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It's that time of year again!!!! Post up your stories!!!
I had a slow start to the season, only have gone bird hunting once (shot nothing) and we have two deer tags. One of my kids has a mentored antlerless whitetail tag that started back in September but it's been way too warm to hunt deer. Went out with him last weekend, saw a lot, no opportunities for good shots. He's shooting a youth Marlin 30-30 lever action with open sights but that is OK, almost all the deer we've shot in the Black Hills have been 50 yards or less.
My season opened on Nov 1st. I used my preference points for a buck tag. I am just a grocery hunter, my wife has 3 deer mounted and I have none, lol but I figured I'd see if I can change that this year. Went out last night after work and shot a really nice 5x7 whitetail almost immediately. He ran up a hill and died about 300 yards off the road. Took me a while to find him and then by the time I had all my gear put away and knives out, it was getting dark and it was really dark by the time I got him gutted, then had to drag him back down the hill and across a field. Just about had a heart attack doing that but it was worth it. Not a huge deer by any means but by far the biggest buck I've shot and I'm gonna have him mounted.
We're going out Friday afternoon this week to see if my kid can fill his tag, then back to bird hunting. My wife & FIL didn't get deer tags this year but two whitetails should be plenty to fill the freezer.
I had a slow start to the season, only have gone bird hunting once (shot nothing) and we have two deer tags. One of my kids has a mentored antlerless whitetail tag that started back in September but it's been way too warm to hunt deer. Went out with him last weekend, saw a lot, no opportunities for good shots. He's shooting a youth Marlin 30-30 lever action with open sights but that is OK, almost all the deer we've shot in the Black Hills have been 50 yards or less.
My season opened on Nov 1st. I used my preference points for a buck tag. I am just a grocery hunter, my wife has 3 deer mounted and I have none, lol but I figured I'd see if I can change that this year. Went out last night after work and shot a really nice 5x7 whitetail almost immediately. He ran up a hill and died about 300 yards off the road. Took me a while to find him and then by the time I had all my gear put away and knives out, it was getting dark and it was really dark by the time I got him gutted, then had to drag him back down the hill and across a field. Just about had a heart attack doing that but it was worth it. Not a huge deer by any means but by far the biggest buck I've shot and I'm gonna have him mounted.
We're going out Friday afternoon this week to see if my kid can fill his tag, then back to bird hunting. My wife & FIL didn't get deer tags this year but two whitetails should be plenty to fill the freezer.
