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“Quicker”? Lol that’s not real high on my list of vehicle concerns. I’m keen on reliability and resale as I get old and long in the tooth. You young bucks can have the speed…….

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I'm going to say the same thing that I've said throughout this whole thing: be smart, don't be afraid. But please try not to be too cavalier. Just because you haven't experienced an impact from COVID yet doesn't mean that you're immortal. We aren't teenagers anymore, right lol? Enjoy your holidays - maybe shoot another deer. I wish the snow would stick...

Will definitely post pics. We're buying a house with a massive 3000 square foot garage behind it. Definitely needs a lot of work but it's more space than I could ever ask for. No more mounting animals in my downtown apartment living room! Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

My kind of Bakery ....

Happy Howlidays! valoroutdoors.com

I want to wish you all a safe and happy holidays

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Good thing we’re all meat hunters here .Sucks for the antler only hunters .All them 150” deer taken this next week with less than adequate implements .and tagged as doe none the less .We should have a contest who can kill the deer with the largest circumference of pedicle .

Pulled cards today during the "two minute warning" (can duck hunt but not deer hunt?) and finally found that crossbow bolt about 12 feet up in this oak tree. I knew it hit wood, must have richocheted off a downfall . Wouldn't trust that carbon fibre bolt again. Happy for the holiday hunt as lots of folks have off this coming week and thankful for extended hours as got both deer during that new window...thanks DEC

Not having a dedicated taxidermy shop sure does make the process a lot more cumbersome. I have a big garage that all dirty work happens in but I still mount mine in the house too in what was once the master bedroom. We divided the long livingroom into an office/drying room so the family living part of the house still has it's privacy. Once I move into a new place, I will definitely be erecting a small shop solely for taxidermy. Good luck!

You sure it wasn’t Pygmy peeking in windows.

Thanks for the President’s day invite, and I might try to stop in, with those two lower jaws that I saved for you, and check out your racks. I am pretty sure that we got detoured right past there, a couple of trips ago, when there must have been an accident on Rt 3. It didn’t take us that much longer, to get to the in-laws place, going that way. Looking at your three pictures of this year’s kills up above, they appear to show two different bucks. On the bottom two, I can clearly see the brow tines, and on the top one I can’t. I enlarged that top picture as much as I could with my phone (I think it is an I-phone 14), used my bifocals, and I still can’t see them. If that one also has them, then they must both be 8-pointers, or did I miss some more 1” or longer stickers ? I am not much of an “antlers” guy myself, as you and everyone else on this site must surely be well aware of by now. I even missed this damn 1-1/8” long brow sticker on my one and only antlered buck (so far) this year, when I called in my harvest report. I still feel a little guilty about that, because the DEC probably considers 5 or less points as 1.5 years old, 6-8 points as 2.5 years old, 9 or more points as 3.5 plus, and no points (my wife’s favorites) as 6 months old when aging male deer with their computer program. I am sorry that you are not overly thrilled with the DEC. From a “mostly” MEAT hunter’s perspective, I feel that they have been doing a stellar job lately, of managing our deer herd. Never have I felt more certain of that than this year, when my freezers would be almost empty, rather than packed to near capacity, were it not for the new changes they made. The jury is still out on the new Holliday season, but the early antlerless season, restored Adirondack ML antlerless, and half hour past sunset, have been real good for me. I believe you if you say the brows are there on that upper photo and if you have it next February, I guess I might be able to see them up close and in focus. Getting off the “missing” brow points, and back on topic, I understand that you are now tagged out. I have an extra dmp, that I could sign over to you, if you want to come out west for some Holiday hunting. You would be very welcome if you choose to. I can offer you a comfortable box blind, over looking a not yet fully consumed standing corn plot, on 34 private acres. I kicked a big (unidentified) deer out of there last Saturday afternoon. Shoot me a pm if you might be able to make it out to wmu 9F any time between December 26 and January 1. ps, I edit almost all of my posts with this damn smart phone because it always changes a bunch of words (or I fat-finger) a few. MERRY CHRISTMASS

Merry Christmas all!

Got up at 4:30 to do 10 pounds soni would have it to bring with us tonight. I did 5 pounds of peppered and 5 pounds of "original "

I'll be out. Two full days with a compadre. And I'm killin the first adult deer that stands there and wants to die. Not too complicated .

And the telegram he sent back to his wife (my grandma) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Found the pic. 1967 Moose from Newfoundland. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Hahahaha! It's definitely time to upgrade though! I didn't measure it myself the garage is listed at 42x75! Bigger than the house(as it should be)! I'll actually be mounting everything this winter in the basement until I put some work in to that garage Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

Proud to call you a friend. So happy for you and your better half on the new home. And yes I'm looking forward to seeing the new house and more importantly, the shop, lol.

You've been instrumental to my young taxidermy career! Can't wait for you to see my new shop! Should be in next week! Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

Man I love me some dumb deer, I always said i wanted to find deaf and blind ones ! Any buck in the rut is about the dumbest deer around , carrot top,here kept coming as Joe kept missing as the doe ran to Joe’s wide open stand , finally on shot number four ,as the buck came even closer and stopped he got it .

