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11/4/15....First kill using the Rage Broadhead, it just about cut the lungs in half.........

Lamp my father made from my buck and arrow that took it down along wit some skulls I've caught and my trap .. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Walnut mantle, friend of mine made it... 70" X 11" X 3" with live edge..

So is your purse orange or green?

Two hunters were hunting a piece of land for a week with knowing the other was there. On the last day of the week they meet up on the way out of the woods. One hunter thinks the other is infringing on his archery season. Two minutes ago neither new the other was there. The same thing happens the following week except they meet up at the end of the week, each dragging a deer. One hunter thinks "That guy took the easy way and didn't put in the practice time I did to get my buck". Two minutes before it was just two guys dragging out their deer. I'm sure some of you won't get the point...

Turns out that my fridge/freezer crapped out last night. GE profile that is maybe 5 years old on the long side.. In the past 5 years I have had to replace my ., dishwasher, dryer, washing machine, stove and now refrigerator. I bought them all new…… My old washing machine ($1000) lasted a whole 2.5 years, dryer ($900) 4 years, dishwasher( $800) about 3years, stove ($1100) about 3 years and now a 5 year old fridge..($1200) ..All different top end brands!! What a bunch of $h!t that is sold to us now. My mom passed away a couple years ago, and in her house were the same washer & dryer she had since I was in my early 20's,(long time ago folks) and the same fridge, basement freezer and stove that she had since not long after that. They all worked 100% . BUNCH OF B.S.

I recently saved about 800 bucks by fixing my old dryer that stopped heating. Watched some utube vids, diagnosed the problem, paid 20 dollars for a part and got her fixed.Good as new.

Ive mentioned this to some fellow hunters and seemed to like the idea so I thought id pass along. Basically after cutting up the steaks I lather them with extra virgin olive oil and then add montreal steak season. Then ill vacuum seal them and toss in the freezer. Once I pull them out they thaw and season at once, then I just cut the seal and toss them on the grill.

Well, let's see how this goes... Either one of the stupidest decisions I've ever made or one of the best .... Gotta make moves sometimes.... Saw a nice buck coming out of a hedgerow thicket yesterday morning drivin in ... Scouted the area before but not like I'm set up ... Corn borders the hedge tow with about 50 yds of leeway .... I'm literally 7 or 8 ft up in about the only tree I could make work with a little trimming , scrape right below me , real thick branches n vines for a backdrop with the leafy suit on so might be ok .... It's a war paint kinda day .... Let's go , your move ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Are we talking gun season or bow? Is the hunting grounds private and tightly controlled, or heavy pressured public land? Are we talking clear sunny days, or a driving rain? Time of day (losing daylight?). All of these things and more can have a bearing on what you have to do after the shot.

So, bit of a surprising result this evening. I came home a little early from work and despite the ridiculous temps, I decided to sit for the remaining 40 minutes of shooting light.I am going away for the weekend so I didn't wanna waste any opportunity to try and get Big-Boy. It is dry, a dead calm.Almost no breeze. I'm thinking, as I crunch my way to the stand, that this is gonna be a waste of time, but it's already almost 4:30, so I won't be out there long.Sunset is a little after 5 in my zone. I sit in the stand.2 or 3 squirrels are tearing it up in the dry leaves, making a decent racket. 10 minutes after my butt touches seat I hear a more regular version of leaf crunching. Something is coming my way. It's getting louder and louder. I can tell its close but I can't see a fricken thing between all the sapling trunks.Maybe it's my neighbor going for a walk I wonder? No self respecting Deer will be out in this crap, surely? Then I see him and for one fraction of a second I think it might be the Big 10. I see a decent amount of bone. After a couple of seconds I realize it is not the monster 10, but he looks a decent 8 and I have put in enough hours this last month to take the shot and reward my patience. He has read the playbook and is coming right toward the pinch point made by some fallen trees. I line my sight up right over the spot he is going to hit. As soon as his shoulders pass under the pin I let one fly. He drops like a sack of potatoes. My shot was a touch high and I have spine shot him unfortunately.It was a clean pass through, I haven't yet recovered the arrow. So he is down but not out, he crashes about behind this lump of dead tree tops. I cannot see him for a kill shot. I have to jump down and run around to get to the other side of the brush-pile. At about 15 yards I put another arrow right into the boiler room and it is over. This is the stand I was surrounded by coyotes in, so I rush back, get a 4 wheeler and the wife with a shotgun to cover me while I do the business of dressing him. I had no camera, so the photos are after dark and by the house. I cut my finger up nicely in my haste to get him gutted given the warm evening temps. I just missed the processors, so he is in the basement full of Ice packs for now.Have to wait till morning to get him to the butchers.

