Modern Deer Season 2021

It's almost time!

It will be a chill arrival at camp tomorrow evening, Nap and Skyley and I already have everything set up.

Lots of bucks on our cameras this fall...hopefully a nice one or three will get up to stretch his legs during the day soon!

Who else is getting at it?

Fish on...

Todd

Cant wait to spend some time in the woods for a few days! walked our new trail from the mirror to lower cedar last night and that zone is super deery. tracks everywhere.

Hopefully everyone had an enjoyable “armed nature hike”. I could only hunt the weekend, and my son could only hunt until noon on Saturday. Luckily my buddy and his 2 sons got the wall tents set up Friday, I showed up about 8pm that night, and my son arrived after his HS football game about 12:30.

We saw lots of deer, but a miscommunication between us let a decent herd of 30-ish with 3 shooters go un-molested. We had a Nice father/son “learning moment” there, I had to point out a few things I thought we’d covered years ago. Anyhow, an hour later I spot a lone buck traveling, and we quickly get set up. I hit the Leica’s and it’s at 404 yards. The kid is set up on my right, (MUCH quicker now after the prior refresher) kneeling, with his new rifle on his tripod. Buck is trotting South, and I whisper, “couple inches of daylight on his back, I’ll squeak n stop him, then let the big dog eat!” It’s a calm morning, and I squeak a kiss sound. The buck stops..just textbook, and immediately the .300 roars, and the buck jumps! The bolt racks, another round down field, (miss), buck is quartering away..I know kid is going to throw quick and I whisper…”Aim small”..he takes 2-3 heart beats, buck is just walking now (sick from first shot), and rifle roars again..and the final meat shot is heard. Boom-flop! 3.5yo 3x4 with nice eye guards. Had it skinned and hanging and kid on his way to a job interview at Mission Ridge by noon. Then Home Coming…can’t keep up with kids today!

Very nice, Snit!

We had a very pleasant couple of days with no deer to break up the serenity of the woods.

Next week.

Fish on...

Todd

I guess it doesn't always take all day to make meat out of deer, but it is always delicious and nutritious.

Coming home Sunday night we had the smallest fokie I have seen in a long time in the driveway. When I was a kid in CA, and it was forked-horn minimum, the "rule" was if you could hang a ring on a tine, it was point. In that case, this guy was just barely legal. He also appeared to be looking for the ladies, which seemed kind early but then he was a "young buck"....

Supposed to be rainy in the 509 this weekend. Not my favorite thing to hunt the open country deer in, but any moisture is definitely welcome this year! Thanks much, and maybe the boy will have time to help the old man…but he’s in permanent rut

Is Alec Baldwin the only one that has gotten out and gotten anything?

Ooooooh. Low Blow, but I love it!

Island deer have been all nocturnal this year thus far, and results have been poor for our crew. I'm headed out for four days today and hopefully will fill two tags by Sunday.

Must be the moon Phase, right Nick?? F*^CK!

It is the moon phase ya' knucklehead. To nocturnal animals, the moon is the sun. Look at the moon this weekend and then look at the previous phases and weekends and then compare to your current results. It's going to be hard for you to post anything further without proving my point. Checkmate.

BTW - There is a "New Shooting Instructor for Hire". I expect a certain other poster's sig line to be update posthaste. HAHAHA!

BTW, the local deer here in the valley have been out nibbling in the cut hay and punkin fields from 11:00 am thru 1:00 pm ish ?

I know cuz I drive past em each day I come back home from hunting all mornings in the rain , or now the dense fog and cold...

Scum bag Blacktails.

Didn't have much time to get out and about this season. Had one memorable day when an obviously estrous doe paraded 4 different bucks past my stand. She first brought by a determined 1x2. 'Bout half an hour later she came back by with a dink forkie. Then another pass with a bigger, wonky fork. Last, but not least, a respectable black-antlered trey was angling for a taste. Literally. Almost gave her a respite from getting chased about by that testosterone-addled buck.

Almost....

