Fishing, and hunting reports (share yours)

[anthonycastorena2014]

Took a break from Couse Deer hunting and got a few dove and gambles quail for dinner with the help of the Inkosi.

 

[jackal_727]

A Jackal with a coyote?

My hipocracy knows no bounds

 

[mb>]

Put a hurtin’ on the hogs tonight. Wife’s aunt calls me and says she’s had hogs up by her house for the last couple nights. Told her I’d come take a look tonight. Shot 6 recovered 4, two that I didn’t recover were piglets, right when I shot them they both flew down into the creek. I’m going back in the morning to clean up, I’ll get daytime pics.

I’m going to try and post a video

What kind of night vision setup are you running?

 

[Chris A]

What kind of night vision setup are you running?

My rifle has a Pulsar Trail 2 XQ50 and I use Pulsar Accolade 2 XP50 Pro binos to scan with.

 

[on_the_edge]

Took a break from Couse Deer hunting and got a few dove and gambles quail for dinner with the help of the Inkosi.

View attachment 2003616View attachment 2003618View attachment 2003619

Have you seen any Coues yet?

 

[anthonycastorena2014]

Have you seen any Coues yet?

Several does. They are incredibly hard to spot. And when you do I now understand why they are called the gray ghosts.

 

[Hammer67]

Several does. They are incredibly hard to spot. And when you do I now understand why they are called the gray ghosts.

I think it's truly some of the toughest deer hunting one can do in N. America. But it sure takes you through some awesome country. I've quail hunted in southern AZ (and lived in Tucson for a spell) and I love that area. Good luck!

 

[on_the_edge]

Several does. They are incredibly hard to spot. And when you do I now understand why they are called the gray ghosts.

I think it's truly some of the toughest deer hunting one can do in N. America. But it sure takes you through some awesome country. I've quail hunted in southern AZ (and lived in Tucson for a spell) and I love that area. Good luck!

My first Coues that I got several years ago was a button buck down in a finger canyon. I was up on a ridge overlooking him and when he turned his head towards me, I could see the profile of the nubs on his head. It was just him and a doe, so he was easy to keep track of. One long downhill shot and he was going in my freezer. When my buddy and I got to him, my buddy was laughing bc it was just a button buck. I remember he stated that I must have seen the buck's...er...genitals and that was how I knew it was a buck! He gave me a hard time, but hey, it was meat in the freezer and my first Coues ever.

Keep at it, Anthony. Getting one is usually a real "biotch", but it's worth the work if you ultimately put one in your freezer.

 

[mb>]

Felt good to bring this home from the processor the other night. That’s a 120qt cooler (that I need to find some new hinges for after it fell off my tailgate this season :/ ). I’ve been able to give a bunch away this year.

 

[Jsega51]

My season is going pretty crazy. I haven’t been hunting a lot this year and I’m having trouble getting into it, but damn when I do go out, I’ve been seeing lots of deer. The fresh snow today was nice so I went for a long walk, 8 hours to be exact following tracks and hitting spines and saddles off ridges, walking up on only does which I have a tag for but I just didn’t feel like using it today, still good practice to get close though. Hunting is all about the knives however…

The Bret Dowell skinner is in ATS34 with bone linen scales over brown burlap liners and has a super thin hollow grind, his Lanny Clip is A2 and walnut. Of course I had the FK2 on my belt, I’m really liking the hard&thin version!

 

[toker]

Cape Cod Eider hunt.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

I had a doe in the scope last night that I would have really liked to put in my freezer but it was a little too late in the evening.

 

[mb>]

My season is going pretty crazy. I haven’t been hunting a lot this year and I’m having trouble getting into it, but damn when I do go out, I’ve been seeing lots of deer. The fresh snow today was nice so I went for a long walk, 8 hours to be exact following tracks and hitting spines and saddles off ridges, walking up on only does which I have a tag for but I just didn’t feel like using it today, still good practice to get close though. Hunting is all about the knives however…

The Bret Dowell skinner is in ATS34 with bone linen scales over brown burlap liners and has a super thin hollow grind, his Lanny Clip is A2 and walnut. Of course I had the FK2 on my belt, I’m really liking the hard&thin version!

Love that Dowell skinner!

 

[Jsega51]

Love that Dowell skinner!

It’s a great size for small and big game

 

[mb>]

It’s a great size for small and big game

Makes you wonder who else could make a hollow ground skinner we’d like. Maybe even out of an optimized modern steel. Hmm…

 

[Jsega51]

Makes you wonder who else could make a hollow ground skinner we’d like. Maybe even out of an optimized modern steel. Hmm…

I think the CR35 is going to make a great candidate in that regard actually. It’s got a pretty sexy blade profile, nice hollow grind with a thin tip and of course a handle with Loveless influence!

 

[mb>]

Jsega51 Yep I agree. The DEK3 as well. The reverse tanto is pretty similar to a chopped off drop point.

 

[Jsega51]

Jsega51 Yep I agree. The DEK3 as well. The reverse tanto is pretty similar to a chopped off drop point.

Man I had the same thought, the DEK3 is gonna make a nice camp/hunting knife when you need a slicer. I ordered one in magnacut even with that in mind!

 

[Jsega51]

I’m odd and don’t see a need to walk around the woods in the dark so I sit in the truck till the sun just pops up and go from there. Plenty of times I’ve shot deer close to the parking areas doing this.

 

[Jsega51]

It was nice and crispy today, all the snow and leaves were frozen into a crust but there’s still ways to get deer up and moving for a shot between a couple of us working the benches. I had this one run by at 35 yrds with a few others. I used the FK2, no pics in use though, we had to keep moving!