Deer Camp 2023

[tubby_mcgee 701]

22 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

I'm smiling right now imagining what my neighbors would think and do if they saw a deer hanging from the rafters of my garage and me skinning it.  I imagine i would get a visit from the cops and get ticketed for  processing it at home.  Something to do with health codes and disposal of offal.   The neighbors would be horrified.

 

 

 

Your neighbors would call the cops and say that you murdered a deer. lol. 

 

Buddy of mine...shot a deer 10 miles south of town/his house while on his way home from a sporting event of one of his kids.

He wasn't in his hunting vehicle. Didn't have his knives, etc.  Soooo....he loaded it up, took it home and gutted it in his driveway.

He said the blood stains stayed through spring. 

[tubby_mcgee 701]

19 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

Indeed.  As grandpa aged he still liked to hunt.  Our family hunts were less well attended but I always went with him.  We still generally had enough attendance to get a group tag so we could take an additioanl buck or one doe beyond the number of hunters.  Grandpa usually got that deer in addition to his own.  His last hunt was just he and I.  He got his.  I carried it out for him as he could never had done so at his age.  We kept hunting.  He could not figure out how I didn't get as shot as I always got my deer.  While resting he looked in my gun.  He saw I was not loaded. I was just there for a final walk with him.  He got my deer as well as his own.  We had a nice walk.  He did not make it to Thanksgiving that year.

That's an awesome story. Hunting creates some of the best memories/bonding that family and friends can have.

Here is a facebook post my brother made in 2019 regarding my dad, and my dad's deer. 

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I gotta say, one of the best deer hunting days of my life. My Dad shot a great buck today... one I have a ton of trail camera pictures of, one deer I have been bowhunting obsessively. I wanted to get an arrow in this buck in the worst way.... until a few days ago.

My Dad is 77 years old. He has put blood, sweat and tears into the spot we call, "The Farm".... planting trees, by the thousands (literally), planting corn and alfalfa, weed badgering those trees for years. Basically building the mini "deer haven" that exists there today.

A few days ago, Dad said he had the big buck at 200 yards, more than once... but he couldn't shoot him at that range. This is the man who is/was the absolute, bar none best shot I've ever known. Shotgun, rifle, it didn't matter, he just did not miss. That was in his younger years.... and it's hard to watch your Dad get older. It was that conversation, about him not being confident enough in his ability to make a 200 yard shot with a rifle that changed my mind about coveting that buck so badly. Suddenly, I wanted Dad to shoot him... more than anything.

I got a phone call at work about 3:15 today, and it was Dad, telling me that "he needed a little help, that he had one down." I took off, and got there approximately a half hour later. He played it pretty close to the vest, and wouldn't tell me which buck he shot, as he is known to keep people in suspense.

When we walked up to where he'd put the shot on him, there was a big pool of blood, but I still couldn't see the deer. Dad said, "he kinda crawled under this evergreen tree." I seriously doubted there was a buck laying under there... then I walked around it and saw a hoof sticking out. I lifted up some of the bottom branches... and was completely overjoyed at the deer laying under that tree.

If anyone ever "deserved" a deer, it is my Dad. This whole episode was no accident, there was no randomness to it. My family has killed many nice deer off "The Farm".... and it's all because of my Dad's foresight.... that the days of hunting pretty much wherever you wanted would one day come to an end... that you'd better have a plan if you want to continue hunting. I remember it well, Dad saying, "If you don't own some land to hunt on, you just plain aren't going to be able to hunt. " While we are not quite there yet.... we aren't far from it. I was seriously choked up, following him back to his house. I don't know how many deer seasons my dad has in him, but I can only hope it's many more.
 

I just wanted to share this experience... today was a culmination of years of hard work and planning, by one of the shrewdest, hardest working people I have ever known, or will ever know, my Dad.

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Note his quote ...the part about "If you don't own some land...." It's the same quote I referenced earlier in this topic.  My brother and I both remember it.

Here is the deer (2019) from that story:

 

https://i.ibb.co/5s1nvBF/dad-deer-2019-pic-2.jpg

 

The deer my son shot that I posted the pic of on page 1, was also shot at "The Farm". 

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

1 hour ago, tubby_mcgee said:

That's an awesome story. Hunting creates some of the best memories/bonding that family and friends can have.

