I think everyone has a similar situation with a neighboring land owner. We have a pay to hunt farm across the river so anything showing antlers gets shot. Drives me crazy when a deer we have been watching shows up shot on the other side. I would prefer your once a year youth hunt over what we...
I loaded 95g ballistic tips for my son’s first 3 deer and was very impressed, 2 dropped and the third only made it 40 yards. I have always used 30 calibers so I was unsure what to expect from a 243. There are better bullets but I keep going back to the nosler BT’s
Welcome from a fellow eastern NC new guy. The deer aren’t huge but there are lots of them. Had 8 bucks come by the stand yesterday but the only “shooter” was a huge 8 and he was missing his left side just above the brow tine. His slight limp might suggest a run in with a car.
This site came up on a few searches so I thought I would look around. Found that “cheap stuff that works” thread in the gear tab and had to join. Mostly hunt deer and turkeys with a few ducks mixed in.
18 yo daughter hunts but doesn’t share the same passion as her 16 yo brother. I think she really likes hanging out with us at camp and getting into the woods. My 14 yo daughter has gone a few times but didn’t show any interest in “killing” anything, she will sit in a stand and watch deer.