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I pretty much agree with William. It would be very useful for getting an aerial view of your property but as a hunting weapon...that crosses the line by a long shot! That's why each state provides a list of legal weapons for specific seasons. I don't see any state opening a "free for all" weapon season. At the end of our season one of my hunting buddies had his drone with him. He flew it around for ~30 minutes going out to about a 3/4 of a mile away. Pretty cool aerial view now with no foliage. They have their limitations though. The drone needs to receive a signal and it was limited In our hilly terrain. It needed to stay high when it got beyond 300 or so yards (best guess). Details are hard to see too with the wide angle view at a distance. Everyone I know that's ever had a drone fly over while hunting says deer are spooked off...BAD. I know of 3 instances so far. The drone's noise is apparently loud enough and such a strange noise to them that they come unglued getting out of there before the drone even got near them...high up too.

Dunno about anything extra yet. Season opens early here (March 15th) so that's where I'll kick off the 1st of my game plans. Then, depending on the weather and timing of bagging birds (3 gobbler limit here), hunt off and on until around April 10th before taking a short break before hitting the road north. I'll head to Missouri a couple of days before their 4/15 opener to hunt the first 3 or 4 days of their season for bird no. 1. Then return to MO sometime toward the middle of the 2nd week to go for bird no. 2 (I hope). We can only kill 1 out of our 2 bird limit in MO during the first week of their 3 week season.

The 1st confirmed case found in Mississippi was during the beginning of 2017 (~25 miles north of Vicksburg, MS). Since then, 2 more cases have been found...1 within the containment area established after the 1st case...the 2nd was found recently in a county on the northern side of the state. Like other states, when a cwd containment area is established supplemental feeding (including mineral licks) is illegal in the containment area. At this point it's too early to tell what kind of impact cwd will have here.

Went to the camp Friday afternoon through Sunday morning. Checked trail cams for gobblers (nice results). Also loosened up all my stands and did some post season trimming.

Pretty sure he is mature too William!

Congratulations!

Will I take them...absolutely! Do they always drop them in their tracks?...no. Had some break down and plow the ground with their nose since their front wheels didn't work.

Never saw red after a shot. Might have been muzzle flash...no real clue though. As far as the shakes after the shot...yep...every time. The shakes are a lot worse after the shot with a bow!

Some of us were either deer hunting or with family/friends doing that. Turned out to be one of the best seasons I've ever had. To top it off my son finally killed a nice mature 9 point on the home turf. 1st mature buck he's killed in 15 years. About a week before that I killed my 3rd MS buck (3 buck limit here). Hey...been enjoying the great outdoors while the hunting was real good and socializing with buddies at camp too. The MS season just closed so I'll be around more than I have been lately.

Don...BTW...sorry to hear you were so bummed out not to shoot anything yourself later when she couldn't hunt with you. But at least you had you the choice on getting groceries. Also...William is right. PS: Female logic (as you call it) applies to all ages. A close friend of mine calls it an open plumbing problem. ??

LOL Don...never had that problem with my son. If I whispered just the "shoo" part of shoot...he never heard the "t" cuz of the BOOM!!!

Ditto to what Jerry said.

Well Tim...I'm not sure how to boost the site to get people to post. Like you said, members spend more time on social media and we all have a limited amount of free time. A far as new...I took 4 bucks to the taxidermist today. Never done that before in one season. My 2 MO bucks, and 2 MS bucks. Got the 4th wallhanger here in MS Sunday afternoon (130 class 8 point). That's it for me in MS...filled my MS buck bag limit this year...stick a fork in me, I'm done. Except...I guess I'm going to be a guide for my son (Bailey) when he comes to hunt the weekend of Jan. 19th. We'll celebrate my 65th birthday when he comes too. Yep...next time I play golf, I can play from the senior tees. That will be new!

Congratulations Allison! Nice one! Great shot too!!!

Thanks Don...and Happy New Year to everyone too. Been in the woods since Christmas afternoon. Haven't knocked another deer down but enjoyed being out there. It's prime time rut here now but the weather has been terrible. Warm and wet for the most part. Haven't seen any mature bucks lately. Rain moves out and cooler temps roll in Friday so I'll give it a go later this week.

Merry Christmas!!!

Got these pics back in late Oct. about a 1/2 mile N of where I got him in velvet. Didn't get a good side view pic. Haven't got him on a cam since then. Heard the neighbors have pics of him too but they haven't killed him. He appears to be spending more time on them than us. The pics I've gotten have been fairly close to our W property line. His drop tines curve backwards making them appear shorter than they look on pics too.

Sorry to hear about the loss of your Grandfather. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

Congratulations Frank! Just saw this.

Congrats William...looks like a nice cape for Catrina too!

Hope you put a hole in him Joe...good luck!

Rain started here yesterday morning so I came home from deer camp yesterday after hunting 1 1/2 days. Supposed to rain through tomorrow morning so just catching up on inside chores and online Christmas shopping this weekend.

OK Don...good luck when flintlocking season arrives. Been real slow here...lull before the rut stuff I guess. Rut here in MS should start cranking up in a week or so.

Welcome back Luke. Good to see you drop in and at let us know you're watching.

I caught and ate some trophy fish too. Never heard anyone accused of being a trophy fisherman though.