Fishing, and hunting reports (share yours)

SpyderPhreak said:
Found some success yesterday morning on my plains muzzleloader deer hunt! :cool: Got a good shot quartering towards me on this Whitetail doe at 120 yards after a 45-minute stalk to get within range, closing from 350 yards, crossing a river (creek, really) in the process. Center punched the close lung, severed an artery, and almost cut the kidney in half. She dropped dead ~50 yards away. Massive blood clot in the body cavity. Missed the heart and other lung, but no matter. Bullet stopped right under the skin just forward of the far side rump. Not much meat damage. :thumbsup:

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For anyone wondering, the smokepole is a late 90's vintage .50 cal Remington 700 MLS with some trigger work, Williams Western Precision peep/hood sights, and a Badger Ridge 209 conversion I recently installed (which I'm extremely happy with). Shooting a 348 grain Hornady ELD-X Bore Driver over 100 grains of Pyrodex. Very little elevation change from 25-100 yards, I see less than 2" at the range, zeroed at 120 yards. Starts dropping around 135 yards. The gun can do better, but I can't see that well to make it do better without a scope! (We can't shoot with optics here in CO during muzzleloader season.)

Field dressed her with a CPK EDC2 and FK2. Quartered her out after the ~1 mile drag back to the truck with the same 2 knives, plus a CPK "Bad Idea" FK2! :) Some CPK content below!!!

My son with his FK2:
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Cutting the sternum with the FK2. Just give it a tap. Tap, tap, tappy... 🤣
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Great trip!!! Saturday was a bit hot, hit 85 degrees. Yesterday was lovely, about 68 degrees. Sunny and not much wind.

Unfortunately, my son missed a buck at 99 yards on Saturday morning. Since he hasn't punched his tag yet, we might head back out this next weekend (close of the season) if the weather isn't too bad.
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Nice repot. Good luck to your son on filling his tag.
 
Buddy got a nice buck last night on the property. Super happy for him. He's been hunting with his son for the past 4 years or so and hasn't had a whole lot of time to get out in the stand by himself since.

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Breaking in the new rifle. Had a double Fri morn! (2 does). My wife’s been after me to shoot something bc I gave my archery buck away and we’re about out of venison.

Haven’t done that in about 20 yrs. Last time was one of 2 times I ever got to hunt with my dad. He was a little miffed with the work that was ahead of us that morning. lol That was also the day I started thinking I needed to find a better knife while trying to get those 2 processed.

Coyote last week at ~160 yds:
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No buck. Wife’s uncle had a doe tag though so we got some meat, shot the fattest one we found.

And of course I get a call from my godson this morning at 8am on his way to school, the big 4x4 was right in the middle of the driveway I was looking for all weekend. Early modern season closed today. 🤣🤣🤣😡😡😡

He better come out next month because I want him dead.
 
Murphjd25 said:
No buck. Wife’s uncle had a doe tag though so we got some meat, shot the fattest one we found.

And of course I get a call from my godson this morning at 8am on his way to school, the big 4x4 was right in the middle of the driveway I was looking for all weekend. Early modern season closed today. 🤣🤣🤣😡😡😡

He better come out next month because I want him dead.
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What weapon season is up next?
 
Trail cameras…both great and terrible!

So I’ve learned that private land hunting has its drawbacks. It has been wonderful filling my freezer with venison from my own property. But it is so easy to burn out and booger up limited spots, and then you’re screwed. And I miss the big woods and the scouting, etc. So I’m venturing out onto some incredible public land SC has to offer this year.

My first foray was last weekend. Of all the days I chose to go an hour up the road, the best deer I’ve seen on the piece I hunt 2 minutes from the house shows up. Not once. Not twice. Three times, incl an appearance at 2:30pm!! lol oof

The deer equivalent of the middle finger:

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mb> said:
Chasing muley’s or elk Chris A Chris A ? And what rifle/caliber is that?
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Going after muley's. Didn't get an elk tag this year but some of the guys I'm going with have them. The rifle is a Ruger American Predator in .308 on an Oryx chassis with a Timney trigger. Also bringing a Henry 45-70 as backup.

One year I only brought one rifle, slipped/fell on ice and landed right on the scope and threw it out of whack, since then I always bring an extra.
 
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