Early muzzle loader weekend thread

Beautiful, peaceful quiet morning here in Jefferson. Nice to be able to experience peace with all that has been going on in the Louisville metro area! 4 doe/fawns so far and heard 7-8 shots in the 1st hour.

 

Ain’t nobody killt one yet?

 

Connor missed a small buck twice. Delayed fire

 

Just had a doe, fawn, and one nasty wart covered spike go by.

 

Neighbor had him on trail cam

 

Three hours in . Not hide nor hair yet. Heard 3-4 shots. Two of them closer than I like

 

First sit in the shooting house. Saw a spike at 830. Then 2does with 2fawns and a yearling at 930, and then the doe and fawn parade began. Only lasted 10min but does with fawns just kept coming. I kept thinking a buck was stepping out, nope another doe or fawn.

 

Really expected more movement this morning with the frost on. Haven’t seen any deer. But have seen 13 hens. Heard 1 shot. Gonna give it 30 more mins and will try again this evening. Rowan Co.

 

Not muzzle load , but hunting not too far from Ky. Cold weather has them moving up here in the open woods near corn field. 12 does about An hour ago, none close enough. It was 32 in English Indiana when I climbed this tree at 530 am. Good luck

 

Dang that looks nasty!

 

Even worse through the scope

 

That photo needs a trigger warning.

Get it? Trigger...

But seriously, that's gross.

 

Took my two older boys. I was just tagging along. First light had one target buck at 15 yards. Straight on behind a tree. He heard my son cock the hammer back and didn’t like it. Just turned and left. Saw good movement for my woods. Each of them could have shot does but that’s not what we were after.

 

I'm out for lunch. No deer. Only heard 1 shot this morning.

 

I’m still in the mountains here in Pike. I’ve seen a bunch of squirrels and one bear. Got the bear on video, I’ll try to post it later.