Beautiful buck !!

Vic, you and your crew are taking some good deer this year. Congrats!!

Thank you, sir!

Now my quest will be some meat does, smallish preferred.

I'm kinda on a leash until doe season begins. If I don't go hunting, I prowl the Sporting goods stores.

Out of tags and almost out of money......

Very Nice!!

Nice deer everyone.

I got this one Tuesday. He ran past me with his good side showing. I wouldn't have shot him if I had seen the broken side. Got him with the 6.8 at about 110 yards. How much do yalls deer weigh after they are field dressed? This one was about 100 pound after we gutted and cut the antlers off him. We don't usually weigh them so I'm curious what other are.

Hey, at least you brought 1 home... or half of 1 anyway

The 8 point I posted a pic of earlier weighed about 120 and I got a doe the day before which weighed just a little less, 118 or so if I remember right. those are the biggest I've taken this year. In the areas I hunt, the biggest I've taken in years past have been 160-170 and I typically weigh before gutting.

Haven't weighed any for the last several years but most VA bucks will go 125-150 dressed. Most mature does 80-100. Personal heaviest deer dressed 210 .

210 pounds sound like a huge deer. Was it killed in va?

Yeah Rockingham county. It was a 21" wide 9 pt. Actually a mountain deer not off a farm or foodplot.

Alright, looks like my deer season is over. I didn't score any additional deer, but we tried.

Just nothing was willing to walk by, so....work will keep me busy and the best I can do is a half-day Saturday, so I'll probably just let the season slip into history.

We had a good year, and thanks to those that shared their's, and I'll look for some additional posts before we close this one down.

I'm trying to add to it, just need a little cooperation from the deer.

A half day is better than no day... I've come home from work and spent 20-30 minutes on my stand at the house and had luck, so you never know.



Me too!!

You're right. I had to wait until legal shooting hours to bag the first one this year. Caught him feeding in a field, I could see him with binos and through the scope, but had to wait until the clock ticked down....he was patient....

I don't know how late I'll have to work Friday night, but I'm tentatively thinking 0330 or so into Saturday, and with an hour's drive to where we hunt, I ain't getting too excited.

But my gear and rifle are still in the grab-n-go mode.

Very Blessed this year with lots of meat. Mountain deer can be quite large with very modest horns... I'll take that... especially when their food is good (i.e. they haven't been surviving on mountain laurel).

.358 Winchester (built Remington 700) is a very fine caliber.

Finished my season with a doe on thursday . Little over 200 yds with a 20 ga slug . 10 months til deer season !

Well I decided to be bold and went out this morning despite the snow, it was coming down pretty good, there was a brief period of sleet/ freezing rain as well. Fortunately for me I have a treestand in the woods at my house, so no driving needed. I was doing good for awhile, staying warm, even brought a thermos of coffee, but my old neoprene gloves failed me. Once my hands got wet I couldn't get them warm again and they started to go numb. I left the stand about 8:30 and only saw 1 squirrel.

I had hopes of going back out this afternoon, expected the snow to stop earlier, but it' still coming down so my deer season has ended w/ popcorn and Columbo reruns.

I will have new gloves by next year... maybe try to get a shack put up with some heat too.

Congrats to all who shared here and good luck next year.

I went out at noon just as it ended. Glad for the chance to wear my Woolrich heavy wool coat and bibs Did some still hunting/sitting and ended at the edge of a field until dark. I was fine and glad I brought my carhart face mask as the wind was bitter. Got my fleece gloves wet brushing snow off a log, but kept hands warm enough using my coat pockets. Now I, too am in search of good waterproof gloves lite enough for hunting. Nothing moving, not even a squirrel. Likewise on the congrats.

We found this one in the woods at the end of season. I guess he was shot last year by someone and he ran into our place and died

Got the mount back, turned out pretty good. He ain't a wide rack, but darn tall. Good buck.

Nice buck and a good looking mount.

What bullet/load are you shooting in your 6.8? I just built one and plan to take it out next season. I'll more than likely be using the Federal 90gr gold dot ammo

The 90 gr gold dot is a good load . I use it in 2 different ARs good 300 yd round and that bullet shoots and expands well.