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Both my sons shot deer but I never got a shot. It was tough times for us in southeast Idaho this year.
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In the stand before daylight. Spent countless hours developing a load for the Remy XCR 308 Compact, checked and rechecked at range. Nutt'in Honey.....Second day, one very wet blackie crossing the field at Wharp 10. Walking saw lots and lots of bear sign, not one deer or mush sign. Usually don't don't make to ten the first day. Had to head home, enjoyed the hell out of being out there .
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Never saw a shooter Iowa buck in range this year.
ddj
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau
The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back. - Robert Ruark
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Well I never saw anything I wanted to shoot, but I put my 14 year old nephew on 3 does and a 7+ year old buck. So technically I was skunked but in actuality it was one of my best seasons ever.
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I'm in the same boat....saw lots of deer in Illinois, but nothing I wanted to pull the trigger on.....only had one look at a decent buck this year in TN...never was able to get a clear shot. Going back to Illinois this year. Hoping for a little less wind.
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Didn't get to spend as much time in the field as I hoped but still has fun. Saw a bunch of deer but they were out of comfortable shooting range or in town. First time in a couple years coming up empty but it's good to get humbled every now and then. Looking forward to next year even more now.
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I got skunked in South Carolina this year.I did not see one deer.
Stan in SC
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If you have to take a second shot then you probably shouldn't have taken the first shot.
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===================== Boots were made for walking Winds were blowing change Boys fall in the jungle As I Came of Age
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I got skunked on whitetail ... as usual, but I did take a buck antelop for the 3rd year in a row.
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Is this thread about the 2011 season? Would not that have been "last" year, not this year? Just wonderin'.
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My deer season was from Nov. '11 to Jan. '12. I usually refer to hunting seasons in the fiscal sense.
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Didn't see a deer all year. I went out three times, and each time the landowner did some stuff to change the deer's behavior. Need to find a new place to hunt.
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Is this thread about the 2011 season? Would not that have been "last" year, not this year? Just wonderin'. Here in Alabama Deer Season runs from Oct. to the end of Jan. AMRA
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Skunked here in the FL. panhandle.
Season is open until the 8th but they can have it -tired of fighting skeeters and hot weather. Deer are nocturnal on public land here -camp out and they will all but walk into your camp.Didn't see a deer on a game camera earlier than 6:00pm [gets dark at5:15] -nor did a friend of mine. Saw a doe friday evening at last legal shooting time -then heard what i thought was a chainsaw -it was a man and woman on quads -illegal to be in there on quads. The doe ran off at the sound -they pulled up on a trail i didn't know was there.The lady had not ducked down far enough and a limb scratched her forehead -they stopped right in front of my stand and she screamed over the running quads 'IS MY FOREHEAD BLEEDING -YEAH A LIITLE BIT -YOU GOTTA DUCK DOWN UNDER THOSE LIMBS WANDA -I KNOW--the guy finally spotted me and said lets go -then looked up at me and hollered SORRY! I couldn't help but laugh. Worst hunting season ever for many ppl i have talked to here and in AL.. Ticks me off to think about how much i dreamed of the heat to subside -that refreshing feeling of hunting season never happened this year -enjoying a nice 70* day here w/plenty of humidity!Again.
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Is choosing not to shoot so they get bigger considered the same as being skunked? I prefer to refer to it as counting coup Took my friends kids out every spare minute for a month trying to get them both a buck. got them on several but they just couldn't put it together. Had a ball and proud as heck of them. They chose to shoot doe in order to let the bucks grow too.
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eh - You are NOT skunked in my book.
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Yea, I was skunked by my choice. Passed on some pretty ladies, was excellent just watching them. And hoping that a nice buck would be sniffing around them. I have a 40 acre piece that my bro and I ladder stand hunt on. All private land around me, deer movement, if any, is pretty random until sundown.
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Skunked here for third year in a row and had another awesome year. Being a guide for daughter and nephew and watching each of them take their first, second, etc. beats me killing a BC each year.
I find that I feel guilty when I try slipping off without them...they want to know where I have been.
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eh - You are NOT skunked in my book.
+10 Plus one. Way to go EH! You too 101guns. Kids rule.
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saw maybe 15 bucks with the best set of horns only being a 3x4..didnt see a single elk ta boot if rocks/boulders count, (got 2) guess i didnt get skunked..
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