LET EM GROW

Love the wriath so far, besides tmbattery draw.lol. i have an anker hooked up to it. But the stock ir would me to 200yrd or better. I swapped out my red led bulb in the wicked light for an 850ir. Can easily see at 400+ As for the lower, for nownits a PSA Gen3 .. a friend just built the exact same gun, just a tad quicker than me with zero issues. Good luck with that scope! I pray you dont get the freezes ive been seeing ppl having lately. Look like a firmware update fixed that? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Building a 243 gas gun with a sightmark wraith optic so my stepson can use the 22nosler or vice versa.. so we dont have to share after dark anymore ol. More parts on the way.. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

nice! Where'd you win that sweet thang?

By the Petting zoo?? lol

WNYbowhunter, I think Phade is in competition with you and all your trail cam slammers!

Damn i've got good timing! ... for some things lol

The team that won killed 11 yotes and 3 red fox. Also took the heaviest dog.

My buddy and his so called partner(who volunteered him to his team lol) called in 9 coyotes Friday night across 9 sets, my buddies thermal optic failed so he had to resort back to red light and rifle scope combo for the contest.. He pulled the trigger on 2 dogs and killed 2. His partner whom has 9k invested in thermal, scope & scanner, pulled the trigger on 4 dogs that night most all of them chip shots. and missed every single one he shot at. I think they would have done very well had his partner not missed, and not bailed on him for Saturday night.

Neither! lol

I want to mount those sheds badly! especially since i don't think he was harvested.. "legally" anyways. When the funds and cape are present I will have to find a Taxi guy! lol

Anythings possible for sure!A field on the back of the hill was planted to soybeans for the first time in a long time. but as was ours too.. The property with the other bean field reported a tremendous year for deer sightings. But, I just highly doubt this is the case. But this is a report from every neighbor on the hill. They all said they had zero pics or encounters with him at all in 2019. Its not usual for him..

