Post by: go4steelhd on May 01, 2025, 10:40:07 AM
I know we have a few die hard out of state hunters on here, but I'm curious how many of you put in for more than one state?
I have put in for multiple states since the early 2000's. Draw odds have defiantly gone way way down in the last five years due to popularity of applying, and limit OTC options.
But I have ended up with a handful of great tags in the last 20 years, and created some epic memories.
If you want share a picture and brief story of one of your great hunts. We don't need to share the unit or state, just the experience and you trophy.
Post by: go4steelhd on May 01, 2025, 10:56:55 AM
Post by: robescc on June 09, 2025, 02:24:37 PM
I started hunting deer Montana in 2023 with my brother and we were drawn again for deer tags this year. We plan on making it an every other year trip.
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Post by: andrew_in_idaho on June 09, 2025, 03:22:27 PM
My favorite hunts have been the Wyoming antelope hunts and the deer and antelope hunts in South Dakota.
My first Wyoming antelope hunt was 2018 with my cousin and my 3 year old son in tow, we both harvested bucks and 2 does. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250609/ff71a45dd29c8a74b291a92e9b7d1f91.jpg)
My dad, granddad, uncle and I repeated the same hunt in 2020 again a buck and 2 does each(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250609/bbb058eb671f7a5fe8c9d66fb79ec160.jpg)
My first South Dakota hunt was Antelope in 2022, I took my 5 year old along on that hunt, after the harvest we checked out Mount Rushmore (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250609/183b8037140c8a28e6f485a73bedf6f6.jpg)
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Then came South Dakota muleys in 2024, when I drew the tag in June I had no idea we would be adopting a baby in late August. I almost canned the hunt but I drove through the night in mid November, arrived in South Dakota with about 3 hrs of light left on the day before opener. Canned spots number 1 and 2 due to the crowds, camped in a spot that was pretty far down my list, ended up glassing at first light, spotted a buck within 10 minutes of light and had him down within the first hour of light. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250609/a60d3d9870ffd9ba59841fe385699273.jpg)
I spent the next day and a half sightseeing and “windowshopping” then cruised home.
This year is going to be a doozy, aside from all of my normal hunts here in Idaho I have a Utah muzzy deer tag and a Nevada bull elk tag. I’ll keep you all posted on how those hunts go.
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Post by: andrew_in_idaho on June 09, 2025, 03:27:43 PM
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Post by: MADMAX on June 09, 2025, 03:31:26 PM
Like going to Disney land
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Post by: finnman on June 10, 2025, 06:46:45 PM
I have applied for Montana and Idaho in the past. Hunted Montana a few times for deer.
Been applying in Oregon since the point system started. The hunting has always been great in WY up until the last hunt in 2022. The NE corner got hit hard by drought and blue tongue. Will give it a few more years before we return.
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Post by: CasterlyRock on June 11, 2025, 09:45:12 AM
Last year I hunted:
California archery deer $60
Idaho spring bear $50
Texas Whitetail $0
Missouri archery Whitetail $40
They were all OTC
This year I drew Oregon spring bear (struck out) which I think was $60.
Post by: HighlandLofts on August 02, 2025, 10:10:00 PM
I take a whole month off of work for deer hunting.
My nonresident hunting license ( small game/ big game license) cost me $100. You get a buck tag and a bear tag, then yfor $10 you can apply for two Deer Management Permits (Doe tags) .
Four years ago i invited a friend from Anacortes to come deer hunting .
This will be his 4th year hunting New York.
Last year I invited a friend from Oregon to hunt deer with us.
His vacation is all tied up this year, he is planing on coming back to New York next year.
Our hunting party generally consist of four guys.
They hunting licenses go on sale August 1st, they quit selling doe tags on August 31st. November 1st they give you two more deer tags for free.
Doe tags are transferable.
This year the four of us have four buck tags, four bear tags and we will have sixteen Doe tags.
Plus my brother archery tag and a muzzle loader tag. So he can shoot an additional two bucks or two does.
