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Great story! Goes to show some hard work and a good attitude goes a long ways. Many to come I hope! Steve | |||
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Glad your first American hunting season went well. I would ask the farmer if he would rather have a roll of sausage over the backstrap. Most farmers have, or have access to, good beef and pork. I love eating wild game but a whitetail older than a fawn just doesn't compare to good beef, that the farmer probably already has in his freezer. | |||
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Wonderful experience! I am glad you found a place to go. BTW- You'll never forget that first deer, I know you've gotten deer in your homeland but all of the firsts are special. Even better that your family got to enjoy your success too. ~Ann   | |||
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Good deal. Enjoy those steaks. Jeremy | |||
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Totally awesome! Congratulations and welcome to the brotherhood of North American hunters. _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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Nice story Elwood; where in Indiana are you? | |||
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So glad to hear you have had such a good hunt. Congratulations! Tom | |||
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Congrats,it is always nice to hear of something happening that has a positive note.OB | |||
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Congratulations!!! Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Great story. When you drop off the cookies, offer to do some manual labor for the farmer one day/afternoon. Not only a great way to pay him back, but it just might leave the door cracked for another adventure. | |||
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Just north of Indianapolis. The farm is just 10min from home, perfect... @all: thanks for your kind comments and recommendations. Yes, offering some support on the farm and sausage instead of backstraps are a great idea. I hear there are no turkeys in the area but a neighbouring farmer that I met when I was out already said I was more than welcome to shoot ANY coyote ANYWHERE on his property. That should help bridge the long pause until next deer season... | |||
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Congratulations on your deer! It sounds like you have found your way into at least one hunting spot. I am sure the tenderloin and cookies will provide for even better relations with your property owner With any sort of luck you will be able to find others there during your time in the US. Don't limit your challenges . . . Challenge your limits | |||
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Now that will really start an obsession! Predator hunting is a whole different ball game, and as you say, a great way to fill in the time between hunts for edible critters. Check out Predator Masters for loads of information on predator hunting. _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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If your land owner is in need of critter control trapping is a rather inexpensive way to get to know the land, wildlife and make good with the neighborhood. I do my own as I have livestock that things like coon, possum and larger critters would like to eat. Buying a few traps and the appropriate license should be relatively low cost for lots of time afield. Might also get you access to more properties for deer, etc.  ~Ann | |||
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It works like this in Indiana, a Democrat walked into a bar in Indianapolis and loudly asked if anyone wanted to hear a Trump joke. The barkeep was a young lad with a gymn shirt on and 20 inch biceps looked at him and stated "This is a Republican Bar, two fellows on the end were just done working out at the gymn (20 inch bicep minimum), those two girls are MMA fighters, and those three guys are off duty police men. We are all red bleeding, Trump backing people. Are you sure you want to tell that joke?" That poor Democrat looked about and decided against it, he told the barkeep, "No, I don't have the time to explain it 8 times." Its a pretty sorry place to hang out if you have to be afraid of telling Trump jokes. Hoosier jokes, too. Find some other place to go. Welcome to America, I hope you have a grand time. The area of Wisconsin I now reside in has towns named New Holstein and Kiel etc. | |||
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Elwood, Congratulations on the deer! 180 lbs field dressed is a lot bigger than deer around here! You said:
I would say that's quite reasonable. I just paid $80 to have a doe processed and she only weighed a little over 100 lbs, field dressed. For comparison, here is the price list for the processor I've been using: Sallee Meat Processing Price List Leopard, Hippo, Croc - Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, 2024 Reindeer & Geese, Iceland, 2023 Plains Game, Eastern Cape, 2023 Buff - Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, 2022 Muskox-Greenland, 2020 Roe buck and muntjac in England, 2019 Unkomaas Valley, RSA, 2019 Kaokoland, Namibia, 2017 Wild boar hunting in Sweden, 2016 Moose hunting in Sweden, 2014 How to post photos on AR | |||
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elwood, Excellent! Glad to see you're adapting to your new home and you've found some hunting ground. Congrats on your buck! I got a chuckle out of your surprise that you could hunt other states. We here in the US forget how privileged we are. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Ok guys, another season is upon me and conditions on the land I am fortunately allowed to hunt, have changed: no corn but soy beans that have been harvested a week ago. Compared to last season, I see A LOT LESS sign both in terms of tracks and on the trail cams. I suppose the deer prefer corn because it provides food and cover. Realized that deer enter the soy bean almost always in the cover of darkness. Oh well, this will be a more interesting season... Thankfully the neighbouring corn field (cant hunt that!) has been harvested so I am hoping this will make "my" little forest and the adjacent soy bean field more attractive. Took my son (7) scouting and he was allowed to put up his own trail cam in a spot he deems promising. He picked an area of thick cover at the edge of the little forest that is littered with trails leading from to the soy bean field. Man was he excited when we checked his cam first time and indeed it showed deer hanging out in broad daylight while waiting for the cover of darkness to move out onto the soy bean field. So I decided to put up an inexpensive tree stand that allows me to look and hopefully shoot into the area where they apparently like to hang out. Not easy to get to, so more of a spot to get very early in the afternoon so that I dont spook any potential deer in the area before they start moving. Was busy with work and travel so will be heading out first time next weekend. Still sticking to my crossbow. I feel it is much easier (and cheaper!) than bow and purchasing a firearm is sort of tricky because of my visa status. By the way, stopped by at the farmer's house the on a regular basis during the year. Brought over a few nice pieces of salmon I had caught as well as some home made deer stew, deer lasagne etc. Very nice guy, cant appreciate his generosity enough. Anyway, so much for an update, looking forward to my 2nd season! :-) Also bought a few dog proof coon traps to try and get my hands on a couple of the furry trouble makers... Waidmannsheil everyone, elwood. | |||
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Good luck! ~Ann | |||
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Elwood, If you are an archery hunter at all, this is the week to be out. This weekend should be very good hunting. Beans are tough since the deer don't like them as well after they dry. When they are green, they are actually preferred to corn, but once dry, they get less use until it gets cold. Then they hit the beans again out of desperation. You're better off hunting the woods at this time and focus on any area that you typically see does. Or on a place where a main trail forks. Any large scrape, 3 feet or larger in diameter, and if you know of a bedding area, the downwind side of that. The pre-rut is on right now, and I've seen some good chasing over the last few days. It will only get more intense for the next coupe of weeks. Don't just be a morning and evening hunter. Mid-day can be very good in the timber. Especially if it is colder out. The bucks will move all day. Good Luck. Jeremy | |||
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