Lawdwaz

Seriously? Damned mailman must have pilfered it from the package. I'll be making a call in the morning...................then I'll go to Walmart for a Sharpie.

Plunk some cash down on 50 acres and you'll see it first hand, I promise.

Show me the Sharpie that will write THAT fine.

Reading the stupid things in fading light is nuts.........................they can stick that camo stuff!

Pork roast, baked potato, canned corn and apple sauce. Maybe a beer to wash it down.............

If you DON'T feed the troll, they will die. Starve this one......................................................

Both the heart and liver can be delicious, if you choose to eat them. I've had liver lots of times and heart only a couple. Recipes abound for each.........kudos to you for giving them a whirl.

One farm I hunt in Lima is 250 acres; about 200 fields and 50 hardwoods/creekbottom combined. The place is FILTHY with coyotes. We see them all the time but rarely get a shot. A local trapper gets some but there are still a ton of them AND a ton of deer. Coyotes get plenty of fawns in the spring but I don't think they are doing THAT good of a job in lowering the population. I try and do my part...........are YOU?

As mentioned, the acorn crop was huge. Amazing how that changes their feeding habits, they just aren't out in the fields like normal years but sure are in the woods and don't move far at all.

The CR is just a wonderful folding knife. Surprised you remembered! I have Puma game Warden, circa 1975 or so. Great knife too but I haven't used it in 30 years. I've had a few Dozier knives but only have one now, a straight personal IIRC. I'd really like a Jerry Halfrich LB 5 but that isn't in the cards for the forseeable future.

It is a Gene Ingram knife. S30V steel............

Too funny, LOL. You could work up a thirst building a snowman.................................

Congrats! Busted skull and all he's a dandy.

Oh yea, the important things...........7mm-08 ULA, 120gr Barnes TSX and HuntingNY.com hat for dragging only! (I had to make a trip back up to my truck to shed some clothes, gun, binos etc. and figured I'd toss that hat on) I had my orange vest on for the drag down the hill but took it off when I got near the road, I had a house near me and didn't need to advertise the deed.

I got on stand around 7am Saturday morning. A light cold rain was falling. We still had a little patchy snow remaining in the area. I dressed very different for this hunt; different wool pants that I wouldn't have to worry about wearing later in the day, normal three layers of long johns on top with a fleece shirt then a gray Gore tex coat. I took two hats, one orange baseball hat and one heavy wool hat. Between the rain and melting snow it was pretty lousy but I have sat in worse.............a doe and a fawn came by around 8am. I saw nothing else and decided to split around 10am. After climbing down I wanted to take a peak at an area loaded with oak trees and check to see if the deer were still hitting them. I went slowly about 60 yards south west of my stand and was scanning down below and spotted a deer broadside about 60 yards away. It was on alert and after about 30 seconds snorted and spooked down the hill, THEN I could see the horns!. I mooched (I ain't no injun' ) down the hill in the direction the he fled and only went about 50 yards when I spotted him about 75? yards further down the hill. I only had a 1" diameter sappling in front of me for a rest and it wasn't in the right spot for me to lean on. I grabbed it and bent it over enough for me to get the crosshairs on his chest and then lit the wick. I figured the shot was on but he blasted down the hill and out of sight PDQ..........It only took me a few minutes to find him. The shot was true. I called my wife to let her know and then my buddy to arrange a pick up on the lower road in 30 minutes. Although I was pretty sweated up from the drag we went for a hardy breakfast in Livonia. That coffee tasted especially good! He's no hog but for the second last day of rifle I am happy as a clam...........

He is only a 5 point.......NOT a six point as I stated above. I put a B&C tape to him tonight and the one brow tine is less than an inch.

Prayers and well wishes for your friend and his family. Please keep us posted on his condition.

I'll tell more of the story (and it ain't much of a story) tomorrow night.

Oops. Sorry for the flipped pick........I'll see if I can straighten it out.

Shot a six point at 10am in the rain.

Same deal here

KInd of like a helmet law, it protects you from some other fools actions too. Kind of nuts to not wear one isn't it? How about a seatbelt law? They protect from all angles; another driver mistake or your own f-up. You have a view on them? Just curious.............................

Is it another fisher?

'splain that to me...........Does that just increase the distance you can get your wireless signal? Would that replace the POS Verizon DSL unit I have? Easy to install and set up? How much cheddar?

Bingo.................A Couple Master Baiters.