RC K9 Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Anybody in here hunt? If so, how's your season gone? Last May I picked up a min-dachshund puppy from a very reputable breeder who breeds exclusively for falconers and this dog has changed the game. We are able to get bunnies out of places I never could before, giving the hawks many more opportunities as catching game. The pump himself has actually caught some as well, including this one yesterday that her tracked to a hole after we flushed it, and he went in and got it. Not shown in the video is the pup all the way in the hole with none of his body showing while he was digging in there to get the initial grab so he could pull it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Jesus, that's cool. My hunting season went ok (deer is over in Ohio). Shot a fatass doe. Always seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and kept missing my target bucks. Traps are dyed and waxed and I'm getting ready to start taking a dent out of the coyote population behind my house. Turkey is just around the corner. I'm not a big turkey hunter, but usually try to make it out at least a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC K9 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Jesus, that's cool. My hunting season went ok (deer is over in Ohio). Shot a fatass doe. Always seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and kept missing my target bucks. Traps are dyed and waxed and I'm getting ready to start taking a dent out of the coyote population behind my house. Turkey is just around the corner. I'm not a big turkey hunter, but usually try to make it out at least a few days. I haven't deer hunted in over a decade, but man, some venison sounds so good. I miss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Badger dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8tn Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Me and the kids got enough squirrels to have a few batches of squirrel dumplings. I shot an 8 during bow season but the rest of deer season was pretty bare. I didn't see a single deer during youth (with the kids), gun, bonus gun, or muzzy. I've never had that happen in 35 years I've been hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC K9 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Me and the kids got enough squirrels to have a few batches of squirrel dumplings. I shot an 8 during bow season but the rest of deer season was pretty bare. I didn't see a single deer during youth (with the kids), gun, bonus gun, or muzzy. I've never had that happen in 35 years I've been hunting. I haven't eaten squirrel in probably 20yrs, (I save the one's I shoot in my front yard for the hawks), but i've been thinking about trying them in some recipes again. I'd like o try braising it like I do with cottontails which takes away any gamey flavor and the meat literally falls off the bone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8tn Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 I haven't eaten squirrel in probably 20yrs, (I save the one's I shoot in my front yard for the hawks), but i've been thinking about trying them in some recipes again. I'd like o try braising it like I do with cottontails which takes away any gamey flavor and the meat literally falls off the bone. Squirrel is never gonna be rabbit haha. I wouldn't eat them if it wasn't for the kids. I usually just do dumplings with them and that's about it. I do have a good white chili recipe using squirrels around here somewhere but never think to make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboRust Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 backed off my "its brown its down" this year, and waited out a big one. several studs on camera, passed a mid 130s buck multiple times. finally got an 11pt 6 years old/230 lbs on hoof that scored 156 3/4" i doubt I'll top that for a long time. this is "dude(left) and eyebrows(right) pretty sure the neighbor shot dude on 10/27 havent seen him since. Eyebrows is the 13x" deer i passed on multiple times. http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1018&pictureid=9507 http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1018&pictureid=9505 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC K9 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 backed off my "its brown its down" this year, and waited out a big one. several studs on camera, passed a mid 130s buck multiple times. finally got an 11pt 6 years old/230 lbs on hoof that scored 156 3/4" i doubt I'll top that for a long time. this is "dude(left) and eyebrows(right) pretty sure the neighbor shot dude on 10/27 havent seen him since. Eyebrows is the 13x" deer i passed on multiple times. http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1018&pictureid=9507 http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1018&pictureid=9505 Nice deer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8tn Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 backed off my "its brown its down" this year, and waited out a big one. several studs on camera, passed a mid 130s buck multiple times. finally got an 11pt 6 years old/230 lbs on hoof that scored 156 3/4" i doubt I'll top that for a long time. this is "dude(left) and eyebrows(right) pretty sure the neighbor shot dude on 10/27 havent seen him since. Eyebrows is the 13x" deer i passed on multiple times. http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1018&pictureid=9507 http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1018&pictureid=9505 Nice buck. I had a couple decent guys on cam here at the house but none during daylight really. https://i.imgur.com/efxBOQb.jpg https://i.imgur.com/u7McQOZ.jpg Pics were big and didn't want to resize so there's links instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboRust Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Nice buck. I had a couple decent guys on cam here at the house but none during daylight really. https://i.imgur.com/efxBOQb.jpg https://i.imgur.com/u7McQOZ.jpg Pics were big and didn't want to resize so there's links instead Nice ones. This was the first year i spent alot of time grunting/rattling trying to lure deer in. I was hunting a 5 acre area of my neighbors and it was leveled 75% in september. I really wasn't sure if Id kill any deer out of what was left. They still used it as a transition area so I had to move my cameras around and find the best path that would increase my chances. I ended up shooting that buck twisted around 180* in my treestand because they were crossing behind me. I shot him on 11-24 He was locked up fighting another buck right before I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8tn Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 I shot my 8 on Wayne. Came in to a grunt. I was bent over messing with him and had a doe walk up behind me that had a bruiser following her. They were standing directly under the tree my stand was in haha. If that 8 hadn't came by I'd had a crack at that big daddy. It was late in my hunt week so I wasn't letting that 8 walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 That vid is pretty cool...and we have 2 housebroken bunnies as pets. Neat how the falcon and Dachshund work together to bag that bun. Even without talking, that falcon knew when to leave it up to the dog and when to pounce. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC K9 Posted February 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 That vid is pretty cool...and we have 2 housebroken bunnies as pets. Neat how the falcon and Dachshund work together to bag that bun. Even without talking, that falcon knew when to leave it up to the dog and when to pounce. Thanks for sharing. First hunts together back at the beginning of the season, the hawk wanted to eat the puppy. So I took them both to the panhandle where I knew I could get the puppy in a position to flush rabbits and the hawk would have good visibility to see the rabbits and that the dog flushed them. After the first 2-3 slips, the hawk put it together that the puppy wasn't food, the puppy helped find food and they have been best friends ever since. We didn't get a bunny in the bag on this hunt, but it was the first one Goose (the puppy) had been able to grab. 2 bunnies were there, the hawk takes off after one and Goose grabbed the other. Both got away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Man...that is some wide open spaces out in TX. Poor Goose. Looks like those bunnies put up a hell of a fight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC K9 Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Man...that is some wide open spaces out in TX. Poor Goose. Looks like those bunnies put up a hell of a fight! That was up in the pandhandle. Amarillo, Lubbock, etc. There are other places, like DFW where I live, that are not like that. Texas is so big it has basically 5 distinct geographical regions that are all different from one another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Been waiting for Howard to come in here and report everyone to PETA, or maybe explain how we should be hunting by what he justifies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwilli1647545487 Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Been waiting for Howard to come in here and report everyone to PETA, or maybe explain how we should be hunting by what he justifies. You catch dimensia? Hit your head? Tampon get stuck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 I could ask the same of you. You tend to voice your opinion on people hunting, I was just waiting to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwilli1647545487 Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 I could ask the same of you. You tend to voice your opinion on people hunting, I was just waiting to read it. Go find my post and quote it here. Because I don't know what the fuck your talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC K9 Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Such fighting. Many Cursing. Much anger. Wow. Lettuce get back to hunting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Beard Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 Fishing season was decent this year, but I ended up skunking out with hunting. Went for dear season but didn't get to go for much else. I was too preoccupied with the new job and prepping for the arrival of my daughter. I am hoping this year will bring a different story to that. Now as far as cooking squirrel, the best way I have found is to bread and pan fry it like chicken. Then make gravy from the drippings and serve it up with some mashed taters and green beans. I don't care who you are, that's good eat'n!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 BBQ squirrel prepared like pulled pork is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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