Any muzzleloader luck???

[Procraft Cat]

Big fat doe for me at 7:30 Saturday morning. I was at the processor by 9:00. Looking forward to some backstrap and summer sausage!!

[fishincreek]

Never regret passing on a deer mhall- it's all good. Now for the tough part, give him a pass the entire year and see what he is next year.

[mhall]

Never regret passing on a deer mhall- it's all good. Now for the tough part, give him a pass the entire year and see what he is next year.

Yea we do this alot and the surrounding properties use to do the same. Now those same properties are filled with guys that shoot everything they see and think deer season is a year long event. Alot of the two and three and a half year old bucks we let go we never see again, sad but true. Also Poaching at night has become a huge problem in our area. I have found alot of big bodies the last few years with no heads on them. A couple of them went as far as to cape it back for a shoulder mount. Fricking MAGGOTS!!!

[stripernut]

my son shot a 19 inch 9 pt on opening day of youth season, we saw 4 shooter bucks and 5 does by 11 am. i went to the same stand on opening day of muzzleloader and saw a year old 7pt and 2 does.....and that was it for the rest of the weekend. scrapes everywhere, lots of rubs tracks and piles of deer droppings everywhere....just no deer lol. checked with 2 local taxidermists and they said this was the slowest muzzleloader season they had in 15 yrs. but everybody is seeing loads of buck sign so im looking forward to the rut. good luck everybody

[sglass]

Sunday was better for us. We seen seven does and a spike and a 5pt. Every year I let the small ones walk but never see em again. I do however hunt Morgan Co. where they can roam a 1000 acres. Lots of hiding spots for them but a great place for BIG deer. Killed a 9pt buck a few years back that would dress close to 300lbs. Taxidermist thought I shot it in canada. Have a photo I need to scan to put on here that has it hanging and me standing beside it leaning. He was a PIG!! Made my fridge in the garage look tiny.