start of the 8 ga parkers hunt
 

this eveninh started the 8 ga parker lifters hunt in theultimate goal of bringing home a deer useing the 8 ga pumpkin ball load... well the start of the hunt was good it began at 3.30 this afternoon..shells had been rechecked deer scent old tinks 69 put in the new wick scent bottles...we loade everthing into the old blue tracker and headed out to a little special spot...as we parked and got out our gear i checked to make sure every thing was there and nothing forgotten...i then throwed a coupla of them pumpkin ball loads into the old 8 ga and off with great expectations in seeing a deer...as we got into 50 yards of our hunting place all of a sudden up came turkeys i must say there was at least 45 to 50 of these birds..they flew up into the trees all around where i was going to hunt...i should have left the place and went some where else to hunt but it was already late and i decided to set up there anyway...i put out myscent bombs and gotgot set up in my blind i figured them turkeys would ben all rite but was i wrong..they were very vocal they putted and even yelped a few times and some of there chatter i had never heard before...well the deer never showed even though we stayed till dark well we did see a squirl that was one his way home and he seemed to be in a hurry...so the first evenings hunt was short but good in a way only a hunter knows... charlie

That's why they call it "hunting" and not "shooting"

Huntin's lovely but I likes the shootin !

But now that I carry that damned I-Phone everywhere the huntin and no shootin part isn't quite as long as it used to be :rotf:

Mr.Charlie when you pop one with that 8 gauger I hope you take some pics for us and especially the wound channel from those big chunks of lead !

Good luck Charlie.

Dennis

i will take pictures of every thing if i get a deer with the 8 ga..as of the moment i am not getting to hunt due to a coupla deaths in the family. a aunt and a cousin have passed over..i look forward to cocking the hammer and pulling the trigger on some thing... charlie

Sorry to hear about your aunt and cousin, Charlie. I send my best to you and your family

the old 8 s 2nd evening of hunting went down without no deer seen..all we heard was a deer blowing at us dont know if she had smelled us or some other hunter...as we sat in the shooting house we did hear a shot...about 6.30 pm i got a call from my grandsonhe said bring the truck that he had killed a large doe...so i got my truck and went to where he told me he would be but he was still in the woods trying to drag that deer up a steep hill..he had dragged that deer for about 200 yards and liked another 100 getting to the top of that steep hill to the field...so off i go and starting helping him it was the first time i ve heard him say i ve got to rest a minute...that doe was about a 80 lb deer but dragging that thing up the hill mayed her weigh a ton...we got her to the truck and loaded her up and came to the house..we dressed her and she s now in my old refrigerator cooling off....the old 8 will not get to hunt tonite due to my cousins funeral
today so some of you boys get out there and hunt for her...charlie

the 3 rd hunt has ended with no deer seen..i think i m gona have to start hunting in the woods the deer are still eating acorns they are not coming out in my food plots yet..but its still nice just setting there waiting for you know who.... charlie

yesterday evening me and the old 8 tried another evening of hunting..we hunted the timber with plenty of acorn trees around only thing no deer showed up for supper...thers been the best acorn crop in my area that i ve seen in my lifetime..the deer are just not coming into food plots as of yet..but me and the old 8 are enjoying the woods gonna fool them squirls some evening i m gona take along some squirl shot for the 8instead of them big pumpkin balls... charlie

well we went hunting again this evening a very slow cold drizzling rain acoming down...i left the old 8 ga home were i was hunting it would of been a mircle to have got a close shot so i carried a scoped remy. 270 pump...my grandson went with me we both sat together in a old shooting house we stayed dry and even seen one small deer we passed on it...we got a little damp walking back to the truck and then done a little slippin and slideing trying to get up a steepmuddy slick hill ..we made it out... charlie

Fully understood Charlie. Always enjoy your hunting posts. Keep 'em coming. Jack

well the old 8 was taken out again this evening for her 4 th hunt..her and me sat in that old shootin house till black thirty and only two red birds seen and one hawk...well there s always monday to try again...charlie

well it s monday evening with no good storey to tell..me and the 8 ga got in a fine a place as the old 8 will ever see we took the little deer can calls done a little calling..we heard a buck grunt twice but it was almost last light so we never seen him...well till the next time... charlie

I was at work all day, so you are ahead of me

the old 8 and me just got back into the house we sat in a small shooting house for most of the evening with nothing see.but each moment that went by i just knew some thing was going to come in close for a shot..even though it was cold and damp this evening i look forward to the next hunt..the long ride back to the house on the old 4 wheeler was a cold one...just now warming back up the wife had a big pot of soup on and now i m full and content... charlie

My son and I went duck hunting again this morning. Saw a bunch and shot at a bunch, but I could not hit the broadside of a barn. Still had fun

mill s glad you are seeing some and getting to shoot some and i know about the not hitting the side of a barn.. i think i got to get somebody to get this jinx off of me and the old 8...it would be nice to see something.oh whoa is me...ha charlie

well i hunted saturday afternnon in the rain at times drenching down pours..them deer musta been smarter than i was and stayed in the house for nary a hair did i see. what i did see was a coupla run out deer dogs slowly making there way home...seen a coupla fresh tracks this evening as i was riding the 4 wheeler after church..this seems to be all i can see is tracks but i aint give up yet... charlie

Charlie, you mentioned Church. Why don't you get the pastor to take you out for a deer hunt. They always seem to have the best invitations.

got to catch you up on the old 8 ga s hunts...we aint took the preacher with us hunting yet but about ready too...to catch us up on the hunt s the old parker has been on 12 huntsso far with not a target in site...i left the old 8 home the last 3 hunts and i seen 3 deer the firsst evening the 2 nd evening i seen what was probly the same 3 deer then the 3 rd evening i seen 7 but they were all doescould have taken a doe but holding out for the parker to take a doe..this evening i will be hunting a spot my grandson has guranteed i would get a shot at a doe..will have to wait to see how the gurantee comes out...charlie

Choot 'em dead, Charlie! It's @ 4:15 here in the East. I guess you'll be hitting the woods soon, if you haven't already.

well the grandsons garantee was good only thing wrong as i walked to my ground blind there was a very small doe eating acorns at my dads stand it was almost in the seat my dad has used for eons...when it seen me it took off like a flash would have been and iffy shot so i walked to my ground blind and set up for 2 hours in the blind. i stayed till black dark and as i was getting ready to leave a deer started snorting dont know if it smelled me or if something else alarmed it...i guess i should have took a pot shot at that first deer..ha....tommorrow charlie

Charlie, good things come to those who wait! Gary

seen a nice 6 point today but was in the car when i seen it..this evenings hunt was a no show for the deer..the grandson drew went with me this evening and he seen a doe..me i seen 5 red headed wood peckers and one of them went in a big hole in a tree and stayed in there out of site for over 20 minutes figured he had gone to sleep but after a while came flying out...i guess there s a first time for ever thing...charlie

had to help a friend today so did not get home till 4.30 i grabbed the old 8 and took off to a nearby ground blind...after a short wait i heard what i took to be a deer running through the leaves.i took hold of the big gun and waited patienly for the deer to step out into the field but after a hour i could no longer even see the site on the end of the old 8 ga so i unloaded and walked back to the truck.some evening that deer is a gona mess up...charlie