NC4X4 Hunting and Fishing

Tagged out on bucks this year. This morning was number 3. Still got 2 doe tags. He wasn’t huge by any stretch. Six point (number 7 was broken off), 15” spread and a touch over 140lbs. Scales are in 5lb increments so it’s hard to be exact. Lots of deer meat this year. The weights were 150, 135, and 140. I’ll take it
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Atla said:
A couple years ago I did an Exotic Hunt at Caryonah(TN) after our planned Wyoming Pronghorn hunt was ruined the day before we left by an Oct ice storm hitting our hunting area. ($800 worth of non-res tags wasted!)

Overall - Caryonah was a pretty nice experience. I bagged a gorgeous Painted Desert Ram and my dad took a very delicious wild boar.

I did a write-up on it explaining how it worked, my thoughts about fence hunting, etc. It's too long to repost here. (But there are pictures!)

A review of Caryonah Game Ranch

Would I go back? Mmm... yes. But it's kind of like fishing in a stocked pond. Lately, I've been feeling the urge to go somewhere, and I've been torn on either going after WY Pronghorn/CO Elk next year, or trying an open range Texas/New Mexico hunt for an exotic like an Aoudad or Oryx. This will also be my 3rd year putting in for a Maine Moose, so maybe I'll get lucky there!

(With a Ruger Gunsite Scout rifle in .308. A fantastic rifle. Highly recommended!)
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(Dinks Taxidermy in Marion, NC did an AMAZING job.)
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As an aside - Here's what a .308 150 gr Winchester Power Point softball did exiting through the far rib cage of the ram.
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hey man nice shot.
 
So, just got a call from my processor. Said the roof fell in on their freezer and they lost a few deer. Go figure, out of 80 deer hanging mine was one of the ones they lost. So now I’m out a tag and the meat. To top it off, I’m only allowed 3 bucks at my club so now I’m watching from the sidelines with 2 deer. Muthaaaa Fucka.
 
Deer number 2 and second with the bow down. Couple does came in blowing and one ran off other came in looking for me. After 45 minute stare off I got a double lung and she went 15 yards. Can’t have no doe busting me

Also pissed cause I snapped my arrow and can’t find the fletching side with the lighted nock in it


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Loganwayne said:
Deer number 2 and second with the bow down. Couple does came in blowing and one ran off other came in looking for me. After 45 minute stare off I got a double lung and she went 15 yards. Can’t have no doe busting me

Also pissed cause I snapped my arrow and can’t find the fletching side with the lighted nock in it


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Was it a pass through?maybe your dogs could find it?
 
Haven't seen nearly the amount of wildlife activity in the backyard during quarantine as I have been and was wondering why. This morning I got an alert of a coyote ~45yds from the back door at 5:50...I guess I got my answers now.:flipoff:
 
mommucked said:
Was it a pass through?maybe your dogs could find it?
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Pass through, broadhead side was 8” into the ground, arrow was broke just about mid ways down.

I looked 3 separate times around impact area and the whole trail to where it went. Even brushed through the leafs. It wasn’t in the deer when I cleaned it.

For the life of me idk what happened to it. Going to pull stand tomorrow night after work maybe it will still be lit up then


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Atla said:
Geez, was he going for a carotid artery shot?
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I thought that is were you were supposed to shoot them. Don't waste any meat that way.
 
Driving home tonight & saw a roadkill doe with a coyote hovering over her in a field outside of Castalia. Wish I would've had time to send something downrange! :kaioken:

89wrangler said:
I thought that is were you were supposed to shoot them. Don't waste any meat that way.
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I don't personally do it, but I know several people that opt for neck & head shots for this reason. Head shots have the easiest tracking jobs too! :sniper:
 
URE from another side

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First time ever shooting a coyote. It was chasing a doe about 60 yards in front of me, He’s been all over my cameras. I grabbed my son’s 270 with reduced recoil loads, felt like a 223.
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REDLYNER said:
First time ever shooting a coyote. It was chasing a doe about 60 yards in front of me, He’s been all over my cameras. I grabbed my son’s 270 with reduced recoil loads, felt like a 223. View attachment 331267
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One down, eleventy kabillion to go!

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Lurch830 said:
How'd you like it? My folks live on the other side of the lake & I'm thinking of trying my hand at public land this year.

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In all honesty, ill never hunt there again. A lot of hunters, and twice as many horse humpers tramping around in the middle of the woods. 3 times we set up well off the trails and every time we had horses wandering through the woods.
 
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