Mossberg500Guy

I notice the same with steady wind the deer often travel cross wind, I've also notice deer will set them selves up in a thick area while bedding so it can pick up on a predators movement...@Lunarday358 Here's a link to a good article that touches base on wind and how terrain etc... affects it http://bowsite.com/bowsite/features/articles/deer/breakingwind/

All decoys work, but depends on ones opinion is best is based on which one works for them... Folding rubber/foam dekes work well and easy to carry but if one is looking for a light and realism decoy I recommend the HS Strutt: Suzie Snood and Jake Snood, you blow little air in it and put in shower to form it when packed away and you can deflate it enough to fold it while you run 'n' gun, also a small backpack wouldn't hurt to put them in.

Shooting is a sport, but when we contemplate if hunting is a sport within its self I do not consider it as a sport... Look at it like Martial Arts its like Shooting, its a forum of practice and skill but when one uses their skill of Martial Arts for self defense or in this case using a gun to hunt an animal is to sustain our way of life it isn't a sport within its self but that's my opinion, someone may have a different view but I don't find the need to label it.

Thanks for your input guys, its good i'm not the only one with few rub/scrapes and seeing no chasing... I've kicked up a nice buck twice this week, I'm going 13th-15th should be heating up hopefully, then I'm off to the Southern Zone (7A) on the 19th. Good luck this week guys.

Go to Walmart, they got some nice jackets for 30-50 $ waterproof/windproof and warm... but you'll still need to layer a little, get a polyester base shirt and a good fleece or woll sweater, they're light and warm.

Theres one for the SZ so I figured i would start a topic for us who hunt the Northern Zone to share thoughts on the rut... I am not a bow hunter so i've only been out in the woods for the last 2 weeks and have yet to see much rut activity, i hunt a few hundered acres in the 6K area and seen few does and a 1 buck out of range but this was on opening day and seen nada since then, besides finding a few scrapes and 1 rub the rut seems to be nonexistent, field corn seems to be the most active food plot right now especially at night and i think they are bedding in the corn as well, cause i have not seen them active in the day or kicked any out of bedding... So what are you guys seeing in the north and will they get more active in day?

Theory is Rob Zombie is the reason behind all this he has a new movie called "31" but nothing came up about it after that, i thinks its becoming more of a copy cat thing now.

It look like a normal cat.

The same person who condones a 100+ yard shot w/ a bow, probably also? condones a 100+ shot with birdshot at a Turkey

They should either open up a hunting season for Moose or slow speed limits where it is heavily populated, its doing no one good when these Moose get hit by cars besides maybe the people who get the Moose meat. I'd hate to see them go extinct but seems like their becoming a problem with vehicle incidents and its sad to see a huge walking freezer full of meat get hit by a car when someone could have harvested it.

I believe that is a Norther Brown snake. by the way, hope no DEC officer reads these boards this is a quote on DEC site "You may not harvest, take, or possess any native Snakes, Lizards, or Salamanders at any time". i'd rather kill a snake and be fined than be killed by a venomous snake.

No one is probably willing to give up a 6K, but i would trade a 7A for 6K.

This is a screen shot of purchasing a Traditions Buckstalker Muzzleoader on Gander Mountain, just put ship to home, select type of shipping, credit card number down and click confirm payment.

This is a screen shot of me trying to purchase a Mossberg 500 on Gander Mountain, it requires to have it sent to store

I'm pretty sure you don't need a NICS for any type of Muzzleoader (unless you can change out to center fire like some TC) in any state.