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Single Cut Mahogany and a Four Mile pale ale. Colter Bay Buffalo

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The little store by my house would sell us beer at age 13, today they proof me at age 59 . Almost 50% of the adult population smoked , and the fatality rate from car accidents was double what it is today .

When I went deer/elk combo was I think $900 ? Montana’s Dec /Dnr web site is pretty helpful .. Pm me your email, ill ask my friend to contact you directly .

Well I have a freind who,lives in Great Falls, heres his bow elk of a few years ago. He’s a biology professor and avid hunter , my friend from Seattle hunts with him each year , and I have as well, if you’re interested I can ask around for good areas for you . Keep in mind it took 12 miles of walking to pack this one out . oh we never paid a guide. Guys from work drove to Colorado for a diy bow elk hunt and each scored .

I actually have a human finger bone, I found it while picking up “ beach glass “ on Durand beach. Been meaning to make some sort of necklace out of it .

My reputation.

Nope my own Beagle . Here’s one he found for a member here ,although he’s found others as a well . If you say “deer”or snort he goes nuts . If he sees me in camo, he wants to go outside and smell my car for deer .

Or your deer head may end up on a firehouse wall in the ghetto . Story goes , a ,long time moving company of FF, every once in awhile people will agree on a price,then try to short them on the bill. I guess they figure it’s an all day move ,then when it’s done, In 3 or 4 hours they try to renegotiate . When that fails they just pay less then agreed upon. Problem is all your stuff was not in the back of the truck, some was in the bosses suv, and now your deer head has a red light on it’s head !

Could be. My first bow kill was in ‘88 or ‘89 it was an 8 hard shot, My average bow shot in the last 30 years has been between 10 and 15 yards , this is the only buck I’ve lost . I practice out of a stand as close as 5 yards and know where to,hit for a double lung , this looked like another run of the mill kill . With the off side exit I was surprised that the trail dried up like it did.

I don’t see one . I’ve got several pics spanning an hour that night The only two I see are the one I shot and the 12 pt with double split brows, a kid the next road over killed him in bow .

I believe it was dead a short time later . I could “what if “ , and “if only “this all day . I had a coated arrow and good blood in the corn , yet pin pricks and no bed found on the trail that I had in the thicket . This was shot 6 years ago btw . The camera is a cheap Moultrie , that no longer works .... Has no one noticed the second buck in the pic ?

Thanks I had mixed feelings , was never going to display him as I feel I failed , yet I did find him eventually, if by accident .

When someone starts a post about mythical creatures, one should expect some good natured ribbing . Personally given the date, I’d say a better choice would have been Leprechauns , much smaller target, and they seem pretty good natured, so I’d pass on them .

I posted these pics in the shed thread , but figured I’d tell the story here, as some wanted details . Early in bow season a morning stand along a corn field, shot was about ten yards broadside , complete pass though , arrow barried in the dirt a few inches , shot was centered up/down very well, a tad back from where I want, but certainly not guts or even liver was my opinions . Buck turned and ran across corn field a brief distance and into the thick stuff. I figured I’d be gutting him in 30 minutes , I’ve killed deer in bow season almost every year for 25 or more years at this point and was sure of this one. Got down good blood in corn and arrow was coated in blood, easy tract, once I got into the thick stuff, it became pin point drops, I stayed on it knowing it would flow better at some point, no ,Iuck, marked spot went home . I came back a few hours later with a dog that has a very good record at finding deer. We worked the area for hours nothing. Came back next day with a buddy , did all the standard practices nothing after most of that day ( we hunted first hour, well I just sat and watched ). it was two springs later and I was shed hunting, I came across it did a lot of wtf ? As I did not connect it to my buck of two seasons ago. I took it home and it sat in a pile for awhile , one day while looking at trail cam pics, I recognized this buck, those pics were from a camera right by the stand I shot the buck from, and he was taking the same direction at the same time of day as my shot . It was recovered in the thick stuff 20 acres, and often hands and knees ....followed the trails, went towards the areas buck hide in, checked the hidden pond, continued on the direction of the blood trails . Where it was found idk 250 to 300 yards from shot . I’ve hunted this spot 30 years.

I’ll start a new thread in the bow section as not to hyjack this one .

No because its just some hillbilly inside a costume , well let me think that over for a minute .....yes .

I’m ok with that . Although they wouldn’t like me in that neighborhood , because I’m a double down type of guy .

Forum approved eggs , for the children !

Never owned a range finder, frankly I don’t see the purpose, but my shots are all close , never shot a second arrow from the same spot in practice . Have no idea how long I hold and frankly the situation dictates that . A freind and I used to hold at full draw for one minute, before firing , in practice just for fun. i didnt see much difference in shot placement .

Thanks , that was fresh. I’ve since worked over some trees with it as well as taken some steel wool to it , to knock down the shine . I’m going to do an antler mount with it . Thats the only buck I’ve lost in bow , found it two years later ..... Was embarrassed to,not find it and when I did wasn’t going to display , due to the circumstances .

Tribute to Buffalo , Big Ditch in a Pearl St Brewry 20 th anniversary glass .

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I run a dehumidifier in my basement , along with some of those perforated cans in the safe . Many use those electric rod things, I have no experience with those . Now I worked for a safe company ( building them ) for 9 years, fire resistant ones often have an issue with moisture, at least ours did , as ours held moisture in suspension in the fill mix, not simply sheet rock liners . It was and is highly recommend that you open the door frequently, particularly in the beginning . I have had zero rust issues .