2012 season ND & KS

[upper deck]

I haven't posted much on here lately, been busy like everyone else with work and family. I just finished up my hunting season this week and was lucky enough to be able to hunt ND and KS for deer.

Without going into a ton of details I'll give you the short version. I hunted ND early in the week of Thanksgiving, both my dad and myself were able to take some nice deer. The deer my dad killed I was able to get some pictures of a day or two before.

I was a great hunt and one I always look forward to.

 

[upper deck]

Next up was KS and I was lucky enough to draw the either deer tag in the western unit of the state. I headed out Sun morning and had through Thurs to hunt. I spent most of the first 2.5 day looking over area and deer to see what I could expect. It was a fun hunt and I look forward to when I can draw this tag again.

The first couple days I was able to get some pics of a few deer, in fact the one I killed I got pictures of the first day when I let him walk. I ended up finding him 2.5 miles away pushing a doe when I killed him.

The middle deer in the spotting scope pictures was one that I was on every day and I justed wished he wouldnt have broke one side off.

 

[upper deck]

I was able to sneek one pheasant hunt in with a buddy of mine that had never hunted. We hunted 3 days in ND just before Halloween and had a great time. I have a feeling he will be back for more.

 

[putm2sleep]

NICE WORK upper deck. Great hunts and great post dude!!!!! i like your taste in dogs as well.

 

[MHMT]

Wow, nice bucks and parrots. Looks like a good time.

 

[Dinkshooter]

You always clean house. Way different looking muley buck.

 

[idahofishnhunt]

Looks like a great time, congrats on the good fortune.

 

[skeeterforme]

Nice bucks. I'm curious with the guys that show pictures of ND bucks with a rifle, are most of you residents? I tried for 10 years to draw a buck tag when i was in college there never did as a non resident. I have lots of buddies and friends in ND but can never draw a rifle tag, its a bummer.

Thanks.

 

[Bambistew]

Great deer. That muley is friggn sweet! Congrats.

 

[upper deck]

You are correct ND is near the top in unfriendly nonresident rifle tag regulations. Nonresidents get 1% of the tags per unit which makes it very tough to draw ( in our unit last I looked into it I figured the draw odds less that 10% if all was equal) My dad is a resident and the only reason I get a tag is being a landowner. Archery is a different story that you can buy nonresident whitetail tags over the counter.

 

[Flatrock]

You are correct ND is near the top in unfriendly nonresident rifle tag regulations. Nonresidents get 1% of the tags per unit which makes it very tough to draw ( in our unit last I looked into it I figured the draw odds less that 10% if all was equal) My dad is a resident and the only reason I get a tag is being a landowner. Archery is a different story that you can buy nonresident whitetail tags over the counter.

It must be nice being able to get a tag every year! Even as a resident I typically could only draw one maybe every 3-4 years. And now with how few tags are available, there's basically nothing left after the gratis tags are given out.

 

[Buschy]

Great bucks UD. Grizzley and I will be at the farm this weekend thinning out the pheasents, assuming we can shoot straight.

 

[Oak]

Nice bucks. Looks like a couple of fun trips.

 

[kansasdad]

and the only reason I get a tag is being a landowner.

Ownership does have some privileges. Nice work UpperDeck

 

[boof]

Looks like a great stretch of November. Good work!

 

[hardscrabble]

Nicely done UD! Congrats on a fine season. The busted up buck looks like a heart breaker.

ND's draw system needs help.

 

[jlmatthew]

somebody got in a little trigger time!

 

[1_pointer]

Congrats on some dandies! I'd be happy with either of those. I just need to decide where and what year to burn my points (I started getting them when you needed points as a NR).

 

[mconway951]

Looks like a good fall to me congrats

 

[upper deck]

This year was the first year for shooting berger VLD's and I was happy with the performance. Both came in at the 55-60 grain range starting at 130gr shot through the shoulders.