375hh1973
Beginner
- Mar 31, 2007
- 196
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Went up the 14th to the Baldwin, MI area for the opener on the 15th. Forecast was for nice cool temps with SOME snow on the way.
Perfect!!!
The 15th came and we got a little bit of snow. Didn't see much opening day. Few pileated woodpeckers, chickadees, and 2 squirrels. No deer. My dad saw big bodied deer with a bunch of antler but it was behind brush and never presented a good shot.
I had ordered a Seekins Havak PH2 in 6.5prc a long time ago and hadn't expected it in til January at the earliest. Well, my LGS called and said its in along with a Night Force so I had thrown it together and shot it. Wow. Talk about accurate. Only ammo I could find was the Hornady 147gr ELD-M and it is crazy accurate. So, what the hell, throw that rifle in the line up along with my Marlin .45/70 for the thick stuff and my Weatherby .257 for the long stuff.
Anyway woke up on the 16th and it started to snow.
And snow.
Hunted a few areas on my property, nothing was moving. Even the birds went away. Few flocks of snow geese flying over, that was it.
On the 17th, the snow machine really kicked in. Hunted the morning and saw nothing. No deer, no birds, nadda. Decided to walk, saw no tracks even. Like everything just disappeared. Walked back to the cabin and had some brunch. Dad saw nothing. TV said expect a ton of snow. Sounds like nap time to me...
Decided to hunt a clearing in the afternoon.
The .257wby was up in the rotation. It is crazy accurate with the Weatherby factory load 100gr Barnes TTSX. Grabbed my shooting stick and a Mt Dew and headed for my area.
Sat down and got situated, got my cell phone out (keeps me from getting bored and leaving), got my mt dew out, shooting stick in place. Looked across the clearing and saw a deer. Whoa. Big deer. It walked into my lane and it was a spike. We have a 3pt on a side minimum so he was safe. As I was watching him, I saw movement to the left and saw a small doe. She was with 2 other bigger does. OK, game on. They were about 140 yards across the clearing, about 1 jack pine into the woods.
Could never get one of the bigger ones to present a shot. Watched them for 15 minutes, then they disappeared into the pines.
Snow beginning to fall hard. Visibility going.
10 minutes later, see movement.
Doe moving thru the middle of my clearing. Not exactly running but moving with purpose. Like something bumped it.
I enjoy eating doe back straps, and the forecast wasn't looking promising.
High shoulder shot, and I was happy.
Im glad I had all that 3500fps at 103 yards LOL
Perfect!!!
The 15th came and we got a little bit of snow. Didn't see much opening day. Few pileated woodpeckers, chickadees, and 2 squirrels. No deer. My dad saw big bodied deer with a bunch of antler but it was behind brush and never presented a good shot.
I had ordered a Seekins Havak PH2 in 6.5prc a long time ago and hadn't expected it in til January at the earliest. Well, my LGS called and said its in along with a Night Force so I had thrown it together and shot it. Wow. Talk about accurate. Only ammo I could find was the Hornady 147gr ELD-M and it is crazy accurate. So, what the hell, throw that rifle in the line up along with my Marlin .45/70 for the thick stuff and my Weatherby .257 for the long stuff.
Anyway woke up on the 16th and it started to snow.
And snow.
Hunted a few areas on my property, nothing was moving. Even the birds went away. Few flocks of snow geese flying over, that was it.
On the 17th, the snow machine really kicked in. Hunted the morning and saw nothing. No deer, no birds, nadda. Decided to walk, saw no tracks even. Like everything just disappeared. Walked back to the cabin and had some brunch. Dad saw nothing. TV said expect a ton of snow. Sounds like nap time to me...
Decided to hunt a clearing in the afternoon.
The .257wby was up in the rotation. It is crazy accurate with the Weatherby factory load 100gr Barnes TTSX. Grabbed my shooting stick and a Mt Dew and headed for my area.
Sat down and got situated, got my cell phone out (keeps me from getting bored and leaving), got my mt dew out, shooting stick in place. Looked across the clearing and saw a deer. Whoa. Big deer. It walked into my lane and it was a spike. We have a 3pt on a side minimum so he was safe. As I was watching him, I saw movement to the left and saw a small doe. She was with 2 other bigger does. OK, game on. They were about 140 yards across the clearing, about 1 jack pine into the woods.
Could never get one of the bigger ones to present a shot. Watched them for 15 minutes, then they disappeared into the pines.
Snow beginning to fall hard. Visibility going.
10 minutes later, see movement.
Doe moving thru the middle of my clearing. Not exactly running but moving with purpose. Like something bumped it.
I enjoy eating doe back straps, and the forecast wasn't looking promising.
High shoulder shot, and I was happy.
Im glad I had all that 3500fps at 103 yards LOL
Dan.
