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Title: 2023 Recap
Post by: JamesD on January 09, 2024, 01:35:25 PM

Here are a couple of hero pics and others from my 2023 Whitetail season. I hunted hard as I do each season. This season shooting opportunities were harder to earn than the past several. At times it seemed like I was just grinding out time waiting for them to occur. My hunting partner tagged a nice young buck in November. That gave the new e-bike and trailer its first work out. Then, with the hunting getting really tough after rifle season was over, I put a tag on a spike. I felt as much elation and joy with the harvest of the spike as I have with any mature buck I have ever harvested.

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Post by: JamesD on January 09, 2024, 01:36:15 PM

The e-bike getting broke in.

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Post by: JamesD on January 09, 2024, 01:50:28 PM

After several minutes of snort wheezes and posturing, these two guys realize they’re actually friends.

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Post by: JamesD on January 09, 2024, 01:55:08 PM

With that settled, one walks off, and the other beds down about forty yards away from me.

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Post by: JamesD on January 09, 2024, 01:59:43 PM

My prized spike.

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Post by: JamesD on January 09, 2024, 02:00:46 PM

The final sunrise.

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Post by: JamesD on January 09, 2024, 02:03:09 PM

Last guy to come by. Always happy to get deer within shooting range in January. This young buck was as wired up as any deer I’ve had at close range. The hunting pressure really gave him an education.

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Post by: JamesD on January 09, 2024, 02:05:39 PM

He’s also a little bit leaner than he was in this photo from late October.

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Post by: JamesD on January 09, 2024, 02:08:07 PM

A couple of hens from the local winter flock.

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Post by: JamesD on January 09, 2024, 02:10:43 PM

Final sunset of the season

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Post by: rastaman on January 09, 2024, 03:11:55 PM

Awesome pictures James!  Thanks for sharing your season.  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Post by: Homey88 on January 09, 2024, 06:16:29 PM

Great season!

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Post by: trick00 on January 10, 2024, 12:49:50 AM

Nice James!

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Post by: huckbuck on January 10, 2024, 06:51:08 AM

Way to hang in there James and Congrats to a successful season.

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Post by: BruceT on January 10, 2024, 08:46:51 AM

    Most interesting post I’ve viewed for a long time!!
Good job !!

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Post by: durp on January 10, 2024, 08:51:30 AM

Spikes and forkies make some fantastic table fair...congrates  :thumbsup:

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Post by: KAZ on January 11, 2024, 04:11:56 PM

Nice post James, well done :campfire:

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Post by: A Lex on January 17, 2024, 04:11:19 PM

Thanks heaps for that James
Thoroughly enjoyed it

Sounds like you had a really great season.
Really like your attitude to challenging hunting....

Great pictures too  :thumbsup:

Best
Lex

Title: Re: 2023 Recap
Post by: Wudstix on January 17, 2024, 04:15:47 PM

James;
Enjoyed the thread.
 :campfire: :coffee: :archer2: :campfire:

Title: Re: 2023 Recap
Post by: supernaut on January 18, 2024, 07:23:24 AM

Great pictures and recaps and thanks for sharing them with us. These threads are some of my very favorites.   :campfire:


Congratulations on a fine season!    :thumbsup: