Charlie, my son unfortunately missed that buck with my in-line muzzle loader in January. I need to shoot that gun at the range and make sure it is still on.
The cabin was built down in that hollow between 1825-1830, I bought the property in 1995 and restored the cabin. It is in eastern Ohio in the foothills of the Appalachians. Lots of very big deer roam those hills. A 185 class buck was taken near me earlier this year. There are no corn, soybeans, or other crops anywhere near me, as in other states. Just across the Ohio River in West Virginia, you would be hard pressed to find a buck of that size. In Ohio, the limit is 1 buck per year regardless of method( archery, gun, muzleloader.)
In WV, you can take up to 5 bucks if you get all the tags, they just dont have the opportunity to grow old and big like in Ohio. You can bet i'll be on the lookout for him next year.
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"How kind it is that most of us will never know when we have fired our last shot"--Nash Buckingham
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