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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: wilsongideon on December 10, 2012, 09:52:25 PM

Title: No buck here...just muzzy hunt pictures
Post by: wilsongideon on December 10, 2012, 09:52:25 PM: 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.
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Post by: wilsongideon on December 10, 2012, 10:04:31 PM: a few more
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Post by: Limhangerslayer on December 10, 2012, 10:05:42 PM: Nice pics. Seems like deer numbers have been down the last couple years down there.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 10, 2012, 10:06:43 PM: What unit?
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Post by: wilsongideon on December 10, 2012, 10:07:15 PM: 382
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 10, 2012, 10:10:01 PM: Looked like my turf :chuckle: 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!!!!
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Post by: Limhangerslayer on December 10, 2012, 10:18:33 PM: 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
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Post by: wilsongideon on December 10, 2012, 10:27:51 PM: my father-in-law did blast a coyote that was pretty funny :chuckle: 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.
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Post by: Elkstuffer on December 12, 2012, 03:50:38 PM: Great pics! Looks like you had a good time anyway. :tup:
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Post by: steen on December 12, 2012, 04:47:32 PM: Very beautiful pictures and some narly looking trees!!
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Post by: Austrian Hunter on December 12, 2012, 05:02:05 PM: 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
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on December 12, 2012, 05:06:20 PM: Great pics!! Really like the running deer, pretty cool! :tup:
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 12, 2012, 05:35:28 PM: looks like some good area :dunno: Good job on the photos :tup: