Lawdwaz

Last one.......

I'm messing with a new image hosting site and thought I'd try one here. Looks like a winner........

I still owe you a boat ride......

You're very welcome..................... To others: I've been using one for 20 years now with great satisfaction. My real question is ":should I hang it the day before?" Before I can answer that question I have another issue. Last year I bought a second umbrella. This one mounts in a similar but different way. No more "Tonka Toy" (as TC called it!!) thingy, this one has a more substantial system but when I went to use it the darn thing was WAY WAY to high over my head. Heck I could hardly get the thing into the connection and when I did, the umbrella wasn't very effective. When I got home I shortened the rod considerably and IIRC it should be more effective. I'll try it out Friday and see if it's GTG, if not I'll use my old one. Long story short; if you have one you've never used, you'd best try it out before Saturday morning. Ahh, the wind blows!

Sounds like a nice visit and another in the works. You da MAN Dan! I had lunch with my boss today and I bought............................

OK guys & gals, who's using a tree stand umbrella on Saturday? I certainly will be but the real question is, will it hold up to 15-18mph winds?? Would you put it up the day before or not? I know the wind will push the rain sideways at times but the umbrella is a big game (pun?) changer...........

Woodcock Bros in a can, the way some of you like it. Amber Ale that’s top shelf IMHO.......

There’s one sentence there I think you’re going to need to edit.

I almost forgot about this, thanks for reminding me. Yes, I killed my buck with one over the weekend. I didn't get a pass through and the arrow pulled out after about 30 yards. Blood was very sparse for the first 120 or so yards. I left the buck go over night as I heard a couple snorts in the direction he went and didn't want to bugger things up. When I picked up the trail the next morning, I went about 30' with darn near nothing and then it started pouring out. I found him just 40 yards from where I stopped trailing the night before. The entrance wound was WOW but the lack of a pass through has me concerned but I'm 98% sure I'll stick with them.........

Looked fake to me......

That's 3:01 of my life I can't get back..........Idiots abound.

Hunt it with no worries, as soon as you can.

Chance of living with that shot but I know that is surely debatable on this forum.

Yes........... I'll tell you something, I don't recall how long I've been using one but it has to be better 10-11 years and they've (had two of them on two different bows) been flawless. This fall I've noticed myself really bumping it hard, getting it tangled in brush and just abusing it bad and the they've never let me down.

Much better for the deer if it is indeed a high shot.......IMO Edit to add: High above the lungs or high mid-body or further back?

Not necessarily......guts are BIG and not just on bottom.

Shot a buck last night, found him this morning. Story in Harvest Thread.....

Quit working so I can hunt.............

Killed a nice 8pt last night but recovered this morning. I'll write up a story in a bit.......... The buck first came into view at about 60-70 yards and was heading right for me, not surprisingly he started to veer to his right. I his the new VECtor Grunt call once and he hit the brakes hard and looked in my direction. Seconds later he started on the same course, away from me. I grunted again and he stopped. One more time we repeated the action and then he spun and started my way! He came at a bit of an angle though and at about 20 yards ducked into a small brushy scrub tree and stopped to munch on something on the ground that he had to chew like an apple. It was kind of weird as there are no apples or nuts right there, it turns out after going back today to check all my buddy and I could find were some mushrooms! After about a minute and a half he started walking out to my right at about 20 yards. I stopped him when I was at full draw with a voice grunt and it worked. The arrow appeared to fly true and the buck tore off to the west with the arrow in him, no pass through, THAT concerned me. I gave him 45 minutes and took up the trail. We had some snow and I figured I'd know much fairly soon. The arrow was found in 30 yards of trailing him. The blood was minimal at best........ I took the trail about 120 yards or so between scuffed leaves/snow and some minute blood splatter. He was headed down a seasonal driveway and then he went into the pines/hardwoods and I choose to not push him. I heard a snort fro m the direction I figured he traveled while standing there and lost all kinds of hope. I tied a piece of surveyor tape on a little branch and backed out, devastated doesn't describe my feelings good enough. I went back to my buddies and didn't tell him the story. He takes these things badly and I new he had seen this buck numerous times during the late summer/fall and I also had him on trail cams. I don't like not telling the truth, it pained me to no end. I figured I'd just head out in the morning and get on the trail at first light and see what I could find. I thought about jumping in a stand until about 8:30am then going to look for the buck but soon changed my mind as that would be the wrong thing to do.........just what I'd need is to shoot a doe and then not give the wounded buck 100% effort. So I got to my piece of orange marking tape and struggled to find any blood in the first 10-15 feet or so. I went another 10-15 feet in the general direction I could envision him going and it was like, hmm, there's a little blood. OK, here's some more, more, hmm more, holy cow that's good blood, OHHH wow, OHHHH WOW, DAMN, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME, WTH, HE'S GOTTA BE DEAD RIGHT HERE, THERE HE IS!!!!! (I cleaned up the language considerably to protect my reputation) So there he was, right in an old fallen tree top........stiff & stinky. I made a quick phone call at 6:42am to a buddy (not a member here) to tell him. Took a few pics with the phone then went up and got my camera & mini tripod. Snapped a few pics and then got down to business. He was surprisingly a small bodied deer. I didn't weigh him but I'd guess (I know, guessing is for hucksters at the fair) 110lbs !! The shot was a touch high with the Rage 100gr Hypodermic, the entrance hole was something some of you have seen. Damn........ So if I didn't use the grunt call to turn him, you wouldn't be reading this. If I'd have shot a touch lower, you'd have read this last night. MY friend wasn't thrilled at first since I didn't tell him last night but understood my reasons and was thrilled with the outcome. I didn't tell my wife last night either, I was not comfortable in doing that but she gets (understandably) upset too. She wasn't too happy with me this morning after I told her but she was cool with it. Here's a smile for you zag.......and a VECtor grunt call hero shot!

Happy Birthday guys!!!!

Great buck! So what is the chamber cut for?

Lotta guessing going on........