2025 Hunting Season

[Hunter26]

I made a separate post about him with full details.

 

[str8meat]

Was fortunate enough to fill both my deer tags this am, the buck was around 8 am , the doe was at 930 am. 300 weatherby, 200 gr. Nosler AccuBond, buck shot distance was 210 and the doe was 286. Built this rifle 3 years and started to think it was cursed. Today she proved me wrong.

 

[sako2]

Congrats str8meat

 

[Backcast88]

Super late posting this. Killed a swan Jan. 11, 2025
Third swan in 3 yrs. Always a good hunt hanging out with buddies and wrap up the season on a high note.

 

[DrMike]

Fine dining on the horizon for you, str8meat!

 

[DrMike]

Super late posting this. Killed a swan Jan. 11, 2025
Third swan in 3 yrs. Always a good hunt hanging out with buddies and wrap up the season on a high note.
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Never tasted swan. How do they compare to Canada geese?

 

[JD338]

6.5x55 Swede for the win today.

That's a great buck, congratulations.

JD338

 

[JD338]

Was fortunate enough to fill both my deer tags this am, the buck was around 8 am , the doe was at 930 am. 300 weatherby, 200 gr. Nosler AccuBond, buck shot distance was 210 and the doe was 286. Built this rifle 3 years and started to think it was cursed. Today she proved me wrong.

Nicely done Eric. Congratulations buddy!

JD338

 

[Backcast88]

Never tasted swan. How do they compare to Canada geese?

Don't know. Never tasted goose.

But, I can say with certainty that swan tastes very similar to venison. I know. Its odd to say but I've let 3 people try it and all 3 have said if I had not told them it was swan, they would have though it was venison.

 

[Backcast88]

Never tasted swan. How do they compare to Canada geese?

Cooked to medium rare and used on breakfast burritos is always a favorite.

 

[JD338]

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Cooked to medium rare and used on breakfast burritos is always a favorite.

Oh man, that looks delicious!
Sounds like Sean is like sandhill crane, ribeye in the sky.

JD338

 

[RL338]

After working on my som’s deer stand this morning , went for a stroll around the 40. Stalk a group of 6 for quite sometime , kept loosing track of them in the heavy brush. Finally caught the before crossing the creek.
First turkey I ever shot. The good old 10ga came through.

 

[Magsrgod]

Posted this in the reloading thread for the round I was working on but figured this would be a good spot as well.

My grandfather passed away a few years ago and I was given his early 80’s Remington 700 .270 this year. I spent some time dialing the rifle in with various 130gr .270 loads for future whitetail use. He had always wanted to hunt a Red Stag. The stars seemed to align and I was able to get a Red Stag hunt in this year. I had a box of Nosler 160gr Partitions collecting dust in my reloading cabinet that I decided I wanted to use for the hunt with his rifle. So I got to work and dialed in a Sub MOA load that would be used for this hunt.

I shot this beautiful stag after some spot and stalk work. Got into about 100 yards on him and had a freestanding/free hand quartering away shot. Shot entered the lungs and exited the shoulder, he ran 10 yards before he dropped. Was unfortunate that some of the meat in the front should was ruined but I was very happy with the shot overall. Stag was on the lighter side at 217 hanging weight.

I’m not a very emotional person but this was an emotional one. Pride and happiness really poured over me as I honored a very important figure in my life.

 

[DrMike]

Your work honoured your grandfather. No doubt, he'd be proud.

 

[GregoryB.]

Shot this WV 9 point buck last night with my bow at 32 yards. Very little blood on the ground mostly just a spec here and there, had me worried. He ran about 100 yards down the mountain then slid over a small drop off. Drug him back to the top 3 foot at a time, we even slid back down a few times. During the autopsy I discovered he was heart shot. First buck I have killed on my property in the 4 years I have lived on it. Now it’s doe patrol for the rest of the year on my property. Over run with does.

 

[RL338]

Shot this WV 9 point buck last night with my bow at 32 yards. Very little blood on the ground mostly just a spec here and there, had me worried. He ran about 100 yards down the mountain then slid over a small drop off. Drug him back to the top 3 foot at a time, we even slid back down a few times. During the autopsy I discovered he was heart shot. First buck I have killed on my property in the 4 years I have lived on it. Now it’s doe patrol for the rest of the year on my property. Over run with does.

Nice job with the bow. Rewarding to harvest one of your home grown bucks.
Are you using an expandable or fixed blade broadhead?

 

[sako2]

Nice buck Greg.

 

[GregoryB.]

Nice job with the bow. Rewarding to harvest one of your home grown bucks.
Are you using an expandable or fixed blade broadhead?

I used a Grim Reaper 3 blade expandable. Got a complete pass through and the head was fully open all the way through. I assume since the heart wasn’t pumping blood that’s the reason for the sparse blood trail. That’s the exit hole in the picture.

 

[JD338]

Greg
Congratulations on your home grown buck.
Strange that you didn't get a good blood trail. My experience with archery heart shot deer is a heavy blood trail that is easy to follow.

JD338

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Congratulations on the stag and WV buck. Both nice.