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Have a great one!

Memories with family are awesome. I just don't come from a hunting family so no memories with dad. But my daughter and I are starting to make memories. Each hunt with my her is really special, whether we get one or not. At 8 years old, she asked if she could drag the doe she spotted and we killed. That was really cool! I specifically bought 2 redneck blinds this last week that will be put up on platforms so I could hunt more comfortably with her starting next year until she is ready for her own deer stand.

TF already has the pink bunny onesie. I bet he has just been waiting for this opportunity to wear it!

Glad I own a ford. These issues with other brands sound horrible.

Very difficult to find but a shag rug in mauve will fit the bill. No worries, it’s the ones trying to be overly manly that raise some questions.

I have been using balistol. I have never disassembled any of my guns. Besides cleaning the barrel, I pretty much just wipe things down and lubricate the bolt. My pump shotgun gets very very little use.

True artist. Nice work Wooly. You have many talents.

Quiche was a traditional pregame football breakfast for our entire team in college (St. Mary's School for Girls) and we almost went undefeated. 7pt loss to Russell Sage College ended an otherwise perfect season. They were tough!

Geeze, how old are you Larry? If that's really your name.

Has to be my first wallhanger (second season hunting). Not because of the buck itself, but the team tracking job to finish him off. I shot low (just below the heart but didn't know it then - looked perfect). Blood looked crazy good, but we kept bumping him bedded. He would run/walk off and bed again. You could see he was really hurting because he knew we were following. This continued for close to 3/4 of a mile where he kept circling in the small hilly 20 acre woodlot we were hunting. Back to front then to back again and so on. We finally get to a point where Phade, David and I are kneeling down about 60yds from the buck in open hardwoods and he is bedded with his back to us - he knows we are there but doesn't move. No good shot as we really could only see his head. So David (smallest and youngest of the group) takes his boots off and tries to sneak up in his socks quietly to get a better angle on the finishing shot and he gets close but signals that he has no shot except at the head. Then the buck gets up AGAIN and starts trotting and, to my surprise, David takes off at a full sprint after him (with just his socks on). I guess he had enough of the tracking. lol Sure enough that crazy little SOB catches up enough to get another arrow in him which knocks him down. It seemed like a several hour chase (probably less than an hour) that all took place in an area of about 200yd by 400yds. And it was the first and likely last time I will ever see a hunter running full speed in the woods with just his socks on and bow in hand. Still makes me laugh when I think about it. I was winded just trying to keep up with David to watch the finishing shot. Looking back, we probably just should have let him sit, but he was bedding so often with so much blood that I was sure that the buck was on the verge of expiring and we decided to push. I would just back out now, but I was so excited at the time that I was not letting that buck out of my sight. I knew they are tough, but that was my first experience that confirmed it for sure. And Phade and David were troopers. They wanted me to have that buck as much as I did!

"sissy" truck bed to be exact

Ignore the naysayers Dan. Some would even have you believe its not manly to have carpet in the bed of your pick-up. We ALL know that's simply not true!

Dan, You almost have to eat quiche and do some other girly things just to tone down the excessive manliness you exude! I know the feeling. lol You really are the Clint Eastwood of this site (and I mean the characters he played). PS - I think its just cheese and eggs with a girly name. Its darn good.

I remember sending 3 or 4 dozens arrows down to a coach of a high school team in NC. I thought it was really cool that they had teams there. Nice to know its happening in NY but I have never heard of the program offered at any local schools.

Are you giving away all your cams? How will I ever know which bucks I won’t kill.

Not a bad player to be compared with. Lol

Not sure how many of you folks are college hoops fans but this kid is incredible. His aunt is my friend and administrative assistant.We have worked together for 10 years and she is good people. She tells me that Trae has remained very humble despite his meteoric rise. Good to see good people have this kind of success. Was recruited by every major program and went to unranked Oklahoma to do exactly what he is doing. No doubt will be moving on after this season.

Sorry Law, never been there. Driven by many times. Lots of parking.

At 10 feet, I won't need a knife. The deer would just be flattened breaking my fall I think.

Only if you aren't jumping from a tree stand. I have it on good authority that that would be cheating. (Thanks Biz!)

And adding the atlatl Belo, perhaps even more important.

That chart shows "license holders" not sales, so I assume they are included.

I looked at this a few weeks ago. Pretty stable numbers the last 10 years but down significantly from the early 90s where sales exceed 700k.

Everyone that mentioned the impact of technology and resulting immediate gratification as harming hunting in the future is on the mark in my opinion. I don't know whether access will be an issue (for some), but I don't think it will be primary reason that we see less hunters in the future. Living in a non-rural environment, access always seems difficult, but if you want to find land to hunt, be it public or private, a motivated person will find a way. Lack of motivation, however, due to what many of the younger generation see as a boring endeavor is much more difficult to overcome. I have introduced both of my children to shooting, archery, fishing and hunting. My son shows very little interest in anything but fishing (and even then he has to be doing something, can't just troll). My daughter, on the other hand, is ready to hunt and fish at a moment's notice. So not all kids are the same. In the end, its tough to beat the impact that technology has on a society as a whole. As an example, when is the last time people had the patience to correspond by a letter. Now its texts face time. People expect and even demand an immediate response. Same is true for entertainment. It better be fast and furious or no one pays attention. Unfortunately, hunting just doesn't fit that bill of expectations. Interest in hunting has diminished because expectations of today's youth are different now than they were only 20 years ago. My daughter actually asked me what a home phone was yesterday. Talk about feeling old all of a sudden. lol All we can do is try our best to show our children and others the joys of nature, peaceful quiet and even patient anticipation (whether it ever comes to fruition or not). Hopefully it takes hold.

That would be awesome Pygmy. The one thing that has held me back is my knee. I was told I will need a replacement and I question whether it will hold up for a full week or more of trekking through the mountains. Generally holds up fine for whitetails here (with some minor discomfort), but that's definitely not the same. If I can lose 60-70lbs this year, that may change though. I will pick your brain when I am a bit more confident on being 100% for such a hunt. Thanks for the offer. I will take you up on it.