Season Grade

[fitch270]

Ok. Correction. The processor is my pards cousin. He dropped off the bullet and the horn this morning at his house on his way in and guess what. It does have a brow tine! I need some rest.

I had originally clicked on the pic which helps clear up some of the fuzziness when you expand it and thought maybe but it was hard to tell in the leaves. If what I’m looking at is correct it’s only about an inch or so long and not very thick compared to the rest of the antler. It’s almost like an afterthought.

[fitch270]

Continuing the one horn theme. Youth season 2006. Both daughters shot one horned deer. One left side broken off, one right side broken. We refer to them as the "Twix" bucks. If you seen the commercials you get it. IMG_2683.jpg

That’s awesome. Must have been a great day. Would have looked cool to see the racks side by side on the wall.

[fitch270]

Years ago I shot a 5-1/2 year old buck at the end of the season. He was thin and worn out from the rut and both antlers fell off when I started to drag him. The meat wasn't fit to eat when I got it back from the processor. I think that was a very sick buck.

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Handi in 45/70 it appears? Fancy forearm.

The first deer I shot with a muzzleloader I thought was a doe, got a bit of a surprise when I went to gut “her”. Both bases had just started to develop a waxy film on them that wiped into a bloody mess on my fingers when I touched it. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d just dropped his antlers within that last hour.

[PigHunter]

Handi in 45/70 it appears? Fancy forearm.

The first deer I shot with a muzzleloader I thought was a doe, got a bit of a surprise when I went to gut “her”. Both bases had just started to develop a waxy film on them that wiped into a bloody mess on my fingers when I touched it. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d just dropped his antlers within that last hour.

Yep, that's the .45-70 Handi. I've had it 12 years and have fired less than 20 rounds through it. That was for sighting in, two deer, two pigs, and a coyote.

[dewman]

For 2021,the Moultrie trail cam that sent us real time pics was invaluable for forming game plans. Opened our eyes to the true mindset of late season deer in our area.
Also, EVERCALM deer scent in the deodorant type stick. Long lasting and deer would smell it and give the "everything's cool" tail wag and come right by. Where we inadvertently made a small 30' or so diameter ring on a hillside we started finding deer beds WITHIN the ring. Says it all.
Also a takeaway is even with a popup, ANY elevation gain helps.
Stay safe, aim small

[fitch270]

For 2021,the Moultrie trail cam that sent us real time pics was invaluable for forming game plans. Opened our eyes to the true mindset of late season deer in our area.
Also, EVERCALM deer scent in the deodorant type stick. Long lasting and deer would smell it and give the "everything's cool" tail wag and come right by. Where we inadvertently made a small 30' or so diameter ring on a hillside we started finding deer beds WITHIN the ring. Says it all.
Also a takeaway is even with a popup, ANY elevation gain helps.
Stay safe, aim small

I haven’t heard about Evercalm in a few years, I know one guy who swore it worked but never knew anyone else who used the stuff. Guess I may have to give it a second look.


I backed off babysitting our trail cams and let The Kid run them the past couple years. I’ve been thinking about trying a cellular model up top where we stay out of as much as possible before rifle opens. With him being away next fall it’s going to really change how we go about things. Have some ideas but we’ll see.

[dewman]

I haven’t heard about Evercalm in a few years, I know one guy who swore it worked but never knew anyone else who used the stuff. Guess I may have to give it a second look.


I backed off babysitting our trail cams and let The Kid run them the past couple years. I’ve been thinking about trying a cellular model up top where we stay out of as much as possible before rifle opens. With him being away next fall it’s going to really change how we go about things. Have some ideas but we’ll see.

The cameras we use sends remote images. WE DON'T CHECK CARDS