We only shoot what we will use up through out the year.
Last year we shot three bucks and six does.
I buy a round trip airline ticket from Seattle to Binghamton New York and it usually cost $350 to $375.
A friend has a small eight room motel back there. I have a room reserved for the whole month. $250 a week. We have two double beds and a single bed in the room. Our hunting spots are with in a ten minute ride from the motel.
I bought a four door 4x4 Nissan Titan pickup truck that I will get shipped to new york for our hunting truck.
I generally shoot two to five deer a year.
They charge $100 to cut a deer up. We cut our deer uo. So that saved us $900 last deer season.just that savings paid for two of our airline tickets and hunting licenses.
This year I am thinking of offering to do some deer butchering on my down time to help cut down our expenses.
I will have three to four hours of dead time every night after we are done deer hunting.
So I would like to cut three to four deer up a week.
I leave all of my guns and cloths back there in New York, so does my friend from Anacortes.
So we both can bring back two ice chest (50 pounds a piece) full of boned out venison.
I quit deer hunting Washington state twenty some years ago.
It cost to much to hunt this state and the deer are about gone.
Washington state the average deer harvest is 26,000 deer a year.
New York State the average deer harvest is 220,000 deer a year.
We hunt close to the Pennsylvania border, some years we will hunt Pennsylvania the nonresident Pennsylvania small game/big game hunting license cost $100, doe tags run $26 a piece and in some areas you cal buy up to six does tags.
Pennsylvania the average deer harvest is 330,000 deer a year.
Since my friend from Anacortes came back to new york to go deer hunting he quit buying a Washington hunting license.
This year, one of my cousins from Pennsylvania will be hunting with us
Post by: high_hunter on August 02, 2025, 10:34:26 PM
Here was a special trip with my father probably 15 years ago. We both got nice bucks and spent time on the mountain in one of the greatest places on earth. We will both have memories forever.In fact the buck I shot was in full velvet when I pulled the trigger, after rolling 200-300 yards from the top he cleared the velvet and his antlers look like they have been clear for a while
Neat trip with your pops and nice deer. What state was that?
Post by: Threewolves on August 03, 2025, 01:24:12 PM
I hunt New York every year for whitetail.So, are you hunting on public or private land??
I take a whole month off of work for deer hunting.
My nonresident hunting license ( small game/ big game license) cost me $100. You get a buck tag and a bear tag, then yfor $10 you can apply for two Deer Management Permits (Doe tags) .
Four years ago i invited a friend from Anacortes to come deer hunting .
This will be his 4th year hunting New York.
Last year I invited a friend from Oregon to hunt deer with us.
His vacation is all tied up this year, he is planing on coming back to New York next year.
Our hunting party generally consist of four guys.
They hunting licenses go on sale August 1st, they quit selling doe tags on August 31st. November 1st they give you two more deer tags for free.
Doe tags are transferable.
This year the four of us have four buck tags, four bear tags and we will have sixteen Doe tags.
Plus my brother archery tag and a muzzle loader tag. So he can shoot an additional two bucks or two does.
We only shoot what we will use up through out the year.
Last year we shot three bucks and six does.
I buy a round trip airline ticket from Seattle to Binghamton New York and it usually cost $350 to $375.
A friend has a small eight room motel back there. I have a room reserved for the whole month. $250 a week. We have two double beds and a single bed in the room. Our hunting spots are with in a ten minute ride from the motel.
I bought a four door 4x4 Nissan Titan pickup truck that I will get shipped to new york for our hunting truck.
I generally shoot two to five deer a year.
They charge $100 to cut a deer up. We cut our deer uo. So that saved us $900 last deer season.just that savings paid for two of our airline tickets and hunting licenses.
This year I am thinking of offering to do some deer butchering on my down time to help cut down our expenses.
I will have three to four hours of dead time every night after we are done deer hunting.
So I would like to cut three to four deer up a week.
I leave all of my guns and cloths back there in New York, so does my friend from Anacortes.
So we both can bring back two ice chest (50 pounds a piece) full of boned out venison.
