All done by Wednesday at Noon

I hunt with a bunch of my neighbours, most of whom are Amish. The group has been hunting my property and others in the area for over 40 years. Only one if the original guys is still hunting. When I retired 7 years ago I decided to join the group.
The group is interested in getting meat for the freezers but they do appreciate seeing big bucks. This year we had a good start with 4 deer being shot on the first day. 2 large 4 pt busks, a button buck and a male fawn. On the Tuesday another button buck was shot in the morning. In the afternoon we pushed a small 5 acre bush and I had 3 deer come out on the side I was blocking. Within 2 minutes of pushing The first deer ran right at me and after I shot it twice, it continued to run to the edge of the field, where we recovered it. This was a fawn. Within a few minutes I heard a couple of shots from the guys pushing the bush. A fawn ran out but it was too close to the road to shoot. A big doe came out along the same path and then turned and ran towards me. I dropped her with the second shot. My first double.
The next morning we tried 3 places with no luck and decided to push my woodlot. A doe and a fawn ran out into the adjoining field and one if the guys shot both of them.
3 deer were shot from my property this year.
On Friday we had a butchering bee followed by a BBQ of fresh venison burgers.
We divided the meat equally and I ended up with 47 pounds of tenderloin, roasts and ground venison. All vacuum sealed and in the freezer.
this was also my first year of field dressing a deer by myself.
We were hunting hear Chesley, Ontario.

Nice, sounds like you had a great week, deer and friendship wise
Congrats on both counts

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Nice, sounds like you had a great week, deer and friendship wise
Congrats on both counts

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There are a number of younger guys in the group that keep the rest of us older guys moving. It’s nice to relax after the butchering to have a few burgers and beers and discuss last hunts.

thats awesome john! great to hear of the success and neighbourhood fun. i love living in mennonite country.

Congrats on the successful hunt! The finished product looks real good.

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Wow that’s awesome. Congrats on a great week.

Sounds like you had an awesome time! Good fellowship and food for the freezer.

Way to fill the freezer John congrats

Great that u had a good season!

Nice work, sounds like you have a good group to hunt with.

Hi John, I hunt just north east of Chesley in 82A our gang of 11 only came out with a 6 point and a small spike buck. I really feel the numbers are down as I only saw 4 deer all season 1 Doe with 2 fawns and the spike I got on Wednesday morning. The weather didn't help much but i still think the numbers are low.

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Hi John, I hunt just north east of Chesley in 82A our gang of 11 only came out with a 6 point and a small spike buck. I really feel the numbers are down as I only saw 4 deer all season 1 Doe with 2 fawns and the spike I got on Wednesday morning. The weather didn't help much but i still think the numbers are low.

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I expect the deer are in the unharnessed corn fields. Numbers are likely fine.
I shot a buck this week sitting by a partially harvested corn field. He came out of the corn responding to a grunt call
I had limited time to hunt this year due to farming activity. I saw this buck on camera twice in a field of corn we were harvesting so I decided to try and hunt for two hours Thursday morning. Shot him 12 minutes after opening time

Oh and nice deer John
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Great job from start to finish:)
I always find it funny how big fawns can look when they're running. I shot a fawn in front of the dogs a few years back, and I swore it was a big doe when I put the William's peeps on her. I'm sitting in my blind right now with my fingers crossed, but havnt seen anything yet.
Scott.

Congratulations John sounds like a great week! Always fun to share the hunt.

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I expect the deer are in the unharnessed corn fields. Numbers are likely fine.
I shot a buck this week sitting by a partially harvested corn field. He came out of the corn responding to a grunt call
I had limited time to hunt this year due to farming activity. I saw this buck on camera twice in a field of corn we were harvesting so I decided to try and hunt for two hours Thursday morning. Shot him 12 minutes after opening time

Oh and nice deer John
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I agree with you mate. corn harvest is somewhat comparable to last year but alot of us around here have yet to get the corn off. Ive seen does but absolutely no bucks, but sign of them. It'd be nice to go in there after them but the twinrows basically act like a curtain all the way through.

I'm curious to see what happens now when the corn comes off... hopefully before christmas! :P

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I agree with you mate. corn harvest is somewhat comparable to last year but alot of us around here have yet to get the corn off. Ive seen does but absolutely no bucks, but sign of them. It'd be nice to go in there after them but the twinrows basically act like a curtain all the way through.

I'm curious to see what happens now when the corn comes off... hopefully before christmas! :P

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Have not seen any does (except during spring turkey hunt) on our spot in a couple of years. Partner and I took an 8 point and a 4 point Wednesday a m. Hanging and skinned by 4 in the afternoon

Really getting to like the H&R ultra 20 I bot before last season. 2 shots 2 bucks

Congratulations, a very successful hunt!

Sounds like a great time! 4 deer in one day, that would have been a hoot!
Congrats and enjoy the venison!

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