93 YO FIL is here from the assisted living facility for a pork roast dinner. He’s thrilled to be here and out of the home……..he only has my wife so we do everything we can to keep him involved and happy. Cheers!

And all along I thought this was a a doe playing for the other team .

I'm out with the puppy. No wind and 30, it's pretty nice out

Picked my crossbow buck up from @518BowSlayer on the way home from hunting today. Really great guy and extremely fast turn around considering I dropped it off Thursday. He says he is just starting out but he has a house full of beautiful work. I would recommend him if your in the area.

Pics for xtra points. Lol I hate the bastids too. We’ve been pretty good for a few years since my numbskull neighbor finally quit “feeding” the birds by throwing seed on the ground. Yup, fur real.

No , foot prints are too big .

Day off and no hunting = champions breakfast for the family. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That is very kind of you to try and save his season. That is the holiday spirit that hopefully this new season will bring.

I intend to go crossbow hunting on Sunday. I planned on heading down to camp to bring some things home, so I'll simply there a few hours early. I'll be back in time for the game against the Bills.

Oh yes I have them. This one just needs solo time

Cat carrying its kill.maybe a bird wing swinging while that cat was walking .

Merry Christmas everyone! To my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Happy Birthday!

Theyre both right Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Weird not to hunt on a day off. Breakfast it is.

Don’t be an old fart Law! Merry Christmas!

My wife drives a 2019 caravan. She loves it. Bought it because the caravan has been the same for 10 years. To me that shows reliability. Working in a dealership, I always say on bad weather days Subaru, and soccer moms with caravans will show up for their appointments.

Came out great, family loves it!!!

Couple from previous years.

Couple vs. a few does matter, to you. It's all about the inches. You say it all the time. Too bad you didn't get the inches you so desperately wanted. Maybe next year you won't settle for mature. This fool will be doing it differently this part of season. Late season hunt, is certainly not the same as early bow, crossbow, gun, ect. Any human made food plot late season is a waste of time. The bucks will be bedding, and unless bumped, won't move. This time of year it seems deer will be lower on the hills. During gun I like ridges with briars, and shelves. This time of year I like valleys out of the wind with big and small pines. More shelter, and food source. And maybe I will decide to take a doe or 2 since I have been quite successful at seeing and watching deer this year. I hunt about 600 acres of land between mine and the neighbors. Late season I hit valley's and over looked brush lots near homes I have access too. Last weekend I watched 8 deer at different locations doing this. 50 yards behind barns near manure pile, down side of pond in a brushlot, behind neighbors house in pine rows. Hopefully everyone that goes out for the holiday hunt has some success with their family and friends this holiday season. This could turn into the best week of the season for some.

That's some really cool stuff Biz. Same for Airedale fun thread to follow.

I think my hip, problems today can be traced to,our drives in the 90s . Sit till,9 drive till 3, then sit again . Thing Was the drives required walking miles often through plowed up muddy farm fields , pounds of mud on each boot ,and many times I’d stop to try and pull my foot free, which I’d feel in the hip,joint . Drives were way more fun then sitting in a tree , we knew where they’d run,the action was outstanding . My absolute favorite buck is a litlle 7 pt my 14 y/o daughter pushed out of ditch and I dropped on a full out run .

Your a mess.....read the forum rules.....Mods don't delete accounts.....please for the good of the forum just don't log in tomorrow after logging out tonight. Sent from my SM-A716V using Tapatalk

It’s so interesting, everyday I’m at the gym with 50-60 maskless people breathing heavy ,spotting each other , the Mrs who has two risk factors was at a few stores today maskless OMG ! We’ve been in jam packed bars ,where no one wears a mask ,basically haven’t changed a thing in our lives ,zeros issues . Daughter #2 is on the phone with Mrs Nomad right now her friend she hung out with yesterday just tested positive, what should she do ? We said come home for Christmas! We don’t give a rats ass . I’ve been in close contact with three people who shortly after “ tested positive “ like hours together and nothing . I guess that J&J shot I got in the spring is working lol . Count down to Florida 3,2 ….

I agree fully with G man. Greed is the problem, not limits. It's the same as hunting, some people will kill everything they can without regard to sustainability. People can't just take what they need and leave a few for the next guy. I agree with Rob too, these guys that post pictures of limits of perch EVERY single day for a week straight are not sportsman to me. There's no way they are eating 300 jack perch, they simply want the public image of being an above average fisherman. I really hate the guys that sell them, is it even legal? I would be all for a 5 walleye limit on Oneida if you could trust people's respect for the resource. Otherwise it's the same issue, guys fishing for a month straight stockpiling more walleyes than they can possibly consume simply because it's legal, while depleting the population for everyone else. I would like to see a slot limit on the walleyes if they go to a 5 fish limit at the very least, but I doubt they will... Sent from my moto g fast using Tapatalk

Teaching the Southern nephews how to squirrel hunt

a property owner has every right to allow or not allow deer drives on their property. This place is funny. AS LoNG aS iTs LEGal everyone loves to throw out, but those same guys get their panties in a bunch when someone limits themselves or hunts a little different on their property. WHY doYOu CAre It ISNt YouR prOPErty aND nOT YouR dEEr

Have a snickers bar Karen you sound a little angry