Hunt this last Saturday....
 

So, modern rifle season opened in KY this past Saturday. My dad, his two bro's and I went out to a cabin we have in the mountains Friday night. It was by far the best hunting experience I have ever had. We killed four deer (3 does and 1 buck) in about 6 hours. The weather was great-about 35 degrees and sunny.

Yesterday (sunday) was spent in meat processing. These are the times I'll remember for the rest of my life. I'm very thankful for the freedoms we have in KY to experience nature and hunting.

LSD

/jealous

So when hunting, how frequent/infrequent is contact with deer?
Do you ever go hunting and come back empty handed?
How do you bring home the massive weight? I mean you won't necessarily kill it someplace a truck can reach.

/n00b

Seeing deer where we hunt isn't all that frequent. I usually only see one (the one I shoot). We come back empty-handed often, but never for an entire season. Whitetail deer weigh about 140 w/o entrails, so I drag them out and put them in my truck. Not a big problem.

LSD

Where were you hunting in KY? Up where I live I have seen plenty of dead ones on the side of the road and a couple of my friends got some this weekend.

Lexington. GO CATS.

LSD

Youre right man. I am also and avid hunter, and the time I spend out in the woods hunting with ym family are some of the best times of my life. Rock on brother!

It sounds like a nice weekend of fellowship and comradere. Plus free meat.

I know exactly what you mean when you say

I love hunting too, but I've had more luck with moose than deer. For me, it's the whole time out in the bush rather than the actual kill that gets me exited.
Nothing like watching a thousand pound animal walking towards you. My moose this year dressed at 720 lbs....not huge, but I'll take it.

im going elk hunting this summer out west...awesome1

How in the world would you get a 720 pound moose out of the woods...

Thanks for all the great replies. I got another big doe Tuesday and my bro got a decent buck saturday. Good times.

LSD

First...prepare to be covered in blood...

After dressing, cut the animal in half and load onto a quad. We used a block and tackle setup to hoist him high enough to load.
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Back at camp finish quartering and skinning. There you go...almost two hunded pounds in a quarter.
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RgAAA...47567808909979

We managed to get two moose this year. Mine dressed at 720 and my friends was 840 lbs. It takes a bit more work than a deer, but the quality of the meat can't be beat...well I guess you could argue that Elk is better and I would probably agree.

What caliber did you use on the moosey? I like my .270 for deer.
Nice pics. When I get mine developed I'll scan them in.

LSD

123dsa - I'd say you didn't go hunting but killing. Not much hunting if you bagged 4 deer in 6 hours. What was it? about 5:58 driving and 2 minutes of blasting? ;)

I used a Browning A-Bolt in 7mm rem mag 165gr for the moose. The bull didn't move more than 15 feet after it was hit from 220 yards.

I just got back from deer hunting. I missed a nice buck on the first day (I blame the cold:(), my buddy got his buck on the second day. They don't allow the taking of does here without a draw... I must have seen two dozen of the girls in two days.

Bummer. Here in KY we can take as many does as we want, you just have to keep buying more tags. 2 for 12.50. Good times. Do you use the 7mm mag on whitetail as well? I've heard good things about the catridge.

LSD

I use the same rifle for deer and elk too, but I usually load a smaller weight for the deer. It shoots very flat. We have whitetail, blacktail and mule deer here.
I used my SKS last year for a deer. I bought a box of 123 gr for it and gave it a try. Now I can say I used it for hunting when someone asks "Why on earth do you need a gun like that":D

A tag here costs $15(Canadian funds) for deer and $25 for moose and elk, bear are $5 I think and Grizzly are limited entry only. I guess you could shoot more than one or two, but who needs more than a thousand LBS of meat?
Happy hunting dude.

Sounds like an awesome time :)

I really wish my brother and father wre into hunting, however i'll settle for skeet shooting at the moment :D