Here is a facebook post my brother made in 2019 regarding my dad, and my dad's deer. 

_____________________________________________

I gotta say, one of the best deer hunting days of my life. My Dad shot a great buck today... one I have a ton of trail camera pictures of, one deer I have been bowhunting obsessively. I wanted to get an arrow in this buck in the worst way.... until a few days ago.

My Dad is 77 years old. He has put blood, sweat and tears into the spot we call, "The Farm".... planting trees, by the thousands (literally), planting corn and alfalfa, weed badgering those trees for years. Basically building the mini "deer haven" that exists there today.

A few days ago, Dad said he had the big buck at 200 yards, more than once... but he couldn't shoot him at that range. This is the man who is/was the absolute, bar none best shot I've ever known. Shotgun, rifle, it didn't matter, he just did not miss. That was in his younger years.... and it's hard to watch your Dad get older. It was that conversation, about him not being confident enough in his ability to make a 200 yard shot with a rifle that changed my mind about coveting that buck so badly. Suddenly, I wanted Dad to shoot him... more than anything.

I got a phone call at work about 3:15 today, and it was Dad, telling me that "he needed a little help, that he had one down." I took off, and got there approximately a half hour later. He played it pretty close to the vest, and wouldn't tell me which buck he shot, as he is known to keep people in suspense.

When we walked up to where he'd put the shot on him, there was a big pool of blood, but I still couldn't see the deer. Dad said, "he kinda crawled under this evergreen tree." I seriously doubted there was a buck laying under there... then I walked around it and saw a hoof sticking out. I lifted up some of the bottom branches... and was completely overjoyed at the deer laying under that tree.

If anyone ever "deserved" a deer, it is my Dad. This whole episode was no accident, there was no randomness to it. My family has killed many nice deer off "The Farm".... and it's all because of my Dad's foresight.... that the days of hunting pretty much wherever you wanted would one day come to an end... that you'd better have a plan if you want to continue hunting. I remember it well, Dad saying, "If you don't own some land to hunt on, you just plain aren't going to be able to hunt. " While we are not quite there yet.... we aren't far from it. I was seriously choked up, following him back to his house. I don't know how many deer seasons my dad has in him, but I can only hope it's many more.
 

I just wanted to share this experience... today was a culmination of years of hard work and planning, by one of the shrewdest, hardest working people I have ever known, or will ever know, my Dad.

_________________________________________________

 

Note his quote ...the part about "If you don't own some land...." It's the same quote I referenced earlier in this topic.  My brother and I both remember it.

Here is the deer (2019) from that story:

 

https://i.ibb.co/5s1nvBF/dad-deer-2019-pic-2.jpg

 

The deer my son shot that I posted the pic of on page 1, was also shot at "The Farm". 

Nice story.  Thanks for sharing.  My extended family owned 8 farms on 2 and a half sections of land in total in southern Wisconsin. We would hunt those for pheaqsant, turkey, and whitetail during shotgun season.  Se also had the land and blockhouse up near Tomah we used for rifle season and for poker with the boys.  We also stay there for opening day of fishing.  We occassionally would throw down some seed while there for opening day of fishing which would maybe germinate and produce results come the fall, but mostly we let the land do what it wanted.  The land was varied enough to be very supportive ahbitat just as it was.  It was an old farm and orcahrd that was 100 years fallow and so grpwn back in but with still some apple trees and some corn which would pop up.  also a bit of a cranberry bog in one small cornor.  It has woods, meadows, bog.  Its great.

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

Not going back to Wisconsin this year.  My cousin and his boys and grandsons will be hunting the land.  Every year now we talk about selling but every year we keep it one more year. (Owned jointly by both families) I will go up to elk Camp near Craig Colorado.  I have a tag to fill.  I don't know how much longer I will elk hunt. (These are with buddies, not family, and frankly we are all getting a bit long in the tooth for these hunts.)  Age and a knee and hip replacement make the high country hard on me.  My wife's father, now deceased, has property near Story Wyoming and I enjoy going up there to hunt antelope.  Much less hard on me as the stalks are on fairly level ground and you can usually bring your truck to the animal rather than the other way around.  I do start to question whether I should be shooting at the distances needed for elk, and antelope in particula,r where a typical shot may be 300 yards.  I don't shoot often enough to be sharp any more and even if i did I think my eyesight and overall steadiness have deteriorated my abilities somewhat.

