So, here we are in Dec. Any of you still hunting? If so, what are you hunting?

I have an elk tag that's good until the end of the year. I am training my dogs this month on pheasant and chukars. Then, I plan to hunt wild birds after that.

So, have you put the guns up in the safe, or are you still chasing some game?

Just finished goose season yesterday.

The only thing I well be chasing now is coyotes.

Wis. Does have a late doe hunt but I well not be hunting it.

Still hunting upland birds just over the CO border into NE. Did not see that many roosters last trip but I will return. Found some quail and Prairie Chickens which added to the fun. I have two springers, my female is 7 and my male is just over a year old. He needs the experience even if we do not kill a ton of birds.

Ducks, haven't shot a deer or let Lora shoot one yet. I spotted a good body sized 2.5 maybe older spike buck on one of the properties a few miles from the house a few weeks.

May try to get her hooked up on that critter after Christmas.

I will have my first guided pig hunters of the year come in the first week of February.

We still have a 3 day deer rifle hunt right after Christmas and deer archery runs till the end of February...

We will hunt deer some, the squirrel dog needs exercise and there are coyotes and bobcats that need killing... If the hogs come back at our forty they are fair game too...

Yep, we are still hunting...

So far I have four and Beth has taken one. Still get to go make another trip after Christmas for a few days.

Deer season in Louisiana is over for me since I am now in Maine working. Season ends late January.

Did get 2 hogs and an 8 point off of public land while I was home in November.

Will be a long wait until next season.

Virginia deer season is in til jan 6. I still have a buck tag, looking for some cull bucks i have on camera. Plus shooting a bunch of doe, up to 12 now, plan on 4-5 more

Everyone is always excited about the opening of Texas deer season in early November, but the hunting is just now getting good, and by far the best hunting is in late December and January. I wish Texas wouldn't open its season until Thanksgiving and keep it open through all of January.

Of course, hogs are available 24-7-365 which gives many Texas hunters a "big game" species anytime they want to hunt.

Going deer hunting in January here thanks to some MLD tags. Work makes it pretty much impossible to go during the actual season.

I still am bow hunting.I think it is open through the first week in January.There is also a Christmas gun hunt for does in some areas of the state.

Our deer season runs till mid Jan. just caught this guy on camera last week for the first time. I am passing on small bucks and does regularly and hope to see him in daylight. The rut is peaking here

With 34 days spent in the deer woods this fall and just over 3,000 miles at the wheel I'm a little tired.

With 15 deer tags between my wife and I we filled 12 of those with two decent bucks....one for each of us.

I enjoy eating deer but to be honest I'm tired of cutting and packaging

My shop looks like a bomb went off inside as there's 4 months worth of hunting gear to put away and tree stands that need welded on and or painted....you know.....yearly maintence

I'm done killing for the year unless I go out and luck into a hog or coyote ....... It's time to think about catching some fish in about 3 months. Maybe some pre spawn Walleye before then if the urge hits me

Tricia's Oklahoma buck fell to a 130 grn Accubond from her Ruger American Predator in 6.5 CM



My Missouri buck fell to a 120 grn Nosler BT from my Kimber Montana in .280 AI

Ted, I have followed your adventures on the various forums. You have been getting it done! Here in south LA we have the best deer hunting toward the end of December and early January when we have the full rut going.

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Originally posted by jdollar:
Our deer season runs till mid Jan. just caught this guy on camera last week for the first time. I am passing on small bucks and does regularly and hope to see him in daylight. The rut is peaking here

Nice, unique buck Jerry. Hope you get him. Good luck.

Yup. Deer season runs through late January. I shot a nice 8 at my place Friday. We shoot birds until spring gobbler starts. Of course, hogs never close . I can’t get enough of them .

That is a really unique buck, hope you get a chance at him.

. . . sure . . . from last weekend.

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:
That is a really unique buck, hope you get a chance at him.

Up in the stand this evening, I passed on a smaller one. You get bigger bucks by letting the smaller ones walk. Hoping the good ones show before I do a controlled burn between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

we are pretty much done around here.
some of the bird hunting is still open,
but I'm not wading through thigh high snow to shoot a grouse.

it's time to dig through the empty cases and re-fill the boxes.

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Originally posted by ted thorn:
I enjoy eating deer but to be honest I'm tired of cutting and packaging

I know that feeling. I only took 3 deer and 2 antelope. I can't imagine cutting and wrapping 12 deer sized animals.

As to the original question: I have a cow elk tag that is open now through Jan 31. My freezer is pretty full but I will probably try to fill this last tag.

No problem wasting time with processing around here. Price is low, they make great sausage, and they know what they are doing. My BIL took in a doe last Friday. He had to wait in line to drop off his deer and they closed the line after him- they were out of walk in cooler room. You don’t even have to gut it. As long as it is dead, you are good to go...

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Originally posted by jdollar:
No problem wasting time with processing around here. Price is low, they make great sausage, and they know what they are doing.

I don't blame anyone for taking their animals to the processor but I can't imagine not doing it myself.

Still got another month of deer. I don't know how much ill go though. Quite frankly im tired of it. The fishing has heated up and were headed to Santee for some trophy cats after Christmas.

Of course there's always pigs and yotes to fill the gap until Turkey season opens.

All done with big game, but there's still a few weekends of duck/goose season and quail season runs through mid-February. Of course, I'll be hunting coyotes, fox, and bobcats into February as well. By then I will have forgotten enough about climbing mountains for Barbary sheep that I may be ready for another tag...

I am waiting for the Missouri Alternate Method season which is between Christmas and New Year and the Nebraska late season the first week in January. I prefer to hunt in the cold anyway.