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So after some digging, I discovered who "Storm" really is. It all goes back to someone I banned 3 years ago, that went by the handle "LJC". Since I banned him, he has come back with at least 10 different account names. All of them have been banned either in the past, or I did it just now. Since I banned his username called "Hunter007", there have been a minimum of 5 new usernames created by him. So, LJC, or Storm914, or Hunter007, or Deerstalker, or Phoenix1, or 10point, or whatever youd like to call yourself today, I am actively searching you out on this board, I have gathered all of your IPs, even the ones from your T-Mobile cell phone. I have your name, address, phone number, all of it. Keep playing games bud, the internet is not anonymous, and I am better at this than you.

Finally a WNY forum member is getting some published recognition for his achievements! @TreeGuy is like the Tre White of the hunting forum. Congratulations, Andrew! https://buffalonews.com/2019/12/16/gallery13051/#image=7

I would like it to be known, that@The_Real_TCIII was present, and took that very photo. @goosifer thanks for the recognition ! I was lucky enough to have a 2 buck year, and both made the paper. Blessed, humbled, and thankful. #team1000 Sent from my LM-V405 using Tapatalk

He has created multiple new accounts, which Ive been tracking. Some you guys hadnt picked up on yet. I just keep banning them. He will give up at some point.

So to start I decided to go with a cheaper Simmons pro hunter to try at first Incase I didn’t like a scope on my SRH. The $100 I spent on the fixed 4X simmons was money well spent, I’ve sent Several hundred full tilt round’s down range and that Simmons has held zero and given me zero problems. I was going to buy a Burris because they are half the Cost to the Leupold . So a few weekends ago I’m surfing the web checking all the outdoor sporting vendors. Low and behold I go to Natchez shooter supply and they have blemish Leopold VX3 handgun scopes for $327. $650 is the normal price on them. So of course I bought one , received it today and I can’t find a scratch on it. Got it mounted up and wow oh wow typical Leupold quality ,it’s found a new home. Can’t wait to take it to the range and then of course deer season.

Im semi-newly single, trolls are not actually the targets of my choice right now lol.

I was out this am...got my first duck

Tears . Can barely type these words. Daughter in leadership academy. Here’s the scenario: I and two other students ran the annual cookie marathon where we had student volunteers bake and package around 5,000 cookies in the cafeteria. They were distributed at the day of giving at the Lancaster youth bureau where families in need come to pick up food, presents, and trees for Christmas. A classmate teaches little kids at a dance studio, and a little girl came in all happy to give cookies to her and another teacher. The classmate recognized the cookies and packaging and knew that those were the ones we baked

Busy lives kept from getting these up in a more timely manner. These are Kate's reflections on the program and her hunts. For a while now, I have been interested in learning to hunt deer. I love being outdoors, live in a rural area with lots of deer, and like knowing where my meat comes from. One of my coworkers and a neighbor are both avid hunters and always give my family various cuts of venison each year. But no one in my family hunts and without a mentor I knew it was going to be difficult to get out in the field. However, many things fell into place to make it happen and one was participating in the “Becoming an Outdoors Women” (BOW) weekend in September 2018 during which I was able to practice shooting and dress and process various game animals. I meet other women who shared my interest in hunting and talking with them made me more determined to find a way to get out deer hunting. BOW sends out emails to any past participants about outdoor opportunities and that was how I learned about QDMA ‘s Field to Fork program. When I read that a small group of us would be practicing with firearms, learning about deer hunting and going out during the season with a mentor, I knew this was exactly right for me. Fast forward to November. I counted down the days until the start of rifle hunting with a mix of excitement and apprehension. When the day came, I was eager to put to use what we had learned in our classes over the past two months, but on the other hand, I wondered what I would do when I saw a deer out in the field. A week before opening day, Mo Tidball, my mentor, and I met to get acquainted and practice with my gun at a nearby gun club. Mo made me feel comfortable and was very encouraging. We scheduled our first hunt for Sunday of opening weekend. The day arrived and it was a very cold morning. During the short walk to the tree stand on Mo’s property my “worry” thoughts were full on: Would we see deer? If so, what would I do? Would I move too quickly and scare it away? Would hit it in the right spot? Would I miss? Would I forget to breathe? Would I take too long to shoot? Talk about performance anxiety! But after a few hours of sitting in the stand, asking occasional questions, practicing as if I saw a deer by raising my gun and aiming at a grass spot, I began to feel more at ease. Although we saw no deer the entire day, I remember saying to Mo that I never, ever just sit in one place, watching for hours, but I found that I enjoyed the “Zen” quality to it. My second hunt was a day with Bob Rose at his camp. That was one of those 3:30am alarm clock mornings, an hour’s drive on unfamiliar roads, and slow crawl up a mile-long logging road to his camp (with a rapidly-moving creek crossing!). Again, we saw no deer but I learned more tips and got great advice. On the Friday after Thanksgiving, I headed to Mo’s for an afternoon hunt. By this time, I was not really expecting any deer and just another quiet day in the woods. We head out at 2:30pm to a tree stand in a different location than the first day and I spent the time scanning for deer but also watching squirrels. It started getting darker and Mo checked the time; it was 4:15. I thought we were probably done for the day, but Mo told me we still had lots of time. Five minutes later, Mo whispers “There’s a deer! There’s a deer!” and I snap out of my Zen reverie. She indicates straight ahead about 70 yards. I catch a glimpse of a buck walking along a small ridge but he’s not easy to see because several tree trunks are in the way. I tell Mo and she says to shift just a bit toward her. When I do that, he stops and I see him perfectly between two tree trunks. He looks in our direction, I slowly raise my gun and look through my scope. I have a perfect view of the kill spot and totally focus on it. I pull the trigger and knew I hit him exactly right. Had he moved one more step, I would have lost him because the tree trunks would have blocked my view for a good shot. It all happened so fast. I felt like it was only seconds from when I saw him to when I pulled the trigger. I had no time for my heart to pound, hyper-ventilate, or even think. When I realized I had actually shot at a deer, I was in a bit of a daze so it was good we had to wait for a while before getting down from the tree stand. Finally, Mo, I, and Mo’s husband, Keith, who heard the shot, track the buck and we see him dead a short distance away. When we turned the head lamps on we saw he had 10 points! I had been so focused on my aim at the kill spot that I didn’t even notice the size of his antlers. I was so surprised and happy! Not only had I shot my first deer but it was a once-in-a-lifetime buck! Spending hours outdoors, learning new skills and meeting enthusiastic sportsmen and women has been absolutely great and the entire hunting experience has been amazing. In fact, it was more magical and exhilarating than I ever imagined. I feel so very fortunate to have had this opportunity. Everyone involved in the Field to Fork program has been extremely generous with their time, expertise and encouragement. The effort and dedication put in to make us successful is tremendous and anyone who wants to learn to hunt should take advantage of this program. A huge thank you to Bob, Mo, and all the folks from QDMA for providing me with an amazing life experience. I am totally hooked! I am already looking for opportunities to hunt next year. I hope to become experienced enough, so that one day, I can mentor others who want to learn and enjoy this fabulous experience.

Opening day of rifle season was one of the best I remember...My two Canadian buddies and I all killed bucks out of my tower stand...One at 9:15, one at 11;45, and one just before dark....We killed ten points...2 3's and a 4...We were not trophy hunting hehehe...One buck was shot at 50 yards, one at 150, and one at 270...All 1 shot kills.. A few days later, I shot an adult doe from the stand... Pretty good season as I see it... Nearly every day a button buck and a doe fawn came out on the food plot..I named them DICK and JANE...I kept warning the button buck that if WOLC came around, he was in BIG trouble...

Just a follow up to this. Gerber replaced the knife no questions asked. All it cost me was roughly $5 to ship it back to them. It was a bit of a slow process partly my fault because it took me a while to send it in the mail but even after I sent it it probably took them 2 weeks to acknowledge receiving the knife and another 2 weeks before I got the replacement back. I didn’t really track the time so this is all a guess. Overall I’m happy that they replaced it no questions asked and I’d not hesitate to buy another Gerber product. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

no decorated pics haha

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Made some canned venison with jalapeños, tomato sauce and taco seasoned venison cubbed. Was so good I made 3 batches! Will make every year!

Or he's just an a-hole and the problem with our society is they are seldom told what they are or confronted.

I'll be retired and - hopefully - spend more time in the woods !

Amateurs

This actually makes me feel sorry for the guy as much as I like to avoid his posts and cluttering up of the threads. Its really sad.

If I was a lady I would have just swooned. But Im in IT so you're speaking my language.

They did. Even with the Xbow at roughly 50 yards they went about full length and out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My biggest change will be to shoot a deer!~lol~ But really it will be to buy a brush hog. Planning on getting one in the spring to tow behind my buddys ATV for our lease. Gonna keep it cut and seed some clover in places and open up an extra trail or two in the amazing thickness of that place, but not enough to make deer not feel secure. Got some work to do!

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In honor of the potential menu item for the next GTG...venison parm Sammy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

JT's story of the hunt The Hunt Before sharing my story I just want to thank everyone that was involved in the Field to Fork program, without you none of this would have been possible. Walking up to the blind on the fourth day out, my mentor Bob Rose and I came across three deer, the first two a doe and her fawn. The mom and little one were relaxed watching Bob and I until suddenly they took off running. A big buck came sprinting out of the woods and chased the doe hoping for a chance to mate. This was the first time all season I had seen any animals at all, my heart was beating out of my chest and into my ears. Everything Bob instructed me to do seemed like a distant whisper even though we were side by side. Nothing presented itself for a shot so we proceeded to our blind. We sat for another two hours seeing some movement in the distance some humans, and some deer. Finally, a fawn came into the food plot ahead of us next to a standalone tree. We quietly watched and waited for other deer to join the little one. After having its fill of the food plot, it slowly crept away out of sight. At 4:25 with five to ten minutes left of shooting time, a spike horn buck came sprinting out of the woods directly into the food plot, just where the fawn had been. “Grab your gun!” Bob whispered nudging me towards the buck. I grabbed my shotgun and set my sights on him. Patiently waiting for him to turn board side Bob turned the magnification up on my scope while I kept my eye on him. “You feel solid?” Bob asked, I nodded my head and whispered “yes”, I took the safety off and squeezed the trigger. The deer winced as it took the slug and jumped to run up the hill, out of sight. We gave it a few minutes and proceeded to track it. We found if next to a tree after tracking its blood trail, it was still alive I shot again at ten yards and missed so Bob finished it off for me. Many people say their first deer gave them a big adrenaline rush similar to the one I described while walking to the blind. My adrenaline was pumping but I wasn’t shaking much I think all the excitement from the first 5 minutes of my hunt settled me down later I felt sturdy like all there was left to do was execute. I hit the deer from about 90 yards away. It was a proud moment for me. I’ve heard that as you get older the first-time experiences present themselves less and less. Im glad that I was able to experience my first hunting season ending with a deer to fill my freezer, while also experiencing the reality of not seeing anything for the majority of that time. Regardless of how my hunt turned out, the experience I had with the Field to fork program was one to be appreciative of. They teach you the fundamentals of shooting, processing, ethics of hunting, and many more valuable bits of information. If you are someone interested in hunting as an adult and don’t know where to start Field to fork was designed for you. I also can’t speak highly enough about the men and women that spend their free time teaching people how to hunt, it says a lot about the community and what they are willing to do for others.

We do something a little different, we cut a “Charlie Browner” each year from our property, Last years.

Now that 2019 deer hunting it is over for 99.5 % of us, how did yours go ? Mine had its ups and downs, but overall I would rate it a bit above average. Early ML season in the northern zone was tough, with just three deer sightings and I could not tell if any had horns. I had an either/or tag, and an antlerless tag, but I was not willing to "send it" from 50 yards and risk loosing my either/or tag prior to opening of SZ crossbow. One of them deer offered a semi-clear, off-hand, quartering-away shot that I am about 80 % certain I could have made. SZ crossbow was good for me this year. On my first outing, I passed a three point "scout", then punched my either/or tag soon after with a solid 3.5 year old 8-point. The body was big on the three, and I was tempted to take the chip shot that he offered. My patience paid off, just like the last time I passed a three-point buck with my crossbow from that very same blind. The big 8 gave me a scare on the recovery though, as I mistook another deer (probably the scout) crashing in the nearby thicket for him. I wasted about a half hour searching that thicket, while I should have just stayed on the "real" blood trail. The big guy made it about 150 yards, after taking the double-lunger. That was odd because the other (4) bucks that I killed with that crossbow all dropped dead within 40 yards. All those were with new mechanical broadheads though, while this one was with a used one that I had re-sharpened I hunted 5 or 6 more times during that season, trying to fill my (5) doe tags, but seeing only smaller antlered bucks. Three antlerless deer finaly showed up for me on opening day of SZ gun season and I mistakingly killed the big doe rather than the larger of the two fawns, as I had intended. That mistake likely cost me any other deer sightings on that SZ property for the remainder of gun season. Thanksgiving weekend in the NZ was tough with very little snow and horribly crunchy conditions. I ran into some unidentified deer on my first late afternoon hunt, but likely scared them all out of the county by the noise I made on my walk out that evening. I saw no deer on my next (5) hunts up there. Would have been a miserable trip were it not for my mother in laws outstanding cooking. Late ML season, back home in the SZ also had some ups and downs. I made it down to my buddy's camp in the southern tier. The partying and comeraderie was good, getting to see some old friends and make some new ones. I finally got to see some deer but blew it on chances at two doe. Watching The Bills beat the Steelers while enjoying rare backstraps and sipping on Crown whenever the Bills did something good was the highlight of that trip. I even scored the tail of a button-buck that our host had shot off his patio earlier that afternoon. Hopefully I can convert that into a few smallmouth bass from jigs that I tie this winter. So the bottom line was, it was a good season. Hopefully, the venison I secured, added to leftover vacuum-sealed stuff from last season, will be enough to see us thru until mid October of 2020. I am already planning for a shortfall though, and am going to take vacation days for all of the NZ early ML season in 2020. That will also give me the first two (weekend) days of their rifle season. I would have to be very fussy to come back from that trip without any venison.