I notched my tag on another old buck this year. This one was sporting poor genetics overall regarding the antler territory, but not lacking in BMI. Was good to cull him prior to the rut, as he already had accumulated 9 does. We figured him for a 6.5+ yo deer. Let a very nice 4.5 yo typical 4x4 continue to do his thing, as his genetics were great. Overall, Lots of mule deer in the Central 509.

Here in the Old area, in neighborhoods, some really nice 3x3 and 4x4 s have been out during the day looking for love. Huge necks, smell a bit, and rather dumb as boards in the sense that a 10 yard shot (if legal) puts meat on the table.

Everytime Drifter posts I giggle. Not sure who you're trying to impress. Thanks though, Shakespeare.

Not Shakespeare.
But rather in the Hemingway style with a side of Jack O'Connor.

He is just trying to class up this place, very tall order for sure. I, for one, appreciate his style of prose.

"the hunters become the hunted"

Your governor is hunting you with his "death injection"... No retards will escape...

I wonder if your Governor will try to poison us with mushrooms next...?

Some of our less fortunate are gullible enough to try anything.

I’m glad to see a Richie Gee is still around.

Bring back the darkside!




















































Or not.


-Steamy

Hey, Richie...were there at Dealey Plaza for JFK, Jr.'s, big reveal?



Fish on...

Todd

All the Modern Deer identify as elk these days.

Hadn't seen any bucks around the yard since Labor Day. There must be just enough hunting pressure in the neighborhood for them to know to make themselves scarce as autumn approaches. However, this morning as I walked out to fetch the newspaper a doe walked by me - not the least unusual around here - but about 50 feet behind her was a 3 point. Haven't seen him or his buddies in two months. Must be the rut bringing him out in broad daylight. There's been 7 deer, does and yearlings, hanging around the front yard for the last 2 or 3 weeks, so it makes sense that one or more bucks would eventually show up.

Rich,


Answer Toff’s strange and off topic question.


-Steamy

Did not go to that event at the Plaza... He will reveal himself when its time... "Save the best for last"..

If you are not asleep at the wheel you should how things are shaping up...

You know who is in charge right now don't you... Those guys who hijacked those US Navy ships in the China Sea a few years ago and the same guys who hijacked "Ever Given" not so long ago,, jack knifed and beached it in the same place that Moses parted the Red Sea.

https://reclaimtheorganic.org/project-looking-glass

the game is rigged...

https://reclaimtheorganic.org/darpa-moldice/f/darpa-moldice

https://reclaimtheorganic.org/project-pegasus

Your brain is rigged.

And by rigged, I mean completely dogshitt fuckerdoodled.

Fried.

Fish on...

Todd

Who is "dogshit fuckerdoodled"

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vaccin...l-transmission/

https://ussanews.com/fauci-admits-vaccin...at-doesnt-work/

https://www.porttownsendfreepress.com/2021/10/30/the-truth-that-must-not-be-spoken/

Maybe the suckers who took that DNA altering injection which does no good against Novel Corona Virus... That injection which blocks your immune system from correcting cancer on the cellular level... That injection which causes blood clot syndrome in all persons who take it...

Looking forward to your 4th injection to keep your "papers" up to snuff? Not only that you are going to need that 4th injection,,, 5th, 6th, 7th and so on... As long as you live about every 4 months you will need an injection or your immune system will stop working... But then again the more injections you get,, the more spike proteins you get and the more blood cots you get... At some point one of those clots is going to get stuck somewhere and grow into a big clot,,, Pulmonary Embolism or big old stroke is what you get,, guess its better than terminal cancer or AIDS....

Again,,, who is "dogshit fuckerdoodled"

Not the ones who were smart enough not to take an injection on a trail basis,, the same injection which was tested on animals in 2008 and all the animals died,, either quick from heart related side effects or died later from cancer or AIDS if they had a strong heart... None survived beyond a couple years... All test subjects died from their injections of the same stuff you took...

Yep it gets the ones with weak hearts first...

