The time is drawing near....

(it's about 850Kb so may take a couple minutes to download. Make sure your speakers are on.)

Canuck

OK but where was the answer
You are so right... The time IS getting near. I am going tree rat hunting this weekend and do some deer scouting as well

Oh I wish it were elk.......

Antelope Oct 1
Caribou Oct 6
CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!
Jeff

Greg,

The answer came, but it was too faint for the video so I cut it to keep the clip short. I did get some good audio of answers a few minutes later but the bull was coming and I had the camera pointed at the ground while I was getting ready. Unfortunately the bull hung up in the timber about 100 yards off and my buddy (the bugler in the clip) never got a shot.

Canuck

Couldnt get the link to work but yea, Im gettin the itch. (scratch, scratch )

Comon October!

Hey'
Don't move to South Carolina,the deer season starts too early.August 15,and ends too late Jan1.Heh!heh! heh!.I'll think about you guys waiting for it to happen,from my stand.
1geejay
www.shooting-hunting.com

Sure you bet I would love to be hunting in 90 degree temps.I will just set tight till Sept. 7

Oh yes!!! I got the itch!!
I've even tried my dogs shampoo; "against fleas and tics."
It did'nt help at all.

Hey GEEJAY -

At one time my brother and I had a house on Hilton Head Island, and we'd usually visit there in August. Naturally, the heat/humidity at that time of year made our soft Northern bodies cry out for Air Conditioning, which would go on the blink about 1 hour after we got there. Anyway, the A/C guy and I got to talking one Saturday about the long hunting season you have there. I got the impression from him that it wasn't as big a deal there as the two week season is here in PA, where schools, businesses, etc.., shut down for the first day of the antlered season.

Aren't you allowed one deer a day, or something like that? If they did that here, there would be no deer left.

Like gophershooter said, sitting in a stand in 90 degree/90% humidity weather is probably not a lot of fun. (Yeah, right, we're just jealous)

R-WEST

Were you doing that off the back of your horse? I own two horses and don't think either is elk call broke! But they are gun broke (22 revolver with rat shot for the hounds) and whip broke...both of which I use on a regular basis during a foxhunt

Hate to say it boys, but . . . . THE ITCH HAS BEEN SCRATCHED!!!



This small buck small Sitka Blacktail was taken Aug 2nd by myself. Obviously, it's nothing to brag about, but good eatin' for sure. The rifle is a Ruger #1 in .30 Gibbs. 180 gr Nosler partition gold's were used at a MV of 2,960 fps. 40 yds shot thru the neck.

Now the following image is a composite of 3 fellows I work with at the Alaska Dept. of Transportation. One is actually my boss. They all shot full curl , or better, Dall sheep during the second week of August. Those turkeys didn't even invite me!!!



I can take some satisfaction is that I helped on the guys (non-handloader) with some loads that he used to bag his sheep. He's the young guys with the goatee. We cooked up some 200 gr B-Tips for his .338 Winny. He used them for a 150 yd neck shot on a Blacktail buck and a 40 yd shot on his sheep. Bullet did fragment quite a bit at this close of range (MV ~ 2,950 fps) but he did recover the jacket, which has separated from the core.

Maybe I'll get an invite next year

Itching! I can hardly sleep. I am going on my first ever hunt this October for deer in California. I'm 31 and got a real late statrt on hunting, but I am like a kid waiting for Christmas day. Unfortunately my deer zone is one of the highest alloted in the state and I will be going close to the end of the season. Hope to harvest a nice late season buck.

Some beatyfull pictures you've got there, Lars!

Those are some great pics Lars. You are not helping!!

Canuck

Canuck,

Just about every night, right outside of where I live there are about 15 bulls that come down to feed in a large pasture right off the freeway. HALF of these are 6x6 or better. One is a huge 7x6 and another is a really heavily palmed 8x7. I have never hunted elk but the itch is starting to get to me as I watch these boys every night! The larger animals are almost totally out of their velvet now and I watched the big 7x6 really push around a younger 5x5 last night around dusk.
MAN THEY ARE NEAT CRITTERS!

Regards,

JohnTheGreek

Canuck,
Been watching a decent 6point in the field for about a week now. I have never beeh quick enough to shoot anything here and doubt that this year will be any exception. Oh well! Regards, Bill.

Canuck

Just returned from 2 weeks of itch scratching, but it just won't go away.

Peter

Peter, Let's hear about your trip! How 'bout a post with some pic's on the Africa forum?

Was it all you dreamed of?

Canuck

Bill, 470 Mbogo and I will be coming by to see you in a week or so. If you like we could try hunting that bull for you. I am sure that we will chase him out of the country, but at least he won't be teasing you anymore!

Canuck

Canuck,
Figured I could count on you!