dbHunterNY

it doesn't matter that much. you're over thinking it. just get what you'll hunt deer with. for turkey hell they make cheap light weight cover suites. it'll be potentially hot during spring turkey season and cold during deer season so same set of camo won't serve you as well for both.

just remember to keep it clean and the reeds not stuck together or the best call because rasp less and squeeky. often it works to give the call hell like you're a pissed turkey in the truck before you get out there to your spot. easier than messing with reed separators in the dark, despite they work good when you otherwise don't plan to hunt. i often leave mine in a solution of mouth wash and water during the season.

Here's my ASSumptions... without boots on the ground. as much as access is important, i'm skipping it. just say don't have your wind go to where you planned deer to be feeding or bedding. and don't walk right through either to hunt them from a stand. i don't where you can you can get in and out from but options for each but not without assumption. 1A and 1B - i assume the white line slope comment there's a valley and gut that runs down hill from 1A to 1B with an edge formed by the yellowed hatched area. this might have sketchy winds in some situations but a hot spot hub for deer. especially 1A being an inside corner to the southwest crop field. 2A - assuming this is at the top of any kind of ridge that runs south to north deer love bedding here and traveling it. I think they'd come from the thick yellow area to the south out to the crop field to the north or to just loiter along. if the north east crop field is the field of choice i could see them traveling low moving along the blue, red, yellow edge past 2B or coming diagonally down the ridge past 2C. this might be good in the early am but evenings or midday you might have to be careful of bumping or alerting bedded deer. 3 - deer travel and next closest cover is off property to northwest. despite red is open woods deer still move through it if they have a reason. this corner is the closest distance to the nearest wood lot once the west crop field is harvested. whether deer are coming or going from the property doesn't matter. moving through that open woods it's less likely to bump deer you didn't know where there. 4 - this open woods could be hardmast trees or junk. either way there's nuts dropping or junk trees falling to create a patch of browse. i'd bet there's a checkpoint in the middle deer might often hit that'd be an option if there's enough activity there or specific deer is going through there. 5A and 5B - it's a break in the smooth edge of the east crop field and possible staging area between the two. looks like a definite dug drainage ditch but also a natural swale leading from it out through the east crop field. depending on how deep the dug one is it might provide access or egress to this spot while deer are close or out feeding. otherwise i'm thinking this might be a good crossing?? A or B is dependent on wind, range to trail, and maybe just a better setup. 6 - just because deer use man made travel routes when things are quiet and it's a natural funnel for travel whether its following anything that cover and not harvested fields or getting to what looks like a bar way for equipment access into the east field if the dug ditch is too crazy. 7 - its a green field to the south after other crops fields are gone. clover/alfalfa? the yellow is thick and who knows where deer are in there. best leave it as sanctuary and don't go in. you can access the spot along the east edge though if not use the west edge for something other than prevailing wind. 8 - kind of a big guess and why i picked it last. i see a swale going into the southwest crop field. thinking it's a spot deer come out from? how you'd get to it would depend on wind and time of day.

i've got all kinds from Down-N-Dirty, had some custom makers, Quaker Boy, Knight&Hale, Primos, probably some others, and just picked up a few more that i don't even remember what they are. they were in a fish bowl type of container, individually packaged, and like just under $2 a piece. i really like this one though. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1008156438/primos-team-primos-signature-series-will-primos-1-diaphragm-turkey-call

none are that expensive. i'd steer clear of a sonic dome or others that are supposed to make it easier to use but really don't. i honestly haven't had a bad sounding mouth call. unless you're fairly good (controlled) don't go for anything deep cut or lots of reeds and rasp. simple uncut double reeds sound too clean and peeper like to me. something in the middle is nice. probably one of my favorites is the team Primos Will primos edition. it's a green tape and black top reed. easy blowing and can work it pretty quiet with control to seal the deal when they get in closer and your hands are on the gun aiming instead of trying to run a call. a call is a call. look for one similar if you can't find it.

i'll post something later

i think i just did. lol

this next one isn't supposed to reach this far north. only below the capitol region that's below us then some. might get something but probably won't amount to anything. our neighbors in woodford VT have gotten like 70" just with the past 3 storms.

