Thanksgiving Day hunts

[Redbeard]

Who gets out? Sam and I and whoever's visiting, usually get out every Thanksgiving morning for a hunt. Historically, they're unsuccessful hunts. We usually get out, freeze and sip coffee. But we still do it. My dad will be tagging along this year and I'm hoping to get out after brant

[capt1972]

A family tradition here

[Flightstopper]

Hunt with buddies all week, nothing new. Then should make it out to the farm this weekend if it's not too wet for a couple hunts with dad and brother.

[HighDesertDuck]

Every thanksgiving since I started hunting. This year might not work out because of the job.

[DeadEye_Dan]

Yep. Usually a short hunt, home by 10:30 for lunch and then shoot a deer in the evening.

[Redbeard]

Yep. Usually a short hunt, home by 10:30 for lunch and then shoot a deer in the evening.

deer on the evening huh. One upper

[NuffDaddy]

Too damn busy to get out thurs. church at 9...lunch with my dads side at 1...dinner with my moms side at 6. I'll be out tues, wed, and fri for ducks. Sat and sun for deer.

[DeadEye_Dan]

Yep. Usually a short hunt, home by 10:30 for lunch and then shoot a deer in the evening.

deer on the evening huh. One upper

That reminds me. I gotta stop and get some bait tomorrow afternoon.

[The Duck Hammer]

Everybody usually heads out after lunch with our family. Your on your own in the mornings but we all go together in the evening. That's deer hunting I should add.

[Redbeard]

Yep. Usually a short hunt, home by 10:30 for lunch and then shoot a deer in the evening.

deer on the evening huh. One upper

That reminds me. I gotta stop and get some bait tomorrow afternoon.

there goes the migration. Don't set the bait on the slippery slope. Deer won't touch it

[NuffDaddy]

Yep. Usually a short hunt, home by 10:30 for lunch and then shoot a deer in the evening.

deer on the evening huh. One upper

That reminds me. I gotta stop and get some bait tomorrow afternoon.

I got my doe killin spot baited for Friday night. Deer hunting is about done for me this year...freezer filling time now.

[The Duck Hammer]

Yep. Usually a short hunt, home by 10:30 for lunch and then shoot a deer in the evening.

deer on the evening huh. One upper

That reminds me. I gotta stop and get some bait tomorrow afternoon.

there goes the migration. Don't set the bait on the slippery slope. Deer won't touch it

[assateague]

Same here. Usually just me, but the brother in law from AZ will be here tomorrow for a week. He's looking forward to it- never been waterfowling before.


(And by the way, my traditional thanksgiving morning hunt was the infamous "out of gas, late for dinner because I walked back to the launch pulling a boat with a full gas can in it" hunt)

[Redbeard]

Same here. Usually just me, but the brother in law from AZ will be here tomorrow for a week. He's looking forward to it- never been waterfowling before.


(And by the way, my traditional thanksgiving morning hunt was the infamous "out of gas, late for dinner because I walked back to the launch pulling a boat with a full gas can in it" hunt)

unforgettable

[DeadEye_Dan]

You faggots! I'm not going to buy bait!!

I'm going to use all my hard earned bushcraft and woods knowledge and set up on the edge of a 80 acre cornfield and smoke the first doe that goes broadside at 300 or less.

[The Duck Hammer]

You faggots! I'm not going to buy bait!!

I'm going to use all my hard earned bushcraft and woods knowledge and set up on the edge of a 80 acre cornfield and smoke the first doe that goes broadside at 300 or less.

At least you are using your bushcraft to get close to them.

[NuffDaddy]

You faggots! I'm not going to buy bait!!

I'm going to use all my hard earned bushcraft and woods knowledge and set up on the edge of a 80 acre cornfield and smoke the first doe that goes broadside at 300 or less.

Good plan. I planted a .1 acre corn field last weekend. Put the seed real close together, hopefully it takes before the deer get it all.

[AKPirate]

You faggots! I'm not going to buy bait!!

I'm going to use all my hard earned bushcraft and woods knowledge and set up on the edge of a 80 acre cornfield and smoke the first doe that goes broadside at 300 or less.

Head or lung shot?

[DeadEye_Dan]

You faggots! I'm not going to buy bait!!

I'm going to use all my hard earned bushcraft and woods knowledge and set up on the edge of a 80 acre cornfield and smoke the first doe that goes broadside at 300 or less.

Head or lung shot?

200 and in will do the "pink mist", over I'll break the shoulders.

[assateague]

You faggots! I'm not going to buy bait!!

I'm going to use all my hard earned bushcraft and woods knowledge and set up on the edge of a 80 acre cornfield and smoke the first doe that goes broadside at 300 or less.

Good plan. I planted a .1 acre corn field last weekend. Put the seed real close together, hopefully it takes before the deer get it all.

[NuffDaddy]

You faggots! I'm not going to buy bait!!

I'm going to use all my hard earned bushcraft and woods knowledge and set up on the edge of a 80 acre cornfield and smoke the first doe that goes broadside at 300 or less.

Head or lung shot?

200 and in will do the "pink mist", over I'll break the shoulders.

It's a damn corn field. Put it through the lungs and don't waste any meat. You can watch it fall. They usually do a good face plant/ front flip at the end too...kinda fun to watch.

