Trail camera issues fixed, now pics from them ...

[FLATHEAD]

-18 and the girls are out munching, still haven't seen the boys. Hope some survived.....
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You’ve got some beautiful healthy deer right there.

 

[FLATHEAD]

The deer program is back.
They pay $100 for a buck and $150 for a doe.
They say the goal is to harvest as manny deer as possible to start trying to control the population.

Read that article. That’s a good program to cut the deer population. Around here they would have no problem getting hunters.
I’d be willing to bet that a huge contributor to the problem is access to property to hunt. In the southeast corner of Pa. they basically give unlimited doe tags to try to cut down on deer population, have for years, still a problem. The public areas you can legally hunt there are not that many deer. Problem is all the pockets of woods between developments, large parcels the owners won’t allow hunting etc. Too much land that holds deer that’s unhuntable for one reason or the other. Initiatives for land owners to allow hunting would help as much as a bounty.

 

[Scott Danforth]

could cull the developers, leaving the little pockets of nature to nature.

 

[FLATHEAD]

could cull the developers, leaving the little pockets of nature to nature.

Couldn’t agree more.

 

[aspeck]

Hunted Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday ... HARD. averaged about 5-6 miles of walking and stalking per day. Saw one deer Saturday and 3 a mile away on Tuesday. Hardly saw any tracks in the snow. The almost unlimited tags around here are killing the population on public ground. Heard of a gang that took 86 deer from the area we hunt last year ... they used thermal imaging cameras to find the deer. That doesn't make me happy at all!

 

[WIMUSKY]

Hunted Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday ... HARD. averaged about 5-6 miles of walking and stalking per day. Saw one deer Saturday and 3 a mile away on Tuesday. Hardly saw any tracks in the snow. The almost unlimited tags around here are killing the population on public ground. Heard of a gang that took 86 deer from the area we hunt last year ... they used thermal imaging cameras to find the deer. That doesn't make me happy at all!

I've been wondering how your season was going, apparently not good. That gang decimated that area and it's going to take a long time for it to recover. It sounds like they busted that group?

 

[aspeck]

I've been wondering how your season was going, apparently not good. That gang decimated that area and it's going to take a long time for it to recover. It sounds like they busted that group?

Nope, not busted … at least not yet.

 

[aspeck]

My view for the last week …

Son-in-law got a real nice 10pt about 200 yards behind his house. Last evening went to see the grand daughters and 8 doe walked out into the field. 12 year old didn’t want to shoot… she wanted a buck. All 8 standing broadside at 100yards. I watched them in the scope for 10 or more minutes and then emptied the gun and went inside … decided I wasn’t in the mood to gut and skin any last night. I must be getting old and soft! LOL!

 

[WIMUSKY]

View attachment 413558My view for the last week …

Son-in-law got a real nice 10pt about 200 yards behind his house. Last evening went to see the grand daughters and 8 doe walked out into the field. 12 year old didn’t want to shoot… she wanted a buck. All 8 standing broadside at 100yards. I watched them in the scope for 10 or more minutes and then emptied the gun and went inside … decided I wasn’t in the mood to gut and skin any last night. I must be getting old and soft! LOL!

Raystown? That view is incredible! Helps pass the time.... Old? Or smart? Lol

 

[Scott Danforth]

People that use thermal imaging, drones, and semi-automatic weapons or bump stocks aren't hunters . They are simply thugs

 

[BWR1953]

People that use thermal imaging, drones, and semi-automatic weapons or bump stocks aren't hunters . They are simply thugs

Back in 1972 I was living in Ohio and went down to visit my dad in West Palm Beach. Stayed a couple months.

While there, he told me that he sold his beautiful Browning Auto-5 12 gauge shotgun. It had 3 different sized barrels and the velvet lined presentation case. He sold it for dirt cheap... Because he'd been invited to go hunting with some guys out on a little island nearby. He told me that those "hunters" killed everything on the island. Deer, hogs, birds of all types, lizards, even bugs. Anything they saw, they shot. When they left, there was nothing visible left alive.

Their behavior disgusted him so much that he sold that beloved gun and never hunted again.

Thugs have been around forever and don't need modern equipment to be stupid. They can get along fine without it.

 

[aspeck]

Raystown? That view is incredible! Helps pass the time.... Old? Or smart? Lol

Yep, part of the James Creek arm of Raystown.

Maybe both?

 

[FLATHEAD]

People that use thermal imaging, drones, and semi-automatic weapons or bump stocks aren't hunters . They are simply thugs

People that use thermal imaging, drones, and semi-automatic weapons or bump stocks aren't hunters . They are simply thugs

Speaking of drone, and thermals, how about combined? This was posted on an archery site. Anyone that hunts should be alarmed by this. Only a matter of time till the poachers all have it.
Skip to about 2:55 on the video

 

[FLATHEAD]

Hunted Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday ... HARD. averaged about 5-6 miles of walking and stalking per day. Saw one deer Saturday and 3 a mile away on Tuesday. Hardly saw any tracks in the snow. The almost unlimited tags around here are killing the population on public ground. Heard of a gang that took 86 deer from the area we hunt last year ... they used thermal imaging cameras to find the deer. That doesn't make me happy at all!

Still time to fill the freezer.

 

[aspeck]

Nice for the recovery, but too many ways it can be used that I am not a fan.

 

[redneck joe]

People that use thermal imaging, drones, and semi-automatic weapons or bump stocks aren't hunters . They are simply thugs

Same with forward facing Ronald, imo.

 

[flashback]

People that use thermal imaging, drones, and semi-automatic weapons or bump stocks aren't hunters . They are simply thugs

a while back I saw a show on tv about some guys that were using drones to ferry their fish hooks out to the schools of fish. pretty crazy but very productive.