Here's the 2 goats my dad and I downed.
Mine's the back one.
I got him at 400+ yds with a 300 Win. Mag. I was using 150 grain Balistic tip rounds going at 3,000 FPS.

Really proud of this Pronghorn, he's at the taxidermist now.
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Niiiiiice. Post pics of the final product hanging on the wall. I'll be that comes out great. Well done...

Thanks man.
It was a lot of work scouting but it was well worth it.
I was actually only hunting for an hour.

Well played Mr. Gonzo, sweet!

Thanks Bwana...

I'm really happy with him.

I'm getting off IR this week too, pheasants beware!

Nice, go blast a freezer full!

Heh, we call those "slow elk."

ROFL

Not a lot of fences out that way.

Did see some monuments from the Ft. Robinson Indian battles. That was pretty cool.

I didn't

Just got this pic from a friend of mine. Today was opening day of rifle season here in KS. No details yet but he's a nice one.

That's a great buck BV....

Shotgun season is this weekend. I'll be walking my 5-10 miles and hopefully kill something worth sharing.

Bow season was brutal for me this year.
A friend killed 2 bucks in 2 states within 2 weeks over 177"....with a tag for Wisconsin left. He's just being doing that to be mean.

That's a big ass rack. Not that big of an animal, but giant rack.

While on the combine out here, I saw a couple just HUGE animals with these rediculously small racks. They looked rather comical.

Actually it was a pretty good sized deer...its a bit deflated in the back of the truck seeing as it had already been field dressed.

Just found this pic at the Wichita Eagle site...scored over 200, got it with a bow. Pic and link. http://www.kansas.com/sports/outdoor...y/1073946.html

Officially scored at 198.

I'd like to thank all of you for taking the brunt of some cold weather. It made for a hell of an opening day in the duck hole this morning.

44-13ROFL

Had a pretty decent weekend. Got a buck and 2 doe myself. That'll make for some meat in the freezer for sure. Jerky time bitches...

It was pretty tough hunting though. There were still 3-4' snow drifts in North Central KS, so quite a few of the roads weren't passable. I had to drag the buck 3/4 of a mile to get to the pickup. Damn near killed me dragging the ****er through the snow drifts. By the end, I was stopping every 50 feet or so to catch my breath/keep from passing out. I'm sure as hell getting a game cart for next year.

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Heading out for more during January doe season. I've got tags for at least 2 more doe I'm getting for friends of mine who can't hunt. As many doe as we saw this season, I don't think it will be much of a problem.

Holy shit dude, that's quite a bit of a hike for a little dude like you (or a big dude like me).

Nice take.

FWIW, game carts are definitely worth the money, as you found out...

Neighbors got 5 deer last weekend .. only one nice buck 12-pointer small spread tho ....

Saw in the paper today that a shotgun hunter in Eastern Iowania shot a FEMALE 125lb mountain lion monday. It was 15' up a tree.


fish...a plastic sled would work better than a wheeled game cart in the snow....just saying.

Carry a visqueen sheet with you. Get the thickest you can and fold up a 6x8 sheet in your pack. fold in half tie a rope to the 2 front corners tie sides over the top of your deer and you are golden. works great

Holy shit man. That's absolutely brilliant. Duly noted.

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I have an ACORN hat that would look good on a deer head mount. PM you address to me, and I'll send it, gratis.

Man, im on a bit of a dry spell this year. Having no luck filling my deer (antlered) tag late season. LaCygne, and Hillsdale, have yet to show me any love and im anxious to try out my Magus Buzzcuts. :cuss:

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My brother is building a massive cabin for this wealthy fellow's duck hunting camp over in eastern Arkansas. Check out this pic:

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I'd say the guy has a few ducks.

Awesome shot. But the majority of those look like geese. Got an address? Can you ask permission for me to hunt?

Yeah, he just posted to his flickr stream, and I shared it up here. That was the comment I left though, "Ducks or geese?" As for an invite, I'm afraid it's all private.

Here's another one that is a little different:
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That's a good photo. Does he mind if I use that as a background?

Nah, I'm sure he'd be flattered. He's a hell of a photographer, but it's just his hobby.

Gonna do some coyote calling this evening. with little warm up could be good on the snow

Looks like mostly Snow Geese, Speckle Bellies and Blues

Had pretty good luck this last weekend. Went up home for second doe only season. Holy shit the population is still damn near out of control. I swear we saw several field that couldn't have had less than 50 or 60 deer. And in several fields there must have been close to 100. Took my pheasant hunting buddy up with me, and he ended up bagging his first deer ever. Little bitty bitch, but he was pumped up getting his first. He had a blast and is already begging me to take him for buck season next year. I made him clean his own, and he jumped right in there and got it done. He was mighty proud of that little greyhound... I mean doe.

At the end of the weekend, we had 17 deer hanging in the shed. 5 of them were from the previous hunt, but a dozen deer for the weekend isn't too bad. That should give us plenty of meat for the year.

Here's a pic of most of them hanging in the shed. Eventually we ran out of room to hang them. Yes they are all legally tagged.

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I'm guessing you don't need a jerkey making machine like myself. Any man who has that many turds hangin in the barn has his own dehydrater and family recipe.

got 18 coyotes this sunday, 13 last sunday, and 5 before that... go every Sunday morning...

numbers are going up the more snow we get, the easier it is to pinpoint where they are going to be at...

Yeah... I've got a good dehydrator that doesn't provide heat. It works very well for jerky. I'm excited to get the damn things processed so I can get to making some already. I ran out of deer meat earlier than normal this last year. Didn't want to make that mistake this year....

We're hauling them all down to my uncle's place to process them in a week or so. My family does all our own processing. Getting pretty fancy these days with an industrial grinder, nice table saw, etc. We'll hack through these deer in one drunken afternoon I'm sure. Usually uncle breaks out the moonshine when we're processing. Somehow no one has lost any fingers yet....

Haven't been able to hunt much in the last few weeks due to the ****ing blizzards. I'm a huge phesant guy and walking in 25 inches of snow is not my idea of a good time.

Looking forward to turkey season for sure. Buying a new bow in a couple weeks as well.

"A hunter and his friend were sitting in a tree stand early one cold December morning.
Suddenly, a huge buck walked out to the corn they had spread in the shrub. The buck was magnificent -- a once in a lifetime animal. His rack was huge. The hunter's hand shook as he was already counting the Boone and Crockett points. Moving quietly but quickly, the hunter carefully aimed his .30-30 Winchester at the unsuspecting buck..

As he was about to squeeze the trigger on his deer of a lifetime, his friend whispered that a funeral procession was passing slowly down the highway. The hunter pulled away from the stock, set the rifle down, took off his hat, bowed his head and closed his eyes in prayer.
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His friend was stunned. 'Wow, that is the most thoughtful and touching thing I've ever seen you do. You let a trophy deer get away to pay your respects to a passing funeral procession. You are indeed the most sensitive man I have ever known, and I'm proud to call you my friend.'

The hunter shrugged. 'Well, we were married for 37 years."

LOL

Does anyone here have experience with a hunting club out of Blue Springs named "Hunting Sports Plus"?

I am fed up with not having anywhere to hunt and fish without going back to my parents place in Iowa. I need to be able to get out on the weekends and hunt/fish like I did in my younger days. Living in the KC area just doesn't give you many options without something like this. It's fairly expensive, but if it's all it's advertised to be it would be worth the $$ for me.

It comes down to season tickets or a membership to this club which I would use year round.

Anyone have any input? Ever been a member in this or something similar?

I never have been involved with anything like this but for 1200 a year, you could get around 200 acres to lease on your own with no worry of being crowded by other members.

True - Can I find a place with upland birds, waterfowl, turkey and deer, and fishing for that price?

This comes off as a smartassed response, but it's really not. I don't know, because I've never looked into it.

Bought a new bow a couple weeks ago. The weather is finally starting to turn and I'm seeing Turkeys. I can't wait to get in the blind and start calling.
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I used to belong to HSP. It would have been better if I'd lived up north instead of SW MO. It wasn't as expensive when I was a member but most of the properties were pretty far off. If you live in N MO or KS you should have lot's of places to hunt and fish though.


PhilFree:arrow:

Not sure if you will find a place that offers every thing but alot of crp gets leased out so you can most likely cover some of what your looking for and then hunt on conservation land for the rest. I have to hunt conservation land for quail and pheasant because our farm just will not hold them.

If you got some buddies looking for a place to lease then you can always go together and geta bigger place with more options.

What conservation areas do you hunt and did you find any birds this year? I was out at Bois D' Arc a handfull of times this year and never jumped a bird. I've got some young dogs so I took to a shooting preserve just to get them on some birds.

PhilFree:arrow:

Mostly Thomas Hill and Mark Twain Lake areas. Thomas Hill was pretty shitty this year, got into some birds early but late season sucked.

I'm not familiar with those.


PhilFree:arrow:

They are in NE MO. Neither 1 are hot spots but its better than sitting at home.

What kinda dog o you hunt. I have a German Shorthair comingin April that was born 2 weeks ago.

I've have three English Setters. Gus, Call and Miss Lori(Missy). Missy's not quite 5 months old yet the boys are about 17 months old. Gus and Call are litter mates and Missy is from different stock so I can breed them.



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PhilFree:arrow:

That's a great picture.

We had setters when I was a kid, very good hunting dogs. Always wanted to get my dad another 1 but he doesnt do much quail hunting anymore.

Any turkey hunters out there? I'm going out for the "official" first time this weekend. Any good strategies besides sitting really freaking still? Calls? Blinds? Decoys?

My parents have turkeys that roost out in the creek bottom. They are dumb and tame. You can sit on my porch in the morning and waste one.
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Pm me and let me know what questions you have. I've been turkey hunting for about 20 years now.
I may have a tip or two for you.
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I've been on the road and working alot, left at 5am yesterday and had a 14hr day on the road. Tax season, work loads, lots of stress have dominated things around here lately.
This morning, I got up at 4:30 and headed out in the rain for opening morning of turkey season. Memories of last year and being unable to get within 50-75 yards of a live bird were fresh in my mind.

I went with a buddy who guided hunts for several years, to try to learn a better way to do things. A couple of nights ago I'd taken him to my farm, scouted the birds, told him where I thought they'd be, and a couple of owl hoots confirmed it with gobbles of treeing birds.

This morning, we headed out into the rain, nearly got stuck and walked into the darkness to set up on the inside corner of a hay field next to a timber with a corn field a quarter mile the other side of my field.

Gray sky of first light brought a stop to the rain and a beginning to the first gobbles and hen clucks from the trees. Sound indicated 3 gobblers within 200 yards with hens between. My friend worked his magic, engaging the gobblers in conversation, simulating flight to the ground and the yelps of an amorous hen. 2 gobblers answer and as the sun peeks over the horizon, they leave the trees. My anticipation grows even as they fly behind us to a neighboring farm. Thick brush and a hedge row separate us, but I have confidence....another tom sounds like he's coming from the timber.....and the tom behind us is with a hen.

The slightest sound of brush crackling behind us locks us from movement, and then I hear the elusive sound I've been told about but never have heard.....the drum of a horny Tom.

They circle behind as I adjust my location to face the decoy in the field and the direction I think they'll approach.....and I see the hen. She's working through the sounds, and approaches the decoy hen....and the patriotic brightly colored red-white and blue head of the Gobbler appears from the brush. He struts into the open like he thinks he's Floyd Mayweather. He circles the hen in the dance of love, fanning, puffing, drumming...working his hen and the decoy as if he was trying to work a 3-way for breakfast.

I watch the display for 2-3 minutes as close as 15 yards before I take aim and claim my prize.

This wasn't the biggest bird I've ever taken, the beard was broken off but this was without a doubt my favorite turkey hunt ever.

Tomorrow, I'll be taking my friend to another farm, to see how well I do at finding a bird for him, and maybe learn a trick or two about big timber turkeys.

Mornings like this one are why men hunt.

Were you in a blind?

No, just sitting on the ground, hunkered into some hedge and multiflora rose bushes, there was a brush pile to the south a few feet, which concealed their approach from that direction after they circled. Helped hide us, but made it tougher to see what they were doing until they came into the open.