[DeadEye_Dan]

You faggots! I'm not going to buy bait!!

I'm going to use all my hard earned bushcraft and woods knowledge and set up on the edge of a 80 acre cornfield and smoke the first doe that goes broadside at 300 or less.

Head or lung shot?

200 and in will do the "pink mist", over I'll break the shoulders.

It's a damn corn field. Put it through the lungs and don't waste any meat. You can watch it fall. They usually do a good face plant/ front flip at the end too...kinda fun to watch.

Or, I can drive my truck to where it was standing when it was shot, throw it in and not have to drag that bitch out of a swamp.

Been there. Done it. Have the T-shirt.

I don't do lung shots.

[NuffDaddy]

You faggots! I'm not going to buy bait!!

I'm going to use all my hard earned bushcraft and woods knowledge and set up on the edge of a 80 acre cornfield and smoke the first doe that goes broadside at 300 or less.

Head or lung shot?

200 and in will do the "pink mist", over I'll break the shoulders.

It's a damn corn field. Put it through the lungs and don't waste any meat. You can watch it fall. They usually do a good face plant/ front flip at the end too...kinda fun to watch.

Or, I can drive my truck to where it was standing when it was shot, throw it in and not have to drag that bitch out of a swamp.

Been there. Done it. Have the T-shirt.

I don't do lung shots.

How big is the field? Wait till they walk 60 yards from the edge and they will die in the field.
For the record I don't have a problem with anything but a head shot. Neck, shoulder, heart. I don't care. Lung shot just wastes the least amount if meat so that's what I go for.

[NuffDaddy]

Not that anyone cares what I care about. Just wanted to throw that out there.

[Bootlipkiller]

Ill be out for a few hours. Always try to hunt thanksgiving and New Year's Day

[DeadEye_Dan]

[quote="DeadEye_Dan"]You faggots! I'm not going to buy bait!!

I'm going to use all my hard earned bushcraft and woods knowledge and set up on the edge of a 80 acre cornfield and smoke the first doe that goes broadside at 300 or less.

Head or lung shot?

200 and in will do the "pink mist", over I'll break the shoulders.

It's a damn corn field. Put it through the lungs and don't waste any meat. You can watch it fall. They usually do a good face plant/ front flip at the end too...kinda fun to watch.

Or, I can drive my truck to where it was standing when it was shot, throw it in and not have to drag that bitch out of a swamp.

Been there. Done it. Have the T-shirt.

I don't do lung shots.

How big is the field? Wait till they walk 60 yards from the edge and they will die in the field.
For the record I don't have a problem with anything but a head shot. Neck, shoulder, heart. I don't care. Lung shot just wastes the least amount if meat so that's what I go for.[/quote]

You'll say that until you lung shoot a deer that runs across the neighbors fence and they won't let you retrieve it.

Just blow up the shoulders and be done with it.

[QH's Paw]

We used to always duck hunt the morning before the dinner. Now a days, my son lives in Wyoming and I work the night before and the night of.
Won't be hunting another until I change shifts or jobs or, I retire.
Also used to always steelhead fish Christmas eve morning, before my wife's family Christmas.

[jarbo03]

Dad, bro, and I have done it for years. Last year my BIL joined, will be doing the same this year. In years past, when there were pheasant, dad and I would leave Fri morning for 3 days in western KS, I miss those trips.

[Woody]

A family tradition here

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Here are the list of our clan's thanksgiving shinanigans over the last few years.

7 years ago, I shot a 9 point buck tracked it awhile, there were bubbles in the blood. So we decide to back out and let it die from the lung shot. After breakfast we head back out, track the deer another 100 yards and find a pool of blood where it had laid down and a set of tire tracks leading away, no blood or deer tracks leading away from the pool of blood. Don't know for sure what happened.

5 years ago we were hunting a beaver pond. Had 5-600 mallards trying to land in our hole. First three shots bring three ducks. 2 are recovered easily, the third requires Titz to cross the beaver damn with his dog jack to aid him in finding the duck. After the recovery was made, Titz tries to cross back over in a hurry misses the beaver damn (8 inches of snow covered it) and he breaks thru the ice... We recover Titz and head home to let him warm up.

3 years ago we sunk the flat bottom 60 yards off shore. (Y'all already know those details)

This year well, lets hope we break the curse.

[AKPirate]

A family tradition here

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Here are the list of our clan's thanksgiving shinanigans over the last few years.

7 years ago, I shot a 9 point buck tracked it awhile, there were bubbles in the blood. So we decide to back out and let it die from the lung shot. After breakfast we head back out, track the deer another 100 yards and find a pool of blood where it had laid down and a set of tire tracks leading away, no blood or deer tracks leading away from the pool of blood. Don't know for sure what happened.

5 years ago we were hunting a beaver pond. Had 5-600 mallards trying to land in our hole. First three shots bring three ducks. 2 are recovered easily, the third requires Titz to cross the beaver damn with his dog jack to aid him in finding the duck. After the recovery was made, Titz tries to cross back over in a hurry misses the beaver damn (8 inches of snow covered it) and he breaks thru the ice... We recover Titz and head home to let him warm up.

3 years ago we sunk the flat bottom 60 yards off shore. (Y'all already know those details)

This year well, lets hope we break the curse.

All odd years 7,5,3, you'll be good this year