could not let her by
 

sliped on the red checked hunting coat that destrey got for me this evening gotmy gun and shells and crawled aboard the old artic cat...was at my hunting spot in about 10 minutes got into the shooting house and loaded up the old 7 x57 r settled back just enjoying the view all of a sudden i seen a flash of something it turned out to be a large gray squirl..this fellow entertained me for over a hour .... at 4 30 got my bleat call gave a couple calls in less than one minute out of the woods into a large doe came..she was very nervous as there was some dogs barking in the distance...slowly she came across the field i slowly pushed the safty off theold gun i had preset the rifles trigger...in other words a set trigger... i drew the scope to my eye and pulled the cross hairs just behindthe front leg and just lightly touched the trigger...i was suprized that the doe did not fall in her tracks but she ran for about50 steps before colapseing... she was a large doe between 90 and 100 lbs i watched her long enough to make sure she had no young with her.. she had notraised any young ones this year she was old enough just one of them things i guess... as usal had forgot my drag rope so my son loaned me his large leather belt to drag her with about 30 steps we loaded her up in my sons pickup and as of rite now shes headed for the deep freeze...i had let this deer pass monday evening but could not let her pass the 2 nd time... charlie

ah, charlie, the great 7 X 57, can't beat them, handloaded for mice to moose. You are a discriminating man when it comes to rifles and shotguns! I have a CZ set-trigger bought new nearly 60 years ago, never failed me.

slipped on that oldred checked coat again grabbed my 8 ga parker and my 7 x 57 r got to my shooting house and got set up...both guns loaded and ready for action ..wasnot there for more than 10 miutes when young doe came into the field i was over looking...here was the 8 ga s chance doe was at about30 steps i slowly cocked the hammer and squezed the trigger...missed the doe with the righr barrel and she then run after the shot then she stopped but was out of range for the left barrel...so switched to the rifle andshes on her way to the fridge as of now...got to practice some more with 8 ga did not think i could miss but i did was hoping to have a good storey to tell but oh well another time.... destrey this is one lucky coat.... charlie

Charlie,

How did you miss with that hammer gun at 30 yards! It's pretty easy actually, I've done it myself. Glad the old coat is working out for you, I liked it myself but didn't need two.


Destry

Way to go Charlie. Those dry does make awfully good meat in the freezer!

Charlie: You are a killing machine. I love to cut out those back straps and fry them lightly and fix some mashed potato's and gravy and man my mouth is just watering right now. I make alot of hamburger myself out of venison and pork. Good shooten Thomas

Good job Charlie! If she was only 30 paces away you're probably lucky you missed her unless you didn't want to grind your burger back home!

picked up my soninlaw and 2 grandson this morning at 8.30 am one of them is 7 years old and the other one 14...i loaned the 7 year old my 22 marlin auto rifle and the other one a hr 44 mag...the 7 year oldwould only be able toi load his gun when we seen something...we were on our stands about 45 minutes and we seen 2 deer but to brushy of an area to see what they were...boys wanted to move so we went a couple hundred yards and made another stand..7 year old and his dadwalked up old road while drew the 14 year old set over looking a nice hollow...had been thbere 10 minutes drew hollered papa off ran 2 more does...had to explain to drew that you dont make a lt of noise when you see deer...ha ha well the other grandson and dad came back to where we where.. the tyler the 7 year old decided he didnot like deer hunting said you had to be too queit...we talked him into staying for another hour so off we go to new stands.... put my drew over looking a small creek and i moved down from him about 30 yards settled down by a big tree..in about 5 miutes drew fired a shot a big doe came running by me i never could get her in my scope good so she passed unharmed...in about 10 minutes drew shot again he hollered i gottem this time...it was a young doe just good eating size...we done the picture taking things and dressed the deer..this was his 2 nd deer but reall his first witrh no help from nobody else... got to go now headed back to the woods bucks only for me this evening..tierd skinning... charlie

sat till dark did not see the first thing...now i can set down read read somebody else tales... charlie

You boys are really getting into the deer this year. I've not hunted them in probably 20 years, makes me want to give one a try with a Parker.


DLH

destrey weve got a long season on deer here.. if you get to come duck hunting down this way bring a parker withsome slugs or buckshot and i ll take you let you try that parker out on a deer..yep us boys are having a good year on deer weve got more deer than rabbits aint that a weird one... i reall want to take one with the round ball load in the old 8.... charlie

will be taking the old 8 with the punkin ball this evening..shot a few rounds more at 35 yards at a 5 gallon can gotem at dead center... charlie ps gonna wear that red coat too....

that coat still paying off seen a nice fat doe but the 8 ga ball load came home in my pocket maybe tommorrow....

Charlie: Are you allowed to shoot a deer with a bow ,rifle, and black powder so you can shoot three. Thomas

thomas i can shoot bow rifle shotgun and black powder plus during primitive weapons season we can use a rifle that iscenter fire with a visable hammer 35 calibre and larger it can be a old vintage rifle or a modern copy.... we can take 5 does and 3 legal bucks during our season from oct 1 st till jan 31 st....also can run dogs during dec and jan in the set periods...we are sure blessed with a long season...and lots ofdeer....gonna keep tryin till i get one with that old 8.... charlie

Charlie,

I might take you up on that. There's a good chance I'll be in the area the 3rd weekend of December hunting on Beaver Dam near Tunica. Maybe we could get together for a deer hunting one evening.


