Nice Virginia Buck

[Machias]

Got this fella on my trail camera on one of my hunting property leases.  He's got some long strings of velvet hanging off the bases.

[Ripper]

What a beauty!

[Quackwhacker]

Nice long tines!

[nw_bowhunter]

Nice buck

[X-Force]

good looking deer

[Turner89]

Cool looking buck, I hope you can get him.   Do you have partners on the leased land?

[Machias]

Yea it's a hunting club and there is about 50 members, about 22 properties and about 7000 acres.

[ROCKWHEELER]

Hopefully the other members don't know about him, that's a nice buck.

[bowhunterforever]

He's a stud

[Machias]

Hopefully the other members don't know about him, that's a nice buck.

Fingers crossed, he is in a really nasty area and a pain to get into, so I'm hoping most guys are too lazy to hunt this area. 

[rasbo]

great buck Fred,what club,which property,what drainage and how much for a plane ticket and license fees?

[Machias]

 

[coachcw]

good luck getting him ...

[C-Money]

NIce! Dandy buck!

[daddysprad]

Hey Fred, when I zoom in I can see a length of parachute chord from the bucks leg to the tree.  Is that an eastern thing?

[quadrafire]

Fred is all hunting on leased property back there?

[Machias]

You saw that daddysprad.   

No there is quite a bit of public land and you can get on private, but the competition is tremendous, the property is few and far between.  The public land is far from me and there is no Sunday Hunting on public land.  The first year here I joined a hunting club, but they ran deer with dogs.  I thought I would try it, but it's not my cup of tea and the club was some serious mullet wearing hicks.  I even saw two fights break out during a couple of lunchtime meetings in between running the dogs.  I did not fit in with that group.  They did kill 6 or 7 deer around 60-80 pounds each and they were each shot maybe 3 to 4 times each with buckshot.  Hated it.  Last year I just hunted on Quantico Marine Corp Base and due to a complete mast crop failure, the deer were mostly in agriculture fields and not in the woods on base.  Didn't even see a deer in the 12 Saturdays I got to hunt last fall.  Worst season in my life.  So far this year, after a lot of scouting, I am really excited about this fall, see a lot of deer and deer sign and I can finally hunt both days of the weekend. 

[Turner89]

Right on! It sounds like it's been a little frustrating figuring out the hunting over there, but it sounds/ looks like you might have more luck this year. When is opening day, and how many deer can you take?   Good luck!

[Machias]

4th of Oct and I can take 6 deer, three of which can be antlered.

[hntrspud]

Good for you! Looks like your hard work is paying off. Hope you nail him, and get a couple more for the freezer. 

[quadrafire]

Post pics of you with a Mullet, then we will know you are a real Virginia hunter. Otherwise we will know you are pulling our leg(s) 

[Machias]

Post pics of you with a Mullet, then we will know you are a real Virginia hunter. Otherwise we will know you are pulling our leg(s)