What are you hunting/fishing?
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ND Mike yes sir that is a big track. Now one of those would get me on edge. I called one in while turkey hunting several years ago. He passed by me at 30 yards. I never took my gun off of him. He was huge and every hair on me was standing straight up.
cdavis yeah…I would be the same way!
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I had this little kitty slip by my stand a few minutes ago. It sure spooked the does I was watching.
cdavis Here Kitty Kitty. That’s a pretty good size guy. We have a few of them on the property around us too.
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cdavis I noticed that. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen a mountain lion in the wild either. I’ve heard them and come across their tracks but never seen one.
This is the pic of a track I came across in MT. That is a 7mm Rem Mag shell for size comparison. This was a big kitty cat!
ND Mike That is probably a Couger for you isn’t it? we used to get those Mexican Mountain Lions on our property in Texas when we lived there & there were a few good sized ones back then.
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ND Mike The most amazing one I saw was on our property in Texas when we were there. I can still see it clearly in my mind’s eye & would just about give my left arm if I could have gotten a real picture of it. It was not a real big Bob Cat, but big enough & sitting upright on a downed tree (tree at an angle) looking right at me & watching. You remember those kind of things.
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ND Mike That is probably a Couger for you isn’t it? we used to get those Mexican Mountain Lions on our property in Texas when we lived there & there were a few good sized ones back then.
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ND Mike The most amazing one I saw was on our property in Texas when we were there. I can still see it clearly in my mind’s eye & would just about give my left arm if I could have gotten a real picture of it. It was not a real big Bob Cat, but big enough & sitting upright on a downed tree (tree at an angle) looking right at me & watching. You remember those kind of things.
calldoctoday yep for sure. Things that you normally don’t see you remember. I’ve come across wolves and a black bear in Northern MN. Those are memories that don’t fade.
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calldoctoday yep for sure. Things that you normally don’t see you remember. I’ve come across wolves and a black bear in Northern MN. Those are memories that don’t fade.
ND Mike I saw a black bear this year from my stand, didn’t get my camera fast enough to get a picture. We have gotten pictures on some of our trail cams though. How has your deer hunt gone so far? We ended with three, weather didn’t cooperate this year.
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ND Mike I saw a black bear this year from my stand, didn’t get my camera fast enough to get a picture. We have gotten pictures on some of our trail cams though. How has your deer hunt gone so far? We ended with three, weather didn’t cooperate this year.
bocephus I have only got to hunt 3 days so far. The weather was too nice those days. I am off today but the wind is gusting 60 mph so I am staying home. I did get a call from my Dad last night. He went and sat in an abandoned farm yard and harvested his buck. He was pretty excited when he called. I’m proud of him. He is 71 and still gets it done. He did have to call my youngest brother to help him load it in the pickup. Here is a pic of him with the deer and his youngest granddaughter.
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bocephus I have only got to hunt 3 days so far. The weather was too nice those days. I am off today but the wind is gusting 60 mph so I am staying home. I did get a call from my Dad last night. He went and sat in an abandoned farm yard and harvested his buck. He was pretty excited when he called. I’m proud of him. He is 71 and still gets it done. He did have to call my youngest brother to help him load it in the pickup. Here is a pic of him with the deer and his youngest granddaughter.
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ND Mike Congrats to your Dad! Well done!
processhead thanks. I’m glad he filled his tag. With our deer populations you are not guaranteed a tag every year anymore. Especially if you put in for a buck tag. Sometimes you can go 4 years or more without a buck tag. When I was younger it was a 100% guarantee. Times have changed for sure.
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bocephus I have only got to hunt 3 days so far. The weather was too nice those days. I am off today but the wind is gusting 60 mph so I am staying home. I did get a call from my Dad last night. He went and sat in an abandoned farm yard and harvested his buck. He was pretty excited when he called. I’m proud of him. He is 71 and still gets it done. He did have to call my youngest brother to help him load it in the pickup. Here is a pic of him with the deer and his youngest granddaughter.
ND Mike It’s a family thang!!! Yay
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processhead thanks. I’m glad he filled his tag. With our deer populations you are not guaranteed a tag every year anymore. Especially if you put in for a buck tag. Sometimes you can go 4 years or more without a buck tag. When I was younger it was a 100% guarantee. Times have changed for sure.
ND Mike said in What are you hunting/fishing?:
processhead thanks. I’m glad he filled his tag. With our deer populations you are not guaranteed a tag every year anymore. Especially if you put in for a buck tag. Sometimes you can go 4 years or more without a buck tag. When I was younger it was a 100% guarantee. Times have changed for sure.
What are the things impacting the deer population in your area?
