Leaderboard

Around 4:00 this happened. I will write something up in the bow harvest thread for those who are interested in the emotional rollercoaster between 3:15 and 4:00 ish. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Father scored this afternoon. BIG old camel head doe

I spent some time with my grandaughter (around lunchtime) practicing archery in the backyard before heading to the woods. Got the spot I wanted (the spot I hunted Sunday) with perfect wind. Found lots of fresh sign and climbed the same tree I sat Sunday. Around 3:00 ish I saw what I thought was a 6 point headed my way browsing slowly. It took about 5 minutes for the deer to come within range, but behind brush. I kept thinking Crappie would say what a sexy six. Twice I drew and had to let down as the deer took its sweet time to clear the cover. At 15 yards, I drew and held as the deer was facing towards me. Eventually, at about 10 yards the deer turned enough to expose vitals and I let the arrow loose. The deer ran a few yards and I could see my arrow and lighted nock stuck in the ground. The deer walked in a 10 yard circle as if it was trying to figure out what just happened. Then the deer trotted off. That was the strangest reaction I have ever witnessed from a deer that had been wounded. I took compass reading of last sighting of the deer and sat wondering what just happened. Curiosity got the better of me and within 15 minutes, I was on the ground checking out the arrow and looking for confirmation of the hit. I found white hair and the arrow was covered in rumen. My heart sank. Did I blow a 10 yard shot? My mind raced as I tried to understand what went wrong between release and impact and trying to correlate that with the deer's reaction. Nothing made sense, so when in doubt, back out. I packed up, marked the point of impact and headed out. My rout would take me in the direction the deer had headed. Eighty yards away, to my surprise, I saw the deer laying dead. I was so thankful and relieved. I went from one of my lowest of lows to the highest of highs. Turns out the sexy six was a fine five, but I was happy none the less. From what I could tell, the arrow hit both lungs, liver and stomach. Not sure how that happened. Anyway, I am relieved that it was a humane kill. Better yet the deer ran 80 yds closer to the truck, so win-win. The 400 yd drag was all uphill, but I knew that going in. I may still "hunt" in January, but it will be more about getting outdoors than anything else. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Up and ready to roll out. Never hunted on my birthday before. This feels weird.

Quick tailgate shot .Fur has been plentiful again this year .Bit sloppy though .Nice not having snow .Big score of the day was (14) Green Giant arbs @$7 ea.Found them in the corner of a local box store .

So I have decided to go on a journey and start to eat better. I know this is something many do and sometimes struggle to find healthy food that tastes good. I will chronicle some of my meals here and updated on my progress as well. Tonight was the start and I’ll see how it goes. Half roasted chicken with quinoa broccoli and asparagus. I make a simple sauce of lemon juice, salt and pepper to go over the top Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm less concerned about the ongoing differences of opinion than I am that the sides have stopped listening to each other. There is value in keeping an open mind and not trying to dismiss your opponent's argument before even considering it. I hear these calls for civil war, and I'm guessing that the callers haven't a clue as to what that would entail. No matter what folks claim, we live in a free country. This thread is proof of that. I think that we've been in a good place for so long, that we've forgotten how bad things can get. Forget history, doomed to repeat it and all. One of our adjacent landowners in an old German woman. She lived through WWII, and she tells me, "Cleave to the middle, loudly and firmly. I've seen what happens when you let the extremists have their way". So this is me, standing firm in the middle. Remember, we have more in common than not. Okay, jumping off the pulpit to go shoot some deer - there's snow on the ground in WNY!!

Button bucks whole heartedly believe in the 3rd rut

We are Settled in the for the last 2 hrs. Looking down a gas line hoping something moves from bedding to food. If they are already between me and food.... Dad is waiting for them on the edge of a cut bean field. We shall see.....! Sent from my SM-A716V using Tapatalk

In case anyone is curious I got a good example of how far a buck will go after it’s jumped this morning… I kicked up a 2 or 3 year old still hunting and 20 minutes later it trotted by a cell cam a mile away on the other side of the road. Honestly pretty surprised… he passed by plenty of good options within 1/4 to 1/2 mile but I guess felt the need to cross a road and over a half mile of open fields in broad daylight Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I hate everyone that hunts anything but deer during deer season. Its a character flaw, Im working on it

Happy birthday! We all pitched in and convinced the DEC to extend the season in honor of your birthday! Thought it would be better than a crappy card! You’re welcome! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In a Red state, not controlled by the idiots he voted for that imposed mandates. Welcome to a hypocrites world.

Sucked at the hokey pokey too. Put your right foot in , put your left foot in …

In for the afternoon. Bumped one from under the stand but only saw the flag Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

CDC changed isolation from 10 days to 5 days so people can return to work quicker. soon it will be 3 days, and then finally 0 days like we should have done for the past 24 months and we'd be way ahead of where we are now with the same exact outcome.

Back to the original topic: Let's face it there is no rhyme nor reason to any of this. I personally know of a family of five that have all been vaccinated and decided to get tested because they were planning on visiting relatives over the holidays. Lo and behold one of the five tested positive so all five have to quarantine. Just yesterday my daughter called to tell us that her and her husband are sick and got tested. Both have the exact same symptoms. After two different types of tests each with the same results he has covid and she is negative. He is up and around after a couple of days and says the effects were no worse than a bad cold. Best part of it is they believe they got sick from someone visiting from out of state that felt "off" but not really sick. Said person flew back home on Sunday and was back to work on Monday without getting tested and her husband has tested positive. Two of my daughters' touch hole relation have not had a vaccination, have had covid twice, and continue to go about their business with no concerns. One of the two stands to lose his six-figure job working for a company under federal contract because he refuses to get the shot. Another relative and wife who refuse to get the shot (along with their adult children) remain healthy and unaffected even though their unvaccinated adult children and grandchildren have all had covid and visited on a regular basis. Seems to me it really doesn't make a difference whether one gets the vaccination or not. It is not preventing people from getting covid and at best will reduce the severity one could experience. Like one contagious disease expert said in a recent interview. Vaccinated or not we are all likely to contact covid. How each person reacts to the virus will vary from person to person. Until they develop a shot or pill that can cure or prevent covid we are all at the mercy of the virus and can only hope for the best outcome if infected. To get vaccinated or not should remain a personal choice.

There is plenty of evidence of voter fraud, just nobody chooses to report on it or do anything about it.... We have an election that is impossible to audit. Does that seem ok to you? Would you run a business this way?

RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO GEORGIA ELECTION RESULTSThe list of irregularities in Ga are significant….an estimated 60% off.THE SCALE OF THE CHEATING IN GA IS OFF THE CHART… The U.S. District Court found on Oct 11th, 2020 the Dominion Voting System that was used in the November 2020 election is unverifiable to the voter and in violation of two Georgia statues There are six sworn affidavits of counterfeit mail-in ballots in Fulton Co. election results scaling into the tens of thousands State Farm Arena video shows at least four violations of Georgia election law Approximately 43,000 DeKalb Co. drop box ballots have no chain of custody forms to authenticate them Tru-Vote Geo tracking showed evidence of ballot harvesting teams driving repeatedly to drop boxes in Fulton and Dekalb All 350,000+ original in-person ballot images in Fulton are missing in violation of federal, state retention law All 393,000+ original ballot images in Cobb are missing in violation of federal, state retention law At least 17,720 certified in person recount votes have no ballot images in Fulton 18,325 voters had vacant residential addresses according to U.S. Post Office 904 voters were registered at a P.O. Box address which is illegal All or large parts of 2,000,000 original ballot images from 70+ Georgia counties are missing Failure to make mandatory check of ballot envelope signature to signature on file resulted in absentee ballot rejection rate drop from 3.47% to .34% allowing about 4,400 extra dubious ballots to be counted The U.S. District Court found Secretary of State’s office “not credible” on August 16th, 2019 [pg70] A report compiled by Matt Braynard and his team at Look Ahead America provided specific, verifiable evidence that likely illegal ballots exceed the margin of victory in the Presidential race Statistical abnormalities identified in many GA counties by former Army Intelligence Captain, Seth Keschel show that it is implausible that the election results are correct. LOOK WHAT THE ARIZONA AUDIT FOUNDThe margin of victory in the Presidential race was about 10,000 votes but over 50,000 invalid votes were castFrom the voterga.org websiteHERE

Theres a myriad of reasons why you are banned from the office but Covid is not one of them Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Today’s breakfast Scramble with 3 egg whites, 1 whole egg, tomato, kale, mushrooms. Half a avocado and sriracha Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This didn’t work out too good for my brother yesterday. He saw 15 deer walking through the woods in a single file (yarding up?) and shot at the last one…sabot hit the deer at 40 yards and bounced off. Apparently only part of one of the pellets ignited.

Honestly the best I’ve ever done was following a weight watchers book. I didn’t do the meetings or anything just did the book and the point system. It really taught you to eat healthy and smaller portions. Not a fancy designer diet just plan ol taking care of yourself. I probably dropped 40 pounds following weight watchers and working out 45-60 min a day 3-4 days a week. Which was before kids and a lot easier to do. A big dinner and a drink or two at night is what’s killing me right now along with the holiday eating. I just got done crushing 15 wings and 2 IPA’s out to dinner with the family. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

He's been terrified since day one and finds comfort from the party using the virus as a reason to control people.

