Day 1 of the 2019 Ohio Bonus Season

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Day 1 of the 2019 Ohio Bonus Season

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Ohio has had a split season for several years but I have never hunted it until today. The weather called for the temps
to start in the high 20s & continue to rise into the low 40s. They did also call for up to 10 MPH winds which would
drop the wind chill by quite a bit. I took only the basics.

I was ready to go at 07:30 with the temp at 30, overcast skies, but, luckily, dead calm. At 07:55, a red ran through.

08:20 was a busy time. A fox sat on a branch a few feet from the blind watching me for several minutes before the
red chased it off. A truck had stopped on the road south of me & I thought 2 people were walking straight towards
me. When they turned & started to angle to the east, I could see it was 2 deer but couldn’t tell buck or doe. I think
the driver knew I was there & tried to send the deer my way but it didn’t work. They walked/trotted to the NE &
probably went into the next woods.

At about 09:15, at least 10 deer came running from the east. The 1st several were moving too fast for me to feel
comfortable with a shot but one of the last to past slowed to a walk. I took the shot & she ran about 30 yards into
the woods. She didn’t act like I hit near but I marked where she went into the woods. I walked over to where I
thought she went in but no blood. I walked a few feet & there was spray all over. I took a few steps into the weeds
& there she lay not much more than 10’ into the woods. I was able to drive the 4-wheeler within 5’ of here & only
had to drag here over a couple of large grape vines before hooking her up & pulling her back to my gutting spot.

I was headed to the house at10:13 with the temp up to 34, sunny skies, & high, fluffy clouds. By 11:15, i had her
washed out, hung, the loins pulled, & vacuum sealed. Should make some really good poppers!!

I do have another tag but will not get greedy. Besides, for some reason my back is screaming at me telling to
“CUT IT OUT!!!!” & I always listen to my back.

This pic is looking towards the woods from inside my blind. The deer was on the left edge of the pic about the
½ point. The tree limbs on the ground is where she entered the woods.
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This pic is where she dropped just inside the field edge which is the bottom of the pic. I drove the 4-wheeler
up to the 2 small saplings.
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This pic is pretty self-explanatory. The only dragging I had to do was over the grape vines by her head.
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Heck yea buddy. Your time paid off. Looks tasty, late season cold weather doe are the filet mignon of the venison world. Nice work
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jsh909 wrote: December 21st, 2019, 12:54 pm Heck yea buddy. Your time paid off. Looks tasty, late season cold weather doe are the filet mignon of the venison world. Nice work
Thx. She was a fatty.
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I forgot to mention that this doe had the most fat of any deer I have killed.
She had several globes the size of softballs & 1 like a football. And that
doesn’t include all the small chunks. Never seen anything like it!!
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Yea she looks like she's been in the corn for sure. Got that football shape
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Great Job, beautiful pic in the snow, I love deer hunting in the snow!
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CamoMan4025 wrote: December 21st, 2019, 5:35 pm Great Job, beautiful pic in the snow, I love deer hunting in the snow!
Thx. Snow sure makes tracking & dragging a lot easier. The short blood
trail was almost like a mist, double lung hit. Not sure I'd have found it in
the leaves.
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Way to go, George! She will eat well!
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Hognutz wrote: December 21st, 2019, 5:42 pm Way to go, George! She eat well!
Thx.
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Hunter G, congrats ! Gonna petition management for you to be promoted to 1st Mod. You don't quit or complain like the other guy, and you can swipe your own bottom parts with either hand !!!! :stir: :LMAO:
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spider316 wrote: December 21st, 2019, 6:37 pm Hunter G, congrats ! Gonna petition management for you to be promoted to 1st Mod. You don't quit or complain like the other guy, and you can swipe your own bottom parts with either hand !!!! :stir: :LMAO:
I ain't going no where near that!!!! :shock: :roll: :shock:
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I've converted to being a lefty now, things go much smoother!
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Persistence and patience does pay off Grasshopper :thumbup:

Now ya' got some pretty good etins' fer' Christmas :cheers:
ever wonder where the white goes when the snow melts??
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soiltester wrote: December 22nd, 2019, 9:49 am Persistence and patience does pay off Grasshopper :thumbup:

Now ya' got some pretty good etins' fer' Christmas :cheers:
And I got her in the morning. Imagine that!! :roll:
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HunterGKS wrote: December 22nd, 2019, 11:05 am
soiltester wrote: December 22nd, 2019, 9:49 am Persistence and patience does pay off Grasshopper :thumbup:

Now ya' got some pretty good etins' fer' Christmas :cheers:
And I got her in the morning. Imagine that!! :roll:
Yes, imagine that, as it does happen :LMAO:
I had thought about you the night before at 5pm, when a big doe & 2 yearlings fed in my back yard on the way to my food plot :LMAO:
ever wonder where the white goes when the snow melts??
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MEAT GEORGE. GOOD JOB. FINALLY
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OLE RASPY wrote: December 22nd, 2019, 2:19 pm MEAT GEORGE. GOOD JOB. FINALLY
Thx.
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