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9:05 pm
November 7, 2010
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lilmule
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Yeah not quite the reservations or restictions of most northern states ohio permits one as well as w.va.Many more southern states have more permitted sc I think allows 30 per season,but there a 90 lb one is large.
The hunt it appears isnt near as taxing either,no hard walk in or very hard getting the deer out.
I know Ive dragged or carried on two poles several over 1 mile,just to get where a 4 wheeler could get.
I no longer hunt but getting out enjoying the outdoors iis tops.Having tree stands within wallking distance,probably wasnt in your mind when thinking about resettleing.But evidently is a benefit.
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5:50 pm
November 7, 2010
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OutdoorFrontiers
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It was nice. I had to drag it about 100 yards to a fence. I threw the drag rope underneath the fence, climbed over and walked home. I got Janet and the truck, drove out there, grabbed the drag rope and hauled the deer up in the truck with some help from the mizzuz.
I registered the deer in town and got another kill permit. Here in Henry County, the legal limit is three bucks (one per day) and THREE antlerless deer PER DAY!!! 
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7:47 am
November 7, 2010
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lilmule
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Yeah and all done in relative closeness to home and comfort,elsewhere one could have spent half a day getting it out.
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9:01 pm
November 6, 2010
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OutdoorFrontiers
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Well, I'm no longer a Tennessee deer hunting virgin! At 8:00 this morning, on opening morning of the muzzleloader season, I wacked a big doe.
Then I spent the rest of the day, skinning, cutting and vaccuum sealing the deer. It's all done and in the freezer. Mmmm, fresh meat…
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9:29 am
November 6, 2010
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lilmule
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Well states often have weird rules and seldom listen to actual people it effects.
State of ohio had a muzzleloader season seperate,then a normal season way aroung the normal shotgun was to use the same muzzleloader it was permitted.
Being a dual resident W.va permitted anything above centerfire 25 cal,yet muzzleloader had to be a flintlock?????
So owned several caplocks and a flint,45 cal Hawkin repo,50 cal penn ,44 cal flint and a 41 origional,backed by a 44 remington and 36 navy,navy was to light rem had nice weight and barrel length,and yes could fire them fanning and hear but two shots never did get it so fast could hear but one,could actually hit a pop can at 20 ft and all around it.
Kind of figgure any gun duel with them was fairly close in work,about 50 ft target shooting could hit the can ,beyond that iffy.
Sights on any gun are the real helper,most of the modern type repo or otherwise a new design like the inline are good to about 100 yards id say,and yours should be a good canidate for a scope.
Hope your chilly moring was worth it.
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1:12 pm
November 5, 2010
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OutdoorFrontiers
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It's actually quite simply Lil Mule.
Ohio is WAY too conservative in their outlook to allow the use of rifles in their state.
Much of the southern part of Wisconsin used to be shotgun only, as conventional wisdom insisted that shotgun slugs wouldn't travel as far in the event the target was missed, therefore safer. However, if rifles were used, people would be dying in droves during the deer season from errant shots. However, coyote hunting with rifles was allowed in the same area.
Someone put two and two together and came up with five (or three) and wondered why it was ok to use long range rifles to shoot coyotes, but it was far too dangerous to allow deer hunting? Then along came sabot slugs for shotguns, increasing the shotgunner's range beyond 200 yards. The "shotgun only" requirement for hunting began to make even less sense.
So, in several shotgun only hunting areas, an experiment allowing centerfire rifles was instituted. Lo and behold, injuries and fatality rates were no more (or less) than deer hunting was when shotguns were the only allowable firearm. In fact, there was no difference in injuries, fatalities, or reports of homes being hit with stray bullets than elsewhere in the state.
So much of the shotgun only portion of the state of Wisconsin now allows centerfire rifles!
Ohio will probably never allow rifle hunting in the state, no more than Illinois will.
Which is one of the reasons why I live in Tennessee! 
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11:23 am
November 5, 2010
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lilmule
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I still have difficulty understanding it,in ohio other than a muzzleloader season was shotguns only due to homes yet farther apart than here,with 25 times the space to hunt in didnt see as much wildlife as in my 2 ac backyard.
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9:22 pm
November 4, 2010
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OutdoorFrontiers
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Yeah, it's odd all right! And very cool at the same time.
Just before I left Wisconsin, I bought a new Knight inline muzzleloader for $50! I never got a chance to shoot it before I moved, and yesterday seemed like a good day to try that out too. I shot it three times.
The first shot was about 6 inches high, but dead center. So I adjusted the rear sight down and shot again. This shot was about 2 inches high, and just barely off center to the right. I fired a third shot and it was 1 inch to the left. So I figure with about a 75 yard maximum range in my particular piece of heaven, I'll be just about perfect.
Muzzleloader season starts Saturday morning, and guess when I'll be sitting in a tree?
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7:44 pm
November 4, 2010
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lilmule
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Yeah odd how Tn is chock full of wildlife and homes and people.
Back in ohio had a small farm 51 1/4 ac and hunted deer ,could possibly see several on or during a days hunt,here I can count half a doz from my front porch,at times they are within 20 ft of the house itself,one type of shrubery they have taken a liking to they trim down every so often and its planted against the home.
Where their isnt a lot of water other than ponds where ive dug in my dry pond its starting to get some water in the deep part about 6 ft around and fresh deer tracks where they are drinking is quite evident.
And to think all in a short walk,if cleared all in line of sight.Shouldnt have to drag it very far,if you do bag one.
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5:21 pm
November 2, 2010
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OutdoorFrontiers
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Well, Janet and I spent a couple hours walking the property this afternoon. I'm in heaven!!!
We found at least two dozen different places where bucks have been rubbing antlers on trees, as well as four different buck scrapes! Once again, Happy Happy, JOY JOY!!!
I found a nice big cherry tree that is in a great location to watch two different little ravines that have several deer trails coming through. It's within bow shot of a scrape and probably eight or ten different buck rubs. One of those rubs is on a big cedar tree, so it took a fairly good buck to rub that particular tree.
I hung a stand in that cherry tree and I'll give the area a day or two to settle down, then I'll hunt it and see what happens.
With a limit of three bucks (one per day) and three does per day, I think I might be able to put some meat in the freezer. Then too, muzzleloader season opens on Saturday, and I have a new .50 caliber muzzleloader to break in!
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6:22 pm
November 1, 2010
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OutdoorFrontiers
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After I got back from fishing, I was doing some stuff outside. My neighbor to the north was out walking his dog. He stopped to chat for a while and asked me if I'd been out deer hunting and how I'd been doing. I told him that I hadn't been yet as the property I was going to hunt has some "family issues" and they've decided the best way to solve the problem is to not allow anyone who isn't family to hunt there! 
So I told him that I was going to simply hang a stand in the woods behind the house and hope for the best. He agreed that might owrk and continued on with his walk.
On the way back to his house, he stopped again and told me that if I wanted to, I could scout HIS woods (which is WAY bigger than mine) and hang a stand or two!!! He told me that there should only be ONE permanent stand on the property and if I found any others, I was free to take them down and keep them…
He said I seemed to be an all-right guy and it would be a shame if I didn't have a place to hunt. He then went on to tell me about a nice eight point buck he's been seeing.
I told him that he'd get half of the first deer I took on the property, and that was fine with him. He'd get free meat and he'd have someone watching his property. He's even writing me a letter declaring that I have permission to hunt and can act as his agent in removing tresspassers.
WhooHoo, I have a place to hunt, and it's within walking distance of the house!!!
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