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Post by fabner1 on Nov 15, 2013 22:05:24 GMT -5
I saw two damned (did I write that out loud? I mean darned) yearling does today. WTH! I read somewhere recently that the herd was down. I believe it! They kilt a a small basket eight on Buurma this afternoon after shooting about 20 times at it. It had been hit in a front leg earlier in the day. They must have got excited!
Old Fred
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Post by ScoutB on Nov 15, 2013 22:17:17 GMT -5
You'd never know the herd is down over here. I see deer every day on my way to and from work and there's usually a few in my yard every morning. There's roadkill deer all over too. Looks like a "bumper" crop this year, pun intended.
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Post by SPLASH on Nov 16, 2013 14:42:51 GMT -5
I took yesterday off from work and saw nothing. Only heard 7 shots all morning. One was close, and not long after 2 guys talking loud as they were gutting and dragging. I left then. A couple hours later I started both stomach symptoms of the flu and the fever set in. Hoping to get out in the morning before the thunderstorms and wind ruin the afternoon hunt. Most local friends didn't get a deer yesterday, but one did. She shot an 8 point in the morning, but hit the leg. Her and her husband kicked it out of a swamp, but never got a shot at it. She felt horrible all day, but the evening hunt put a 6 point in front of her and she made the shot count. I've heard from friends in Roscommon that they had morning rain yesterday and saw nothing and heard very few shots, friend that live in Glennie saw nothing and blamed weekend warriors. They normally do well by getting out extremely early and hunting the furthest from the road they can.
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drspeckler
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Post by drspeckler on Nov 16, 2013 16:49:40 GMT -5
my wife let a spike and doe walk by this morning.she is out right now and im stuck watching pee wees big top with the kid. o man I shouldve hunted this year.tons of shots around here this morning.
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Post by SPLASH on Nov 16, 2013 16:54:37 GMT -5
It's killing me being stuck in the house too.
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Post by Swampbuckster on Nov 18, 2013 8:30:59 GMT -5
I agree with you Fred. Not the deer around here there was five or ten years ago. I know EHD wiped quite a few out but I also think so many of them have been harvested with all the doe tags that go out.
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Post by SPLASH on Nov 29, 2013 13:23:50 GMT -5
It becomes more obvious every year there is no need for early or late doe seasons. Michigan views it's natural resources as a cash crop. All these doe tags from September to January now priced at $15.00, is for financial gain. Nothing will change unless license sales go down for a few years.
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