I quit deer hunting Washington state twenty some years ago.
It cost to much to hunt this state and the deer are about gone.
Washington state the average deer harvest is 26,000 deer a year.
New York State the average deer harvest is 220,000 deer a year.
We hunt close to the Pennsylvania border, some years we will hunt Pennsylvania the nonresident Pennsylvania small game/big game hunting license cost $100, doe tags run $26 a piece and in some areas you cal buy up to six does tags.
Pennsylvania the average deer harvest is 330,000 deer a year.
Since my friend from Anacortes came back to new york to go deer hunting he quit buying a Washington hunting license.
This year, one of my cousins from Pennsylvania will be hunting with us
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on August 03, 2025, 06:04:48 PM
I hunt New York every year for whitetail.
I take a whole month off of work for deer hunting.
My nonresident hunting license ( small game/ big game license) cost me $100. You get a buck tag and a bear tag, then yfor $10 you can apply for two Deer Management Permits (Doe tags) .
Four years ago i invited a friend from Anacortes to come deer hunting .
This will be his 4th year hunting New York.
Last year I invited a friend from Oregon to hunt deer with us.
His vacation is all tied up this year, he is planing on coming back to New York next year.
Our hunting party generally consist of four guys.
They hunting licenses go on sale August 1st, they quit selling doe tags on August 31st. November 1st they give you two more deer tags for free.
Doe tags are transferable.
This year the four of us have four buck tags, four bear tags and we will have sixteen Doe tags.
Plus my brother archery tag and a muzzle loader tag. So he can shoot an additional two bucks or two does.
We only shoot what we will use up through out the year.
Last year we shot three bucks and six does.
I buy a round trip airline ticket from Seattle to Binghamton New York and it usually cost $350 to $375.
A friend has a small eight room motel back there. I have a room reserved for the whole month. $250 a week. We have two double beds and a single bed in the room. Our hunting spots are with in a ten minute ride from the motel.
I bought a four door 4x4 Nissan Titan pickup truck that I will get shipped to new york for our hunting truck.
I generally shoot two to five deer a year.
They charge $100 to cut a deer up. We cut our deer uo. So that saved us $900 last deer season.just that savings paid for two of our airline tickets and hunting licenses.
This year I am thinking of offering to do some deer butchering on my down time to help cut down our expenses.
I will have three to four hours of dead time every night after we are done deer hunting.
So I would like to cut three to four deer up a week.
I leave all of my guns and cloths back there in New York, so does my friend from Anacortes.
So we both can bring back two ice chest (50 pounds a piece) full of boned out venison.
I quit deer hunting Washington state twenty some years ago.
It cost to much to hunt this state and the deer are about gone.
Washington state the average deer harvest is 26,000 deer a year.
New York State the average deer harvest is 220,000 deer a year.
We hunt close to the Pennsylvania border, some years we will hunt Pennsylvania the nonresident Pennsylvania small game/big game hunting license cost $100, doe tags run $26 a piece and in some areas you cal buy up to six does tags.
Pennsylvania the average deer harvest is 330,000 deer a year.
Since my friend from Anacortes came back to new york to go deer hunting he quit buying a Washington hunting license.
This year, one of my cousins from Pennsylvania will be hunting with us
What’s the hanging weight of these deer?
Post by: jackelope on August 03, 2025, 06:52:14 PM
I hunt New York every year for whitetail.
I take a whole month off of work for deer hunting.
My nonresident hunting license ( small game/ big game license) cost me $100. You get a buck tag and a bear tag, then yfor $10 you can apply for two Deer Management Permits (Doe tags) .
Four years ago i invited a friend from Anacortes to come deer hunting .
This will be his 4th year hunting New York.
Last year I invited a friend from Oregon to hunt deer with us.
His vacation is all tied up this year, he is planing on coming back to New York next year.
Our hunting party generally consist of four guys.
They hunting licenses go on sale August 1st, they quit selling doe tags on August 31st. November 1st they give you two more deer tags for free.
Doe tags are transferable.
