Five Seasons

i thought i had an account with them, because i have the same email. i know i have a dicks account. but it wont let me sign in, create an account OR reset my password. keep getting an error. there are some nice vortex 12x50's that would be well priced at $50 off. annoying that i cant even login. a lot of times what i'll do during these flash sales is just google shop the same thing and often i find the sale isn't even a good one.

I have the belt system. Most decent knives spec the angle. The Ken onion allows you to be specific. The cabelas edition has done well for me. I just have basic knives Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Credit to you guys in the rain. No desire here lok Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A worksharp is a great investment. Very easy to use once you understand it. Good for all knives around the house and even good for light work on garden tools and mower blades. You can get them on sale for $60. Purest nights it be a fan but I love it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What a disappointingly uneventful morning in 8f Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pee is a funny thing. It always stinks. Deer are also naturally curious so I think it’ll attract young bucks for sure. I’ve also seen mature doe avoid areas because who wants to be mistaken for a doe in heat if they’re not? Lol. And if you’re doe hunting you don’t want that. I’ll use fresh stuff on a drag a few times a year and that’s about it. Just my .02 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Windier and warmer than I’d like in 8F, but they’re starting to show up on the cams. Hoping to fill the buck tag! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

same. never hang a deer with the hide off. it'll dry out the meat and expose the meat to bacteria. Nothing wrong with hanging a deer to let it age (if you know what you're doing), but keep the hide on, or the meat in a temp/humidity controlled environment.

just be sure you're spanning joists and also pick the spot where your trusses tie into the joists. This is only a 440lb because i want to be sure i don't stress too much. Anything of serious weight should really have some reinforcement done, and will need attic access.

There are different methods and none of them wrong. The point about his short knife is that he is pulling away the muscles and only needs short little cuts to help it peel. I personally use my buck knife which is 4 or 5" i think. It's a ford or chevy thing in my opinion. I use my fillet for cutting up the roasts once it's off the deer and on the cutting board. also you need a better grinder. I've sent more than what I should have through mine and it's never had an issue.

For me it's more about the outfitters. I will say upfront that i have zero issue with fair chase outfitters. These guys put in a lot of time and effort and it's good business. But what is glossed over by some new hunters who are maybe out there hunting some over pressured farm or even worse, state land is that these outfitters can cost into the thousands. The herd, selection and pressure is all carefully managed and controlled. They are far less likely to spook and encounter numbers higher. I've heard the argument before that it would be cheaper and better to do a few outfitter hunts each year instead of buying land to only deer hunt on. For me personally I enjoy the property management side of things, so flying to kansas each year to get a buck I feel I didn't "earn" isn't as appealing. Many tv shows are fair chase, by good ethical hunters. But they take 4 or 5 booners a year in different states and they pay for it through sponsorship. I think a lot of us like shows like dropped and meateater because they go hunt some remote national forest and mostly do it all on their own. Sometimes with no harvest. And I still enjoy those episodes just the same.

that's one of the only places where i use my gut hook. nice, quick and same concept.

yep that was my last as well other than a small 6' step ladder and using a pole saw for small branches. pole saw attachment for my troybilt trimmer may be the best $90 i ever spent. anything major from now on is getting hired out. I have pried and d.i.y attitude for almost anything, but sometimes it's just not worth it.

bahahaha

in my case it's 2 kids in pre-school. the temp drop doesn't help either. i think I'll be good for weekend hunting though.

this is my new setup. it's a little over engineered and done this way because i didn't have any attic access. All in all it's under $100 and I have the electric hoist and another eyebolt to use the pulley hoist in case of a double. so far its only done a lawnmower. hoping to have dead deer hanging soon.

another decent video for the skinning part of it. There are 100's out on youtube. but rarely do you see any that don't involve hanging (from the legs guys!) lol.

i've never done the torch method. The only place I get hair seems to be the front shoulders and it's minimal. But my only point is that all these things are indeed easy when you learn it. For someone trying to learn it on their own it does take some time. I was lucky to have family teach me how, and as I helped they would pass on little time saving tricks as well. I've now taught them some things. They no longer use the saw on the legs and neck, but loppers.

not as bad but in a dumb moment a few years ago i had the wife hold the 15' extension ladder at its base as i was trying to cut down a rather large limb that was too high for my pole saw. The only reason I was even doing this was because on a previous project a much smaller limb swung down and almost knocked the ladder out. And this project in hindsight was dumb because the only purpose was to get more sun to the pool. anyhow. branch (probably 12" diameter) comes crashing down and swipes her shoulder, then smashes her ankle. When I first saw it I feared it had hit her on the head as she was driven to the ground. She ended up with a nice road rash scar still visible to this day on her bicep and crutches for a few days. The cherry on top was my 2 year old sitting on the deck watching this. He's now 5 and reminds me to be safe whenever I get out the chainsaw. I now no longer chainsaw from ladders.

This isn’t how a lot of guys do it, but after watching the video I started doing mine this way. Easier than dealing with a quartered hind in my opinion. Good beginner video either way. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

It’s a learned skill though. A good hour for a newbie, and who knows what hair you end up with haha. It certainly gets easier after every one. Small things like knowing where the glands are and where to cut for steaks and roasts seem easy for us but for a first timer it can be intimidating. I love doing my own deer because I just feel better about it. Even spent a bunch of time, money and effort to make it easier at my new place with an electric hoist. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I had an old box of litefields from my grandpas barn. No temp control. Had a hangfire on a doe. Not substantial, but enough that after my flinch it was off. Never again. Everything is in temp control now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This story wouldn’t surprise me, but I have an eyebrow raised. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I get accused of being a jerk. So I’ll politely ask someone else if they can decipher this for me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got the same thing. Sucks because I never get sick. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk