Five Seasons

very happy with the maxima hunter's i bought last year. I bought the kv edition and they're hard to find, but kevlar infused. Night and day over my old beman ICS Hunters.

hmm, never knew that.

4 dead on 30 acres seems a little odd to me.

interesting. is it some sort of special edition or something? never seen one.

same thing on 390 near 16b. tons of birds out just laughing at you.

link to article? I don't really hunt any spots where a rifle would be needed over my browning with rifled barrel, but I like the option and excuse to finally get a nice rifle.

obviously cost does not always equal quality. i think this derailed discussion has run its course. back on topic? I love my rage.

this made me laugh over my morning coffee. thanks!

i think unless you're real good and after some big toms. 2 hens is the sweet spot. I currently have one sitting/laying and one feeding. tom decoys and even jakes can deter other toms and jakes.

congrats! does you stock have a cabelas logo on it?

i tried tractor supply and lowes today. same thing. going to check out some local orchards soon.

seems to be true for deer or turkey. if you can get the time off it's almost always better during the week. Some of it has to do with other hunters, but I also think there's just generally more human activity during the weekend. dogs barking more, mowing lawns, runners, bikers. People say that deer get used to that stuff, but even in the deep woods it seems to affect their habits some.

awesome!

So Saturday I picked up 2 different varieties of Pear at country max. Nobody there could tell me if they're male and female so if someone knows how I can tell that'd be great. Anyhow, I have apples and cherries all over and wanted to plant some plum and peach in addition to the pear. Guy tells me plums and peaches are wiped out from some disease? Anyone know about this? I have a flowering plum that's doing great in the front of my house. I should add these will NOT be for deer and fenced in. I basically had a choice of apples, pears and figs. Little bummed.

sleep got the best of me friday. went out again saturday. birds were roosted in another spot and couldn't get them in. Around 7:30 I made my way in their direction and *boom* *boom* buddy and his dad doubled up on 2 jakes on the neighboring property. Glad for him, but worried about how many are left haha.

i disagree about them being easy to see. You pay good money for a rage head because of their tolerances. Takes special equipment to see minor diflections. Call me anal, but I want to know my arrows flying as straight as it can. But this is a guy who spent $170 on carbon express maxima kv arrows. so some could say I've gone off the deep end. A straight stick could kill a deer

my range finder said 35. It's sited in at 40. I told myself when I started i wouldn't take a shot over 30, let alone through some saplings and in low light. It's so easy to set standards and what not until the bird or deer is in front of you haha. And phade, I totally agree and have religiously patterned and shot my bird and deer gun before every season. I'm still pretty sure this was nerves as I have never shot at a turkey before and the gun has been in the closet untouched from last season. And funny you mention archery... I was thinking to myself at that distance with only a small head and a reflex site that took up the whole bird, I'd have rather had my matthews. haha.

let me clarify. You can buy replacement blades and o-rings for the rage. Still not as cheap as resharpening, I guess I just like the comfort of knowing it's not been nicked, dented or deformed even slightly that might not be visible to my eye. The kits are not $45, but even so I shoot maybe 2 deer with a bow each year. So $45 for 2-3 years of deer? that's really not thatttt bad.

no. for the few bucks extra it takes to buy a new head, i'd rather know i'm all good to go.

So this is my 3rd year going after turkeys, and the first real serious year. The previous 2 I only got out a few times and had no success. So I was traveling on business opening day but got up nice n' early this morning. Decoys setup in a spot I saw them roosting during bow season in the hardwoods by 5. I had little to no time to prep and scout this year, so my spot was a shot in the dark. Well around 5:30 I hear a gobble in a tree not 30 yards from me! Freaking awesome I'm thinking. He's going to fly down, I'll pop him and wont have to deal with all the calling and what not. So about a half hour goes by and 3 more birds join in. Then i hear footsteps and I'm thinking my neighbor has heard the same thing and is sneaking onto our land to get a bird. It ends up being a small doe and she walks by at like 10 yards and never even flinches. Keep in mind I'm freshly showered the night before in irish spring and head and shoulders. It's like they know... Anyhow, all at once all 4 to 5 birds come off the roost. I'm geeking out and suffer a turkey case of buck fever. It's dim light, my hearts pound and there's some light brush. I'm shooting 3.5" hevi 13's and a reflex site from my 835 with pure gold choke. My gun was patterned in nicely the year before at 40 yards. I have my gun raised and take a shot to my left (think 90* perpendicular gun across the chest). Now, if they had done their normal thing I'm used to seeing in the fall they would have walked right in front of me... but I've never been this close. BOOM! through the light brush I see no death roll. WTF? I pump. Stand up, put the reflex on the bird again and BOOM. Now they start to scatter, and the one I shot at seems to puff up a little, but still no death shake. son of a beach. I take about a minute to find another shell in my vest and proceed in the direction 3 of them scattered. I climb a small hill and sit up top. a few minutes go by and I call and I see a bird about 50 yards quickly go in the other direction. I head to the farmers field about 400 yards away assuming I messed up my whole morning. call for about an hour and see and hear nothing but 3 huge deer. I head back to get my decoys around 8am and check the scene. 4 drops of blood and a fluffy feather. Bummed. Wish I had missed outright. Spend about 40 minutes searching, but I know this is not like tracking a deer and find nothing. Seriously depressing. I know, I know boring story, but I had to get it down. hoping they'll roost in the same spot tomorrow. Don't have time tonight to pattern the gun so I'm a little worried, but I'm still thinking I just took a poor shot. I thought it was hard to miss these birds though... ugh.

Glad he's ok; what kind of bike?

what he said

8 seems on the low side

i bought a feeder this year. going laying/sitting and feeding and seeing how it goes.

that first video is probably the most unscientific thing i've ever seen lol. And why he knocks the rage because he can't "shoot it again" is laughable. I would never use any broadhead twice and if you're looking to save money you can buy extra bands and blades. tough to watch that second video. It's always nicer when they die out of view. Such a beautiful animal...