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As soon as it does then stop. walk away. Many times the first arrows are crisp and then we start trying to stack them and think too much. That's when it happens. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

I'm going to throw out one more thing. Everybody loves more HP and bigger to man handle the task at hand. When doing recreational stuff like skidding logs and clearing food plots I know a lot of people that get in trouble using a tractor like a dozer. Some came out with bumps and bruises and others aren't around anymore to talk about it. As a farmer's first born son who grew up using tractors from compact way up past 120+ HP I'm saying a 30 hp tractor is small but its still big enough to toss you or crush you like a bug on a windshield. Whatever you get you use it for what it is and you will get a lot done with it. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

seems like a dead battery would screw you over hard during low light but yea seems to be legal. best for those types of questions to ask the ECO that would potentially ticket you though. ....pretty sure you're fine.

you: no officer i don't know where the weed came from. Officer: okay you have to come down to the station and pee in a cup. You: i can't. i just went pee in that urine bottle that you also took before you pulled me over. i don't why you're making this sooo difficult for the both of us.

Joe aka RangerClay has shared a plaque business on here before. do CNC laser wood burning of a picture into the wood. that'd be cool option for the grand son's first.

i know some have strong opinions against use of trail cams but i always wanted to mount one with wood backer much wider so i can router in room to frame a trail cam picture off to the side. i mean it's cool to see the deer and how it appeared alive on the hoof! or better yet a group "trophy" picture. call me an insensitive a**hole, but trophy pictures with others remind me of memories and not blood lust or un-pure and evil QDM practices. haha

36 days or so never seemed so long. very nice buck!

i've been disowning my compounds and overhauling the recurve. hopefully i have some pictures soon. been busy.

actually the minimum is only $250 but then can get other stuff added with more violations. that's about to change though. it's an easy ban but there's other stuff that should be enforced and looked at over urine.

i have Kubota B7200D. 17HP and 14 hp PTO. built early 1980's. i can use a 4' tiller, 4' bush hog, or C tine cultivators to prep plots. comes with a 48" belly mower, 4 wheel drive, and ag tires. be careful with the newer style industrial or turf tires. they won't wreck your lawn, but will routinely get you stuck and don't bite like ag tires. newer BX tractors seem a bit smaller than mine and that will not at all help with getting around with 3 point hitch equipment on anything less than level grade. Overall physical size wise, mine is more like the B-Series Kubota versus BX. i would go with B series at least. mine definitely isn't heavy and probably 1500-1700 lbs with mounting frame with mower and weights up front. great thing is for the category 3 point equipment and the size i really can't break or bend things unless i'm being stupid. if i had a little more weight, height, and power it'd be good. then again i can take mine right down ATV trails with ease and get down into other places much easier. if i get stuck or in a pickle it's light enough for a really easy pull with a come-a-long.

I can get some from meat cutter that are bigger and just better quality than preprepped factory packed ones. Still better when cooked. at least as cheap and at times cheaper. I said you can do either. My point is some really aren't bad. If they were they wouldn't be on a shelf. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

it's actually not from what students have said. the ones that do it and do it themselves anyway. it gets a lot of the basic and tedious stuff out of the way. better reading it on your own time then being stuck in a class during a summer weekend having someone regurgitate it to you. now when teaching we have time to hammer home what's on the test again but more importantly concepts not on the test that'll help you be a successful bowhunter, like equipment selection, preparation, shooting, or whatever. all that stuff a student taking the class might not have a clue where to start or what to think. many expect to hunt in the fall but don't even have a bow yet.

from what i've been told and seen that's ridiculously heavy/big. little above average taken in NY for age but young still young if you're going for a big bear. still don't get that many where we are. more and more i think about going and hunting them specifically somewhere else.

i haven't taken one but know of many who do every year. they say you just want to cook it to at least 137 F for internal temp but meat never seems to cook real even and sometimes has cold spots. so i've heard and would agree to bring it all up higher to be sure. some state dnr will tell you 160F for a few minutes. anyone i actually know that eats it says to just cook it close to well done.

now you have to do the "homework"/work book and by regulation/law show up with it filled out to participate in testing and field portion. before than it was always supposed to be two days. first day went through same content as the "homework" that you now do on your own. second day was always field day and testing. it was a smart move because it requires less from the volunteer instructors. just too bad when someone shows up with it not complete or they don't even have it. also the option of paying $30 to take a test that isn't the actual test is deceiving and something DEC needs to straighten out and make more clear. often people feel cheated out of $30 when they find out they still have to go through the motions and can't just show up for the certificate.

seems a little odd. low or high anchor and how you align the sights can mess with things a little, kind of like the zero on a rifle. another thing i've seen is nock low arrow flight as it leaves the bow, causing it to plain straight but up. i assume your bow is tuned if broadheads are hitting with field points. however, if you're shooting bigger vanes/fletching and a low profile mechanical broadhead then it'll act a lot like a field point and your bow could slightly out of tune. any of that apply to you? changing draw weight, tiller, string stretch, etc can effect all effect up and down. if your center shot or rest is very good left to right then your arrows will stay in line left or right. that said i wouldn't monkey with it from what people say on here alone. have someone actually look at it in person who knows what they're doing.

happy bday!

also because our farm is mostly hay fields with many farther away being cut later, we have a doe factory/haven. it's common to see plenty of doe with much fewer bucks during the summer. still gotten yearlings and 2.5 year olds on cam though. then come hard antler the doe stay but the bucks shift and setup shop on our place with sufficient doe and everything else they need. bad side is buck home ranges are always elsewhere, so we have to rely on the rut to bring them to us and even during the season it's much harder to hold bucks on our farm.

it's not a bad thing having red oak acorns. prefer a good mix with white and others. my understanding is they aren't as preferred as white, but they drop and last longer before they start to rot. depending variety, your soft mast will ripen and have lots of draw with all the sugar content. when all that is gone your red acorns will still be plentiful. only problem with that is many hunt open fields or plots. acorns hold deer in timber until last light and during midday strolls just as much as heavy hunting pressure well through the season. you just have to find dead spots of "cover" with lesser deer activity and other routes to access your stands of mast trees undetected. don't burn out a stand of oaks. apple trees are less worry because one will drop fast and then there's nothing left and the deer move on.

last night i was just thinking about whether or not i should pull a round of cards to catch the first hard antler. i just swapped them this past weekend though. all locations are easily accessible but still.

himself. his wife has dibs on all the big ones.

not related. second part just an observation on my end as i was typing. at one point it wasn't working where i could reply with the original quote showing up but it now seems to show up just fine.

honestly i've used a bunch and it's way easier with more than sufficient results to use the store bought stuff. McCormick Apple Wood Rub and one by Weber was the last one that i'm using. Before that i had a Cabelas Competition BBQ Rub that was really good. if it's your intent to create your own then fine, otherwise why try to recreate the wheel.

Same here. Hey the reply button works on tapatalk too. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

sounds like bugs at the end of your garden in that direction or trees strained/popping. sometimes it's not the normal deep pop you usually hear. no idea otherwise. lol