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Post by Mars on Nov 7, 2010 4:37:11 GMT 12.75
Muzzleloader opened today but we didn't go out this morning. We have a new area to scout out today and will probaly hunt it this evening.
We head to Indiana this Thursday for deer season.
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Post by Mars on Nov 8, 2010 7:22:18 GMT 12.75
I got a spike yesterday evening. I found it this morning.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Nov 8, 2010 8:18:57 GMT 12.75
I haven't been out in a while, but I just read that Freddie's boy Lucas just tagged his first buck ever. You and little miss Mars have a safe trip to Indiana and pile 'em up! Backstraps all around!
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Post by brittonfaith on Nov 8, 2010 14:34:03 GMT 12.75
Just spent the past several hours watching all the folks from Columbus, Cinci, Cleveland, DC, Boston, and Hagerstown pack up camp for the week. Am glad to see them, all of their neighbors from blocks around where ever it is they're from, their campers, 4-wheelers, and dumped trash leave. Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against hunting. I do my fare share too. But for Pete's sake! Leave some deer so the locals who feed them all year long can tag a legal one. I saw one camp had about 20 or 25 hung up. Another had 15. The ones they miss, they hit with their trucks on the way into town for morning coffee. Couple other camps are down over the hill so I couldn't get a view. And God only knows what's going on back behind the stockade gates.
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Post by Snake Eyes on Nov 9, 2010 3:31:22 GMT 12.75
Faith, What you descried is appalling at least to me!Anything you saw can be recorded. Please,contact the enforcement division of the ODNR. I have absolutely no problem,with a person harvesting a deer to feed a family,licensed or not....My problem is when poachers start selling their harvest. Make sense John
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Post by brittonfaith on Nov 9, 2010 6:11:02 GMT 12.75
They're not poaching. They came in for bow season. Each land owner brought their whole danged family and a couple dozen licensed neighbors with him. That's why so many hanging deer.
I hate to say it, but that seems to be the thing in a lot of southern and southeastern Ohio. By no means am I saying that every single hunter who comes to this area is like this. But a lot are and they are making it miserable for the rest.
One guy will come out from the city and buys 45 to 100 acres of land on behalf of every acquaintance he knows. Sometimes four or five neighbors will get together and buy adjoining parcels. (My road has 15 of these adjoining hunting parcels totaling about 800 acres.) They not only hunt the land they have and all the public areas, but they also expect that the locals grant permission to hunt. But guarantee, there's not a one of them that will allow a local to even track his deer across their properties!! Come hunting season they, and upward of 100 of their neighbors/coworkers/drinking pals, have a blast without any consideration that there is a local population that live here ten months out of the year in a relatively quiet existence or that the local neighborhood actually depends on the herds for food. Sometimes I feel like if somebody from an urban area has more than thirty feet between them and the next closest person, it gives them a license to be as loud and obnoxious as they want. The State of Ohio and the ODNR look at their activity as some sort of a great boom to the local depressed economy. I don't see it that way. They don't buy anything while they're here other than a morning cup of coffee and egg mcmuffin. They don't stay in local motels. Most bring big camper trailers and motor homes. Their ATVs and diesel dually trucks tear the hell out of dirt roads in townships already cash strapped to maintain them. By thinning the herds and getting them on the run, a lot of locals won't get a deer. Most who come down do not/will not participate in FHFH. That means more folks in line at the food pantries.
The only GOOD thing I saw this mess do was take their campers home with them this year. The past two years these nuts thought it would be OK to leave them on site until gun season. The dopers had them stolen, stripped down and sold for drugs before the owners ever got home. Yes - It took two years for them to learn.
As far as turning them in if they were poaching......We had a guy this fall (out of any large game season) who was dumping literally truck loads of guts and hides along the side of our road. I got the tag #, vehicle description, and even knew the guys phone and address. Since this guy and his family operate a deer processing facility, I turned him in to ODNR, USDA, ODA and the EPA. Not a damned thing was done. Nobody even came out to investigate.
Being a good sportsman is more than just staying in season, knowing your bag limit, and safe weapon handling. It also entails being a good neighbor while at camp and 'year round. I applaude an ethical hunter who is also a good seasonal neighbor. For the rest of them...........
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Post by Buckeye on Nov 11, 2010 13:26:22 GMT 12.75
Hidee Ho Cookers! Thought I would stop in for my semi annual visit and see what's up with y'all. Actually I stop in a little more often than that, but for some reason, I just don't have much to say lately. So Faith! You having trouble expressing your REAL feelings? I feel for you. Exactly the reason I haven't been down your way for deer season for a long time. I used to go every year, but got tired of all the hassle. Anyhow I thought I'd let you know how our Wyoming antelope hunt went. In a word...It was a blast! Well I guess that's four words, but oh well. Here's a picture of me with my first ever pronghorn. The three of us got 6 antelope in 2 days and saw probably 300 (counting the ones we saw several times). Now it's back to deer hunting.
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Post by brittonfaith on Nov 11, 2010 16:34:46 GMT 12.75
Howdy Bill!! Good to see you dropping by. Looks like y'all had a gem dandy time out there in Wyoming! So Faith! You having trouble expressing your REAL feelings? Naw...I ain't having no trouble other than I'm too much of a lady (or maybe just a prude) to say what I REALLY would like to say.
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Post by Paws on Nov 11, 2010 23:52:04 GMT 12.75
Hey Bill! Yeah, we know you just dropped in to brag! Nice lookin' sheep, err goat, err hell I guess I don't really know what it is. I saw my first one in the wild out there passing through to Idaho a few years back. They say that they are a real bitch to cook so good luck with it., Glad you had a great time.
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Post by Buckeye on Nov 12, 2010 3:24:39 GMT 12.75
Well, when something for braggin' on comes few and fer between, ya gotta git it while the gittin's good. Somebody told me that once. Anyhoo, the antelope (goat family) is really quite good. I might even prefer it to venison. So far I have had the backstraps grilled with a little Kansas City steak seasoning, made a small pot of stew, chili, and some salami and I can't say a bad thing about the culinary attributes of the meat. Of course, we had the animals skinned, quartered and the meat on ice within 25-30 minutes of the kill, so that probably has a lot to do with it. Faith, we'll go with too much of lady on that one.
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Post by Two Tales on Nov 12, 2010 3:30:53 GMT 12.75
Pronghorn ie the "Speed Goat" it's not an antelope nor is it a goat...it's not truly a direct relative to the deer...definatly not at all related to sheep...it is however a descendant of a deer like critter that lived on the North America continent longago...so putting all that into perspective it's most closely related to some of the deer spices...cooking them aint no problem...soak the meat in salted water over night rinse with cold water (actually soaking it for an hour or two in fresh cold water works better) then season and cook like you would any other piece of venison...don't overcook it...max is med rare....also prior to cooking, just like with venison or most any other wild game, make sure that all the fat and silver skin is removed...
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Post by Paws on Nov 12, 2010 4:04:21 GMT 12.75
Thank you TT for the illustrative oratory. Next time though; Use the freakin' spell check!"
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Post by Two Tales on Nov 12, 2010 5:38:00 GMT 12.75
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Post by Paws on Nov 12, 2010 8:12:08 GMT 12.75
(in my best French accent... ) Ho ho ho mon ami, in France zey may call you see arteest but here ezz le "Coke soak air!"
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Post by Buckeye on Nov 12, 2010 13:42:22 GMT 12.75
Did I detect a faint hint of Alton Brown in that oratory TT? And I do mean FAINT! I must say it was much better than the redneck frenchman though!
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Post by Paws on Nov 12, 2010 15:37:42 GMT 12.75
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Post by ET on Nov 21, 2010 13:35:19 GMT 12.75
DSCN0213 by teunee, on Flickr I got a nice 7 pt that has two more pts broken off.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Nov 21, 2010 14:11:33 GMT 12.75
Fantastic ET!!! Congrats!!!
And to Bill as well; I'm jealous of that prairie goat. They're a beautiful critter out there in the open lands. When I went out to Wyoming several years ago, they were damn near everywhere. Couldn't approach them more than a couple hundred yard it seemed, but I did see a few fair trophies. Wasn't there to hunt them; I was after bear, but I been wanting to go back after them for some time.
Great pictures guys!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Paws on Nov 21, 2010 16:08:30 GMT 12.75
Nice buck ET! ;D
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Post by Mars on Nov 22, 2010 3:52:11 GMT 12.75
Meghan got her first antlered buck in Indiana. A 6 point, along with a button buck. She also got a button buck in Michigan. I got a button buck in Indiana.
So far Meghan has 3 deer to my 2.
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