Thread: Hunting Season 2013 - What are you after this year

I am probably not going to hunt this year, but I am planning to meet up with a buddy and camp with him while he bow hunts. We usually have two hunt/camps a year; one in October and the last weekend of bow season in January. There will be some sitting around the fire with lots of food. One of the places we might go has awesome bass fishing so I will have to post pics.

I'm on the hunt for big-tailed two legged dear

For me it's all about the dogs. Rangley Lakes , Maine. God's country! Sometimes you even get a few birds, but nothing beats watching a good dog work.

Originally Posted by karlej

For me it's all about the dogs. Rangley Lakes , Maine. God's country! Sometimes you even get a few birds, but nothing beats watching a good dog work.

Your picture brings back great memories for me. For years i hunted grouse in southern part of Ohio and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with my Brittneys. I have some great stories about those dogs. Watching dogs work is a great experience.
I haven't hunted the last couple of years due to my demanding work schedule. Each year in the past I would take a doe (whitetail) in early bow season and see what panned out later in the year along with the bird hunting. This fall I have a few does bedding within 100 yards of my house. My dogs let me know each evening as they come out into the hay field. This past Saturday I was fortunate enough to come home with a new 12 guage and a 50 cal. muzzleloader after attending the local Ducks Unlimited Banquet. Not that I needed more guns but it sure puts the desire back into me to get out there and enjoy experiences.

To answer the original question it is becoming more and more likely that whitetail are on top of the list. I also have a pretty good group of turkeys close to my house and keep finding their feathers in my yard. May have to address that situation too.

Looks like a scene from "An Old Man and the Boy" by Robert Chester Ruark !! Good on you mate, have had one occasion to see gun dogs work.

Cheers

heelerau

Originally Posted by Johnus

After??... Excercise, a day in the woods, peace and quite, hot coffee, cold lunch, and a nap.

Looks like its rabbits for me this year !!

I'm out doing a job in Iowa for the next couple of months. I'm hoping to go pheasant hunting soon. When I get back home this winter we will be hunting coyotes.

Did a lot more hunting with Dogs from an early age

CC-I had hunted black bear twice in BC and Alberta, Canada, but got a chance to do a bear hunt in New Mexico with dogs for the first time. Those bear and lion dogs are amazing to watch work. It seemed like I was always walking up a mountain, but I got a nice color phase bear.

Lince,what the meaning of color phase?

Some species of animals like black bears come in a variety of colors, or phases. I have two blacks and the chocolate and cinnamon picutured above. Here is a better photo of the colors. Coyotes are the same way with color phases ranging from blond to black.



Here is one of my "black" bears.