We had an EHD outbreak that temporarily set us back about 10+ years ago, but our herd numbers are back and whitetail permits are plentiful. I think mule deer permits are still somewhat limited. -
bocephus I have only got to hunt 3 days so far. The weather was too nice those days. I am off today but the wind is gusting 60 mph so I am staying home. I did get a call from my Dad last night. He went and sat in an abandoned farm yard and harvested his buck. He was pretty excited when he called. I’m proud of him. He is 71 and still gets it done. He did have to call my youngest brother to help him load it in the pickup. Here is a pic of him with the deer and his youngest granddaughter.
ND Mike Give him my congratulations, I am of the opinion that every deer is a prize. Nothing wrong with getting help loading, I am sure it is just the start of paying back all the years of him helping his sons. I was always happy to help my dad as it meant he was still out there with us.
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bocephus I have only got to hunt 3 days so far. The weather was too nice those days. I am off today but the wind is gusting 60 mph so I am staying home. I did get a call from my Dad last night. He went and sat in an abandoned farm yard and harvested his buck. He was pretty excited when he called. I’m proud of him. He is 71 and still gets it done. He did have to call my youngest brother to help him load it in the pickup. Here is a pic of him with the deer and his youngest granddaughter.
ND Mike You have more winds coming as well, we just started clearing up here in Washington and was cold this morning. Lots of new snow on Mt. Rainier this morning. The rivers and streams are starting to recede and the sun is out so you have something to look forward to in a couple of days as far a sunshine coming.
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ND Mike said in What are you hunting/fishing?:
processhead thanks. I’m glad he filled his tag. With our deer populations you are not guaranteed a tag every year anymore. Especially if you put in for a buck tag. Sometimes you can go 4 years or more without a buck tag. When I was younger it was a 100% guarantee. Times have changed for sure.
What are the things impacting the deer population in your area?
We had an EHD outbreak that temporarily set us back about 10+ years ago, but our herd numbers are back and whitetail permits are plentiful. I think mule deer permits are still somewhat limited.processhead it is a combination of things. We had record number in the early 2000s. You could get as many extra doe tags as you wanted. The Game and Fish aggressively tried to reduce numbers. They did and then the winters of 2008-2011 decimated the deer herds. As of late we have had 2 bad years for EHD outbreaks. Kind of a perfect storm of bad things.
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ND Mike Give him my congratulations, I am of the opinion that every deer is a prize. Nothing wrong with getting help loading, I am sure it is just the start of paying back all the years of him helping his sons. I was always happy to help my dad as it meant he was still out there with us.
bocephus I fully agree! He was always there for us.
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ND Mike You have more winds coming as well, we just started clearing up here in Washington and was cold this morning. Lots of new snow on Mt. Rainier this morning. The rivers and streams are starting to recede and the sun is out so you have something to look forward to in a couple of days as far a sunshine coming.
johnsbrewhouse Glad to hear you made out OK with all that nasty weather. BC was really swamped it looks like. Sad, Beautiful country.
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johnsbrewhouse Glad to hear you made out OK with all that nasty weather. BC was really swamped it looks like. Sad, Beautiful country.
calldoctoday They got flood bad up north of here near the Canadian boarder. I have a couple of friends the live near Bellingham that one was flooded out of his home and another where she was stuck in hers for a day and a half until the river waters receded. The problem with the friend that was flooded out, he has three kids and has COVID on top of that. They were worried this morning about a town called Sumas, it borders Canada and the river is having a problem in Canada along with a major pump station going down, so they were on evacuation stand-by orders. I went over the river by my house this morning to get my labs done, it’s high, but not at flood stage anymore. I has two power dams upstream and on large lake reservoir. As long as the freezing levels stay low, we should not get any snow run-off from the mountains again. They had 14" of rain in less than a week at Mt. Rainier, not snow, rain last week. they got snow the last two days and the freezing level was low. We had 27 degrees this morning.
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calldoctoday They got flood bad up north of here near the Canadian boarder. I have a couple of friends the live near Bellingham that one was flooded out of his home and another where she was stuck in hers for a day and a half until the river waters receded. The problem with the friend that was flooded out, he has three kids and has COVID on top of that. They were worried this morning about a town called Sumas, it borders Canada and the river is having a problem in Canada along with a major pump station going down, so they were on evacuation stand-by orders. I went over the river by my house this morning to get my labs done, it’s high, but not at flood stage anymore. I has two power dams upstream and on large lake reservoir. As long as the freezing levels stay low, we should not get any snow run-off from the mountains again. They had 14" of rain in less than a week at Mt. Rainier, not snow, rain last week. they got snow the last two days and the freezing level was low. We had 27 degrees this morning.
johnsbrewhouse That was a whole lot of water in one place at one time. Glad you are OK & hope your friend makes out ok too, especially with the kids & all.
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cdavis
I did a double take when I first saw the picture. That branch on the tree looked like a long tail at the first glimpse.processhead I did exactly the same thing & thought it was a cougar for a split second before I realized the long tail of the cougar was just a branch & just a short tell of the Bob Cat. Impressive cat though.
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