[tubby_mcgee 701]

8 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

Not going back to Wisconsin this year.  My cousin and his boys and grandsons will be hunting the land.  Every year now we talk about selling but every year we keep it one more year. (Owned jointly by both families) I will go up to elk Camp near Craig Colorado.  I have a tag to fill.  I don't know how much longer I will elk hunt. (These are with buddies, not family, and frankly we are all getting a bit long in the tooth for these hunts.)  Age and a knee and hip replacement make the high country hard on me.  My wife's father, now deceased, has property near Story Wyoming and I enjoy going up there to hunt antelope.  Much less hard on me as the stalks are on fairly level ground and you can usually bring your truck to the animal rather than the other way around.  I do start to question whether I should be shooting at the distances needed for elk, and antelope in particula,r where a typical shot may be 300 yards.  I don't shoot often enough to be sharp any more and even if i did I think my eyesight and overall steadiness have deteriorated my abilities somewhat.

Unfortunately, for all of us, Father Time remains undefeated. 

[Cdub100 3,907]

2 hours ago, tubby_mcgee said:

For what reason?  Just checking license, etc? 

No reason. They checked out tags and how many people we have up here 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,439]

3 hours ago, tubby_mcgee said:

I got 80lbs of meat from that deer in pic.  And he was "small" compared to my brother's deer.  My brothers field dressed at 231#.  I didn't weigh mine, but it was well under 200.  He got 74lbs of meat.  Mine was processed at a professional butcher.  He cut his own meat off his deer.   Hopefully that explains the difference.  I'm sure they do a better job.

But still, 80lbs... somewhat scary because well, uh.... where did they get 80lbs?

I got 100% sausage made.  (50% deer + 25% pork +25%$ beef).  160-1lb packs is what I ended up with.  $560 bill.   If I'd have known there was going to be 80lbs...I'd have gotten some burger made.  Deer sausage makes good gifts around here. Looks like I'll be giving some away. 

 You should have a contest for the geeks like BillE does. Winner gets venison sausage. It’s not difficult to send food anywhere.  Freeze it, pack it in dry,,ice, UPS it, and ship it.

[Cdub100 3,907]

Currently shitting in our make shift outhouse.

Morning hunt was a bust for everyone.

I took a wh0re shower and feel much better

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

5 hours ago, Cdub100 said:

Currently shitting in our make shift outhouse.

Morning hunt was a bust for everyone.

I took a wh0re shower and feel much better

I hope you catch good cards tonight whether playing poker, sheepshead, euchre or booray.

[Cdub100 3,907]

This year was warmer than last year. Nobody got any deer.

A couple guys saw some deer but passed. I didn't see sh1t. 

Chilling in the tent watching movies and eating garbage not a bad week. 

[Maximum Overkill 1,988]

I have a 100 acre ranch in Georgia and am a co-owner of a larger ranch in Texas if you want monster bucks, guaranteed. 

Nice Bucks at the Georgia ranch but unlimited hogs and turkey. 

I'll be heading out on Monday. We'll be donating meat to local food banks. Let's go! 

[Voltaire 5,316]

On 11/16/2023 at 8:58 AM, Engorgeous George said:

I'm smiling right now imagining what my neighbors would think and do if they saw a deer hanging from the rafters of my garage and me skinning it.  I imagine i would get a visit from the cops and get ticketed for  processing it at home.  Something to do with health codes and disposal of offal.   The neighbors would be horrified.

 

 

Identify where the nearest PETA meeting is to you and set up shop in the parking lot.

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

4 hours ago, Voltaire said:

Identify where the nearest PETA meeting is to you and set up shop in the parking lot.

An excellent idea.

[Cdub100 3,907]

On 11/23/2024 at 12:57 PM, Maximum Overkill said:

I have a 100 acre ranch in Georgia and am a co-owner of a larger ranch in Texas if you want monster bucks, guaranteed. 

Nice Bucks at the Georgia ranch but unlimited hogs and turkey. 

I'll be heading out on Monday. We'll be donating meat to local food banks. Let's go! 

I'll keep that in mind. Always wanted to hunt hog and not just Rusty's mom.