How did they sucker you into participating in depopulation??? Are you just a loyal cultist of the progressive agendas of climate change,, critical race theory,, phobia of everything? Or did they get you because you wanted to participate in social events sanctioned by globalists... Or maybe you are just greedy and selfish and that is how they got you...

The shot represents the corporate world and your allegiance to it... Its your right of passage,, your submission to your secular God...

You are.

I hope this helps.

Fish on...

Todd

Nope I am not crazy... I was your "smoke alarm" which you took the batteries out of because you thought I sounded too many false alarms... I warned you for many years about what was coming and how to survive it... The way to survive is to engage in "critical, independent thought",, to read between the lines of the "fake news/propaganda arm" of the Deep State... The choice was always yours, its all about "free will"..

The truth is I said too much,, I tried too hard.. There was nothing I ever could have done accept entertain you...

You have been wrong every time for 13 years, but I appreciate your optimism. That kind of failure would probably cause a normal man to re-evaluate his misplaced faith, but not you, oh no...the very lack of reality in your theories is the fuel for more of them.



Fish on...

Todd

"The Darkside board has been removed and there are no current plans to bring it or something similar back online to Piscatorial Pursuits.

Community members are welcome to participate in topics and conversations relevant to their specific boards.

Off topic and out of place conversations will either be moved to an appropriate board, moderated, or deleted.

Those that continue to post to this or any other board with non-topic related posts will receive posting restrictions.

There will be no warnings."


Hhhmmmmmmm

This was an approved thread, until the potty mouthed talk erupted...

The thread was on topic until Todd steered things of course. Typical. The man has no self control.


-Steamy


P.S. maybe the darkside should come back so there is an area where people like Todd and that one guy whose name starts with a “J” can go and schit all over everyone’s threads while not ruining the whole board.

Oh deer, what is going on in this thread?

You may want to go back and check where it went off course...it was, as usual, with our resident batshit crazy cuckoonut.

Fish on...

Todd

There should be a subforum for Rich G. Todd will be the mod. Rich was right about many things. It will be all about Sasquatch, Trump, covid, JFK Jr, silver trading tips and next Tuesday. So when will silver hit $30 per oz?

Rich took a slight right and you took a HARD left. But that’s typical of people like you. Just pin the blame on everyone else when you are the biggest offender.


-Steamy

A "hard left" by asking him if he went to Texas to see JFK, Jr.?

I think your cultist status is showing.

Fish on...

Todd

Just to be fair, somebody in this thread uttered one or more of the DS forbidden words first, breaking the new laws of the site. Should they not face the consequences for this transgression, or are these new laws meaningless ?

Yes... because it is completely off topic.

You seem defensive.


-Steamy

Obviously JFK Jr is hunting whitetails in the Texas hill country. It's on topic.

This is on topic and relevant.


-Steamy

Cultist says what?

That's totally on topic. Derp.

Fish on...

Todd

Alec Baldwin shot something. That was on topic.

Agreed. He got more action than most of the posters here.


-Steamy

I Didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 or in 2020. Kind of hard to prove I’m a cultist.

Nice try.


-Steamy

So did Kyle Rittenhouse.

Oh Dear

Excuse me, but is anyone going, y' know, deer hunting over the next few days?

My teenage son has the modern deer tag so we're going to sit in the stand on the back 40 even though all bucks on the game cams were after dark.

I’m waiting another week for late muzzie season. Have a few nice bucks on camera in a spot that gets little if any pressure. In the mean time I’m glued to PP Yeah!!!


-Steamy

Yeah, I'm waiting for muzzleloader season too.

Nice work FP. It sounds like you are raising your son correctly. It is a valuable skill to know how to build a firearm, hunt, and process deer. Most of the posters here are soft and pathetic 206’ers who don’t even hunt. They do things like vote along party lines for Democrats and allow themselves to be hunted with needles containing something that doesn’t even resemble a vaccine. You can either hunt or be the hunted. It sounds like your son will be a great hunter. Make sure to share his story of success here with photos once it happens.


-Steamy

I hear Covid is found in deer now and they are all unvaxxed. Those pesky 206ers are running around the woods with tranquilizer rifles but instead of tranqs, it's covid vaccine. You better watch out or you might get accidentally vaxxed.

