grampy

Big doe and fawn in the pasture behind the house this morning. Driving to work, two small bucks crossed the road near the reservoir. They seem to be liking the cooler weather this morning! Got all my stuff sprayed with Sawyers last night, for my first hunt Saturday morning at the lake property. Best of luck to all hunting today!!

Beautiful stuff, and nice quality, for not a lot of money. Like Law said, I can't believe you're still trying to sell this???? Hope it finds a good home for the holidays.

Sounds like an awesome hunt! That ten point will give you a chance before it's all said and done!!! Perhaps before the end of this weekend? The seven must be real nice as well, to have tempted you? Good luck buddy!

Be patient. If you had all those deer on camera earlier, they'll be back at some point. They're just off on a preferred food source right now. When that gets used up they'll be on to another one. Pretty common this time of year. To consistently put yourself in good spots early season, find where they like to bed. Then try to find the preferred food source. Then set up somewhere down wind, in between. Did I mention patience????.......

As it should be my friend. Kids and family first! Way back when, it didn't take long for me to figure that out. I couldn't enjoy a single second in the woods, knowing that my family, or a friend needed me. I never would have believed before kids, and responsibility came into my life, that ANYTHING was more important than hunting and fishing. Glad I figured out differently, before I screwed everything up. I have much more time to hunt now than I ever did when I was younger. It all does balance out.

Who says sportsmen don't have power? When politicians from the left, and corporate jerk off's, try to stomp on our 2nd amendment rights, we can kick back! When we stick together, our numbers are many, and our will can be strong. When I think of the cash I used to spend in Dicks, over the course of a year. And times it by hundreds of thousands of other sportsmen, nation wide, who also decided to boycott Dicks. It has to have made a big financial dent in their bottom line. Good!! I have ordered a couple things from S W over the last couple years and found them good to deal with.

Ain't the taint neither.

Nice work!!! What a dream team! These are the stories that warm the heart.

Or.....maybe not..........lol Looks delicious though!

Mine does that too! And she always has to let me know,....."it was right where YOU left it Dave" !!!!!!

Absolutely pouring buckets here at work this morning. Makes me feel better about not being out hunting.

I got my buck last year by being as adaptable as the deer. When what your doing ain't working, ya got to change what you're doing.

Sorry to see it end that way for him, and for your truck. You're right, most any hunter, would have loved to get a shot at him. Beauty of a buck.

Check all the little pack pockets? A drawer in the work bench? Camp pants from late season last year? No way it was Ana!!! She already has a much nicer purse than yours.

A couple more mows, and a leaf mulch and I'll call it a season. Then on to Christmas lights!!

You are the exception not the rule, I think? Of course some hunt with very expensive, multi thousand dollar hunting rifles. Most do not. Even fewer would take rifles like that, and drag them through brush, and expose them to the elements. But some do! On bad weather days, the Savage gets the call over my Sako.

^^^^^ This ^^^^^ moog is right on with this info. Also, wherever you have a doe concentration in the the fall. You will have bucks too. Especially as the rutting activity slowly ramps up.

What a sweet looking rig John!! And no doubt shoots as good as it looks. Can't wait to see the pic's with it laying on a deer this season!

Part of the current Bill for new crossbow legislation, will do away with the 17 inch axle to axle limitation. As well as up the poundage that could be used. And make it mandatory to have archery certification. Hopefully it will pass in the coming year with enough political support. As this issue is more political than common sense. No surprise in NY, right? That said, not many hunters out there with a $2500 deer rifle, or compound bow! Even if crossbow regs do get passed, I wouldn't spend that much for a crossbow myself! The two lower cost ones I have now, will kill deer just as dead!

Usually after the first hard frost, is when they will start hitting the plots harder. As stuff like like turnips, beets and such will be more tasty to them, after a hard freeze, with a higher sugar content. Right now there is an abundance of natural food for them like acorns, wild apples, berries, sumac...ect. But as soon as that stuff starts to become less available, and everything starts to brown up, or even better, we get some snow. That is when they really seem to hit the food plots hard. Be patient, they will come!!

Bam!!! Cory got it done on a beautiful buck!!! Congratulations sir! Way to go! And way to get this thread fired up!

I'll just mosey on out Saturday morning. NBD

Panthers D looked great today. Offense running on all cylindes without a Cam. Nice! This is the year of the backup QB!

I couldn't shoot her. The least someone could do is give her a sleeping bag!

She's adorable! Looks right at home already.