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Title: what would you do 2
Post by: boneaddict on March 30, 2008, 10:17:30 AM: You just came up out of a bottom of a draw and you are huffing and puffing. You are either bowhunting, muzzel or rifle, and you spot this guy. You range it 150 yards. Its late in the general season and the rut is beginning to show a bit. There are three does with him. You are skylighted on the ridge. No trees around for a rest. This is a general season hunt but no other hunters have been noted, though this is a popular area. It is 1005 in the morning but heavily overcast and is threatening rain or snow. 32degrees with wind in your face about 5-10 mph.
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Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: jackelope on March 30, 2008, 10:20:52 AM: i'd get my pack off, go prone, rest rifle on pack and wait for a good shot, then shoot if i wasn't too thrown off by the huffing and puffing. (rifle)
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Post by: kramman on March 30, 2008, 10:23:16 AM: comfortable only to about 100 yds w/ my front loader i hunker down and wait to see what happens.in my book definately a shooter
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Post by: boneaddict on March 30, 2008, 10:24:25 AM: I had one more for you... You pull up your 10x50 bushnell binos. Sorry, the wife took the swarvskys on a bird watching trip.
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Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: Coasthunterjay on March 30, 2008, 10:24:54 AM: Ide lie down and try to crawl a bit so that i have a good shot with nothing in my way and then i would take a look at the deer for a while...He is turned and looks like he is comming closer so i have plenty of time at 150 yards to slow my breathing and collect my self before i would ever need to take a shot....

150 yards, NO SWEET

Wait, calm down, review the deer and situation, and if i think its all good, BOOM! Gut and bag.

Im deffinantly not taking a shot while he is turned like he is though. He will either turn up or go down presenting a good shot. Not much cover where he is at so a shot will present its self...
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Post by: jackelope on March 30, 2008, 10:25:55 AM: still a shooter all day long for me at this point in my mule deer hunting career.

but i am waiting for him to turn.
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: Hunting Cowboy on March 30, 2008, 10:38:23 AM: Quote from: jackelope on March 30, 2008, 10:20:52 AM
i'd get my pack off, go prone, rest rifle on pack and wait for a good shot, then shoot if i wasn't too thrown off by the huffing and puffing. (rifle)

(Using my rifle) I would approach this the same way as jackelope. Uuse my pack for a rest, take a prone position, relax to try and catch my breath! Wait for the buck to turn and close the deal! This guy would be a shooter for me for sure.
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Post by: Red Dawg on March 30, 2008, 10:55:52 AM: Well since we are out of breath I would stop and try to analyze this buck as much as i could. It will be hard because i am hot and my binos will be fogging at this point. Then i will put my pack down and analyze through the scope. I would notice that this buck has good mass with shallow forks looks to have some decent width. I would also think this is a mature buck and i am hunting general season in washington state. Once he decided that he wanted to move up or dawn hill and present me with a good shot. BOOM.
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: boneaddict on March 30, 2008, 11:05:30 AM: You get your breathe and your glasses are fogging. He starts to move ahead, apparantly still unaware of you. His attention is on the does in front of them. They have you pinned.
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Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: boneaddict on March 30, 2008, 11:06:25 AM: You put your binos down and the movement is enough to scare them. thump thump thump dow the draw they go and over the edge of the hill.
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Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: Coasthunterjay on March 30, 2008, 11:07:11 AM: BOOM
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Post by: Ray on March 30, 2008, 11:09:16 AM: He'll turn. Just wait. 150 yds = no chance in hell with a bow.

Off of a skyline though if you move too suddenly he might catch your movement. Move slow if you can get into the prone for a shot off your pack.

