growalot

I've been going with 6pt or large...past on a bunch of 6pt buck last year to find they were ALL shot....it is just too close quarters to pass and have them make it.....Opening day a few years ago I passed on the one in the pic..during gun season...it was a rainy foggy morning and just shooting time...5 min later I hear Bang...neighbors across the street....we own around them like a U I found him 70yrds from where their blind is...in our creek one month later.....I hung is head to weather naturally as a reminder .....The person that shot him never even went to check and see if he had hit him...because he ran away not LOOKING hit... > ...last year I went buckless....so every year is a struggle

Here are some pics of just a few of the stands I've built.....

Great looking plot....want to bring some of that rockless soil my way Sending that Good luck out now

Mr VJP...if your thinking of the top rack ..it's not quite as symmetrical as the bottom one....you may want to look for a different surgeon....

Both these deer were hundred yard shots off a rest...both shoulder shots ...except the hang doe turned toward me at the shot and it went under her shoulder and split her heart...I've been shooting this set up 30 yrs.....' I would never attempt this...and he wouldn't again either...but when we were young....... with his 16ga smooth bore Mr.B shot an 8pt buck at 240+yrds and dropped it in it's tracks...We were standing in a ridge looking down the hill and he spotted the buck.....knowing the drop of ammo from target practice he figured how high he'd need to aim and took the one shot...

the problem with having big platforms and comfy seats...your brain nor body gives a damn when for what ever reason...say not knowing you have high BP.... diabetes...or something as simple as your blood sugar level drops and....Blip...your out like a light and pitching forward off that comfy seat and platform... :

Well I do and I've reported it and the whole thing is a joke...They fined one farmer here some years ago for illegal dump of carcasses or some non sense...over 50 deer dumped in a ravine that someone found...big deal they gave him more tags and now...well small learning curve ppl....gut shoot them so they run off his land... Then lets discuss theses free permits...that by the way we have to pay for doe tags now..well some of us..one way or another ...yet farmers get them free and then lease their lands KNOWING...they can get a higher lease rate for the YEAR AROUND doe shooting...I'm sorry ..Ya I have a problem with that when you have a state dept. crying about not having enough money..then wake up and start managing it like the business it is!

yes......When I used aluminum arrows an the broad head I was practicing with sliced the arrow open down to the target

Oh ya...nothing like sitting 15-20 feet up and have a big ole spider walk across your face...No thank you! with a mask on I can manage not to launch my self to the end of my tether....eeewww ???

Thanks guys...just happen to re scan some and ...it was pretty glaring to me :-[ ...of course no surprise...Drives Mr B crazy...I can get three or four different topics going in one conversation...then loose track of the point I was making...I feel like my brain is always trying to stay 5 steps in front of my mouth

Sorry no ...all I had on me was my cell phone camera...but if you look close in the first pic... you can see where his neck and chest is suppose to be...and it ended...... from chin to between his front legs...in a mass the size of a basket ball....hair on inside of front legs was rubbed off........

great deer guys

Thank you burmjohn...believe it or not...all of those first set of pics...I took from the second story window of the PC room The second group...those turkey let me get to with in 3 ft of them while talking to them and snapping pics....I couldn't get with in 50 yrds of them now...I think they were starving

I'm in 8N...Last years fall season here started Oct 24 - Nov. 20

Well ..some of you may have read what happened to me and that was years ago...It's gotten way worse and this spring turkey hunting was a bit scary ...I was well with in sight of the house...had actually walked under the turkeys when I went in...at first light a hen flew down 60 or so yrds in front of me and then I heard the tom between me and the house gobble on the roost...I called a bit and he gobbled a few more times ...I heard him hit the ground behind me and start another gobble that end up being cut short in a gobble..gurgle snarling ..commotion ..very quick...a Yote had nailed him!!...I had heard noises behind me in the dark but had assumed that the deer were walking through In another spot here at home I sat in a blind and as it was barely light enough to see I heard the distinct sounds of several yotes...think it was adults and pups...moving along the bottom of the hill 70 yrds or so in front of me I found a fawn tail this spring...but have to admit...my turkey population is ever growing...not a grouse to be seen and we had a few pheasant but not any more...squirrels are down and chipmonks back up...think because the fox population is now down

Yes...the guys at camp won't ...and it drives me crazy!!I tell ppl they aren't allowed in my stands with out one...and always leave one at camp...I have a half dozen or more...I really like the new ones with the safety step up strap...to keep you from dying after the fall from dangling. One person at camp never hunted from a commercial stand and bought a 15 ft..bow stand for gun season....didn't read directions ..extra parts left over? and wouldn't use the harness..no gun rail....I went to check it...re strapped it to the tree and asked what the big wht nylon rope tied just 6" above the seat was for....He said to tie around my waist. ??? ...we're talking a 63 yr old here...he used it once and claimed it was a death trap and gave it to me : ...Thank God!...lol

Not hunting related...perhaps age ...definitely fatigue...little dyslexia I reviewed some posts..apologize for the scrambled words...wrong words ...dropped letters ect....When typing I usually have a couple of versions on how I want to state things...some times with out realizing it I type both at the same time :-\ ....if spell check doesn't catch it neither do I...even re-reading ..If the thoughts are in my head.... my eyes don't always pick it up Think the scrambled or words spelled backwards is a lefty thing or dyslexia...done that from child hood..... Thanks, Growalot

nice! Guys

Thought you'd get a kick out of these...Mr.B pulled in the drive and called my phone...grab the camera and get out here....We were just coming off that last spring storm...that dumped 5ft of snow...it was melting...these turkey were walking the road side looking for food.....

I agree..but I also thing our spring season should start mid April...springs seem to be getting warmer earlier

Well ...all of the above I was hunting behind the house...bow season and about 50ft off the lines...and 300ft from the house and dog kennel/chicken coop...just before dusk here comes this guy on the edge of bordering field ..and talking on his cell really loud...then I hear ya she's in her stand > ...Now I know this guy had already gotten a lrg buck a week earlier and he's standing on the property line looking around in my woods...I yell hold up ...climb down and ask what are you doing..now you've ruined my hunt..."looking to put a stand here"...NO are you blind that's my house and livestock...and the law states no shooting within 500ft...I get a call from lessee ...swearing and calling me names...OK The following spring I decided my chickens needed more room...so I built this...right where we had that little conversation...HHmmm now they have another 500ft they can't legally shoot...and my chickens have a nice new coop and I have a great covered ground blind

I got the Super LT and the bow lt....muzzle loading season is so cold and I'm usually so tired by then ...I decided It would be best value on a year to year basis...Mr. B got the same except muzzle not bow ...and our son got all the LT last year...he's 24...around a $900.00 investment I get a kick out of guys saying license sales are down ...way of course....we all went out any gobbled up the life times...and my thoughts too...when you breeze through that money...because we all know how monies in NY get high jacked...what are they going to do...I fore see dumb mistakes and big law suits..but hope not

Bubba I started out with a 50yr old 45# grizzly recurve...I borrowed from Dad in-law...instinctive and off the shelf...loved learning and hunting with it...took my first bow buck with it....

I dont know about size...we don't measure but here are a couple of bucks from around here and I've seen bigger...No restrictions...ag country ...heavy pressure

Sure he was fast..let me see him do that when there isn't any one there to hold the deers legs and keeping it from moving around....LOL Doc...you like gutting deer or what? ....You'd luv it at camp...Dads friends either get ill or just butcher things...so when I'm there it's....please go out and gut so and so's deer ......one year between my 5 and theirs I gutted 8 deer ....That got old!!