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Title: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: lungbuster on October 05, 2009, 07:41:59 am: i would hape to see a least one bib BUCK on this with some horns?????????????????????????????????/
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: PeteDavis on October 05, 2009, 08:26:31 am: Allright lungbuster-

Big bucks are cool, but any deer w/ a self bow is a pretty major achievement. If it's brown, it's down!

One refreshing thing about this style of hunting, and this very talented group of hunters and craftsmen, is that we make the tackle and hunt 'em up close. It's the complete opposite of he horn-porn/RealTree/Chuck Adams achiever racket.

Pappy is endorsed, by MACLURA POMIFERA!

Check out the Hunting Pics 2009 (child boards). Pappy has gotten the roll call started. I plan to add my name and pics if I can-and if it's a 2" spike I am taking the shot!

PD
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: GregB on October 05, 2009, 08:44:49 am: I'm with you Pete...we're out there trying for a deer, came close over the weekend but just couldn't make it happen.
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Pappy on October 05, 2009, 08:46:18 am: Well said Pete,If you want horns then so be it ,me,I like to eat :) If they have big horns that is
just icing on the cake for me. Look back in last year if you want to see big horns,RayO took a nice one last year. :)
Pappy
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Marc St Louis on October 05, 2009, 08:56:51 am: Horns are nice but they are hard to eat. Personally I am more interested in eating what I shoot than looking at it and you can't beat the younger Deer for that
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Hillbilly on October 05, 2009, 09:22:22 am: Some of us are hunters for the pure experience of it and to put meat on the table the way it's supposed to be put there. That's why we hunt with the stuff we do-it's distilling hunting down to it's purest form and kind of a rebellion against the commercial gadget-driven hunting show version of "horn-porn" deer hunting. Others get their ideas and goals about hunting from watching TV shows, and never see the deer under the antlers. I could care less any more about hunting horns, but some people enjoy it. There have been some big deer put down with primitive bows, many of us could just care less about trophy hunting, we just like to hunt and will gladly take big buck, little buck, or nice fat doe, whatever. I like to deer hunt. Ryano killed a hoss last year with his selfbow, for one I can think of. There are pics of it on the board, it was a sure 'nuff nice big buck. I'm not likely to kill many big bucks any more, because those little tender tasty ones keep walking out first, and I'm a man who likes backstraps. :)
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: recurve shooter on October 05, 2009, 09:26:23 am: yup. i boiled them horns all day last year. still to tough to eat. ;D
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: nocams on October 05, 2009, 09:27:10 am: Don't want to jinx the boy but, Mason and I have been in a tree twice and almost had it happen in the first 20 minutes ! He is hunting with his first osage that Pappy, Anthony, and Greg helped him build and I put him in the tree he killed two out of last year with a gun. First evening we were hunting a South wind , which should have been good, but deer often do not read the script ! We heard deer blowing as we jacked up our trees yet twenty minutes later a good 8 point with a sticker that made him a 9 came strolling by from dead downwind. I think after we got up the tree he lost our scent and thought we were gone ? Mason and I are 30yds apart and he came right under me and I had no shot straight down. About the time he was walking toward Mason and I had a shot he broke into a trot and ran right too Mason 7-8yd shot. Before Mason could swing around the tree and draw the buck trotted another 30yds and started feeding, RATS !!!

We hunted day before yesterday in the morning, same tree and a SW wind, still a good wind for the hollow. Again, the deer did not read the script and she came from directly downwind. Got by me, no shot, did not wind me. About the time Mason got his hat turned around and fingers on the string, she only needed 3 more steps for a clear shot, she got a nose full of the boy !!! Did I mention it is THICK in here where we are hunting, limited shots for sure but lots of deer. She ran back the way she came and we heard her blowing again around 10AM and called it a day. If the deer in this hollow keep coming from the North then we will have to hunt in on a North or West wind only. I am confident Mason will make meat, and maybe horns too with this bow soon. Cannot believe how well it shoots, quiet, smooth and fast. Got his woodies almost finished for it now, had a slight cresting mishap with cresting paint and water based poly. Good luck to all the osage hunters !

nocams
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: recurve shooter on October 05, 2009, 09:37:47 am: i been once and didnt see anything. not many deer down here. so i just spent the rest of the day with the shotgun for rabits and skwirls. ;D
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Hillbilly on October 05, 2009, 09:46:27 am: Here are a couple threads with nice horny bucks to get you started. There are plenty more if you look around.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,9578.0.html (http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,9578.0.html)

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,3973.0.html (http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,3973.0.html)

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,9352.0.html (http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,9352.0.html)

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,3584.0.html (http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,3584.0.html)
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: recurve shooter on October 05, 2009, 09:47:23 am: horny bucks..... ::)
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Eric Krewson on October 05, 2009, 10:06:44 am: I have killed a lot of bucks with my selfbows, most were 1 1/2" year olds. Every now and then a big one will mess up and give me shot. I got this one a few years ago, off the ground, with my osage bow.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/hunting%20stuff/bigbucksideview.jpg)
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Bluehawk on October 05, 2009, 10:28:22 am: Maybe poor lungbuster is From Penna. where you are not allowed to shot an "eating deer " only a "TROPHY" deer so your self- esteem will be Ok when you go to bed at night !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Antler restriction is in place so everyone can "Feel good " about the deer you get Your belly might be empty but IF you see a big enough deer then your pride can be salved.
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Pappy on October 05, 2009, 10:30:55 am: Here is another nice one, friend of mine killed in MI.
Pappy

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Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: woodstick on October 05, 2009, 03:29:17 pm: i like horns when they are played in a band. i like meat of just bout any kind. i will take a big buck or doe or spike iam just happy to hit one.
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: mullet on October 05, 2009, 08:02:59 pm: It's all been said above, I like meat. If I want horns it's save the pennies up and go to Texas or Alberta with the 300 WinMag just for horns and 300lbs of jerky meat.
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: smokeu on October 05, 2009, 09:41:03 pm: Yea this is my first year bow hunting ever.. so if a legal buck or doe comes within range im gonna launch a homemade rocket!! And by the way i froze my but off 15ft up a tree Sat morning and didnt see squat.

