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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2016 23:08:50 GMT -5
Bow season starts October 1st in VA. Cot a couple bucks and a decent size doe on my trial cams. Anybody hunting? Do you butcher and process your own meat or take it somewhere? Any tips for a newb? Any good jerky recipes or venison recipes?
I've been a couple times, passed on a doe last year cause it had a ltitle fawn with it and didn't want to leave it motherless but there is a decent size buck, 3 spikes on one side can't tell the other side is only 1 or 2. Comes around almost daily at 8:30am. Gonna get out there at 6:30ish and hopefully catch him coming in. Any other resources you guys use?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 7:27:28 GMT -5
Bow season just opened here in Florida last weekend. My dad got a little 5 point on the first day. I don't think he's ever gotten a Buck on day one, so he was pretty stoked. He makes jerky, I'll see if I can get his recipe. That shit is GOOD. He also just caught a bunch of Salmon in the Kalama in Washington like he does every year in September. His candied salmon is un-freaking-believable.
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Post by purerockfury on Sept 24, 2016 7:48:05 GMT -5
My whole family hunts everything, but I've always hated it. I can't see sitting in the woods for hours when there is other shit to be done. That being said, I love being around them and hearing the stories and all. Also, i'll probably catch a lot of shit for this, but when the freezer is low, I'll just take the ATV up on the ridge and pop a doe or two. Or turkey or whatever else we see.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 8:11:34 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't have the patience to hunt myself. I like most everything about it EXCEPT the sitting in the stand, waiting. I love to shoot. I love to go out and set up the feeders. I love to move the shooting houses, all that shit. I like BEING at my dad's hunt camp. But I'm way too ADD to just sit there, quietly, and wait until a hog/turkey/deer show up.
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Post by purerockfury on Sept 24, 2016 8:16:21 GMT -5
thats how i feel as well. my pap is like a local legend in my neck of the woods because he is an incredible hunter. Dude has shot 125ish turkeys (all legal) and still travels the country every year to bag as many as he can. I can still see the look on his face when he took me hunting when i was 12 and i lasted a couple hours and told him "this sucks". lol he was devastated. My oldest boy also has no desire to hunt. He might have struck gold with my 4 year old though. Kid is a blood thirsty machine and wants to shoot everything.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 8:26:29 GMT -5
I'm not a guy that sits in the woods for 6 hours at a time. Get there before the sun rises and abiut 1-2 hours into daylight and I am done. Then I may go back several hours before sunset. Thay was rifle season though when deer are already more scattered and not as active during the day. Bucks are typically more active in the dark so you need to catch them near dusk or dawn unless they are younger bUT the old ones are smarter than that. I am going October 3rd, getting there at 6:30, sun rises at 7:10 and I will leave around 9:30 in the morning. The one buck I'm looking for is always active around 8am so I should be able to pop him.
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Post by purerockfury on Sept 24, 2016 8:31:09 GMT -5
I'm not a guy that sits in the woods for 6 hours at a time. Get there before the sun rises and abiut 1-2 hours into daylight and I am done. Then I may go back several hours before sunset. Thay was rifle season though when deer are already more scattered and not as active during the day. Bucks are typically more active in the dark so you need to catch them near dusk or dawn unless they are younger bUT the old ones are smarter than that. I am going October 3rd, getting there at 6:30, sun rises at 7:10 and I will leave around 9:30 in the morning. The one buck I'm looking for is always active around 8am so I should be able to pop him. Nice, good luck. We are seeing 3 nice bucks right near my house. I'm really hoping they make their way over the ridge to my paps ground and last until rifle season so he can pop one of them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 8:41:15 GMT -5
My dad waits for no season! Bow, then muzzle load/black powder, then rifle...he does it all. Prefers bow hunting though since the prey have to be so much closer. I think that's why he was stoked on the day one buck, it's only archery right now. He got an assist from a raccoon too.
