grampy

I'm a HUGE Panthers fan, so I'm hoping for a different outcome than most of you tonight! Good luck to all NFL fans and their teams this year!

Welcome, glad you stopped by! Got some real nice folks here, so pull up a seat and join right in!

Welcome, glad you dropped by. Just have a seat and join in any time. Lots of good folks here.

Funny how our local Agway sells out od corn, salt licks, c'mere deer and oats-grain by the midfle of September! Go figure..........

Sounds promising! Good luck! Nothing like the smell of a hemlock woods!

Many years ago, my buddy saved all summer to buy a brand new Ithaca Deerslayer. Opening day came and about mid morning I heard him shoot down the ridge from where I was. After an hour or so and not seeing anything myself, I went down to where he was. Sure enough he had a buck down and was so happy with his new gun. He made a perfect 75 yard shot in a small opening in a swamp. So we get ready for the long drag up hill and I grab his pack and gun as well as my gear to bring up the hill, and he says don't drop my gun! I made two steps before slipping on the muddy slope and sticking the barrel about four inches in the mud and bent the crown of the barrel. He has never let me forget it!!!

Could the barrel be fouled? If not try some different ammo. Might just be an easy fix.

I don't think I owe anyone or DEC an explanation if I decide to pass on a doe and shoot a buck. Any time of the season as long as I am within the regulations. As far as the DEC, they have their head in the sand and have no idea of how many deer are in the area I hunt. With my boots on the ground, I do have an idea. I have no problem shooting does. But given the CHOICE, I will shoot a buck. I will always give another hunter a hearty hand shake, smile, thumbs up and way to go for ANY deer they have killed. Buck,doe small or large. So don't crucify me for being a horn hunter. We need to respect the fact that we all hunt for different reasons.

Nice pic's!

The reds here will start dropping in a couple of weeks and start dropping in earnest come mid September.

I would not consider downed trees baiting.

I just gotta shake my head at the infinite wisdom coming out of the DEC in the last few years.

I agree Gman, it's on my bucket list to shoot a big old boar bear. Have had some chance encounters during deer season with some smaller bears and just let them walk. Have eaten bear meat a few times and liked it. So a dedicated spring season would be ok with me. Especially since our turkey numbers have taken a dive in recent years too.

Bountiful apples, hit and miss with the acorns and hickory nuts starting to drop now. A few does and small bucks on cam so far.

Welcome! Glad you dropped bye! I am a hunter / guitar player too. Although I've never done both at tha same time!

I hunt with bow, gun, crossbow, and inline m-l. I put on my hunting pants just like any other hunter, one leg at a time. And I think all hunters should be able to shoot or not shoot what ever they want as long as they stay within the regulations. The DEC sets those regulations, not other hunters. If blame for bad regulations is to be placed, it should not be towards other hunters.

I hunt mostly from natural ground blinds sitting on a milk crate. So I practice shooting from one. When shooting to the right, I simply put my right foot back along the side of the crate and slide to my knees, to square up to the target. I most always have a good size tree to my back and actually practice getting into position for a shot behind me if need be. They don't always come from where you expect them to. After being burned a few too many times, I now am prepared for shots from different positions from different directions. And practice is the only way you can prepare for those shots.

If I were the employer, I would not want competition from my own employees. And if I were to learn of such activities, it would be grounds for dismissal. Competition in retail is tough enough against other retail companies.

Wow, the plans you have for this blind are really good! Plenty of room, windows and height. The split door with window is a great idea. If it's going to be heated too, maybe I'll drop by for a vist in November! .......lol I admire your work ethic grow!

Food plots, deer pic's, kids fishing, sunset pic, you are living life large!!! Keep posting updates, They are great!

Some really good advice has been given on this thread. Nice job fella's!! And of course, you too grow!

Right now there is a war against hunting and hunters. And DEC seems to be on the wrong side.

Due to two bad shoulders, and my compound turned down to just over 50 pounds. I can only hold at full draw a very short time. When I started bow hunting way back when, it was with a recurve. I learned to draw find the target and release very quickly with that bow. It's what is keeping me in the game of bow hunting now. There has been a time or two when I have had to hold on a deer that hung up. But most of my bow kills have been wait till they are in range, head down, looking the other way or behind a tree. Then very smoothly, draw, pick the spot and release. So as well as practicing holding, holding, holding. Practice the quick, draw, pick your spot and release. Both ways, will serve you well in your bowhunting years to come.

Well said. Thanks for sharing!