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[Cranky Farmer]

I am heading back to Missouri the end of this month to do a muzzle loader meat hunt for white tail. My brother and I bought a piece of land there recently and are passing on the bucks for a few years to see if we can get some big daddies to grow. We've got a ton of does, and the bonus tags for them are only $9 a pop!I'll make some roasts, keep the loins, a few steaks, and then the rest is going into the grinder for hamburger. My folks like to mix it 50/50 with beef burger since there isn't much fat in the deer but I prefer to leave the beef out.Anyway, I hope to be bring some great eating meat back with me soon!

[ShooterJohn]

Good luck Heath. Let me know how your AR shoots with that new upper you bought too.

[Thumper Dunker]

Good luck.

[Cranky Farmer]

Let me know how your AR shoots with that new upper you bought too.

I will do. Mom has had something robbing her chicken house so I hope to use it on the offending fox/coyote. I'll try and get some better pictures of it to show you, too.

[Cranky Farmer]

Well folks, my hunt has come to an end and I am taking a break from packing fpor the trip back to CA today. It has been a great few days in the woods, but I have nothing to show for it this time. I saw more bucks than in years past; a couple of which were in the 130 140 class and have the potential to be real bruisers in a year or two! I saw the does, but they just didn't present me with more than a glance through timber and the shot I was looking to take. My dad and brother did both fill all their tags, though.The weather was insane this year! We had to stop hunting one afternoon as we had a tornando on the ground about 40 miles away. (Never seen a tornado in Novembrrrrrr before!) We also had some days of 60 degree weather and the next day was 20 -29 degrees with snow. I hate to admit it, but during my time in CA I have become WAY to accustomed to the warm weather!!

[Hylander]

SmallBlock:What part of Misery, My Folks live in KC.I can't beleive you didn't get anything, my brother has got three with trucks.In KC, Independence and Blue Springs area there are so Many they are Issuing out of season tags to Bow Hunters to take them in the City Limits.

[Cranky Farmer]

I was North and East of KC about 60 miles. Yea, I was shocked I didn't get anything either. My father and brother both shot does that were in groups of three or more and had to chase the remaining does away as they climbed out of the stand. Both of them were able to reload and could have taken a second doe with no problem. Of course they didn't rub it in TOO much! :(My brother often saw 15 or more does a night when he was scouting before season, so I know they are there. We're careful about removing downed animals back to another area to gut them so we don't foul the area and keep everything away. We were all pretty amazed I didn't even get a shot off.I did see lots of other critters, though. I sat a couple of food plots I put in and saw some great covies (spelling?) of quail and a bunch of fat coons. Had a flock off 50 + turkeys scratching in a field about 80 yards from my stand, too. A few of the toms were kind enough to put on a great show for me while I was waiting on a doe to pass by.I took this fella in 2003 ... he scored 151 and 5/8 typical and 159 non-typical.