- Location
- Northern Ontario
Just wondering if anyone is still BP huting or was sucessful this year? Im heading out next week for the BP/archery season a few hours south of here...
anyone hunting ??
- Thread starter nearnorthguy
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Shot a nice big doe during our muzzleloader season and the kids got a couple more during rifle so I don't need anymore meat. Late muzzle season here is does only so I don't think I'll bother going out. Still have four days of rifle season left and 4 tags amongst us. Unless a big ole buck walks by or someone really needs the meat I guess our tags will be hanging on the Christmas tree.
- Location
- Hillbilly shack in the boonies
Still got till 6 Dec to fill my tag. % chance of that a low 25% as I have not been out to check for sign. I may go cross country and take along Mr. Glad and bone it if 3 or more miles in. Hard core , but it gets me away from the deer that have been hunted hard.
Anyway , lots a luck to anyone with tags remaining...A small part of the package of fun
but it would be nice to have premo eating this winter.
Anyway , lots a luck to anyone with tags remaining...A small part of the package of fun
but it would be nice to have premo eating this winter.
- Location
- Northern Ontario
basically the muzzleloader season is another way to extend your hunting season...first i start out early in october with the bow, then after 6 weeks there is a rifle hunt for 1 week then the first week in december is muzzleloader /archery season. That would conclude the deer hunting around here...
It's an Ontario thing. We have an optional "controlled hunt", the second one in our WMU is Dec 1-7 for Shotgun, Muzzleloaders. There is no rifle season for deer south of the French River (that i know of).
So Rem 870, rifled barrel, sabot slug, a scope, and 2 way radios, blaze orange, thermos of hot coffee and off we go... and hope like heck it snows this weekend!
heavyBullet
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Just off the island of MTL
Got skunked during rifle season here, so I am off this week-end for BP. Crossin my fingers, but the deer population is low compared to other years. I am guessing due to the huge amounts of snow we had last yr.
BP hunting
I hunted exclusively this year with my Sharps Military rifle in 50-70. Load is 65grs Goex Cartridge and the Lyman 425 gr. 515141 sized .512. The rifle carries well, has a sling and comes to the shoulder like a muzzleloader.
It's taken me two spring bears, one well over 400 lbs and a 300 lb 'nuisance bear' that just wouldn't stay away.
A nice Mule Deer buck in velvet went down to it on the 2nd day of the season. A frontal neck shot with a 50-70 has an immediate effect on game - it drops in it's tracks!
Just yesterday, I walked up on two cow moose at 10am, three bedded down Mule deer does 1/2 hour later and then something I've never encountered before - three bulls walking in trail along a tree line at 13:00, 200 yards away!
They were on the move, very nervous, no doubt attributable to the wolf tracks all over the place.
I found a spot where the snow was pounded flat looking like either a dance or a fight had taken place. There were tufts of moose hair on the snow and no blood, so I suspect that they had a set to with the wolves.
I didn't get draw tags for does or moose in this region. To date, I've passed up on a total of 14 moose (9 bulls, 5 cows) and more does than I care to remember. I met many hunters who sagely pronounced that there was no game to be found. Well no, if you don't get out of the truck and put your feet on the ground.
Most of these animals have been at 50 yards or less. People I know with draw tags either can't find a moose to shoot or have gone further north in frustration.
Next year .....
I hunted exclusively this year with my Sharps Military rifle in 50-70. Load is 65grs Goex Cartridge and the Lyman 425 gr. 515141 sized .512. The rifle carries well, has a sling and comes to the shoulder like a muzzleloader.
It's taken me two spring bears, one well over 400 lbs and a 300 lb 'nuisance bear' that just wouldn't stay away.
A nice Mule Deer buck in velvet went down to it on the 2nd day of the season. A frontal neck shot with a 50-70 has an immediate effect on game - it drops in it's tracks!
