Opening day

For youth. Wife drove them to a piece of public ground in the morning. As theybwere leaving they talked to someone that lived in the area and wrer told ehd hit hard this year there. I Know it dis last year I found 3 dead scouting.

So they went to a friend's family farm for the first time to hunt this evening. wife txt me about 5 my 15 year old had shot a doe and she was on her way to pick them up. I didnt get any good pictures but its a small one ( only picture that came through just now ) . He just txt said they saw 7 tonight. Their friends Mom and grandparents(family farm) told them kill all they want. So I expect them to likely tag out on that county bag limit promptly.

That makes somewhere in his low 20s I think on deer. It was his first one with his cva break action 350 legend and our newest suppressor i just got for that reason silincer co 36m.

I was hoping they would shoot at least 10 between the 2 of them this year since they only shot 7 last year and we went through them and about 85 % of the cow we also bought around may. Not including all the chickens we raiemses, small game, fish and pork we bought
Definitely going to need more if they are all this small. Hopefully they do well when we go down to KY since Indiana lowered the limit for deer per hunter this year to 6 doe and a buck state wide unless its urban deer zone or refuge hunts those sont count on the state wide bag limits

If they tag out I may actual shoot a few myself this year.

Nice job.

Did you let them know they wouldn’t need to shoot so many deer if they would shoot adult does?

The little ones taste great!

Please pass on my congratulations!

Moosetrot

Oh, I don’t disagree. But, PF seems worried about the lowered tag allocations and they need a lot of deer meat. Only seems reasonable to try and shoot the biggest deer possible to make the meat last as long as possible. And them boys have stacked plenty of deer to not shoot a fawn.

I’ll stack fawns all day long on my crop damage properties, but I also have unlimited tags.

Nice Rob. You could send me some venison for Christmas. Call me and I'll give you my mailing info. 867-5309.

Boy is geting it done. Should be on ice shortly. Its bitter sweet. I have known they can do it all for a few years now but this is the first time I have not been there to assist if needed. Im proud of the men they are becoming.

This was a new property. They picked location, shot, tracked, recovered, muted, and will have quartered it and got it on ice all on their own.


The boy was not joking when he said he needed a hair cut. He had in a hat then he said something but this picture sure makes it obvious.

That’s what it’s all about.

Already on the smoker.




lol. You’re welcome to come on out, I’ll put you on some decent spots. No big deer like y’all have up that way, but we have plenty of does.

Hmm?? I am certain you posted last year about one of your boys having to cut up a deer because you were at work.......

that is great, good job on getting them into, the outdoors,

True but they are still young and typical when not on the home place the first few that come out get shot. They get more selective after that. typically they let many more walk than a lot of hunters see in a season. They also spend more time in the woods so = more opportunities.

He was also really wanting to use his 350 legend. Last year he shot all he tagged early with x bow and never shot any with his new gun. Typical they are about done by then time gun season come in. Burnt out after a month and a half of hunting many days a week. May be a little different this year I have almost all gun season off and not as much as normal in October and early November. I generally prefer the 2 weks before gun season on public land

Congratulations to the boys PF. Question here in VA youth hunters have to have an adult with them at all times, are they allowed to hunt without adult supervision in Indiana?

Here he is earlier in the week checking point of impact shift with the new suppressor and making adjustments.
One of the first times I have seen an improvement in group size adding a suppressor. Or at least enough there is no question it made an improvement on accuracy.

Good deal...looks like you raised them right...
Congrats...

https://www.eregulations.com/indiana/hunting/youth-hunting



I like that they consider 17 years old to still be youth.

Ours become “adult hunters” at 16.

And the liberals passed stupid gun laws a few years ago that really messed up youth and young hunters. We got a lot overturned. But, they are still kinda stupid.

Same son this morning.

Nice

I remember that too.

PF, If I recall correctly you mentioned in a previous post that you had been struggling with EHD in your area. Does that cause any concerns as far as consuming the venison? I'm fortunate that I've not had to deal with it in my area.

Oops!

No concerns eating them. It just kills a lot of them and hammers the population.


No yote trap and jp I left work last year and went home becuse they said they didn't feel confident they would get it right. So I left and drove home. I didnt touch the deer but was there to answer questions and just being there gave them more confidence.

Ya they are not supposed to drive on the road before they are licensed either.

Thank you for the information, PF.

So PF, if you’re ok with them breaking laws why do you care how many tags y’all get? Just go shoot whatever you want whenever you want.

Funny how during regular hunting season there is not the same requirement. On my land or friends I will let them hunt. On public yesterday My wife did accompany them as to my definition. she drove them.the hour and 15 min drive and was on the property just at the vehicle. I dont see a specific definition of what constitutes accompany. Could be in arms reach with in sight, able to be in communication. With out specific wording there is nothing to stand on.

Bag limits, hunting hours, and equipment type is very clearly written. And followed.

Save all that hunting for the providence farm. They pillage friends and public first

But, your definition and Indiana’s definition are not the same. I’d go with Indiana’s.





Just, own it, you don’t mind them being outlaws or being an outlaw yourself.

I’ll check with my game warden buddy in Indiana and ask about youth hunting during the regular season. Because that sounds dumb if they can hunt alone during regular season and not youth days. Makes no sense.

Interesting, he did confirm you’re an outlaw for letting them hunt alone on youth weekend but would have gotten a warning for not “accompanying” them. lol

But, little odd they can then hunt regular season alone but not youth weekend. Says it’s to encourage the mentoring of young hunters by adults, that’s why they do it. Odd but ok.


Hopefully they have a safe and successful rest of their season after this one little violation.

Someone sounds a bit jealous. Odd coming from someone that lives in a state with so much public land. BUT if you must know.... ( kidding I know you just wanted to feel important and take a swing) Its a few reasons. 1 we dont hunt elsewhere much at all during gun season its to crowded here in the east so stay at home. 2 They kill more deer each year than the county limits so hunt in several counties. 3 neighbors properties at the farm have a lot of hunting from people that dont own it or live there and they take a large number of deer not caring about if the population is health. 4 they get the shooting done freezer full and its easier to let the doe walk and wait for bucks chasing them. Especially if they didnt shoot the doe in early seasion. 5. They can hunt every single day of the season. So when im home or there mom drives thwm its nice to hunt on more than the same 96 acres you live on.

Back to 3. last year I found 3 deer people shot but didn't recover. A nice buck that made it to the middle of my farm one on the property line with its head cut off the rest left to rot and a doe In between. ( my farm is the escape route in the middle of two larger woods.

Friend place are farmers and want them to shoot every single doe they see. The boys told him unless they get damage tags they can only shoot the limit for the county. Even with the push that that doesn't mater from the land owner. they did not shoot any out of a group walking out yesterday during recovering the kill becuse there was a road behind them about 80 yards and not a safe shot with safe back stop.( what they told me them I asked why they didnt shoot when I asked what all they saw)

15 year old let 4 doe walk this evening. Figured bow comes in the first and we have 2 to get packed that are on ice as it is. Youngest didnt go.

Nice!