120 Pound doe today, .300 Savage

Just a quick note, I wandered 100 yards from my auto this morning and at 0645 I nailed a big doe with my friend Vaughan’s .300 savage. More later.

D

I had been in my tree since 0500 and had had several deer around me. It was just a matter of time before one made a fatal error and showed itself. This one did and the incredulous thing about the shot was that I failed to notice a 6 inch thick hemlock tree hidden in the shadows so the bullet even though it flew true to its mark had to go through the tree first before striking the deer perfectly behind the shoulder destroying both lungs. Thus the power of the .300 Savage. She is a beautiful eating deer and I am thankful for her.

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Joe Torre, Manny Ramirez, and the New York Yankees

Well, it goes to show how much I know, but the best possible scenario now is for the Phillies to tuck it to the Yanks. I still hope New York gets stuck with Ramirez somewhere down the line just so as they get a little taste of his stinky hide. Let them find out about “Manny being Manny”. Hrrrumph, what a waste of a human skin!

DD

Good luck, black powder season opens Sat. October 31, 2009, in New Hampshire

Have a good one everybody, plenty of deer around the state. As hard as it is to imagine, due to a problem with my back and knee, I won’t be hunting during the muzzleloader or rifle season this year. This will be the first season I will miss in I can’t remember how many years. I hope to recover enough to do some bow hunting in December, so LEAVE A COUPLE FOR ME PLEASE! I will keep all and every developments posted here. At least my friends get to go.

DD

something good for supper.

Small Buck

I snuck out yesterday afternoon to a spot here on the seacoast and hadn’t been in the stand more than 15 minutes when a fat spike buck walked by. At 23 yards the broad head sliced through his heart, both lungs, and kept on going. Never found it. I am using the Easton Axis 400 grain arrow tipped with a sonic(made in New Hampshire) broad head. What a succulent little deer!! The meat looks like a fine marbled Angus steer, and is so tender and juicy only a fork is required. I think somebody was feeding him from their deer feeder in their back yard. Keep up the good work!!

He dressed out @ 100 pounds so after taking care of my friends and family I might get another few meals. Two more just like him will fill the freezer just fine for the winter. I’ll post pictures as soon as I get them back from walmart. Last fall I dropped my digital camera from a tree and onto a rock so I am back to the disposable type until I can score another.

D.

report from the north woods

After getting my bow squared away I decided to take a walk in the woods in an area I like to bow hunt. It was definitely short sleeve weather, a beautiful fall day and great to be afield. Food is everywhere! Apples, beech nuts and acorns are in heavy and from the looks of things the deer have been gorging themselves. If you haven’t been out yet and plan to hunt soon look for the hardwoods along the fields for the critters to be snacking on nuts and apples after a night grazing in the fields. Also the bountiful nut acorn crop should mead a great wood duck season in the beaver ponds lined with oak trees.

Next week I’ll be in my tree stand for the first time this season, I can’t wait.

D

 

As predicted deer are everywhere. I sat in a stand for the first time yesterday and the only reason I didn’t arrow a deer was bad timing and an abundance of white oak acorns on all trees and not just the one in front of my stand. The 2 animals that chose to visit my site ran into another hunter just prior to arrival so I just got a glimpse as they thundered by in the heavy foliage still hanging on the trees. No matter, there are plenty of deer and I discovered a spot on a hardwood ridge that looked like a chinese buffet has been going on. My portable climber now hangs there awaiting my next day in the woods.

Wood ducks are here in heavy numbers gorging on the abundant acorn crop. My hunting pal and I counted over a dozen in just one pond. We sat there for an hour watching them come and go. This is truly starting out to be a great year all around.

Big Tuna

Dressed weight 764 pounds, live weight in excess of 1000 pounds. Fought 2 hours and 45 minutes on a hand line. Caught at the outer flag in Ipswitch Bay.

Northern Jefferies Tuna dressed @ 425 pounds. Caught on the First finger of Jefferies. 1 hour on rod and reel.

WHERE IS RICHARD SEYMOUR?

Maybe in a secret meeting with Bill Clinton, or golfing with President Obama, or just screwing off for a few days before succumbing to his fate with the Raiders.

2 WEEKS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE ARCHERY DEER SEASON

Are you ready?? This has been a rainy wet summer, great for mast crops deer love, acorns, apples, mushrooms and forest plant life.

For a morning stand these locations, or any trails or funnels leading from fields to them are a great place to set up a stand. Deer love to stop off for a little sweet snack before heading off to sleep for the day. I get to my stand well before daylight to intercept critters that leave the night’s grazing at first light.

If you intend to hunt a bedding area place your stand on trails going to and from the area, not in them, the animal will smell your having been there and likely abandon the area.

When field dressing a deer I always inspect stomach contents. It’s like reading a road map of where that animal has been and gives me insight into it’s wanderings.

If you have a favorite hunting area map out all the locations of white oaks. If in the fall the tree has nuts every critter in the forest will visit every morning early to gather the nuts that have fallen during the night. White oak acorns are sweet and are preferred by deer over the bitter ones of the red oak.

Capt. Don