Hi guys! Stranger to this sub because I'm seeking some advice (as I have no one in real life to ask lol). My restaurant is doing a secret Santa and the person I got requested hunting gear. I have NO idea what that entails tbh, especially something casual like for secret Santa. Does anybody have ideas for small/medium gifts I could get, ideally under 30-50 dollars?

Taken with a bow at 45ish yards.

Taken near Cedar Vale, Kansas last night.

Got this on my trail cam. Body shape and color look like cougar, but seems to be a little too small (juvenile?) and tail is blurry so can’t tell there.

Thoughts???

Hi all,

My mom recently dropped me off a bunch of unlabelled meat. Our family only really eats beef or moose. She's not replying to my texts on which meat she dropped. She left me ground beef and a hunk of meat for stew. Anyone have tips for identifying one between the other before I cook them?

Tonight I finally got a chance to take a shot at a deer this evening. I was walking back to my car and two deer ran across the trail where I was at and then slowly a third one was coming up from the rear. She stopped just long enough to get the crosshairs on her and pull the trigger.

SO from what I remember after the adrenaline dump is after the shot I saw her leap really high like she was clearing a high fence NO back legs kicked out and her tail was still down. She pretty much jogged off into the thick brushes before I lost site of her. I heard the usual brush breaking and getting unsettled before getting quiet. There was no immediate blood around the location I shot her and my bullet impact landed off (assuming it tumbled in her a lil before exiting maybe?). My buddy came to help out to find a blood trail but couldn’t find any, it was already pretty dark.

Talking to my buddy as well as my dad who are both seasoned hunters compared to me (and a random hunter I ran into) they say it’s a hit. This is a first for me cause my first deer didn’t bleed but found dead maybe 20 yards from where I shot him and my last deer dropped in his tracks.

Going back out in the morning to continue my search

I’ve always hunted upland birds, but I’m planning to hunt with some friends and neighbors for deer and elk next season. Was advised to get myself a rifle (and not just tag along for the hunt, although I can’t imagine I will get to take the shot among groups of experienced big game hunters). I’ve joined the local rifle club and will get instruction. I bought this rifle and scope based on what was on sale locally for Black Friday, not with a lot of planning. I tried to spend the $$ on the scope rather than the rifle. I wish it was a bit lighter, but I couldn’t find a way to mount this Mark 5HD scope without a rail. How’d I do overall?

can you transfer sound files between lucky duck and foxpro? Any software to use to convert sound files if you own them?

I’ve seen a lot of posts today titled “my first buck” with pictures of absolute units, lol. So I thought I’d share my first ever buck. I was just excited he wasn’t a spike 😂

Still one of my favorite hunts though. About 15 turkeys had come into the clearing and this buck saw them as he was standing off in the brush. They made him feel safe enough to come in in front of my blind, and he was too busy picking his way through the group of turkeys to see me draw my bow back. Perfect double lung shot, he didn’t run. He just made a grunt noise and hunched his back and kept walking slowly. He made it about 20 more feet and just tipped over. I’m an almost entirely self-taught hunter because no one in my immediate family hunts, so that was one of my proudest moments. I got a bow, taught myself how to use it, Googled just about everything you could imagine, watched a lot of Meat Eater and read a couple of Steve Rinella’s books, and then I went out and shot a buck by myself. Technically my second deer, I shot a small doe about a month before I got my buck. But still, it couldn’t have gone better for a first.

Hi! I’m not very new to hunting but to deer hunting I am. I do have some land to work with in Kansas and have a 30-30 Henry rifle. I was just wondering if any of you guys would have any pointers on where a good spot to set up a stand or blind would be from this topographical map.

Who else is larping through the woods 10 minutes from home a couple hundred yards from the road but kitted out like your going on a week long elk hunt in the rockies🤣 I really don't know if I enjoy actually hunting or playing dress up. Getting all geared up in all matching camo, full pack, tripod, bino harness, back up pistol... it really is like 75% of the fun and I'm not afraid to admit it!

Daughter killed this guy 2023 season.

I’m from Germany and bow hunting is not allowed here. I’m trying to get a idea of how big of an advantage a rifle is over a bow.

Since I don’t have any experience in this field myself I was wondering how often you have to let game go when hunting with a bow when you could have taken the shot with a rifle.

Also, how often would your shot have been lethal if it had been a rifle when it was not lethal with an arrow.

I don't have a traditional hunting dog, I just use our family pitty so this weekend I'm going out to take my gun for a walk per usual but bring her along again because an extra body in the field is better than just me. It will be about 28F with 10mph wind, she has a shorter coat. Should I be concerned about hypothermia or other issues with the cold?

She likes the snow and doesn't seem to mind the cold too much from what I can tell.

She actually has been doing great, I've hunted with worse "hunting" dogs before.

Thanks everyone!

Like finger tabs, arm band, obviously the bow and arrows, etc.?

Made it through gun season, not unscathed though. Lol

I just received my firearms permit and want to start hunting.

I'm a bit clueless as to what type of gun I should buy (nobody around me has this type of knowledge). I plan to hunt mainly geese and ducks, but might eventually move on to deers.

I live in Québec, Canada, and have no experience with either arms or hunting.

I'm sure there are already countless relevant posts, so if you could just point me towards one, that would be just as good!