jr.deerslayer

What ever you get, get them through LL Bean. Will be more expensive at first but with a lifetime guarantee they'll pay for themselves in time. I had a very expensive $300+ pair of Lacrosse's spring a major leak. Took them back to LL Bean and they replaced them no questions asked.

I am planning on putting one of these together. Is there anything you would have changed now, after a few uses?

Nothing so far, sitting near acorns. Squirrels are definately taking advantage of them. Wind has died down somewhat. Power hour is almost here, we'll see.

Wow its totally dead besides the turkeys that passed within 20 yards. Must have been the same ones I saw earlier. Theres at least 35. Winds also calmed down.

Been in stand for around 40 minutes. Very noisy walked up on around 30 turkeys coming in. Nothing yet. Had a small 6 yesterday at 15 yards and a doe and fawn at 11. Gonna have to be a decent one in this heat to squeeze the release. Wind keeps changing direction, first perfect then awful. Time shall tell

Personally, if they didn't know you were there Id hit it again. Might as well try to kill one before they switch up the summer patterns. There liable to do the exact same thing tomorrow.

He's scared of heights...

I've used JB water weld Putty to fix my grandfathers leaking hot water tank. Surface preparation is definitely more important than anything. I used a wire brush and emery cloth to clean up the surface then saturated it with rubbing alcohol to clean it the best i could. He had tried it without cleaning it good and it didn't hold. My job has held up for 6 months after I spent half an hour prepping the surface before applying putty.

Don't shoot them in the guts....

Look closely behind the buck and there's another.

Still nothing in the mail for me yet.

I'm looking to purchase a new semi automatic shotgun for waterfowl hunting. I've been looking around and have my sights on a Franchi Intensity with a 3.5 inch chamber. I'd really like to own something super reliable like a Benelli but they're nearly twice the price. Does anyone own one or have shot one? I've never shot a Franchi and don't know what to expect.

2 elevated tower stands. Five 2 man ladder stands, Three single ladder stands and my climber. So 10 or 11 in total on 200 private acres.

I've only seen acorns on two trees this year, most of the trees are bare although I haven't ventured to the back of our property line yet.

Just purchased a new Leupold rangefinder, planning to give my old Bushnell to my father. Also picked up a new release and some trail cams about a month ago. 2 new ladder stands and a blind around that same time, couldn't resist the sale prices.