Culvercreek hunt club

WOW...that one would have been really nice if you had given it a couple more years...

Ml in north was bow opener in south....if I had my bow I could have finished it of...with no bow.....if the guy gave me permission I probably would have had to make a call to the CO....I had the blood trail as back up....if it happened during NZ bow I would have to make the call too and hope he understood.

I waleye fish in Ogdensburg every May...right out in front of the port....us and about 200 others...lol

Spent 2 years living at the Cape and working at Drum....GREAT times up there...especially for a sportsman. Use to love the game feeds at an old bar there...I think sportsmans lodge..Don't know if you ever got that far west.

I think he said the St. Lawrence river had yet to get locks and dams when he was a kid....and something about having dinner with Herny Hudson...so you do the math, Fletch

We changing the site name to Survivor?...lol

my deer do wear santa hats for Christmas....was a condition to get them in . I figured 2 weeks out of 52 wasn't bad

ranting about Backstrapper being egotistical and basically having a case of cranial rectumitis...lol. I think Max was having a bad day

How many times have I told you to use a shorter neck rope?

Max....you are saying there was no farming going on for the piece of property you are talking about?

My high light was getting a gun hunting buddy of mine into bowhunting....helping him set up....practice...and being there when he took his first deer with a bow...nice spike. My low...sitting in my stand and thinking of past years and not being able to share it with my father because he can't bow hunt anymore....thank God he is still here to gun hunt.

Fair enough Geno...I respect that. G-man...lost my first deer this year and that exact scenarion you put up happened to me. Over a 2 mile track and a large creek crossing from Northern Zone and into southern zone. The farmer on the other side of the creek would not grant me permission to follow up on the tracking and I know it was dead on his land, based ont eh amount of blood during the track. This was opening weekend of muzzleloader in the NZ. I have permission from all the surrounding landowners to follow up on shots but never expected to have to swim for one...lol. Point taken

I have no idea the proximity to the property lines in this story but I think Doe is right on the mark. A deer hit as described could have easily stayed on it's feet for hours and covered a lot of ground. Hit where it was I would bet the blood trail could have been tough to follow. Mix that in with a god population of deer and a lot of tracks and this could have been a tough one to get. Geno----I think the general theme in all the posts was to emphasize the need for follow up....and that some out there may not do everything the absolutely can to recover game. This is one of those topics that as hunters we have to make a big deal about....hold the people we know or hunt with to a higher standard. There is no law against just shooting and making a half hearted peek to see if it was down. With no law we need to police ourselves. If you have trouble...get help.....make yourself available to others to assist in others recoveries. Tracking is a skill and there are ways to do it that are better than others. It should be practiced just like shooting itself. And when you have exhausted all options and can look yourself in the mirror and say "I did everything I could do"...feel bad....learn from it...and move on. Every missed opportunity...mistake...and even success makes us better hunters .....if we are doing our job right...lol

one word of caution on the BDC scopes.....I have no idea how accurate the graduations are but one thing is for sure....they are calibrated for maximum magnification. If they say the middle one is a 200 yard and the scope is a 3-9...it is 200 yard at 9 power ONLY

some pretty good recipes here I am going to try as well.... http://www.free-venison-recipes.com/

I looked into both propane and electric....I went with propane because it is more portable. I can use it at cookouts and a camp ....and the camp think was a big point for me because it is off the grid and I didn't want to have to run the generator for hours.

LOL...yeah we have one of those little check for cops windows on the door of our camp...lol

I am going to steal that design for next haloween...that is funny

You more of a lace kinda guy?

Those same folk probably would take the same dust off lazy approach to the crossbow ...and probably do with their guns too....." I was on 3 years ago when I sighted it in and it has been in my cabinet....has to be on"....I know of those guys too...sad

what herbacides do you use on clover plots. I didn't know there was one specific enough to use on clover without taking the clover too

I think the thing that pushed me over the line for mature deer aout 5 years ago was trailcams. Just like you said G-man. I started seeing what was out there and really wanted my tag on one of those. I think this year may have converted 2 buddies of mine as well. they got to see more big bucks this year between the cameras and scouting than they had ever seen in their lives combined. THey know what is out there and a very excited about taking one. The one benefit we do have in my area is a very liberal doe permit quota. I think it is harder to convince someone it is better to wait it a buck is the only option he has to take a deer.

Maybe the problem a lot hae with a "program" like that,Joe. is less the program itself but more with the salesmanship for it. The proponents sure seem to take an agressive holier than thou approch in many cases. That turn off would affect alot of people if you were trying to give them something for free....lol.

gonna piss of our female members...but....she is suppose to be a great cook....so go to stand and leave her at camp to cook

Bear are the toughest thing to estimate. Based on the ears and head relation.....I would say 200 live weight. I would rather take a look at the tracks if you wanted to better estimate the size of the bears on your property. That bear under the trailer would have been a great candidate for a honey burn up wind from it.