my hunting setup 2018/2019 pic heavy

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

Cow and calf down

details latet

just at hospital getting stitches 

put me fckn knife thru my finger but not the trigger one thank fck

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

so took the morning off from moose hunting

got blind drunk drunk watching the autumn rugby games,mate fckn calls me 9am

saying he has plugged a cow moose and its dead in a swamp with its calf.

so i leggit down there,40min drive.

we walked through the swamp and the cow is still alive and the calf is by her side.

calf stands up,so she gets the head shot.cow tries to get up and she gets the head shot.

both give out their death moan which is weird,even a calf not leaving its mum is a bit weird also,quite sad really.

 

we walk back to get the quad to haul them out,i pull the calf out easy but momma aint goin anywhere.

we gut her on the spot and then the quad pulls her out.

get mum on me mates trailer,he has a winch,then we drag mine on me quad trailer.

when i stick my knife thru the ear to stick the 'head tag',damn knife goes right thru into my index knuckle slicing it nicely.

3 stitches later.

got moose hanging in garage with propane heater trying to keep the temperature fairly normally as its -18c outside.

 

moose over and done with,now its deer season,started nov2nd in forestry but nov 15th on the farmland

Edited November 13, 2018 by Ted Newgent

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

10 hours ago, Wideboy said:

Could you get away without tagging them and use it again? Especially with the excuse of cutting yourself? 

if you dont use a tag or re use it and get caught

truck is taken

rifle is taken

loss of hunting privileges for 3 years

$20k fine

[mackem 28,424]

Good write up Ted. I read of some guy who posed an elk and took pics of it on his truck before he had put the tag on,got done for some violation.

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

5 minutes ago, mackem said:

Good write up Ted. I read of some guy who posed an elk and took pics of it on his truck before he had put the tag on,got done for some violation.

To be honest

we didnt tag ours til we got them out of the swamp and on the trailers

we broke the law. But if we would of tagged them and lost the tag hauling them out we would of been in schitt

the laws are a nightmare at times

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

after keeping the garage warm over the past few days,last night i decided to cut n wrap the moose.

wasnt a huge one by any means.

17lbs of steaks

40lbs of roasts

35lbs of meat from front shoulders and trim going to a butchers for him to make

pepperoni stick and honey/garlic sausage.

 

legs,carcass and scrappy bits have just been picked up by a coyote trapper to be used as bait.

just got to dump the head and pelt in a skip.

 

deer season now,let be having some of this

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

My mate who plugged the cow

he shot her with his 338 lapua at 800 yards. He just started to butcher her up.

he just dug out the bullet

 

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

We are live

my first outing of deer season

-10c light snow

bait 150yds in front, sitting on a stone pile to give me a bit of elevation 

300 pics on cam. Deer elk pigs

no monster bucks on cam but a tidy 4 ptr

bucks are rutting now so who knows what will rock up

i have 90 mins of hunting time

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

Just picked up my pepperoni and honey garlic sausage from the butchers

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

Just walked within 20 yds of me

[socks 32,253]

Is it dead ???

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

2 hours ago, socks said:

Is it dead ???

Nope

let him walk

just after that one came out another wide main beam appeared 

i let him go

on my way from there i seen a bigger buck.he was big cause i seen his rack from 1/4 mile

back down there tomorrow 

[mackem 28,424]

Why 90 minutes hunting time Ted?

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

Yes

got there 4pm

sun down 4.53

we have 1/2 hr afer sunset to shoot 

Edited November 25, 2018 by Ted Newgent

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

went back down sunday

bad mistake

somewhat jaded from the night before alcohol comsumption.

-16c outside with windchill -22c.froze me nut sack off,felt pretty ill sunday night.

i got down there 12.30pm and tapped out 4pm.just seen does n fawns.

 

just back from the forestry.the sparky in work hasnt hunted.so i offered to take him.

boss let us go early,got to blind 2pm. -9c windchill -15c. big storm forecasted for tonight and tomorrow.

bait has been hammered.looking promising.

ran thru the do's and donts.bullet placement etc etc

4.15pm a doe starts snorting behind the trees,i can see her with two fawns.

she fcks us around,buggers off then bam 10 mins later just trolls right into the bait.

she is head on and feeding.the fawns are blocking the shot.

i get the sparky to poke the muzzle out of the blind,ready.he just rustles his jacket,the doe does a runner

then stops turns broadside i said shoot her,boom,doe runs off.

i said to the spark how did you miss,he says she is down.

OMG he plugged a fawn. bullet placement perfect just behind the shoulder but on the wrong deer.

showed him the 2min gutting job and skinning it was easier than plugging me socks off.

he enjoyed the experience and was really happy he has come home with 'some' meat lol

broken his virginity,i knwo it could of been a lot worse and he doesnt need a bad experience first time out