What's happened to all the deer hunters?

[treefarmer]

Sure miss seeing the hunting pictures and reading the accounts of how y'all captured Bambi. Only a few have been posted this season and I know some of y'all have been hunting since the August as the season openings progress north and west.
Archery started here last weekend, I don't do the "stick and string" so have to wait for Thanksgiving Day, a short 4 day season and then off a week or so till it opens and runs out into February here in the Panhandle.
Treefarmer

[Triple Creek Reaper]

The hurricane seems to have pushed back our rut, we are usually finished by now but we are just starting to see some chasing going on. Between all the water and berry pickers coming through our lease, it has been a horrible season for me personally.

One thing to look forward to, got an invite to archery hunt up in Ohio next month for a week. The trail cam pics coming off this farm are ridiculous.

[Kortsman]

Went out to Green Swamp this morning after the front came through. Saw 1 deer about 120 yards across the palmetto flat.
I considered it a success since I haven't been in there for a couple years now and I had to wait until light just to find the trail I used to use. I didn't even get in my stand until 8 am.
I'll be back next weekend. Hopefully one of them will come home for dinner.

[jtcmedic]

Saw 9 does , next morning 4 more, so the bucks is on his own time now, got pics of him hope the rut will start up soon.

[Triple Creek Reaper]

You ever have one of those moments in the woods where you are like......What did I just do?

At camp Friday afternoon by myself, 10 minutes before dark thirty sitting on the edge of a cypress head. I had laid an estrous trail about 600 yards to my stand. Sure enough I spot a deer way off moving slowly towards me, thought it was doe. About 10 minutes later it works within 100 yards but is keeping a tree between us following my track. Right at the moment it was going to run out of cover it immediately makes a line for the swamp edge. Sure enough I now see its a buck, 1st one I have seen all season. Without thinking, I throw up the gun and fire. Hit it, he mule kicks and runs straight into the swamp full speed. For the next 30 seconds all I hear is that deer running wide open though the water and now its dark. Maybe should of thought about that one a little harder. Took me 2 hours, a lot of starting, stopping, back tracking but in the end I floated him out to the truck. After it was all said and done, he didn't make it 50 yards from where he was hit. One of the hardest tracks I have ever worked, little to no blood, just looking for areas where he stirred up the muck or splashed water on things above the water line.

He was an 8, broke off the G2 on the left side, had a horizontal crack in the right side half way through. Must of been one fight he had.

[jtcmedic]

Well done

[treefarmer]

Good job, TCR! I remember my son floating a buck across a flooded slough on our lease. Kinda' brought back a good memory. Boy that was along time ago, he's 39 now and he was about 15 when he busted that deer running a doe through the water.
Thanks for story and the pictures, I love to visualize them.
Treefarmer

[jtcmedic]

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Well had a 9 point walk the line just wouldn’t let me get a shot he will be back

[TerribleTed]

we been hunting seen deer seen deer chasing. Shot 2

[treefarmer]

That's a fine buck, TerribleTed! And that's also a fine pile of cut and wrapped meat, rather professional, I must say.
Treefarmer

[TerribleTed]

Thank You.

My wife just got me a vacuum packer at Good will. That worked great for sausage. When wrapping meat use a simple veggie bag put the meat in the bag roll out the air and wrap in butcher paper. In a none defrosting freezer it will last 5 years
That as old as i have ever tested.

[treefarmer]

We've had a vacuum sealer for several seasons and it really does a good job. We keep a lot of meat in a big chest freezer out in my shop and you know how that goes. I found some boneless chops that were from 2013 a few weeks ago and they were as fresh as they could be, no freezer burn or loss of color. I'm a believer when it comes to vacuum sealing venison!
Treefarmer

[TerribleTed]

I don't use the vacuum sealer for meat generally just sausage and fish.

sliced baloney salami and peperoni








In the simple bag work great and cheap. vacuum bags are to much money.

[Kortsman]

Looks like the area I was supposed to hunt this year but didn't get a chance to.
I had so much going on in October that I couldn't take any more time off at work. I hope to pull a permit next year

[TerribleTed]

Turkeys on Sunday hunt


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