This year the four of us have four buck tags, four bear tags and we will have sixteen Doe tags.
Plus my brother archery tag and a muzzle loader tag. So he can shoot an additional two bucks or two does.
We only shoot what we will use up through out the year.
Last year we shot three bucks and six does.
I buy a round trip airline ticket from Seattle to Binghamton New York and it usually cost $350 to $375.
A friend has a small eight room motel back there. I have a room reserved for the whole month. $250 a week. We have two double beds and a single bed in the room. Our hunting spots are with in a ten minute ride from the motel.
I bought a four door 4x4 Nissan Titan pickup truck that I will get shipped to new york for our hunting truck.
I generally shoot two to five deer a year.
They charge $100 to cut a deer up. We cut our deer uo. So that saved us $900 last deer season.just that savings paid for two of our airline tickets and hunting licenses.
This year I am thinking of offering to do some deer butchering on my down time to help cut down our expenses.
I will have three to four hours of dead time every night after we are done deer hunting.
So I would like to cut three to four deer up a week.
I leave all of my guns and cloths back there in New York, so does my friend from Anacortes.
So we both can bring back two ice chest (50 pounds a piece) full of boned out venison.
I quit deer hunting Washington state twenty some years ago.
It cost to much to hunt this state and the deer are about gone.
Washington state the average deer harvest is 26,000 deer a year.
New York State the average deer harvest is 220,000 deer a year.
We hunt close to the Pennsylvania border, some years we will hunt Pennsylvania the nonresident Pennsylvania small game/big game hunting license cost $100, doe tags run $26 a piece and in some areas you cal buy up to six does tags.
Pennsylvania the average deer harvest is 330,000 deer a year.
Since my friend from Anacortes came back to new york to go deer hunting he quit buying a Washington hunting license.
This year, one of my cousins from Pennsylvania will be hunting with us
What’s the hanging weight of these deer?
Not little.
Post by: HighlandLofts on August 05, 2025, 09:05:12 PM
When we hunt Pennsylvania we also hunt public and private land.
New York deer season opens up the third Saturday of November, Pennsylvania opens up the following Saturday.
The first day to buy the New York licenses was this past Friday, i bought my license, my friend from Anacortes Ed's license and
my cousin from Pennsylvania license and we all got two doe tags apiece.
November 1st I will pick us up six more doe tags.
I fly in to New York November 12th, Ed fly in to New York November 13th.
Saturday the 15th deer season opens up.
Post by: ljsommer on October 19, 2025, 05:13:32 PM
My only out of state hunting experience was a guided Idaho whitetail hunt that was a total bust and a horrible use of $20k, but I am not naive to the fact that the hunting in other states is a completely different experience to sitting in the freezing cold rain year after year hoping for a blacktail to show up and then going home empty handed every time.
I am a meat hunter and I have heard that even for non-residents there are areas where you can get doe tags on the cheap, and game is plentiful.
Post by: Alan K on October 19, 2025, 06:13:46 PM
That said, it's not necessarily a gimme either, especially going in blind to a new area if you aren't already at least somewhat of an accomplished hunter. Most hunting skills translate regardless of state, even species often times. Once you find success and can replicate it here, you can do the same anywhere. If you are struggling to find success here, I'd dissect that and try and understand why. If you're truly just meat hunting, finding a legal animal still isn't difficult here in WA once you figure it out. Just trust your skills and have patience. Finding a mature animal consistently is another story though.
You comment on endless local drives... Are you driving to/from University Place to Aberdeen/St. Helen's each day? If so, consider camping in the unit. Less mental pressure to get headed out early and starting the long drive home, and you can be where you want to be at daybreak without getting up at 3:00 am. Less travel time dwelling on not having success can help with maintaining a positive attitude and keep burnout at bay.
Post by: builtfordtough on October 19, 2025, 07:08:41 PM
Post by: ljsommer on October 19, 2025, 07:21:12 PM
Definitely better hunting out of state. No question.
That said, it's not necessarily a gimme either, especially going in blind to a new area if you aren't already at least somewhat of an accomplished hunter. Most hunting skills translate regardless of state, even species often times. Once you find success and can replicate it here, you can do the same anywhere. If you are struggling to find success here, I'd dissect that and try and understand why. If you're truly just meat hunting, finding a legal animal still isn't difficult here in WA once you figure it out. Just trust your skills and have patience. Finding a mature animal consistently is another story though.
You comment on endless local drives... Are you driving to/from University Place to Aberdeen/St. Helen's each day? If so, consider camping in the unit. Less mental pressure to get headed out early and starting the long drive home, and you can be where you want to be at daybreak without getting up at 3:00 am. Less travel time dwelling on not having success can help with maintaining a positive attitude and keep burnout at bay.
Regarding the local drives: I meant just the daily commute to and from. I am not hunting every day of the season, but when I do hunt them, yes I am driving to and from. So for my selected current area (Weyco St Helens) it's 2 hours to gravel, another hour on gravel, then however much time hiking to/from a spot. When I was hunting Aberdeen public land it would be 1.5 hour drive, then a 1-2 hour hike in. I was actually just talking to my wife about camping out there to avoid this issue, because the drive time is just horrendous. When you start to look at 7-8 hours a day of driving, just heading out of state starts to make a LOT more sense.
Post by: ljsommer on October 19, 2025, 07:26:26 PM
And $20k for a guided whitetail hunt??? What's the story behind that if you dont mind sharing?
I don't mind at all.
https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,275669.0/all.html
This is the posting for the hunt:
https://shattuckcreek.com/idaho-guided-hunts/idaho-guided-deer-hunts/guided-trophy-whitetail-deer-hunts/
"130 - 180 class BC trophy, 90% successful". Being a novice (still am...) hunter, I booked this as I wanted to get in one really good, successful hunt for my wife and I before we had our baby. She was pregnant at the time and this was our last chance for a while. The price was for 2 people. To say that the listing for this hunt was an exaggeration is putting it mildly. The outfitter owner and his son both bragged about how they'd killed all the bears in the area, and told us stories of dropping a hunter off at a spot and then the guide shooting a great buck on their way out, less than a mile from where they'd dropped their hunter. They were really friendly people but I believe they misrepresented the numbers, and quality of the animals in the area. We hunted exclusively public land.
I saw one doe, and one cow elk. My wife saw 2 bucks but they were spikes and on a very distant ridge on their way elsewhere.
I really hate the feeling of wasting my families resources.
Edit: Sorry, I didn't make it clear - the price for 2 hunters was $5k each, so $10k, plus gas, cold weather gear we didn't own, tip, buying my wife a rifle/scope since she didn't have one of her own at that point in our lives. I wrote that poorly and didn't mean to misrepresent the cost that the outfitter charged us, that was just our total investment in the hunt.
Post by: Longfield1 on October 19, 2025, 07:26:58 PM
Post by: ljsommer on October 19, 2025, 07:33:11 PM
That’s your problem. Your spending more time driving then hunting. Camp in an area for 4-5 days where you want to hunt. No different than out of state. I personally don’t pay access fees because there’s millions of acres that are free to hunt and hold animals too.
I must not be driving far enough away to public, because the public land blocks I've found that are within a 2 hour drive are very heavily hunted. My most recent public land excursions in Aberdeen were always very populated and the locals were always upset to see someone hunting "their spot".
Post by: MADMAX on October 19, 2025, 07:39:52 PM
That’s your problem. Your spending more time driving then hunting. Camp in an area for 4-5 days where you want to hunt. No different than out of state. I personally don’t pay access fees because there’s millions of acres that are free to hunt and hold animals too.
I must not be driving far enough away to public, because the public land blocks I've found that are within a 2 hour drive are very heavily hunted. My most recent public land excursions in Aberdeen were always very populated and the locals were always upset to see someone hunting "their spot".
Public land in Washington because of all the pay to play land is now severely over hunted when you pull into a public gate and there’s 20 vehicles there that’s ridiculous.
