27 minutes into archery season..... Murphy's Law....

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With COVID my working from home situation (regular job, Not Oil Udder work) was primed to give me a lot of seat time this year. No commuting, meetings from the blind, cell phone emails etc. I was prepped and ready to start to put in some a real effort this year...well...because murphy's law is hilarious....when I finally had the time I didn't need it......27 minutes later my archery season was over.


Bagged this nice 11pt in South Lyon Michigan


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Not that I'm a hunter, but we get a lot of those around here and nobody is allowed to start shooting arrows (or even firearms) at them in a residential neighborhood.
 
y_p_w said:
Not that I'm a hunter, but we get a lot of those around here and nobody is allowed to start shooting arrows (or even firearms) at them in a residential neighborhood.
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Looks far from a residential neighborhood to me.
 
Nice.

I really need to start archery again. October 1st was our first day too. I received plenty of shame at work.
 
y_p_w said:
Not that I'm a hunter, but we get a lot of those around here and nobody is allowed to start shooting arrows (or even firearms) at them in a residential neighborhood.
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Meaning they’re a nuisance to the neighborhood?
 
I love the irony - I have lots of time, and...hunt’s over in 27 minutes. Nice buck!

The great thing about memory is the ability to let the bad parts fade away. I remember all the good stuff from previous hunts, you know, the beauty of Colorado, how good sausage and eggs taste at 4:00 AM, but I don’t really think of my soreness from hiking 4 miles into (and back out of) the back country, or freezing in the pre-dawn darkness after cooling down from hiking in...
 
dlundblad said:
Meaning they’re a nuisance to the neighborhood?
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More or less. Some worry that they might attract mountain lions, although we rarely hear about those. As soon as a mountain lion gets into a residential neighborhood, it will either end up being trapped or shot. Mostly the deer eat plants. And I've had a few run in front of the vehicle I was driving and narrowly avoid a crash.

Then you get stuff like this:

https://abc7news.com/archive/7420987/
 
y_p_w said:
More or less. Some worry that they might attract mountain lions, although we rarely hear about those. As soon as a mountain lion gets into a residential neighborhood, it will either end up being trapped or shot. Mostly the deer eat plants. And I've had a few run in front of the vehicle I was driving and narrowly avoid a crash.

Then you get stuff like this:

https://abc7news.com/archive/7420987/
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Didn’t read the link nor do I care to. Animal conservation is a must IMO. Hopefully the animal wasn’t wasted and given to a charity.
 
Not a fan of hunting for sport at all. Killing an animal should only be for sustenance and nothing should go to waste.

I hope that's what you're doing.
 
dlundblad said:
Didn’t read the link nor do I care to. Animal conservation is a must IMO. Hopefully the animal wasn’t wasted and given to a charity.
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I'd say that the numbers are actually quite out of balance because there is no hunting, there are pretty much no predators, and there's plenty of food in peoples' yards. A few black bears or mountain lions would probably bring balance back to their population. Then there are a the turkeys. They're not terribly vicious, but they're not scared of people either.

I doubt they did anything with the carcass other than toss it with the other dead animals. I've seen my county's dumpster for animal carcasses. I believe they'll usually incinerate them.
 
y_p_w said:
I'd say that the numbers are actually quite out of balance because there is no hunting, there are pretty much no predators, and there's plenty of food in peoples' yards. A few black bears or mountain lions would probably bring balance back to their population. Then there are a the turkeys. They're not terribly vicious, but they're not scared of people either.

I doubt they did anything with the carcass other than toss it with the other dead animals. I've seen my county's dumpster for animal carcasses. I believe they'll usually incinerate them.
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Dad hit one with his truck a few weeks ago. The sherif asked him if he wanted it. Dad said no since he was already late and on his way to work. I will say most of the time atthey try to do something with it.

Another thing that I like is they’re donated to a local animal sanctuary with large cats and bears.

To the above comment, another alternative to sport hunting is more animal and car collisions and more dead deer left to rot along the road. Sadly it seems most don’t call them in. I haven’t looked in a while, but Indiana has the bonus anterless deer program. On top of harvesting your limits with each type of weapon, you can get anywhere from 2-8 more depending on the county you hunt. That as well as the Indiana family land owner statute, you don’t need a license to hunt deer on family land. The state really wants us to get out and hunt.
 
dlundblad said:
Dad hit one with his truck a few weeks ago. The sherif asked him if he wanted it. Dad said no since he was already late and on his way to work. I will say most of the time atthey try to do something with it.

Another thing that I like is they’re donated to a local animal sanctuary with large cats and bears.

To the above comment, another alternative to sport hunting is more animal and car collisions and more dead deer left to rot along the road. Sadly it seems most don’t call them in. I haven’t looked in a while, but Indiana has the bonus anterless deer program. On top of harvesting your limits with each type of weapon, you can get anywhere from 2-8 more depending on the county you hunt. That as well as the Indiana family land owner statute, you don’t need a license to hunt deer on family land. The state really wants us to get out and hunt.
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I know a few people who had deer die in their yards. Someone I know called animal control and was told they didn't have the authority to do anything with a dead animal on private land. Once I called in a dead skunk on a road to animal control. I don't know if anyone would really want to eat meat from an animal that might have been decomposing for a few days.

There is some hunting around here, but also some controversy over where it can be done near residential neighborhoods. People have ended up with holes in their walls and nobody admitting to doing it. There's a rule that people can hunt on private land, but also need the permission of any landowners within maybe 150 yards of where they're hunting.
 
53' Stude said:
OIL_UDDER: thank you for the info sir 🇺🇸👍🇨🇦🍻
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Doxies are a riot but def. need to be trained like a hunting dog. People expect them to be lap dogs and act like a golden retriever. Not the case... Huge fan of them but it does require patience and help from somebody that knows how to train them
 
y_p_w said:
Not that I'm a hunter, but we get a lot of those around here and nobody is allowed to start shooting arrows (or even firearms) at them in a residential neighborhood.
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I have seen many golf balls in my backyard already, I do not want a flying arrow or a bullet in it.

Talking about that, I do have a racoon near by that took my left flip flop and chew up my kiddie pool.
 
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