That deer had one tough life running around like that

I'll be following along. I'm down 40 lbs. since mid September. Counting calories, low fat. and low carb. Also walking more. Best of luck to you!

This tree stand is just right! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey I have one that I haven't used in years. It might cost ya though!!! Coffee and a danish!!

With the amount of strain being put on these herds with this extra late season ,I’m surprised their not jumping in the back of the truck giving up .

No wonder the flu was miraculously cured. The PCR test couldn’t differentiate between the flu and Covid. The CDC finally is no longer going to use it. How many people do you think were misdiagnosed with Covid? This whole thing is a freakin joke. Now they say just stay home for a 5 days and you’re good. This whole Omicron crap is nothing but the common cold.

That looks like a slam dunk spot .I’d have some traps set on that gas line also LOL .

Came out for an afternoon sit. When I left the house the wind was right for this stand that over looks 2 food plots. No that I’m up here the wind is blowing right into the one food plot. Oh well. No snow and 37 degrees. It will be interesting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And does...... Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

Less than a mile from the house-A great time last year (even though we didn’t fish lol)

We have planted them before pretty heavily and we're seeing under-utilization like never before. That's across a few different properties miles apart. It's a weird year. We don't rely on the plots but often late season you can find one or two situations where you can make a move. This season - not a single move so far to be had. Between cams, scouting, and stand observations, there isn't a four year old in the mix. A pair of three year olds that we'd prefer make it to next year - both 110-120. A buck we counted on being around this time is MIA; we have his shed from last season and he was a homebody for the late season on our ground. He disappeared after velvet and I have to assume someone cleaned his clock. Shame because we passed him due to a broken g2 last three days of MZ last year. He was a bully buck and was at least 5.5 this year.

99.9% have serious underlying issues though.

I’ve said from the get go, “ you either have it, had it or will have it .” Dr. nomad out .

Does forgetting your primers at home count? If so that was yesterday morning.

I still don't consider see-through leggings to be inappropriate. They said "casual fridays"

i always fire a primer as the only misfire issues ive ever had were from the gun sitting all year and then wouldnt fire off the first primer at the range before season. This happened to me twice. I think its from sitting and any left over cleaning solution runs down the barrel over the year. But since ive done that never had a problem. It basically burns off or cleans out the area and is good to go. Well worth one primer to be sure

Happy Birthday Turkey Feathers ! Turkey Feathers picking out a New Suit for his Birthday ............

Bell & Evans Organic is the proper name

I need to lose 30 for sure. I'm gonna get back to my regimen too. I lost 100 pounds years ago and have since put 40 back on over the last 12 years. I will eat basically one meal a day. Meat and vegetable. And every other day is soup. Anything else is a small bowl of cereal. I will still have breakfast on the weekends as that's my thing. But it will be my only real meal and I will have it midday and also cut that down with less carbs. And of course lots of working out or chores. Hopefully a lot of that will be working on the hunting spot and hiking with the dog. And also back on the regimen of every night from 6-7 is workout time. Good luck Chef! It sucks being a good cook sometimes. Lol.

Went out today around 1, planned on doing a ground hunt with the bow. When I got there I changed plans to scouting. I found my first ever group of rubs, about 10 within 20 yrds, tracks every where. I was able to follow very clear defined deer trails, about 50 yrds from the rubs I bumped a 6 point buck. He didn't see me but spooked cause he heard me. I'm assuming based on the clear track trails, the tons of rubs, the near by bed, that this must be this bucks home. What do you guys think, should I set up tomorrow morning on one of his trails or leave him for the rut next year? He is in a spot that no one goes to, deep deep in the woods. Edit: Is there ever a members meet and greet or anything like that? I know literally know no one who hunts and would love to be able to swap stories, etc., in person.

I used this guy for the first and last time this year. Was given a deer from the holiday special hunt. As most processors were closed I took the deer to Larry's. Who puts meat on foam plates wrapped with cling-wrap? This guy. What does he think I'm going to do, have a cook out the same day as I pick it up? My wife & I had to repackage all the meat so it could go in the freezer. We also ended up with less than 14 lbs of meat. It was a small buck but there should have been at least 25 lbs. of meat. For what he charged I could do better myself. Hope this is his last year of deer processing.

Yes, I’m also ok with the civil war that will hopefully happen sooner than later. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lets go to two masks with gloves and goggles. Whats the big deal?? Its goddamned ridiculous to think a loose fitting paper or cloth mask stops a virus and its time to knock it off Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Success! He loved it and immediately put it on its own shelf before his siblings could destroy it.

Ha, tell that to our asshole President you voted for! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk