I did more than my fair share of hunting this fall as you all know. I’ll cut to the numbers.
62 total hunts
28 morning hunts
34 evening hunts
5 hunts in Mississippi
6 hunts in North Carolina
9 hunts in Kansas
5 Alabama public land hunts
18 Alabama private land hunts
19 research site hunts
Saw 29 unique bucks in Mississippi, NC, KS, and AL public and private land hunts
8 of those bucks exceeded 110″ minimum with 3 in the 120s and the big 8 pt. from KS (don’t want to think about how much he might have scored).
Harvests: 9 bowkills
1 shotgun kill
1 muzzleloader kill
1 rifle kill
And finally – a photo finish to 2009-2010 deer season.
Alabama Public Land Buck – 2nd night of archery season
End of first week of archery season – doe from Tuskegee National Forest
Last day of NC archery season – doubled up with buddy Clint
North Carolina muzzleloader season doe
December doe double at research site
Private land Alabama doe with the slug gun.
Snub faced doe from research site.
Research site doe
Private land Alabama doe. Rifle kill.
G2 buck
Big 8 point
Research site doe on last hunt of the year.
What a year. I processed the G2 buck and my rifle doe yesterday – put up 14 quarts of canned venison yesterday in the pressure cooker and set aside a bunch of scrap meat for the grinder. Look for a how-to post next week on doing your own canned venison.
2 more deer to process and deer season will be completely over. High fence post next week and I’m entering buttonhead darting season to put mark known age deer at the research property.
Thanks for following along this year. Hopefully it was at least 1% as fun reading about it as it was bringing it to you. Trust me – 1% is still a whole lot of fun because deer hunting is truly a passionate obsession.
Dad, 2010-2011, we make more memories. Made a couple great hunting buddies here in Alabama this year. There’s a gimpy 8 point in Kansas that I’d love to see in early muzzleloader season. Hopefully make a return trip to Mississippi during the rut. Already getting antsy!
