skyhunter

thanks for the reply. two reasons why there isn't the normal trail cam stamp on the bottom: 1st) I set the date / time stamp on my Bushnell trail cams to the "off" position and don't get that line on the bottom of the original pictures. you can still easily access that data to see when the picture was captured. 2nd) I edit most of my originals often cropping them when necessary to bring in the subject of interest.

very nice capture

my hunting buddy recently moved to a new place and I set up a couple of Bushnell Trophy cams there. they wound up capturing some fawns and one very big surprise.

that's a nice little one you captured there. vegetation sure grows up quick this time of year. nice spot but it looks like it's time for a little trimming.

you didn't list the model number. there are over 20 different models of Trophy cams with varying MSRP's.

this statement from juror B-37 speaks the truth: That juror said she didn't think the shooting was racially motivated and that Zimmerman would have reacted the same way to someone of any race. It is shameful that our justice department brought this case to trial claiming a racially biased defendant, when in fact they had launched their own investigation into the possibility of Zimmermann being racist, and found that he not only wasn't but was the complete opposite. It is both sad and shameful that Obama and Holder are both claiming racism when in fact they know it wasn't. Who are the real racists here; the white Hispanic defendant or the two white blacks who brought the case to trial?

very nice pics and good potential on both of those. as far as antler growth goes I have found from my past trail cam pictures that the bucks in my home area exhibit little to no antler growth after July. here are before and after pictures of a buck I followed last year. the 1st pic was captured on July 30th. at this time the buck's rack appeared to be full grown. the 2nd pic was captured on September 28th. though the rack appeared much smaller in this 2nd picture due to the absence of velvet, it is clear that there was no more antler growth between the two dates.

"but it just might be a lunatic your looking for"

lots of antler for early summer. another few weeks of growing should produce quite a buck there.

looks like a good ole backscratcher tree

I recall someone saying that America had finally succumbed to propaganda. Sad but true and it will be difficult if not impossible to reverse this trend. America has become the giant plant from the "Little Shop of Horrors". feed it the blood of Americans and the result is an appetite that grows and grows to the point where it can no longer be appeased. Ignorant liberals believe they are taming the arrogant monster that America had become, but in reality they are creating a even bigger monster that has already eaten every dollar earned by hard working Americans. A monster that now owes trillions and can only survive in the future by sucking every drop of blood from these same American workers. That monster is our America under Barack Hussein Obama and sadly there is no cure for ignorant Americans that have succumbed to propaganda.

he looks like he might go fairly wide but he's still a young buck. good potential though.

nice scenic setting you picked there. good size coyote and will be real nice when a rack appears in that sweet backround.

yep, hen poking her head in there to the right. good catch.

there were no laws broken by the student. the bias acts of the principal are obvious when he said " Gary wouldn't have been expelled if he had admitted that he was wrong in parking the truck with the unloaded weapons on school grounds." the board then found Gary had not parked on schools grounds nor had he broken any laws. in this case it is the principal who needs to be expelled / terminated from his position as he is prejudice and acts without any reference to the law. he is the one who broke the law with his actions and having his act reversed without himself suffering consequences is appalling.

good stuff. looks well traveled. I noticed your cam is facing east by southeast. the sunrise rise will factor into many pictures here. best trail cam results are normally achieved by north facing units where the sunlight will be coming from the south for most of the day and the light will be behind your camera and shining on your subjects. good luck.

like "Hunter 1" and "wdswtr" have said, legs are too long for a mink. here is a good picture of a mink:

wow, that's a super start.

any mention of the dreaded world changing crossbow will lead to this. It is a monster that must be slayed in order for nations to survive. BTW, you can turn off those e-mails notifications.

serious? why not shoot what ever method yields enjoyment in the hunt?

the article doesn't say whether or not the fish had an " official" weigh in. you would think it would have had to in order to be declared the state record. the fisherman must have quite a large hand being as his hand dwarfs the head of the fish.

I agree that a lot of carbon shafts are too light for my taste. I last shot 2213 Easton Super Slams but made the switch to carbon way back when Gametracker was the only carbon game in town. That company sure did go a long way from their original product the gametracking string. Today I prefer the smaller diameter (17/64 + 18/64 inch) Easton 340 carbon shafts that go 9.5 grains per inch where with a 100 grain point you can still achieve arrow weights in excess of 400 grains. Today manufacturers are speed crazy and that is their main selling point. As a result hunters who like a heavier carbon arrow are getting less choices.

The date was Nov 7, 2010 as I was hunting a treestand located where hardwoods transitioned to a wide open scenic landscape. Looking back, I had just deployed a lone wolf climbing stand on the previous day after scouting a new location, and locating a narrow stretch of woods that lead to a larger chunk known to be a bedding area. I hoped if a buck were to seek out the action in that woodlot he would likely walk within bow range of my stand being as this corridor was about 60 yards wide and I was planning to be perched over the heavily used trails all running parallel and within 30 yards of my tree. I decided to leave the stand idle that afternoon after placing it, but this was a very difficult choice as the whitetail sign that I had seen there was as fresh and heavy as any that I had ever witnessed. Hunting another location that afternoon, I was however feeling very anxious to hunt this “new” stand the following morning and had a very good feeling about it. I have had that feeling before and it didn’t pan out, but somehow this time it just felt right. The next morning from the time I woke up things started to go wrong. Checking my bow I found the top fiber pin on my Extreme sight broken and I scrambled to find a lighter and some glue to get a temporary pin in place. Next running late, I couldn’t find my car keys and checked everywhere 3x’s before finding them in my soft bow case. Very relieved I was now able to make it to my stand as first light was starting to break. I climbed up on that cold morning of Nov, 7 and started to get settled in, but after looking for my #1 release, I couldn’t find it and had to dig out #2 from the bottom of my pack. All good as #2 is about the same Scot release as # 1, but I better not drop this one. the tree stand: view from the stand: After 2 uneventful hours of seeing nothing I was disappointed and concerned that maybe the wind direction was affecting my chances as my scent seemed to be streaming towards the bedding area, and not one deer had appeared from that direction. I did however at that time rationalize that if a deer were to be seeking out that location it could likely approach from upwind of my stand. Hope restored I sat and waited. Not long after I saw movement coming from far away on my upwind side. As the movement got closer I could see that it was single deer and after raising my rangefinder I could now see that it was definitely a buck. The animal started to take a route that was not going where I would have hoped as the buck hugged the edge of an open field area as far away from my funnel location as possible. I could now see that this buck was a good one as he hastily skirted the edge at about 55 yards from my tree stand. If he were to continue this route I would not have a chance at a shot as he was well out of range. Feeling helpless I quickly pulled the Knight + Hale “pack rack” from my bellows pocket and cracked it together hard one time. The loud sound stopped the buck and what transpired next was the longest 5 minutes of tension that I have ever endured on any hunt. The buck would stare in my direction but not commit, moving only a few yards at a time as he “inched” closer. A few times he appeared to be done with the game and started to move away but another crack of the call kept him interested. Now looking directly in my line as he was about 40 yards away, I could see that he was a fairly heavy antlered buck, and I became nervous hoping that he was actually looking though me and not at me. All signs were that he was indeed still seeking out the source of the simulated antler sound as he again closed a few yards closer. Now at about 35 yards away the buck was in some cover and heavily quartering towards me, but if he were to keep his line of travel it could lead to a broadside angle at about 25 yards. I looked for a shooting lane if that were to happen and there was a fairly good one there. After again standing still for a number of minutes the buck started to make what would be his last move. Unfortunately he did not fully commit to my opening and started to tail away as I drew my bow. The situation had just become critical as I felt the mature buck had had enough and was now leaving in a hurry. I frantically made the ”Bill Jordan” mouth grunt to stop him and he did pause. I was able to get off a quick shot at the buck using my 20 yard pin. The “firenocked” backed lighted arrow appeared too indicate a low hit in the area of the heart and I was excited as the buck ran towards the bedding area. As it turned out a shooting mistake had been made here but I hadn’t yet been aware of what it was. Well I got on the phone with a few hunting buddies and told them the story, but after being a bit unsure of the hit I decided to wait in the tree for a while. As it turned out this wait turned out to be a very long while. An hour later a buck appeared to be coming from the direction that “my” buck had ran earlier and my first thought was that it looked like a good one. Then it looked very familiar as it was again skirting the field edge and I realized that this was probably the same buck that I had shot at. The buck looked to be acting oddly and it was soon apparent that it was struggling to stand up. Then he went down but got up and walked down the same trail from where he had originally come from an hour earlier. The buck now standing in the very spot where I had first noticed that he was a good buck, went down again; this time as it turned out for good. He was about 70 yards away and not moving but I waited in my tree an additional hour just to make sure he did not get up again and he didn’t. Now how lucky is that when a buck runs off and then returns an hour later and drops within view of your treestand. Maybe that luck is on an equal par with the lucky hit that I put on the buck. Upon recovering and tagging the buck and examining the hit, as it turned out the arrow had struck the deer much lower than where I had perceived the lighted nock entrance hole to be. Upon review the broadhead had entered below the heart and struck a main artery that runs low along the abdominal cavity. The buck had taken a while to bleed out and his hour long tour wound up ending right where it had started. the buck: Looking for an answer for the low hit I asked myself what had happened. Like most I have a few bad hits in my history but this time I thought I had executed a good shot. I did realize that “in my mind” this shot was going to happen at 25 yards and I also expected that I would be both stopping the buck for the shot and shooting low to counter “ deer drop”. I was mentally locked in on the 20 yard pin but looking back now I remember the buck stopping short of the 25 yard location and tailing away before I could stop him and get off the shot. With things happening fast and furious and with the situation critical, I made an error in shot distance shooting for 20 yards when the buck was probably more like 30. On my bow (410 grain arrow at 260 fps), I get about 8” of drop from 20 yards to 30. Thus, this is as good an excuse for the low hit as any that I could think of right now. At the time of the shot and after seeing the lighted nock hit around the heart area, I willed my self into believing it was a good hit when in reality it wasn’t. After the fact it is obvious to me that I screwed up the shot and got lucky, but nevertheless I also do credit myself for creating the chance to get lucky in the first place, and I am very proud of my buck. Sometimes that’s what it’s all about; give yourself a chance and see what happens. While I have had my share of bad luck experiences with big bucks this time the “deer gods” smiled upon me. Thank you! the mount:

I believe the seasons that it was legal to hunt with had an expiration date of Dec 31, 2012 attached, and that a new bill allowing their use in future seasons / years had not been passed or made official. sad news for NY that the NY Bowhunters club has that much power to lobby Congress against the wishes of the majority of the NY hunting population. I hunt with a compound bow and while this conflict remains as big a hypocrisy as any that exists in government; that's what lawmakers and those that lobby them are: colossal hypocrites.

just married and she already gained 5 lbs. that mouth is never shut. I shoulda taken a longer look at her mother.