Damn it you gave up the details before I could post.
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: Red Dawg on March 30, 2008, 11:17:51 AM: With a storm coming and him interested in does he will not bed in the next draw. The does will be feeding in a frenzy preparing for the bad wether. After he bounds off i will give him some time to forget about me. Go up the ridge and try to get over the top of the deer preferably down wind of them if possible. Shadow the deer until he presents me with another shot. I will not directly follow him because deer always watch there back. But mule deer sometimes have the tendency to not look up unless something makes a racket.
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: actionshooter on March 30, 2008, 11:21:33 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on March 30, 2008, 10:24:25 AM
I had one more for you... You pull up your 10x50 bushnell binos. Sorry, the wife took the swarvskys on a bird watching trip.
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It was pretty realistic until you said that :yike:
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: kramman on March 30, 2008, 11:39:44 AM: comfortable only to about 100 yds w/ my front loader i hunker down and wait to see what happens.in my book definately a shooter
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: boneaddict on March 30, 2008, 12:20:33 PM: Does are gone and he has no clue why. Its now approaching 10:30. He grabs a bite then cuddles up under that big sage brush beds and stares right at you, Looking right through you, but relaxed nd chewing his cud with his ears back Listening behind him. He is still at about 150. All the other conditions are the same.
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Post by: WildBear on March 30, 2008, 12:33:45 PM: By this time I should have caught my breath. As he turns his head to the side, not looking at me anymore, set up the Bi-pod... Definitely a shooter for my .270.... Aim the shot, and squeeze the trigger. A one shot wonder! Now the work begins.
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: Coasthunterjay on March 30, 2008, 01:45:01 PM: Bone i would have shot and dropped him by now........ :chuckle:

I would have shot him standing up at 150 yards let alone lying down.... ;)
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: boneaddict on March 30, 2008, 01:45:59 PM: Did you get buck fever when you came up over the rise panting and first saw him?
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Post by: Ray on March 30, 2008, 01:46:47 PM: Quote
Did you get buck fever
I thought that only happened to me :dunno:
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Post by: boneaddict on March 30, 2008, 01:48:02 PM: I'm generally pretty grounded until I drop the animal. Then I get a bit excited for a few. Mray takes a drink. I sit there and fondle antlers. That usually calms me down enough to play with sharp objects.
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: Alchase on March 31, 2008, 12:13:07 PM: Good backdrop, has not spotted me, clear shot, He would have been dead at 10:05 and 5 seconds. Breathing can weight, at 150 yards singlewrap the sling and drop that bad boy. Worry about catching my breath after the buck fever adrenalin rush goes away.
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: boneaddict on March 31, 2008, 12:17:17 PM: I'm kind of with you. An older gentleman on here once taught me to stop before the crest of a hill to get your breath before you go over the top. I would have taken him off hand. I'm trying to teach that same older fellow to quit dinking with rests and things and just get the job done, I know he is very capable.
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on March 31, 2008, 12:36:13 PM: I would have shot him off hand at that distance 3 seconds after spotting him. I don't see any problem with it. There is enough time for follow up shots if necessary. Backstrap with ketchup that night...and beer.

shawn
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: Jerbear on March 31, 2008, 02:20:29 PM: Shawn

We have had disagreements on a few things, but this is major social blunder on your part. One never puts ketchup on venison backstrap. I need a few amen's on this.
:bash:
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Post by: boneaddict on March 31, 2008, 03:06:02 PM: A-MEN, though my daughter would disagree.
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Post by: robodad on March 31, 2008, 03:30:47 PM: Ketchup ?? (https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10689/wave*censored*.gif)
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Post by: huntingnut on March 31, 2008, 03:31:59 PM: A-men!!! Good steaks only need fire and seasoning. :chuckle: I work with a guy that puts ketchup on all of his steaks but not on his hambugers?? :dunno:
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Post by: GoldTip on March 31, 2008, 03:52:04 PM: I'll give a big AMEN on the backstrap thing

Bone, I'm with you as well, my old man also taught me to slow down and catch my breath before going over a hill, with a rifle I'd have shot that deer off hand and already be done gutting him by the 10:30 picture rolled around. With a bow, I would have never sky lined myself to begin with and I'd be able to get back down over the hill and get around and stalk him from behind while he lies in his bed.
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: boneaddict on March 31, 2008, 03:58:23 PM: Bow would have been tough on this guy. Circling him would have been easy on top, but that would have put the wind right at him. This particalr spot, you might have gone way above and figured the wind would blow your scent over the top of him and came in quarter, about where the does disappeared and hoped the wind would catch before getting to him, and used the big sage as cover to get close. This would have definately been a challenge with a bow. Another if you were patient is to poistion yourself over on that side about twhere the does went and wait, and hope he was enough in the rut to decide to follow, before dark. That would ahve been hard on me though. I'm patient, but on public land thats really stressful.
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: billythekidrock on March 31, 2008, 04:04:38 PM: Quote from: Jerbear on March 31, 2008, 02:20:29 PM
Shawn