Well the warm temps had me questioning going out today in Suffolk county, nailed a nice doe at 7:30, decided to hang out a little longer, well mr big comes walking in 30 min later, and I took my best buck with a bow to date, 8 ptr with one tine snapped off.

Even in the woods .

From your post sounds like the guy has permission to be there, doing what Papist suggests sounds like hunter harassment to me. If he indeed does have permission then you either have to live with him being there or move somewhere else. This is what happens when we are not fortunate to own our own hunting lands.

If I see them drop, theres obviously no reason to wait. If not, Ill usually still get down and look at the point of impact, and take a peek at my arrow if we are talking bow hunting. Hair, blood, etc at the POI can tell you alot about the situation. If I cant see the animal down, Ill give it 30 to 45 mins before trailing if it looks like a good hit. If it seems to be a gut shot, Ill give it a few hours.

Hell if I had a decoy out , that would have been interesting ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's a satchel, Indiana Jones carries one

My wife and I had our first in Jan. can't believe he will be turning 1 year soon. I decided to hang my euro mounts about his crib. Before you guys jump all over me these are lagged into the stud and wired 2 different ways to keep them from falling. The 2 mounts are of 120" 8 points. 1 was a huge deer for the area and the other was a case of mistaken identity.

Happy birthday to you!

For those of you that followed my two year saga with my .308 Browning BAR...I was finally able to get to the Range with my new Rifle today (Yes Cabela's replaced it). After getting it sighted in I was able to get consistent 2" to 2 1/2" groups at 100 yds using factory Fusion 165gr ammo. I was also able to consistently hit the 8" steel pie plate sized target at the end of the 200 yd range although I never checked a group at 200 yds. I didn't try any other ammo while at the range today. While I would refrain from calling the new rifle a tack driver....It is head and shoulders above the 6 to 8" groups I was shooting at 50 yds with the original new BAR. It will certainly be good enough for deer hunting this season and into the future. Thank God this whole ordeal is over with......

Boat is sold to Bow Addict

Let's see how this works out. Had a huge buck here yesterday, maybe I can piss him off. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

There is so much info that you can get if you GOOGLE a subject . I have had good luck being able to replace washing machine parts and some on a clothes dryer . I had a friend who does a lot of HVAC stuff and knows about refrigeration take a look at the chest freezer that I bought and crapped out a bit after a year . He ran some tests and said that it would cost more to repair than to replace .

Was in the stand at 5:45 and used a drag rag for the first time. As soon as I started climbing my sticks I looked back and saw 4 raccoons walking right over my path. I flashed a light at them and they scurried off. At about 6:30 had a doe walk by with spike on her ass. They walked on by and I decided to test my grunting and was able to pull him off her. He came by and was walking around my stand and followed my drag rag the opposite direction. 15 minutes goes by and I saw two deer fighting in the distance. Seems that spike found a smaller spike and was muscling him around. I took the rattlers out and gave a light set. He chased off the smaller spike and came steaming in over to me again. Ended up having to leave the stand at 9:00 so that I could catch the train. Checked my camera and got a pic of a gorgeous 8 that I've been following mid day. Seems like I'm gonna hit the stand sun up to sun down sat and sunday and hope to catch this big boy Seems like its starting up!

I think the word challenge is often misused in the hunting world especially when its applied to bow season. The "challenge" in archery is not that it should harder to put a mortal wound on an animal..That should NEVER be the challenge.The difficulty lies in being more in tune with deer and deer habits.Learning how to situate yourself in the woods and getting deer in close is whats fun and challenging..Once a deer is in proper range the ethical and humane shot is then taken...what you take that shot with should not be dictated by an elitist group or persons not completely informed in the other implements.

You don't need practice. JC will guide your compound arrow to its final destination. Go pick up that compound, or rock for that matter and go hunt. X-Calibur Lighting Systems http://facebook.com/XCaliburLightingSystems

They cut a lot of corn out back yesterday, now i can see the bucks chasing the does. Its pretty exciting, now i am late for work

Let's throw the black flies, ticks, and no-see-ums onto that list too. In fact there are times when those stinking deer flies could go extinct too as far as I'm concerned.

