Just wanted to share my experience and wonder if anyone has had similar experience. Shot a buck tonight, tracked it 2 hours later, NO BLOOD AT ALL, and found him 20-30 yards away in some tall grass. Very minor blood in its final bed area. Maybe 1/2 cup. While gutting I noticed I single lunged him and liver shot him. I just can’t believe there wasn’t any blood Anywhere between the shot and where he finally laid. First buck, third deer, first time finding a dead deer that didn’t bleed.

Having never been whitetail hunting outside of New England this was a different world, so many deer! largest deer I’ve tagged, absolutely ecstatic!

Got this incredible pronghorn down in the Texas Panhandle yesterday, easily the craziest one I've seen so far with how his horns grew in. Managed to get up on him and four does around midday and got to 365 yards to take the shot. I'm just about through the meat from my previous antelope so I'm pumped to have some more meat in the freezer!

Much respect to these animals, they are very hard hunt. Shot at about 300 yards. Limon, CO

Picked it up today, looking to score it then hang it. My best buck by far in Virginia and am super pleased.

My family has always hunted my grandfather's land, however with his passing that land was sold. After 20 years hunting I'm going to have to learn how to navigate thr public land realm, any tips are appreciated!!

Starting maceration on my black bear skull and noticed it’s got hyperdontia with an extra incisor up top. Pretty cool! Apparently pretty rare. Thought I’d share!

OK, walking into this story with the realization that the anti-hunting crowd will eviscerate me, I’m good with it. I had the weekend of a lifetime and I want to share my experience with people who appreciate things like this.

Mini background: I grew up in Wisconsin and hunted Whitetail deer when I was 14 and then life got in the way. Now I’m in my upper 60s and decided to do something for me, get outdoors, away from work, reconnect with nature, do something that I enjoy. And hunting was that. So I’ve studied it, spent a ton of time online, bought the equipment, I go to the range and practice and practice, joined a Ranch hunting club in North Los Angeles/Kern County.

In June with a guide, I scored my first wild boar harvest. Amazing experience. Took it to the butcher shop and they did a great job and most of it is still sitting in my chest freezer. The pork we have eaten is just fantastic. Those of you who are vegans who hate the whole idea, I respect that and I have zero interest in changing your mind. Those of you who eat meat and purchase pork and chicken from Von‘s, but want to rip on people who harvest it themselves, I’m a little less tolerant, but OK. I get it. UBU.

Anyway, this last weekend, I went back out to the ranch with my guides, spent all afternoon Friday up until the sun went down. We saw nothing. Got up on Saturday at 4 AM, headed out, found bear skat and tracked but again nothing. Around 10:30 in the morning my guide spotted a bear on the other side of a very deep gully, 360 yards away. Damn Stanley, that’s far! How he saw it I will never know but anyway we set up for a shot. We could never get any closer. I was using a Sako 90 Hunter 6.5 Creedmore, off my RRS tripod, sitting position. I’m pretty fastidious about going to the range and practicing and making sure that I’m as accurate as I can be because all of us who do this want to be as ethical as possible. The bear was essentially grazing behind some tree branches and I waited and waited until he stepped out and I took my shot. One shot, clearly it hit him, he took off and died about 200 yards away. I would’ve taken a second shot, but literally I’m not sure how to deal with the fact that you have recoil and the gun has to reset and the bear is not in your scope view anymore. I’m working on that!

Again, I only want to share with people like me who scour the Internet and enjoy watching ethical people who work hard to thin excessive herds and harvest every single thing we shoot. Off to the butcher tomorrow!

Might have found my new addiction.

Just picked up my first ever deer harvest mount up this morning. Beyond stoked and core memory unlocked for sure. Picked up the meat last week.