Hunter Success

[Palmer]

I noticed the population of deer was down in the Northeast and I was wandering how other hunters did this year.  I added options for more than one deer since some hunters hunt Idaho, Montana, and Oregon, etc.

[270Shooter]

Soup for me

I missed an elk and had 3 legal mulies within 100 yards of public land, but they thought that they would stay put . Then in the NE corner I had a nice whitetail run in front of me, but he was long gone by the time I went after him . But overall it was a good season, I got to check out a few new areas, and found some really good spots. I ready for next year already .

[mossback91]

mmmmm SOUP!! I messed up my chances I missed two different whitetail bucks.....pretty sure that my gun was off on the second one by what happened so that gun will be checked pretty soon hunted with different gun after that but nothing seen after that besides does and private land bucks... Oh well I helped my roommate get hsi first deer so I still get to eat venison hahaha and Ill be killing plenty of upland very soon

[Charlie]

I believe we had a significant winter kill take place. I saw very few deer, up high, this year compared to last year.

[ICEMAN]

I am trying to get past this.    Tag soup. Only thing so far for the freezer is a buttload of mushrooms and some ducks.

[Palmer]

After hunting North Idaho and 113 I noticed the deer population was down.  So there were more hunters because many had not gotten their deer yet.  I heard less shooting and out of the shots I heard, they sounded like misses and several shots at a time (usually means they sort a missed or wounded).  We ( 3 of us) personally saw over a 6 day period:
6+ does, anterless                          Whitetail
1 buck   1 yo       2x3 point              WT
2 bucks  2 yo  4 point and 5 point      WT
3 bucks app. 5 yo  4 pt, and 5 pt      WT
1 buck  app. 8 yo   3 pt                   WT

Last year we saw 25+ does, anterless and 2 that were a year and a half old as well as 3 mature bucks 4 - 5 years old. 

[Triplebrow]

What exactly does a "miss" sound like? 

This still has me laughing.....................................

[billythekidrock]

What exactly does a "miss" sound like? 

This still has me laughing.....................................

You don't know the difference between a hit and a miss?

[Triplebrow]

Not in reference to the sound of gun shots going off in the distance...............

[billythekidrock]

Often there is a significant difference in sound upon impact. Usually the impact is heard before the report.

[Triplebrow]

I'm sorry, but you're telling me that when your out in the woods you can tell whether or not shots off in the distance are hits or misses......

I can see if you are very close, or watching someone shoot.  Beyond that, there are just too many variables IMO.  The whole impact before report would depend on where you are standing in relation to the shot and it's target..........

I'm not buying it.

[billythekidrock]

I'm not buying it.

Then you must be too broke to pay attention.

[Triplebrow]

LOL,

I'm not believing it.........

In the years of hunting whitetails in the NE corner, I can tell you that you hear the report of a rifle off in the distance now and again, but to claim that they sound like "misses" is just a little much IMO....  I guarantee that the bullet hit something..

[KillBilly]

Often there is a significant difference in sound upon impact. Usually the impact is heard before the report.

TripleBrow.. there is most definately a very definate sound made upon impact and quite often it can be heard at long distances. And just how many years is it you,ve hunted in the NE corner? And what would the location have to do with it?

[Triplebrow]

Often there is a significant difference in sound upon impact. Usually the impact is heard before the report.

TripleBrow.. there is most definately a very definate sound made upon impact and quite often it can be heard at long distances. And just how many years is it you,ve hunted in the NE corner? And what would the location have to do with it?

Sound upon impact that is heard at long distances..........  Ok, so how do you know what in fact the bullet impacted?

How many years have I hunted the NE corner........  Many, what does that have to do with hearing "misses".

What would location have to do with it........... Well I'm sure in the desert a prominent "thump" or sound of impact might be audible.  In the north east corner where it is heavily wooded and mountainous, sometimes you're lucky to hear a gunshot a mile or two away, let alone the "impact".

So Killbilly, please enlighten me as too your fail proof method for accounting whether or not distant shots impacted their intended targets.......

Also could you include how you differentiate through soundwaves that are audible to the human ear as to the difference of a bullet impacting an animal, tree, rotten stump, and dirt bank.