Fresh Kills

[doubles shooter]

It's a Lopi Foxfire. My daughter got it free from a family friend. Great stove.

 

[Bearcarver]

It's a Lopi Foxfire. My daughter got it free from a family friend. Great stove.

OK, I think that one is just a little smaller, but looks just like the Liberty.
I sold my Lopi Liberty a few years ago on Ebay.
A guy drove all the way from Thunder Bay (above MN) to Eastern PA to pick it up!!
That's a long two way trip to pick up a Wood Stove!!

Bear

 

[chilerelleno]

Yup same here it's nothing to see herds of 50 to 60 deer here now. When I was 14 - 15 they started deer season and if you talked to someone who had even seen a deer it was awesome. 1 week buck season only back then.

Warren

Conservation works! So many success stories of population rebounds.
Been proven again and again that the best friends of fish/game is the sportsmen who harvest them.
I love smacking anti-hunters with the facts about true conservation.

 

[chilerelleno]

Spent the last three days with my younger son out at my buddy George's deer camp.
He has a truly beautiful piece of property and invites me several times a year.
This year he invited me to bring my boy up to get him on his first deer.

George told him, "First deer, you can shoot any deer you want, no restrictions."
Normally his rules are bucks 6pts or better and outside the ears, larger does, old/diseased or bad genetics culls.

So we spent lots of time watching buttons, spikes, yearlings and smaller mature does, they are everywhere and it took lots of restraint on my boy's part not to shoot one of several medium sized does, but I kept telling him, "Wait for at least a half decent buck or big doe, you'll be a happier hunter if you do." and "There will be more hunts if you don't nail one this time."
Finally today, the last day of our stay, the last hunt, a 2.5 year'ol buck came in chasing a doe, he had a wide rack for a 4pt, and relatively heavy body mass (130lbs weighed) for our Southern deer.
Nate wasn't letting him walk, biggest deer we'd seen the whole trip, he put a .243 into him and he was DRT.
A very happy young hunter.

 

[crazymoon]

CR, Congratz to your son on his first deer, many more to come !

 

[doubles shooter]

Great job. It's a hunt neither one of you will ever forget.

 

[HalfSmoked]

Congrats to the son. As you replied earlier conservation for sure works we now have lots of turkeys for the same reason and are hunting them again after many years of protection. It has also work for some spices of fish as well. Just wish I was able to hunt again.

Warren

 

[chilerelleno]

When we got home last night we had to have a late dinner.
Fresh tenderloins, potatoes/bacon done in cast iron and cheesy garlic bread.

 

[tallbm]

Great job with your boy and the deer! I bet he is hooked now!
Any plans on what will be smoked out of that deer? I just did my first smoked meat loaf out of 80/20 white tail venison and pork fat and mostly mesquite wood... it was amazing!!!

 

[Bearcarver]

That's Great, John!!!:)

Congrats to the Boy on #1.
Many more to come!!

Looks like a Great Meal too!!--Like

Bear

 

[hagewood91]

Been wearing the ducks out here in Middle TN. Me holding our ducks, Then a laid out picture with my buddies dog and son! Love hunting with them!

 

[Bearcarver]

Nice Duck Vest you got there!!!

Gonna be some Fine Eating!!!

Bear

 

[schwonkhead]

Spent the last three days with my younger son out at my buddy George's deer camp.
He has a truly beautiful piece of property and invites me several times a year.
This year he invited me to bring my boy up to get him on his first deer.

George told him, "First deer, you can shoot any deer you want, no restrictions."
Normally his rules are bucks 6pts or better and outside the ears, larger does, old/diseased or bad genetics culls.

So we spent lots of time watching buttons, spikes, yearlings and smaller mature does, they are everywhere and it took lots of restraint on my boy's part not to shoot one of several medium sized does, but I kept telling him, "Wait for at least a half decent buck or big doe, you'll be a happier hunter if you do." and "There will be more hunts if you don't nail one this time."
Finally today, the last day of our stay, the last hunt, a 2.5 year'ol buck came in chasing a doe, he had a wide rack for a 4pt, and relatively heavy body mass (130lbs weighed) for our Southern deer.
Nate wasn't letting him walk, biggest deer we'd seen the whole trip, he put a .243 into him and he was DRT.
A very happy young hunter.

That is a great first deer. As you said, pretty wide for a 4 pt. Tell the boy congrats.

 

[tallbm]

Man that's a nice duck haul. I've always wanted to go and the one year I could have hunted them on the deer property I was on I didn't get through deer season quickly enough to switch to ducks. Maybe some day for me, but until then I'll enjoy the experience through others and their posts :)

 

[chilerelleno]

CR, Congratz to your son on his first deer, many more to come !

Great job. It's a hunt neither one of you will ever forget.

Congrats to the son. As you replied earlier conservation for sure works we now have lots of turkeys for the same reason and are hunting them again after many years of protection. It has also work for some spices of fish as well. Just wish I was able to hunt again.

Warren

Classic example of successful conservation with fish is that of Red Drum in the Gulf of Mexico.
Heavily commercially over fished in the 1980s for the new culinary rage of Blackened Redfish, the population was crashing and measures were taken. Several emergency closures of fisheries, strict size/creel limits and restocking programs were instituted and since then the species has rebounded.
Not unusual for me to see schools of Reds covering acres while feeding on the surface.

Great job with your boy and the deer! I bet he is hooked now!
Any plans on what will be smoked out of that deer? I just did my first smoked meat loaf out of 80/20 white tail venison and pork fat and mostly mesquite wood... it was amazing!!!

I like to smoke roasts, marinate overnight and then smoke at 225° with hickory to 140°

That's Great, John!!!:)

Congrats to the Boy on #1.
Many more to come!!

Looks like a Great Meal too!!--Like

Bear

That is a great first deer. As you said, pretty wide for a 4 pt. Tell the boy congrats.

Thanks guys,
Nate has read your replies and his super-inflated ego is about to float him away.
He appreciates your replies and agrees that he is hooked for sure.

This was the best, most exciting and memorable experience we've shared together, out of everything else, fishing adventures, Ju Jitsu Championships, Scouting/Camping, learning to shoot and shoot rifleman scores and more.
Simply incredible the level of pure excitement and happiness in an experience/achievement.

Also...
Take notice of the deer's right ear, it is deeply cut into thirds, and he also bore some other scars from an attack.
I figure a coyote, bobcat or dog got a hold of him when he was much younger.