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So you're gonna tell me that you don't have no black cats, no Roman Candles, or screaming mimis? Oh come on, man. You got no lady fingers, fuzz buttles, snicker bombs, church burners, finger blasters, gut busters, zippity do das, or crap flappers?You're gonna stand there, ownin' a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistlin' bungholes, no spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hoosker doos, hoosker don'ts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistlin' kitty chaser?

My son & I have been seeing this guy's calling cards all over my place since the end of October. I finally met up with him at about 3:30 this afternoon. He walked right towards me as he rounded a bend in a horse trail. I got the drop on him for about 3 seconds. He was looking in my direction, but not directly at me. I was in a 15' tri-pod. The shot took him straight on just above the heart. He was somewhat downwind & I didn't want to take the chance waiting on a better angle. He spun around & ran about 50 yards back up the trail & dropped where the picture was taken. Even after a month of rut, he dressed over 170# My son has a better picture of the rack on his phone. When I can get him to e-mail it to me I'll post it.

and on a nearby tree, scrawled in blood were the words "if it's brown it's down"...........and legend has it, that on a clear, cold night, you can hear a "man child" crying softly.....eerie but true.

your ethics are your ethics, mine are mine....................laws are the same for both of us

My cousins monster 10 point he shot down sw of canadaigua lake his best to date .. his dad's been watching this buck for 2 years named it the bull and his son comes once and drops it ... some day I will see one this big

You can put in ten rounds.

Sparklers and Snakes, that is the good stuff ......

Easy... Goober sees deer...Shoots it... Walks up to deer and discovers it has antlers..Bad news because he put his buck tag on a trophy spike opening day and only has a DMP. Guts deer..leaves vest and knife on ground.. Cuts off head to get rid of evidence.. Decides to remove antlers with his patented BOB VILA folding saw ... Saws off one antler..Starts to cut off the other antler, SLIPS and delivers a crushing blow to his testicles on the upstroke.... Runs screaming in pain back to his truck.. Bear comes in and drags off deer.. OP stumbles on scene... Seems perfectly clear to me...

We had this piebald buck traveling on several farms with a couple guys specifically targeting it. It ended up killed. I hunted one of the farms it was seen on but I was not specifically targeting it and to be honest I dont think I would of shot it if I had the opportunity, a creature of this rarity just seems fitting to me to let it walk for everyone in the area to enjoy seeing it. What do you guys and gals think? Not that it matters now but curious how many would pass it up and how many would shoot to kill.

Here is a pic of two pictures of one I killed in 2004 down in Hector. Not as white, but I wasn't passing her. Everyone knew she existed and wanted to kill her. I figure she had a better chance of a swift death with me than with some of the whoople heads that were hunting nearby.

Legality has never been the standard of ethical behavior. Some folks may choose to do things because they are legal, but that does not make them ethical. Ethics are often personal. If baiting bears or deer is legal, and that's how you hunt, there is nothing wrong with it. To you, it is ethical. Anyone who chooses not to do it can say it's not sporting, but has no right to call it unethical. IMHO, the only thing that is unethical is knowingly violating the law, or doing something that you personally feel is not sporting. Ethics are methods that make you feel sporting, even when nobody is around to see what you did.

Thanks everyone! It was a hell of a rush to do two with a muzzleloader. The story was about 9 am I had 5 doe come in behind me and being that this was going to be my last time out for the year I looked for the biggest lead doe found my opening and squeezed off. She went down in 30 yards. Then to my surprise I looked and saw this buck running and stopped in the same exact area! He started to run off and I let out a couple grunts with my mouth while I reloaded and he started to come back. Waited for him to come from behind the tree and squeezed off again. He went down 40 yards from her. Needless to say doing all this with a smoke pole was AWESOME! And I can't say enough good things about my TC Encore! All misspellings courtesy of iPhone

Got it done back to back with the muzzleloader! All misspellings courtesy of iPhone

Took dad's 270 out on state land in 8n was there literally 25 min when a group Walked out and took this one at 50 yards ran 20 yards and done....put in truck went back out didn't see anything else

Doe number 3 for me is in the books! Got to bloody up my side by side finally too!

Follow up. It's been a rough season. Tarsals are dark and smelly, get ready for the second rut ???? X-Calibur Lighting Systems http://facebook.com/XCaliburLightingSystems

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I set them up in a circular pattern...keeps the deer coming around all day.

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.

to me, the guy who goes fishing and keeps his limit every time, just because he can is unethical, as is a guy who spots a deer while driving, parks and walks down the road gets the legal minimum off the roadway and kills it, or the guy who fills every deer tag just because he can, and then goes and dumps them all at some donation center.......only because I don't need to hunt or fish for food and don't see the need for anyone else who hunt's or fishes for enjoyment to do the same..........now you take a guy who needs that animal/fish for food, and I change my opinion on what is ethical.

Oh man you're gonna get blasted b/c I've been down that road here. Imo, the "as long as it's legal" guys often use that rationale to explain away just shooting every animal they see regardless of the situation, weapon, etc. NYS DEC could decide to allow hand grenades dropped from air planes to further wipe out deer and guys will say... "hey, as long as it's legal"... And we all know how well government is able to determine what is and is not legal

There are bad apples in every bunch, and nobody is saying that there arent. What i have said in the past is that people that hunt within the confines of the law should not be snubbed or looked down upon just because they arent as dedicated as some of us are. Broad brush generalizations that "gun hunters...." are slobs are just plain stupid.

Well, if it got you to look... had to post this pic, I am one proud dad !!!! If you have kids feel free to use the idea, it's great ! DISCLAMER: No innocent stuffed animals were harmed in the making of this photo.

I bet it was a mt.lion

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I just hope the roman candles only have 7 loaded or Andy's going to be pi$$ed

My Dads 5pt buck. Shot Sunday 11/22, recovered Monday 11/23. Story in my journal thread Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Turkey day double. Had fil and mooog with his daughter on her first tagalong hunt.

Well we got 8 yesterday and 1 today moved alot around to new sign and new swamp tomorrow will be better for sure .... YTD--- 3 yotes 3 fox's 11 coon 33 rats POSSUMS TOO MANY !!!!!!

Safe well managed drives I have no issue with. I imagine you are on public land that you think is yours? I agree they can be done not on first or last watch, opening weekend... A good drive is a piece of hunting history, as is still hunting not just sitting on your azz all day. Room for all of us, I especially like when they go past and send me a deer!

Pandora's bracelet, he went to Jared.... :-)

oh, they taste the same as the others.......

Ethics are a matter of opinion. Laws are laws.

Preach on brother. While the law does a decent job in an attempt to control humanity, what is ethical is not always legal and what is legal is not always ethical. But we were all raised differently so our values and goals differ. I'd like to think though that most decent human beings know wrong when they see it without having to go to the CFR's.

i think they are back together after mom went off to breed

Great job SDS....

I was at mine today and the roof had caved in and two of the fiberglass rods had popped out of the retainers . The blind is fastened to a platform . I went to Walmart and purchased an extendable golf ball retriever , cut off part of the round end and used it to prop up the roof after I left the blind . Hopefully , it should keep the roof up on the blind .

Hehehehehe ! Cute kid, Treeguy... He must take after his Mom....<<grin>>....

Drove out to Carlton hill for a mid day hunt n ended up drivin around watching all the orange walkin around everywhere I turned ... Have some great bow spots in there but they go capuuuttt when Elmer Fudd starts wondering around ... Ahh well , until next year..

My gf just hit her nose with the scope shooting targets with her new gun! We got her cleaned up.... I offered to stay home with her but she made me go back to my stand! What a good woman.

does that mean it's cold and they will be sitting in their office of car?......

This guy was taken locally yesterday. There's still hope for those of us who haven't gotten one yet. Good luck to all!!

Sorry to confuse you, I was trying to point out that Larry's comment was definitely intended to knock the guy down. Not saying you were.

I spent last week hunting in the Duck Mountains of Manitoba. My first ever out of state hunt. Talk about remote! I'd get dropped off before daylight and picked up at dark. You can hunt the 30 minutes before sunrise and the 30 minutes after sunset there....wish we could here. I saw 15 deer all week. 2 were big enough to shoot, but they were in very heavy brush 200 yards out, and only there for a couple of seconds. I passed on a small 8 at 30 yards, and a couple 4 pointers. I did see a couple bull moose, an eagle eating a rabbit it had just killed, and a weasel. While I didn't shoot a big buck, I did have the time of my life! I got home at 2:30 Sunday morning. I headed out at 1:30 to my blind on the farm here and shot this 9 pointer at 3:00! He had his nose to the ground in the cut corn field at 250 yards. I figured he'd work his way up to my plot since that's where all the does head, but he disappeared into a treeline. He was gone about 10 minutes and I was debating whether I should climb down and go look for him, when he popped out at 50 yards.

Filled 7M Doe tag now its time for some Antlers

Sunday 1020AM this fella came in zig zagging back and forth going over the same path a doe had walked at first light.

My son and nephew got these deer at my camp in 6n. First week of nov. 6pt. 150lbs and 4pt. 125lbs.Got them 3 days apart.

And then they will post on here about their lost deer and terrible day and expect to hear our sympathies. There should be respect for the animal and only good shots should be taken

Opening day in 9S , Allegany State Park at 15yds , following a hot doe . Before he hits the ground 40 yds out, 3 small bucks run in from behind, under my stand then take off after the doe. My biggest to date.

I like to shoot the whitetails that are as big as moose so i will keep Mr Wby. lol