grampy

Not only made the putt but drilled it! Good stuff!

The absolute perfect time to hunt a known big buck are when conditions favor YOU, perfectly! Moist, damp conditions do favor the deer's nose. And in the case of a marginally placed but fatal shot, you want every opportunity to follow that blood trail. You want the perfect wind for that particular set-up. And it doesn't take too many trips to that set-up until he catches on, even if you don't see him! Right now he will be in a somewhat predictable pattern, until the end of the month and the rut kicks in. I understand how tempting it can be to just want to get in there and kill a known mature buck! But I've learned that patience and stealth work better than any other tactic. You can kill him! You just have to use our biggest advantage over him, your brain! For the perfect ending, hunt him under perfect conditions! Best of luck! I look forward to seeing the pic's!!

Looking forward to seeing what you get! Very cool. Best of luck to you out there!

Welcome! Good luck this season!

Hot showers! Now yer talking! Great job with getting the power. Will make things nice for you. Best of luck to you guys up at camp!

Group sing along?

I've even used my tree umbrella as a quick ground blind! Absolutely indispensable hunting tool!

Just saw this tiny, little car pull up and must have been fifteen clowns got out of it!

Yes, that's what I've read and heard. Should have been more clear. The double scent being laid down, on the way in and out is our human scent. So with more human scent in the area of our ground blinds, from two hunters, I was thinking the Ever Calm may help. Even when the wind is in our faces, we still leave our scent in the woods, coming to and going from our set-ups. Thanks for the tip to smear on the trees around your stand. Will do just that!

Everything is good to go. This ain't my first rodeo!

Wishing everyone heading out, a safe successful season! Try to help out a new hunter if you can. And a friendly reminder to ALWAYS tie in when climbing! Enjoy every hunt have fun out there!

Without a doubt! We have done it, now it's their turn. Great job Dad! Again, best of luck!

I've heard good things about the ever calm stuff. Never used it but maybe I will give it a try? I'll have two of us in the ground blinds this year. So double our scent laid down coming and going. I have well thought out entrance but close to the blinds, the ever calm may help. May give it a try in a couple early season set ups.

HaHaHaHa........Made me laugh this morning.

Metallica.....Nothing Else Matters, is as close as I get to HM......lol

Pretty much everything from Hank Sr. to Bruno Mars. Got over 400 songs down for gigs. If you request it I'll play it! And I even get reqests for my originals every now and then. Depending on the crowd, a few R rated drinking songs too. Started playing almost 50 years ago. I've played in bars, cars, hotels and no tells, uptown, downtown and pretty much all around, in the country, in the city, places that gave me little pity, been paid and screwed, up and down and who knows, probably played your town!

At a solo gig. Doing my other passtime, playing and singing.

Wish you and your daughter the very best of luck! So cool she comes home to Dad for the first hunt!

Nice buck! Hope you get him! And if ya get a chance, zip one through that yote too!

He really seems to enjoy all that air and noise. But if I so much as squeak a fart, they run for the hills!

Originally I had commitments that kept me out of the woods this weekend. It looks as if I now have Saturday morning open! I have had a cam over to the lake property for a few weeks now. Soooo, I may slip in there and hunt the creek bottom, in the morning. And pull the cam or exchange the card, on my way out. My new hunting partner has baseball games at ten and two. So I guess this will be a solo trip. And "almost" all of the deer will be safe from me, until he gets his first.

Belatedly Wishing You A Happy Birthday! Hope you had some fun, ate and drank well. And were close to the ones you love most!

I do like beer and Saratoga is just 45 min. up the Northway!

As everyone here knows, I'm kinda old school. That being said, I also, am a firm believer in never criticizing another hunter, because they do something different than I do! And it's always best to keep an open mind. Hey, I just may learn something new! I've mentored a few new hunters and I'm mentoring one now. And I tell them all, the best trick I can teach you is for "YOU" to become a better woodsman. That will do more for your hunting then anything you could buy in a store. And it doesn't cost money! Just time and dedication, to be better. To the OP I say, cool! It is something that interests you and It's your money, so give it a shot and let us know how ya make out! Then, I will learn something from you, one way or the other.

100gr Muzzy fixed blade for me. 100gr NAP Thunderheads for my grandson. I have had great success with both of these heads. Complete pass throughs and great blood trails. Old school, but if it works stick with it!