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Finally got to film and edit my turkey hunt from last week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boi_5r7-P2A I hope you enjoy the video

I am thinking about getting this decal for my truck. Any thoughts??

Yup.. that is kind of it in a nut shell... personally I have never understood the feud between gun hunters and bow hunters.. or the complaints about adding 2 weeks to bow season, the addition of late seasons, etc.... as far as I'm concerned my choice to hunt Northern zone & southern zone with all legal weapons allows me to be in the woods hunting deer from late Sept. thru early Dec... It doesn't get much better than that. Not a lot to complain about really... and I'm having so much fun I don't have time to care about what the rest of the hunters are doing.. I would like to believe they're having fun too.. but it seems like some are more concerned about what the other hunters are doing or not doing, or who might be killing who's deer with what weapon... I just don't get that and never will.

Good luck again, I anxiously await pics and tales.

Ranger --- these crossbows are all built in the same manner and the limbs are interchangeable ...so every once in awhile, a user will want a set of real light limbs for fooling around or hunting small game --- say 125 lb set ..... and then opt to also own a set of 200 lb limbs for bear/deer hunting ---- but shoot them all on the same platform ..... we actually have 5 limb weights --- 225 , 200 , 185 , 155 and 125 ...........the most popular bows are the 185 and 200 and they represent a very high percentage of our sales.

This bird gobbled to my owl hoot the night before so I knew where he was just in from the corner in the field. I hunted that spot in the fall so knew where I could sit. Put my decoys together in the field and placed them edge of the woods. Tip toed to my tree and was sitting at 4:20am. He was here somewhere. So closed my eyes and waited. When he gobbled he woke me up. I couldn't see him because the brim of my hat was in the way. He was in a tree 15 yards in front me. Fortunately my gun was in my lap. He gobbled for 20 minutes or so. Suddenly he was getting nervous and looking straight down. He spotted my decoys. I thought he was going to hit the ground running because I was there. When he pitched off the limb he flew right over my head, I swung the gun. He landed right next the decoys, turned and challenged the Jake with a full strut, I smiled. Every hunt is different. I'll never forget that one.

Don't you have a plane to catch?!?!

I would have to agree... but not much different really than what the introduction of the compound did for bow hunting... many hunters had a hard time with traditional equipment... the compound made archery more appealing to many hunters. I'm aware that many see compounds and crossbows as apples and oranges... but many of us still see compounds and traditional bows that way as well. Honestly, I think we should move on from the crossbow uproar and concentrate on a little unification within the hunting world... but that's just me. All this just makes for some good old fashioned conversation to me, none of it matters much in the total scheme of things... I'm still going to enjoy my hunting regardless. I'm no going to bitch when something is added to hunting.. I'll save my bitching for when they start to take things away.

two eights from last year

So i finally got up to the cabin. Set up my new hub blind -Ameristep Mountaineer. Pouring rain out. Sitting inside the house looking at my sd card I pulled. Found a new friend.. Can't wait until tomorrow!

Welcome to NY and welcome to the forum.

Oh crap.....got the dates mixed up!!!! Har har Saturday morning...... Wheels up at 11:15..... I hope. Just printed boarding passes. Triple checked rifles this morning, all cased. Ammo case packed. With a gun, ammo, and money? Who needs anything else? Now if I can just get a few hours sleep on that damn plane ride.

If there is any credible concrete evidence of a "phase two Safe Act" being held until after the election, it needs to be published and distributed right now to further unite gun owners. This is not a time to keep such information "hush-hush". We need all the motivation for gun owners to vote that we can muster, before the election, not after.

Tagged out this morning with a sweet double bearded two year old!!! Heard this guy hammering on monday when my wife killed her gobbler. I went after him on tuesday...got close to sealing the deal. Went back after him today and had better results...

