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TheMoostafian
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There must be other hunters on NS.

What do you guys hunt, where do you hunt and what do you use?

Harvest anything cool this season? Post a picture or a story!

Looking to get into hunting or just have some questions about it? Ask away!


I hunt Washington state, mostly just deer and small game, but I did my first turkey hunt in Twisp this year and it was awesome.
I use a compound bow for everything but grouse.

**This thread was edited on Jan 22nd 2020 at 10:07:53am
Jan 21 2020 11:36PM
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.frenchy
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shot a drake hooded merganser yesterday morning!!!!!!! mounting that bad boy too. 3rd different drake ive gotten out of my tiny puddle this year! sucks im so obsessed with duck hunting that i cant find time to deer hunt lol
Nov 30 2021 11:02AM
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_IRRELEVANT_
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Getting down to the wire been hunting 5 days a week lately and end of rifle is the 5 and archery the 15 but Im still confident but am a little worried
Dec 2 2021 10:09PM
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galardogod
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.frenchyshot a drake hooded merganser yesterday morning!!!!!!! mounting that bad boy too. 3rd different drake ive gotten out of my tiny puddle this year! sucks im so obsessed with duck hunting that i cant find time to deer hunt lol


I’m also wicked hooked on it now to. It gets me through the week.
Dec 3 2021 3:46PM
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_IRRELEVANT_
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_IRRELEVANT_Getting down to the wire been hunting 5 days a week lately and end of rifle is the 5 and archery the 15 but Im still confident but am a little worried


Got it
Dec 4 2021 8:11PM
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SendyMcSendyface
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_IRRELEVANT_Got it


fuck yeah
Dec 4 2021 9:49PM
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.frenchy
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deer walked 10 feet next to me yesterday morning while duck hunting. todays last day of deer season and i only went once. freakin ducks
Dec 7 2021 10:46AM
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SendyMcSendyface
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.frenchydeer walked 10 feet next to me yesterday morning while duck hunting. todays last day of deer season and i only went once. freakin ducks


tis why ya always take a few slugs with you
Dec 7 2021 8:57PM
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TheMollyWop
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waiting for rifle to end here in PA and for archery to open back up Dec. 27 Im itching to get one with the bow this season. Taking the dog out for pheasant in the meantime, its been a good bird season


I was completely unaware of this hunting thread before, can't believe I missed it. First post here but surely not the last.
Dec 7 2021 9:20PM
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SendyMcSendyface
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TheMollyWopwaiting for rifle to end here in PA and for archery to open back up Dec. 27 Im itching to get one with the bow this season. Taking the dog out for pheasant in the meantime, its been a good bird season


I was completely unaware of this hunting thread before, can't believe I missed it. First post here but surely not the last.


Nice pup (and birds) homie, welcome!
Dec 8 2021 3:40AM
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sexyjulian
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Sdot.We have been very fortunate with our harvests this year. (Warning: Photo dump to follow.)










DAYUM!!!!!
Dec 8 2021 7:13AM
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Sdot.
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Congrats to you recently successful bird and deer hunters! Holy shit, I still need to put in for tags!
Dec 8 2021 2:33PM
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galardogod
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Always split rather to go hunting or to go skiing these days
Dec 26 2021 4:47PM
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_IRRELEVANT_
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galardogodAlways split rather to go hunting or to go skiing these days


How late is your season open, we only get till dec 15 for deer but all the small game into Jan or feb
Dec 26 2021 4:50PM
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galardogod
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_IRRELEVANT_How late is your season open, we only get till dec 15 for deer but all the small game into Jan or feb


I have gotten big into ducks , I have till Jan 3. the problem I am running into is I am running out of open water . I’ll try to get a couple of days of both this week
Dec 26 2021 10:34PM
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TheMoostafian
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FIRST DAY OF ARCHERY DEER

One of these bois is going in the freezer soon. Nothing spectacular but the one in the front is a big buck on the island I live on.




Also ate my last piece of black bear backstraps tonight.


Sep 1 2022 11:31PM
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TheMoostafian
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Velvet came off a few days ago. It's time.





Sep 2 2022 5:26PM
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bbridge
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wish me luck this morning
Sep 5 2022 7:08AM
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bbridge
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Update: Got a little closer today.. didn’t wanna spook but i think sometime this week🤞
bbridgewish me luck this morning



Sep 6 2022 1:28AM
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TheMoostafian
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bbridgeUpdate: Got a little closer today.. didn’t wanna spook but i think sometime this week🤞





You using a bow?
Sep 6 2022 1:34AM
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bbridge
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TheMoostafianYou using a bow?


Yeah. I’m trying to get within 30
Sep 6 2022 9:45AM
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Sdot.
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Good luck, you guys! No hunts for me this year, sadly.
Sep 16 2022 4:21AM
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galardogod
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I have moved to Mississippi,I am going to have to do more hunting this year as skiing is out of the question and I want to keep my sanity. Mississippi laws are wild compared to Maine and there are also a lot more hunters so we will see how many fines I rack up , and what land I have to access. This will be my first year hunting deer.
Sep 25 2022 10:50PM
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SSteezle
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First successful hunt with a bow. 20 yard broadside, pass through lung shot. Went down quick.




Sep 28 2022 7:36PM
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SuspiciousFish
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SSteezleFirst successful hunt with a bow. 20 yard broadside, pass through lung shot. Went down quick.






Nice man! I did my first Archery hunt a few weeks ago in a Colorado OTC unit. We were up for 5 days but didnt see an elk. I learned a lot and our logistics planning went well so hopefully we will have better luck next fall.
Sep 29 2022 5:48PM
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TheMoostafian
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SSteezleFirst successful hunt with a bow. 20 yard broadside, pass through lung shot. Went down quick.






Nice job!
Oct 3 2022 12:17AM
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TheMoostafian
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Quesabirria tacos with black bear shank. Maybe my favorite meal I've ever made with game meat.


Oct 3 2022 12:19AM
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ASSholebomber22
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TheMoostafianQuesabirria tacos with black bear shank. Maybe my favorite meal I've ever made with game meat.




Quesabirrias fuck so hard and so does bear meat. Looks amazing
Oct 3 2022 1:45AM
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_Garagely_
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Did not think I would come across a bull this large hunting public land on a general tag. Stoked.
Nov 23 2022 9:19AM
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TheMoostafian
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_Garagely_

Did not think I would come across a bull this large hunting public land on a general tag. Stoked.


Fuck yeah! Congrats!
Nov 23 2022 12:01PM
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BrandoComando
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Just drew my first-ever tags for a Javelina hunt in AZ next spring.

Super stoked! Been eating tag soup for a few years in NV. My brother moved down to Phoenix, so I started putting in down there. Happy to get my first chance at an animal!
Nov 23 2022 6:41PM
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galardogod
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Went out for duck today, got skunked but the guy directly to the left of me had a field day and left me no second shots. Honestly impressive watching him shoot
Nov 26 2022 3:27PM
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ModMommy
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Tag soup unless i get it done tomorrow
Nov 26 2022 3:43PM
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ski_salmon69
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Grandpa got a nice 8 today :)
Nov 26 2022 5:50PM
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TheMoostafian
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MERRY CHRISTMAS



Dec 25 2022 6:18PM
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.frenchy
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14 ducks and a goose so far this year, got my first banded duck too and a nice late season drake wood duck to add to the wall! anyone else on some waterfowl?
Dec 27 2022 7:25PM
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iFlip
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.frenchy14 ducks and a goose so far this year, got my first banded duck too and a nice late season drake wood duck to add to the wall! anyone else on some waterfowl?


Well done! What types of ducks are you shooting? I’ve been out a good bit this season with decent success. What duck was banded? Local bird or migrator?
Dec 28 2022 9:59AM
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.frenchy
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iFlipWell done! What types of ducks are you shooting? I’ve been out a good bit this season with decent success. What duck was banded? Local bird or migrator?

thanks man! the banded bird was literally from the same TOWN! from 1 and ahalf years ago haha, weird bc it was during a huge cold snap so it was probably a local. this year i only got mallards and woodies and 3 geese, final numbers were 17 ducks nad 3 geese. i hunt private land tiny little farm pond in Connecticut so i dont get that many cool birds but last year i got the usual mallards n woodies but a nice black duck and hooded merg, got the hooded merg on the wall haha. what kinda ducks you getting?
Feb 11 2023 11:25AM
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TigerBackwoods
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TheMoostafianThere must be other hunters on NS.

What do you guys hunt, where do you hunt and what do you use?

Harvest anything cool this season? Post a picture or a story!

Looking to get into hunting or just have some questions about it? Ask away!


I hunt Washington state, mostly just deer and small game, but I did my first turkey hunt in Twisp this year and it was awesome.
I use a compound bow for everything but grouse.

**This thread was edited on Jan 22nd 2020 at 10:07:53am


From central Illinois here. Big skier and hunter love water fowl and deer. Just got into trapping this year and it’s so much fun as well

Here’s this past weekends trap line
Feb 13 2023 1:40PM
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iFlip
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.frenchythanks man! the banded bird was literally from the same TOWN! from 1 and ahalf years ago haha, weird bc it was during a huge cold snap so it was probably a local. this year i only got mallards and woodies and 3 geese, final numbers were 17 ducks nad 3 geese. i hunt private land tiny little farm pond in Connecticut so i dont get that many cool birds but last year i got the usual mallards n woodies but a nice black duck and hooded merg, got the hooded merg on the wall haha. what kinda ducks you getting?


Nice going. This season my big numbers were woodies and black ducks. My personal mallard number was way, way down. A few geese, a few bufflehead. I won't shoot mergansers. No good to eat (state even advises against eating them due to toxins), so they always get a pass. No banded birds for me this season or last. It sounds like you have a pretty good waterfowl taxidermy collection going.
Feb 13 2023 9:40PM
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Sdot.
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Alaska draw tag results were released today. I finally drew an antlerless elk and a goat tag this year after giving my annual donation to ADF&G for years. Super stoked! Who's putting in for what this year?
Feb 17 2023 7:52PM
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ModMommy
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Sdot.Alaska draw tag results were released today. I finally drew an antlerless elk and a goat tag this year after giving my annual donation to ADF&G for years. Super stoked! Who's putting in for what this year?


Omg congrats on the goat draw!!!
Feb 17 2023 10:18PM
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TheMoostafian
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Just a lil guy

Nov 20 2023 7:03PM
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SSteezle
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Let's gooo!!! Got this guy on halloween night with a bow.

Nov 7 2024 3:51PM
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SendyMcSendyface
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SSteezleLet's gooo!!! Got this guy on halloween night with a bow.



fuckin good shit
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