Mason, Brock, others

[switchhitter]

I can’t remember the last time I saw a covey of quail
Sounds like a great afternoon Brock

 

["J"]

I can’t remember the last time I saw a covey of quail
Sounds like a great afternoon Brock

As a kid we saw covey’s most of the times we were out rabbit hunting. Same for pheasants.
The things we took for granted back then….

 

[OO2]

View attachment 215723My bird hunting buddy, Clint and I went for a couple hours this afternoon. Peanut did his thing. We saw a couple covey of quail and another 8-10 pheasants. Laziness kept me from completing the limit. Peanut had him pointed a couple hundred yards from the truck but I didn’t have the legs to go after him. I told Peanut to get him, so he flushed him off into the sunset. A fine afternoon indeed.

Love seeing the wild bird success in Ohio. Congrats!

 

[brock ratcliff]

This just came up in memories. Peanuts first limit on wild birds, six years ago to the day. What a great little hunting partner he has been!

 

[brock ratcliff]

Mason joined one of his co-workers from the division today on some OLHAP property for a bird hunt. They each killed a rooster, saw many more that did not hold for a point. Mason shot this one over a hard point. He said as he approached, Peanut kept giving him the side-eye, like “where have you been”.

 

[brock ratcliff]

As predicted, this fella did not make it through gun season unscathed. He is looking rough, favoring his left front leg/shoulder, and has shed an antler. The camera quit working a couple days ago so he may have died or shed the other side I just don’t know and I swore I was done predicting a deers fate, but I will be surprised if he survives whatever would he got on Saturday of gun season.

 

[finelyshedded]

View attachment 215848As predicted, this fella did not make it through gun season unscathed. He is looking rough, favoring his left front leg/shoulder, and has shed an antler. The camera quit working a couple days ago so he may have died or shed the other side I just don’t know and I swore I was done predicting a deers fate, but I will be surprised if he survives whatever would he got on Saturday of gun season.

Dang Brock, hopefully he’s able to find a hole to hide in till he’s healed up. I’d be looking for those sheds as soon as that 68-69 inch left side drops.

 

[brock ratcliff]

Dang Brock, hopefully he’s able to find a hole to hide in till he’s healed up. I’d be looking for those sheds as soon as that 68-69 inch left side drops.

He’s been in my little woods daily since gun season. He is perfectly safe from pressure as long as he stays in there. He just looks so bad I really can’t imagine he survives. But then again, I’ve been wrong before - very recently.

 

[OO2]

View attachment 215847Mason joined one of his co-workers from the division today on some OLHAP property for a bird hunt. They each killed a rooster, saw many more that did not hold for a point. Mason shot this one over a hard point. He said as he approached, Peanut kept giving him the side-eye, like “where have you been”.

Glad to hear there are some birds on the OLHAP properties!

 

[brock ratcliff]

 

[brock ratcliff]

 

[Wiley E Coyote]

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Damn guys are you in Nebraska or something great way to start the year!

 

[finelyshedded]

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Great haul and pic Brock! The one on far left looks he’s holding tight, lol.

 

["J"]

Nice haul! Congrats.

 

[giles]

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Why does the one next to you buddy look alive still?

 

[finelyshedded]

Why does the one next to you buddy look alive still?

That’s what I was referring too

 

[brock ratcliff]

it was dead as a hammer. He was stiff in that position when I took him from the game bag so I just laid him on his belly instead of his side. I think it’s a good look. Lol

 

[brock ratcliff]

A fun first evening of Muzzleloader season. I had not shot my gun since last year. One shot to verify zero and put it to work… I only shot one of these. . Time to clean it for another year.

 

[brock ratcliff]

Mason had a rough season. Kid has always been charmed when it comes to deer, wasn’t the case this year.
My pal Brian has a huge farm and they are very picky about the deer they shoot. He knew Mason had reached a real low point. So, he told him about a 140” 8 he wouldn’t mind Mason killing. Then the deer shed his antlers. Next up was a deer Brian calls Meatball, which is a huge buck with a non-scoring rack…and he shed. So there were about a half dozen 8’s about this size living on a ridge… unfortunately for this deer, Mason was more than happy to go kill one of them. He was genuinely thrilled with this buck. In fact, we had one of the big deer we’ve been keeping track of show back up on camera the day after Mason filled his tag, and he had zero regrets not being able to hunt that deer. Hopefully he will get a crack at him next year! Mason learned a lot this year regarding peaks and valleys, especially the valleys. I’m sure he’s better for it.

 

[brock ratcliff]

We got this picture a few weeks ago. I called Brian and Mason as it was a beautiful day to take the dog for a walk.