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Figured I’d start my own thread on this . So,last year their ML started on Nov 4th the first Sat I know this as that’s my anniversary,and being the sport I am I brought Mrs Nomad as a special treat for her ! So this year I figured first Sat or the 2nd , nope it’s the 9th , makes it’s hard to get back for our OD of gun, the 16th , but that’s not to big of a deal ,although I would like to be here .

Then nephew says he has to go to his office in Dallas the 12 -15 but I’m free to stay and hunt . We stay at his lake house and the land  is only ten minutes away , I have a key to the gate ,barn ,and the ATV I use .  But I figure staying till he returns seems a bit long and for sure I’d miss OD . 
 

Plus Mrs says she gets  bored although nephews wife stays too and is a great cook !

Then there’s the processor issue , what’s his turn around time ? Nephew says he goes to the head of the line ,as processors wife is a big Cowboy fan and told him her favorite player ,well his office is in ATT stadium  And he works with the Jones family lol, so she got an autographed jersey .

So it looks like hunting the 9th - 13, two days to return as 700 miles is too much for us in one day . 

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19 minutes ago, 2BuckBizCT said:

Looking forward to this! Good luck 

Thanks Biz , it’s alway a toss up hunting out of state . We see a ton of deer, but he only shoots really big ones, I passed a ton of not so big ones .never saw a giant .

So what to do ? I’m thinking after a couple  days a decent one falls , gotta have something to show for my effort. Unless I shoot something here before I go …..

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2 hours ago, Nomad said:

Thanks Biz , it’s alway a toss up hunting out of state . We see a ton of deer, but he only shoots really big ones, I passed a ton of not so big ones .never saw a giant .

So what to do ? I’m thinking after a couple  days a decent one falls , gotta have something to show for my effort. Unless I shoot something here before I go …..

Some people say you should shoot a buck on the first day that you would shoot the last day. But, I’d say shoot what feels right to you. Maybe something no typical or something you haven’t shot before etc. 

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9 hours ago, 2BuckBizCT said:

Some people say you should shoot a buck on the first day that you would shoot the last day. But, I’d say shoot what feels right to you. Maybe something no typical or something you haven’t shot before etc. 

well I’ve never shot a Tennessee buck before , so that opens things up !

  • 2 weeks later...
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Shot my ML today on the farms range , as mine is limited to 70 yards.

off a bench at100 yards first shot five inches right , adjusted the scope a bit and next three in the center about the size of a baseball . I believe some of the first shot was me and some the scope adjustment as I only dialed it two inches .

Moved back to 120, two shots about 4 inches low ,some could be me and my old eyes idk . 
 

100 should be plenty for our set ups there , but with my new range finder given time and a still deer I may push it to 120 .

hope to bow hunt as much as possible here from this Sat through the 4th then make it back for the 16th gun opener.

Weather there is hot right now upper 70s-80 lows in 50s, looks like it drops to highs of 60  lows mid 40s just prior to the hunt ,time will tell .

Wrote but never posted this yesterday lol  

 

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4 hours ago, Nomad said:

Shot my ML today on the farms range , as mine is limited to 70 yards.

off a bench at100 yards first shot five inches right , adjusted the scope a bit and next three in the center about the size of a baseball . I believe some of the first shot was me and some the scope adjustment as I only dialed it two inches .

Moved back to 120, two shots about 4 inches low ,some could be me and my old eyes idk . 
 

100 should be plenty for our set ups there , but with my new range finder given time and a still deer I may push it to 120 .

hope to bow hunt as much as possible here from this Sat through the 4th then make it back for the 16th gun opener.

Weather there is hot right now upper 70s-80 lows in 50s, looks like it drops to highs of 60  lows mid 40s just prior to the hunt ,time will tell .

Wrote but never posted this yesterday lol  

 

Good luck.  Last yr was just a test run. 

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Two days to get stuff together, leaving Wednesday taking our time , spending a day at the columbus zoo , arrive Friday , hunt starts the next day.

Weather right now highs of 70 lows of mid 50s, with some showers .

squeezed for time as our gun opener starts the 16th here and we take two days returning , plus add in processing time as only deboned meat can be brought back . Then Nephew has to go to his Dallas office tues - Friday , but I can stay and hunt, so looks like 4 hunting days . Sat - Tue . 
 

Even shooting one on Tuesday would be problematic.

 

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