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Author Topic: Float Trip/Deer Hunt  (Read 722 times)

Offline TJK68

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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #20 on: October 24, 2013, 10:40:00 AM »
That sounds like a great trip. Be safe and have fun.
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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #21 on: October 24, 2013, 10:47:00 AM »
That sounds like a sweet hunt.  Good luck.

The nonres fees are pretty reasonable too.  I feel a hunt in MO coming on...

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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #22 on: October 24, 2013, 01:36:00 PM »
Sounds awesome! I'm jealous. lol.  Be safe and have fun.  Be sure to update us when you get back and take lots of pics!

Offline Machias

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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #23 on: October 24, 2013, 02:34:00 PM »
Will do on both accounts!   :)   I will take and share alot of photos!
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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #24 on: October 24, 2013, 02:45:00 PM »
Looking forward to hearing your story.
That is a long stretch good hunting.
Thanks for your service.
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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #25 on: October 24, 2013, 03:41:00 PM »
Sounds awesome, good luck and stay safe! Better drag some tubes with coolers behind ya just in case...wow 4 deer and 2 turkeys, that's too cool.
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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #26 on: October 24, 2013, 03:56:00 PM »
Currently Mo. Has a liberal deer season and limits.
Regular archery tag 2 deer 2 turkey's. One buck before rifle season and one after or two does,anytime.

In the northern 2/3 of state extra doe tags $7 each.

Rifle season Mid November. Can archery hunt with gun tag.
One buck or doe. Extra,doe tags available.

Bow season sept. 15 to start of gun Nov. 16 for about 9 days.
Then various seasons and archery till Jan 15.
With all that due to ailments have only hunted one evening.
Not giving up yet.
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Offline Machias

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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #27 on: October 24, 2013, 06:38:00 PM »
I hunted 35 years ago all around Warsaw, killed my first gobbler when they were filling up Truman Lake, it was awesome back then!!  Love the Warsaw area.   :)
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Offline Machias

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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #28 on: October 24, 2013, 06:46:00 PM »
This is my cataraft, it's a 16 foot Aire Jaguarundi.  It can haul 1100 pounds.  I took it down the Lower Gauley River in West Virginia a couple of weeks ago.  That river has 70 rapids over 14 miles, several Class IV and 4 Class V rapids.  Pure FUN!!  I'll take some photos once I get it all loaded down with gear.  These photos are at the top of Koontz Flume Rapid, a Class V rapid.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #29 on: October 24, 2013, 06:47:00 PM »


 

 

 

 
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Offline sam barrett

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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #30 on: October 24, 2013, 06:59:00 PM »
Looks awesome!

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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #31 on: October 24, 2013, 08:13:00 PM »
Be interesting to see how it looks loaded for an extended stay.
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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #32 on: October 25, 2013, 04:38:00 AM »
Sounds like fun. Make sure to take lots of pics.

Offline Machias

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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #33 on: November 21, 2013, 06:42:00 AM »
I'm back, bummed, pretty disappointing trip and very few photos to share since the Eleven Point River decided it wanted to hang onto my camera.  I got a few photos from my smart phone but the quality is not all that good.  I had a couple of nice photos of the raft all loaded but they were on my camera.   :(   No deer taken, no deer shot at, no deer in bow range.  Actually only seen two does in 10 days of hunting and one 4 point while floating the river.  Really pretty days and cold nights.  I just did not find any indication the rut was starting, hardly much sign of deer. 4 trail cameras out and never got a photo of a deer, whihc really shocked me.  No turkey sign.  I did catch alot of nice rainbows and could have taken home a cooler full of squirrels.  Very pretty river, but in several places it was more creek like and my raft was way too big.  The float out was 2.5 hours empty and turned into a nightmare 6 hour float out loaded.  I had to drag it accross several shoals and even one shallow and long shoal I had to partially unload, carry downstream and then repack just to get through the shoal.  I'll have to find a different river for this type of trip in the future.
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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #34 on: November 21, 2013, 06:47:00 AM »


All the comforts of home, but they forgot the roof!   :)

 

 

 
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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #35 on: November 21, 2013, 06:48:00 AM »


Check out this tree growing around this rock, very cool looking!

 

 

 
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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #36 on: November 21, 2013, 06:49:00 AM »


 

 
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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #37 on: November 21, 2013, 07:40:00 AM »
sorry to hear of your troubles. sounds like you had a pretty good trip considering!

Nice pictures! Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #38 on: November 21, 2013, 08:50:00 AM »
Neat stuff.....   :thumbsup:
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

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Re: Float Trip/Deer Hunt
« Reply #39 on: November 21, 2013, 09:37:00 AM »
Been wondering how your trip went. Was hoping for much better than you experienced. Only way to find out is to go and you sure did that. "A" for effort Machias!
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