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I have tried most silencing methods including bow hush and hush puppies. They are good BUT a mountain muffler string and heavy arrows are the absolute best. Steve B on this site makes the strings. I will never use another string. Silencers built in and they absolutely work. My bows are whisper quiet.

we have a dog that barks often at one property we hunt. Doesn't seem to bother the deer a bit. I wouldn't want to set up next to the barking dog and we try to avoid having him bark when we enter early in the morning, but its not really an issue. I suspect they know the safe boundary from the dogs.

This one had me laughing although I bet it wasn't funny at the time.

It started for more time in the woods. Now I just appreciate a really good shot with the bow. Watching a well tuned arrow in flight is flat out cool. Its like watching that perfect drive on a golf course. I will admit its addicting as is the effort it takes to improve. Plus, as far as hunting goes, closer to deer in a natural less pressured setting is more exciting to me. All of my most exciting moments hunting have been with a bow in hand.

That 1st one is a STUD, if you like that sort of deer, which I DO!

Kinda disappointing if you are a meat hunter only. Hopefully a tastey young un shows up. Lol

No pic. Beef tenderloin and green beans. Scored the tenderloin for 6.99/lb. it was really good. I know where I will be buying my tenderloin from now. Probably should eat some chicken sometime soon.

Stubby Just curious on your thoughts here because there is always some element of what you call luck in hunting. But let me give you a different example since you used free throw shooting. As you said, any person (Person A) given enough attempts is likely to sink a free throw and it is luck when they do so. Why, because the shot was mere chance - not brought about by skills learned in practice. So another person (Person B) that practices hard and shoots 100 free throws a day makes 85% of those free throws in games. Is it luck or skill for Person B to make a free throw in a game given he that practiced hard to put the odds of making a free throw in his favor? I would say that is skill learned over lots of preparation. Now that person still won't make every free throw so you may say its luck. I would disagree. Same for hunters that work hard (scouting, moving on hot sign, practicing shooting, etc.) to put the odds in their favor that they will encounter and then kill a mature buck. Certainly no one can pick a date and time to kill a specific free range animal (to suggest that as the measure of skill is silly frankly), but to suggest that there are not varying skill levels in hunting just seems to ignore common sense and actual results. Guys like Dan Infalt are not just ridiculously lucky when it comes to killing mature backs. He has more skill than most of us. Luck is defined as " success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions." Skill is defined as "the ability to do something well; expertise." Based on the very definition of the word, it would seem to me that skill does not require perfection in determining when and how a hunter will kill a mature buck as you suggest. Rather, that the hunter has the ability to do it well - better than mere chance. And that is not mere luck, because the hunter brought about his opportunity through hard work, experience, etc (his own actions). I do think its a bit more difficult to determine whether one particular hunter is more skilled than another because the factors affecting success can vary dramatically (access, density, time, opportunity). But, one that succeeds often (like the 85% free throw shooter Person B) under similar circumstances is probably more skilled than the one who fails often (Person A). As I thought about this, a MLB batter may be an even better example. A .400 batter can't tell you each and very time he will get a hit. But he is certainly more skilled than I am at hitting a ball where I might hit a major league pitcher 1 out of a 1000 times by mere chance. Anyways, I hope you understand my point and I am not stating it to suggest I am greatly skilled at hunting. Just that those that kill big bucks often do have a certain set of skills beyond mere chance.

You better take a walk around lake Ontario to burn that steak off!

Time for a quick run to burn it off Larry! 50 miles should do it. Lol

So what direction should we be watching?

Lamb chops, Rappi and provolone sausage, parsley potatoes and clam casino.

I did smoke almonds. Coated raw almonds with egg white and water mixture then covered with rub (brown sugar, sugar, salt, cinnamon, paprika salt and cayenne). Smoked at 240 for 1.5 hrs and then when they cooled (still sticky) I coated again with sugar cinnamon mix. Big hit with the kids. I might try your butter coating next time instead of egg white but the egg white worked well.

Thanks guys. I used one size larger screw and life-Calk as per recommendation of west marine. All seems good. 2 part epoxied hairline crack on top of transducer. I like the idea of a plate, but didn't want to make the job more complex than need be. Used the same holes. Now I just need some of those zip ties with a screw hole to secure the cables again. Ordered some from Amazon. Should be here Tuesday. Then boat goes in, finally. Lol

Fresh water

Thanks for the advice. Our boat sits in water all season and for below waterline, I keep reading 3m 4200 or 5200. I read silicone won't hold up. But not really sure as I didn't install the transducer originally. That said, the stuff he used is not silicone. Looks white and pretty strong. Can't peel it off.

Will the 3m 4200 be good for sealing screw holes or do I need to use the slow setting 5200? Any other sealant recommended? I need to replace screws on our transducers which have become loose. Thanks.

Enjoy your BDay Zem!

You do know that TC's job is to write 5 star reviews on amazon under fictitious names.

Nice work Wooly! Very cool Grampy!

No pic but ribeyes, grilled and fried shrimp (my wife's fried shrimp are the best) and Lima beans. I need a nap. Then some almond canolis waiting. This diet isn't working.

Nice buck

it was GOOOOOD! Really like the jack Daniels BBQ sauce too. 155 internal temp was about perfect.

Smoked meatloaf with tater tots. Just like grammar school but hopefully better.

Strange. It has been sunny and 73 degrees every day in Webster since April 1. Its "where life is worth living" after all, except the side Larry302 lives in.