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with limited fields it can be tough to hunt them without over pressuring them. even if you're not "busted" with deer running away, typically they eventually pick up that you've been around. they'll avoid it more and more. with big mature woods it is a bit easier to access without scaring deer with topography having a big influence on travel and bedding. gotta make sure your not letting the deer know you're showing up. otherwise it's a long boring season.

i've checked out these setups on other peoples' ARs i know and i'm a huge proponent of it. i even have the Burris on my turkey gun. i've had a yote come in hot before and i missed many times. just too close for a scoped rifle. another time i had the shotgun propped up with something under it to grab quick and still couldn't transition to from the rifle to the shotgun quick enough.

i've always wanted an AR. just never thought it a necessity above other things so i don't have one.

thank you for making it safe and less scary with the spur.

the only things those kids not exposed to real guns know is video games and movies were violence is glorified. i'm hard pressed to watch a movie with guns and either matt damon or liam nesson. both have suggested our 2nd amendment rights be capped at the knees. yet both have made gun violence in movies their bread and butter legacy.

the more you can force the tree down the better. usually means you're leaving enough of the outer vascular system to keep the tree alive longer, so long as the things isn't tipping over into darkness. i usually hinge spots with lots of young growth that's close together. they're not growing straight or won't in the future. to do so i'll just cut a couple out right to make room to hinge the other trees over. trees don't grow fast so know why you're cutting one.

its fine. if you get bit you just have to bite back a little to assert your dominance. no reason to fear a couple hooters and let them have control over the situation. i mean if they get overly aggressive the talons come out, leaving you scratched up and possibly beaten. those owls can be tough.

that's a fun one. i've got one on my competition pistol box that says "i'd rather hunt with dick cheney, than ride with ted kennedy".

yea we're in agreement actually.... i'm saying "valid" in that his thoughts are what they are and no less important in the eyes of a legislator. if enough people say the sky is literally going to fall because of a bill, it's "valid" concern that needs to be looked into. i'm sure there's others out there that feel the same way he/she does, whether they know data doesn't really support it or not. we're talking about politics and legislation here, in a state with liberal minded concerns. not the definition of valid you, i, or anyone else typically goes by. it's part of the struggle of passing laws here in albany. the office that's sponsoring the bill is slightly informed, but they aren't experts to shoot down every concern, no matter how ridiculous it might seem. write this concept off and a bill would go no where for seemingly no valid reason, leaving us scratching our heads. going a step further to make you shake your head, you literally have to feed your rep sponsoring the bill with preemptive answers to the dumbest questions or concerns that you know will come up.

i'd imagine they're damn expensive. good insurance must help a lot.

i've always been around a college campus and there's always a Hooters nearby. Any girl i've known with the looks to do well there basically said screw the place. they can make more $ during prime hours at a bar of choice or nicer restaurant. in all honesty the ones that i think do better are ones with a dock for boats. Coyote Ugly during Spring Break or some other event in a good location is where it's at.

if i could give input to hinge cutting it'd be know what and why you're cutting it. don't worry about overhead canopy, as it'll just collapse and the deer won't use it as intended. last don't think you need a chainsaw. you can do a ton of hinge cutting needs with a good cutting hand saw. i know where this original post came from. honestly i'd cut flat not angled. to flat surfaces together is more stable and predictable. also you're cutting a lot less.

there's a lot they'll eat over birch in my experience. is there much sign nearby and are they browsing something else? those are questions i guess i'd be getting answers too.

it's fresh and back on the shelves. before my time but i heard it's a big deal. i liked it. figured it'd get more of a reaction. all the old farts must have been napping or in bed. lol

greendrake has a valid point and he or she's entitled to their concern. no law will suddenly change that. i respect the individual posted their thoughts, maybe knowing it'd be largely disagreed with. i truely think that if lowering the age to 12 to be able to hunt with a mentor isn't being unreasonable when the rest of the country has no minimum age for this situation. also any gun is dangerous, but for decades now youth have been hitting the woods with they're mentoring hunting small game and target shooting, largely without incident. teenagers of 14-16 years old have a lot of distractions on their minds. frankly with things like school shootings i'd rather kids know more about guns capable of taking big game first hand at a sooner age if they're willing. trying to think about risks i took in life "i knew" i could get away with. before teenage years was practically sunshine and rainbows versus in my teenage years.

looks like a nice mount to me. my cousin got a 160+" deer that i posted a while back in here. he got it back and it had some wicked swelling to the neck that looked weird honestly. it was a brute of a buck that i aged the jawbone at 5.5 yrs old though. seems like more often they look filled in everywhere and almost husky than bulging with lots of definition.

sounds like TC broke you all ready. so much for mental and financial stability. lol i just hope he let you ignorantly enjoy it and didn't explain how it works too much... the arrow that's supposed to bend when shot that you're trying to get to go lazer straight.

heartless savages! why don't you use a gun! wait.... guns are bad! i mean..... aw hell. nevermind. sweet. i want one!

i'm friends with an older guy that owns a small engine/chainsaw shop. he says to run 91 octane non-ethanol in any anything you got. so i do in anything from sled, chainsaw, tiller, to lawn mower. before off season anything with sizable tank like mower or sled it gets run and filled with fresh non-ethanol gas with stabil. premix stuff has stabil in the oil already. smaller stuff gets run with the same and then drained. smaller amount of gas the faster it breaks down and loses octane. i've never had any problems and honestly don't take my stuff in for tune ups each season either.

ethanol gas and non-ethanol gas burn a lot different. if you're not mapped or designed to run partial ethanol gas then it creates problems like inefficient burn and higher moisture content and corrosion in fuel systems. relatively newer cars are fine and mapped accordingly but carbed small engines, things that don't run long and often, or even older classic cars don't do as well. take my fuel injected new snowmobile. it'll fowl plugs and run like crap if in "non-ethanol mode" running reg 10% ethanol gas. put it in ethanol mode and it runs great.

the million to his wife seems off. seems like the rumor crap you'd hear on archerytalk and through gossip. I'd believe it if that was what they paid him for the 10 year contract including provisions for or a little extra for each engagement/event and bonus money for a tournament placing. it's not a sport you get rich on unless you do outside seminars and PR events that third parties are paying you for. maybe i'm wrong.

just for insurance, registration, and club membership alone sledding is an expensive hobby. add in parts that need replacing here and there even more money. it's stupid fun though if the white stuff is stacking up.

this year at the Upper Hudson River Valley QDMA banquet we're having at least a Cam X330 and Scorpyd Orion Extreme crossbows. Makes a guy want full inclusion even more. Things are sick crossbows.

if it had normal or small looking cams it was probably a TRX7 it's 40" A-A

outdoors is his wheel house. they're pretty different honestly.