Last night was my 5th bowhunting outing of the season. The first 4 we’re in spots I planned out a year ago. Fresh sign was sparse, and I saw a total of 1 deer, a yearling buck.
On Monday I did a little scouting in a different area and I located fresh sign, bedding, food, staging zone, and...
I was deer hunting and encountered a crippled pheasant (open season). I can’t shoot the bird with a slug. I sprinted after the bird, caught it with my hands then rang its neck.
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The big issue in your scenario is less the capture method, and more possessing a live game animal, which is...
I’m about 1/3 of the way through the deer burger that was on the doorstep of spoiled (post #61). My family of 6 has eaten it in tacos, and no one can tell the difference between it and taco meat from a different deer. When browning the meat it has a vinegary scent, but that’s it.
I started bow hunting for deer at age 16. On my own with no information, no clue what I was doing. I hunted public and private, never saw a deer.
After many fruitless outings, I eventually learned rule #1 of deer hunting: Find deer, not a place to hunt deer.
You can make an unproductive...
From my house in IA I can see 10’s of thousands of acres where deer might walk x1-2 times/year, or none at all. Maybe 5% of the visible landscape could you set up and shoot a deer during hunting season. Depending where you are in MO, I can’t imagine it’s that much different.
Dump the spot. hunt public between an active food source and a doe bedding area, preferably in some kind of cover where the deer are comfortable moving during the daytime
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I assume the authors know that APR is not a federal government initiative, but intentionally label it as such in order to mislead voters and raise funds (p. 14, 2nd to last paragraph).
Eh, the hide off is like uncapping a thermos…heat has somewhere to escape, and it does. Tenders seem to stay warmest the longest. I’ve gutted an elk too…I didn’t notice too much of a difference in cool down time vs gutless. Gutless I appreciated not having blood on my arms right up to my shoulders.