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Interesting to say the least . . .

A Cup of Tea ~ One day my Gramma was out, and my Grampa was in charge of me. I was maybe 2 1/2 years old. Someone had given me a little 'tea set' as a gift, and it was one of my favorite toys. Grampa was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when I brought him a little cup of 'tea', which was just water. After several cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my Gramma came home. My Grampa made her wait in the living room to watch me bring him a cup of tea, because it was 'just the cutest thing!' Gramma waited, and sure enough, here I came down the hall with a cup of tea for Grampa, and she watched him drink it up. Then she said, (as only a gramma would know), "'Did it ever occur to you that the only place she can reach to get water is the toilet?"

love this . want to get it for my property .

They also tell you in the bow hunting class to never carry your bow with an arrow nocked.

Not only do they own their own land, but maybe lease it, or family has control of it, or any number of other ways that people can basically have control of their hunting lands. Maybe they simply hunt in areas that have exceptionally low hunter density. Or maybe they just don't bowhunt. But anyway, that quote pretty much says it all. It's the old "I've got mine, the heck with you" attitude. So if bow seasons get all clogged up with extraneous activity ...... who cares? I'll just keep out whoever I want and my bow season will be just fine. And I can also say feel-good things like, "Can't we all just get along?" and call everyone else "selfish".....lol. Look, I have no real problem with a couple of days of special season for the kids (if that's what people are convinced will save hunting .... lol), but I am getting a bit tired of it always being bow season where they throw these things .... the one season where they do have an impact. We bowhunters are called selfish and bad-mouthed for trying to keep the bow season viable and intact, but the fact is that we have had the bow season become the repository for just about anything that people can "shoehorn" in. Now there is a feeding frenzy going on as all the different interests try to parcel up the bow season for all kinds of uses including firearms. It may all have been predictable, but it still doesn't make it any more acceptable.

YUP..GONNA BE A BAD YEAR..BETTER SLEEP IN AND STAY IN A WARM BED..I will check out the spots for ya.

Cool beans man! You stay home and leave more turkeys for the rest of us!

The same old stale argument.. when the first gun goes off deer go Nocturnal. Having been an avid runner for many years, I use to get up at 4:30 every morning and run 7 miles a day, an old habit from my Infantry days. Anyway, I used to run by an apple orchard close the road that had motion detection lights and when I ran by, the outside lights would go on, and I would see a couple of bucks I mean bucks with massive racks with 12 and 14 points, and I guarantee you, no hunter ever saw these two brutes in daylight, ever! NYB would have you believe after the the first gun goes of in the deer woods, the deer have all packed their bags and left for new unknown territory. Fact is deer don't vacate they just know their home range more intimately than hunters do. And for the most part after few days of the regular gun season, deer revert back to their daily routine anyway. Anyone willing to walk more than a 1/4 mile from the road, will most likely do far better than the average hunter that never ventures beyond the first 200 yards or so. And yes, I am extremely serious bowhunter, I use traditional equipment and make most of it myself. I do my homework, hunt bow only areas at times, and after the gun season is in full swing, have to get a little further back, that in itself opens up new territory and new opportunities for success. I am just not as selfish as some. I would take more delight in seeing a 12 year old come out of the woods with his first buck, than myself with anything at all. It's a sport. It's called Hunting. Not Killing. What baffles me is these same arguments the NYB Crowd throws out today, is largely the same argument and battles our Archery leaders fought in the 40's and 50's to get an archery season. With the Advent of the Compound Bow we had the Bear Archery advertisements "Become a Two Season Hunter". if not for the Compound, the Archery Season would have a lot less pressure than it gets today. My point is the introduction Crossbow or a Youth Hunt in the "Pristine" and "Unpressured" woods is not a valid argument. Besides it is human presence in thw woods that Alerts deer more than anything else. The deers biggest asset is his nose. And come October 15 one month before the rut, every Nimod in the woods is doused with Tink's 69 or some other snake oil. The deer know, and will be on the alert it's hunting season!

There is no reason to get bent outta shape. They are right on schedule and are still gonna do their thing this spring just as they always have and the hunting in May will be just fine just as it is every year. In my area, I see strutters with hens every season clear through the end of May. The hunting actually can get better near the end of the season when most of the hens are nesting. IMHO most people believe that the turkeys are done breeding after the first few days of hunting season because they amount of gobbling tends to go down. What is really happening is that the woods have been hammered with hunting pressure and the birds are reacting to that. The mouthy ones don't last too long. It should be a great season, there were a ton of jakes around last spring. Here are some strutters in early March a few years back...

Birds are doing exactly has planned right now. There are 3 phases to the Breeding/Strut Process. Right now they are near the end of phase 1 soon to begin phase 2. Phase 1 is when most of the strutting take places between the Toms to show who is the lead bird of the group. Which takes place between end of Feb to end of March Phase 2 usually All of April and beginning of May. This is when most of the Toms are henned up and when most of the breeding takes place, some will take place in phase 1. Phase 3 is when mostly all the hens have been bred and will be on their nests most of the day. This is when Toms will be lonely and when all of us hunters will want to be hunting because they will be willing to come to almost any call cuz they are lonely. Phase 3 is usually last 3 weeks of May. Now, since we had such warm weather in March, this may have increased the phases by a week or so but not much. Toms will gobble all year long. Gobbling is increased warm weather. On the other hand, hens will only be receptive to breeding due to increased daylight hours. Everything will be as normal as it is every other year, just maybe a little greener than usual in the first week. Maybe tougher to hear them. All is well!

Ok so I decided to make another box call out of 1/8th" Basswood stock for sound boards and 1/4" stock for base and paddle and 2" poplar square blocks. I've also been wanting to try Pyrography so I decided to make my first project the paddle on my box call. Here are some pictures. I think it came out pretty nice. And this is what it sounds like: http://s1099.photobucket.com/albums/g382/jmasiakos/?action=view&current=DIYturkeyBoxCall.mp4

Anyone watch The Walking Dead? I just started the first season and love it so far. Please dont spoil it for me lol.

I love how that track is right behind the deer track lol.

Not sure if the tracks are coyote or dog but the hand is definitely werewolf.