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I don't even remember seeing this post back then. I gotta say not many around here kill such deer consistently as Lawdwaz, that's for damned sure. Many talk big stories of passing up the little ones, yet have $#!+ to show for it as far as actual kills of the big ones on such a regular basis. LOL My hats off to you man! You're a lean, mean, big buck killin machine!

Biz-R-O did you see that?? That's just the vehicle for you if I ever saw one. You could hang all your mounts on it! LOL

LOL, I can just see Belo riding around town with one of those with a buck strapped to the hood, and honking the horn to gather attention from everyone. LOL If the scrawny buck fails to impress anyone, then he starts juggling bowling pins. LOL

Boy, that comparison chart is so full of it. Why didn't it list "ability for a quick follow-up shot"? You know damned well that someone with a compound bow can fire a second shot WAY quicker than someone with a crossbow, but of course they forget to mention this just to make that crossbow look more dasterdly! If you don't think there isn't an advantage to have a quick follow-up shot, you haven't been hunting too long.

I don't buy into this aging of venison thing. Cut them up as soon as possible. Unless you have a cooler that will keep a constant temperature, hanging them somewhere in a barn or outside won't do it. Just this season I heard of one crew who shot a couple of deer opening weekend and then let them hang in the shade at camp somewhere for a whole week until these dudes came back hunting again the next weekend. No way in hell was the temperature below 40 degrees for the entire week where they hunted. Way more chances of screwing up your meat this way, then if you butcher it up and freeze it promptly. If the venison is cooked properly I can guarantee anyone that they won't be able to tell the difference if the meat was aged or not.

Belo just inspired me to write a country song about him on behalf of all the rednecks he just offended. "He can kill a buck, he can skin a skunk, even when he's drunk, but they still call him a LOOOOOSER."

I'm trying to figure out who you DIDN'T offend with your rant here? Having a hard time though. LOL

Actually a very interesting observation. I hunt Delaware county also. I can't say that I am seeing more deer where I hunt, but can't say I am seeing a lot less either. I never have seen deer everyday out in my area, and usually the ones you see you'd better put down, because they may be the last ones you get to see. I think there most certainly are WAY less hunters out than ever before. That may or may not have a good effect on deer movement. Hunters may move them in directions away from our stands, so sometimes it's better not to harass their normal patterns thru hunting pressure. I do believe that deer have become accustomed to finding food around populated areas, thus you will see most of the deer in such areas. Food plots don't help one bit either, I am sorry to say. Yeah, people use the excuse that they do it to benefit the herd, but that is pretty much BS. They do it to keep the deer on their turf, and that's pretty much the end of the story. Why would a deer trudge thru other wooded areas or over mountains (where we may be waiting for them) when they can find all the food they need from areas with food plots or other food around the populated areas? They'd be stupid to make the trip. Like humans and other critters, deer will do whatever makes it easiest on them. If plenty of food is available, why would they move to other areas where they might have to search hard for it? The answer is that they shouldn't and in most cases DON'T.

Don't want to hijack this thread, but if someone from the DEC aged your buck at 2.5, they are not very good at aging deer. Just no way that your buck is older than 1.5. Nothing wrong with killing such a buck, just saying that I've seen PLENTY of buck like yours over the years, and they were no older than 1.5 years.

You may regret saying that.

I was actually expecting a fist fight or an all out shoot out, so I was honestly a bit disappointed with the story. LOL

Robinson, where have you been?? Congrats on your buck. Before I even opened this thread I knew it wasn't going to be just an ordinary kill story!! LOL Just not possible I reckon when Robinson goes a huntin'. LOL

Who would need doe tags then, if we could use the bow/ml tag during the regular season?? Everything would be shot up and I doubt there would be anything left!

I don't know where some of you hunt? If I hear 10 shots on opening day(with most of the shots in the far off distance) in the last few years, that is a lot. I hear fewer and fewer shots each season and see fewer and fewer hunters around. Go back to the 60's, 70's and 80's on opening week and you'd think there was a war going on. These days it is not even close to what it once was where I hunt.

A lot of guys say this. Not me though. I sleep like a baby. Maybe I was like you years ago, but definitely not these days.

If you're going to use the property to live on, or for family recreation year round, then owning the land may be worth it. To buy it solely to hunt on surely is not. For the money you will pay on taxes for any reasonable size hunting land, you can go on a nice outfitted hunt where chances of getting a nice deer are probably better. And if you include the original purchase price, then you can go on nice hunts for years into the future! Leases are good, but they of course can come to an end, or costs can go up. Nothing is a complete safe bet.

And I almost forgot about the total nude version that's for Paula's eyes only. LOL

There most likely would be two versions of this picture. A camo thong version for most of us here and then a blaze orange version for Doc. LOL

I reckon you don't read his posts? He is NOT a fan of blaze orange and doesn't see the safety benefits of it.

***Asterisk. The above post is not for Bubba to read. LOL

My first deer season was 1979. Missed a few opening days while in college, but never since then.

Look, I've been hunting since before you were born and been around hunters longer than I really should have been and probably would have been better served if I did something more productive with all that time. In all my freakin years hunting I have NEVER heard of any serious and experienced deer hunter recommend a .223 over all the other well known and proven cartridges. So I may be a stupid idiot, but I know that at least some of the other hunters out there do know a thing or two about what works best. Until I hear the majority of others say that a .223 is a perfectly good deer round in all the different hunting situations that may arise, I surely won't be taking your word for it. Sorry.

So you are advocating your .223 for the 300 yard shot??

Sure they could be chasing. I've never been one to believe that bucks will all be chasing at the same time. I think they can chase anytime between October thru December if he comes across a receptive doe. Just because one is chasing in my area, don't mean you'll see one chasing in yours either. They are the same as human males. Have a girl lift her skirt a bit and give you a wink and most of us will get stupid real fast. No different for a buck.

I have used the .270 almost exclusively for close to 30 years and have killed over 50 deer and various other game with it. Would be an absolute great choice for anyone, but I still say that the .308 is a better overall caliber for hunting deer in the northeast. You can get a shorter action, shorter gun with a .308 and there isn't ONE deer that I killed with my .270 that wouldn't have been just as dead with a .308. I surely can't say the same for the .223 or a .243. I have a .22-250 which is the .223's bigger brother and would never dream of hunting deer with that piddly little bullet.