Mike
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Timo on October 05, 2009, 10:38:19 pm: Well I for one like the meat and the horns! ;D The bigger the horns the better,the sweeter and tender the meat all the better also.I love it, and do my part every year to fill the freezer,but I also love to match wits with them big ol knarly stinkiing rutty boys.Pick one out and hunt him,and you'll find that you'll get plenty of chances at other deer. When the feeling hits me to shoot one, then I'll be the first to dump the string on a lil nursery babe! ;)
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: maynooth on October 06, 2009, 08:58:13 am: I like to hunt trophy K&F whitetails.-- In fact I'm a charter member of the Knife and Fork Club with several book animals- recipe book that is.
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Hillbilly on October 06, 2009, 09:30:55 am: It's easier to pick a spot when it has a bunch of spots growing all over it...;D ;D
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: recurve shooter on October 06, 2009, 09:31:36 am: when a doe and a yearling came out when i was younger i was told to kill the yearling. (not a spotted fawn hillbilly ::), grandpa would throw a skillet at me if i shot one,but a younger deer) they are tenderer.

but back then my dad hunted to and the freezer was always full within the first month of rifle season. now its a little harder.
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: possum on October 06, 2009, 09:37:29 am: I like meat, but I also like the big antlers too. I'm still waiting for my big one to come by. Nothing wrong with wanting big antlers. Sure, young ones eat better but the big ones usually produce more meat. Granted I haven't got one yet this year so it's a "if it's brown, it's down," right now. Big antlers make big knife handles too. :)

possum
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: recurve shooter on October 06, 2009, 10:05:11 am: Quote from: possum on October 06, 2009, 09:37:29 am
Big antlers make big knife handles too. :)
possum

this is true. ;D
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Hillbilly on October 06, 2009, 04:41:55 pm: And good flintknapping billets. :)
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: recurve shooter on October 07, 2009, 09:55:01 am: Quote from: Hillbilly on October 06, 2009, 04:41:55 pm
And good flintknapping billets. :)

also true. i helped a friend that didnt have a truck move yesterday, in return they gave me a little gass money and a little six point rack that they found at the new house. now i gotta make me some new tools. ;D
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Kegan on October 07, 2009, 05:03:11 pm: There's jsut aren't any trophies around where I hunt. Just does. We had one buck- no one got him (and I even missed him with my father's rifle) but he finally met his end on the side of the road. Just not in the cards. Heck, trying to get one of the few does that are around once in a while is hard enough for me!

But I'm with Eddie. If I wanted a trophy I'd go elsehwere and get a REAl TROPHY! I'd prefer fangs instead of antlers though- or tusks! Big tusks brought low by a huge honkin' arrow... >:D
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: PeteC on October 07, 2009, 10:34:30 pm: Here's a pretty good one from last season.. God Bless

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Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: hawkbow on October 08, 2009, 12:02:17 am: That is one heck of a buck Pete.. a real warrior buck.. great job brother... Hawk
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: billy on October 08, 2009, 12:57:17 am: honestly I really don't care to shoot bucks. Everyone it seems is after them, and I'd rather just leave them alone. But when a big fat doe walks within range, I get DOE FEVER!!! Yeah, try keeping your nerves under control when a big slickhead shows up at 15 yards. I've had opportunities at bucks, but didn't shoot. Plus, there are usually far too many does anyway, so I'm gunning for them. Also, when you hunt with a primitive bow you just can't afford to be choosy, unless you live in a very good area or you have a jammin place to hunt with lots of deer and no hunting pressure. Most of us don't have that opportunity. I take advantage of any opportunity, and I don't think twice about dropping the string on a doe. Except for the bucks.....they are perfectly safe around me :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: n2everythg on October 08, 2009, 09:29:33 am: good friend of mine took this one just last night:
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/n2everythg/deer.jpg)
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: woodstick on October 08, 2009, 10:31:46 am: nice deer yall i like the pick a spot when it has a couple hundread and milk on its lips. makes for some good meat.
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Michael C. on October 08, 2009, 11:34:06 am: Wow the brace on that bow looks high for some reason, nice looking deer. I wish I had been more diligent about getting my bow done for the season opening, but maybe I will have time to finish it before this year makes it past me. Have never been hunting anything (as in never) and didn't feel the urge until I started making the bent sticks :)
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: hawkbow on October 08, 2009, 11:46:12 am: Michael C i hope you get the bow done in time... nothing like stalking something with a heartbeat ... the harvest is just the bonus.. Hawk
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: Michael C. on October 09, 2009, 11:13:53 pm: Quote from: hawkbow on October 08, 2009, 11:46:12 am
Michael C i hope you get the bow done in time... nothing like stalking something with a heartbeat ... the harvest is just the bonus.. Hawk

Yeah me too but I have a lot of stuff going this month and next, so I will just take my time and see what happens. If I make it I make it, but if I don't I will just be ready for next year and I am sure I will be a better shot by then :)
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: ricktrojanowski on October 10, 2009, 07:45:38 pm: Now that I finally managed to shoot one, I'm just thinking about filling my freezer. Next one in that presents a good shot, I'm taking regardless of antlers. I'd just cut them up for knapping tools anyway. ;)
Title: Re: i here so much about these oasage killing deer ,but were are all the big bucks a
Post by: lungbuster on October 10, 2009, 08:38:21 pm: i found him,hes all 8 of mine???????????????

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