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Oct 31`- 1 Nov is early youth season. The Bawana is already to go. tomorrow will sight in the Deer Rifles on the new 100 yd range. Bawana shoots a Marlin 7X youth model in .308. Carson the oldest, now that he is 16 no Youth season for him. Carlie the 12 yr old grandaughter wants to go this year. I will use the Savage 101 in 30-06.

Sat-Sun highs will be mid 50s. Just about right for hunting. Night time lows in the lower 40s. Good temp to let em hang for a few days.

I sat in the deer stand this morning and about 0900 a small doe wondered up and hung around for a good 20 minutes. She was about 50-70 yards out most of the time and at one point came to within 20 yards of the deer stand.

Regular season starts the 14th of Nov. First 11 days are "Any Deer"

 

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Good Luck, When is your bow season up there?

Bow season started Sept 15 thru Jan 15. I dont stick things with little sharp sticks ......

 

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Everyone have a safe and good season. The Bawana shot his marlin .308 along with my grand daughter. they both kept em within 2" a couple inside 1"off a wobbly make shift rest. My Savage 30-06 put two inside 1". All shots from 75 yards.

 

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As Sherlock Holmes said "The Games Afoot". 0"dark thirty in the morning. The Bawana and myself in the main deer stand. I will have the Mossberg 835 just in case a turkey strolls by....

 

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Nothing yesterday. It was raining most of the morning. Today Carlie, the grand daughter, will go out. Gonna be sunny and a little warmer. Maybe they will be moving around. Its her first hunt.

 

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So much for youth season. It was foggy till about 0730 then sunny and nice. Nothing in the morning. In the afternoon the Bawana went back out again. Stayed to legal shooting time was over. Told him if he shot it near dark he was field dressing it by himself .... Nothing again. However we did have a possum waddle by and a small bobcat. It looked like a female but not for sure. It almost had a tree rat but it got away and up a tree.

Regular season starts the 14th of Nov. Dont think the rut has started yet. Did find a small cedar about 4' tall rubbed bare from bottom to almost the top. It was about 100 yards north of the stand on a lane and cross fence.

I still have to brush hog a small field in the north but I broke the Generator bracket on the tractor. Have to get it fixed tomorrow.

 

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Regular deer season opens tomorrow morning .... half hour before sunrise till half hour after sunset. Looks like only me and the Bawana will be going out. The grand daughter has a band compatetion and the older grandson Carson has his car now .... and with that Girls .... LOL. He is kind of iffy about going out.

took a walk around yesterday afternoon and jumped one up below my deer stand. Dont know if a buck or doe, only saw the *** as it went off into the brush.

talked to my neighbor, Jack on the North side and he said about 1700 he watched two does come down the draw off me and into his garden. They munched on what was left of tomato, cucumber, and pepper plants.

 

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Carson the oldest grandson is NOW going in the morning. His girlfriend probably told him "I want some Jerky" ..... In any case there will now be 3 of us in the morning. It was a bare year in 2014 so hope to do a little better.

 

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Just got word that my neighbor on the South side has a Pic of a wild hog in his food plot. I knew it was just a matter of time before they showed up around here. Oh well ..... besides jerky "Makin Bacon". Its open season on em in Missouri, 365 days a year, day or night .... no regs other than "Kill Em On Sight"

 

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The "Bawana Scores"

Got in the stand at 0550 ..... Shooting time started at 0620. At 0630 it sounded like a Fire Fight all around us. At 0800 he walked out of the brush about 50 yards out on my side of the stand. I nugged Cameron and he took a bead. Shot him on the move ....Right thru the heart/lungs. I saw the bullet pass through and impack the ground. Of course Cameron wanted to go right down .... but again I wouldnt let him. I poured me another cup of coffee and told him to sit tight. I know he hit him as I saw him buckle and then bound off. I said if you made the shot he wont go far. If you missed then it wont matter any way ...

We went down after about 15 minutes. Cameron started off thru the woods looking for him. Once again I had to call him back and look for blood (he walked right past it). We started following the blood trail and about 25-30 yards back up the hill there he was. Bullet went in the right side just behind the front shoulder and out the left side. When Cameron field dressed him his heart and lungs were toast. A great shot. Dressed and back to the house at 0915 and hanging. Will Quarter him out this evending as its pretty warm. Will cool the quarters in the fridge for a couple days before working up.

The little Youth model 7X in .308 is a good shootin gun. And Cameron is good with it. A Sierra 150 GR soft point in front of 3031.

 

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Will go back out about 1400. Carson didnt get up this morning but is now and will go also. Stopped at my brother-in-laws after getting Bawana a Doe tag. Henry got an 8 pointer and a button buck, both shot about 15 minutes after Cameron got his. He is about .5 miles down the road from my place. Said he saw 3 more does but passed on em. They like to cross the road in the afternoons over to my side.

