding pair of reds came in, now no more greys.
I felt safer with the greys around as they co-habitated with my neighbors cats. I think a red would kill a cat if it caught it.
pdelosh
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Maybe Sassafras I'm thinking?
Nice deer Steve, sorry you did not find it sooner.
The first deer I got with the bow (would have been a nice 8 pt but one antler was broken) did something like that. Went slightly down hill for 150 yds into a swamp, and the blood trail stopped right when he got to a small stream. To make matters worse, it started to drizzle right after I shot him, it was about to get dark, and Maple leaves with red spots were all over the place (I had to pick them up and see if the red smeared!). Trust me, I was right on the edge of panic!
After checking across the stream numerous times I started a perimeter search and found him about 60 yards to the left still on the same side of the stream. He had piled up in the brush and was almost impossible to find!
He was a real big bodied deer, and I was glad I found him! Luckily my Cousin found me right after I found the deer, and helped me drag it uphill a bit. Then my Uncle came with the tractor, cut through a barbed wire fence, to come over and help us get it back to the farm!
That deer went home on top of my 1980 Pinto Station Wagon!
The first deer I got with the bow (would have been a nice 8 pt but one antler was broken) did something like that. Went slightly down hill for 150 yds into a swamp, and the blood trail stopped right when he got to a small stream. To make matters worse, it started to drizzle right after I shot him, it was about to get dark, and Maple leaves with red spots were all over the place (I had to pick them up and see if the red smeared!). Trust me, I was right on the edge of panic!
After checking across the stream numerous times I started a perimeter search and found him about 60 yards to the left still on the same side of the stream. He had piled up in the brush and was almost impossible to find!
He was a real big bodied deer, and I was glad I found him! Luckily my Cousin found me right after I found the deer, and helped me drag it uphill a bit. Then my Uncle came with the tractor, cut through a barbed wire fence, to come over and help us get it back to the farm!
That deer went home on top of my 1980 Pinto Station Wagon!
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Right back at ya'. Come on over and get you some of this black locust they have posted for free.@dancan
I've not had much to contribute recently.... Been away for a week.... Been busy despite UK in lockdown again (I work from home ok so still busy). I am slowly splitting the oak pile. I love oak, always splits nicely. I am mainly using a True Temper Jersey I got from Joe and finally hung on a28" handle. 3.5lb head, it is easy to swing and rattles through the wood. I spend 3/4 of my time picking up splits be and stacking.... Longer when I have a stack collapse like yesterday!
muad
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I'm in the market for a decent ace or two. I have fiskars, but I want some old school ones.
Watching Bucking Billy's videos and his axe restoring, isn't helping those wants. LOL.
Agreed, doesn't look like Mulberry, not yellow enough. Bark peeling looks like Sassafras. Does it have a pleasant smell? Is it fairly light? If not, the Red Elm?
Pic isn't great, but that looks like Hickory to me.Right back at ya'. Come on over and get you some of this black locust they have posted for free.
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Agreed on pic - I was thinking maple but whatever it is it sure doesn't look like black locust.
Yeah it was 65 the first two days. 3/4 of the deer had been eaten and the rest was stinky.
I was thinking honey locust. Not black
