2019 Deer Hunting

[dennishoddy]

Game warden said they probably had someone to come pick them up.

In this day and age of cell phones, that is exactly what they do. I've posted the pics on here in the past of us driving into the farm and seeing a set of bolt cutters laying on the ground in front of the round top barn. The lock was hardened, high security so it was only dented, not cut.
We figured the owner of the bolt cutters had to have heard us coming down the road, dropped the cutters and ran off into the 6' tall johnsongrass that covered a pretty good patch of ground. We thought about lighting it off, and seeing what ran off out the other side, but decided that wasn't a good idea with liability issues.
I was an interesting thought though.

 

[ignerntbend]

 

[PiedmontGuy]

They ran north through the woods, all camo’ed out. Not the brightest thing to do the last evening of rifle season where everyone is more apt to shooting doe.

There was no vehicle. Game warden said they probably had someone to come pick them up. We do have a few suspicious vehicles though.
1. ‘80s F-150 short bed. Gray with tool box & bumper sticker on glass behind the driver.
2. 97-02 Ford with white camper shell.
3. Newer white Chevy crew cab with OSU permit on mirror.

I will put these trucks on my radar and let you know if I see something. I am on the SW side of Piedmont. On the second one, you mention the shell is white, do you know the color of the vehicle? Looks like the third is someone home from school for the holiday and is probably a reasonable suspect since you have seen a pattern but we probably won't see him again until Christmas. My son graduated for OSU Stillwater this last spring. I asked him if he knows who fits that description but he could name 10 people in Stillwater like that but none with a known Piedmont connection. The Piedmont guys he knows have all swapped trucks and he doesn't really know what they drive like he used to.

When you said all camo and blinds (plural) and they picked the blinds up and ran, it makes me think they were goose hunters with lay-down blinds. Either way they knew they were in the wrong because they ran.

 

[undeg01]

I will put these trucks on my radar and let you know if I see something. I am on the SW side of Piedmont. On the second one, you mention the shell is white, do you know the color of the vehicle? Looks like the third is someone home from school for the holiday and is probably a reasonable suspect since you have seen a pattern but we probably won't see him again until Christmas. My son graduated for OSU Stillwater this last spring. I asked him if he knows who fits that description but he could name 10 people in Stillwater like that but none with a known Piedmont connection. The Piedmont guys he knows have all swapped trucks and he doesn't really know what they drive like he used to.

When you said all camo and blinds (plural) and they picked the blinds up and ran, it makes me think they were goose hunters with lay-down blinds. Either way they knew they were in the wrong because they ran.

No color on the truck. It was in the evening at sunset and my buddy couldn’t tell the color of the truck, only the bright white camper shell that didn’t match the truck.

And these guys weren’t goose hunters. They were sitting 20 yds from one of my corn feeders just inside some scrub brush.

 

[Okie4570]

Had a really nice buck come in at 5pm limping bad. He stopped at 60y and froze, looked around for a bit, turned left and walked over behind a big tree and stood there. Almost dark a doe walked up to the feeder. Buck peeked out, blew and stomped twice, turned and walked off lol

 

[dlbleak]

Ok, I’ve looked at the OKW app and can’t find the total deer harvest numbers. I know it’s in the ‘hunters toolbox’ or something?

 

[Okie4570]

Ok, I’ve looked at the OKW app and can’t find the total deer harvest numbers. I know it’s in the ‘hunters toolbox’ or something?

Yep and look at Harvest by county, view report, click next to go to the second page and it's at the bottom right corner. 97k

 

[dlbleak]

Thanks okie

 

[dennishoddy]

Another doe today on the DMAP.
Got in the stand at 3pm, and at 3:30 it was done.
There were more out in the milo field I could have taken but one field dressing a day is my limit now.
The suppressor keeps it quiet and doesn’t bother the deer not in the immediate area.

 

[makeithappen]

Solid shot, Dennis!