I dont trust outfitters. If you dont show up with a camera crew, you will never be place in best stands . Missouri gun season was late this year falling on the back side of lockdown (peak breading) Nov11-15. Opening weekend report showed 11,000 fewer deer harvest for 2019. What we where seeing was all the mature bucks tending which can make for slow movement. Looks like second weekend of gun season is going to be terribly slow.Well I sure hope you guys did better than us. We spent a week with an outfitter and didn’t see a single shooter. My dad didn’t even see a buck. Terrible experience and I won’t ever go through that outfitter (IMB) again. But hey, the jerky and snack sticks were great!
First day didn't see anything . Second day saw a spike , single Doe , then a pair of Does . Cattle in the back ground so had to let the Does pass .
Monday morning , In the stand about 6 . Birds singin squirrels making a bunch of noise . I'm thinking It's on today . About 7:00 I see an 8 pointer coming across the pasture right at me . You know how they just appear out of no where . Jumps the fence 2 feet from me , walks in front of the ladder and stops for a minute , then walks on . I let him pass , now I'm kicking myself , because I ended up not going this weekend .
I might get a chance to hunt Paris Mo. for black powder . Monster bucks up there , and so many Does it's hard to believe .
Not that I know of ,,, but I agree . We have a 4 point rule . Has to have at least 4 points on one side . I see bucks where I hunt that have a " spike " that's 10 inches tall . Any thing over 3 takes your buck tag . Nobody takes them , and they put their DNA back into the herd .
Wow very interesting.
I said that wrong . Under 3 you can take as an antler less deer . Over 3 is not legal with the 4 point restriction .Any thing over 3 takes your buck tag .
I agree , . We're getting some nice bucks on camera .I am so glad the 4 pt rule is back in Boone County, Missouri. Too many small bucks never got a chance to grow up and become big bucks.
I wonder if the CWD testing will show no findings this season?!