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  1. During turkey season I checked out a new disaster area that I found on state land late season last year. I wanted to see how big it was, how thick it is, and the odds of people going in it, or even finding it. It is brutal in there, and I will guarantee someone with me will shoot a buck with rifle that is with me. I will give it a shot during bow season, but it has to be outside of the mess. I can't see any way of going in without alerting any deer in the area.

  2. I lied about my age and got fake working papers at 13 so I could put in hay at the farm up the road from me. I received a check for 118 dollars when first cutting was done. We also got called up to the house to clean up and eat like kings every day.

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  3. That fish is huge! I watched the video last night, and I couldn't believe the size of it. The rivers and small lakes and reservoirs that I fish will turn out a few 4 pounders every year, but never anything like that. What a fish

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  4. Man, 500 deer off your property. That is something to be proud of. It takes a long time for a number like that to come up. I imagine a ton of work and pride has gone into the property to keep the deer coming back every year. I can't wait to see a picture of the completed knife.

  5. Mine have all been the yellows. I have never seen a black one other than in pictures. I have found them around a few old, dead elms and old apple trees. These are the same areas I look every year, and this year they were abundant and good sized.  

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  6. G-Man, for whatever reason, I have found more morels in the last week than I ever have in my area. Nice, big ones too. Most years, I find enough for a meal or two over a two to three week span. This week, I have left more than that in the ground. I imagine next spring it will go back to normal.

  7. loworange88, the youngster may end up just like me when I was a pup. I loved sports, and absolutely loved fishing and the outdoors. Hell, quite a few of my early dates involved fishing. Keep giving him the opportunities, while he wants to do it. It has been a lifelong hobby for me.

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  8. Don C really wrote it out well. Believe it or not, I have never even shot a crossbow. As long as I can draw my bow, they hold no interest for me. I just enjoy the whole killing a deer with a bow. I don't even get excited killing a deer with a rifle. 

    I enjoy the excitement and frustration of hunting with a bow. I do use pins, a peep, and release, so I don't claim to be hunting primitive. It's just what is fun for me. Most of my buddies use crossbows, and some of them love them, and a couple of them hate them. But, they all agree that they can shoot 40-50 yards with ease if they have the open space in the woods or fields to do it. It doesn't bother me a bit. Everyone deserves to enjoy hunting in their own way.

     

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  9. I've been pondering this topic for quite awhile. I guess it really isn't close for me. It is the base layers for the cool to cold temperatures during bow season. It was always a pain in the neck when you got weather cold enough that you needed to wear more clothes to sit in your stand.

    Now, long johns helped for sure, but I usually still needed to add a hoodie or something similar. Then, if it really got cold, I was forced to wear a coat that was heavier and bulkier. It made it hard to draw and hold form.

    The performance clothes that have improved more and more. Hell, I can sit all day in a climber in cold weather with a coat on that is soft and pliable, and it allows me to draw and hold with no worries about the string hitting a sleeve, or a damn string from a hood going up into my cam.

    None of my clothes are the expensive stuff either. They were all bought from guide gear or on clearance.

  10. I have tons of them in my area. Picking leeks is part of my turkey hunting. I would say I take a couple hundred every year. You would be hard pressed to find where I took them from there are so many.

  11. I like a good thunderstorm just before dark when they are getting ready to go to roost. This seems to scatter them up a bit, and they seem more  likely to come in quickly. 

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  12. It does make you feel good when the old youth hunters contact you years later asking for some help to get back going to the woods. A lot of my rifle season is spent with old and new youngsters, and I enjoy that much more than pulling the trigger.

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  13. I had a hand in moving a couple barber chairs. Lawdwaz is right. They suck to move. They are big, heavy, and awkward as hell.

    As for those atlas balls, Moog can be glad he is capable of moving them. I don't think I could even roll that big one across a cement floor. Dang Moog!!! That is some awesome core and body strength.

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