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Post by purerockfury on Sept 24, 2016 8:43:35 GMT -5
My pap hates archery hunting. lol It's hilarious how worked up he gets about it. Their season starts next saturday and he will piss and moan every time i show him a picture of a buck killed by a bow.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 9:51:01 GMT -5
It's something I recently started dabbling in.
Imo...you guys who have parents that not only know how to hunt but have thier own ranches and such...you fuckers are lucky
It's dove season at the river but...it's hard for me to enjoy eating dove.
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Post by purerockfury on Sept 24, 2016 10:14:24 GMT -5
dude, i live in the middle of fucking nowhere. Every body hunts... but me. The pic with the powerlines, i am on the mountain my in laws own and if you zoom in and see the cluster of houses, i live on the edge of that town, right up against that ridge. It's beautiful here. Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 10:38:42 GMT -5
Can you buy a house for like 20 bucks there?
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Post by purerockfury on Sept 24, 2016 10:47:41 GMT -5
Can you buy a house for like 20 bucks there? yeah, pretty much. There isn't much industry here so most people drive to state college (45-55 minutes) or harrisburg (60-75 minutes) for work. I commuted 80 miles for 5 years, bu was lucky enough to finally find a good local job (work for GE). Unfortunately, they got rid of 65 back in the spring and I'm now the lowest guy on the seniority list in our shop so I'll probably be out of a job within a year. If I stay in machining, I'll probably end up in State College once I lose this job.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 11:12:11 GMT -5
I have a buddy who's father-in-law owns like 90 acres in West Virginia, 2 hour drive from the house, nice cabin (when it is winter, no AC in the summer). Then I have a buddy 35 minutes from my house that owns 10 acres neighboring the national forest. He has a stream going through it where deer like to drink.
Eventually, in about 5-6 years we are going to sell the house and I want to get some land and build on it or just a lot and build a cabin on it ten or so years later.
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Post by purerockfury on Sept 24, 2016 11:34:51 GMT -5
I have a buddy who's father-in-law owns like 90 acres in West Virginia, 2 hour drive from the house, nice cabin (when it is winter, no AC in the summer). Then I have a buddy 35 minutes from my house that owns 10 acres neighboring the national forest. He has a stream going through it where deer like to drink. Eventually, in about 5-6 years we are going to sell the house and I want to get some land and build on it or just a lot and build a cabin on it ten or so years later. My pap regularly goes down to Berkeley Springs, WV to hunt turkeys. Nice town.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 12:15:41 GMT -5
I didn't realize you were a machinist. You run lathes, CNCs, stuff like that? You know I work in a fab shop (in the office though.)
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Post by purerockfury on Sept 24, 2016 12:29:07 GMT -5
I didn't realize you were a machinist. You run lathes, CNCs, stuff like that? You know I work in a fab shop (in the office though.) I run a 3 axis HAAS CNC Mini mill and occasionally will hop on a 5 axis mill. Program using GIBBS CAM. It's a good gig for this area. I just got my journeymans papers last month. Will look good on a resume if (when) I lose this job. I run mostly plastics (running a black ultem job as we speak) on the mini mill and hop on the VF4 when I need to run stainless.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 13:56:51 GMT -5
Sweet! I'm hoping to learn how to start programming our Okuma Mill here any day now. Its just hard because my work schedule is all out-of-whack due to school. But the guy who programmed it before just up and quit, and I said I'd be happy to fill the void. Ours doesn't run anywhere near full-time, just a few parts here and there. So it wouldn't be a big deal, and I won't even have to RUN the machine. Just set it up for one of the bozos on the floor. It's technically a 4-axis, which I didn't even know existed. We only run it with 3 though.
I know there is a big shortage of CNC guys here in Florida, so I think it's probably a good gig in a lot of places. We have customers call and ask if we have "a CNC machine." I'll say "yes, but we don't have an operator." The response is usually something like "you're the third place to tell me that!" I'm not sure if it's just not something that younger people have apprenticed to do, and all the old-timers have retired, or what. There's a shortage on Steel salesmen too, and I know that is because it was a good old boy network and they never brought in fresh blood. I've actually had some of the older salesmen tell me that.
