Deer Season is upon us finally and I'm just wondering how many Tradgangers out there have taken a P & Y Buck with Tradtional Tackle from their own hunting land? Land that you own or lease or government land... you know "your" hunting club or public honey hole. The place you hang your own stands, do all your own scouting...your woods. IMO has got to be ultimate bowhunting trophy especially in the southeast.
Do you mean vs a guided hunt or lodge???
No Guided Hunts...There is no guide at this place, you are the guide....your own "place " where you hunt deer, probably squirels, rabbits, etc...May be the place where your son first shot his first BB gun......It's your "Deer Camp"...you grow your own food plots or you fill the feeders ( Marty :rolleyes: )...It's "your" lease or property....It may be behind your house or 100 miles across state but you call it "My" deer camp...No draws for tags, NO airline tickets or pre-hung stands....It's 100% you.
Under those rules no....
One was at a place my friend and I both hunt and we put our heads together the morning I killed one the closest to home
Other two involved a plane ticket, but weren't guided hunts.
I've been blessed with a lot of good friends that have shared their hunting ground with me......
Maybe,but I've never had em scored.....
Closet I've come is 122 and thats a nice deer for our area
First year on my own property. Will keep you posted. Hunted on a relatives property for the last 10 years 122 is best yet. Cousin on same property 2 p&y.
Troy, There ya go Braggin' again!
JAG
That's a huge accomplishment Troy. Great pic
Hey Guru,Rico,KennyM and Tony...only 4 out of 400(TradG daily users)....Congrats,You have accomplished only what 1% of us dream about.. :notworthy: ..move over though..I feel like I'm going to shoot 2 this year....My buddy Sam at the Paradise Club in S. Ga got one with recurve but it's really rare to hear about someone doing this in the southeast.
A good friend of mine in North TX did just what you're describing only minus the traditional tackle. fwiw
Here's my best after a four year effort "behind the house". He scored 152 + and dressed at 207#...was a State of NH bow record for 10 years or so. Shot him with a 69# Groves taked down and 2216 arrows during the first week of the 1990 gun season. (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Arrowworks/bigbuck4.jpg)
Bill, congrats, that is quite an accomplishment.
Joey, is this a survey? Sounds to me that you better not count your chickens too soon. The wolf might find his way into the henhouse.
I saw you count on that gobbler last spring and last I heard, he was still roosted in the Cypress just south of camp.You better back it up after startin a thread like this!!!
ps I hope I eat my words.
Marty , I was quiet as a mouse last year....look what happened.....i choked on 4 different ones......3 in 1 hour....well one was a nick......2 limbs deflections...and..1 bounce out.....so i'm using a different mojo this year...pre braggin. :pray: ..at least someone didn't write an article in a magazine about my 'miss" and i didn't cry...... i'm predicting my first P & Y this year from "My Deer Camp" category....there mcMahon...i predicted it..
Bill C. is my new hero....great buck
Marty...Eldon told me something about you in Kansas last year...I will give you the benefit of the doubt that he stretched the truth a little. He said it had to do with rushing the shot. Care to comment?
No rush, pure choke. Buck of a lifetime. I will try again soon though! But, whatever Eldon said, it involved stretching the truth! Heck, I already missed a doe last weekend, just warmin up for Kansas.
Joey,thanks for includin my name,but they haven't been officially scored,so I prolly don't count....LOL But hey,I feel like shootin one ..........SATURDAY AM :bigsmyl:
One with those specifics. Another that I shot on someone else's land but my scouting and treestand placement. Haven't paid to hunt Whitetails yet. Unless you count taxes. :)
Marty...really enjoyed you guys on the bear hunt last Fall at Eldons. Missed seeing you all this year. You guys ever planning on going back or has Eldon's jokes gotten too old?
I'd love to go back to Eldon's sometime, but can't do everything.He is one great guy and an excellent outfitter. At my age, his jokes seem new everytime I hear them! Except for the Honky Tonk shoes joke, That one's goota go!!! Good luck in your upcoming season.
he he.....I would like to go back too, but I'm jealous of all that hair he has on his head...too pretty for me!
Killed one in "my spot" that scored 151 3/8. That was in 1969.
Ray: I never thought of Eldon as having pretty hair....but then again I left the South many years ago. Some things do seem different there.
November 2005 I killed a 139+ 8point whitetail in the woods surrounding my house here in Metropolitan Des Moines Iowa. Pics were posted here on my profile but have since disappeared. Not entered in the book.
To date 9 out of 400+ on here have. :clapper: .......Hall of Fame TG Whitetail Bowhunters...for sure.....no Marty.... Wensels don't count..this thread is about P&Ys not B&Cs bucks.......another perspective...400 bowhunters X 12 years ( average bowhunting experience) = 4800 years.....Every 4800 years 9+ traditional bowhunters will take a P&Y buck at their "Deer Camp" or behind the house........dang , i better start booking some Midwestern hunts
No, Bill. You just have to see sarcasm when its in front of you. On the other hand, while I really didn't think Eldon has pretty hair, I did think you had a purty mouth!
By the way, I'm from Colorado. I only LIVE in Georgia because I'm a smart feller.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e252/bohuntr/ResizeofDscn0108.jpg)
This is a picture of the deer I shot on my land in 2003. It is the same deer as shown in my avatar. Never officially scored or entered but should score somewhere in the 160's. It was definitely a dream come true to take a buck like this on my own land but I think the guys who are really doing it the hard way are the ones who are shooting P&Y type bucks on public land with lots of competition.
Yep, last year on my 40. Used my climber and killed a 140+ 8 point. I've got a serious whitetail spotted and set-up...no trees anywhere near him, so gonna bucket him and kill him!
You guys shoot some nice deer. The trick is to do it consistently. Almost 20 years since I shot the big one...I am beginning to understand the "once in a lifetime" thing...at least in this part of the country.
I have taken 2 ''Behind the house bucks''1scored 145,205#,The other 138,225#s.Last year I ventured quite aways from the house(Ill.)Brought home a beautiful 8pt,a quick tape job put him in the low 150s,hunted with friends.
took a 137 8 pt on national forest with a recurve and a 19in black bear also on public land with a recurve here in Arkansas always do my own scouting and hanging, wouldnt feel right any other way...
Up to 12 big deer now...keep the "Deer Camp" big deer bow kills coming...
bohuntr...that buck is a TOAD