Well my 2024 hunting trip is in the books!
I managed to bag 3 does of medium, large, and x-large sizes :D
As I've stated in previous years hunting posts, I go out to meat hunt on some hunting ranches that cater to people who want to bag a big expensive buck.
These properties are part of programs managed at the state level where they report their animal numbers and such and in doing so are given tags that the hunters on the property use instead of the personal individual hunter tags the average Joe gets when they buy their hunting license. Also their seasons are longer and rifle can start earlier and go longer as well when in these state management programs.
These places have thousands of acres of land and tons of animals and every year need help reducing numbers of the does and cull bucks (spikes, 3 points, bad horned deer, etc.). So I go and pull off as many meat animals as I can fit in my freezer (and afford) and this is the case again this year.
Again this year I am not taking off work to process so I took it to a trusted meat processor to just give me straight grind. I will make sausage, jerky, burger, etc. all my self. I just can't sacrifice the time off from work since I do not get paid for it and will not save more money to process myself than what I would lose taking time off work hahaha.
Now with all that context given, lets take a look at some of the animals I saw while out there. I didn't get too snap happy with the camera but I managed to snag a few fun pics.
My 3 does:
A Black Buck Antelope male (black with horns) and some females (reddish and white):
A buck with too many points to count:
A buck that is great and will only get better as it gets older:
Good luck to all you hunters and I hope you get a freezer full of meat! :D
I managed to bag 3 does of medium, large, and x-large sizes :D
As I've stated in previous years hunting posts, I go out to meat hunt on some hunting ranches that cater to people who want to bag a big expensive buck.
These properties are part of programs managed at the state level where they report their animal numbers and such and in doing so are given tags that the hunters on the property use instead of the personal individual hunter tags the average Joe gets when they buy their hunting license. Also their seasons are longer and rifle can start earlier and go longer as well when in these state management programs.
These places have thousands of acres of land and tons of animals and every year need help reducing numbers of the does and cull bucks (spikes, 3 points, bad horned deer, etc.). So I go and pull off as many meat animals as I can fit in my freezer (and afford) and this is the case again this year.
Again this year I am not taking off work to process so I took it to a trusted meat processor to just give me straight grind. I will make sausage, jerky, burger, etc. all my self. I just can't sacrifice the time off from work since I do not get paid for it and will not save more money to process myself than what I would lose taking time off work hahaha.
Now with all that context given, lets take a look at some of the animals I saw while out there. I didn't get too snap happy with the camera but I managed to snag a few fun pics.
My 3 does:
A Black Buck Antelope male (black with horns) and some females (reddish and white):
A buck with too many points to count:
A buck that is great and will only get better as it gets older:
Good luck to all you hunters and I hope you get a freezer full of meat! :D
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