Both the hen and Tom faced and looked at us several times from 15-20 yards, so I guess we did a good job of sitting still.

i heard some toms early this morning the next ridge over. Looked up in the sky and there was a rainbow in the clouds. musta been ice crystals.

Ive seen tureky everyday for the past 2 weeks.

SE Kansas this year has a shortage of birds .. but if you hunt the creek and river bottoms that have plenty of oak trees that supplied acorns you should be able to take a nice bird .....

Got my Tom at first light today. Not a trophy but decent. I'll post some pics.
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Dear GOD man, what happened to your face??:evil:

Returning the favor.

This morning, I lethargically crawled out of bed at 4:30am again, got around and went to pick up my friend to try to get his bird.

We went down to a family farm and were slow walking into the timber by dark of night. Once reaching a logging road, we settled against a tree to wait for gobbles to find our target. With the gray sky a few sparse gobbles came but nothing very close, so we began to move closer to the best chance. About half way there, I realized someone was stumbling through the neighboring ground, a bout a half hour after they should have been set...and spooked the bird, time to regroup.

We went to my truck and drove to a couple of farms to glass fields for strutting toms...nothing and moved on. We headed to a farm of one of my uncles, which I'd never turkey hunted and began to glass. I spotted a tom and a hen about 1/4-1/2 mile to the west on a hillside near a wooded draw. We began our stalk across the land, crossed a creek and set up on the edge of a draw a hundred yards from where the birds had exited view.

The setup is the turkeys are suspected to be a couple of hundred yards to our north, we're on the west bank of a wooded creek bottom on a hillside.

It doesn't take long for the yelps of our calls to be answered....a dominant hen is coming our way, hopefully with the gobbler. To our surprise, they circle down into the creek bottom, cross the creek and come up the hill, passing within 10 yards of where we lay on the ground.

The fun begins as the hens approach the single hen decoy, and begin to beat the living shit out it...pecking, raking with spurs...an awesome display of turkey on vinyl turkey violence, a mere 15yds away...I can barely contain my giggles for the 10 minute onslaught. Then, they roam away.....and we once again call, to be answered, and have another hen take a similar path, coming as close as 6 yards...before entering the open field.

During this time, I notice a gobbler and 2 hens entering the bottom across the creek....they see the hen at our decoy and make quick time in what we think is running away....but they're circling.

Not long after, we see a semi-strutting gobbler charge over the hill in our direction. He puffs, flairs, fans, puts on his display at 20 yards for a little while before 3" mag #4 thunder breaks the morning air, and another one bites the dust.

and another one's down and another one's down...another one bites the dust.

After reaching the truck and beginning to leave, not 200 yards from the truck in the other direction...a massive gobbler with a ground dragging beard strutted probably to keep me humble.

Another nice day, another great hunt.

Glad you guys got your turkeys.

Please please PLEASE take some from South Western KS.

Haven't heard of many birds taken ... but the crappie and white bass are going krazy .. Boog Jr. has caught over 200 so far ....

Heh, great story.

Gobblers like to taunt me. I see them pretty often when hiking or mountain bike riding. I could get off the bike, wave my arms and they'll sit there and stare at me like "look at this idiot" but when it's spring gobbler and I have my 870 in hand and license on my back I might as well be running around set on fire with a an air horn blowing out my ass.

Hopefully I'll have better luck come fall gobbler. Grats on the good hunt.

anyone else been infested with foxes this spring? its gonna be an interesting trapping season this winter.

We are covered up with foxes the last 3 years. There's an old abandoned sewage pipe at the hog farm that they have a new litter in every year. I counted 8 the other day. The coyotes are starting to make a comeback though and will probably kill off the foxes. I need to get me a few furrs first.

i tried to run over two kits playin in the road yesterday. missed. turned around and missed again. Gonna tune my springtraps early this year or i wont have any poultry at the end of winter.

Heres our Bela getting a retrieve in the other day in the pond. Thought some of you might appreciate this photo. Got a new camera and still learning to use it.

Drive!

Love the tongue.

The pure awesomness of this pic cannot be denied dude.
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Thanks for the kind comments. Here's another this is River getting a retrieve. Been blessed with some fine labs!