No buck here...just muzzy hunt pictures

[wilsongideon]

So my annual late Muzzleloader hunt with my father-in-law this year didnt turn up many shooters.I just tag along to take pictures, and hopefully pack something out. in 4 days of hunting the oaks we seen one legal buck, which my bro-in-law missed. Decent buck, but deer numbers were really down. We normally see 50-60 deer a day and this year we were seeing only about 20-25 it was alot tougher hunting. Love the hunt, the oaks are beautiful. thought I would post pictures from the hunt.

[wilsongideon]

a few more

[Limhangerslayer]

Nice pics.  Seems like deer numbers have been down the last couple years down there.

[carpsniperg2]

What unit?

[wilsongideon]

382

[carpsniperg2]

Looked like my turf The last 3 years have been a huge downslide in deer populations. We used to winter 3-400 deer on our place probably more way back when. I would be lucky if there is 75 deer on our place right now. Last year I found 13 dead deer in the late season and cut cat tracks almost everyday in the snow. Pretty sad!!!!

[Limhangerslayer]

That's what we have seen.  Two years ago when the big snow hit during muzzy season we saw two deer on the land I hunt.  And they were both reduced to leg bones and rib cages by coyotes.  And all we cut were coyote tracks that day there

[wilsongideon]

my father-in-law did blast a coyote that was pretty funny but not funny that the coyotes and cats are working that area. I was wondering what might cause the decline, last year he tagged out 30 minutes into the first day so we didnt really see how many deer were in the area.

[Elkstuffer]

Great pics! Looks like you had a good time anyway.

[steen]

Very beautiful pictures and some narly looking trees!!

[Austrian Hunter]

Nice pictures!!!!  I would love spending time with my father-inlaw in the woods!  He would never make it back out but I would still enjoy every minute of it, lol

[blackveltbowhunter]

Great pics!! Really like the running deer, pretty cool!

[BOWHUNTER45]

looks like some good area  Good job on the photos