Looks like I got back from Montana just in time to catch up and see your success....  way to go Jim!!!

Nice going, Jim.
Have a good break.

Congrats Jim! Really nice doe and mount!        

Congrats Jim. Just getting caught up, I am Elated to see you finally found a doe!

 

When I got back home I had a discussion with a person who really doesnt hunt or know what it entails.  When I told her about Jim and my experince hunting with him she said, "well you must know others who hunt like that and have respect for the animals like Jim does.  I dont quite think she believed me when I said, "no, I dont".  Its unfortunate but it's just not that common.   The photos, hunting shows, long range shots with high powered equipment. Its the loud majority and it's disheartening to see.
I challenge you all to introduce someone to traditional archery today.

Jay

nice bigdoe and great mount that came back fast and looks great!!!

Congrats again Bud!!

That is a toad - Big Doe

Congratulations on the big doe Jim!  That's a great looking mount also!

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

That is just about as perfect as a guy could hope for! Hunt 63, dry doe, fabulous shot, and all just before the grandkids come and gun season opens. It is like your season was scripted!

Love the mount too. That is a great pose.  A nice side benefit to filling a buck tag early is bring first on the taxidermists list.
Congratulations Jim!

Nice looking mount, congrats on the doe.  Really enjoy this thread...  

Congratulations on the beautiful doe...she's a bigun!

So Jim......does that mean your done for the year? Do you have others coming to hunt.....I don't want to see this end!.....lol!

A well deserved doe, congrats!    

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Ron W i have one more doe tag to use and will hopefully get in a lot of hunting in late November and all of December! I love hunting in the late season!

Excellent........  

Awesome Jim! Glad to see you were able to get it done on a nice big doe!

Killer mount too!

Great job Jim....looking forward to the late season hunt.

David

TTT

outing #64  back to Jay's stand.

Well its been 12 whole days since I last hunted! Except for a small sliver of woods behind the yurt where i have worked on buck thorn the last few afternoons, i have stayed out of the woods. Not knowing what the rut is doing i elected to go back to where i killed the doe on  11/03.

Very cold and very still this am. I left the yurt extra early so I could walk up the bluff slowly and not work up a sweat. I made it to the stand with only jumping a single doe out of her bed along the logging road.

The morning was uneventful as there were no deer moving .Very few gun shots as well were heard the 3 hours I spent on stand. If I were to guess I'd say we are a smack dab in the middle of lock down.

I pulled the card from the camera over the big scrape as I left and am happy to report at least three different 3.5 year olds are showing have survived the first week of shot gun season.
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