2024 Deer Season

[HankBuck]

Hankbuck, could you not have pulled the trigger, pulled the hammer back while still holding the trigger in, then let the trigger out, thus silently cocking the rifle?

@steve white - YES YES I “could have” but did NOT….a painful lesson because that was the only Bear I saw on a 6 day hunt. The following year, I went back to the same Outfitter, had a bear come in on the first evening “cocked hammer WHILE holding trigger in”etc.. and shot my Bear.

 

[HankBuck]

I find hunting with a suppressor that if there are a bank of trees behind the animals they may run towards you after the first shot. They definitely seem to get more confused in my experience. That’s fallow, roe & red deer. If there’s been little hunting pressure you can usually get in a second shot. Just never store your rifle with the suppressor attached it will rot your barrel out faster hot pee through snowView attachment 653394
Here’s a few pics of when I’ve had deer come straight at me after the first shot View attachment 653395
Just never store your rifle with the suppressor attached it will rot your barrel out faster hot pee through snow

Really, never heard that and there is no warning from Banish suppressors and also none fro the rifle manufacture —- is this is a consistent problem with ALL rifle/suppressors?

 

[Green Chile]

I took this 12 point on Friday hunting on Craig Boddington's KS farm. It was the first 12 point to be taken there. It was kind of interesting as I was in a blind and I looked to the left and then back to the right, only to see he was halfway across the meadow running. I bleated at him and he stopped at about 125 yards. I had my Blaser R8 in 300 win mag and shot him on the shoulder. He took 2 steps and acted as if he wasn't hit. I quickly shot again and he fell in 10 yards with 2 holes almost side by side. What you see here are the exits from the 1st and 2nd shots. The first shot is on his shoulder with the blood...the 2nd one is a bit further back and higher up without blood on the exit, which was a quartering angle. He was dead on the first shot but I'm glad I put a 2nd one on him. He had never been seen before on this property. One of those totally random deer and if I hadn't looked back, I would have never seen him run across. You have to wonder how often that happens and you totally miss seeing it.

 

[HankBuck]

I took this 12 point on Friday hunting on Craig Boddington's KS farm. It was the first 12 point to be taken there. It was kind of interesting as I was in a blind and I looked to the left and then back to the right, only to see he was halfway across the meadow running. I bleated at him and he stopped at about 125 yards. I had my Blaser R8 in 300 win mag and shot him on the shoulder. He took 2 steps and acted as if he wasn't hit. I quickly shot again and he fell in 10 yards with 2 holes almost side by side. What you see here are the exits from the 1st and 2nd shots. The first shot is on his shoulder with the blood...the 2nd one is a bit further back and higher up without blood on the exit, which was a quartering angle. He was dead on the first shot but I'm glad I put a 2nd one on him. He had never been seen before on this property. One of those totally random deer and if I hadn't looked back, I would have never seen him run across. You have to wonder how often that happens and you totally miss seeing it.

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@Green Chile - that deer has great genetics and looks young - 3 years old?

 

[Green Chile]

Good eye! Craig and I believe that buck is 3.5 or at most 4 years old. When we hung him next to the other bucks, he was about 20% smaller in body size but by far the biggest rack even though there were some 5 year old bucks taken. He was not with another deer when he crossed the meadow and he was running so I didn't have much time to decide and nothing to contrast him with. Turns out he was the only decent buck I saw in 5 days. Weather was warm and a big moon wasn't helping. Kind of an interesting deer that we wished we had more info on. Never seen before.

 

[IA1865]

Made the drive up to Hot Springs, Arkansas this year for my first AR whitetail. In retrospect, using a .300 win mag for a 30 yard shot in thick woods was not the smartest decision from a meat perspective but probably better than the .404 Jeffery I thought about taking.

 

[dneaster3]

Made the drive up to Hot Springs, Arkansas this year for my first AR whitetail. In retrospect, using a .300 win mag for a 30 yard shot in thick woods was not the smartest decision from a meat perspective but probably better than the .404 Jeffery I thought about taking. View attachment 653497

That’s a very nice Arkansas mountain buck. You earned that big smile!