Here is the story of another Old Mature Buck I got to spend some time perusing... Some of you may remember my story and history a little while back, with a buck we called "The Ghost" that died last yr. at 9.5 yrs. old. I had full history with him since he was a year and a half. Well along with him, I had another buck of the same age class, roaming the same hill. I called him "Chunk" for obvious reasons that you'll see in pictures.. His Mass! Chunk has a serious "chunk" of bone a top his head.. As far back as the pictures I’ve kept, well at least the pics I still have that didn't get lost or deleted back in the day.. I have him going back into 2012 I had him on camera a lot in '12 and actually passed him up at 60 yrs on Thanksgiving morning because he was with a much bigger buck and 3 other smaller bucks all locked on 1 hot doe. Continued getting pics of him the next few years.. in 2014 his massive beam was snapped off above the base.. Would love to hear how, if it were a slug or another buck. Im guessing a slug since i have yet to see a buck as massive.. In 2015 I had my next encounter with him. He was doing what a true pressured giant whitetail does.. Ignore humans at all possible.. I got a few pics back to back days so I moved in on him, he came through Halloween morning at the max of my bow range but I couldn't get him to stop for an ethical shot opportunity. i let him go by and I tried calling him back in.. Anything I tried he would not turn his head my direction, but i could see his ears turn my way with most every call I gave. He eventually walked off onto the neighbors where i watched him walk right pass this guy’s tree stand where he leaves his boss buck decoy laying against the tree every week, so he wouldn't have to carry it to the stand each weekend. Chunk stepped over the decoys legs as it laid on its side, and slowly walked away out of my life for that day.. I Continued to get more pics of him that year.. Along with the next year into 2016, where I finally started gaining ground on him figuring out where he goes, what he’s doing, why he’s doing it and so on.. I also learned going into this year that he has now decided he does not care for trail cameras, if he catches himself in front of one, he always gave the camera the " oh sh!t " look and you’d never catch him there again, unless you moved it slightly and disguised the camera completely. Which I did, I spent a ton of time narrowing paths with him where he beat me every time. Not sure if he had a bad experience with them, since I have some outlaw neighbors in the area he called home, but in 2017 he became very camera shy and also developed what looked like a shoulder injury IMO due to a broad head. That year I moved cameras and blended them in and hung them high to my best ability to stay ahead of him. And mostly it worked, proving his patterns haven’t changed as long as I did my part.. My time in the woods during deer season began to disappear as children entered my life, and their health was never great to where I felt ok spending more time in the woods than with them.. I hunted when I could for him but was always a step behind it seemed that season. Hunted opening day of Rifle where I knew he’d be, but never laid eyes on him, saw the dozens of doe he surrounded himself with, but not my boy Chunk.. I couldn’t hunt the 2nd day due to my grandmothers 81st birthday a few hours away.. And wouldn’t you know, Chunk breeds a doe directly under that stand at 8am that morning.. Ugh, he’s a Total PITA! I went after him a few more times that 1st week of gun season but gun hunting pressure is strong here, so I just backed off in hope she survives and settles down for ML season where I know exactly where he’ll be, In my late season plots!! Well I never made it back out since my daughter just couldn’t get 100% healthy. Then Deer season closed and low and behold he was in my big plot hammering turnips/radishes and broadleaf’s during the day and all night from the end of Gun season throughout early winter... Right around the New Year, he dropped his right side in front of one of my cameras on the plot, and then walked past another on his way out with a bloody pedicle. And the next day he dropped his left side just a few feet away from where he dropped the right side the day before. Going into 2018 his patterns were all the same but he was much more frequent than ever! I was pumped, fall was closing in and I couldn’t wait with all his movements and most of it being during the day. I picked up a cell cam and hung where I thought Id have my best chance at him. Season opened and my daughter became very Ill and my newborn son wasn’t the healthiest either.. And again, it kept me out of the season way more than id have liked to, especially when the rut set in.. Chronic ear infections suck! Both my kids suffered from them which kept me home snuggled up with them.. it’s like they shared them or gave the other the charm when they were finally over it. Well while sitting on the couch with my sick kids, Chunk reminded me daily, that my scouting and planning for his demise, was proven true! He was on that cell cam almost every day for 3 weeks straight. Either right after legal morning light, between 11am and 1pm or the last 30 minutes of legal light.. it was driving me freakin wild not being out there, At 9.5 yrs. old I finally was able to put the pieces together on his journey through life but not able to get in the woods.. Due to my daughters illness. But my kids always come first. And I refuse to pawn them off on others for my selfish reasons. Shortly after Gun season opened he stopped showing up, but showed up a few times on other cams. But due to pressure, he disappears until ML season when he starts searching for food.. And he always knows where to go. He showed up during ML season after dark, looking healthy as can be.. I was tickled pink! Awesome Ill get another crack at him next year since this year is shot and almost done.. Well, I never got another photo of him that year, and never got one of him during the 2019 season either.. I was bummed to say the least.. I didn’t hear of anyone wounding him.. He looked healthy; I didn’t hear anyone harvesting him the last few days of ML. I was clueless, so I believe his age and winter finally caught up with him, or he was poached by spotlight. I put a cam up on a lead access and found several trucks cruise through after dark when season closed. Not sure If they were coyote hunters or some of the local jerks that catch word of good deer on local properties.. I’ll never know. But the run was good, and between Chunk, and the other 9.5yr old buck I called The Ghost.. I learned a lot, they taught me a ton on how to address properties, how to follow mature deer and read them.. I couldn’t be more thankful for the opportunity they gave... So to my best guess, when i remember him from 2012, this buck died as a 9.5 or 10.5 yr old deer.. amazing! I also believe there are more deer like this out there, than ppl believe.. and without trying to trace and save history.. one may never know .. His bases on those sheds were (R side- 6-5/8") (L side- 5.7/8") Pics are slightly out of order.. my apologies..

NWTF has several choices of seed. Or maybe it was Pheasants forever that did.. either way there is a few choices for cheaper seeds.

What Zeek said.. the more money you spend(caller anyways) the better you'll be. Get a gun light and a headlamp for scanning. If your not going the Night Vision route. stick with red light for scanning and for gun light. wicked Lights has a combo set for $200+. Id spend as much as you can on a caller too. The better ones produce quality sounds. Many coyote can outsmart a cheap call. The frequency usually isnt right. Not saying it wont work, but your best bet is to not educate these dogs(since theyre smart as it is) I switched to a Lucky duck call and I have been 5 for 10 on sets for calling in coyotes

Got my stepson out for his first every coyote hunt Xmas night. He killed 2, both head shots over 100 yrds! He is spoiled rotten! lol only got pics of 1.

