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I think I may have finally caught up with the gobbler that I've been chasing for the past couple of weeks. My wife nearly killed him yesterday morning but he slipped through our fingers. Had him going this morning til 7:00 but neither I nor the real hens could lure him down the hillside. Eventually, he just shut up and I figured he had crossed the road above us. I left and drove around to check out another area and on the way back through where I had worked the bird earlier that morning, I spotted two longbeards fanned out in a corner of field circling each other and getting ready to fight!!! I hurried to get into position to intercept them further up the field. I got to the field not knowing exactly how far from them I was and was contemplating my next move when a full fan suddenly came into view at 35yds!!! I didn't even have time to sit...I raised the gun...he was facing away...I got him to raise life his head out of strut and delivered a load of Longbeard XR's to his face. Game over at 8:50. The other gobbler and 4-5 hens stood there and watched as I ran out to retrieve him. Not bad for the subordinate bird...almost 22lb, 10.5" beard and 1 1/4" hooks. One of the two was the "youth season" gobbler I had been after. The other one will have to wait until next year. This is the latest in season that I've ever punched a tag but it was worth the wait!!! It's been a rough season plagued by close calls and a miss early on. I've only really hunted two spots but was within striking distance of gobblers nearly every morning but just couldn't seal the deal. He lost a few tail feathers during the retrieval process. I also got a nice gash on my finger from grabbing his legs... This one's for you Reeltime...limbhanger!!!

Spied this old gal looking like she was going to lay her eggs in the newly planted field

Nothin in the woods but stopped off at a field here by my house n messin with this city bird ,,, gobbles at everything I throw at em , go figure haha .... Last hurrah tmorrow ... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Girls and I went down there today. Checked out Arboria luminarium It's an inflatable maze with light and music inside. Actually pretty neat. Took the bike ferry from outer harbor to inner harbor Checked out the naval ships , sub and planes. Area was quite active today as war memorials being visited General Mills but we didn't smell Cheerios today as usual. Pretty impressed on how they've built up the area. Someone had some serious kite action going on.

All I need is this beer, a baked potato, and a hot dog roll.

Little neck clams, BBQ Ribs, Pasta salad, BBQ Beans, Salad, salt potatoes and a bunch of other stuff that I can't recall. HAD TO buy a sixer of Labattes for my sister in laws new boyfriend. He will have one or two tops, in between conversation about "him" Then Im stuck with the rest of that Devils brew. I made the mistake of giving him the remaining Labbs before. I wont give him the rest, out of principle. He avoids me for some reason….. He's a huge tool. NOT TODAY DOUG!!!!!!!!!!

Stone Ruination IPA at Liberty Hound

https://vimeo.com/168637273 So they do exist haha .... Been f'n with this bird for bout 25 minutes n could have shot em ... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

udder than that I have no idea ????

We ate here today about 2 hours prior, at that time all the lightening seemed to be over the lake . A number of years ago we went for a lightening strike to a strip joint here in Roch. One of the strippers came out in a fireman's out fit..... We posed for a picture, I'll see if I can find it at home tomorrow !

Your going to run out of beer

We had a beer tasting out at the campground

I'm not gonna beat you up over it but a xbow is just a much archery equipment and the modern compounds...so unless you hunt and shoot strictly trad you are no closer to the true origins of archery than I will be with my xbow Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Short ribs and chicken

Tale of the tape from yesterday's party. 135 beers. Me drinking 1 underwater. Flip cup. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's all about public relations , if they ask for a picture , well it'd be impolite to refuse !

For me shooting a compound is all about consistency. Simply put most traditional shooters just can not compare to my accuracy. At distances I am able to shoot deer, many traditional shooters would be lucky to even hit the target. Personally I do not think of the crossbow as a real bow, to me the only thing similar is the fact that it has a string. Will air bows be considered the same? What about a bow that uses gun powder to accelerate the arrow? Then the argument is "Well they both shoot an arrow, just like the crossbow and at similar speeds." To me bow is all about challenging yourself but I would rather have an ethical kill shot that I feel confident in to spare my prey any suffering. For me the compound provides this happy medium of reliability and accuracy and extends my range past 25 yards I would feel limited to with a traditional bow. In so far as arguing about weather or not crossbows should be included, well we could argue about this for another 10 pages as was done before on this site. Simply put we are a stubborn bunch and set in our ways. This results in us arguing about many things from Compound vs Traditional vs crossbow vs gun vs tree stand hunting vs stalking vs tracking vs sitting on a rock vs any other thing you want to add, Chevy vs Ford vs Toyota, 30-06 vs 308 vs 44 mag vs 223 etc. We think our way is best an the others are not and like to argue that point. Because we are so stubborn the argument causes rifts in our ranks. I will not join bow hunters, or NRA because they do not follow my exact point of view or I will never use a crossbow or compound because it is too easy, I will never hunt out of a tree because that's not hunting, lol real easy to find a fight in the hunting community is my point. Don't take that last statement as fact it was just to prove a point with sarcasm. We are always on the offensive about defending out hunting rights, just wish we could unite better to preserve it.

Rob, never going to believe this one!!! As I was making coffee this morning, see another one next to my wood storage rack. Got out the pellet gun and got him and another one!!! Then went out to water my new shrubs and see something moving in the lawn? Went to check out what it was and there is my "lost" trap with the chipmunk still in it!!! That makes 7 so far!!!! WTF already..................

Just want to say, thanks again to you all! I received the gifts of laughter and love from family and friends. Even caught a few fish. Couldn't have been a better day. I'm so lucky.

I prefer to hunt like the Indians did, you know, 85 % let off, drop ,away rest, fiber optic sites , release, carbon arrows. While wearing a scent loc suit, from a tree stand with a range finder, 6 trail cams, and a gps . Just like Ishi .

I think you are missing the boat on this one. The whole tone of the original post sounds a little arrogant and elitist. If you make comments like this on a public message board, I don't know why you're acting so surprised that you get negative feedback....

Found this guy at my in-laws yesterday, don't think he was enjoying the 90° heat. I spotted him sleeping as we were going for a walk, after a while he woke up and noticed us and when we walked back through he had disappeared farther up the tree. I grabbed my camera and came back and managed to find him again, he clearly had no interest in moving anymore and looked like he had melted over top of the branch.

Like it or not full inclusion for crossbow is coming. I've hunted and killed deer with bow and crossbow. No big deal to me. If you don't like crossbows, don't use em. Very simple and no arguments from me.

Let me get a beer and some popcorn....<< SIGH>>....

Biz , I guess we all missed our invite?

It's a great festival and Market Street has some great restaurants and bars....wish we could have gone...but I took out my knee and I'm on crutches and rest again..Too much garden work..it blew out just walking to the grill.

NFA-ADK , thank you .

Well, I was planning on heading out this morning, but other plans got in the way. Tomorrow "WILL" be the last time out for this guy. Just hope I can get a gobbler interested in playing the game!!!

Agonizing listening to birds gobble yet again on other hill I don't have permission to hunt. Going to call in a fire mission. First few mortar rounds will be fire for effect

LD's, that explains the lack of gobbling then!!!

If it makes you feel any better I'm about to leave for work. Enjoy the woods, still rather be out there.

Happy birthday, sir! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Happy Birthday Grampy, hope you Had a great day Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Happy Birthday! Hope you had s wonderful day

Happy Birthday Grampy....have a great year!

Happy Birthday grampy. Hope you caught a few nice fish and enjoy the evening with friends and family.

I may flip to it once in awhile , my race watching is either supercross or motocross and i already got 4 hours of watching racing in this weekend.

Home and nothing talking again today. No bugs ever in Eagle /Bliss for me (us ) Wow , in a nutshell , this season has sucked something fierce. Maybe hunt tomorrow and Tuesday or maybe not. Still pending

My friends Dad was in the Army in WWII in Europe and Italy. The man is in his 90's now and you would think he's 70. He's thin, drives his car all over, walks, volunteers at the senior center, lives alone, cooks for himself and others (he's 2nd gen Italian), very articulate with a sharp mind, has about 12 grand kids and close to 20 great grand kids living in central PA and visits them a couple times a year. One thing I notice though is he has trouble accepting the reality of our times. He was a union man when he worked and still thinks the Democrats are great, but nobody is perfect. LOL!

you guys are all over thinking it. its a new world, guys liking guys, girls liking girls, girls wanting to be guys, guys wanting to be girls, just kill the damn tom.

I don't understand the point of your topic. You are saying respect others opinions, yet you are giving nothing but reasons not to use a xbow. I'll respect your opinion on using a more traditional bow, go use it. I'll respect those who use xbow, go use it. I honestly don't think the difference between a xbow and compound are too extreme. Especially the compounds that are out there nowadays over 350 fps. Only difference is it can be a point and shoot weapon. Probably a little more accurate for most people. The effective range is definitely more comparable with a compound bow than a rifle, so not sure why you would say it should be called a cross gun. It fires an arrow from a string. I love to bowhunt and will continue to use a compound in most cases, however I would like to try a xbow and see how I like it. It's all personal preference. And once again, I respect your opinion.

I can't believe you would conflict your g/f so much and pressure into being an outlaw and using such an assault weapon! shame on you! ....HAHAHA seriously aren't 22LR's a blast to shoot? cheap too. I'm sure it didn't cost you $40+ either. I take it she doesn't shoot much at all? good job getting her exposed to shooting.

I drink stouts at room temp. Belgians and barleywine a little colder and IPA 's colder yet.

Corona (my wife's friend left them the other night). Watching the Polaris vacuum my pool for me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Chilling and watching hockey. I had my first softball game tonight so I won't be able to move tomorrow

Jenny is on a health kick and is trying to lose a couple ounces. I support her with whatever she wants to do, so I went running with her today! I hope she doesn't get too skinny! I like my gal full figured!

New Belgium has distro to NY now

I took Jenny out to play "Hide-N-Seek" with the fawn this evening. We found him again!

I know this beer thread went way off of the original question but I think this counts as what will be in the beer I drink next fall. Hops are 6' tall already.

Im not sure what you are asserting with this comment, feel free to PM me if Im off base here, but I posted this topic as an informational post to ask people not to post political threads in the General Chit Chat section. I thought that was plenty clear. Im going to go through and remove all of the nonsense in the thread, and it will remain locked and pinned. I Should have locked it originally, as its not up for debate.