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Pretty good day for me in the woods. This morning I saw a doe and three bucks in one property in 8N. One buck gave me shot ten yards , which I miss. My crossbow bow limb hit the tree and it mess my shot. This evening I went to another property in 8H. I see a doe coming up the field and it disappears. 15 minutes later , I see six does coming up the lane and they head into another lane that I couldn’t shoot. Eventually, two decided to come back into my shooting lane. I took took the biggest doe of the two. Like always praising God for this harvest

So in this morning's daylight I could see much better and it appears to me this Fox has an injury, having problems with his rear leg I think. Moved him to more comfortable and larger quarters, he has a good appetite as he has downed two quarter pound hamburgers. No big deal to wait and see if he can come along and get better physically. Al

Thank You to all Veterans !

Missouri is on fire as expected after the cold front. Saw 2 shooters today, both of which were caught on cam. Muddy buck came to 62 yards but crossed creek bottom. Partner saw 5 shooters and punched his bow tag on a 6x5. Rifle season tomorrow.

Served in the US Army 10th Mountain Division 2002-2005. Iraq August 2003-mid September 2004. Infantry. Happy veterans day.

Hey Dan I hear you, there was a time that fox would have been shot on sight, but I believe this guy is the same Fox that was hanging around the place for most of the summer. I would see him out in the pasture catching mice and as long as I did not get too close to him he paid me no mind. Gray foxes are kind of rare around here and so long as he did not cause me any problems like the chicken killing reds I have to deal with from time to time I gave him a pass and actually enjoyed watching him. I will be the first to admit that as I have become an old man the free passes I give when hunting keep climbing, I hardly kill anything anymore. I have dealt with wildlife my whole life and am very careful especially with all the Coons I hunted, if I see any hint this Fox is sick with something bad it will be put down. Al

A solid looking 2.5 yr old 8 point on a mission, passed by at 60 yards just as I was typing that last post (2:40 pm). Hopefully, he comes back for some salad.

Hes going to follow you home after the drop off to get some more quarter pound burgers! I know i would be.. lol

Go anyway. You tried, leave a note and go. Weather just going to get worse.

Rutcation day today. Spike pushing 3 doe so far. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

slow, steady indoctrination of garbage to our young people over the years, got us here. Probably unsalvageable now. Sad.

Actually looking forward to Sat , Sun and Monday with the cooler temps rolling in. Already told work that Tuesday , Wednesday may be sick days depending on how things go over the weekend. Took Monday as a vacation day . What’s everyone’s thoughts ?

Well not really, I have a long driveway that has alarms and it is common to hear them go off because of various wildlife. Well tonight they were really bing bonging and I took a walk out with a flashlight for a look see. Did not see anything, the wife comes home from the store and tells me there is a fox in the driveway, she thought is was a cat because it trotted right up to her car. Came in and told me about it and I went out and there was a gray fox just walking around grubbing for food, I believe it is the same one that was here in the spring I photographed with the Turkeys. We pulled up close and I did a mouse squeek and he came right up to the car and laid down beside it. Man something not right here, Rabies is the first thing I think when I see wild animals that are not afraid of humans. So I watched him for a while and he did not appear sick and appeared nothing like any rabid animal I have seen on video. But it does seem to have an injury. I was not going to have him running around by the house for my dogs to mess with and I did not want to kill him for basically nothing, so I decide to catch him, cage him and if he is OK tomorrow I will take him for a ride, if he acts goofy I will put him or her down. So thats is what I did, caught him in my chicken catch net and put him in a cage with some food and water and will wait until morning and see how it goes. Al

Buddy said I can post his buck. Didn’t want to do it before he did.

hey can you pick me up 2 cheeseburgers w/Swiss & bacon & a coke

Appreciated and thank you to those have served this great Nation.

In and sitting. Feels deery! Bumped 4 or 5 that were together in my lower field on my way in but it’s ok, because the cool air feels good on my lungs. Still fighting week two of a really bad cold that turned into a lung infection. Good luck to those out there this morning!

Dead deer. If he just stayed there lifting and lowering his head instead of bolting when you guys found him. looking at the lower picture he either had stood up and layer down again in same bed or is bleeding out both sides. if you snuck back out quietly after bumping him, I’ll bet you find him dead and n his next bed within 100 yards or so. Again, if you did not push him last night. Good luck. Looks like you will get him to me.

A lot of blood, I would personally be pretty optimistic. Get out there at daybreak. Al

Got my girls here we will hunt this morning until it rains. Teddi using the crossbow. I have a ground blind set up where all these bucks I've seen crossing. Rob I think you took the right days off . Weather looks perfect! Now that I'm up here full time and retired I can't believe the amount of nice bucks I've seen. I think more bucks than does! Good luck Rob!

Shhhh , that rain will be out of here by Saturday afternoon ..

Got the scope mounted, found a old new stock set of Redfield two piece senior bases and mated up to a set of Leupold rings. The scope is a USA made Burris mini 3X9 with an AO, I think about perfect for this rifle. She all bore sighted and ready for the range, will start out with the factory Winchester 60 hps. Waiting for some components yet for my handloads and will be getting that done during what is supposed to be a rainy weekend. Al

Now he has twice the confidence when Mr Big does step out.

I'm on the other side of the state or I'd be happy to help. A few things to keep in mind as you start: It's going to take some time, especially the first few. After you've done a few and are more comfortable with it, it'll go quicker. Skin them while they're still warm. Trust me, it's sooo much easier than fighting with the hide after it freezes to the carcass. The actual butchering, the separating of the muscle groups, is also much easier if the deer is not frozen. Seems obvious, but I learned my lesson with this one early on. When they're still warm, you almost don't even need a knife to separate the muscles. Try to keep the meat clean as you go. Remove things like hair, damaged meat, silver skin, fat, etc where you can. It just makes for cleaner meat when it's packaged for later.

My dad has two Ford 8N tractors. They’ve been pretty good to us. Haven’t used them for plowing, but they’ll run a pull behind brush hog all day long. I’m sure they’d pull a medium sized disc harrow around well enough as well.

agreed, but at the same time I have seen dead deer run half mile

I am in for the last 3 hours of daylight plus 15 minutes. It’s past the mid-way point of my crossbow season, and that ends my “fussy” archery hunting. The first antlerless deer, or 3-1/32” unicorn that presents a good shot, is going to draw a bolt out of me. My parents have been seeing a large bodied deer come out and feed on this clover plot, every other evening, for the last month. I’m hitting this stand today and tomorrow to up my odds. I’d be out of buck tags right now, had I not been so fussy, passing a chip shot at a spike buck on the first Sunday morning of gun season up north, and a 4-pointer, on the first Sunday morning of crossbow down south. I am not overly concerned with the light rain that’s falling. The tree umbrella is doing a good job of keeping it off of me. I am not too worried about recoveries either. I heard or saw (4) of the (5) bucks that I have shot and killed with this Barnett Recruit crossbow and mechanical broadheads crash. The one that I had to blood-trail, about 100 yards, probably would have gone down closer had I not reused one of my old broadheads after a feeble re-sharpening attempt. I’ve got a brand new laser-sharp one on now.

You don't think upgrade a little. I would prefer live PTO and power steering. That's really all I need.

Who is the "she" who doesn't want to drive an hour? I'm a bit confused how some can be so sure that this and other deer shot by members in the past few weeks are definitely "dead deer". Most especially when hit with an arrow. Hopefully this one is dead and gets found, but others were not or never found. The only time I am ever 100% sure that any deer I shoot at is dead is when I walk up to it and it's not breathing. Otherwise I will NEVER be 100% sure that it's dead. They can be tenacious critters and can take a licking.

I’m in looking but she didn’t want to drive a hour unless I had permission So I just walking around looking I really think he’s dead

Not to worry ,Mike... I planted mine late last year and it turned out fine..I usually try to get it in around the third week of October....Last year it was Nov 7....

Thanks to all veterans ..

Thank you for your service

You said you watched blood come out of him. So where was the hit? It bedded quick so it's not a superficial hit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not liver that blood is bright. You will lose all blood with the rain coming I would grid search first light until it rains.

Yeah, we need rain in the worst way and I am hoping this stirs them up. Seems to be pretty hit & miss the last week.

Misses and I went out yesterday afternoon 8W. It was a bitter sweet afternoon , I had what im pretty sure was the wide 6 I’ve been after come in to right at 3:00 . Couldn’t see him but could hear him , after about 4-5 mins I felt the wind ever so slightly shift and hit my left side of my face and yep he bounded off . Wife she had a lot of action , had a buck chasing and challenging another buck right before end of legal light. She didn’t get a solid look but she said it was at least a 6, maybe a spike snd 2 does , at one point the doe were directly right behind her. At this point it was too dark to shoot and this ladder was in a pine tree. So at 5:40 I radio her that I’m packing up and she tells me she’s still got deer all around her. So instead of her getting busted climbing down out of the stand I decided to slowly walk up the dug rd. and push them off . The big doe was not happy and blew for several minutes . We didn’t get out of the woods till 6:20 . This is a first for the wife to see chasing going on and she was pretty excited .

Oh that was some of their biggest bitches. It’s like not real hard to stay away from that section if a person wants to. There should be an active political section especially the way this world is today. You saw where Chef never could give a reason for supporting the idiot democrats killing this country. But he voted for them.

Listen I understand your position as a mod, but how can you defend a site with an absentee owner who literally screwed over hard working hunters, who coughed over money for T shirts and other memorabilia and never came thru. I questioned you on this year's ago and in a nutshell you told me to chill and that you were in contact with BJ and he would make good by everyone, how did that work out for ya? Don't take this personal, I'm just upset at what ownership did or lack of. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed this site thru the years but lately not so much. I was one of the first members to join this site, sad to see it go to shit. The few remaining here should come over to the new site, same old and new faces, seems very legit so far and mods and owner are active and open to site suggestions. I think you could actually contribute in a positive way.

Just to add..... My steps are pretty solid. No jiggle or wiggle to them . Lol

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Your problem is, you should try not to think. I love how you guys come into these threads and talk crap, rather than try to address any of the thread content with any semblance of intellect. That fact that you cannot, and I point that out, is why you guys continue to ankle bite. But if that's the level you find suits you, bring it on. It's always entertaining. Now would any of you guys like to try and address the issues this country faces right now and discuss why November will be a critical point in our history, or is that too far above your IQ level to be possible?

In not quite 2 years, the new administration has managed to: 1) Put enough roadblocks in the way of domestic energy production that the cost of fuel doubled. 2) Flood cronies with trillions of taxpayer dollars 3) These both caused the highest inflation in 40 years 4) Weaken the international reputation of the country, emboldening an invasion of Ukraine and possibly Taiwan 5) Stop prosecuting violent criminals, causing a huge spike in violent crime 6) Stop teaching the basics in school, and instead forcing race and sex on elementary school kids. 7) Keep schools shut down so long that reading and math test scores plummeted. 8 ) Restrict the rebuilding of the supply chain with endless regulations 9) Utilize federal law enforcement to attack political opposition 10) Spend countless taxpayer dollars on a slick one-sided prime time soap opera which was intended to stop a former President from running again (which actually mattered to only 7% of the population) 11) Increase interest rates to a high enough level to increase monthly payments on student loans, home loans and other debt high enough to crush the poor and severely hamper the middle class. 12) Pass legislation which doubles the size of the IRS, so it can go after the poor and middle class much more effectively, and crush the gig economy and small businesses. (While lying about it only going after people making over $400K per year.) 13) Attempt to block freedom of speech of the individual if it disagrees with their agenda. 14) Increase government corruption to much higher levels. 15) Allow China, Russia, and Iran to increase their reigns of terror because the President’s family business took money from these people for influence peddling. I could go on, but you get the point. So, what is the case of the Democrats for staying in power and furthering their agenda toward central control and irrevocable dictatorship? That our democratic process is threatened. Oh, and abortion. Well, abortion is now being decided state by state, by a democratic process. And I’m pretty sure that a dictatorship is the opposite of democracy.