I like technology, but not unnecessary added technology. IMO its just something more to go wrong, and adds to cost. Id gladly just hook a cord up and transfer instead. I mean there is a few other pluses to wifi. I think it's just like adding these technologies to cars where they back into parking spots or drive for you so you dont have to.. just unnecessary. Im also clueless with some new technologies lol. I just have zero need for it. My Sightmark Wraith HD is perfect really, minus the fact it doesn't record audio. But even the Audio in many ATNs don't sync properly to the recorded video and play offset to one another. The fact that im cheap might also play in affect here.. cause i dont wanna pay for optic with wifi either lol Just makes these tiny computers/processors work too hard IMO.. we are also asking these electronic optics to do what we ask of them, but even during extreme cold weather that comes with winter. If this makes any sense. I just see no need for it.

I would say that spike was born way early or way late. As for knowing what deer he is at 2.5 yrs old after being a spike the year prior, i'm not sure how you'd know who he is unless he had distinct body features you could follow him by. A spike can most certainly develop into a stud buck. no doubt about it. Your soil and available foods will play a role in how big a deer gets. As well as age. Going into next year i would think he'll be close to where he should be for your average deer of his age class.. Spike can stay a spike the next year(rarely) or grow 4,6 or 8 pts or what not, you never know. I do think your deer is an early born that grew slightly more than 'buttons". his body resembles a fawn more than it does a 1.5 yr old deer. a late born 1.5 yr old should be close to caught up per his age class as mentioned before, and shouldn't look like that regardless.. unless extreme malnourished( which he doesnt look to be).. but im no biologist lol.

Go with the more local ones. Predator hunters of New york. Central NY predator hunters (WNY page too). PA predator hunters. Guys are looking to get rid of stuff fairly often.. or have extras

I mainly am hoping to ge tmore time to spend afield next year.. this yr was horrid. Way too many things gone wrong, and still continue to do go wrong out of my control. If possible , Id Like to add weight and get more FOC on my arrow setup as well. Also like to get a box blind or 2 setup.. and get back into some habitat/property management

not sure if your on fb or not. If you are their are groups you can probably find used or deals on new setups if you dont want to spend top dollar. ppl are always looking to sell to upgrade..

I love it so far, I dont want wifi anywhere near my stuff. The only down fall so far is lack of audio in recorded videos but otherwise been a great optic. Have only had it since August. Not a ton of time spent behind it yet. As for ATN ive heard really great stories of their customer service and horror stories about them as well. I do know my buddy just bought a used ATN few months ago, the threads stripped on the focal adjustment so he sent it in expecting to get a bill for repair in return.. he instead got a brand new replacement optic sent to him. no questions asked Optic was several years old too. I wouldn't shy away from them, just buy through a reputable dealer so you have some customer service to work with. Just like buying a tractor/atv or vehicle.. Brand isn't super critical as long as you have the customer service to back you. IMO anyways.

That shot went over the spine, and into the back strap meat. That is what most people consider no mans land. there is no void below a deer spine and above lungs. Doe snot exist. Organs are held touching one another, inside the chest cavity. IE the reason your ribs expand when you breathe.. A shot here and the deer typically lives a shot in the spine or artery and you'll recover the animal, Below the spine should be lungs, and unless your shooting a stupid steep angle, you should have a double lung and dead deer down the trail..

I dont think there is any real advantage. Both are fairly similar. Cereal Rye will establish and grow quicker(which will get your ground covered fast from possible weed germination) which is a plus, but it will mature much faster also. Rye gets a little taller than Wheat as well. And I also believe its less desired to deer compared to wheat. Cereal Rye will grow anywhere basically, and i mean anywhere some sunlight reaches as well as some rain.. Winter Wheat will provide a more desired food source to deer(IMO) grows slower (which is good, protects your clovers longer) If your soil isn't ideal, go with Cereal Rye, if soil is in great shape, go with WW. My $.02

Get the wicked lights scan pro kit. I think its 403ic or 67ic kit. Comes with gun light, and head lamp for scanning. and all the extra goodies you need. I had a kit, and bought one from a member here last fall. All in one package. works great. I run NV(sightmark wraith) now so i just swapped the bulb out for an IR bulb I also now use a bushnell NV monocular with external IR light for scanning.

He must be like one of those guys that tells them female deers.. Im an all month long kind of buck.. but in reality.. hes a one, 3 minute estrous party chump in rut.. and done lol He cant handle all them females