We still have until Jan. 3 to hunt since we're in a CWD zone but for the most part we're done hunting unless we see a monster.
Here's everything we got this year: pictures

How did you all do?

I got 3 does with my bow, and then shot a nice 8-pointer on gun season opener.

I know that at least two nice bucks were seen on my property today, but NOT killed, so I hope to get another chance with them when the 2nd bow season starts!

5 Bucks taken off our land this year

My T-zone buck Gun 9 pt


My buddies T-zone Gun Buck


My Archey Buck 10 pt


My brothers gun season buck 7 pt


My regular gun season buck 8 pt

that 8 pointer is great cb. congrats.

Bond - Looks like you guys did great. Interesting deer that Tom got.

Our pics are here.
http://community.webshots.com/album/513312145IvhqaZ

Here is our 2005 buck pole, minus the buck pictured in my trail camera photo.

This year, for only the 2nd time in 24 years, I was UNable to hunt second weekend. I took the picture of the buck rack on Tuesday during the season. The 2nd Saturday of the season, while I was gone, the group did a small drive thru some thick clearcut on our property, and, the 8 pointer from my trail camera photos was taken by the eldest memeber of our group. The best part is, he said there was another one as big as this one with it, plus a smaller buck too.

So that means some of the bucks most likely made it until next year!


Left to Right on buck pole:

9-point with 18 1/4 Inside spread! (2.5+ years old)

10-point shot by the 2nd oldest member of our group. (2.5+ years old)

8-point shot by me on opening day. (2.5+ years old)

6-point - should have been a 7 point, but rack was all busted up. very thick rack, but all banged up. This picture doesn't show the good spread or mass. (2.5+ years old)

4-point - should have been a nice yearling 8-pointer. But it had an antler broken off.

6-point - this yearling fork with brow tines, would have been a really nice deer next year, but the guy who shot him, ALWAYS has to shoot a buck, so he usually shoots the first buck he sees each season, no matter what. Hopefully, after looking at the buck pole this year, he will realize that passing the little ones really makes a difference.



and this is the 8-pointer shot on the final Saturday of the season. The mass on this buck is very nice. Thick and tall rack! I don't think the picture does it justice.


Here are two other pictures of that same buck.





By the way, the smallest buck of the group (the 6-pointer on the far right) was weighed in at 139 pounds dressed, With the other bucks all noticiably larger, in the 155-180 pound dressed catagory.

Great job everyone!

Hey Genhob, I see you're from Madison, where do you hunt at? I'm about 40 miles west of Madison in the sauk prairie area.

I hunt just south of Marshfield. Just 25 acres of woods (it does butt up against a lot of neighbors woods). Live just below Madison (Oregon).

My neighbor has land up by Baraboo (about 8 miles due west of the badger munitions plant). Has let me bow hunt up there a couple of times. Very beautiful area w/ the hills.

Hey you guys a refering to my stomping grounds I live and hunt near leland, great area!