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I hung this treestand yesterday and went to throw a seat on it this morning. This is why you should never pee on your climbing sticks until you're ready to hunt,lol My stand is just above the buck on the left.

Finally got a couple day time shots of this guy.

aside from the normal if the truck goes I go attitude our dog Ziva thinks she is human,,, or at least acts that way. absolutley knows where Mcdonalds is and what the yellow arch's are. 2 plain hamburgers and a vanilla ice cream, the real kicker is you have to hold the hamburger and when takes little bites. then she takes 10 minutes to lick up the ice cream. she always sits flat on her butt. today whe was setting off the seat sensor so I buckled the seatbelt and she looked at me got up turned around snaked her head under the belt turned back around and set there with the belt across her chest and I swear it almost looked like she was grinning. when she sleeps she has to have her head on something, my shoes, boots, coat, or if in bed on the pillows and if on her own bed she has her own pillow. I think she is going through duck hunting withdrawls.

but if you buy the full boat as you used to. super sportsman with DMP's you basically save a whopping $1. while out of states got big discounts. I bring this up because the Cuomo lackey making the statement that Cuomo is increasing the opportunities for the NY sportsman is a pile of $&iT

Last year when I bagged a buck at Sterling I had a hard time tracking it due to a gut shot. I drove all the way back to Sterling the next morning with my now fiancé and we tracked the deer in the rain through a swamp and were able to find em! I gutted em and it was about that time watching the love of my life help drag a dead deer out of the woods in a pair of uggs that I realized I was going to marry her! Now we have a kid on the way! Boy or girl one day he/she will be dragging out a dead deer with daddy!

Spent the week doing some work at camp.... coming along nicely.. kitchen cabinets... utility cabinet... and a buck

Looking for your guys guesstimates .. What do you think he scores. I've got pics of him for 4 years now and he is a 5-1/2yr old this year.. see if your guess is what I'm guessing.. thanks

He must be a slow learner then, because I've been running into these two all summer,lol How in the world did anyone ever scout before trail cams? I got rid of all my cams this year, so this is how I'm gonna get it done. I'm sure I haven't seen the last of either of them this year, and I'm sure not too worried about that stand being ruined by an end of August encounter. Here's another shot of his buddy the professor 9pt too.. you would think he'd be smarter than that by now.

137", 32" of mass, 16" inside spread, 44" of beams, and 45" of tines.

Highly doubt it. Plus there is a huge barrier to entry. Those crossbows are expensive plus not everyone is a slob as you are depicting. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Do not skimp on boots, get good boots! I wore cheap work boots and cheap hunting boots for years. I finally bought some quality boots, WHAT A DIFFERENCE! Quality of the hunt increased x10!

You can rotate it anyway you want and it still looks good to me.....grins.

it's always a good problem if the deer is too heavy to do on your own

He's not the biggest I've seen on the forums here, but my personal best! I am excited for this season!

I just ordered one from Wing Supply ...$98, free shipping..Retail price is $149..

Hello all, Here is some recent work I completed. Hunting season is right around the corner........

Man Dave, such a shame you'll be bunny hunting! I'd leave that bird in his cage the first couple weeks of November!

A long island deer would not go into a trunk, unless you like tics

Those last two black and white type pics are great. Can really see his rack and he is a stud.

Yes, but for some people, their overwhelming desire to harvest one overshadows their moral and ethical boundaries. My point was that if I threw my moral boundaries out the door I would have walked home with a couple of deer last year but at what cost? I had set limitations on myself and because of that, I didn't get a deer. Would that mean I am less successful than someone who didn't set such limitations? Only you can define your own goals and limitations and thus your own success.

Let me put on my tinfoil hat for a minute at throw this out there. It was classified as it is because there is no way the current education structure for the bow hunter education course could keep up with the demand. I think they want as many as they can to invest in a crossbow and that is accomplished buy the current certification process and just the basic hunter education course. Now that they have people invested in the crossbow hunting and with equipment costing $300 and up, they wait a few years. build up the numbers and then start to sell a crossbow stamp. I figure that will be about the time they implement them in the full archery season.

I just dont understand why "Its not a gun its a bow" has been pounded into our heads for all these years but now you can use it during archery season but dont have to take the archery course, because they classified it as a muzzleloader?? I dont think its going to "flood the woods with yahoos", its still an up close and personal piece of hunting gear that requires most of the skill and patience of bowhunting.

Thats why I siad "but thats just me". I wouldnt buy a Parker anything. As far as crossbows go, I would be looking at Ten Point (and Wicked Ridge), Excalibur, Stryker, Scorpyd, maybe a higher end Barnett.

A really good quality crossbow is pricey, just like a vertical bow. I wouldnt touch anything thats out there under $500 new, but thats just me.

And think of the used deals we can get once the frustration sets in. Lol

Just make sure to have them trim it down to the size of your bed. In my case, they had to cut it to 6'3".

Here are some nice 2 year olds in my beans that can hopefully make it through the season.

Thats not info readily known...at least not with any sense of reliability. Hunter skill and other factors also play a role. A lease is a peace of mind to a degree. So is ownership. If you can be at peace on public, then you can be successful there. That's what it really boils down to, in my opinion.

I paid $175...Horton xbow, 6 bolts, cocking rope, scope, and ready to let it rain 100 yd bombs after ten shots. Not as cost prohibitive as you think. This whole introduciton has been nothing but a vaseline-free ram job. xbow hunt in bow season without having to sit through an archery ed class while hunting on a MZ tag. Brilliant. Brilliant!

135-140" Score wise, he isn't really wide, doesn't have a ton of mass, and his points are average length. He is a great deer that I would shoot if given the opportunity and proudly hang on my wall. He is a mature buck and shooting one of them is an accomplishment itself.

that looks good, better get him before someone else does...

His turn to drive sharing his bed sharing his love getting his collar

Lol! The one on the right looks like he's about to drop a deuce on her head! Lol!

Mine is a 2 yr old vacuum cleaner....never more than 5 steps from her sleeping or not Then my sisters dog at my parents house thinks she's a chair

Reputable logger ?? That's an oxymoron in my neck of the woods.

......Famon ???..... Well, I guess it's fonetically kerrect...Or CLOSE, ennyway....

That's a great buck in my book. Good luck. Send us the grip-n-grin photo.

Wow, sure looks like a nice one!

would shoot that in a heartbeat Good Luck

Great buck! Hope you get a crack at him!

Nice looking buck!

You can also use a ratchet strap if you cant slide the deer up the plywood.

WOW a brute and he still looks young, amazing! Good luck with him! He looks real healthy!

He would be a smasher in m woods, I hope you get him and good luck!

Nice set up. Is that a food plot on a logging road ?

I'm not knocking them, actually I think they are a great idea for hunting unknown land. Say you like the spot and plan on coming back the rest of the season - if you leave them for say a week or two before you go back, the chances of someone finding your area are higher than if you removed them. I'm trying to think back to my public land deer days and being worried someone was going to steal my spot. I still waterfowl public land and get bent when I see someone in "my spot" (when you have hunted that location since a child it starts to feel like your spot). As far as the tacks, I'm guessing they are inexpensive and not meant to be removed and reused (I guess anything could be reused if proper care is taken). One member brought up the clothespin with reflective tape idea. I think I may do that myself (especially when tracking a deer) - cheap insurance, lite weight and doesn't take up much space. I was lost when I was in my mid-twenties and spent the night - just me and my deer. It sucked because it was cold and drizzling on and off. It was good because I had fresh meat to eat and enough gear to make it through the night dry and fed. I was also lucky enough to have a radio and speak with my uncle back at camp and told him I was ok - just no idea where the heck I was (black outside). They probably could have found me but probably wanted me out of the house so they could listen to Santana records un-harassed by me. It was a nice experience, and IMO better than listening to music I heard 100K times and watching my uncle drink odouls while getting a critique on my poor shot or gutting job.

here is my pup Marshall doing some traning here he is at 10 and 20 weeks old can't wate to get him on some ducks this season

I'm sure the light won't spook the deer anymore than stepping on every twig while trying to navigate in the dark. All you really need is a small red or green light to illuminate those reflectors. I don't use the tacks because I really do have exceptional spatial awareness, but I do bring a small light(mini-mag).Sent from my SCH-S720C using Tapatalk 2

I have quite a few lever guns, but this is my latest one. Rossi Heritage in .357 Magnum.

Nice! Looks like you've found their bedding area! hahaha