Just yesterday, I walked up on two cow moose at 10am, three bedded down Mule deer does 1/2 hour later and then something I've never encountered before - three bulls walking in trail along a tree line at 13:00, 200 yards away!
They were on the move, very nervous, no doubt attributable to the wolf tracks all over the place.
I found a spot where the snow was pounded flat looking like either a dance or a fight had taken place. There were tufts of moose hair on the snow and no blood, so I suspect that they had a set to with the wolves.
I didn't get draw tags for does or moose in this region. To date, I've passed up on a total of 14 moose (9 bulls, 5 cows) and more does than I care to remember. I met many hunters who sagely pronounced that there was no game to be found. Well no, if you don't get out of the truck and put your feet on the ground.
Most of these animals have been at 50 yards or less. People I know with draw tags either can't find a moose to shoot or have gone further north in frustration.
Next year .....
- Location
- Northern Ontario
great story...where are you hunting?
location, location, location ....
nng
Region 5, Central Cariboo, British Columbia, west of Quesnel. Moose are a Limited Entry proposition as are does. That sucks as the farmers along the west Fraser are over run with herds of does.
I make some interesting finds by getting off the beaten track on foot. I don't road hunt, preferring to drive to an area and work it on foot, usually up high.
The only tracks I want to walk in are my own and those of game. I've found scrapes and wallows that others never see and that gives me confidence that I'm in the right place.
I spend a lot of time reading sign, alternating between reading the ground and scanning around me. Nothing moves without leaving evidence, something being a SAR tracker taught me.
I may never hunt with a scoped high power rifle again. The last two moose I've taken were with a 45-70, three large black bears and a Mule Deer with a 50-70.
The moose were down with one shot each, the bears needed three and the deer one. The bears were the furthest away at 100 yards.
I gained some notoriety on the Shiloh site for one bear kill. After hitting it 3 times, it was still trying to pull itself away with it's one undamaged shoulder. I was out of ammo (didn't think I'd luck out that day) so I smacked it three times with a club. Then I looked at the size of the paws .....
Now I carry 6 rounds in a belt slide.
nng
Region 5, Central Cariboo, British Columbia, west of Quesnel. Moose are a Limited Entry proposition as are does. That sucks as the farmers along the west Fraser are over run with herds of does.
I make some interesting finds by getting off the beaten track on foot. I don't road hunt, preferring to drive to an area and work it on foot, usually up high.
The only tracks I want to walk in are my own and those of game. I've found scrapes and wallows that others never see and that gives me confidence that I'm in the right place.
I spend a lot of time reading sign, alternating between reading the ground and scanning around me. Nothing moves without leaving evidence, something being a SAR tracker taught me.
I may never hunt with a scoped high power rifle again. The last two moose I've taken were with a 45-70, three large black bears and a Mule Deer with a 50-70.
The moose were down with one shot each, the bears needed three and the deer one. The bears were the furthest away at 100 yards.
I gained some notoriety on the Shiloh site for one bear kill. After hitting it 3 times, it was still trying to pull itself away with it's one undamaged shoulder. I was out of ammo (didn't think I'd luck out that day) so I smacked it three times with a club. Then I looked at the size of the paws .....
Now I carry 6 rounds in a belt slide.
Rifle season south of french river does exist. first week of November check the regs still a few of us lucky enough. plus we get the first week of Dec to try Muzzle loaders and in a few WMUs the second week of Dec.
- Location
- Northern Ontario
on that topic...what do you figure that may be ? cut corn fields, or....???
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In my area...it's going to be trails leading to cut-corn fields at first and last light. And mid day hunts will be apple trees (you have to look
pretty hard to find them, but there are a few with apples left on them). I'm hoping the warmish temp. hold, as they won't be bedded for
so long in the AM. This is where my portable climber pays off big time...I can take instant advantage of localized activity.
- Location
- Northern Ontario
so when its colder they will stay bedded longer in the AM?
