grampy

Happy Birthday! Hope your special day is filled with all the good stuff!

To bad some scumbag poacher stole that beautiful buck from a real hunter. Glad that you were able to keep the meat though. And you did the right thing. Hope with the evidence, the catch the low life, eventually.

Right now with the rut kicking in, get out there anytime you can. Doesn't matter what you do. It's 100 percent better than not going and doing nothing! Just get out there!

The cool thing about hunting is you get to make the choice!

As for me? I'm going to put my compound down, pick up my crossbow, and go out and hunt Saturday through Wednesday. I don't feel it will make me less of a hunter.

My buddy at the farm says bucks are chasing does everywhere. On the way home tonight from having work done on my truck. Had a small 8 standing on the side of the road with a doe. This will be the week we have waited all year for. Weather looks great. Lets get out there and kill some deer!

Beautiful ! Looks awesome!

Pretty much right on for some of us!....lol

Happy Birthday Bill! Hope your special day is filled with family, friends, good food and maybe a little huntin too!

I'm old enough to remember when you could expect to get a minimum of ten years use from an appliance. Even the low end ones. Now you are lucky to get half that many years out of them.

I know some guy's here have properties where they would pass a buck like that. But I don't. And I would be happy to shoot him!

After Agent Orange, I'm not sure why you would mistrust the government. Thanks for your service! Ticks are the worst I've seen in our area of 4H this year!

Very nice buck! Good luck grow!

Sit for an hour or so and replay in my mind how it all went down. Over and over.

Really nice buck Papist! Congratulations!

What an awesome season you two are having! Great job!

Yup, that hurts! But the good thing is, he is up and moving in your area! Get out there and kill him! Good luck!

My passion has and always will be for my vertical bow. But I am looking forward to using the crossbow again this year because it's fun and I can do so legally. Any weapon used to hunt deer can cause a deer to be wounded and not recovered. From the long bow to the high powered rifle. The problem lies in the hands of some "hunters". No matter what you use, you MUST become proficient with it! You owe it to yourself, and the animals hunted to make a clean ethical kill! I have hunted long enough to know that sometimes a bad hit will happen to everyone, and I have agonized over a bad hit myself. But I Learned from it! I feel some "hunters" out there, just HAVE to kill a deer to justify, the time spent hunting, money spent on hunting, or to boost their own ego. They see a deer and HAVE to kill it no matter what! And take questionable shots in trying to do so. Look around, you won't have to look far to see someone like I have just mentioned, sad to say.

In my lap for most of the time. Click on release when deer is spotted. But if I need to stretch or warm my hands, I have a hanger over my left shoulder for each and every set up I have. Pretty much same for gin too. In my hands more often than not. I don't like being surprised without my hunting implement in my hands!

Glad you are on the mend Doc. Hope you feel better soon! This will give you a couple of weeks to plan the demise of that big buck on opening day of gun.

Go for it. If anything,it will give you something new to look at!

Saw six doe this morning. Saw twelve this evening on different property. No bucks seen. But new rubs and scrapes all over. Oh well, thats deer huntin!

So nice when a plan comes together. Nice job Law!

Beautiful buck moog! Congratulations! So cool calling him in too! Way to go!

Welcome and glad you stopped bye! There are a bunch of good hunters that hang out here. And they will be more than happy to help and answer any questions you have. Sounds like you have some experience and perhaps a little luck or minor adjustments will get you your first buck this year! Just pull up a seat and join in anytime! Best of luck this hunting season!