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I started without you guys...in May!

Ingwe still stalking the Maharajah’s chittal again! Nice poobs!!!

Congrats to all the lucky hunters!!! Especially that young nimrod with his first!!! Well done!!!!

I spent my 12 day eastern Oregon season chasing a big buck. I scooped up some tracks to make soup with my tag.

Nice job all of you!!!

Today is the First Day of our Modern Gun season. It's for Private Land and Antlerless Only.
Our deer were moving at the break of light and I saw one on the 1/4 mile drive way before I could get parked.

I ALWAYS walk into the property, leaving truck and wheeler loaded. I stopped and checked the wind. It was supposed to be E, haha
it was SW. So I changed my plan and started sorta in the middle of the property and was hunting W-SW.

I bumped 3 as I topped a rise and they only trotted off. While I was stalking I felt the wind on the BACK of my neck - UH OH !
I was changing tactics when 2 more approached from the S headed N. I happened to be beside an Oak and small Cedar so I froze and they changed directions and fed toward me.

One was an Adult Doe and the other was a Yearling - last yrs. fawn . SO........

BAM 7:30 AM CDST.



This is the FIRST day to hunt my Tikka T 3X Lite SS 7mm RM and the FIRST shot at game ! !

I think I like it.

Jerry

I went this morning Private land doe hunt. Saw several shot a medium sized doe about 50 yards with the 35 Whelen. Heart and Tenderloin for supper tonight.

I enjoy reading about folks hunts, especially the youths!

Went to GA for ML this morning...man it was good to be out. Didn't want to shoot what I saw so I enjoyed watching. Have plenty of time from not until Feb 10th!

Yeah, ML starts on 3 Nov. A bunch of rubs have shown up in the past few days. Ain't seeing the buck at the apple trees, but the apples are gone. I'm sure he's the one making them.

I just hope it's cool, with a NW wind on the 3rd. My place sucks with a S or SE wind.

Nice work J!!!!!

Thanks W C H

Who said, "Happiness is a ..............."




Gutpile !


Jerry

stuck a decent 9 point thursday night. meat in the freezer and another rack for the wall

As long as ya are or get shakey ya still got it. what ever it is I think its good.

Congrats to all !
enjoyed reading the hunt stories

Wind got me busted once yesterday morning (that I know of, maybe more). Really no way around it on the mt sides.

Tomorrow Sat. Nov 10 is the opener of our Modern Gun season. In my zone it’s 5 weeks with 6 weekends.
From posts by others I know it’s opening day in a few other States too.

We had a few days of Mzl season in Oct. I don’t hunt Mzldrs but during that time I saw ONLY Does with Fawns.

Our temp has dropped to lows of @ 30* and highs in the 40-50s. I’m READY ! !

Good Luck to ALL this year.

Jerry

Got this guy as he was chasing a doe on the 3rd of Nov.

Rifle is a Montana Rifle Co. Campfire Special in 260 Remington. Load is 130gr Nosler Accubond over 44.5grs of IMR4350 at 2895fps.

Very nice 7H

From last weekend in GA. He's a little young and I should have let him pass but I wanted to test the 129 ABLR....and just had an itchy trigger finger. Rifle is the 22" cerakoted/threaded 6.5 Fieldcraft:

And Happiness is a Buck's Gutpile.



Today is our Opening Day of Regular Modern Gun Deer Season. It was our coldest day so far this Fall.
He was +/- 180 yds. Second Shot at game with Tikka T3X SS Lite 7 Mag. Bang - Flop.



He weighed 155 lbs.


I LIKE it.

Jerry

Today was opening day. Shot a 9 point at 7am with the Wal-Mart weatherby.

Yesterday was opening day for us. I passed on a a nice 8 earlier in the morning. Immediately regretted it after, decided to go down to where I last saw him and wait. Not too long after that this guy came walking through. Couldn’t really tell how big he was with the tangle of junk he was in. After shooting him I realized he was not the same 8 that disappeared into the briars and brambles an hour before. So I got a dink for 2018 lol. Also was the first blood for my .375 h&h.