MO Deer Season Thread

[sheephunter]

Don't know if anyone is still reading these posts. Been out hunting for two days on my grandparent inlaws property. Finally saw four does on the neighbors property this evening as me, my wife and three year old son headed out for a evening hunt. Other than that, haven't seen anything deer wise! Last year the 500 acres of hardwoods next door was being leased out by a guy who was setting stands and bringing "hunters" in to sit in stands that he had placed and was putting out loads of corn (which is illeagal) to hunt over. They reported 29 deer taken in the 10 day rifle season. Those are only the ones reported or found. Grandpas good neighbor saw the baits fromhis property and turned the owner in but he was only given a slap on the wrist. End result, VERY few deer around. Hopefully will get lucky in the next few days before I head back to Colorado. Will be going back out to parent inlaws place and try out there again.

i was out yesterday morn, in the new snow.
it was a beutiful mornning, lots of deer tracks everywhere, never seen a deer though.
they must have made it back to the bat cave early. but i did see about a dozen the mornning before.

[kennym]

NEW SNOW? We missed it again!!

Last nite saw a broken horned buck at 60 yds and 11 gobblers that almost made it in range, that many eyes woulda been hard to beat anyways.    

Glad to see the turkeys coming back a little in N MO, we were about out of em a couple years ago.

yeh, we had an 1.5"-2." but it was pretty much gone by noon or so. sure was pretty though. sure would like to see more before season is over.

[USN_Sam1385]

Getting ready to head out for the afternoon. Looks like a front is heading our way. Maybe that will get them moving.

[kennym]

High in the 20s thurs, should help!!

[swp]

Had four bucks (two nice ones) cruise by just out of shooting range this morning.

well ..i got my wish for more snow but was way to cold the first couple days, but i did a real good stalk on a beded buck(6 point) today, until a doe interupted me,...ALMOST!! one last shot at it tomorrow.

[kennym]

Heard a buck grunt tonite, but never saw him. My neighbor said he saw 2 bucks chasin a doe, so the 3rd rut is on.  Maybe see something tomorrow!

over on top of that ridge maybe 200 yds.
 
his head was behind a tree
 
this is when i looked back to see how far i had made it
 
this is where he was,the spot on the far right.
 
this is his bed
 
 
and i finaly figured out i can take my own picture, something new everyday,ha!
 

[Eric Sprick]

Great pics Bryant.  Well like I said today was my last shot at it this season.

I started off in one of my blinds before light.  Shortly after the sun came up I heard some turkeys calling a little bit across the creek bottom.

After a while with no action I decided to do a little still-hunting like I did Thursday and maybe cut the tracks of those turkeys I had heard earlier.

Moving along a ridge through some cedars I saw two does about 75 yards away feeding towards me.
When I saw them I was caught kinda in the open in a stream of sunlight. Tried to get to cover and they busted me and took off to the creek bottom.
Found the tracks of those turkeys and slowly followed them but they ended up going across the property line and had to break off.

Not quite the way I wanted my last day to go but it sure beat the heck out of layin on the couch.
Now the wait for turkey season to start this April.

Good luck to everyone tomorrow.  Eric

[USN_Sam1385]

Giving it one last crack tomorrow morning.

I have taken 2 bucks this year so far, but I wasn't using Trad gear.

ha ha ha , turkeys..i seen some of those dang things too. i just stood still and letem go by me at about a hundred yds, about twenty of them. then when i got back to my truck there were turkey tracks all around my truck, shoulda just sat in the truck...still makes me laugh.

[Eric Sprick]

Yeah, they'll make ya laugh AND cry!

[jcarter]

Last chance tonight.....getting packed for the trip to the farm....Good luck to all!

[dnovo]

Here is one that made it this far thru the season. This is the only picturs on this camera in the last 6 weeks.
I saw this buck once in mid October and am happy he made it thru gun season.
Hunted last night but didn't see any thing
 

[SlowBowinMO]

Well, I took one last swing at it.  Saw nothing.  Took pictures from the stand for fun, I'm putting those in a different thread so as not to clog this up.

Glad I went anyway, it was a tough year for me, a lot of action and excitement, only one shot, a heartbreaker.  As I always tell my kids, that's why they call it hunting and not shooting!

one last walk into the woods in hopes of killing a deer
 
 
 
i know theres some turkeys around somewhere cause i seen them earlier in the mornning.
 
found a fresh little rub.
 
 
right after i took this pic of the sunsetting on the last deer hunt a spike came over the ridge and walked down into the valley ,rite through where i took the pic.  hope yall had a good season.