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Post by HankPNW on Sept 24, 2016 16:33:40 GMT -5
I'm not a guy that sits in the woods for 6 hours at a time. Get there before the sun rises and abiut 1-2 hours into daylight and I am done. Then I may go back several hours before sunset. Thay was rifle season though when deer are already more scattered and not as active during the day. Bucks are typically more active in the dark so you need to catch them near dusk or dawn unless they are younger bUT the old ones are smarter than that. I am going October 3rd, getting there at 6:30, sun rises at 7:10 and I will leave around 9:30 in the morning. The one buck I'm looking for is always active around 8am so I should be able to pop him. Must be nice to see deer that early and often. Had my first bow season ever here in WA and apparently the deer are ghosts on the west side. I'd be out 10-12 hour days and never see a thing. Closest I've gotten was finding warm beds, but I had to go through really thick brush to get there. Tough out here for a noob. Oh and I'm hunting with a Bear Archery recurve. I'm a glutton for punishment. The early season is happening now, and we have a late season from mid-November to the end of the year. Didn't get a tag yet... last year was pretty brutal. Don't know if I want to do the whole lone hunter thing again. Tough sledding.
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Post by HankPNW on Sept 24, 2016 16:37:27 GMT -5
It's something I recently started dabbling in. Imo...you guys who have parents that not only know how to hunt but have thier own ranches and such...you fuckers are lucky It's dove season at the river but...it's hard for me to enjoy eating dove. This is one of the toughest aspects of hunting for me. I'm a complete noob with no friends or family who have ever hunted. I wish I knew someone with a couple acres and a deer problem. Hunting strictly on public lands is pretty fucking difficult. These deer seem to know where all the firearm restricted areas are because that's where they all migrate once season starts.
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Post by JROD on Sept 24, 2016 17:03:08 GMT -5
Guys
I do a lot of bowhunting. Today was opening day in Arkansas but I have family stuff today so I wasn't in the woods but i will be tomorrow morning for sure.
For those that are "noobs" to the hunting world, especially bowhunting, read everything you can find about feeding patterns, sleep patterns, rutting, scent control and reading the wind.
Practice with your bow until you can make consistent 2-3" hits at 60yards on demand. For the record, I wouldn't attempt a shot on a whitetail at that distance due to their ability to "jump the string", but I've made hits on black bear at 55+ off the ground. Practice shooting from all positions, standing, kneeling, crouching, from elevation (tree stand), uphill and downhill shooting as your arrows will fly different in each situation.
Practice with distance estimation to know which pin to use without over thinking it. I recommend a good laser rangefinder.
I've done some traditional archery hunting with both a recurve and longbow, and it is much more challenging as you running the string with fingers as opposed to a mechanical release on a compound. There are also no sights in a traditional bow, which makes long distance hits tougher. The arrow flight is also typically around 100fps slower, which also makes distance hits near impossible on deer or antelope. Ive taken both deer and bear with a recurve but I prefer a solid compound due the advantages it holds.
I usually buy the latest and greatest bow every other year or so, try them out, and end up going back to my old faithful, a 2005 Hoyt V-Tec. I'm running a trophy ridge 5 pin fiber optic sight, a string indexed peep, and an old hydraulic buffer I made out of PVC over 25 years ago. I run a standard Cobra trigger release, carbon express arrows with 100gr G5 Montec broadheads. I make my own strings, do my own arrow fletching, and all the repairs and maintenance on my bows.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 19:10:51 GMT -5
Well...
I use a crossbow. 30 yard max is my limit as I want to have an ethical kill. When I finish school (8 months) I plan on buying a bow amd starting to work with it. I would like to learn how to use a bow and do the upkeep like you so I don't have to depend on anybody. Can't wait.