 

[Sideshow]

Really, never heard that and there is no warning from Banish suppressors and also none fro the rifle manufacture —- is this is a consistent problem with ALL rifle/suppressors?

Very much so. Here’s a screenshot from dpt suppressors in NZ. They make a really good product. A short goggle search will also bring up a host of it’s a must not!

 

[HankBuck]

Very much so. Here’s a screenshot from dpt suppressors in NZ. They make a really good product. A short goggle search will also bring up a host of it’s a must not!
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@Sideshow - interesting and I’m going too research this more. I know some suppressors are easily taken apart and baffles can be cleaned in a sonic cleaner periodically to keep the suppressor functioning properly. Banish makes some Supressors out of titanium which should help resist corrosion but obviously all need to be cleaned regularly.

 

[Sideshow]

@Sideshow - interesting and I’m going too research this more. I know some suppressors are easily taken apart and baffles can be cleaned in a sonic cleaner periodically to keep the suppressor functioning properly. Banish makes some Supressors out of titanium which should help resist corrosion but obviously all need to be cleaned regularly.

My understanding @HankBuck is the humidity that forms in the suppressor that then reacts with all the powder residue that cases the corrosion to happen. So long as you remove the suppressor after use. Then you’re good to go. My dpt ones are modular and I clean them in WD40 after each use. All good no issues. I know of other guys that don’t have modular ones. Which they take off and store away from there rifles also no issues. But I’ve also seen them where they haven’t been removed and the last 5” of the barrel has been pitted so badly that the rifle was unsafe to use. So long as you remove them and store them away from your rifles all good.

 

[AustinL]

Well my son scored on another hill country cull this weekend and his first turkeys a couple of weeks ago

My dad has had some pretty good luck with a Texas mule deer buck and a nice 8 pt whitetail off our central Tx place

 

[7MAG]

First mule deer, West Texas.
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How does one go about doing a tx mule deer hunt without owning/leasing land

 

[AustinL]

You own, lease, or do a guided hunt or have very generous friends with access. There is very little public land in Texas that you can hunt mule deer on and the lions share of that will take you 10+ years to draw

 

[CO_mtnman]

Buck from my in laws property in north Texas, just trying to add a little meat to the freezer. Taken with my 8mm rem mag which i wanted to try out for a deer season to see if it makes the cut for a pg safari in 26. Still have another hunt to knock out before the end of season, hopefully my son can take his 2nd whitetail and i can fill a doe tag

 

[wesheltonj]

Well my son scored on another hill country cull this weekend and his first turkeys a couple of weeks ago

My dad has had some pretty good luck with a Texas mule deer buck and a nice 8 pt whitetail off our central Tx placeView attachment 654348View attachment 654349View attachment 654350View attachment 654351

Central Texas Mule deer, where is that?

 

[AustinL]

Central Texas Mule deer, where is that?

My apologies as the wording of that is slightly confusing. The mule deer came off our place in Fisher county the whitetail came out of Coleman county

 

[Red Leg]

Hmmmm. Might just have to have to get up a little earlier a couple of times before the first. He is very respectable for our area and not a young deer. Also seems to have had a rough time of it during the rut.

 

[Altitude sickness]

Does he have a puncture wound to his left side ?

 

[BGGMKLR]

Pretty tough for me in Nor Cal this year.
Struck out in B zone (Mendocino) and finally took a decent Blacktail on the closing weekend of D5 (Calaveras).
Largest body Blackie ever...over 200.
Best
Spike

 

[wesheltonj]

Hmmmm. Might just have to have to get up a little earlier a couple of times before the first. He is very respectable for our area and not a young deer. Also seems to have had a rough time of it during the rut.

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Very respectable, I presume he will be hanging after Christmas, if one of your neighbors don't get him first.