We have had disagreements on a few things, but this is major social blunder on your part. One never puts ketchup on venison backstrap. I need a few amen's on this.
:bash:

Sorry, but I have been eating it that way for over 30 years and I don't think I can stop. Don't slam too hard, but I even have to put a tiny bit of ketchup on prime rib.
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: popeshawnpaul on March 31, 2008, 04:24:15 PM: You know, I don't put ketchup on anything but burgers and fries sometimes... But for some reason I love it on fried venison... Heinz only, none of that Hunts cr@p!
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Post by: boneaddict on March 31, 2008, 04:44:14 PM: Thats the way Daisy and Lilly eat it, so I can't harass you guys too much. I sometimes do just a touch of A-1
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Post by: PolarBear on March 31, 2008, 04:55:48 PM: Ketchup (in small amounts) is our friend! There is nothing wrong with a little of it on venison! Heinz rules but I hate who the money goes to, friggin John Kerry an hid old lady! :bash: :bash:
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Post by: boneaddict on March 31, 2008, 05:16:38 PM: I know, I had to give up on 57. I just couldn't stomache it after finding out.
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Post by: Red Dawg on March 31, 2008, 07:01:26 PM: The only thing that is fit to eat with BBQ sauce is ribs and yard bird. But i dont even like to eat yardbird son that only leaves one thing for me. Venison is only good in pepper sticks anyway.
Title: Re: what would you do 2
Post by: popeshawnpaul on March 31, 2008, 07:37:23 PM: Quote from: Red Dawg on March 31, 2008, 07:01:26 PM
Venison is only good in pepper sticks anyway.

Oh wow. You and I just don't see eye to eye on stuff Red Dawg. I guess I don't disagree they are good in sticks...but venison is good in many other ways. I make burger with beef fat that my Bellevue wife likes... My jerky is good. Any dipped and fried backstrap...mmm. I must admit I eat 80% burger and 15% steaks and 5% jerky though.
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Post by: boneaddict on March 31, 2008, 07:39:53 PM: "My Bellevue wife likes" very nicely put. :)
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Post by: Red Dawg on March 31, 2008, 08:08:25 PM: That is my favorite way to eat it. i do like backstrap and burger mixed with beef fat also but my wife wont eat anything that is wild game so it is just easier to make pepper sticks for me while i am enjoying the outer doors. I happened to agree with you on many things.
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Post by: wastickslinger on March 31, 2008, 10:36:48 PM: 509er do you have Basin Meat do your pepper sticks? I have about 40-50 pounds done every year. He does a great job.
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Post by: Red Dawg on April 01, 2008, 06:07:02 AM: CJ's custom meats in wapato make spicy beer pepperoni. the best in the west.
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Post by: boneaddict on April 01, 2008, 06:07:31 AM: I turn most of my deer NOT THE BACKSTRAPS into peppersticks too. Mostly because I'm one of those snob *censored*s that has several freezers full of moose and elk. Deer just doesn't compare. I have Nile Meats do mine in Naches. They really ripped me off the first year. I went back the second year and they were kind of growly at me because I ground my own. I didn't get ripped off this time. Their sticks were awesome, bu tstill not real happy about getting ripped off.
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Post by: WDFW-SUX on April 01, 2008, 07:49:42 AM: Finding a really good butcher is priceless.........I had one "Loose" my deer.............about a month later he calls me and tells me that he just found it..................I swear to god he just went and killed one in his back yard........I dropped off a nasty buck and and got back a doe :chuckle:
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Post by: boneaddict on April 01, 2008, 08:00:28 AM: Hornseeker and I did that in E-burg. We took in two deer and got back an elk. I suppose we should have spoke up, but our deer was gone, so we took the elk. I assume the guy that brought in the elk got back two deer.
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Post by: robodad on April 01, 2008, 11:32:48 AM: I think the "Butcher Horror Story's" needs a new thread, what do you think ?? Don't get me started in here !!!
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Post by: boneaddict on April 01, 2008, 11:50:32 AM: :jacked:
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Post by: MikeWalking on April 01, 2008, 02:50:18 PM: Sling my pack down for a rest, give thanks for skipping the coffee and taking a full dose of my insulin replacement (it keeps the shakes away) get my breathing under control and hope he turns to give a good shot.

Then try not to hurt myself packing him out :chuckle: