*** 2010 Missouri Tradtional Deer Hunt thread

it was getting dark fast and i needed to get back out to the boat, so i left her for the night.
there were nine deer that came to the water hole just after sunset she was the first .
the last was a nice eight pointer (120-125)
i gave her a ride on the cart this mornning,
shhweew im bushed!!

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Congrats Man!! Nice job with finding the "Best thing going" and staying mobile. That's the way to out think em'.....then stick em!!        

What parts do you hunt in? Mississippi River valley or Missouri River valley? You mentioned the boat, I know some guys that hunt islands in the Mississippi and kill monster bucks every year.

MISSOURI RIVER BOTTOMS.  HAVENT FOUND ANY BIG BUCK SIGN YET, ITS USSUALLY ALL BEAT UP WITH MONSTER RUBS AND SCRAPES,  I'LL FIND THEM !!

[caleb7mm]

I wont be out there till the first week in december. I cant wait. I got property in mercer and bates. not sure where ill go yet, depends on water and weather.

Good luck everybody!

[SEMO_HUNTER]

I just got off the phone with my brother, he took 3 days off from work this week and he filled me in on the status of our new hunting property.
He said his father in law (it's his property we are hunting) had cut all the beans and the deer were starting to work on the spillage left over. He has seen quite a few does, and a nice 1 1/2 year old non typical fork horn with 2 main beams on his left side. I was like WOW, he's got some potential. Hopefully he won't get poached by some idiot and he will make it a couple more years. We're heading up there next Wednesday and will be there through the weekend, 5 days of hunting!!
It's like waiting on Christmas to get here, I can't stand it! I just love the anticipation of hunting brand new ground.

[SlowBowinMO]

Well done Arrow30!    

Sounds like things are looking up for you SEMO.     Have a great hunt!

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Originally posted by Braveheart Archery:
Well done Arrow30!        

Sounds like things are looking up for you SEMO.        Have a great hunt!

Boy I sure hope so! Thanks.
The lack of deer sightings around here has really got me down something terrible. I don't mind working hard for my share of game, but when you can only catch rare glimpses of deer and turkey, it's just a matter of time before you start to think you would be better off doing something else? This is the worst I've ever seen it down here in this part of the country, makes me wonder if something hasn't happened?
Doesn't matter, I've got work to do and I'll just concentrate on that for now until I can get up north. I hope I've got some pics of my own to post here instead of just drooling over everybody elses.

im also wondering if something hasent happened, just not seeing the kind of sign thats usually around, gonna have to do alot of walking i guess.  but i know there there i can see the old tracks in the hard dried ground. good luck semo.

[JPE]

Have not been seeing much around our area either. We are in the recovering stage of blue tongue. It has been almost 5yrs now and I am just starting to see a few more deer. Last year I saw about 2 doz. total for the year. I was told it could take up to 10yrs for a complete recovery. Jim Pyles

[swp]

I have seen 10 deer so far this season and 7 of those sightings have been on one 40 acre farm. On the bright side at least I am seeing some.  

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Missouri has had some documented cases of CWD, so I just hope it hasn't spread to my deer herd. Kinda makes me wonder though?
On the bright side, I haven't found any remains of deer that died of unknown causes.....so that's a good thing. My area just gets hit real hard during rifle season and I think the onslaught that occurs every year in November just keeps them thinned down real bad. If some of these poachers around here would get put out of business, I might start seeing more deer. Not much I can do about it though, the local warden knows about them and chooses to do nothing about it. So whata ya gonna do?

[fireman_3311]

The one and only documented case of CWD was on a high fence deer farm. Didn't know there were any other cases??

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Originally posted by fireman_3311:
The one and only documented case of CWD was on a high fence deer farm. Didn't know there were any other cases??

Your right Fireman_3311, I went back and re-read my Missouri Deer Hunter magazine and it was captive deer and Not free ranging deer that had CWD. My Bad!      
Thank God none of those made it out of the pen!
I'll have to get my facts straight before spouting off mis-information about something as important as that issue is next time.      
Sorry.

[fireman_3311]

No problems here! The MDC did kill quite a few head in surrounding areas, but found nothing thank goodness!

[Onestringer]

[SEMO_HUNTER]

WOW!! Awesome 10pt. Scott.....Well Done!!          

[swp]

Dang Scott, you have way to much time on your hands.  

[Onestringer]

Originally posted by swp:
Dang Scott, you have way to much time on your hands.    

Nah I am just lucky.

Scott

[RLA]

Way to go Scott!!! That's a good one, Congrats!!!

[Missouri CK]

Scott,

You have had a heck of a season already and its just getting to the good part!

Great job,

Chris