after the deer is found dead....

[leadball]

Close your eyes and remain silent. That voice you hear in the wind is the voice of your ancestors. They carried the same type of rifle you carry and fed the family the same way. you are now truly tied to them. Bow then before the deer and thank the Great Creator for the gift and honor the spirit of the deer with a tobacco offering. His body is dead but his spirit will live on. As I sat down with my family this evening to enjoy a roast from the doe that jezabel got this year, I said a silent thank you to the deer again for providing my family with the wonderful meal that brought us together at the table. This friday, my son and I will make another plea and tobacco offering to the ancestors for another good hunt. Oh, and may they deliver some snow!!

 

[bob1961]

amen..........................bob

 

snow ...SNOW !!!!! god Da#% snow , never can tell about it it one minute there aint any and the next its every where.

I have a cow elk tag thats been open sence augest but we are waiting for SNOW!! to push them down , i got a hay stack all picked out .
SNOW sure wish it would get with it .

 

[sneakon]

...honor the spirit of the deer...

That certainly is what black powder is about for me. I never feel closer to nature and the ancestors than when I am hunting. I second the amen.

 

[Huntinfool]

A Big AMEN!!
Chuck :redthumb:

 

[Stumpkiller]

I generally don't carry tobacco, but I always say a prayer of thanks to God and give something of myself to the deer. A piece of food, sprinkle some blackpowder, etc. I usually shave off some chocolate onto the deer and then munch some myself before field dressing it for a boost in preperation of the 3/4 mile drag through the woods and fields. Somewhere along the line I picked up the tradition of dipping a small sprig of hemlock in the deer's blood and tucking it in my hatband.

With any luck I'll be doing it again come Monday. :thumbsup:

 

[Randal Zartman]

Stumpy, I hope that be a SNICKERS candy bar. Lots of chocolate, nuts, caramel and nugget. I have learned what nugget is yet, but the whole thing is great right off the end of the production line :haha:. I was up it Potsdam last weekend. Had fun even though it rained and was windy. Deer didn't cooperate. Looking to PA season in two weeks.
Zman

 

[sse]

Nuttin like tryin to eat a froze Snickers bar and warshin 'er down with a slug 'o coffee.

Regards, sse

 

[Stumpkiller]

I hope that be a SNICKERS candy bar.

:crackup: As a matter of fact, IT IS! :crackup: It's the one thing in my hunting kit that hasn't changed in 25 years. I always carry two in my haversack. Not period correct, but If they'd a had 'em they'd a 'et 'em. :crackup:

Nuttin like tryin to eat a froze Snickers bar and warshin 'er down with a slug 'o coffee.

Ahhh. The good life. Fresh out of the woods from the drag. Deer in the trunk, sweaty jacket off, Thermos of black coffee with a pinch of cinnamon, and a Snickers bar. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[bob1961]

i wish i had something to munch on after my 250 yard drag with my deer....so i just slumped down along the side of my car to the ground and just sat there fer awhile....then ya should of saw me trying to get the dern thing in the trunk....then i was really whip....was isa hadin a choco bar then....................bob

 

[Stumpkiller]

A couple years back I dropped a 180lb dressed weight deer probably a mile from my car on the back side of a ridge (Keith has seen that ridge). It took me four hours to drag it out and I thought sure I was going to be in the Lord's arms before I made it back to the car. The last 100 yards is up a semi-steep bank from a stream to the road. By the time I had slogged through the stream and got myself and the deer soaking wet I was an hour getting it that last 100 yards through tall field grass. I was drained completely; seeing spots and flashes in the dark.

Too much sitting in front of a computer.

I'm at a relatively new job, and in the last five years I've only had opening day off as vacation (two weeks/year sucks). Three of the last five seasons I've taken two deer opening morning from a ground blind. Getting two deer out of the woods and across fields and streams can be a real effort. Two years ago I got smart and got one in the trunk and then went back to try for #2. This year I have extra days and I think I'll try that one at a time plan again. (Last year I shot a doe 50 ft from my blind while blood trailing a buck). :winking:

Monday's the season! Monday's the season! Yippee!

 

[shmrck1]

leadball,
are you any relation to Ted Nugent :master: :???? he has things he does after a kill also and i admire him for it!!
snake-eyes :hmm: eace: :thumbsup:

 

[Randal Zartman]

Hey Stumpy, In reference to that last 100yds uphill, I carry a very long rope in my truck for just that reason. I tie the deer to the truck and drive until the deer is at the road. Other possibility would be a come-along, block and tackle or a electric winch.
Zman

 

[GobblerKnob]

The absolute best solution is to bring yer kids along to haul 'em out! :crackup:

 

[lonewolf5347]

http://community.webshots.com/album/196852528rPZntF
I hope this works because my dragging day are comming to a end

 

[Stumpkiller]

Oh, now you're just getting entirely too sensible. :haha: I see one of those in my near future. Be worth it even if I left it in the car and had to retrieve it just for the last 700 yards or so. Do they make one that hops fences?

 

[lonewolf5347]

Stumpkiller I made this cart with what ever I had scrap around the shop the wheel came off a log cart the rest was a add on cost about $40.00
I also have a plastic sled for when there is a little snow cover on the ground and always hunt up a hill a lot easy to drag down :imo:

 

[Slamfire]

The absolute best solution is to bring yer kids along to haul 'em out! :crackup:

My youngest has been haulin' me and the deer out for the last 19 years. I think he's gettin' tired of it. Oh well, there's always his brother's son. :applause:

 

[KyFlintlock]

Leadball,

I took my boys this past weekend and my son killed his first deer on Saturday morning (6pt). After he shot the deer dropped in his tracks and I congratulated him immediately. He said, "Dad why is my leg shaking like this!" It was great he was SO excited. After that he said, "Dad, do you think it is ok that I thank God for this deer?" "He would like that", I told him. Then, he bowed his little head and thanked God for the buck's life and the chance to be in the woods, and my heart lept for joy...

Good luck

 

[Randal Zartman]

KY, sounds like you done good with your son. He can shoot straight and is thankful for what he received. Keep encouraging him. Tell him that we all here say "CONGRATULATIONS". :applause:
Zman