i'll sign up to be a bartender but don't expect me to be dr. phil. you'll do better next time. just stop shaving your calves. you're trying too hard.

any time! i mean someone's gotta serve the drinks to help your performance on a saturday night.

apparently it takes a real man to put purple furniture in a gun room like that. i'm ashamed to say that wouldn't be my first choice.

i thought this was another one of Moogs locker room threads. the disappointment is real.

fully convinced now that "Mr. Whacker" must be a stage name for one of those different kinda clubs.

you're a labeler enabler. ...and why you gotta call out TC for posting online while drunk off his A$$? not very nice. i say let the man drink.

while you're at it stop by the realtree forums. just send them a bill in the mail. i'm to blame too but that place is a ghost town. i came over to here but burmjohn made me do it!

mines not lagged because i didn't know if i wanted to put there indefinitely, despite it's in a good spot. doesn't matter you aren't getting it out unless you get into it and if you get into it then you don't need to. we took all the shelving out. still took multiple guys to move each piece. i was still worried the stair treads wouldn't hold.

fine choice Mr Wick.

curiosity got to me and a friend one day. we could barely move mine at all. they pushed that thing over waaayyyy too easy. thing had to be empty aside from what looked like packaging material.

i get that it's not impossible. what i'm saying is it's going to take a lot more than what some of you elude to. shit if you get into it you've earned it. i'll let insurance take care of the rest.

mines not anchored to the pre-existing concrete floor for that reason. can't go over backwards and it'd take a lot to push it over onto its front which wouldn't do you much good though.

the door hinges do absolutely nothing on my safe. only to let the door swing out of the way. the multiple offset and hidden bolts are what actually keep the door on. the only way is if your a skilled locksmith and drilling it or maybe cutting torches?? torches would be a bonehead move as you'd probably catch something on fire which would make you leave and defeat the idea of wanting to get into the safe.

mine are all in a safe big enough and heavy enough you're not breaking glass to get into it and you're not getting the whole thing out unless you blow a hole through my house and cherry pick it out with a crane. that said i wished it was bigger. i keep both firearms and important docs in the other side. i think with stand offs, scopes, bolts, accessories, hand guns on hanging racks, etc. a safe only really holds half of what it says it does. new house. go big!

i could ask a ton of questions like what you've done where, where it's more open vs thined, where different conifers or hardwoods are, etc. any expert, which i'm not, would still have put boots on the ground. 1 - seems like a good ambush spot to funnel deer going out to feed on what might be CRP in evening or anytime just running the top of the ridge. 2 - saddles or benches are always good to catch bucks cruising. i'd be cautious of going in if deer bed there at some point. access is whichever road and when you won't bump deer. 5 - is an alternate to #2 in that deer might travel one side or the other. still need to be cautious of bedding bucks. might even be a better spot during the rut for bucks scent checking either day time bedded doe above or feeding staged deer to the west. access is whichever road and when you won't bump deer. 8 - with heavy pressure i think a good buck cruising could go through here to take the hedge row and cross the road. with the right wind i'd access it from the road on the south side of the hedge row so deer above possibly bedding won't watch you walk in. 3A and B - alternate stands for wind but probably good early season spots. i don't think it's a swamp with thick cover or i'd hunt it later too. 4 - no idea if you own it. i figured to stay away from the edge of the map. i think it'd be a good spot for multiple reasons. easy quick access is one. seems like a spot with intersecting trails. 7 - not sure what's growing here to determine exact spot but looks like diversity of changing cover and deer like that. 6 - i have to think deer run this creek on the high side. can't tell but any shallow crossings or how the banks run might show a good spot. that's my best shot in the dark of what MIGHT be going on. i guess we'll find out. it'll be interesting to go back and look what others said.

deer like sumac but i try my hardest to wipe it from any property i've got. too much maintenance to let it go.

school called asking why i was out, on opening day. we'd come in for late breakfast. dad answered the phone and told them we were hunting and i'd be back tomorrow. mom would always write a "sick note", despite i don't know why. all my teachers would cheerfully ask would i got, not 'caught'.