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Post by JROD on Sept 24, 2016 20:05:46 GMT -5
HMF
Hit me up when you get to that point if you have any questions about gear or equipment specifics.
I'd be glad to answer any questions.
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Post by ns2b on Sept 25, 2016 8:05:09 GMT -5
Went bow hunting yesterday. Only excitement was 12 turkeys scratching 35 yards from my blind.
I have had a nice 7 point on my trail cams but since squirrel season opened up he has started only coming around at night.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2016 10:14:57 GMT -5
Purerock...that looks amazing. I dream of property like that.
Jrod....will do. Gonna start reading up more than I have been. I really want to get into this.
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Post by Faydee on Sept 27, 2016 22:34:26 GMT -5
used to bird hunt all the time pheasant, grouse, dove , quail... a few duck...
have been deer and elk hunting a few times, i miss it... growing up without a dad limited me on hunting big game but went a few times with friends when i was older
now that i live in Utah i should have been doing a ton of hunting but havent
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Post by Angelo on Sept 27, 2016 22:37:52 GMT -5
I wish I learned to hunt, wanted to, never was though. Especially now, living here, to get a wild boar feed us for quite awhile, not to mention how easy it is to sell off that meat.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2016 23:18:38 GMT -5
I hunt probably too much. I live in an area where you can hunt something all year. Deer season just ended in the zone closest to my house (killed a 21" 4x4), and is open for another 4 weeks in a zone 2 hours north where I will hunt... that makes 12 straight weeks of rifle deer season open.
We will start hunting hogs in about a month, just need a rain to knock all of the foxtails down so the dogs don't end up in the vet. We will hunt hogs until April/May dependent on weather. There is no limit to how many you can kill and a lot of the reason to hunt them is to keep them from taking over and ruining the hills... so we (8 - 10) friends kill 100+ a year.
November 14th we leave for SW Colorado for Bull/Cow Elk. We have been fortunate to each kill 2 elk the last few years.
There is year round Coyote/Bobcat calling as you can never kill enough of those bastards.
Duck season starts in early November, which I only do about 10 days of.
This doesn't even count Salmon fishing, Dungeness Crab, Abalone Diving, Spear Fishing, River Steelhead, Turkey, and the annual Dove shoot.
My wife is amazing for putting up with me. The nice thing is unless we want to just taste beef or chicken, we don't buy any meat from the store. It is definitely not cheaper but the pure organic value is worth it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2016 12:57:19 GMT -5
I wish I learned to hunt, wanted to, never was though. Especially now, living here, to get a wild boar feed us for quite awhile, not to mention how easy it is to sell off that meat. Ok I'll go ahead and say it. You don't work, so what's stopping you? Geez you seem to live this life where you just sit in your apartment daydreaming. Only you can make shit happen. If you go to a hunt camp and tell some hunters you've never hunted before...they'll be stoked to help you (at least in my experience.) Open your front door.
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Post by Angelo on Sept 28, 2016 13:03:27 GMT -5
I wish I learned to hunt, wanted to, never was though. Especially now, living here, to get a wild boar feed us for quite awhile, not to mention how easy it is to sell off that meat. Ok I'll go ahead and say it. You don't work, so what's stopping you? Geez you seem to live this life where you just sit in your apartment daydreaming. Only you can make shit happen. If you go to a hunt camp and tell some hunters you've never hunted before...they'll be stoked to help you (at least in my experience.) Open your front door. I don't even know what a hunt camp is. I don't have the money to get equipment, I don't have a vehicle to get to anywhere to hunt, etc... I was going to learn with Jess's sisters in-laws but since they are now divorced that is out of the question. Only hunters I do know in IL/MO are not the kind of hunters I want to be with anyways. They out there to kill the animals for the sake of killing them. I'd do it for the food. But, what is a hunt camp? How do I find one? What is expected of me?
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