for the tribal members on our rez. I want to get a big doe to get some nice, big backstrap steaks first. I'll go after her with my newest 308 rifle.
Will report...
The deer often just live in the corn until it has been cut.
Absolutely. Knew a farmer that would carry a shotgun right in the cab of the combine.
The deer will move over a few rows at a time as the picker goes up and down rows, not wanting to leave the food and cover, for a long as they can.
I never appreciated how tolerant the deer were of the machinery until I sat and watched. From inside the cab.
for the tribal members on our rez. I want to get a big doe to get some nice, big backstrap steaks first. I'll go after her with my newest 308 rifle.
Will report...
Details on weapon of choice?
Tonight I tried on the other side of the bluff. I haven't scouted to area with leaves still in the trees though. It cuts the visibility down a lot. I'm hunting this long gulley that goes down the bluff to the south. It gets pretty steep and deep but the deer like to stay in the woods during the day on the other side of the gulley in the trees and go down the other side of the bluff to eat and drink. There's also a spring fed creek at the base of the bluff next to the cornfields. I need to move farther down the gulley tomorrow. Didn't see anything tonight but I spooked a deer as I was walking to the spot.
Tomorrow I'm taking a Ruger American 223 with me. I think I have a real good chance at a monster buck in this area. The season doesn't open for non-tribal members until the 25th. There's a guy who hunts there after that. I saw his truck there a lot last year.
IMHO, you probably realize, but shot placement is absolutely critical with a 223 on something like a monster buck. I’d personally want to go a little bigger if I thought that was likely (I’d use it here in Maryland, but I am usually shooting 70-120lbs deer at 80yds and under. Not monster bucks and not at any real range)