If you hike in 5 miles there’s somebody else that will hike in 6
Post by: Alan K on October 19, 2025, 07:54:38 PM
For blacktail, I wouldn't worry too much about other people at gates since the deer hide so well. A hunter ahead of you can very easily glass right over an animal and move on down the road. Also, a walk-in area with 5 rigs at it still has less pressure than areas that are not gated.
The 3x2 blacktail I harvested yesterday morning at about 9:30 was bedded in a young (2-3 y/o) clearcut with several sets of that morning's pickup tracks driving by around the rim above. I guess my point with that is traffic isn't always as much pressure as perceived. :twocents:
Post by: ljsommer on October 19, 2025, 08:31:52 PM
Public is over hunted and over-poached in areas that aren't gated. Tribal folks also have extended seasons and gate keys to otherwise walk-in areas for quite a bit of public land.
For blacktail, I wouldn't worry too much about other people at gates since the deer hide so well. A hunter ahead of you can very easily glass right over an animal and move on down the road. Also, a walk-in area with 5 rigs at it still has less pressure than areas that are not gated.
The 3x2 blacktail I harvested yesterday morning at about 9:30 was bedded in a young (2-3 y/o) clearcut with several sets of that morning's pickup tracks driving by around the rim above. I guess my point with that is traffic isn't always as much pressure as perceived. :twocents:
Thats a good point, thank you!
Post by: Alan K on October 19, 2025, 08:58:56 PM
And as far as out of state goes. Absolutely start building points. It can get expensive but if you're passionate about hunting you'll be happy you did.
Post by: andrew_in_idaho on October 21, 2025, 10:23:07 PM
Understand I am in Idaho but also a very urban portion of Idaho. My max that I will drive for a day hunt is pretty much 2 hrs, anymore than that and I’m there for at least the weekend with camp or sometimes just sleeping in the bed of my truck. Maybe the trick for you is to find someplace east of the cascades, take a couple days off work around your weekend, go hunt hard for a couple of days from a base camp, I’m guessing your success rate will improve. Also do you have any hunting partners to tag along with?That’s your problem. Your spending more time driving then hunting. Camp in an area for 4-5 days where you want to hunt. No different than out of state. I personally don’t pay access fees because there’s millions of acres that are free to hunt and hold animals too.
I must not be driving far enough away to public, because the public land blocks I've found that are within a 2 hour drive are very heavily hunted. My most recent public land excursions in Aberdeen were always very populated and the locals were always upset to see someone hunting "their spot".
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on October 22, 2025, 09:38:51 AM
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Idaho buck that CoryTDF had to talk me into shooting because I thought he was a dink :chuckle: Then he found it, processed it, and packed half of it out for me while I was chasing an elk that bugled at us when I shot the deer.
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Post by: HighlandLofts on October 31, 2025, 10:55:10 PM
I'm heard up for my New York State deer hunting trip.
I leave at midnight Nov. 10th.. I fly in to Binghamton NY early Tuesday afternoon
My friend from Anacortes WA fly in the following night at midnight.
I bought a Nissan four day 4x4 pickup from out here in Washington state and drove it back to New York the last week of September.
I left it there for our hunting rig.
My friend from Anacortes will be hunting back there until Thanksgiving day then he fly back here.
A cousin from Pennsylvania will be driving up to hunt with us on the weekends.
Th we there will be nine people total that I will be hunting with .
Between all of us we will have there will be 52 deer tags.
We all will have a buck tag, a bear tag and four doe tags, some of the local guys will have archery tags and muzzle loader tags which are good for either sex.
It would be nice to have one or two more guys from different areas to come hunt with us ans compare our hunts to theirs.
We will have a couple of day yo get things situated before the season opens up.
We will go sight guns in, grab a load of slabwood from the sawmill for the firepit at the motel room and for the wood stove in the little barn where we cut the deer up.
Go to the gun range and sight our rifles in..
A couple nights of drinking berr and BS about previous deer seasons and prospects of the up coming season.