We searched high and low in the area where we found the big shed with no luck, so we made a beeline to a hill that I thought this particular buck bedded on. On the first pass I spotted this up ahead: It proved to be the match to the 1st one! My GPS said we were .46 miles from where we picked up the other one. I had this buck on a trail camera late last summer and had a hunch that I had seen him a few times before. I had picked up 2 different 3 point sheds on this farm in previous years (both lacked brow tines) and wondered if either could have been his. When I got home I dug both out of a box. The 1st one I compared was definitely not his, but the 2nd one sure was. The astounding thing is that when I turned the older shed over to see when I found it, the date said Aug. 2008! That makes this buck 9-10 years old today! Here are some trail cam photos of him late last summer. Stats as of 5/15/14: Miles: 207.4 Sheds: 34 -----WT: 33 ---------CT: 2 ---------IA: 17 ---------NY: 3 (Sam 2, Fleur 1) ---------OH: 11 (Sam 9, Fleur 2) -----Moose: 1 Antler pieces: 1 Dead Bucks: 16 Dead antlerless: 24 Mylar balloons: 40

Thanks for the input. I'm planning to put in the shatter-resistant forage beans. I plan to plan 4 acres of buckwheat right beside it... The reason for the buckwheat is to condition/improve the soil, but I'm hoping it will help take the pressure off the soybeans so they can mature. I mid August I'll plow the buckwheat under and plant 2 acres of oats and two acres of tunips/rape/radishes. I did the brassicas last year and they provided good late fall/winter forage. the deer loved them.

Sounds like you've been hunting around and or associate with the wrong people. None the less, showing off what you harvested because you are proud of your success is bad? I don't get that, Its not wrong and never will be. When you harvest a nice buck you never told a friend the story of the hunt? Never sent a text message of the deer to anyone. If that's the case why even get them mounted then, why put them on display if you think its so wrong? And who gives a flying squirrel what anti hunters think, 99% of them hypocritical dopes that go out and buy meat from the market and think it grows off trees.

Didn't Geno move upstate yet? LOL. He's got to be like a fish out of water here! I believe he likes EDM and fancy hair gel.

The burden of proving an allegation is on the one who makes it Stubby. It doesn't fall on others to prove him wrong. And, I suspect you recognize this, but your generalizations only further the division in the sport - to the extent it exists. They are not constructive. You have the freedom to say what you please, but should be aware of how others perceive your statements. They are a reflection on you and no one else. If you are happy with that reflection, then continue on. I am sure there are gun only hunters that think like you, generalize, and think all or most bowhunters to be a negative for hunting, just like I am sure that there are many that judge someone based on stereotypes, etc. without knowing the person. Its sad really, but it happens. I could claim that anyone that lives in NYC is loud and obnoxious, prove me wrong. The statement would be a silly generalization in the first place and cannot be proven wrong. Its nothing more than an opinion and narrow-minded one at that.

I don't have it in hand, but the seller has assured me its mine and we agreed on the price. He is an older collector and is slow to move so I don't push. I told him last week that a member on here generously sent me a box of 250 ammo (thanks again JJB). He reconfirmed that the gun is mine and I will have it before the season. Good enough, he is true to his word and I can wait. Assuming Livingston goes rifle, I will have a couple of cooler older guns with open sights to hunt with next season (win 100 and M99). The win is being worked over by a gunsmith now to ensure it will function like new. I am excited.

It all hinges on whether or not we can achieve single issue unity among gun owners. There is power in a unified, impassioned, and focused minority. Participation rates among the general population of voters is notoriously low. That is a fact that makes minority voting blocks have extra power if they can get their ranks to the polls. Also remember that we are not the only ones who have an anti-Cuomo agenda. Don't throw in the towel yet. Work to get gun owners to the polls with the proper understanding of what is at stake. That's all we can do, but it may very well be enough. However time is getting short. It seems like a long way away, but 6 months is not a lot of time to convince the number of people that we have to convince.

LMAO. The balmy days, the undisturbed game, and the best part of the rut are the rewards for spending the time required to be proficient with a bow. I'm not an 'archery elitist', just an old guy who prefers decent weather and watching animals who aren't running.

Most of that will buff out.....

