Ontario Canada, Early November 08

My dad and My uncle have been traveling to Ontario now for about 6 years hunting for whitetails. For the past two years they've opted to drive instead of fly to cut out the hassle and bring their deer back whole. This year was an exceptionally good year for my dad, and Uncle Roy came back with a trophy as well.

Above is the 10 pointer that my dad shot. Following is the 8 pointer that Roy had killed.

My Dad's deer dressed out at 243 lbs. It was his all time biggest whitetail. Needless to say I photographed it excessively.

Pre-Season 08

In anticapation of the 08 hunting season, and repeated sightings of substantial bucks in my area, I aquired a Telephoto lense for my Sony Cybershot DSC-H3. In conjunction with the lense, I also purchased a window clamp tripod mount to steady aim for those long shots into the back of fields.

With this new equiptment I managed to pull off a few desent pictures of some nice sized buck this pre season.








On the deep fields resolution suffers slightly when i have to zoom in digitally rather than optically. But overall I am fairly satisfied with the results considering the pictures that I used to try and capture using digital imaging.

Road Kill 08

Doesn't it always seem like some of the nicest deer you come across are killed by automobiles?

This deer was found on the road dead in the Rosenhayn area during mid rut.

This one was a suspected casualty of the infamous "blue tongue" My buddy, Real Trespasser, found this deer dead under his old tree stand location. It was just a pile of bones, with no arrow in it.



This Eight pointer was another suspected fatality caused by disease......

This high nine was killed by way of automobile on buck rd.

Shotgun Season 07

Shotgun season 07 proved to be a difficult hunt. We had Limited succuss in the stands on Monday morning. My buddy Mikey Bess did happen to put down this basket seven at around quarter to 8.

We hunted hard Monday and Tuesday both sitting and in the stands. There was alot of talk among hunters about the devastation of blue tongue and I was starting to buy into the hype.We hadn't seen a deer.

Wednesday, Mother Nature provided us with a treat....Snow.

My Cousin...MEAT-WAGON

It started snowing a little past mid-day and managed to free up people schedules whom were otherwise obligated to work. We rallied and set up a few drives in Franklinville where we have had past success. On the first drive, I caught a flash of what looked to be a big deer through heavily falling snow. Upon inspection of the tracks, I knew that I had missed out on the opportunity of the season. On the next drive i got 2 deer up and My cousin pepe put three shots into this 4 pointer.

It broke to the field and just as it was about to fall Johnny Wengert finished it off with a slug from a ladder stand center field.

Friday, after a fruitless week of sitting in the mornings and evenings in a new spot I was trying out, I opted to hunt my dad's piece to increase my chances of succuss. Early on I saw three does come in close. They milled around for a while and then passed through. About half an hour before dark I had a descent Y buck come through. He presented me with a 50 yd broadside opportunity and I took it. He ran another 50 yds. before dying here.

I took him to the Checking station and he weighed in at just under 100lbs.

While I was checking him in, we ran into this bruiser at the scale....



The last day, Saturday, was a bust. It was drizzling, the guys were disorganized, and i decided not to go out.

Not long after, in regular muzzle loader, Pepe's uncle Punch killed a nice Y buck.

All in all, 2007 turned out to be the year of the 4 pointer. We confirmed a few kills with more points than four, but out of the seven deer taken, 4 were 4 pointers. I can live with that.

As a footnote, this was a considerable buck that was dispatched by an automobile.

Early Muzzle Loader 2007

Due to the weather, early muzzle loader was a challenging hunt. The first morning was rainy. When that cleared up the wind picked up. It was difficult to hear and or see anything in the woods.

On account of the rain, most people that I know didn't even go out on Monday. I did. I did see one deer, a small buck, that didn't give me a shot.

Tuesday morning, my cousin Mark killed this eight pointer despite the wind.



He shot at 7:20 AM at about 25 yards.




the deer dressed out at 135 pounds.

Pepe had this deer done European.  

This is how it turned out.

2007 Extended Bow Season Continued....

My Dad shot this six pointer at 3:30 PM November 21st. It ended up dressing out at 126 lbs.




Here is another picture of the deer in color with a few rabbits that we shot on Thanksgiving Day.

Extended Bow 2007

My brother Andrew shot this four pointer at 3:22 PM today.



He shot directly through the heart, broadside, at 25 yards. The deer only ran about 30 yards, dying mid-stride.






Notice the puncture of the heart and lungs.... a textbook kill.

Getting ready to get ready

With muzzle loader fast approaching, my brother Andrew and I got in gear and went out to pick some deer apples.



With the both of us using 5 gallon buckets, it took us about 1/2 hour per crate. Totaling one hour to fill 2 apple bins.



The advantage to using the crates is the ease of placement of a large bait pile using a skid steer.








When you have the means to supply the deer with a big pile, it allows them to eat without competition. This draws in all the deer within that area and they stop frequenting the smaller less appealing food sources.