I scored a double yesterday morning. A very nice buck, and a good eating doe a bit later. A very memorable day. Lets see your. This was about 30 miles east of Pueblo Colorado on my cousins ranch. What a wonderful hunt with great people.

Some good looking deer there.

Dove season trip next week, supposed to be one of the highest bird population years in a decade.

Hunting season for me gets a start with the early September dove hunts and then goes silent until rifle season starts for deer, this year on October 21. So hopefully I'll have some more pictures in the coming months of deer and quail hunts.

The dove opener was a fruitful day. Temps were mild and, though we didn't have a big number of birds, I managed to kill my share.

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Some good looking deer there.

Dove season trip next week, supposed to be one of the highest bird population years in a decade.

Day 1 bird hunt, not bad. 25 birds for 4 of us.
Got lucky & I'm 4 for 2. Got 3 birds in 1 shot, lucky.


A few shots of the tank/pond we were hunting for birds.
Water level went down noticeably over the couple days we were there, so the birds came in less & less
Lake Falcon is only at 8% capacity, steadily down from a nearly full capacity in 2015

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^ Well, that was our best outing. Only managed 4 birds each of the next 3 times out.

Great pics folks. Lets see more! Happy hunting.

Deer trip planned for mid December, hoping to put some meat in the freezer

Grandson got his buck this morning, which assures our supply of venison stew meat for veggie soup.

If his fiancée gets hers, we might even get a couple steaks!



Izzy approves! Weighed in at 205 field dressed.

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Not hunting, but one of my best catches of the year. Not many days left before things start to ice up..☹️

Killed this 10 pointer this afternoon. Great hunt that took all of 15 minutes. Shot him at 315p this afternoon. Not a giant but this is a solid deer in this area.

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Killed this 10 pointer this afternoon. Great hunt that took all of 15 minutes. Shot him at 315p this afternoon. Not a giant but this is a solid deer in this area.

Very nice! Now for the good eats that follow. I just enjoyed some antelope for dinner. Yummy.

Congratulations for the successes.

Alright gang...yer slacking. Time for some more photos! There have to be more successful folks out there!

I'll add didn't see this





10/14 daughters muzzle loader doe AM hunt



10/14 my muzzle loader PM hunt



Daughter starting to drag out my doe.



11/12 my buck. Just got back from December hunt and nothing we wanted to take going back first week of January.

Sitting in camp now, getting ready to head out for a windy afternoon hunt.
Watched a half dozen young doe this morning, hoping for a bigger one or a buck tonight.

Lots of doe & a couple young bucks, nothing taken yet
Intermittent rain & quite breezy
Sorry for the fuzzy photos. Samsung on 20-30x zoom

Nice job folks! Lets see more!

Some tasty ditchchickens...

Small chance I may try to get back down to the ranch for a Jan hunt, need to get some meat in the freezer!

Doves in September with the two knuckleheads:



Great year for Ruffed Grouse in Minnesota.






Out to Montana for birds:






My buddy from Montana had an antelope tag, so we spent a few days camping and hunting with him.



Back to Minnesota for grouse.



Took a small buck for late muzzleloader season.