 

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Nothing this evening. Never even heard another shot close. Carson left his stand south of me at 1630. Had a Chili Supper to go to, a bowl of chili in the hand is worth more to him than a deer in the bush .... LOL.

A little before 1700 the Bawana and me had one out in the brush at the top of the North Draw. Got some glimpses of it but never good enough to tell what or how big it was. It never got to within 100 yards of us. We stayed till 1732 .... half hour after sunset.

Carlie, the grand daughter will go out in the morning with me. She will shoot Bawana's .308. She does good with it. Carson maybe again he said. Carlie has never got anything, turkey or deer. Hope she gets her chance tomorrow. Gonna get down to 39 tonight so will let Bawana's hang till we come in about 10 tomorrow.

 

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Hope you get yours tahoe2. I really dont care about shooting them any more. I get a bigger kick out of seeing grand kinds get em, same for fishing.

Nothing this morning as it was overcast and a little chilly with a NW wind. Not a good direction as it was right into where they are. Carlie wanted to pack it in at 0930 as she didnt eat breakfast and was hungry and I know she was cold, she shivered a lot .... some bad storms comming in tonight thru Tues so I probably wont go out again till Wends. Would like to have one more at least and 2 more would be good.

 

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Change of plans ..... the sky has cleared and rain forecast not until after dark tonight.The Bawana and me will go down to the two man stand at the bottom of the North Draw. I did some brush hogging earlier last week and its good to go. My neighbor has been seeing some down that end in the evenings.

 

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Saw zip tonight. Jack the neighbor on the north was out in his shed that overlooks 20 acres of field and bordering tree/brush line. Its just up the hill from my stand and we could scope out about 15 acres of open spots and tree/brush line. there is a wet weather creek with ceders between us. We both can see each other. So we had the area pretty well covered. Rain coming in tonight with heavy rain thru Tuesday. So probably a couple days off.

 

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Nothin new lingr. been twice and seen nuttin. Slicing up venison this morning for curing and then Jerky tomorrow evening or Sunday. Have the back strap and other assorited parts done. The 2 hams and 2 front quarters to go. Havnt weighed any yet as I will do that before I mix up the cure. I have three flavors, Hickory, Mesquite, and Spicy Jalapeno. about 3/4 will be in Hickory and Mesquite. All but Carson, my oldest grandson and me like a little kick still in ours .... I will also send some to my Uncle Leon in Va.

I have a haircut appt at 1100 and then back to the venison this afternoon. Tomorrow at 1300 will go to a local High School Football game at 1300. then to my grand daughers All District Band competation. The High School football team is playing to go to the State Championship game Next Saturday. Its in St. Louis so wont be going out there.

I might get in a few hours Saturday Morning before the ball game. But for sure Sunday, Mon, and Tues. they are the last 3 days for antlered deer before Alternitave method (black powder and pistol).

 

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Im tired of slicing meat. With the back strap and assorted other side meat, and about 1/3 of a rear ham I have 18 lbs of GOOD strips for jerky. Man that rear quarter sure had some good meat on it. I just might save me some steaks/roast/and stew meat from the other one. The 18lbs are in the frig with the cure on em. Will let em sit for probably 48 hours and then Jerk it Up ....

 

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First batch of Jerky came out at 1030 this morning. Its Hickory flavor and pretty good. Have another batch of Mesquite in now. Will be ready at about 1245. Then I think I will go out for a while this evening. Its 35 right now, partly sunny and not getting much warmer the rest of the day.

 

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Batch of Mesquite is out. The kids say they like it better than the Hickory. Have another batch of Mesquite in and will be done by the time I get back in from Hunting. Will send some to my Uncle Leon in an Assisted Living Facility in Va, of both flavors and see which one he likes best, then will send some more of that. He probably killed more Squirrel, rabbit, ground Hogs than any man alive or gone .... He always had a dog that was named Jack. When it got replaced it was Jack also. Later on in life after he quit hunting his companion dogs were named Rover. Except his last one which was Stubby (no tail of course) It was an Australian Healer ..... LOL. Soon after Stubby died he went into assisted living. I know he misses having a dog. My mom said he quit school in about the 8th grade because they wouldnt let him bring his dog.

 

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My niece and her husband came in from Texas for Thanksgiving. They have 60 acres about 2 miles down the road from me. I thought he had cattle on it so didnt think about hunting there. But while they were here he moved his cows onto my brother-in-laws place so he could feed them over the Winter (9 mommas and 6 calves) turned out they were not there at all but at a friend of theirs place. So think I will wonder on over next week and try it there. He has some food plots cleared, a nice pond that is over looked by a small hunting shack.