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    Butski Game Calls

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    Anybody ever use Paul Butski game calls like his grunt call?  I don't even know if he's still in business or not.  We used to sell a boat load of his game calls in our gun shop years ago (we closed shop around 20 years ago).  

    I always liked his grunt call, and had a lot of success with it.  I still have a couple of them left and use them now.

    From One Hobby To Another.....

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    Dave, I admire your musical skills...I love music and would one day like to be able to play one decently.  I've been an art teacher for the last 20 years, and a lot of the kids are super talented in music.  So over the years I've acquired some musical instruments -drums, guitar, ukulele , with the idea of learning how to play when I retire.

    My hobbies include competitive trapshooting, golfing, cartooning (especially caricature artwork)

    Love the woodwork biggamefish!  Beautiful work!

     

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    Need some advice on 2009 Xterra

    in General Chit Chat

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    1 minute ago, Rattler said:

    Is the trans going?  Have you gotten an estimate on fixing it?

    When a vehicle's mileage gets up that high, many things are going to need repair.  If you can put up with a lot of unreliability for awhile and can budget the repair costs over that period of time, you can make it last a few more years, but after that, it goes downhill faster than you can fix it.

    At that point if you want to keep it, you need to take it off the road and do a complete frame off restoration.  That takes time and a lot of money, but in the end you wind up with a classic that will go up in value if not used too much.

    That's what I was thinking...thanks everyone for replies...just wishful thinking.  The rig runs great- no problems, I was just thinkin

    Need some advice on 2009 Xterra

    in General Chit Chat

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    My wife's car, a 2009 Xterra with 175K miles on it is in good shape, body is perfect.  We have had 2 Xterras and loved them.  Since they are no longer made, would it be practical to have a new transmission installed, and whatever else?  Or would it be a pipe dream?  What would be approx cost to have it all done if we decided to do it?  The cost of a 5 year old one with low mileage is above 20K, and if I'm putting out that much, I'd buy something else.

    Thanks for the input,

    Jeff

    Your Best Deer Stories From All Time...

    in General Chit Chat

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    So since it's pouring here , it's a good time to reminisce over some old time hunting adventures from your past...here are a few of mine, and if you have pictures, post them.

    Tall Rack 8 pointer:

    Had a shot at him downhill from a high ridge, he was with a group of does and crossed a stream and was standing still for a few moments.  I put the crosshairs on him and squeezed off a shot.

    It was a quartering shot, down hill and I must have just nicked the brisket...he took off, and I tracked him all afternoon and even jumped him out of a bed.  Very little blood.  I was really disgusted, and went out in the next morning sitting on the ridge overlooking swamp and hardwoods.  I see a deer out about 100 yds going around the perimeter, I grunted and he came in for a good broadside shot at 65 yds.  It was the same buck, and sure enough grazed him in the brisket.

    11 pointer:

    Was hunting across a stream in thick woods and about 4:15 a buck comes down off the ridge above where other hunters are hunting.  I see an open spot out where he should enter into out at about 60yds away...I put the scope there and when he gets to the spot I give a mouth grunt and he stops long enough to make a shot.  He jumps , turns around and starts back up the ridge!  I figured I  better get over there right away, because it would be getting dark and he might run all the way back up by other hunters.  I get over there, and see where I hit him, a patch of hair and dug up leaves from him jumping... I follow up the hill about 20 yds and there he is laying on his side!  All I could do was think "Amazing" and Thank God after counting the points!  Now to get him out of there and across the fairly large stream.  I called my BIL, and he came and helped me...I gave him my hip boots and I just got wet with regular boots (who cares at that point)?  We had a whale of a time getting him up to my SUV with the rack on the back.  Taxidermist said a good thing you didnt ruin the cape, you'd be paying big time for a new one.

     

     

     

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    LIVE From The Woods 2019 - Lets hear stories and see some pictures!

    in Deer Hunting

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    12 minutes ago, grampy said:

    Before we went to rifle here in 4H a few years back. My partner and I killed a pile of deer with our Deerslayers! Used em for close to twenty years, and never once a malfunction. Ours loved the Remington Copper Solids. Most shots were around 50 yards, and there were plenty of bang-flops.

    May just have to take the old girl out for one more dance!

    Best of luck to ya out there!

    I know there are a lot of newer slugs on the market, but I've used the Copper Solids since they first came out-always had great success with them.  Also used Lightfields when they first came out a bit.  I shoot the Coppers out of my 1100 with hastings barrel.

     

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    LIVE From The Woods 2019 - Lets hear stories and see some pictures!

    in Deer Hunting

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    27 minutes ago, Steve D said:

    Made it out this morning for what could be the last sit for Archery. Where did the season/my favorite time of year go? Due to stuff going on I was only able to get out about 21 times. Never saw a deer within range and haven't seen a deer from the stand since 11/6.

     This morning I set up about 30 yards downwind from a fresh scrape I found yesterday. I didn't see anything again except a gray fox which was kind of neat. There are a couple of bruisers in the area but have not laid eyes on them and don't have any cameras out at the present time. All indications here are they only moving at night or early morning.

     One of them has been rubbing 8" cedars with new rubs showing up every three or four days. The other one is a hardwood guy and has been tearing the 6" trees up pretty good.

     Congratulations to all the successful hunters and wish you all luck during the gun season;  my not so favorite time of the year.

     

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    You sure that wasn't Moog with his knife???

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    LIVE From The Woods 2019 - Lets hear stories and see some pictures!

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, ryanrobb52 said:

    The number of times I have looked down at my hands or clothes and seen ticks crawling on me is insane. Yesterday my wife had one crawling on her in Target. Im sure it came from me but its just insane lately. Does anyone spray their hunting clothes with anything?  Im nervous because most of those sprays smell terrible.  With a 10 month old at home I have to be super careful. 

    You should be using Coulson's Spray or Duracon products- they contain the main tick repellant -permithrin.  Deet ain't gonna cut it.

    I use the yellow can with black top- works great for me.  You can order off Amazon for around $6.00

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    2019 HuntingNY Crossbow Harvest Thread

    in CrossBow Hunting

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    Been seeing bucks across stream where I hunt.  This afternoon around 4 this buck crossed over to my side.  I'm in a good blow-down natural ground blind, almost below ground level above me with a swamp and stream in front of me.  A pretty area to hunt. I saw 3 bucks this morning from this stand, one real nice basket rack working out on a sapling.  They didn't respond to grunt call or light rattle.

    This afternoon started off really slow- then later in the day this buck crossed the stream, as soon as  he hit the water I was able to get crossbow ready so he couldn't see movement .  He came right up the run in front of me about 18 yds away broadside.  Made a mouth grunt to stop him - he only went about 5 yards from where he was shot, and expired within 30 seconds.  Thank God for the short drag and nice deer.

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    Valentine's Day Tomorrow (Thursday)

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    Posted · Edited by halfnelson

    Taking the wife out for a nice dinner tomorrow nite...today on way home from work picked up what I thought was a beautiful rose, wrapped in cellophane , gave it to her - she liked it until she went to cut back the stem and found it to be a fake rose! lol! Coulda fooled me!

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