walleyejigger Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 well my hunting season has pretty much come to an end, started off the season with a few days partridge hunting just south of timmins, numbers were good but not great, managed to get a few feeds for the freezer, next came moose season in the same area, were only 4ppl. so...... no tags for us, (they only gave 38 in the entire unit) we did have a great time a seen plenty of moose, but no calves, one evening i came within stones throwing distance from 3 cows for 25 minutes, tried to take photos and videos but they didnt turn out too well in the low light, it was bitterly cold out there a few days, we had 2, minus 14 mornings and some snow as well, the morning we left for home we had 8" of fresh stuff to pack in. THat followed by a couple of crazy, long weeks at work. Then came deer season, as usuall i worked the first week so a coworker could do his hunt, then we switched for the second week. I went in bright and early after my shift sunday night. Got to camp and the 3 guys who had been there the previous week had only seen 1 deer. Hopefully i would bring them luck. By the time we left early friday morning we managed to see 4 more deer. Very slow compared to last year. Almost 2 weeks of hunting and we saw 5 deer and only got one shot, we also seen 6 moose(Last year we seen a bunch and 5 of us got 5 deer.) We attributed the slow hunting to all the water in the area, which is not normal. The deer seemed to be going around us to avoid the all the water. On wednesday morning i decided to take a walk in an old trail about 1 km from camp, as i got to the end, now 4.5kms from camp i put up 3 deer, all i seen was the tails of 2 taking off one way(no shot), and heard another weezing the other way, decided to track the 2 as they seemd to be heading towards the road, about 10mins into stealth mode i caught up to them again but only to see the nightmarish white flashes agian (no shot). One hour and thirty-five minutes later i caught up to them again, this time one of them standing broadside to me about 80 yds away in some hardwoods. Could only see parts of it between the trees but I took one well placed shot. I let the lead fly and it dropped like a bag of bricks, got him at the base of the neck,and in my peripherals saw the other bounce away. Turns out it dropped about 100' from the road, (thank goodness) alot better than the couple of km's from where i first seen them. I got our only deer of the season, a small spike, so small i had to use my antlerless tag on it. Oh well it's better than nothing. Butchered it this morning and had some ribs for lunch, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm tasty, can't wait for next year also tracked this bunny for a litle while one morning, it was being chased by a wolverine, 3 years in a row i see a wolverine in our area (wmu 47) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutboy Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Thats one FAT doe! Where abouts did you spot the wolverine?I cant remember all the WMU's of by heart,ill have to get my book out!Anyways nice deer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Your season was better than mine.... at least you got to tag one Didn't even see any this year Great job on the buck and thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richyb Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Gotta love a good stalk. congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mukluk Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Way to go Walleyejigger! Your persistance in tracking sure paid off. Nice looking deer and great steaks. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skud Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 (edited) Sounds like you put in your time and it paid off. Congrats on a successful hunt. Edited November 17, 2009 by Skud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxcowboy Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 mmmmm those are the best eating for sure. congrats on a successful harvest. jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikeie Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 sure wish i had an antlerless tag haha i had a button buck like that hanging around me for like 10 minutes on friday... Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucG Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 I hear ya, I was wanting a buck, but at least I filled out the antlerless tag. Nice Doe! Congrats Theres allways next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medmart Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Nice deer i also hunt in 47 and the deer have been slow but see a lot of moose which i believe is from the dogs pushing them out of swamps Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walleyejigger Posted November 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Thats one FAT doe! Where abouts did you spot the wolverine?I cant remember all the WMU's of by heart,ill have to get my book out!Anyways nice deer. we hunt near grundy PP, not far from the pickeral river/smith bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay T Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Congrats on the tender button buck, at least you didn't leave eating tag soup!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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