Late season success

Managed to get in for the second week of shotgun in the controlled hunt and only got out Monday morning, Friday afternoon and Saturday and Sunday. Never saw anything during my rifle week in November and up until this morning didn't see anything either. Last minute this morning I decided to change my setup because the wind was straight on me and terribly cold. I saw an area yesterday with tons of tracks and figured I'd give it a go today. Woke up this morning and didn't really want to get out of bed knowing the forecast for today but you can't get your deer from home so off I went. The last minute change had the howling wind right behind me but I needed some shelter so not much I could do. 8:10 a doe steps out and I make myself ready. Then a minute later a second one, bigger, steps out. I'm going to take that one. Shot goes off and I don't see the deer. I thought that I missed. The other one is still there so I figured that I might as well take that one. Another shot and she drops. Give her a few minutes and give thanks for being fortunate before I go to check her out and about 10 yards away in the bush is the second one. Both tags filled for this year on the last day after not seeing a single one all season. Freezer will be full again.

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I guess this is the controlled hunt, how many deer can you take in that area?

Wow, what luck
Congrats on tagging out so quickly after not seeing anything before

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Originally Posted by Gilroy

I guess this is the controlled hunt, how many deer can you take in that area?

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In my area, 3

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Originally Posted by Jems

In my area, 3

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Good shooting,well done...I managed to pull the same off a few years ago in the rifle season,saw two spike horns in a field when I pulled up to hunt the property, both about 60 yards away 2pm in the afternoon.Shot one and it dropped, looked up after the shot and the deer is still standing,I assumed his partner had run off.Shot again and it dropped.Went over and found both deer within 15 yards of each other.
They can do some pretty stupid things and just stand around after a shot is fired.

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Way to go on your success.

Cheers

Well done. Congrats.

I always had that thought in my head, shoot one then move to the next and son on, somehow it only ever works in dreams, ha ha.

Congrats

You know though, 2 deer means twice the dragging and twice the work :)

Congrats on the double

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Way to go on your success.

Cheers

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Thanks, all fixed up.

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I always had that thought in my head, shoot one then move to the next and son on, somehow it only ever works in dreams, ha ha.

Congrats

You know though, 2 deer means twice the dragging and twice the work :)

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Yes, tell me about it, I'm pretty bagged right now. Had to drag them out about a km to my truck and load them up. Gonna have a real nice whiskey tonight and sleep in tomorrow for sure.

Congrats on the does!

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Yes, tell me about it, I'm pretty bagged right now. Had to drag them out about a km to my truck and load them up. Gonna have a real nice whiskey tonight and sleep in tomorrow for sure.

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Not sure if you cut them yourself or not but the good part about late season is that they will not go bad hanging in the garage for a few days.

True enough. Butchering is beyond my scope so the deer are at the processors now. They even skin them out too which is a little less work for me. Can't wait to try the garlic sausages and medium pepperettes. One stop shopping.

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True enough. Butchering is beyond my scope so the deer are at the processors now. They even skin them out too which is a little less work for me. Can't wait to try the garlic sausages and medium pepperettes. One stop shopping.

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We used to take them in but our butcher stopped doing it a number of years back, the best thing that could have happened. We only butcher our own now, we make the cuts we want and my wife and I actually mix out own sausage too, delicious, but it is not for everyone.

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Not sure if you cut them yourself or not but the good part about late season is that they will not go bad hanging in the garage for a few days.

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Skinned a Doe yesterday while it was still warm...slick and easy. But buddy wanted to wait to butcher it. I cautioned the -12 forecast for the night and how hard that will make it to butcher...he wisely opted for the 'professional' method and is taking it in to have it done. Best $75 he'll ever spend :)

Congrats on the pair

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Skinned a Doe yesterday while it was still warm...slick and easy. But buddy wanted to wait to butcher it. I cautioned the -12 forecast for the night and how hard that will make it to butcher...he wisely opted for the 'professional' method and is taking it in to have it done. Best $75 he'll ever spend :)

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My garage being attached to the house still has not frozen at night.

Good eats there. That's what I love about hunting. You never know how your season is going to go & one min your down in the dumps & the next min your spirits are lifted & your firing up the BBQ... :)