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I just found it on optics planet for 229$ still a lot but it does look good and there isn't a bad review on them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks, she already has a low chair that she uses for squirrel and deer hunting. A chair for me is out of the question, old habits just die to hard to have it in my hand or hanging off me. I think you're talking about the tenzing? It looks nice but for 300$ for something I hope to only use a few times a year is a bit much. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As most of you know I hate calling turkeys and haven't done it in years, that being said things are changing. My brother is going to hunt with me this spring and he doesn't have what it takes to run and gun with me so I guess I'm going to call for him. My daughter is 10 and keeps asking about going as well so more than likely we will sit and call as well and my back and hip aren't getting any better so I'm not as mobile as I was not long ago. I have never worn a turkey vest even back when I called but I can see where they might be helpful. In my research I have found that some have a "kickstand" this is seems like a great idea to me because I rarely sit against a tree and am usually in some bushes or weeds with nothing to sit against. Does anybody use one of these vests or have any recommendations on what one to get? http://www.midwayusa.com/product/1017174692/alps-outdoorz-nwtf-grand-slam-turkey-vest this ones seems alright but maybe too bulky? Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Running and "gunning" with a bow a ghillie suite is absolutely essential! As is breaking up the outline of my bow, I use decoration ivy and a piece of artificial XMas tree on my bow to break up the straight lines. I'm not sure what I'm going to do this year with the long bow but it will have something. I did it once by accident and killed a bird and have been doing it ever since. For me it has been extremely successful. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't call at all, I just sit and wait to hear them trying to find each other then cut them off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

All of us have had toms henned up in the middle of a field that wouldn't come your way? My approach to this is to use the fall tactic of busting them up. I'll run into the flock and bust them up, then I'll sneak in the direction they went and set up 40 or 50yds into the woods eat a sandwich or take a quick nap and after 20 or 30 minutes get ready because most of the time the birds will be coming right back. This works even better if you can use an atv or a truck Because it doesn't seem to bother them as bad and they'll come back even sooner. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I give you guys a lot of credit that have to go through all of this just to pattern a shotgun! If I couldn't shoot in my backyard I would most likely just fish. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm willing to be you have very little experience hunting bait? If it were as easy as you think it is there wouldn't be a racked buck left in Ohio. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think many of you are forgetting what it takes to be a professional, getting paid to do it. It has nothing to do with skills. Baiting deer is baiting deer, doesn't matter if your corn is on the stalk or the ground you planted it to feed deer. Hell I mow my corn in sections before different seasons so it's easier for me to kill them of my bait. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Have your ground ready and as soon as you see the farmers planting corn plant yours. If you're late or early they will destroy it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Killing deer has little to do with the weapon or the projectile and everything to do with the pilgrim. This is even more important in the ADKS or any other big woods hunting. Most times you aren't in a stand or a blind and won't have a rest and time to settle in on the target. Most shooting is close and fast. Getting to the shot is the hard part in the big woods. A light rifle that doesn't kill you when carrying the miles you have to walk to find the deer is very important. Me personally I want a short light rifle with a low powered scope or a good peep with the ability of fast follow up shots with a bullet that will go from nose to tail or tail to nose are most important. The 3 deer rifles I carry the most in the ADKS are a pump carbine 35whelen with a 1-4 leupold, pump carbine 358win I with a peep and a 77/44 with a 2x leupold. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Momentum and energy has very little to do with killing, game is killed by tissue damage and/or disruption of CNS. Momentum "the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity." Energy, I think you meant Kinetic energy "energy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion." Are basically the same thing. Neither has very much to do with killing- Tissue Damage/disruption of CNS. The most important job for any projectile intended to kill is to transfer energy. A 300win mag or what ever wiz bang magnum you want to use may have an extra 1000ftlbs+ of KI over the 7mm-08 but if that 2000 of the 3800ftlbs drives the bullet into the dirt after going through the animal what did you gain other than more noise burning more powder, more recoil and the need for a longer barrel. If one wants to shoot big game over 400yds than the "need" for a magnum becomes a real issue. As the old saying goes "a guide out west would rather see a client show up with his beat up old deer rifle in ... chambering than a shiny new magnum any day." Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Optimal is in the eyes of the beholder. Inside of 300yds "really further but we will use 300" other than big bears there isn't a critter on North America that a 7mm-08 won't kill just as dead as a magnum with the same shot placement. This is more true now than ever with advancement in bullet designs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That may work to scratch the surface but it will take many passes back and forth. It certainly won't be a fast operation. Breaking ground isn't easy, once you start working it every year that might work fine especially in loamy ground if it's not too dry. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Very tough to beat a 7mm-08 for a deer/black bear cartridge. Fast enough, flat enough, heavy enough with very little recoil, short action and performs great with a shorter barrel "18-20." There are many articles that make some pretty good arguments for the 7mm-08 being the best deer cartridge ever made, hell if it was 35cal it would be my favorite too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There is a lot of open hardwoods in the Adirondacks. 2 of my 3 furthest shots have been in the Adirondacks, one about 240yds and one 190yds. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Technically speaking if she was "storing" it at her moms she doesn't need to do anything. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Proficiency has different meanings to different individuals. Depending on the longest range you intend on shooting you may be proficient. Me personally I love to shoot. I have probably shot my #1 deer rifle 300+ shots since season ended. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And that would be why I said "not many." Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My .17 has a VX-2 2-7 Rimfire, it's a perfect fit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Cabelas in Hamburg didn't have any nor did the Bass pro in Harrisburg. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I ignored all the bad reviews and bought a pack, loaded very hard, didn't shoot great and didn't expand well in my beach sand in a bucket test. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I give you a lot of credit, you're certainly putting your homework in! I always thought tracking was the hardest way to kill a mature buck but after reading your posts I think you have me beat, hell all I do is walk a lot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Again is a "dang good many" most? Are you referring to "bumps" or points that you would put your license on that there are 3 over 1"?? There is a big difference. I have saw many bucks shot that turned out to be 5 or 6 pts that I certainly wouldn't have shot even at close bow ranges if 3 on a side was the law. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't agree that 3 on a side doesn't protect the MAJORITY of 1 1/2 olds. I have hunted 8 whitetails in 8 states and I have yet to be in a place where he majority of year old bucks have atleast 5 1" points. If this is the case on your land you should fence it and start selling sperm. For the rest of the state I would be willing to guess that the majority of year old bucks have less than 3 1" points. What is everyone else's opinions on this? That being said there are exceptions to every rule but statistics 101 taught me that the extremes on either side have very little impact on an average. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk