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I think the deer was a Liberal coming for a free handout !

Looks like it's drawing them in ........

I had my last cigarette at 8 am December 24 , 1979 . My dad died of lung cancer that year at the age of 66 . Cigarettes were $5.25 for a carton of Pall Malls at that time . I weaned myself off the habit and just quit . We used to get a small pack of cigarettes in our USMC C-rations . Cigs in the barracks machines were 18 cents a pack in 1959 and cigs aboard ship were one dollar a carton . The US government was subsidizing the tobacco growers . Now they want to hang them !

It's facing west toward an overgrown field the other side of my SIL's pasture lot . I expected the deer to come closer to the camera and jump the fence and go through the sumac trees . I am going to ask the property owner permission to set up a stand on his property where the deer seem to travel to get to my SILs pasture . He lives in Avon .

Do I hear an Amen ?

I have a Brinkman that cost about $170 3 years ago . It's a POS . I have never used the side burner . It has brackets that feed the gas from the main burner to the other burners and one of them has rusted and burned away . I was pricing a new unit and checking the Consumer Reports book and decided to try to make a part . I had some galvanized sheet metal and made a part that works . I had to make it twice as the 1st one didn't work too well . consumer report has the Weber Spirit SP-320 rated tops ( $600 ) Vermont Castings is 2nd ( $1200 ) ......probably the one Doc has in his shed Brinkman 810-2545 is one of the "best buys" ( $260 )

Camera is set a day ahead . I didn't realize it until I got home and the electric power came back on ....

Got some pics from my SILs property on Lima Road . This cam was set up in some thick stuff in a wet wooded area . There are all kinds of trails through the stuff . It's an overgrown field that hasn't had anything done to it in over 20 years .

I know a couple of speed freaks that are sooooo concerned about their bow speed . One uses cat whiskers and the other uses string leeches to quiet the string . However , they both have them placed wrong ( half way between the axle and loop ) . They are losing speed and would pick some up if they moved the whiskers / leeches closer to the axles . But who am I to tell these experts anything ! The WB is an excellent rest ! Speed kills but accuracy does a better job !

Yeah , you lose at least 3 fps with the biscuit .......

The only problem I had with a WB was shooting Qwik Spins as the tiny tabs would get screwed up in the whiskers . Oh yeah , you can't shoot FOBs through them either ! lol The WB is a nice containment rest !

Beautiful pictures !

I'll take DICKs Sporting goods over most of the overpriced "professional" stores any day . Some of the little stores think you owe them a living . I periodically shop at the little stores but if I can buy the same thing for a lot less i'm certainly not going to give away my money .

Another crook bites the dust !

I like the adjustable pin sights . I have a Tru-Glo Brite Sight on two bows . It is similar to the HHA but costs a lot less . As for rests , I have a DMI drop away on one bow and a Trophy Ridge Drop Zone on another . I would have stuck with the Whisker Biscuit rest but I shoot Quik-Spin vanes and that didn't work out too well . I tried a QAD Pro rest as I like the "full containment" but didn't like care for the rest and sold it in Classifieds on another site .

Wow ! Never saw anything like that anywhere .......

Remington 20 ga Accu-Tips ........ Here is the link http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/5-rounds-20-gauge-2-3-4-260-grain.aspx?a=879742

Because I have membership , it cost me $62.69 for 5 boxes 99 cents of that was for insurance .

I put one of the cheap 15' stands up at my SILs but the only way I could put it on the tree was facing straight out . Sooooo , I took a chain-on that I had laying around and mounted it side ways a few feet about the seat of the ladder stand so it's about 20' high . Works great ! Oh , and I buy the cables and locks at Harbor Freight . Almost all of my stands are locked to a tree .

I periodically check the straps and change them . It's cheap insurance .

http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/hunting/2009/10/bear-hunter-attacked-grizzly%E2%80%94and-shot-friend?cmpid=obinsite

You had to quote Slowhand's lengthy post just to say that ????????

Yes ! Those seat cushions are very uncomfortable and I seldom use one of them . I use my old standby 1" seat pad . I have short legs so the seat height is okay . My butt isn't that wide so the wire mesh seat is fine . And once again , for 50 $ , you can't beat it !

I have several of the ladder stands and havn't had any major problem installing them alone and i'm 71 1/2 ( lol ) . The only real problem I have had is fitting them sideways between limbs that I didn't want to trim . I strap the 3 sections to the rear basket on the ATV and haul it to the area I want the stand located . I don't mind the latch pins at all and I have never been shorted any hardware . I put the foot platform on ass backwards so it sticks out past the ladder a couple inches . That gives me a bit more foot room to stand on . I buy ratchet straps from Tractor Supply or Harbor Freight to strap the stand to the tree and I also like the adjustable support bar that come with the stand . Years ago they didn't adjust and that stunk plus the ladder sections just slid inside each other and there were no holes and latch pins . What the heck do you want for $50 ? I carry a couple sections of rope with me when installing a ladder stand . I tie to each side of the seat and when I get the stand against the tree , I criss-cross the rope behind the tree , and tie it to each side of the ladder to hold it in place so it will be stabilized and I can climb up and ratchet strap the seat platform to the tree . I usually put some weigh on the ladder rung to press it into the ground as it is a rarity to have both rungs equal . If they are equal , I use a piece of 2"X4" board and a couple of spikes . I drive the spikes in the 2X4 and slide the spine heads into the ladder rungs . I have 12 ladder stands on 5 different properties and have a couple new stands to install this summer .

I just bought 5 boxes of Remington 20 ga Accu-Tips from Sportsmen's Guide ..........