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No luck on the Fusions. I went to 5 different stores and there's hardly any ammo of any caliber at all. Guess the shortage along with 750,000 hunters hitting the woods Friday kinda wipes out inventory. So I have to use what I have on hand. I'll work with her after the season, but for now she's fine for anything within 100 yards. Minute of Deer...I like that!

Good shooting Ryan! It's been a good year for you. Yer gonna need a bigger freezer!

Congrats Ryan.

Would you like me to check around up here in the Twin Cities for you today? I certainly could. Next day ship them so you'd have them in time for this weekend. Let me know.

Thanks man, but I think I'm good. If'n I see da turty poinner, he's a gonner! Lol!

Leaving for camp in an hour. Hope not to see any computer or UPS man for a week! Although the latter will probably show up at my house delivering all the trinkets my wife orders while I'm gone. Last deer season I came home to seventeen decorator pillows on our bed. That does something to a man.

seventeen pillows? wtf do you need a bed for if you got that many pillows?

LOL

Nice Job Ryan,

Bet the little fella was as stoked as you !

Good eating there man.

Paul.

he sure was. kept asking if we could have deer for supper when we got home.

Good Job and deep fried tenderloin sprinkled with garlic salt is the shizzit! I believe they call that chislic in South Dakoty

That is freakin hilarious! WTF would you do with 17 pillows on the bed? Throw them on the floor every night?

So I hit this property in Lakeville I recently got permission to hunt again this morning. Lots of cut trails running everywhere-still doing recon to sort things out. Posted for about an hour and a half this morning, and then walked a couple more trails. Come around a curve in this trail, look to my left and there's a buck standing eyeballilng me. 'Unsling the 870 off my shoulder and bring it into position just as I hear "please don't shoot the decoy!" Never even saw the guy. I was just about shaking from an "Oh Schidt" moment. Took about 5 steps towards the decoy and finally saw the guy up in a portable stand. He had camo burlap up around him and dropped it down so I could see his orange. Rut's done around here-why's he hunting over a decoy?

'First time I ever encountered a decoy in the woods, and I was probably within less than a second of shooting it. 'Gotta be much more careful from now on. Lesson learned.

Freaky moment for sure. I'll have to respectfully disagree that the rut is over. I believe its just getting started. Now is the time to be rattling and grunting and using decoy's if that's your thing.

Sorry gopher but... that's pretty damn funny. lol!

Decoys are evil and can damn near get ya killed!!!!!

I'm having trouble typing this....I need a Kleenex. Much laughter here. sorry Jeff, but that's funny. Crazy to do that on public land. Plain dumb to wrap yourself in burlap on public land or landmotjers are hunting.

I can't make fun of you too bad though. If I saw a buck in the woods while I was hunting, I'd raise my gun on it too!

I got my hands on a muzzle loader last night. A smoking deal would even begin to do the deal justice. It's a TC Impact. A low end line of muzzle loader from tc.

So today I picked up some bullets, powder and I had some primers from years past. It's windy as hell again today and I didn't have a lot of time or high hopes for getting dialed in on a short time frame. I used 100gr of 777, and 300gr TC bullets. Shot 1 at 50 yards was just off the 4" circle. I almost adjusted the sights but thought I'd take one more first. Shot 2,3,and 4 were in the black, about 1" high of center. I cleaned it and took one more poke...1" lower than the others and about 1" left of center. I never touched the sights. It's minute of deer as far as I'm concerned.

So find us a REAL buck Gopher!

I will also agree with Rooster. The bucks should be gettin pretty riled up this weekend. Mr. Jeff and I are going to pop one.

I just went to Gander and got the paperwork started on a Rem 870 12 ga slug gun.

I have shot counteless deer with my old Winchester ranger smooth bore bird barrel with improved cylinder choke and rifled slugs but last Sunday I had a BIG coyote at 40 yards facing away. 1st shot - Miss. Now he running back towards me and out about 20 yards. Next 4 shots. MISS, MISS, MISS, MISS. The shots were close and kicking dirt on the dog as he ran but it was frustrating.

SO I'm finally breaking down and buying myself an actual slug gun with a rifled barrel that will shoot sabots accurately out to 100 yards. I can't be missing coyotes for cripes sake!

I have a Boss Buck decoy that I have tried bowhunting without much success. I don't use it during gun season and tried it for muzzleloader last year in a low spot in the middle of a CRP field behind my house where nobody can see it from the road.

Using one on public land during gun season is just asking to get shots coming in your direction.

Just heard from my son. He shot a heavy horned 4 X 5 Muley in CO this morning.