Yeah, I show pics of our mountain deer over here to midwestern hunters you get the "well isn't that a cute little deer". I'm just like "feel free to come to Appalachia and show us how it's done"
I didn't shoot anything this weekend, helped push this one to my bud from PA's son on their big farm here. They only had 1-1/2 days to hunt and half of that was in heavy rains from the front that came through Friday. His dad and I pushed him out of a cedar thicket to him.
I’ve hunted the Smokies. Tough. Bad terrain and very few deer. Any deer killed there is a trophy in my mind. They’re like shooting fish in a barrel here. I shot the one above before 8am. I’d seen over 20 other deer already. First time I went hunting this year. It ain’t like that in East Tennessee! I can’t speak to Virginia or North Carolina as I’ve never hunted either.