December 8, 200322 yr ...Got this doe (My first deer) at about 10:45 Sunday morning after waiting in a tree for fouh hours, 45 minutes. It was about 15 yards and I hit it with my 20 gauge. It ran probably another 50-70 yards and dropped. I also field dressed it.
December 8, 200322 yr Ugh.. it wasn't preggers, was it..? My dad shot a doe years ago and when they gutted it.. there was baby bambi.
December 8, 200322 yr Author Ugh.. it wasn't preggers, was it..? My dad shot a doe years ago and when they gutted it.. there was baby bambi. No, it wasn't.
December 8, 200322 yr No offense Heads, but I just wouldn't be able to kill a deer let alone any animal. I know it gets rid of the overpopulation but I just couldnt do it...
December 8, 200322 yr Heads, did you have a doe only permit? Does Illinois still have multiple seasons based on weapon? Interesting thing down here that surprised me at first. When I was is Illinois, it was always possible to find a landowner willing to let you hunt theirland for free or a small cost (meat, work, etc.) In Texas with all this scrub brush, nohing on it land, deer leases are big bucks (no pun intended). A decent lease will run you $2,000 and up. Makes venison a bit pricy. Nice doe
December 9, 200322 yr No offense Heads, but I just wouldn't be able to kill a deer let alone any animal. I know it gets rid of the overpopulation but I just couldnt do it... There is shows on tv here all the time with the deer heads. and their antlers on it.
December 9, 200322 yr There is shows on tv here all the time with the deer heads. and their antlers on it. Yeah I know, they're always on ESPN...It doesnt mean I watch them...
December 9, 200322 yr Yeah I know, they're always on ESPN...It doesnt mean I watch them... No, I mean shows that are on junky cable, where the guy has a deerhead in a bucket and pulls it out to show his antlers.
December 9, 200322 yr Author Heads, did you have a doe only permit? Does Illinois still have multiple seasons based on weapon? Interesting thing down here that surprised me at first. When I was is Illinois, it was always possible to find a landowner willing to let you hunt theirland for free or a small cost (meat, work, etc.) In Texas with all this scrub brush, nohing on it land, deer leases are big bucks (no pun intended). A decent lease will run you $2,000 and up. Makes venison a bit pricy. Nice doe Just a regular hunting license and a deer tag that you have to put around it's leg. Also, anyone that is younger than like 50 has to go thru a hunter saftey course. It's a real good program and things are set up very nicely in Iowa. Just for a record my arsenal includes: .22 rifle 20 gauge shotgun .306 high powered rifle and of course, my blowgun.... That doe didn't go real far. Right in the heart.
December 9, 200322 yr Author Congrats Head. Now whens the deer jerky and deer steaks being sent out? It's getting processed today. You aren't getting any til you figure out it's "Heads", not "head". Head is something cool people like me get.
December 9, 200322 yr Author Nice shot their soxheads. Congrats on baggin ur first deer. Thanks. The one thing I noticed is that when you're sitting up in the tree, it gets really f***ing loud when outher people shoot. But, the thing is, I didn't hear myself shoot. Adrenaline I guess.
December 9, 200322 yr Just a regular hunting license and a deer tag that you have to put around it's leg. Also, anyone that is younger than like 50 has to go thru a hunter saftey course. It's a real good program and things are set up very nicely in Iowa. Just for a record my arsenal includes: .22 rifle 20 gauge shotgun .306 high powered rifle and of course, my blowgun.... That doe didn't go real far. Right in the heart. One kid I wrestled with had all sorts of guns. Well, actually his dad did. They have a safe in their basement, that is a walkin. They had somewhere round 20 rifles, and 20 handguns, and bow and arrows, and so much artillery. I would bet they had even more than I am remembering right now. It was his father's and a neighbors stuff, they put it together. He took me in there one time, it was f***ed up.
December 9, 200322 yr Author It might surprise some people considering how liberal I am, but I think the real anti-gun nuts and the "I'll die before I give up my guns" groups are both wacko. Hunting deer helps with population control, is a source of food....in Iowa you can donate a deer to the prison system to prvide food for prisoners. The dumb deer get elimnated....the stronger and smarter traits get passed on....It's a crazy cycle but we'd be hitting many more deer and more would starve without hunting.
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