Destry

destrey may be it will work out where you can go deer hunting the doors all ways open... might even let you borrow that red coat... charlie

Charlie: That is got to be one of the most liberal hunting seasons that I have seen.Can anyone top that in thier state. Good luck Charlie. Thomas

Charlie,

I've got a red coat of my own, will bring it along for sure. Do you have to wear an orange cap down there?


DLH

yep got to wear a orange vest orcoat i usally wear the orange hat to... them bucks will be moving around in december...seen a good buck today while ridind the 4 wheeler and did not have a gun...did not get to hunt this afternoon was tied up with the grand kids... charlie

Now that's a deer season and bag limit I could easily learn to live with!! I'd be filling some freezer up if I lived there. The limit on Sitka blacktails used to be 7 up here; I think it's 4 or 5 now. It makes for interesting hunting as the local brown bears on Kodiak and other islands have learned that a gunshot is the dinner bell. You have to shoot your deer, run to it and get the innards out and haul ass for the barn before a bear comes a runnin' looking for a meal. A lot of hunters have had to drop their deer and let the bear have it. Sounds funny sitting here but I'm told it's not one bit amusing when you're standing there with a deer on your back confronted by a drooling brownie!

10yrs or so ago when you went to get doe tags in southeastern Michigan for $3ea they'd just ask you how many you wanted. There seemed to be no limit to how many you could have. I think now that Michigan has deer seasons from Sept 1? until February 1? Or is it Oct 1? Whatever, it's long and is divided into Bow, primitive firearm, firearm, late firearm.... My family there has only gotten one so far.

Thomas,
I believe that in some of the southern states like South Carolina and Georgia you can take one or two a day during their season. Here in CT if you hunt all the seasons (bow, rifle, muzzel loader) you can legally take somewhere around 10-12. Certain zones also have an extended season and some allow baiting to try to reduce deer numbers. Between myself, my son and grandson we have eight in the freezer already and now hunt very selectively and will take one or two more before the end of December.

Larry: I think that is just great that a family can pretty much solve a grocery bill problem buy harvesting game.It kind of was that way when I grew up in minnesota.We would harvest everything seeing how I was the youngest of 14 kids we needed the food. Thomas

took and got on my stand at 3.00 pm seen one small deer itlike to have never let me be..finally left about 4..00 another medium sized doe came and grazed awhile but she heard something and sloly left the small field... at 4.30there was 2 large does and a smaller deerthat all came into the field... the small deer had a lot of white on her sides she maybe hewas easy to spot...the lead deer finally spotted the bugger in the wood pile which was me...i almost laughed out loud at her she pulled some of the strangest jumps and body movements and feet stamping ive ever seen a deer do...but nary a move did i make she finally started back eating but kept a watchful eye on me..i had to stay did black dark to keepfrom spooking them..they finally got there fill and left and i was thankful....they were just to far out for a shot with the old 8 but some day.... charlie

Charlie: Just keep at it and you will be successful I know. I don,t think I have ever seen a picture of your 8 Ga. do you have one posted. Thomas

yes i have the old 8 posted you probably have to clickon my name and its in there some where...this evening i swapped hunting ares had seen a good buck in this little scope of woods couple days ago...i set in my blind till dark thirty with the mammer back on the right barrel but nairy a deer was seen...shoulda shot the squirl that was out in front of me that kept barking at me..first time the old red coat has let me down it may be in a slump like destrey hope not....thomas my old 8 aint much to look at barrels been cut to 26 1/4 inches but it makes the old piece handle good... charlie

was raining and cold here 40 degrees....got to my stand about quarter till 4 this evening i took every thing but my rattling horns with me but nothing enticed a buck to show his self
boy was the gun wet took me 30 minutes to wipe and clean...think i ll get me a beater to hunt in the rain next time did not take the 8 i was afraid they mite be a doe show up and i did not want to clean one this evening... charlie

was still misty rain this evening temperature at 38 degrees... real good duck huntin weather but it makes the deer stir too..cold rainy weather rough on animals they burn a lot of energy incold weather and the rain makes it worse for them so this is the reason all animals get out and try to round up some grub....thats when i like to be over lookin a food plot and thats what i did this evening...saw 7 deer all togetherone a pretty nice buck but it was getting late and i did not have good shot so let him pass for now... 2 young does almost in range for the parker 8.... soon.... charlie

Go Charlie! You have the right approach: perseverance and patience.

Old Geezer, Charlie's eight gauge is pictured in the "albums", don't know which page, but you should look at all the albums. They are very entertaining.

Charlie Jett (my boy) the mighty eight is found on page 5 of albums under random pictures. Not many 7th graders can say that shot a 8. 8 bores are very cool.