Brushbuster

In Canada, the ravens are the best tracking tool going

Wow - it is an island. I wonder if someone brought in some fawns and let them go. They might have crossed from NJ when the bay froze.

The Marxists are still around and they are responsible for organizing these mobs, most of which are not from Ferguson.

That is a great day.

Is that a slug? Thats good but remember that your round is traveling up to the line of sight. So if you round drops 4" at 100 yds, that means you are 5" low at short range. why not adjust 1 1/4 left and 3 1/4" up so that you are good from 0 to 150 yards or so.

Nice buck! I like the dark rack swamp bucks

Sharp Pointy Teeth

Stuck firing pin? My buddy and his son gave away their Ruger rifles after both froze on a cold opening day. Somehow, moisture got in there from condensation bringing in firearm from cold to warm inside.

Long bows and recurves should be outlawed and compound bows at least restricted to mornings. Too many deer being wounded in evenings and not being found.

That's right - 50 deer a day. And all that property is still there today and it is undeveloped and the livestock and crops are still there, the oak/beech/browse is still there but the does and buck aint. And difference is doe hunting. Now let me tell you something else. I recall drives where we pushed 40 to 50 deer! One was in Tioga County just north of rt 49 in Pa pushing a funnel between two pastures and the year was about 1972. Another drive was in NJ right off Rt 31 north of Spruce Run Reservoir and that was about 1976. Back then there was as many "No Doe Hunting" posters as "No Trespassing". That goes to show you what we were seeing happening to the herd.

All you guys painting blue sky about deer populations might be fooling some of the younger folks here but not me. I started deer hunting in the 60's. Between sitting, still hunting, and driving we would see well over 50 deer a day and sometimes over 100. Those days are gone and the only difference is that we never shot doe.

Well I can speak on stats and correlations and statistical significance - it is not rocket science. How do you determine the deer population from tag reports that might be 5 or 10 or 20% of the actual. Also, even if you did figure out the kill, how does that tell you the total population? It doesnt and dont let them tell you otherwise. They report what is needed to keep their jobs secure. How do you know the actual herd? By statistical sampling i.e. asking hunters how many deer they are seeing in an area - and according to the sampling in this forum, the population is down. PS, going what archers are seeing during the chase period prior to the rut is not an accurate sampling of the population since the bucks are ranging in a far larger area.

The deer harvest numbers are the crudest of estimates - about as realistic as the "official" inflation and unemployment numbers

I love the posters who talk about killing does and then they complain "Where are all the deer" Kill a doe, and that is one less buck next year and five less buck three years later and nine less buck 4 years later. Think about that next time you are in your stand.

Why so high - most times 20' up means you are looking thru more foliage. I seldom need to get higher than 8' and sometimes I drop from that for a less obstruction.