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It will be a great game!

Nice gun Doe, good luck with it!

You must go through a few pair of boots per year. No wonder you stay so thin! lol Great picts and I really love the wagon wheels. Nothing like seeing your pictures when I'm up 17 floors in Manhattan, your a world away but you bring it right to me! Thanks Wooly

Outfitter down in Ohio sets round bails out and the yotes jump on top of them waiting for mice to come out. He nailed a bunch last year doing this.

Looks great, I really like that mount. I prefer the mouth closed then to all the teeth showing in a threatening way. Really nice!

Hi test gas and a fuel stabilizer. I could use some pointers also.

The 529 has to be from NYS to be deductible on your state taxes.

That is great! How about putting that hunters prayer on a slab of wood for me, let me know how much and we can go from there. A Hunter’s Prayer 0 Lord, I am a hunter And life I seek to take But let me not attempt the shot Beyond my skill to make For Lord they are your creatures Given for our use But each one falls within your sight They're not for our abuse And when I loose my arrow Please guide it swift and true Or let it miss completely, Lord That pain be not undue A clean kill or no kill, Lord Such is my heart's desire Give me the skill to make it so Or let me hold my fire And when my time upon this earth The days they are fulfilled Grant that I may die at least As clean as those I killed

Happy New Year everyone!

Do yourself a favor and get to know the other landowners. This year people got access to a 5 acre lot that borders me and my neighbor. These people showed up 5 of them were caught in my neighbors stands and were on my property about 100 yards in posted. Do not retrieve a deer without permission. I would have no problem granting permission if they would just introduce themselves but they blew it. Now in two weeks there will be 3 times the posted signs that are there now.

Find a woman that knows how to hang a tree stand. Work less play more. Get together with the guys and make more music together.

Wow, Jim Shockey watch out. Sounds like areal sweet set up, did I say I'm jealous?

Pretty cool, It's amazing how different the bucks look after dropping their horns.

Culvercreek, Nice way to convey the way you feel out there, thanks.

What the heck, pretty nutty for sure.

This is turning out to be a real good topic, I feel that we are all getting to know each other a little bit better. No right wrong here just your true feelings. I respect each one of you for replying to this topic. Thanks

Steve, That is a great prayer. That will go on my cabin wall for sure, thanks.

Two excellent posts guys, thanks. BTW for me there is no right or wrong to this, just trying to see how others handle it.

for the animal you just killed. The doe I killed this year brought back feelings of compassion for the animal I just killed. A clean shot that kills the animal before I get to it is best for me. I have shot deer in the past and dropped them in their tracks only to have the animal live another 5-10 minutes. These animals as I approached see me and try to run but can't because of the shot placement. At this moment of time when hunter and living animal (for one the outcome is sealed) are so close together brings out compassion on my part. The doe this year was shot in the neck and could not move. She tried to get up but couldn't, her legs moved but couldn't upright herself. Terror was in her eyes as I approached and I couldn't bear to watch this animal suffer. I shot her once again in the neck and walked away. She died in a minute or two, I felt something for the animal. As a hunter this is part of the game. The game has been going on for me for me for 30 years and I'll never get used to the sight or feeling. By the time I'm done gutting the deer and looking at how much this animal will go to feeding the family I feel better. I'm sure we all have a certain tolerance for this type of thing, how about you?

Prime rib, nothing like it! Enjoy.

Bubba, Wearing BO does not give me a false sense of security. I know damn well that another hunter will see me at 100 yards before he would see me wearing camo. Do I have control over that hunter raising his gun and shooting me, no. I do have control over the people that hunt my property and I know they wear BO as I do. In your neck of the woods there are less hunters than the ST. That is why you see less accidents. This is also why I have a huge problem with people trespassing, they are usually not wearing BO and are breaking the law.

Here is a 6 pt that I found. Coyote tracks everywhere. The deer wasn't laying there more than a week.

Love the disclaimer!!

Here are our bucks!

Have to finish the inside of the addition on the cabin. Move some stands and repost the back of my property. We took a walk and it seems for some reason all my posted signs are missing???? This is the side the "band of brothers" got permission to hunt the 5 acres. Yes they trespassed on me and my neighbor, even went in his stands!