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Post by lguthro on Jan 21, 2014 7:53:08 GMT -4
My Ideal Conditions is during or just after a light snow, temperatures just below freezing and we are in the last hour of legal light, my blood gets pumping and i am always on the edge of my stand, you hear the woods coming alive around you. To me it is the Perfect time. Funny to say both of mine and my buddies deer were shot early into this time frame, his more so on the Remembrance day long weekend of course when we were suppose to both be home early LOL
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Post by mwo on Jan 21, 2014 8:50:52 GMT -4
Overcast day, no wind, cool but not cold...Prefer early morning rather then late afternoon. Perfect day for me.
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Post by lsf on Jan 21, 2014 9:12:06 GMT -4
Overcast day, no wind, cool but not cold...Prefer early morning rather then late afternoon. Perfect day for me. early morning is always good ....and I absolutely hate the cold ...but the overall most successful time that I have had for seeing deer is between 15:00 and 15:30 ...don't know what it is about that 1/2 hour but I have always seen a ton of deer during those times................
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Post by mwo on Jan 21, 2014 9:37:21 GMT -4
Overcast day, no wind, cool but not cold...Prefer early morning rather then late afternoon. Perfect day for me. early morning is always good ....and I absolutely hate the cold ...but the overall most successful time that I have had for seeing deer is between 15:00 and 15:30 ...don't know what it is about that 1/2 hour but I have always seen a ton of deer during those times................ The reason that i do not prefer evenings is because if i shoot one late, I am always alone, getting it out of the woods becomes an issue. Leaving a deer where i hunt, after dark until i could return with help, might have negative results. Bears are rather thick in my neck of the woods. Therefore the Deer I have shot late I do not leave alone and usually end up with me dragging them out well after dark. Not at all fun.
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Post by lsf on Jan 21, 2014 10:05:24 GMT -4
No not fun at all ...I have dragged plenty out after dark and as I mostly hunt alone there is never any help....lucky the 2 I got this year were not too far from where I could get the truck ...I hate leaving an animal in the woods
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Post by mwo on Jan 21, 2014 10:08:01 GMT -4
Yes mine this year was a 10 in the morning, plus my bud was down that week, so he helped. He even gutted it. LOL That is the only way to go.
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Post by lsf on Jan 21, 2014 10:51:53 GMT -4
Yes mine this year was a 10 in the morning, plus my bud was down that week, so he helped. He even gutted it. LOL That is the only way to go. I'd like to have $100 for everyone that I have dropped the guts out of...LOL... got it down to a science now , about 5 minutes work...LOL
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Post by mwo on Jan 21, 2014 11:01:36 GMT -4
Me too, I can gut a deer in about 5 minutes too. Sometimes leave the heart/lungs in till out of the woods, sometimes not. Start at the bottom of the rib cage, fingers under the skin, cut to the groin, roll deer on its side pull guts out, finish off the finesse work, done, 5 minutes max.
My bud wanted to gut mine, no isses from me in that however. He got most of it anyways. LOL
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Post by lguthro on Jan 21, 2014 11:17:47 GMT -4
LOL i learned the hard way to field gut, pulling mine out by the time he passed was coming on dark (dropped him in his tracks but he was still struggling) no ropes nothing me and my buddy lugged up a 80 deg incline hill where our blind was both of about to pass out or puke when i heard a truck coming rushed to edge of the road thinking it was my cousin and uncle, happened to be two other hunters and they helped the final 100yard and get it loaded. My buddies deer different story my buddy drops it not a breath to be had, as he calmed down i jumped in the truck grabbed my cousin from his stand got back within 30 mins got it cleaned hog tied the head infront of the front legs ropped them together before tying the final knot, slipped over our pre tied rope with two loops and pulled it out the same hill within 10-20 mins we were on our way out of the woods
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Post by lsf on Jan 21, 2014 15:38:26 GMT -4
I always gut them where they drop and tie the front legs to the head makes it 400x easier to drag if that head and/or legs aren't getting fetched up in something along the way...cleaning them on the spot means alot less weight to drag and like I said I'm on my own most of the time
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Post by g0rd0 on Jan 22, 2014 14:22:09 GMT -4
early morning is always good ....and I absolutely hate the cold ...but the overall most successful time that I have had for seeing deer is between 15:00 and 15:30 ...don't know what it is about that 1/2 hour but I have always seen a ton of deer during those times.......
Answer, coffee break (aka timmies run)
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Post by g0rd0 on Jan 22, 2014 14:26:32 GMT -4
Gut them where they drop, and it takes me about 15-20 minites. That includes bagging the liver, heart, tounge and kidneys. I always bring in the organs (the dogs love em). I usually go out the drop site the next morning to see if I can bag a coyote. So far here no luck with that (the guts are always gone), but when I was out in AB I got quite a few yotes that way
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Post by lsf on Jan 22, 2014 14:31:15 GMT -4
I don't do coffee afternoon Gordon...keeps me awake at night and I need my beauty sleep...LOL...best way to cook deer liver in my opinion is to leave it in the woods and let the sun bake it...hahahahahaha
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