Hunting season 2022

[Streetbu]

List what state, or province for our northern brothers, you're in and any details.

I'll go first 😄

Little guy I stuck last night, strong quartering away shot. Looked for blood almost zero trail, backed out and looked this morning. 5 mins later found him 40 yards from where I shot him. Thought it was a doe, was the last minute of legal shooting light, his older brother walked in front of me a minute before but I had no shot.

 

[CopperNick]

Hope your shot angle didn't do too much internal damage to the meat. Hang 'im high and let 'im bleed, get 'im butchered and drop the steaks, chops, roasts and other cuts into the freezer right quick to keep them good.

Me? Ontario. Total ban on long rifle sales now in effect. Personal protection devices, aka the AR-15 and all its variants, banned. Not sure about how it all affects the bow and arrow contingent. Rules for them too.

Hunting?? Only if you win the lottery for licenses. Just as well because the Conservation Officers, aka CO's, outnumber the varmints and have no compunctions about seizing everything you have and dropping a huge fine on you for the most trivial of infractions on the long list of items they can be nasty about.

Nope. my days of crawling around in the toolies trying to find Bambi and hoping Thumper isn't around to rat me out to the cops are long over.



Nick

 

[ck80]

Hope your shot angle didn't do too much internal damage to the meat. Hang 'im high and let 'im bleed, get 'im butchered and drop the steaks, chops, roasts and other cuts into the freezer right quick to keep them good.

Me? Ontario. Total ban on long rifle sales now in effect. Personal protection devices, aka the AR-15 and all its variants, banned. Not sure about how it all affects the bow and arrow contingent. Rules for them too.

Hunting?? Only if you win the lottery for licenses. Just as well because the Conservation Officers, aka CO's, outnumber the varmints and have no compunctions about seizing everything you have and dropping a huge fine on you for the most trivial of infractions on the long list of items they can be nasty about.

Nope. my days of crawling around in the toolies trying to find Bambi and hoping Thumper isn't around to rat me out to the cops are long over.



Nick

Used to be.... oh, 20 years ago at least, that I recall a good number of maritime province outfits advertising bear hunts and elk/caribou outfits from Manitoba/Alberta at the new england outdoor shows trying to lure the American charter outfits up to hunt. Easy in easy out bringing your rifle with you.

Wonder how the new landscape has changed that. From what I recall it brought in a decent piece of cash when you added up the 'slots' and the number of outfits. Not that the touchy-feely-woke-millenial anti-sporting crowds care much on that side of things or all the facets of good population management that the sporting groups foster.

 

[Streetbu]

Hope your shot angle didn't do too much internal damage to the meat. Hang 'im high and let 'im bleed, get 'im butchered and drop the steaks, chops, roasts and other cuts into the freezer right quick to keep them good.
Nick

I know the shot looks far back, it was quartered away hard, didn't get the guts at all believe it or not, just the stomach and a lung.

 

[airboatgreg]

Harvested a nice doe this morning. First deer I have harvested on my property in awhile

 

[Tomeal]

Went for a little bit tonight. Had a half rack spike chase a 1 1/2 doe by. Neither would fill the freezer. Had some other does circle around and no shot. Had a high 8 point come up just out of range, no good shot.

Things seem to be warming up real nice here in western pa.

Back out tomorrow night, see if something messes up.

 

[doood]

I shot Bambi last night. Thank God I missed the stinky parts. Got maybe 25lb in my freezer - it is a start. Couldn't focus while holding flashlight. Working too much lately - I'll take anything that walks in front of me at this point. So little lol. Salem County NJ.

 

[Streetbu]

You can't eat horns. My first job is food, second is horns...

 

[Tomeal]

My son and I decided to make the drive to Harrisburg today for the outdoor show. Been something like 20 years since I was there last. It's a day walking around just looking. First time for my son. Good day to get out and do something different.

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

Buddy of mine put a doe down last week local area and I got some of it. Backstrap, tenderloin, roast, quarter steaks, stew meat chunks. About 15lbs worth. I'm good with that.

I bought a new rifle I've been looking for now for a few years for hunting season, I've had my Ruger Redhawk Hunter for a while. The rifle is a Henry Big Boy in 44 Magnum.