Kayak_Runner

Any of the garands for sale H&R or International Harvester stamped receives?

If you plan to shoot a bandolier or two I would start investing and collecting reloading gear and supplies. US/NATO surplus M2 Ball is increasingly harder to find, and is generally at a premium. You can also change out your gas plug for a ported one from garandgear.com that will allow you to shoot commerical ammo safely. Even if you don't reload, save your brass. Eventually you'll wish you had it to reload it whether by you or a buddy who has the gear.

I saw a few guys run down the river late in the morning after 9AM. didn't see any other hunters in the main section. Never hunted the otherside of the road.

Just moved back to St. Louis from a 1-1/2 year stint in Nebraska and haven't had a ton of time to scout the pre-season (New jobs, wedding, and house hunting). Went out to a spot i've hunted in the past at River Round CA. All the fields are overgrown including the truck paths around the fields which made the hike to the back fun and very damp. Had a doe cross the river out of a bedding area on the opposite side of the river at first light. Decided to let her pass in hopes others would follow, but no go. I got down around noon and looked for sign. Only found one old rub in a cedar patch, no other notable buck sign. Possibly going back this Sunday, hoping to get a doe in the freezer to make the rest of the season a little less stressful before a moving on to other areas. My only other plan is to keep out of the tree and stay mobile until I start hitting more concentrated sign to make up for the lack of a pre-season.

My cousin took a cow elk off of RIley when he was stationed there for a short while. Fort Sill, OK has them roaming around on the impact range too. I've been struggling to find any history on how they got there. Anyone have knowledge of an introduction?

Christened a new deer hunter this weekend. Took my younger brother to Mark Twain Sunday morning, heard about some big deer but we only crossed paths with does that didn't present a shot but this 4 pointer that did. Came in on a string to a rattle bag...drag out wasn't fun....next time we go there we will take packs or a packout cart.

PM me the name of that park if you don't mind.

Going to Stockton Lake Friday-Sunday. Going to for an observation sit Friday evening with the bow. Saturday and Sunday We'll be in a ground set waiting for deer to move through a timber spot. Jester all the movement I have been seeing is around food for about an hour around daybreak, late afternoon in the hardwoods, and I'm seeing the highest concentration of deer an hour prior to dark as they come to the field to field. Haven't seen a lot of cruising deer in the day (about an 1 hrs north on HWY-61 out of St. Louis), hoping that changes and that they're moving around Stockton.

That's awesome! Congrats!

Way to go! Unfortunate that it happens but you can't account for everything. Thanks for sharing it. Would have been puzzling to come upon that blood trail in the middle of the woods after the fact.....might make a few hairs on my neck stand up!

Did this sell? I'm home (Ozark, MO) this weekend and may have to buy this (gun with rings only) just because.

I went out Friday afternoon to dark, Saturday morning until midday, and Sunday morning until midday. Friday night I had a very boring set in some very nice weather. Decided to get down at 5:45 and move to the field edge in hopes that deer would move in to feed. 1 buck unsure of the point count as the light faded fast and i could only see his shape. 3 does passed me at 25 yds but again not enough light to shoot and the rain was coming so I held off on shooting for fear of not being able to trail if she went far. Saturday I was in an hour before legal light, watched a fair number of does and two 4-pointers in a cut beanfield but nothing move toward me in their exit from the field. 11am rolled around and i was contemplating getting down and prowling the edges adjacent to quail hunters in hope they would bump something...I'm half-way down the tree and an 8 pointer appears from the drainage 80yds to my right at a steady pace, he was putting distance between him and whatever bumped him, he made for the field edge stopped in the middle to catch the wind and continued in the direction of my secondary set and rub/scrape line. Quail hunters were the theme the rest of the day but I had no luck trying to mooch. Yesterday morning I putzed around the parking lot pissing/moaning about the rain and daylights savings until I had enough and made the walk. Moved in slow, had to wait on a doe to move off as i was hoping a buck might harass her, decided I would just a soon be happy with that and tried to close the gap from 110 yds. Managed to make it to 45 before i ran out of concealment....contemplated shooting, but held off. she walked back into the bedding and I waited 30 minutes before continuing to my stand. I'm in a secondary set overlooking a 40 yds string of scrapes, and thicket patch with a lot of rubs, was hoping for a buck to come in and refresh the scrapes but that looks like its a mostly nocturnal path at this point. Wednesday day/evening is my next go.....I'm racking my brain over where to move, how the wind will be, what approach paths will be viable. I need anxiety medication..... or meat in the freezer. Rifle is also this coming weekend. I'm heading back to Springfield to hunt with my younger brother. At this point I'm throwing darts at the shoreline of Stockton Lake map.

I'm champing at the bit for tomorrow afternoon! The rain in the St. Louis area should put some bucks on their feet tomorrow through the weekend. Anyone else planning to get out?

People broke the site trying to register. I tried at 8:20 with 200 rods left and it just keep rejecting the entry....oh well.

Same area....new spot and last night got interesting. Made it to the tree at 2:30 and was up and settled a little before 3pm.....crickets until 5:15, 1 doe turned into 5, about 150 yds out in a combined bean field. 5:45, two does are b-lining right for my tree.....meat in the freezer. As I grab my bow I hear grunting like skipping record. Look up and I have my first crack at a legal buck (lincoln county- 4 point restriction). He is tiny.... no width...but he's got 4 points and he's coming in range. As he closes 40 yds I run through the mental check, position my feet lean out and wait for him to close 30. He stops just inside of 40 and turns around to thrash a scrubby oak sapling. I'm confident in the range and this is where it all goes down hill....I draw back, I breath settle my 40yds pin, pull through the shot, as I hear the safety sear click over in my release i pull through the back wall and watch through my sight housing as my arrow sales over his back. He's oblivious to me but is now on alert he darts 5 yds and slowly circles at 50. until he walks to 70 and back into a draw away from the beans. My opportunity is gone. I re-range the oak sapling.....34yds. I'm shooting 285 fps with a heavy arrow at 64lbs so my pin gap between 30 and 40 yds make way more of difference over my 20 and 30 yds pins. I have once again learned the painful lesson of needing to wait... I did have one consolation prize.....i found 2 more coveys of quail in a seperate section from the one i located on Sunday. Anyone know what kind of range they keep how far will they move from one area to another?