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  1. 13 hours ago, steve863 said:

    It's easy enough to have a deer sneak by you if you are fully engaged with your surroundings, if you distract yourself by reading a book it will be even more likely to happen.  And having your ears plugged listening to music is even worse than reading in my honest opinion.  There have been literally scores of deer that I heard well before I ever caught a glimpse of them. 

    Steve - then you haven't tried it. As I stated, the volume is just cracked on at the very lowest it can be possibly on and I can still hear my surroundings.  Windy days and rainy days it doesn't matter as you can't hear a buck anyway. To each their own though. 

  2. I never would read a book on stand.  You can't read a book and watch the woods.  That being said, I have found that an iPod with music and even better yet, loaded with a few books on tape (CD) work great as you can listen and look at the same time.

    As we all know you cant kill them from the house so I sit as long as I can til I'm so bored I can't stand it. Then I put in some ear buds. Turn the iPod volume all the way down and then play a song and just barely turn on the volume. I can still hear the woods even on quiet days.  On rainy or windy days it doesn't matter.

    Try it!

  3. I don't golf and I gave up the scooter after nearly 40 years of riding so hunting is really my only passion these days. I really only hunt deer and to a lesser degree I also enjoy spring turkey season.  I first bow hunted around 2001 or 2002... not sure.  Since then bow season has me addicted.  I still enjoy gun season as well but hunting the pre-rut from Halloween til opening day gun is what I live for.

  4. This is our 5th season here at the new place and have been letting the little bucks grow.  This is proof that even when it's not perfect and only some of the other  land owners also practice the same plan it can work.  The first year nothing but little bucks and each year it has gotten better.

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  5. I was thinking over 50% would make it for sure.  Based on the PA study above and the less bears we tend to have in NY I'd think 65% probably make it through the first 6 months or til they lose their spots.

  6. What percentage of fawns born each year make through their first 6 months?  Reason I ask is I have seen numerous dead on the road this year.  Made me wonder how many succumb to coyotes and cars in their first 6 months.

    Do you think it's 50% - higher or lower?

  7. 2 hours ago, Lawdwaz said:

    No they aren’t. 

    There'd be dramatic growth difference in almost a month.  

    This was my thought as well and the reason I asked the question.  A month should produce a lot more antler growth.  

  8. On 6/21/2018 at 4:21 PM, Doc said:

    There are still a lot of Ford 8N's around with a full line of tillage implements that will come in far less than $4000. Farmers used to run entire farms with these indestructible tractors. The 3-point hitch and PTO will power a bush-hog, do the plowing, disking, and dragging, and anything else you might have in mind for plotting.

    what he said ^^^^^ There around and good little work horses.

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  9. To me,a rifle sighted in at an inch high at 100 yds make it a small challenge to kill a deer. Like point and click really.  The bow simply gives me more opportunities during the best 3 weeks of the season to pass up what I wish and try to kill a mature buck. This is what gives me the excitement I haven’t had since I was a youngin. So for me I’d use the bow all year round even when it’s cold if I had to choose. Just sayin

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