So what's gonna be in your hands on Monday?

Post by **Robert Goulet** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:44 am

With Deer season opening up on Monday I must say that I am pretty darn excited right now. This will be the first time that my father and I will be hunting for deer together and I've got my fingers crossed for a successful hunt.

With so many manufacturers and calibers available I'm curious to hear what you will all be using this year in search for your trophy buck.

I'll be wielding my trusty Enfield .303 that has been sporterized and mounted with a fixed 4x Tasco scope straight out of WWII era 1944.. I've been tempted to get a new rifle but this one has proven quite useful and successful for me so I just can't bring myself to trade her in.

What are you guys hunting with?

Post by **Yannick Loranger** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:07 am

I don't hunt deer but those Enfield .303s are fantastic guns! Mine is from 1917, and 3 generations of first moose have been shot with it, a couple bears too. Good luck to all the deer hunters!
Tight lines and hot barrels,
Yannick

Post by **bradford2** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:57 am

My keyboard unfortunately. Going to be working.

Will be out Sat/Sun.... as well as the following Tuesday.

I'm taking the third week off and heading to MI to hunt with my family.

Gotta love the .303, I took my first canadian deer with one.

Where abouts are you hunting?

Post by **Joe28** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:13 pm

I'll be using a Remington 30-06 this week and this weekend an Excalibur Exomax.

Happy hunting everyone!

Post by **orrsey** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:25 pm

I will be working the first week but the second week I will be out for the first 4 days of the week. We hunt in a shotgun only area so its my 870 with a rifled barrel and a bushel elite on top of her.....good luck to all who are going out. Hope to here about some successful stories in the coming weeks.

orrsey

Post by **DUBIE** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:08 pm

I'll be using a 270 savage bolt. Nice gun. This hopefully this i will be holding too. Had I'm on the game cam last week just under my stand. Yes still haven't figured out how to do the time and date. Also have 3 does out there.

Post by JC » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:25 pm

I as well will be working the first week but will be up in Cobden-Eganville area for the second week.
I will be holding brand new x-bolt 30-06 mounted with a Bushnell 3200 elite
This is my first season with a rifle the past 3 have been xbow only, so I'm pretty excited to say the least.
Good luck to everyone

J

Post by **TLunge** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:06 pm

I will be using the trusted ol' 303 Enfield, sporterized with Bushnell Elite 3x9.
Why mess with perfection

Post by **Legend Killer** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 4:45 pm

We hunt shotgun/muzzleloader only so it will either be my 12ga Mossberg pump with 1.75 x 4 Bushnell Trophy or my Traditions Pursuit .50 Cal with Bushnell 1.5 x 4.5

Post by **TMH** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:59 am

remington 870 with rifled barrel topped with a bushnell 4200 3x9

browning 81 BLR, 308. Topped with bushnell 4200 3x9...

Post by **Jimmy_1** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:53 am

Back from a BAD week 1.
Spooked a big doe within first 10 mins on the opener.
Tropical weather = bad opportunities.

Case in point. My neighbor owns 800+ acres. There are 12 guys in the camp and they run hounds. Usually by the end of week 1 they have minimum 3 in the bag...(They are all older guys..60's and up).

This year at the end of week 1 they had quit by Friday, wore shorts and drank beer. They had 1 tiny doe to show for all the efforts.

Most butchers have stated fewer deer have come in for processing.

2 years ago my property had scat, tracks etc everywhere. Barely any this year.

Over hunting and the bad winter last year has taken its toll....

Sure we saw tiny deer, but that's future generations....no need to shoot em. Rather do that when the spread is big....not a spiker!

J

Post by **Robert Goulet** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:21 am

Sorry to hear about your rough go at week 1. It looks like the weather will be back to more seasonable temperatures this week so things might turn around.

I'm not sure where your land is but whenever I'm driving out in the west end around 4:00 pm I see fields full of deer. Good luck taking one down this week.

Post by **Jimmy_1** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:03 am

I saw a few out last night. My camp is in the Lanark/Maberly highlands. After a week of mountain climbing and such I am a little tired.

I am not bothered though. I've shot some good deer in the past and I feel the last winter was hard on them. I too see deer, but not nice big does and very few bucks.

If I am unlucky I still have a few other spots for archery.

J