Very short opening day.

[44man]

I wanted a doe for the freezer. 4 nice ones came running past at 7. They stopped just right and I made a perfect heart shot on a good one with my WFN, 420 gr .475 boolit with my BFR. I left her lay, left Marko in his stand and came home for coffee. I will pick up both later.
I love that BFR! :drinks:
That makes 3 deer so far, two with a bow. I have spent less then 2 hours hunting so far.

[missionary5155]

Fantastic ! Nothing like doing your civic duty helping unsuspecting motorists continue on thier way home without a close encounter. Next year I get to sit in a tree with my recurve and poke razor holes in corn munchers !

[jonk]

:(

I've probably put in over 100 hours and have seen 1 deer.

Cheers to you though. :) Where you hunting?

[Heavy lead]

:(

I've probably put in over 100 hours and have seen 1 deer.

Cheers to you though. :) Where you hunting?

Ditto, I've seen one doe, my hunting buddy has seen one buck, usually we have 4 or 5 between us in the freeze.
I'm with 44 man on the 475BFR, I shoot the RCBS475-400, best shooting handgun I have, when it hits something it goes down.

[44man]

I'm over in the eastern panhandle of WV. But I am from Ohio, been here 22 years now. I had wonderful hunting in Ohio and took many, many nice deer. I used to hunt the strip mine areas and Salt Fork. I had some great farms near Adamsville too.
Great deer farther north but the land is too flat and deer make 15 mile circuits. You can sit a woods for a month, see some deer but not where you can get a shot. They would move across the open to another woodlot half a mile away. TOUGH hunting!

[FN in MT]

My area of MT is fairly open with lots of rolling prairie and large irrigated hayfields. Shot this guy last Sunday with a .280 Rem AI at 308 yds. Getting within 1/2 mile of the whitetails (unless it's the rut and they have SEX on the brain) is VERY challenging.

This same hayfield also feeds 200-300 elk and a shot under 300 yds is fairly rare as well. It would be strange to hunt the kind of cover You described!!


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[Junior1942]

I've had one chance so far this season and didn't take it. It was a spike which MIGHT have weighed 75 lbs. He fed on acorns about 20' from me. I decided to wait for his daddy or granddaddy.

[44man]

Yes, deer get close here, 100 yd's with a revolver is rare but I have shot many out there. Most can be 10 to 20 yd's.
But you should hear the guys empty their rifles without hitting anything! :bigsmyl2::bigsmyl2:

[compass will]

This same hayfield also feeds 200-300 elk and a shot under 300 yds is fairly rare as well. It would be strange to hunt the kind of cover You described!!

FN in MT

Here in SE PA (when I used to hunt) we would hunt 25-50 acre plots. No place you could shoot past 50 yards! Most of it was fields over grown with honey suckle and you were lucky to find 10 yard shots. I have seen several big bucks that would stand up 10 yards away, then bolt.

[centershot]

Congrats 44man! I put a nice doe down myself, at last light yesterday! Mmmm mmm good, I can taste those chops already!:redneck:

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[44man]

I took Marko to his stand at 2 and he called at 4 after shooting a nice button buck for meat. Another heart shot with a .475.
It was raining and deer seemed to be moving in small areas only. I seen more driving to and from his stand then he seen.

[SharpsShooter]

WTG! 44man. I had to work today. Raining too here in southern wv. I've seen plenty, just gotta get away from work and into the woods.


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[doghawg]

I have to agree with you 44man on the .475....and the BFR......and the Ultradot......

This boy went 30 yards last Sat after a 375 LFNGC through the top of his heart.

[shotman]

Went out to get the paper this morning and a 6 pt was in front yard . I went in got rifle and stepped out front door, put cross hair on the head and
went back in house was not going to mess with a deer in the rain. rick

[44man]

I have to agree with you 44man on the .475....and the BFR......and the Ultradot......

This boy went 30 yards last Sat after a 375 LFNGC through the top of his heart.
They are super guns! That's a nice deer. I looked at the exit hole on mine and it is boolit size but the heart was exploded. I won't know about bloodshot until I get the hide off tomorrow. I don't expect to lose any meat.

[Blammer]

Nice! My hunting day was a short one for a change too!

Got one at 7:30 or so this morning!

a 12 yard shot! Closest shot ever for me! Used my 44 Rem Mag in Ruger SRH. :)

got a write up in another section.

[44man]

Nice! My hunting day was a short one for a change too!

Got one at 7:30 or so this morning!

a 12 yard shot! Closest shot ever for me! Used my 44 Rem Mag in Ruger SRH. :)

got a write up in another section.
Nice Blammer, I have to go look. I love the .44 too and never lost a deer with mine. I won't use mine this season because I have a scope on it for testing the RD boolits and didn't get time to put the red dot back on and sight it. I can't see through the scope in the morning.

[dakotashooter2]

I have spent less then 2 hours hunting so far

I hate when that happens!!!!