grampy

The Mrs. and I drove over to Vermont today. Trout season will be here in a little over a month. So we just 'HAD' to stop at Orvis! I love going in there and always spend more than I should. But it's always well worth it. Picked up a few fly's some tippets and a new small stream, 5 weight combo. Oh, and fed the fish! Now I just need to get better at this fly fishing! This will be my third year. At this point I've learned just enough to know, how much I don't know!.........hehehehe...

I don't hunt or scout any different now, with cams. Than I did before I had them. I don't need them to kill deer. Why do you seem to dislike them? Maybe you should get a couple and see if it makes a difference with you?

Where is the thickest, nastiest, most impenetrable part of the area you hunt? Where is the best feeding area, closest to that thicket? Perhaps some mature oaks on a south facing slope, where the doe will be feeding too? Try to find a bench, brusy ditch, draw or overgrown spot, connecting the two. I Have a stand or set up, overlooking the connection, for both a NE and a SW wind if possible and only hunt when it's perfect. Try to save this set up until the bigger bucks will be on their feet during daylight hours. Typically the first half of November. This is just one general idea that has worked for me over the years. There are two things you must have, above all else. Patience and Perseverance! Let me finish by saying, I am not by any stretch, an 'expert'! I'm still learning from the deer I hunt, every year. But I've been fortunate to take a number of bucks between three and four years old, in a high pressure area of Albany county. On both public and private land. Best of luck to you this season!

Uphill both ways too?.........'smile'

What an awesome buck for your sons first one! Congratulations to him! The mount is beautifully done. So sad that it's one of the artists last ones. RIP........

John, so happy to hear you decided to take up hunting, and to have you join us! There are so many here, that will go out of their way, to help you get going on your hunting adventures! Have you taken the Hunters Safety Course yet? Will you be hunting with a bow, firearm or both? Just pull up a seat and join in with any questions you have. We are all here for you! A word of caution though. Once the hunting fever takes hold, it could be a life long affliction! But a fever you may never want to cure...... Best of luck to you in all your future hunting endeavors.

At times in our lives, the storm clouds gather and the rain pours down. Hoping for a ray of sunshine, to peek through the clouds, to shine on all of you.

I see a buck that makes the hit list for this upcoming season! All else in the picture pales in importance, except picking up that shed.

Looks beautiful! I envy you! Wish I was out there with ya, following the dogs. Instead of here in the office! For sure, one of us will enjoy this awesome February day! Go get em, Otis and Bones!!!

Nice shootin moog! Looks like you're just about ready ready to join the trick shot circuit! You have really come a long way with the traditional archery, since putting down the compound, a couple years ago. That bow sure is purdy! Is that the same one you hunted with last year?

Arrggg......Must have been the bunny burrito.

Prayers and well wishes sent.

One of the first things you learn in the hunter education classes, BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET, and what is beyond it! If every person hunting, followed this one rule, there would be very little in the way of hunting 'incidents'. I didn't say 'accidents', because I don't believe they are 'accidents'. They are the direct result of someone, not following the basic rules of firearm safty! Hope the man shot makes a full recovery.

Sounds really cool! Just remember, the older you get, the longer the heal time......

I was picked to sit on two jury's. The last time was nine months ago, here in Albany county. Both times, I thought there was no way they would pick me to sit on the jury, because I was 100% truthful answering the lawyers questions. And I didn't think my answers, to their questions would be conducive for either side. The first trial lasted a week. the second lasted almost three weeks! I am the only one, that does what I do at work. Needless to say, I came back to a huge mess, especially after the three week trial. And thankfully, my employer paid for my time away. But what a huge PITA it is going down there! Had I known they would last that long, perhaps I wouldn't have been as truthful in my opinions, and just said what I knew would get me excused. Like the majority of the other prospective jurors seemed to do.

In my first years of hunting, we would cut a bunch of 12" long, 2x4s, cut 45° on each end, to wedge into the crotch of a tree for instant "tree stands"! These days, I don't even like climbing ladder stands! My, how things have changed.

This is good for the deer and turkey to go into the spring with very few winter killed. Will help areas that have seen a drop off in populations, come back a bit. And areas that have solid populations, could get more DMP's for hunters, and older tom's to take. Could be a win, win, all around!

I got too many irons in the fire right now. Otherwise, I'd have jumped on this awesome deal! Good going WNYBuckHunter! From everything I've heard, those are sweet cams!

As my youngest grandson is getting more into hunting and shooting, I seem to be buying and cleaning more guns. Along with my 'dream' rifle very soon! ( a Sako Classic 85 in 270 ). I've always just laid my guns on a bench or table to clean them. And in the process, I've dropped and spilled things, while cleaning them. So while out with the Mrs. yesterday, I stopped into the Field and Stream store to just "look around" and found the Tipton Gun Butler! This will be perfect for keeping the gun stable, and the rod, patches and lubricants, all organized while cleaning! For just $30, I think it will make cleaning our guns a bit more organized and enjoyable. I was actually thinking of just making one myself, but decided to just spring for this one. Anyone else use a 'gun butler' while cleaning their guns?

I like the roughness of the wood! Gives it a rustic look. Coats of clear poly will make it nice and smooth.

A folding knife my grandfather gave to me. It was an old Case knife that he carried on him every day. He gave it to me not long before he passed on, and I carried it with me for many years. I kept it on a 'boat' display shelf. When we moved to a bigger house a year and a half ago, all the stuff on those shelves was packed together. But after unpacking and putting everything back where it was, that was the only thing missing. I keep hoping that maybe I put it in with some of the many boxes of my hunting stuff. Or perhaps it got put into one of the boxes of things we decided not to put out in this house. I hope some how it just shows up as it's a link to my grampy. And I want to pass it to one of my grandsons before I take my final bow.

Really surprised someone has not jumped on this! It really is an awesome deal.

Good luck out there! Let us know how you make out.

I saw half of the first episode. Wasn't what I thought it would be. I thought people would be "Hunted" by other people using paintball guns. If you survived by not being "shot" you won the money. I thought having some hunters, survivalists, woodsmen, or ex military trying to survive being "Hunted", would be interesting.

It is a well known fact, that it takes two hands to handle a 'Whopper'!