Fanny pack. ( and that doesn't sound good )

It's happening here in 9Y, just the beginning, but IMO, best time to be in a stand. Bucks....the big boys are on their feet in the daytime now. Here are two...but I wasn't on stand there. Somewhere else. Dates and times are accurate.

I've bow hunted for 25 years. In early winter of 2011 a ladder I was on slid off a roof and I fell with the ladder about 18 feet. L2-3 and 4-5 experienced severe "burst compression fractures). However, since none of my ligaments tore I chose to brace up and not do surgery. I did not bow hunt that year not because I couldn't but because I knew better. standing on my practice stand (a 13 foot platform I built) I could easily maintain my good groupings out to 40 yards but those were in PERFECT conditions, standing square and facing the target with no twisting or odd movements. In all my years of bow hunting I've seen it all and done it all. I've missed, hit twigs, shot poorly, had a broken rest (I was unaware), estimated distance way off, hurried shots, harvested and lost deer. I've tracked wounded deer for days trying to recover, only to run into uncooperative land owners (2x). This summer as I began practice on 7/1 I noticed I was not doing well past 30 yards. Every night, since 1990, I'd shoot 3 groups of 6 arrows at varying distance deer targets. So, I had my oldest son, who has been shooting 10 years watch me and he told me I was hurrying my shots. So the next time I shot I took my time and was perfect. Thing was, I was in agony. I simply can't hold, even what amounts to a 15 pound hold weight without severe pain, not in my back but my leg, hip and feet. Long story, short I have severe stenosis, a narrowing of my spinal column in the areas injured and it impacts the nerves in my spine which impacts EVERYTHING. I can walk, but slowly. It's having a profound impact on my hunting (like I've spent 2 days in the woods all season and that was early muzzle and gun season). With that said, I will have a cross bow next season and I will use it to hunt, legally, when I can. There are no "permits" that allow me to use it earlier, in the northern or southern zones. It's legal and I will be in the woods until I can't be any longer. For all you purists, I don't necessarily agree with your arguments, just like I don't on QDM. Those are my opinions, which I'm entitled to, as are you. But to think you're entitled to a separate season is a bit much. Let's remember, these "seasons" are to manage the deer herd, not build our egos.

Well I am a FISHERMAN. But I will honor the price I posted here for a member

shot my first deer with a Rage tonight....it worked very well, no complaints at all.

My wifes grandma just replaced her fridge that she had for 49 years! She is gonna be real upset when she needs a new one in 7 years.

I'm old enough to remember when you could expect to get a minimum of ten years use from an appliance. Even the low end ones. Now you are lucky to get half that many years out of them.

I was out yesterday, took this guy about 8am, although his tarcel gland was dark and pungent , he was casually walking thru the woods browsing, no sign of rut that I could see.

Scored this nice buck on 11/1/15 While hunting with my brothers in Rock Hill. He was chasing a doe and came straight at me. When he got to 13 yds I drew down on him with my Bowtech Destroyer and sent my Rage tipped Easton Flatline at him. He dropped a few yards away.

Speaking of out of season kills, I work with a man who finally fessed up...he had been quite distant and quiet lately... well He didn't read the rules and regs to close for 2015 deer seasons... Hunting in antlerless only zone, he thought October 15th was the start up day for Antlered harvest... Well like the book says, He was wrong.. He actually ended up harvesting the biggest buck of his life, a 150" 10 point.. dressed 210lbs... called in the harvest to DEC hotline that night... and to his surprise, the DEC being at the butchers the next day.. gathered his deer... meat antlers and all.. went to his house with the buck, and wrote him citations.. followed by a court date... We will see how lucky he gets off... just a fine, or maybe even loss of license for some time?? This is why people need to pick up the book or get online and do there homework.. sucks to be him, though hopefully he learned from his mistake.. i dont really feel bad for him

I took this old fighter on Halloween. He came in after hearing a few bleats with the can. The shot hit its mark and he only went 30 yards and fell over. I guess my aluminum arrows and 100gr Thunderheads can still do it even at 35 yds. This buck was a real fighter as he has scars all over his face. His left eye was even swollen almost all of the way shut from a recent brawl. I haven't had him aged yet, but I believe he's and old timer and was in decline. He has unbelievable mass on the bases and main beams. His face and head are very gray, and he's missing quite a few teeth in the front of his mouth. Any thoughts or guesses on his age?

DEC is doing work on a Federal Preserve?

Duh,..just put up signs, they'll follow them & self-relocate!

Please don't apologize for shooting 120" deer, this ain't Iowa! Be proud! Unless you're in Iowa

Not playing dumb, just dont understand either of your previous two posts, as they were gibberish.

I was bowhunting before compounds, and I was there when the introduction of compounds divided the bowhunters. And I remember the specific arguments for and against. I recall that those against compounds argued that compounds would set precedents that would be used to insert all kinds of other weapons into bow season. Now, decades later, I can only say that that argument has been fulfilled and strengthened. Each new step toward accommodating those that don't wish to develop the skills but still want to participate in bow seasons moves us closer to losing all that we have worked so hard to establish. Just as compounds have provided the precedent for crossbows, the crossbows will provide precedents for other weapons to infiltrate bow seasons. All the reasons why bow season was deemed worthy of its own special rules and timeslots are being removed, piece by piece. Gun hunters are already questioning why bowhunters need these advantages as archery success rates continue to climb. Where will it all end? ....I don't really know, but judging from the results of the compound introduction, my guess will be that the changes will not stop with crossbows. Revisions will accelerate, until the obvious conclusion will result that there are no real purposes for special seasons, and there will be legal changes that will essentially make the differences between bow seasons and gun seasons irrelevant in a practical sense. Just as wild advances of compound technology took archery away from the primitive pastime that the season was created for, crossbows will simply provide yet another raw platform for even crazier technologies to build onto. At some point crossbows will become the precedent that opens the season up to even more additions including some versions of firearms. The inclusion of muzzleloaders is a long-standing item on the wish-list of the DEC. It really is just a matter of time before all of the reasons that we each moved into bowhunting will disappear. And we will become the new orange army that we tried to escape when we took up the bow. Sounds impossible? well, remember that the DEC has already threatened that within a couple of seasons in certain WMUs muzzleloaders will likely join our ranks. The precedent of firearms in bow seasons has already been established and accepted. So the unwritten rule of no firearms in bow seasons has already been trashed. Some bowhunters already see the handwriting on the wall and fight the trend to trash bowhunting. Others don't really give a damn if these things happen or not, and then there are the majority of hunters who are eagerly pushing to make these things happen and bowhunters to be pushed out of the woods. So, I have no doubt that the continuing push to eliminate bowhunting as we knew it, will happen. And that's why I continue to drag my feet and fight the inevitable. Something wonderful is being lost, and I simply don't want to see it happen.

I do not know anything about the maverick,i can tell you the mossberg well fire when you squeeze the trigger....I have one thats over 20 years old and the only problem i had was the screw came off the safety and mossberg replaced it at no charge...

Well it started with me heading out on the back 30 acres to sit my stand and wait .. well it took 2 hours of sitting and reading thru this thread and others and I heard crunching coming from my right and I was already standing up so I grabbed my bow and she was heading rite towards my lane I drew back and she grazed behind a bush for a minute so I let it in then she started walking again so I drew back she came out stood there grazing kinda quarter towards me and I made sure my pegs were rite and I was anchored rite and I released she immediately bolted into the woods and I couldn't see the arrow or blood so I got nervous as I was already amped up from adrenaline so I waited a little bit climbed down and found arrow rite past were she was and it was all blood clean pass thru but no blood trail at all so I waited and returned inside changed and grabbed my daughter and dad to help we started were the arrow was and no blood but specks here and there but luckily my property has dropped most leafs so you could see the disturbed trail I split one way they went the other and I hear we found it from my daughter .. there she laid still no blood around here ... dragged her out with her help and then she helped thru the whole process of field dressing and all .. it's already in my cooler quartered and on ice since it was 55° Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I am a huge lover of the open shot summit. Only down fall in the no collapsible frame. I really want a lone wolf climber but don't have the money. I put foam on my base platform where I stand it not only quieted down the stand but it keeps my feet warmer. Big plus. I am trying to find an old frame pack to get a hip belt for carrying. I swithched out my straps to the claw straps and that made a big difference too.