Five Seasons

we've been using screw ins for years. lately though all new stands we use climbing sticks. just easier and a little safer. However, on some of our land that gets tresspassed on we still use screw ins. Take the bottom 2 out and just hope like hell you remember to bring them back in when you plan to hunt the stand. the other problem with permanent stands and even more so with screw-ins is that the tree will grow into them. You need to remember to back them off a turn every season.

i'd rather improve my risk of a good clean kill with a 3 blade, then to only have a single cutting plane as apposed to 2 and possibly miss the artery that would seal his fate.

Said it before and I'll say it again. Dumb rule.

there are many readily available and economical quick access safes and devices out there that will allow you plenty of access to your defense weapon. And if you really need quicker access a holster would be the safest bet. I for one do not agree with having loaded weapons around the house. I understand we all don't have kids, but could you say 100% that you may never have one visit? Another prime example of refusing to implement any safety measures and then getting all up in arms when some kid shoots his brother and more anti-gun legislation is passed. Why can't WE, the gun owning community do our part in preventing it in the first place?

Why say no? I know why you said no... but wouldn't you rather get out there and meet a nice guy or be a lonely old lady someday? As a father you need to let your kids go and do what makes them happy, within reason of course. On the flip side, the wildest, *cough* loosest girls i met in college had overly protective fathers.

Very well said. I still make mistakes. I think the father being there is what bothers me. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I'm catholic. My second son is being baptized tomorrow, I don't need a lecture. If you're Christian you would also know he's not a wishing machine. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

So I can just fling arrows at deer and it's ok because "Jesus"?

Sarcasm? Exactly. It wasn't intentional and that part bothers me... But not as much as it being a young kid.

Looks like they saved some money by not licensing camo patterns too. And honestly who cares about that with a cam? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The first response out of my mouth is almost always "I eat everything I hunt". The discussion becomes much less argumentative from then on. Now I have nothing against predator hunting or trapping. I just don't do it myself. So MY arguments and discussion around hunting is heavily weighted on the meat argument. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

http://griffinsguide.com/content/2015/05/17/12-year-old-gets-two-deer-with-one-archery-shot-video/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=WOS Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

If I had to break it down 50% love of the woods and nature 20% food 20% alone and peaceful time 10% challenge

Couldn't even keep it on topic for one post could you? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

An ice cold beer is always good. There's no arguing that! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

It's crap. You're not fooling anyone. People drink it because it's cheap and nothing else.

Really sucks when new parts don't work. Happened to me plenty of times. A diy troubleshooters nightmare.

Been meaning to. It's weird the ones I grew in my last year didn't do that

Been eating the lettuce. Beans are coming in and everything else doing well. Not sure when to harvest the yellow onions, never planted them before.

music is too loud to hear the voice. cinematography and editing are great the one scene when you draw and then your kids appear needs to be tweaked. I expected a deer only to see kids

I've had the recent experience to hunt heavily pressured low deer pop land. "just a doe" can get you excited when you haven't seen much or anything in weeks. Let alone that doe comes within bow range. In comparison I've hunted some private land in ny where you can almost take a doe every day out. In NY we let the doe go early on because they're good bait come rut. Most of our doe are local and suck in bucks from other areas. Also taking a doe on the wrong day where it might not be raining soon will stink up the area and maybe ward off a mature buck. Finally, on more than one occasion I've gotten excited and shot a small buck or doe, only to have a bigger buck come through. Had I been patient I'd have 1 or 2 more on the wall. On public land I'll take the doe to fill the freezer. On private well populated, I'll wait till MZ to take my freezer meat.

To put another angle on shooting a doe. A dozen of my arrows cost $170. $40 for 3 rage broadheads and lets say on average $80 to cut up a deer. Assuming my arrow breaks you're a tick over $100 to harvest a doe. I understand it can be done for cheaper by using cheaper tools and butchering yourself. So lets say it ranges from $60 to $120 to harvest a deer. This does not account for time, labor, fuel etc. It is not encompassing license, gear etc. as it's assumed you have all that to buck hunt. It does not account for some locations where the drag out is an absolute nightmare. I have some spots where it's hands and knees pulling up a ravine edge. We rarely take does in that spot. Not all guys are meat hunters. Some don't even eat venison at all. Is it fair to put an economic burden on bowhunters as well? How many get left in the woods to rot? I'd like to add that i've taken 2 doe a year for about 3 years now in addition to bucks. It all gets eaten and usually before the next season. This is just a talking point that warrants attention in my opinion.

lets take the fear of heights for example. Some people just don't like heights and others don't mind it. I have little doubt any of us acquire this in life.

as i said earlier, save some money and just by a complete fuel system cleaner. It's essentially the same thing without filling up a big truck with race gas and more targeted.

NYB are against this, so it must be a good regulation.