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I was wondering if you could trim limbs off as you go up . But , like Doc was saying , that tree in the demo was quite ideal / perfect .

Before I even bought my in-line I bought a book by Sam Fadela that explained everything you would want to know about shooting BP . I looked all over for it and then called my youngest son as I recalled loaning it to him . He still has it . I think I paid less than $20 for it on Amazon or at Borders . Barnes and Noble may have it .......

I will be trying my luck again tomorrow but I sure hate getting up at 4 am . It never bothered me much in my younger days but now , it sucks ! I took my son's Mossberg 835 to the range this am to check it out . Ist shot at 50 yards was right in the black . I put a couple more in there and then hit low . He is using the Brenneke KO slugs . Decided it was me not the gun and that all shots were in the killzone at 50 yards . I moved the scope up 8 clicks and put 2 shots at the top of the 4 1/4" black ring . After a dozen shots I started to flinch a tad but was still in the kill zone and figured I would leave well enough alone . It's ball parked but we don't all have the same sight picture and what's good for me might not be good for Nick . When I got home I took the barrel off and gave it a good cleaning . Ran a the bronze brush through it and the a crapload of patches . Then , in all my brilliance , I decided to remove the trigger housing group . Once I did that the carriage interupter fell out . As I was putting that in the carriage stop fell out . Dayum !!! I took out the bolt slide and couldn't remember which way it went back into the opening . I was working up a sweat and thinking I was going to have to bag a bunch of parts and to to a gunshop . I asked my wife not to talk to me for a while and took my time working on the re-assembly . I finally got it back together and everything works fine . I was sweating bullets for a while . It's one clean shotgun ! I'll give the gun back to my son when we hunt together this coming Sunday .

I saw something similar to that on a hunting site several years ago . It was for someone who was wheelchair bound but still pretty neat .

This might be my next Tattoo

Nice story . Congrats on your buck .

erussel ---- I would love to have seen the look on the guy's face when he 1st saw the stand piled up !

The thing I don't like about the WildGame cameras is ...... none that I own take multiple shots like my Moultries . Their battery life is pretty good .

Another bummer of a day . I left my bowhunting to my son and headed to the woods . Never saw a thing down there . I was in the stand by 6:30 . It's not quite a mile walk . At 8:45 I heard a shot . My son said a doe had snuck in behind him and he had to stand up and turn around in the ladder stand . He said he hit her in the leg so I told him to wait and see if she might lay down and stiffen up in case he caught more than the leg . He waited an hour and she had laid down in the lane-way but got up and booked as soon as she saw him . I had him get back in his stand and said I would drive the thickets to possibly push something to him . When I came into view he got down and pointed to the far end of the field about 500 yards away . There were 2 doe up there . They crossed the field and looked back . Nick said that 3 deer hauled butt out of the thick stuff and ran up to the far corner and apparently the 2 I saw were looking for the third one . We went up to our vehicles , got something to eat and went back to the stands . Around 3 pm , I got down and we double checked the area for the doe that was hit in the am . Nothing ! At 4:30 we called it quits for the day . I brought his gun home with some of his slugs to check it out at the range . I know everyone has a different sight picture but I would like to know how far out of whack the gun is actually shooting . I'll probably go back Friday . I need to give my back a rest !

The DEC checked me on the Gibsonville Road between Leicester and Perry during deer season in 1966 . I was also checked for a fishing license in 2003 in Calicoon , ny . No problem either time .

Heading for Geneseo in a few minutes . It's ccccccccold with snow flurries later . I hate sitting in 25 degree weather !

That's dumb . I had called them about replacement hubs . The lady told me they didn't have them at the time and would cost $40 for a set of 5 . Why would they have replacement hubs and not the skins ?

Maybe they should do this ..........

Talk to the neighbor's . If they don't mind , they might even welcome someone taking a few "shrub eaters" . You might find that you have a new found Honey Hole !

No - It's a pic I had in my archives that I though might bring a few laughs . It sure would work though .

The politically correct term is "redistribution" ! Work hard to own something only to have to share it with the less unfortunate who are too lazy to work .

How to take care of a Tresspasser if you own a backhoe .........

If they ever stop making Moon Pies , the South will rebel !

Welcome to Hunting NY ...........

I am convinced that it was totally myself that caused the miss on the doe Sunday . I went over to the range today and fired 6 shots . My shots were on the money as far as left / right goes . At 50 yards I was 2 1/2" to 3" high which is where I want to be hitting . That should make me good out to 100 yards but I don't know about 140 yards like Sunday's shot . I would like to have sighted in on the 100 yard range but there were shooters there and reloading , cleaning , etc is a bit time consuming and I didn't want to get rushed . Hopefully I will get another shot Wednesday when I hunt with my youngest son again . Gave the Huntsman a good cleaning when I got home . I wonder if I should take a foul shot before hunting ..............

I hope they catch the thieves , give them a fair trial and then Hang Them from the tallest tree !

I guess I would try to contact the culprits and request that they remove the stand from your property . Since you mentioned neighboring camp , I imagine that you aren't and cannot be there all the time . If you tick people off , they will no doubt , retaliate and do some property damage when you aren't around . Try to contact them and talk it out first .

I hope your conversation with your neighbor has solved the problem . And ..... yes , it's better to talk things out and get everything settled but I was under the impression that he was ignoring your contacts . Good luck !

When are you going to talk to him , after an accident ? Call the authorities ...........

Missed a doe today . Took about 140 yard shot at a standing doe and hit nothing but air as far as I could tell . Around 9:30 I had 2 doe come in from behind me and trotting . They stopped about 70 yards out . I couldn't get a clear sight picture and didn't shoot . About 15 minutes later 4 doe came across the back of the woods and I figured they were out of range but I wanted to shoot the ml so I cranked off a shot . They hauled butt , crossed the ditch and were long gone . Checked all around where she was standing and where they crossed . No blood . I called my son around 10:45 and told him I was going to walk slow through the thickets and might push something to him . There are numerous trails across this area but too thick to set anything up to hunt from . Anyway he said a small racked buck came out of that area about 100 yards to his right but he couldn't get a clear view as the treestand is set up in a Willow Tree and too many limbs hanging in the way . The tree stand was set up for bow hunting to shoot to the north and west . My son got a large doe from that stand last season during gun season . It started snowing some of the wet stuff and we called it a day . Tomorrow I hope to go to the range and check out my in-line to see if the scope is still adjusted or if I just blew the shot .