Wait a minute, I thought y’all were in the city? Can’t have that much acreage in a big city. 🏙️ Tax bill has got to be enormous.
2023 DEER HUNTING STORIES
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Well the glare from the street lights sometimes can aid in late season…
That was one of the weirdest exchanges I’ve ever had on here.
Me?
A city boy?
Me!?! 😂😂
Last day of season gentlemen. Saw two does at 7:15 going across field about 250 yards away this morning. They must have heard it’s last day and didn’t waste any time. Son went to New Years thing last night so I was solo. Think he might go with old guy this afternoon. Hopefully he sees something.
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Weather has been too cold for me. I turned into a wuss haha. Got all I want anyhow. 3. Still plenty on camera but need seed for next year. I still have land leased in Willis Va and there is a late season that goes thru end of March.
Yeah that must be nice!! I have to lease my land…..most of it is in Rockingham county….expensive
I bet so.
Good deer up that way though.
Used to not think it was nice when working fields all summer to help pay for land.
Do now though 👍
Last light today. Hear deer coming across the branch. Son sees them first. Doe in front is limping. She has a pie bald head. Haven’t seen her this year but saw her several times last season. Anyway there’s a four point with them that I never saw. Stays in front of my son’s stand until after he gets down. He hunted four/five times all year and passed on deer thirty yards away because he said too small. What he never saw was buck behind pie bald head doe. Don’t know points, about 180 from me, but did see he was outside ears. Glad he saw deer, hate he didn’t see bigger boy. Was an exciting last evening for us both.
And that’s my last deer story for 2023/2024
As always been a fun time in the woods.
And that’s my last deer story for 2023/2024
As always been a fun time in the woods.
No it is a gun season. Antlerless only which would include most all deer this time of year. Think it is their way of trying to thin herd. It is a cwd county.
Does a deer steak taste similar to beef steak (cow) and do you prepare and cook the same way ?
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Daddy used to have six beagles. Ran rabbits all the time. I actually had the last one of his at my house. He passed away three years back. I haven’t been rabbit hunting in probably nine years. Daddy always just carried a stick. Loved to hear the dogs run.
You can’t beat it!! Dying tradition though forsure
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I love to deer hunt and I eat what I kill but if you give me a choice between a beef rib eye or a deer steak I’m taking the rib eye all day long
I wouldn’t take venison over a nice ribeye but I do enjoy venison. I usually cook a think slice of the backstrap on the grill - medium rare and it’s tasty. I also cube some of the shoulder or ham for venison roast with carrots and potatoes. I think people tend to over cook venison because they think its unclean or something. Overcooking a low fat cut will ruin it.
Of course being from the south, it’s awfully good if you flour and fry it.
Backstrap on the grill and cook it to a rare/med rare is amazingly good. But it’s hard to beat a fried piece of cube steak (fried in beacon grease) with gravy made from the left over grease.. I agree most folks over cook deer meat.
Now about my season… it was not very good on the gamelands this year for me. Now I did see a few bucks but most were small spikes and 1 2 1/2 year old 8 pointer that was just outside his ears but I let him walk hoping he will make it to next year. No big bucks were harmed from me this year ….. or seen.
Now about my season… it was not very good on the gamelands this year for me. Now I did see a few bucks but most were small spikes and 1 2 1/2 year old 8 pointer that was just outside his ears but I let him walk hoping he will make it to next year. No big bucks were harmed from me this year ….. or seen.
I know I am quoting myself but it’s an addendum to above post.
My wife sent me a video two days after season of pie bald doe limping up through my front yard. She wasn’t moving very well. Last week I got a whiff of something while taking mule around field. I found her about thirty yards inside woods. Looked like she just laid down on high ground and passed. Not sure what caused it because coyotes and buzzards already been there. Hopefully it was peaceful.
I am always amazed at the ability of wild animals to survive injury. I fully expected this story to take a different turn and was surprised when you found the dead deer.
In shot an 8 point some years ago. I was set up in the middle of a few bedding areas when he showed up. He was going from one bedding area to the next - normal business for a November buck. I shot him and was in process of cleaning him when my friend noticed a strong smell coming from his mouth. We checked him and found his lower jaw was broken in two between the front teeth. No way this boy could have eaten yet he was still seeking does.
I had a nice 6 show up one day and he caught me moving. Wasn’t a shooter for me but later in the week my nephew shot him. When we recovered him he had a open wound in his shoulder. Didnt look like a bullet wound but was a 6 inch slit. He had rubbed the hair off - my guess was from scratching the wound which he eventually opened to relieve the pressure. Unbelievable amount of infection. Deer was just going about his business simply because he had no other choice.
No safety net in the wild.
In shot an 8 point some years ago. I was set up in the middle of a few bedding areas when he showed up. He was going from one bedding area to the next - normal business for a November buck. I shot him and was in process of cleaning him when my friend noticed a strong smell coming from his mouth. We checked him and found his lower jaw was broken in two between the front teeth. No way this boy could have eaten yet he was still seeking does.
I had a nice 6 show up one day and he caught me moving. Wasn’t a shooter for me but later in the week my nephew shot him. When we recovered him he had a open wound in his shoulder. Didnt look like a bullet wound but was a 6 inch slit. He had rubbed the hair off - my guess was from scratching the wound which he eventually opened to relieve the pressure. Unbelievable amount of infection. Deer was just going about his business simply because he had no other choice.
No safety net in the wild.
I really don’t think so. When I saw her on last day of season she was limping but not emaciated. I am honestly amazed she made it as long as she did with her almost totally white head. She glowed the few times I saw her.
heck yeah i went for first time last year....It as awesome
Haven’t been back since I got my little buck scored back in 1996.
I could see him hanging back behind screens and not out on wall after they finished scoring him. There were people getting their picture taken with my deer!!! Told guy working out front to bring him out we were going home. That’s when Buckmasters booth stopped me and wanted to score him for their new system. I almost said no but glad I didn’t.
The show itself is a fun experience. Get to see a lot of stuff and nice deer. I just am old and crotchety I guess 😜
Can you post this you and this deer on here? would love to see it?
I have been to the DD Classic a couple of times over the last 10 or so years. Seems like there are substantially fewer deer hunting booths than in the past Definitely not what it was back in the 1980s. Lots of out of state outfitters.
Mr. Kidd is quite humble about his “little buck” he scored over 150 inches. If you search buckmasters deer you can find it … I did .. took me forever but I did find it 😂
Thank you.
I omitted rest of picture when I uploaded. Not ashamed of the army surplus pants but the porn mustache was just sad 😂😂😂
Thank you again sir.
Wife likes it because only others I have mounted since belong to my son…
Ok that 21 inch wide seven from this season did get a skull mount but he’s out in my building 😀
You still dragging that buck around?
I remember you passing through here on the way to the gun show in Hickory to show that buck off. Had it in the back of his truck…wuddn’t nothing but a carcass left… heck!… even the stink was gone!
Had blow flies stirred up….from here to Asheboro!😂😂😂
oh man that what makes it priceless
Speaking of gun show where is a good one? my favorite was the one at the gboro colisuem but the democrats that run gboro ruined that. oh by the way since the gun show stopped being at the colisuem there has been a rise in gun crime in gboro LOL
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I found 3 a few months ago (bar) 300 win,7mm mag and a A5 only bought the old A5 .. the BAR he wanted too much I thought
