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Pretty nifty morning here. First off, we had our first snowfall of the year overnight, about 2 inches. Sure made things stand out against the white background.

Just before first light, I got to my favorite rock. Shortly, a doe and fawn passed by about 200 yards away. Next up was a lone doe and she came past me inside comfortable shooting range, but does don't open until Nov 25. And THEN - a set of antlers appears from the other side of the rock at less than 10 yards. This nice 3x4 steps out and passes me 7 yards away while I have to look like a piece of granite. Once he's 20 yards out, I get a nice quartering away pose from him and am about to draw when a second buck pops out from behind the boulder. This is a spike and I can't move as he moseys past. Meanwhile, the bigger buck is wandering into the bushes and I never do get a shot. Close but no cigar.

The bucks are beginning to show themselves now and soon all he** will be breaking loose. Gonna get funner and funner. grin.gif

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Congrats Tom.

I got back from Iowa last night. Great trip but like I said before I was behind a video camera. Got quite a few awesome bucks on video including a 180 class 6X7 buck along with I don't know how many bucks in the 120 to 145 class range. My buddy that I went with missed a monster 8 point that he said was a 160 class buck with great mass, wide, and very long tines. He also saw a B&C class 10 point with about a 25" spread two days later on what was supposed to be our last day so we stayed 2 extra days. Even though he came home empty handed he said it was one of the greatest hunts he's ever had in his entire life and he's 60 years old. After what I saw running around in Iowa I sure can't wait until next year. Since I have 2 perference points going into next year, I'm virtually certain I'll draw a tag to bowhunt there next year.

Now that I'm home, I'll get back to hunting these Mississippi bucks. Our rut will start getting cranked up in about 3 or 4 weeks. I'll start getting back after them this weekend and I'll be spending a lot of time in the woods between now and the end of January. wink.gif

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OK youse guise, I've got a little something to add to our team total.

I went out early this morning with the bow and watched as many does and fawns picked their way up the hills. The only bucks I saw were a spike and a decent racked buck that I couldn't count the points on. Finally I headed for home and when I was almost there, I spied a nice buck more than half a mile away that I knew would be impossible to get close enough to for a bow shot. So I made a dash for the gun and lit out to intercept him. The shot was about 250 yards and that is the end of my hunting until does open Nov 25.

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He's got a total of 13 points and lots of character. I'll enter him a little later; still have to get a shot with the tag and I'm going to skin him out now.

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WTG Canuck you da man.grin.gif

Our Team Total is:

We're at 44 points.

smallmunster's doe(5 points)

rhino's doe(5 points)

snapper's 9 pointer(14 points)

Tom2008's Spike(7 points)

Canuck2's 13 pointer(18 points)

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That was me someone cleared the cookies on my comp. without me knowing it lol. Once again congrats Canuck! cool.gif

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Congrats Canuck2. You sure look happy! grin.gif

The rut around here hasn't gotten cranked up good yet. Usually it doesn't start getting good until the middle of this month. I've still been after these Mississippi deer though except I had 3 hogs get in my way between Friday and Saturday. 2 of them didn't make it. grin.gif

Basically I was delayed getting to my stand Friday morning helping out 2 other hunters with directions to some places to hunt. It was already getting daylight by the time I was walking to my stand. About 200 yards before I got to my stand I saw this old boar so I put a stalk on him and folded him up like a duck with a 40 yard shot.

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The following morning I decided to hunt a different area about a mile and a half from where I killed the 1st hog. About 10 minutes after daylight 2 hogs tried to pass by. One made it back to where they came from and the other didn't. This one was a nice sow so she will be much better on the dinner table. wink.gif

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Rhino, what a nice bunch of pork! I have a question which I hope doesn't make me look too ignorant. With those pigs, would you scald and scrape the hair off the hides before gutting, like is done to domestic pigs?

Yesterday was the last day of our late archery season here, so that's it for another year. So here's what I ran into today. I told him, "Just wait until next year!"

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Rhino, what a nice bunch of pork! I have a question which I hope doesn't make me look too ignorant. With those pigs, would you scald and scrape the hair off the hides before gutting, like is done to domestic pigs?

Canuck 2 we just skin them and butcher them similar to a deer. None of that scraping junk.

I took a few days off from hunting to try to finish up Xmas shopping. I'll be back hard after them from this Friday through Xmas Eve morning and then from Xmas afternoon through New Years.

The young bucks starting getting into it the end of last week. I saw a few young bucks rutting Friday and Saturday. The big boys should be into it next week and the following week. Time for me to start camping out in the woods now. I'll give y'all an update when I take my short Xmas break and then again after my holiday hunt period. wink.gif

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Well, been pretty busy around my house the last few weeks...but here's an update. Season is done, filled my 2 doe tags in rifle season...got a baby on the way...my dog just had his spleen removed (hoping that it wasn't cancer)...and trying to get my basement finished up before christmas.

The roll of film turned out to be a 36 exposure...so I have a few more pics to take. Good thing the contest doesn't end for a little while yet.

I now own a digital camera...but haven't had the time really to figure out how to use it.

Good luck to those still hunting and congrats to those who filled their tags...I'll be in and out for a bit.

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Snapper, you're a busy guy. Congrats on the expected family member, hope your dog is doing well, and enjoy the basement. BTW, nothing like a digital camera to make you take lots of pictures. I've taken over 400 in the last 2 months and have turfed about 380 of them. Anyway, go ahead and waste the rest of that roll - we want to see pictures! grin.gif

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Canuck2 pm'ed me on my season so I though I'd let the rest of the team know how it's going... I've been bowhunting several nights a week and on the weekends as much as possible. I passed on plenty of does and small bucks this year but am now trying to put some meat in the freezer. The bigger bucks just don't want to cooperate. Next week we have a 4 day ML season so hopefully I'll have some success during the two days I have off. Our bow season ends on Jan. 31 so I still have some time. I'll keep the team posted if something happens. Congrats to the rest of the team who's been successfull so far...

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Whiskeyswamp, great to see your news update here. It sounds as if you're having about as much fun as you can stand with the bowhunting. grin.gif I had such a good time this season but found it really tough to get out of my nice warm bed that last few days. Fingers crossed for you on your ML season, and then some more during late archery. Looking forward to some pictures. Cheers.

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Ok...finished the roll of film on some turkeys today. So, I will get the roll to town and should have some pictures by the weekend or beging of next week. I can then post the picture of the tag and the points will be added for the team.

I will also have some other pictures posted in prob. the deer and turkey room!

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Hi guys,

I thought I would check in. I finally got a buck last weekend. He was a 6 pointer with one tine broke off. So not a lot of points for the team but some. I've seen him for the last couple years & he needed to be culled. Before that I shot a really nice deer but we couldn't find him. I was sick. He was around a 14 pointer. Actually it was the deer I use in my avatar. I have many game cam pics of him.

I passed a lot of nicer deer than the one I ended up with but they all had great potential for the future.

Here's the buck. This was my first archery deer. It was pretty exciting.

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Good luck to everyone & Merry Christmas!

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