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    One or the other

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    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

    How much land do you need ?

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    On 6/3/2018 at 5:09 AM, Storm914 said:

    If you practice good deer management how much land do you need to keep your bucks safe from Neighbors  shooting them before they get mature.  What I'm asking is how many acres does it take to keep deer mostly are totally on your property all year long  so they dont get shot before they  get a chance to grow big .

    The bucks will always wander.  The young bucks will not stray to far and the 3.5+ yo dominant buck won't have to travel too far to service the area doe but the 2.5 and 3.5 yo subordinate bucks are the ones that will do most of the traveling.  

    The key to killing big bucks on your land is to the does.  If you set up your 50 - 200 acres for doe habitat with food plots and thick bedding areas you will have the best chance to kill the mature bucks who eventually travel looking for the does that live on your property.  The other key to killing the mature bucks is to be in the woods when they are most likely traveling.  Make the time to be in the woods and stay on your stands all day between early Nov through the rest of the season.

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    motor starting sound in woods

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted · Edited by nybuckboy

    For a few years now I will hear what sounds like a single cylinder motor starting and then quickly stopping.  This has driven me nuts. I thought maybe ground water pressure building and releasing because it is generally heard near a swampy area. It's like an an old tractor with a crank on the front that you would crank over to start but just as it starts it dies out like its not getting gas. Ive heard it a few times this Spring too. The sound is like this.

    putt----------putt--------putt------putt---putt-putt-putt-putt-putt----putt------putt---------putt.  

    I finally figured out what it is.  Anybody else know what it is?

    Building a log bridge

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    I'm planning on building a log bridge across my creek. I've selected the shortest span and it's about 18" right now and could get another ft higher certain times of the year.  My plans are to fell four pine trees each about 20 ft long. Place 2 side by side and seperate them enough to be able place boards across all three to support a Kawasaki Mule.  After the boards are place across the 4 logs I plan to then run boards length wise for a path for each wheel span. Thoughts and other design ideas?

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    Any one else get a muscle strain from drawing back a bow .

    in General Chit Chat

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    1 hour ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

    I don't think there is such a thing as a proper draw weight. 

    Not sure I agree with this statement nor do I necessarily agree with mine above.

    If you are looking for a good draw weight and your sole purpose is for hunting then keeping your movement down to a minimum would make sense with I had heard.

    I see many people at shoots raising their bow up and pulling down so they can draw back more pounds. I can tell they are drawing more than they should. In a hunting situation being able to draw back with as little motion as possible can be the difference of being busted or not. Also, I suspect that the reason for sitting on the ground and pulling your bow back is because after hours in a stand and being cold it makes sense to not have to pull more than you are comfortable with.

    Just for the hell of it I'm gonna try sitting and see just how well I can pull my bow back. 

    Self guided elk hunt

    in General Hunting

    Posted

    A patient of mine has been here twice with his son. Self guided but assisted.  Assisted meaning they will drive you all over the 6500 acres and show you where they typically move and also will bring a loader to your elk and bring it back to the cabins or tent site for you. Reasonable.  He raves about how they have been treated. The ranch is near Craig CO, near the northern border.  The women who owns it has been in the family for like 100 years, Good luck.

    http://www.ylazysranch.com/home

    early Does?

    in Bow Hunting

    Posted

    I like to wait til late season gun to take my doe(s). I'm of the belief that that resident doe I kill early may be the doe that brings that mature buck by me in early Nov bow season. I know it all comes down to how much time and land access each hunter has as to how you decide take a deer but that is how I think any way.

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    Where would you pick to hunt

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Robhuntandfish said:

    have no idea how to point this out (not real computer savvy) but i would look at the lower middle area in white just to the top left of that first little pond.  right near where the elevation starts and that little bump of it sticks out.  but really tough to tell.  I would generally always start with contour changes and where trails may be formed.  Then look for a food source and deer activity and go from there. 

    or right between what looks like a road/trail and where elevation looks steep in the middle in green.  Might be a good funnel 

    Pinch points for sure. 

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