The location will not be provided on the forum those who wish to attend look at PMs with the exact location Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Got two local flocks that have merged recently. Last weekend I had the dog out in the yard about an hour before sundown and heard them flying up to roost within a couple hundred yards from the house. They were pretty loud about it for a good 5-10 minutes, got me psyched up a bit! I never got my nemesis tom last year. I hope to rectify that issue in about 4 months and two weeks.

At this point can we all agree he is mentally unstable. As adults we should just let it go and hope he seeks help at some point. The mental health issues in our country are as rampant and unchecked as they are due to lack of recognition and the polarizing effects one faces once they acknowledge they're "a little off". We can all trust in our mods ability to keep him out of our hair. Adding fuel to the fire helps no one and simply encourages him to come back under another alias as he clearly wants skin in the game. Would love to see this s*** show locked up and lost to the archives of the forum.

I got a creepy PM from him too. Asking if I knew of any rattlesnake dens. And that he had lots of venomous snake stories from when he lived in Brazil. For this whacked out individual, to insinuate he had a prosthetic arm to you, shows just how totally off the wall this person/troll is. Along with all the different names he had. Talking about himself in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th tense.....that he thought no one else would be smart enough to catch on to. I say eff em too. Glad he's gone!

IP is an address assigned to any device that connects to a network. Cell phones, computers, TVs, routers, anything that connects to any type of network has them. They can be set statically, but most are dynamic and will change. Theres something else called a MAC address, which is embedded to the hardware (network card), and that does not change. You can track a device down by its MAC address pretty easily if you know what its connecting to. There are ways to make yourself anonymous on the internet, but it takes alot of knowledge to completely hide your tracks. For the average Joe, the internet is not anonymous in any way, which is something most people just dont understand.

its time....

Probably his mom’s basement....

LOL, Im in IT also, part of my job is security, so I have tools at my disposal for this very type of thing, and Im damn good at it. Maybe Ill send one of those prank gift things to him, just so he gets that Im not BSing.

Most of the varmints I have called have been with mouth calls, they actually will work every bit as good as the electronic jobs. I have a little pocket sized mini Phantom that I carry a lot and it works well. Many of the Varmints I have killed have been when out Squirrel hunting, when the Squirrel hunting gets a little slow I take out a call and cut loose. While I have some pretty nice Varmint rigs I do not need anything fancy for the short ranges I run into most times in the woods, I have taken quite a few with just a 17 HMR, 22 or 22 mag. As for electronic calls the FoxPro is near the top and many top Varmint hunters use them, I have an old early model and it works well but I use it more for crows than Varmints. Al

Is this the same Andrew Dissette who wrote that NY Times Bestseller about harvest photography, “The art of long-arming” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

He was in hair and makeup for so long I had to pay the lighting crew OT

Walk more sit less .

Holy smokes where’s my photo credit?! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Had a great year, killed a mature adk buck and 2 does. Freezer is full and killing my buck so early I was able to use my time off to get all of next years firewood cut. Hopefully we have a good ice year or I’ll have a very boring winter. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Beaver the other dark meat simply amazing super tender and will be tomorrows stew

Final quarter of the year to do unless I do some dmfa...even then a late late season score is not so easy. Gonna try to add some foul into the mix starting tomorrow am 20 day aged looks nice

You really can't determine his genetic potential compared to the other too. I'd say he was a late born fawn with poor nutrition. Out here in Region 8 I see lots of great yearlings...and lots of poor ones too. In years with a late spring greenup like the past two years...I see way more spikes as a result of the stress from the lack of spring nutrition.

You all know he is just trying to get a reaction - any reaction. Why engage?

Saluting the end to another season.

This years “Charlie Browner” is finally up. so much fun haha

Here she is....... Love it!! The buck rub special, that's what the place had on the price tag, yes it was dirt cheap.