WVA Deer Opener !

6pt-Sika · 11-20-2023, 10:31 AM

Nope I didn’t kill anything with a Parker today but I had a Grade 1 10 gauge 2 frame with factory 26” barrels up the tree with me along with my little Mannlicher Schoenauer MC in 6.5x54 MS . Had a four point walk up to about twenty five yards of me and when I started walking away I let him have it and flip that was at 07:05 AM . Sat there a bit longer and a doe angled up behind me so I let her have it at about forty five yards . Shot both with my handloads but killed the buck with a Nosler 140 grain Ballistic Tip and the doe with a Nosler 140 grain AccBond . That makes six deer I’ve killed with that rifle and each one using a different 140 grain bullet . All with the same sight in .

6pt-Sika · 11-20-2023, 10:34 AM

I had three tags two buck and a doe tag . It appears I’m down to a buck tag . Brought along my 6.5-06 and my suppressed 260 . The 6.5-06 is lighter so it’ll get the nod for the remainder I think . Probably not drags shotgun along now

Randy Roberts · 11-20-2023, 10:48 AM

I have been thinning the herd as well. This guy came by early yesterday and ran off 4 does so I let him have it. Still no signs of a big deer here this year. EHD has taken its toll, evidenced by the lack of shooting as well. I keep hoping a traveler will come through but the odds are long. Probably turn to stocking the freezer after the holidays.

6pt-Sika · 11-20-2023, 12:33 PM

It’s a PITA skinning and cutting up without hanging the darn things ! And yes that’s what I’m doing at the moment .

6pt-Sika · 11-21-2023, 07:29 AM

Well the winds blowing like heck today and the forecast says rain all day . Game plan has changed ! I’m gonna get just about everything loaded today then Wednesday morning homeward bound hopefully by 8 AM . It’s 3 1/2 hours back over the Alleghenies and Blue Ridge mountains as well as being the day before Gobble Bird Day so the sooner Wednesday I get started the better .

mobirdhunter · 11-21-2023, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Well the winds blowing like heck today and the forecast says rain all day . Game plan has changed ! I’m gonna get just about everything loaded today then Wednesday morning homeward bound hopefully by 8 AM . It’s 3 1/2 hours back over the Alleghenies and Blue Ridge mountains as well as being the day before Gobble Bird Day so the sooner Wednesday I get started the better .

Be safe in your travels.

Mike of the Mountain · 11-21-2023, 11:31 AM

Randy, those 'yotes make for great jerky and Slim Jims.

Randy Roberts · 11-21-2023, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Randy, those 'yotes make for great jerky and Slim Jims.

Great, I'll freeze the next one for you and bring it to the Rock

6pt-Sika · 11-21-2023, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Be safe in your travels.

When I came over here in the warmer months I went by Harrisonburg on 33 all the way to Elkins and as I may have mentioned before that road is like a coiled up snake almost . So sunday I took a different route got on 64 in Charlottesville and took it over to Staunton and then took 250 . In some ways the road was better but you still had curly que roads to travel .

6pt-Sika · 11-21-2023, 01:52 PM

I’ve got most of my stuff loaded up . All I need to do is haul a cooler and duffle out in the AM .