Yeah I'm pretty sure my first effort is a bust- after a week sitting with all the ingredients there seems to be nothing happening. I ASSumed regular yeast was fine since I couldn't be bothered trying to find other yeast...seems like that's a big mistake - I thought this was some easy, dare I say "hillbilly" concoction (I say that with great admiration for those who can live off the land!) that would not require special ingredients . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

Now when do you know the weather people to ever guess right, LOL. Birds were all laying around poolside anyway. Jakes drinking sodas, Toms drinking martinis.

The constitution overrides the UN. Its been tried and upheld before. Alot of todo about nothing really.

I killed a nice bird opening day. Had the next day off and didn't go because my 11 year old daughter wasn't able to go. She lives for being out there with me. I didn't want to tag out before she even got a chance to go with me. Last Sunday we had limited action but this Saturday we had numerous birds ripping. Big boy and a hen hung up just out a little too far for me toting her youth 20 gauge. I got busted peeing later in morning by silent strutter coming to decoy. She thanked me so many times for taking her. I WILL NOT go without her now. Our next hurrah is Sunday the 25th and Memorial day. Although maybe I should I have numerous chances to go myself but won't. Teaching and experiencing the woods with her is what it's become all about to me.She takes her hunter safety class this fall and can't wait til she can topple over a bird with me. It is amazing how quick kids can move when they want to. She was dressed and ready in literally 2 minutes. Keep enjoying the woods with her regardless if she wants to pull the trigger or not.

She told me last night she wasn't sure if she can shoot a animal yet,so the plan is she wants to still come with me because she loves going out(I know this is true because she doesn't give me a bit of problem getting out of bed at 4 am when we hunt and anyone with teenagers knows that getting the typical teen up before 9 am might be a act of the Lord himself!!!!LOL) and she wants me to get a bird when she is there to see how she feels.Thats fine by me,I wouldn't want her to do something that she may regret in the future.

No gobbles this morning. I did call in two very vocal hens that didn't shut up for half an hour. One went through her entire vocabulary. She yelped, cutt, purred, clucked, feed whines and even keekeed! One things for sure, I think hunters tend to sound better than hens. These girls sounded horrible.

4/15/14: Day 4, 7.3 miles. I took Fleur to a different vet on this morning to get a more thorough examination as she hadn’t really eaten much of anything in days. He was skeptical because she was still playful and energetic. He suggested keeping her there overnight. By 5 pm he was frantically trying to get a hold of me because she still had a bunch of blanket in her stomach that needed to be surgically removed. $1400 later she was on the road to recovery. This is what he pulled from her stomach. Fleur was safe at the vet office, so it was up to Ruby and me to make up time. We didn’t get out until almost 2 pm and also didn’t find any sheds. I did find this old wry-nosed buck skull. It appears he was born this way because he also has mismatched #s of molars, 4 on one side and 6 on the other. Apparently it didn’t bother him too much because he still lived to maturity. 4/16/14: Day 5, 13.7 miles. With Fleur recovering at the vet clinic, Ruby and I walked a new farm. The landowner suggested I park and start looking near a small corn food plot he had. Just inside the woods and still within sight of my truck we hit paydirt! Finally a shed with some size. 7 points! Ruby “found” it and brought it to me: About 30 yards up the draw I spotted another shed. It proved to be match to the 1st one and also had 7 points! We were pretty excited after having such a slow start to the trip. More Balloons: The buck that made this must have been angry:

4/13/14: Day2, 8.2 miles. got rained out towards the end but still managed to find 2 sheds Another old dead, already shed buck to start the day: It’s not much but I snatched it as the 1st shed of the day! I think there are some big bucks in town… My 1st fence post rub: Long lost in the CRP…now found. 4/14/14: Day3, 9.6 miles (didn’t head out until after lunch) Monday morning didn’t start out so hot. Fortunately, Bonnie and I already had business to attend to in town, so this was the perfect morning to get snow. This was also the morning that we took Fleur to the vet because she was vomiting up pieces of blanket she’d eaten on the ride to Iowa… Another possible EHD victim. Note the velvet still on the antlers: Despite the snow the cows were calving: Not fresh, but I claimed it as my only shed of the day: