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On 10/12/2024 at 12:44 PM, WHX?? said:

Who gutted it? Hope you showed him how! 

 I learned from the best which was you and he got his hands dirty just like I had to learn 

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ACman

My cousin has seen this guy for three years now. Just never close enough to get a shot . They don’t get that big being stupid .

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Coyotes have been out of control behind the house for the last week . Was leaving the middle school football game the other night and heard a friend say that he taking the couch out for a night hunt . Told him what I had going on and around midnight I heard two shots. Same night another local guy seen 8 and had gotten 6 of them . 

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adsm08

We finally saw a few this morning.

 

I went out early by myself to try and foot a shew pheasants, no such luck. Almost got shot myself by a deer hunter, guy admitted he knew I was there when he shot at the deer when I confronted him. Good thing he didn't look like a pheasant.

 

On the way back to the car I came within a few feet of getting barreled over by a spike.

 

Then I took the boy out, since the deer were all over, we saw 4 but none came close enough or slowed down enough for him to get a shot.

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WHX??
37 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

admitted he knew I was there

 

Hopefully you were both dressed in blaze orange. 

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adsm08
53 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

 

Hopefully you were both dressed in blaze orange. 

 

I was wearing the required amount for my purpose there. He only had on an orange cap, which is actually more than the legal requirement for a stationary archery hunter.

 

I knew he was there too, but I did not see the deer. I heard it take off after he shot though.

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Ed Kennell

The bucks are starting to search for doe.       This guy followed three doe across the field about 80 yards from my stand.    About 1/2 hour later the three doe crossed the other direction.

He came back a few minutes later.   He's not a monster, but broadside at 15 yards...I couldn't pass.

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WHX??

Nice Ed ... :handgestures-thumbupright:

16 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

He's not a monster,

Can't eat them horns and havta boil that tag an awful long time ... :D

 

You gonna work your magic on a mount?

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ACman

:greetings-clapyellow: Way t go Ed ! Nice basket rack  :woohoo: .

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Ed Kennell
3 hours ago, WHX?? said:

You gonna work your magic on a mount?

 

Not this time Jim.   These 80 yo arthritic hands are still recovering from yesterdays butchering.    I need to be selective on what projects I consider.   He doesn't quite qualify for a full mount, but he'll go on the wall If I can find a spot.     Kinda interesting genetics.  I think he is probably related to the one I took in 2022 out of the same tree.

                                                       2022

 

 

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                                                                               2024

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                                                                          Not much wall space remaining in Ed's room.

 

I do have some good news.     Some of you know the story on this little piebald buck that was evidence in a 2009 Maryland poaching case that happened at Rocky Gap State Park.      After the trial I got the deer and did the full mount.   

Many people from Cumberland, Md. spent hours watching this deer and his mother feed in the no hunting area of the park. 

For three years I have been trying to donate the mount for display at the Campground visitor center.    They refused to take it due to the lack of paper work, but I just got approval that they can now put it on display.      So I am cleaning him up and will be delivering him to the park in two weeks.

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adsm08

I was talking to the neighbor last night, he said he's had a big spike on his cameras behind the house, not legal for either of us, but a good shooter for the boy.

 

Unfortunately the bugger only seems to come around at 3 am.

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oliver2-44

This one must know Season starts tomorrow here.  Even my wife said those patio lily's should make tender Venison 

No rain around here since late July.  pastures are burnt up with nothing green. you can see his ribs, so they really have moved into the neighborhood 

Lots of acorns on the yard  watered oak trees. but none in pasture.

 

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Ed Kennell

I debone all the meat when I butcher then return the bones and innards to the woods.      Quite a few critters joined in the feast.

 

Bald Eagle

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Coyote

 

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Red Fox

 

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Vultures

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SylvanLakeWH

The ladies this morning... saw the 14 point a week ago walking down the street... 

 

 

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WHX??

They ain't real shy are they Sylvia?  Bet they raise hell with the local ornamentals like Ollie's 

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SylvanLakeWH
1 hour ago, WHX?? said:

They ain't real shy are they Sylvia?  Bet they raise hell with the local ornamentals like Ollie's 

No they aren't shy... they actually play with Denali... :scared-eek:

 

Something a bit off with them being that cozy with a 100 pound lab... :eusa-think:

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adsm08
5 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

No they aren't shy... they actually play with Denali... :scared-eek:

 

Something a bit off with them being that cozy with a 100 pound lab... :eusa-think:

 

We have a lab that has spent more time playing with white-tails than other dogs over the course of her life.

 

She's only been an only pup for about two months out of 13 years, she has just always liked deer better, and they seem to accept her.

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