Oh Dear.
It's late buck.
Not even fair.
Go shoooooot one of them sleezy bucks.

New record deer count in the 'hood yesterday in one siting. 13 total, but only 2 bucks, a spike and a forkhorn that were sparing. The other 11 I saw a few days ago. They are a mix of does, yearlings, and young of the year. Not sure if the season is still open here. Archery begins Sept. 1, so I'm told, and I never hear any of those quiet shots. I did hear one gunshot before I got up this morning, but that's not too unusual most any time of the year. I'd guess that we have a few of those "any season is subsistence hunting season" types living around here.

Late modern started this morning, runs thru Sunday.

Fish on...

Todd

Yup. Good luck to everyone still looking for their deer.


-Steamy

We missed a 4 point by 25 minutes this morning according to the trail cam. Damn it's hard to get teenagers out of bed early.

We rattled for him most of the day but never lured him back. If my son doesn't get him this weekend, I'm going to get him on muzzleloader season. He's going to go down like JFK Jr. in a Cessna.

He's a good one!

Our camp has had some solid successes, end of year report coming...at the end of the year.

Fish on...

Todd

Just like Biden’s approval rating. Lower than Trump’s ever was.

Good luck finding him.


-Steamy

Cultist's gotta cult.

lol

Well, my 2021 modern firearm season is over, so here's my report...

Whidbey Island was unusual for us this year...early in the summer our zone was loaded with deer, including a lot more bucks than usual...but come hunting season, they didn't just go nocturnal, they also vacated the premises.

There weren't hardly any does around, and when the rut approached, that meant there weren't many bucks around.

Long story short, I only saw one decent buck during hunting hours and wasn't able to get a good enough shot to seal the deal.

Last year Nick and I went over to Kettle Falls to our turkey zone for late whitetail, which is smack dab in between western general and late seasons...and I passed on several decent bucks last year while over there. With my observations on Whidbey, I wasn't convinced of my success during late season here, so I decided to knock down the first good two point or better that I saw in Kettle Falls.

Game cam intel showed a handful of decent shooters, including two 2-point brothers that were always together, at all hours of the day and night...the same two brothers that I passed on last year, from the looks of them.

There were some other good ones around, but none had shown themselves during hunting hours...until the day before we arrived, and a shiny new 5-point was at my far south cam on 7:30 am, noon, and again at 4:30pm...he was kinda asking for it.

Being the good host, Nick was going to go hunt that deer on the morning of our first hunt, and I was going to go a mile north of there where one good deer was frequently around, but never yet during hunting hours...this one:







And, in spite of not having a single picture of him during the day, 20 minutes into hunting hours on our first morning he wandered into my zone, and my hunt ended 20 seconds later.





Went back to the house and got my old man, and he came to "help" me get it out of the woods...I mostly dragged the deer and him, too, but it was totally worth it; he was so excited to see that deer get harvested.



Having grown up in Western Washington, and having a cabin up by Lake Wenatchee for a lot of my teen years, I have shot plenty of blacktail and mule deer, but this was my first whitetail, last year was the first time I ever hunted for them.

My dad didn't buy his property so I could hunt on it, but it sure has worked out well for that, too!

Fish on...

Todd

Nice looking whitetail Todd. Uhm, save that bucktail for fly tying material, would ya'?

Nice buck, Toff. Congrats!!!


-Steamy

Nahhh. I don’t even like Trump, extreme right wingers, or republicans. I’m just stating a comparative fact about Biden’s approval rating dropping as quick as the buck will on FP’s cam.

Nice try Stam.



-Steamy

Did anyone else tag out late season? Not a ton of action for me. I didn’t see any bucks but I took a doe a couple days before the season ended.


Steamy

One of our WDFW managers got out. The good news...he bagged a buck. The bad news...the season wasn't open. More good news...he turned himself in. He was cited.

https://nwsportsmanmag.com/state-manager-accused-of-hunting-violation/