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Because the guys who want it see that it is inevitably coming and can't help but try to get under people who don't want its skin. Same old... Not worth debating/arguing anymore. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Just some incentive for you guys in the woods! Venison jalapeno cheddar snack sticks I just finished! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

If organized properly they can be very effective and safe, tricky on public land also because you never know where someone else might be or wander into your drive unknowingly or knowingly... I much prefer to set a few guys on escape routes and have 1 or 2 guys still hunt a bedding area nice and slow, sometimes just letting your scent blow down through bedding will make the deer try to slip out nice and easy, I don't like shooting at running deer, running shots are always risky no matter who's shooting, if you do it often you're going to make bad shots. Also the only fawns I've ever killed were associated with drives, when you only have a split second to shoot there's not much time for identifying the deer. When done right they can be a blast, literally, when they're half assed and unorganized they're dangerous and not too successful... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

When everything goes as planned a 243 is certainly sufficient, but I don't want to ride on the edge personally. A 223 is also sufficient under the right circumstances, I shot a doe with my AR at 20 yds in the heart, she ran 40 and dropped but, there wasn't a drop of blood on the snow anywhere, not even where she layed, pencil diameter entry hole and no exit. I won't be using a 223 again. I want a bullet that will travel the length of the body if necessary, I primarily use one of my 06's but my favorite deer caliber is the .25 WSSM. Ballistically identical to the 25-06 but in a short action. It absolutely hammers deer, I've shot around 10 now with that rifle and none go more than 50yds. I have a long range 243 setup for yotes and someday maybe I'll try it in deer but for now I'm sticking with what I think is the best round for all of north America... The 30-06. You should look into the 25-06, recoil is manageable and it's a deers nightmare. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Nothing, i killed the only deer I saw all day, in fact, the only deer all 5 of us saw all day. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

After a tough archery season, I wasn't seeing many does and I passed on 5 different bucks on stateland, I decided I wasn't holding out for anything too special this gun season, the last 4 years I haven't pulled the trigger on a deer with my rifle because I was waiting for a real good one, well, I got sick of waiting and at 7AM I shot this buck, he's not big by any means but sometimes you get too wrapped up in "big buck" mode that it takes the fun out of hunting. Hunting only public land can be frustrating enough but when you're waiting on a 3 year old buck it gets super tough. 30 yd shot, hit him directly through the heart, he ran 30 yds straight into a tree and down. The bloody blob is what a heart looks like after a 180gr soft point hits it... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

I think I heart shot him.... Haha yes that the heart! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Haha yep, 27 point, I think he broke off 22 pts when he crashed though! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Fresh snow, dry, but windy in 7M. There's also a dead buck in this picture! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Buck down! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Passed on a doe and a fawn earlier this morning, still sitting even though I didn't plan on sitting all day. Now I'm starving... I might need to shoot one to survive soon. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

I ended the night at 3 bucks, two half racks and a spike. After i let the first two go I told my self I'm shooting the next buck bigger than a spike... And then i let another walk. I'll be back there tomorrow, maybe it'll pay off with a better one, if not I'm shooting the next one! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

I was in the stand 5 minutes and had 2 bucks come right to me, a spike and a small half rack 8. I let them go and I already regret my decision! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

You're way ahead of me this year, I haven't seen 10pts if I added up all my buck sightings together this archery season. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

A neck roast, tenderloins and the rest went to ground. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

It's been nice knowing you guys, I'm a goner then... Hahaha Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

I had 3 fawns around me for the last hour of light, one must've been a button because he was darting around, mule kicking and occasionally pestering the other fawns, fun to watch, I'm sure not all 3 of them will be alive by the weekends end. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

At least I'm not the only one, I'm struggling to even see a deer now. I guess I should be happy with my 2 does, but I really expected more out of this season. I haven't killed a deer with a gun in 4 years now, so I'm not excited for gun season at all. I've only seen 2 bucks all year, and a handful of does. No sign of chasing or anything. Frustrating to say the least. What should've lit the bucks up (the cold snap) seemed to kill all sightings for me too. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Well... Now I know where I should've been that week. A few public land bucks. Pulled my camera today before someone snags it during gun season, not a single person walked by it all season, goes to show you a 30 minute walk stops most hunters. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Deathly quiet this morning... Snowed pretty good all morning Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Stubby, the fact is you just keep saying the same thing over and over and it's that bowhunters think they're better than gun hunters...? Right? Well I'm here to tell you that the best hunters are the best bowhunters. I'm not saying that all gun hunters are slobs or anything of the sort, there are plenty of slob bowhunters also. You've yet to convince a single person that bowhunting is easy or somehow rifle season is harder, the only type of person that would claim that is someone who has never done it. My point is, what's your end game here? To convince us all we shouldn't bowhunt? Should'nt call ourselves bowhunters? Should lobby for more gun seasons? Shame us into thinking it takes no skill to bowhunt? What is it?? You're rambling without a clear message, the only thing you're showing is hypocrisy. You're whining that bowhunters think they're the best and talk negatively about gun hunters, as a result you won't even bowhunt anymore? Yet you come into your public podium here to bitch about bowhunters and their lack of skill? Do you realize that you are doing the same exact thing your complaining about in reverse?? Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

What I sense from your ranting about bowhunters is... You tried bowhunting, didn't have much success, your neighbors were shooting the deer during archery you wanted to shoot during gun season. Now all you can do is write your desperate attempts at making people believe people that bowhunters are the devil, it's too easy etc.... I'm not a "bowhunter," I'm a hunter that does a lot more bowhunting than gun. As for your twisted approach to what people refer to themselves as... When I'm bowhunting, I'm a bow hunter. When I'm gun hunting, I'm a gun hunter. See how easy that is? When I'm asked by someone, I'm a hunter. Period. One things for sure you have a serious case of the "butthurts" about archery hunting. How about we address that rather than flap your gums on a website, spouting off a bunch of nonsense to try to cover up the real reason you hate archery so much. When people come onto these sites, after a while you can kind of see how that person addresses things, how they would feel about things, their stance on topics etc. All we hear from you is "I hate bowhunting." "I don't bowhunt because it's too easy." "I don't like to shoot big bucks as trophies." " I don't have any proof of all of these big easy to kill bucks I've harvested because I just chop up the racks for keychains." "I disapprove of anyone that hunts for older deer." Rarely do you get involved in threads other than to piss and moan about something and disagree with everyone and push your own agenda. The point is, I've never met anyone from this site in person but a few of them I think I know a fair bit about now, enough to draw a conclusion that they are people I would see eye to eye with. I see you as the guy that occasionally strolls into a bar and immediately gets into a conversation where he's loud and full of facts he can't prove or even justify to a reasonable person how they make any sense at all. There, see I can rant also. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

You should look into crossbows, there are some simple, relatively easy cocking devices now. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

I think you should update your knowledge, it was not coyotes, it was a bear. She took pictures of it before it killed her... Nice try though! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk