Hunting Report

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jb4570

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Back from the 09 CA Deer hunt. As always it was a very good time spent with my kids. We got 4 Mule deer for our freezer's. No wall hangers like DM's; But, my daughter got her first deer and that memory will last us both a lifetime ;).

Here is Lacey's first buck


Here is this old man with 110 & 121 in action. The 121 was a gift from Jeff, and it was the first time I used one while working on a deer. I still like the 110 for field dressing and skinning best. But, the 121 is tops for the butchering chores.



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Congrats JB! Looks like you guys had a fun time! The AG 110 is still super sharp then?

Thank you for the pics!
 
jb4570 said:
...my daughter got her first deer and that memory will last us both a lifetime ;).

Here is Lacey's first buck...
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jb4570 -

Nice looking deer; I can see your daughter is delighted... :)

What caliber & mfg is that rifle (laying with the bolt closed and pointed toward the hunter :eek: )??? I wish the woods around here were as clear of bushes & shrubs as yours are...Where is that, what part of the state, I mean??? :confused:
 
Now thats a good hunting report J.B. Glad that your daugther
got here first deer. Those 121's are just the knife for cutting out the backstrap.

Looks like a Remington mod.7 to me.

Thanks for shairing J.B.
 
Wow, JB ! Looks like everyone had a great time.Good deal.DM
High five to Lacey!
 
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Nice buck ,she shot a goodn'.That rifle isn't pointed at her,not that i can see.Nice workout for the ag 110.Mine is still sharp but needs touch up after 4 bears this season.
 
Nice mulies. Congrats. I arrowed my first deer in Trinity this year, too. It's nice not to have to eat tag stew this year. What zone do you hunt in?
 
Planetcat said:
Nice mulies. Congrats. I arrowed my first deer in Trinity this year, too. It's nice not to have to eat tag stew this year. What zone do you hunt in?
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Yes, I agree the stew is better.:thumbup:
You have any pictures you'd care to share? DM
 
Thanks for the pics jb-gotta be a proud papa. You got me jonesin for the hunt-I gotta wait til 1st week of Dec:thumbdn:
 
Hi All,

Thanks for the nice comments fellows. Like DM asked if you guys have any photo's of your 09 game animals please post them here (I'd love to see them).

Postfalls: The AG 110 is still super sharp then?

Yep that S30V is very impressive, It is still sharp and I just touched the blade with my pinky finger while skinning the 3rd deer and it opened me...LOL.

Trax:What caliber & mfg is that rifle (laying with the bolt closed and pointed toward the hunter )??? I wish the woods around here were as clear of bushes & shrubs as yours are...Where is that, what part of the state, I mean???

Jeff hit the nail right on the head. Lacey was shooting a Rem model 7 in 243 cal. I was wondering if someone would comment on the "barrel and closed bolt" in the photo op. As far as her being delighted she was still on her adrenalin high; But, we had to keep telling her to smile...she did not like to touch the smelly dead deer...LOL. I guess I'll be doing all of her field dressing work, no issues as I love it;). The open area where the photo's were taken is about 30 miles from where this buck was taken. He was dropped in a heavily forested river bottom...the camera was left in the truck:(. so photo's were taken back at camp.

Planetcat: What zone do you hunt in?

We were in zone X6B in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I love this area due to the fact that only 350 tags are issued to it. We were hunting public lands so at least we did not have to deal with a hunter under every bush, just every other bush (just kidding). CA is in it's third year of drought in this hunting zone so hunting was tough for most of the folks in the area (all the hunters we talked to said they saw no legal deer only lots of doe). We got snow the first few days of the hunt (very good for the hunting). Very cold conditions for tent camping in sunny CA.

Some of the hunting areas in CA (like this one) are transition zones from very heavy forest & brush to open sage brush canyons (desert conditions). So we can hunt where the deer are. If it's still hot like it is most of the time during the October deer season the deer will stay in the cool timber areas. If it's cold and storming the deer often will move to the open sage brush canyon areas. I don't stand hunt so it's spot and stalk or still hunting for me. The open canyons are best for that type of hunting (none of our deer were taken in the open canyons this year).
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jb4570 said:
Jeff hit the nail right on the head. Lacey was shooting a Rem model 7 in 243 cal. I was wondering if someone would comment on the "barrel and closed bolt" in the photo op.
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Besides being an ex-Marine, I'm a Range Safety Officer at three different gun clubs... :p

NYS only allows shotgun on deer/bear in my end of the state. I have my Ithaca 37 in 12ga if I decide to hunt deer, but I usually don't...I'm not all that keen on the walking...If they allowed rifles, I would put aside my disabilities and go for it...Of course, a Buck 119 and 560 (w/BG-42) would be my choice of blades...But I think I would go for a .270 w/3-9x scope... ;)
 
jb4570 said:
...she did not like to touch the smelly dead deer...
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...:D...

My neighbors grandkids were out feeding a fawn one morning last month...Just bread...It came out of the [my] woods and was just nosing around...I wandered over later and told them that they probably shouldn't be doing that...They asked "Why?"...I told them "Chiggers...tics...mites...fleas...lice"...That discouraged them... :D

I was out back that way one day last year and flushed a fawn...I thought "How cute!"...Then I remembered that fawns don't nest alone... :eek:

Ever since that TV show on HBO - "When Animals Attack" - I try to stay away from wild things unless I'm under arms... ;)

I don't blame here for not wanting to touch the smelly dead thing... :p
 
Thanks for the hunting report JB! Congratulations to your daughter for her first deer. Hopefully I'll have some kind of a hunting report soon. I've let a few walk for various reasons.
 
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