Leecher

Great report and pics Mike I'm sure your uncle was real proud of you regarless Great job to both of you and thanks for sharing Leechman

Rick, never had a chance to chat with you but hang in there.... you'll get through it My thoughts and prayers are with you my friend Leechman aka Jacques

Ahhhh now I understand..... thanks Blaque for the info

Great report and pics kemper You sure had a great year and caught a good mix bag of fish, congratulation Them jigs you make looks real nice Thanks for sharing Leechman

Great report, pic and video Simon Now your making me jelous Just can't wait to go out on ice.... Good job Simon Thanks for sharing Leechman

Thanks Cliff for the kind words, I'm really glad I joined OFC.... best site on the planet and lots of good folks and really enjoy the diversity of reports being posted Now can't wait to go on ice for some pike, perch and crappie fishing on the Ottawa Leechman

Great report and pics Bill Kudos to both of you and thanks for sharing Leechman

Great report and pics Bruce Man 5 hours non stop action... can't get better than that Oh and them guests look real good Thanks for sharing Leechman

Great report and pics Rich That was a very educational report.... Great job man and thanks for sharing Leechman

Brian if they were that close, I would not hesitate in taking as many as I can out.... for you with the crossbow... one at a time I suppose

Real nice looking jigs Blaque I'm not a fly fisherman but appreciate your fine work Quick question.... how long does it take to tie one of those? I can see the passion your nephew has for that type of fishing..... he's got it down to a T Leechman

Guys don't know if it's true or not but this one is funny..... got it from another site.... enjoy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4 feet a way), it should not be difficult to rope one, get up to it and toss a bag over its head (to calm it down) then hog tie it and transport it home. I filled the cattle feeder then hid down at the end with my rope. The cattle, having seen the roping thing before, stayed well back. They were not having any of it. After about 20 minutes, my deer showed up -- 3 of them. I picked out a likely looking one, stepped out from the end of the feeder, and threw my rope. The deer just stood there and stared at me. I wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted the end so I would have a good hold. The deer still just stood and stared at me, but you could tell it was mildly concerned about the whole rope situation. I took a step towards it...it took a step away. I put a little tension on the rope and then received an education. The first thing that I learned is that, while a deer may just stand there looking at you funny while you rope it, they are spurred to action when you start pulling on that rope. That deer EXPLODED. The second thing I learned is that pound for pound, a deer is a LOT stronger than a cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in that weight range I could fight down with a rope and with some dignity. A deer-- no chance. That thing ran and bucked and twisted and pulled. There was no controlling it and certainly no getting close to it. As it jerked me off my feet and started dragging me across the ground, it occurred to me that having a deer on a rope was not nearly as good an idea as I had originally imagined. The only upside is that they do not have as much stamina as many other animals. A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me when I managed to get up. It took me a few minutes to realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the big gash in my head. At that point, I had lost my taste for corn-fed venison. I just wanted to get that devil creature off the end of that rope. I figured if I just let it go with the rope hanging around its neck, it would likely die slow and painfully somewhere. At the time, there was no love at all between me and that deer. At that moment, I hated the thing, and I would venture a guess that the feeling was mutual. Despite the gash in my head and the several large knots where I had cleverly arrested the deer's momentum by bracing my head against various large rocks as it dragged me across the ground, I could still think clearly enough to recognize that there was a small chance that I shared some tiny amount of responsibility for the situation we were in, so I didn't want the deer to have it suffer a slow death, so I managed to get it lined back up in between my truck and the feeder - a little trap I had set before hand...kind of like a squeeze chute. I got it to back in there and I started moving up so I could get my rope back. Did you know that deer bite? They do! I never in a million years would have thought that a deer would bite somebody, so I was very surprised when I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed hold of my wrist. Now, when a deer bites you, it is not like being bit by a horse where they just bite you and then let go. A deer bites you and shakes its head --almost like a pit bull. They bit e HARD and it hurts. The proper thing to do when a deer bites you is probably to freeze and draw back slowly. I tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was ineffective. It seems like the deer was biting and shaking for several minutes, but it was likely only several seconds. I, being smarter than a deer (though you may be questioning that claim by now) tricked it. While I kept it busy tearing the crap out of my right arm, I reached up with my left hand and pulled that rope loose. That was when I got my final lesson in deer behavior for the day. Deer will strike at you with their front feet. They rear right up on their back feet and strike right about head and shoulder level, and their hooves are surprisingly sharp. I learned a long time ago that, when an animal -- like a horse --strikes at you with their hooves and you can't get away easily, the best thing to do is try to make a loud noise and make an aggressive move towards the animal. This will usually cause them to back down a bit so you can escape. This was not a horse. This was a deer, so obviously, such trickery would not work. In the course of a millisecond, I devised a different strategy. I screamed like a woman and tried to turn and run. The reason I had always been told NOT to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you is that there is a good chance that it will hit you in the back of the head. Deer may not be so different from horses after all, besides being twice as strong and 3 times as evil, because the second I turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the head and knocked me down. Now, when a deer paws at you and knocks you down, it does not immediately leave. I suspect it does not recognize that the danger has passed. What they do instead is paw your back and jump up and down on you while you are laying there crying like a little girl and covering your head. I finally managed to crawl under the truck and the deer went away. So now I know why when people go deer hunting they bring a rifle with a scope so that they can be somewhat equal to the Prey. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Man got to love November for sure..... great report and pics msp That was a big gator your friend caught congratulation and that eye...... just awesome Nice buckets too Thanks for sharing Leechman

Thanks for the reminder Glen.... I don't venture out on thin ice.... always wait til it's at least 6" thick

Coors light all year round and when hung over "St-Laurent Frappé"

Cool video walleyejigger Do they ever make noise coming through the bush.... must of gotten your hart pumping for a while That happen to me last year.... a cow and two younger ones playing around near my tree stand for about 20 minutes.... that year I saw 7 moose during deer hunting and not one deer Were you able to tag a deer this year? Thanks for sharing

Great report, pics and video ranger I checked out the high res pics and the colors are just beautiful..... good job Thanks for sharing Leechman

I was all proud to wack them all but then came the result....... and I'm SUCKY Thanks HH

Great report and pics dobee Beautiful colors on those 2 browns Good job and thanks for sharing Leechman

Great report and pics Bruce Thanks for taking the time to put this report together You sure had good quality time out there, congratulation Leechman

Good god that is gross I've seen some fish with a few but not to that degree Like BITEME said, send your pictures to MNR for sure Leechman

Thanks tibbs It's driving me nuts just can't wait

Thanks SNAG Next time I go fishing will be on hard water for sure..... Got out today for muski and man was it ever cold... you know the feeling when you don't feel your fingers anymore.... We did not get any strike

Same here.... only six shows.... looks like I'm not the only one with pics problem

Great report and pics iceslayer Thanks for sharing Now I just can't wait for the ice to build up...... if the below zero temp holds we should be fishing before Christmas Keep them reports coming Leechman