I did aquire a 52 acre parcel of land to hunt on this year. It hasn't been hunted on in decades.
There is a few different parcels of State game lands we will check out this year as well.
I never worked during the New York deer season in over fifty years and never will.
If my health goes to hell I guess I'll be one of the old guys who will remember the old days and stick to road hunting.
Tomorrow for supper I will be having some Whitetail backstraps with Chantelle mushrooms & garlic.
Tonight just some buds on ice and getting hyped up for the month of deer hunting with friends & family.
Post by: 30.06 on November 01, 2025, 12:34:45 PM
Post by: HighlandLofts on November 02, 2025, 11:23:09 AM
My friend from Anacortes took a month off of work to.
He left this morning to go to South Carolina for close to two weeks of fishing. He will be flying from south Carolina to New York on the 12th.
I will be picking him up at the airport when he gets there.
He bought g ht a new scope for his 308 Ruger American rifle. He will mount it up on the 13th and we will go to a gub club I belong to back there to sigjt it in and I'll shoot a couple of my rifles to make sure they are sill on target.
Just waiting for the 10th to roll around. I will be taking the belaire shuttle bus to the airport.
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 02, 2025, 03:18:08 PM
Post by: EnglishSetter on November 02, 2025, 07:51:36 PM
Eastern South Dakota for Chinese Ditch Chickens.
The pic is Day 2&3 birds (21). Day 1 had 18 for the 6 of us.
Roads were clear but had some snow at the rest stop near the pass upon return.
Post by: EnglishSetter on November 02, 2025, 07:57:36 PM
Post by: EnglishSetter on November 02, 2025, 07:59:29 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 02, 2025, 08:40:48 PM
Birds
Nicely done.👍
Post by: HighlandLofts on November 02, 2025, 11:53:01 PM
Last year we shot nine of them.
Three of us have a bear tag. A buck tag and four doefive have bear v tags. Buck tags, four doe tags, black powder tags ( buck or doe) and archery tags ( buck or doe).
Once we get the amount of deer we will use for the year we are done hunting.
We don't shoot deer to fill the freezer up and keep in in there for years at a time
What doesn't get used we give it away andreplace it with fresh venison.
We like to shoot the year & half old deer. The areage about 110 to 120 pounds.
Most of us let the big does and big bucks walk.
A decent size buck will dress off around 180 pounds or so.
We process all of the deer we shoot, back in New York state they charge from $100 on up to $150 for basic cut, wrap & freeze.
We do drop off boned out meat to a processor and have them make kilbasa, venison snack sticks, pickled snack sticks & pickled sausage.
We have them blend in pork butter so you get back double the weight from what you drop off
We drop off meat from last year from a freezer back there at my sons house. I got a total of what every one wants made.
I will call the processor tomorrow morning and see how many pounds of venison he has to drop off. He will get it there tomorrow afternoon or on Tuesday morning and they will have it cc done in a week or so.
When we drop off Iast years venison they need a deer tag from last year with it to be able to process it. They give you back the deer tag when you pick up the meat.
I fly out next Monday night and my frien from Anacortes will fly in on Wednesday night.
Post by: andrew_in_idaho on November 17, 2025, 12:17:07 PM
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 17, 2025, 04:45:31 PM
Another fun experience here in Idaho for you guys, my 11 year old drew this antelope doe tag in the 2nd draw this year, we didn’t have a lot of time to hunt it but it was within a 1 1/2-2 hr drive from home. We were struggling to find the antelope the first few days out, the 3rd day we went out I found them, 100’s of antelope. I don’t let my son shoot more than 200 yards so getting within range of larger winter herds was tough. He actually missed a couple of shots between 150 & 200 yds and with 1 minute to spare before last light he took this doe at about 80 yards for his first big game kill. I’m hoping this will get the monkey off his back as it seems he has really struggled so far with getting on target and I am pretty sure a bad case of buck fever(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20251117/175f236b567a5e508a8e2a61f2ef22e6.jpg)
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Congratulations young man, nicely done.👍