BowmanMike

defend your God! I was just asking a question... You ever ask yourself why the U.S. has the highest rate of prisoners of all western countries?

How did you feel about Trump pardoning his buddies that lied for him? Just curious is all...

Oh deer love hemlock,but usually all of it is browsed as high as they can reach. when there is heavy wet snow they seek out the now lower hanging branches,and my first year hinting there was a hemlock that blew over,the deer were always there chowing all the needles off.

What stateland did you check? I find oaks in most of them,I live in Otsego County as well. Arnold Lake state forest has a bunch,Gilbert Lake does,Texas school house, hartwick state forest...

Nice!! I am going with a heavier broadhead,but I am taking the same amount of screw in weight out of the insert to keep my total arrow weight the same. The grizzly samurai 125gr heads I used last year were a little noisy because they were vented,not solid. Even though my bow is not that fast at just under 250fps,but it was noticable.

Dial that poundage down until you build muscles back up. Or keep it down,I am sure you have plenty to kill a deer with. I just shot a round at 30 and was very happy. bareshaft,broadheads and fieldpoints. My broadheads are right with the fieldpoints,the bareshafts were a touch high. I wonder if the lighted nock fit is a little tighter and brought the broadheads back down with the fieldpoints. Either way,ready to hunt!

Again,which party do you think has a bigger percentage of minorities? Whatever,you win this discussion if that's what you want. Mark it down on your score sheet.

Nope,it is a variation of the jrb hitch climbing method. You tie the rope around the tree as high as you can reach,then climb up as high as you can and take a length of rope and tie it as high as you can again,switch to that and climb up. It uses foot loops. You can bypass branches no problem and are tied in the whole time with a redundant bridge as well for safety and there never is any slack in the system. The guy has some videos on you tube. It takes some time to learn it,mostly the knots really. But I like it for the safety. I one stick climbed with my platform with two aiders last year,but the safety factor of a linemans belt or a tether with slack in it is not great. If anything happened you wouldn't fall to the ground but I am sure you would get seriously beat up by the tree trunk and your stick/platform. This method I could let go of everything at any point and I would not go anywhere.

My point is of course there are minorities represented in the gop,but at a much lower percentage than white people. So if you like it better I could say the majority of republican voters is white. You are an absolutes guy i get it. I should have been clearer.

I will use my matthews halon-x I bought used two years ago,60# with 30" draw and 570 gr arrows with cutthroat single bevel up front. I would not mind filling three tags with bow if I can. For gun season I hunt with a wolf in-line scoped muzzleloader I bought from a friend for 100 bucks 8 years ago. That is all the gun I need as I don't hunt a ton after bow season,unless my freezer is empty. I do love fresh snow to hunt in though. I may have to try tracking this year in a big lot of state land I have not hunted before.

Mast crops are a big one,mostly red oak and white oak if you have them. White oak is preferred by deer but those acorns don't last long on the ground. Beechnuts are good too but I think a lot of those drop early,not 100% on that. Another good thing on public land is browse,young trees from a recent logging operation regrowth. The first 5 years after the cut are best. That also provides cover and creates edges of habitat in the woods. Deer are creatures of the edge because of the plant diversity found there. Blackberry bushes make pretty good browse too,generally you find those in recent cuts too. When you are out scouting look for nibbled on tips of branches. That is where the most tender leaves are. Deer also like apples if you have any wild apple trees on the public land. Those can be gone fairly early too,depends on the tree and year.

Using Blackhorn doesn't mean you don't have to clean at all, that was optimistic on your part. You have a lot less to clean though.

very accurate in my opinion. when I switched I used 95 gr of blackhorn and when I sighted in my bullets were 2" apart. Accurate enough for me. I still use the quick load tubes,but with loose powder instead of pellets.

No sticks for me,I never used them. I use a rope to climb. If I go in the afternoon I use a throw ball to get the rope over a crotch,or if it is dark I am learning a way where you move the rope up as you climb. I think whatever sticks you are comfortable with are good.

Good thing you are not prone to stereotyping. What party do you think has more minority voters? Yours?

All I am doing is scouting. I love not having to put stands up. Last season I never hunted the same tree twice and I am planning on doing the same this year. I got my gear out and am practicing climbing so I have it down when the season starts. Getting a saddle has led to good things for my hunting enjoyment. I am exploring public land and generally new to me places,some private ones as well. I think I was ready for that anyway,but the saddle has proven to be a great tool for this.

There won't be any white people left to vote here though, what is the republican party going to do? I know,just declare that they won.

Got my stuff last year and not spending more on it this year. I do like the change a lot though.

They are turning out the next generation of republican voters,rejoice.

I totally agree. Done with the humidity and mosquitoes. I can't hardly wait for fall this,and I plan on enjoying the heck out of it.

I thought the white hots were better than triple 7 or whatever black powder pellets I used before that. But blackhorn209 is the best for clean barrels,no contest.

I checked out an area I walk by often on some state land close to my house today. It has been select cut ,pretty heavily,a while back. There are lots of brambles and browse growing up,and I have walked around the area often. Well,today I dove in and man was the going tough. At some point I thought I couldn't go further. it is thick. Even the old logging roads are impassable. It was steep slope and when I came to the eastern face I climbed close to the top of the hill. There was an area of maybe around 10 year old trees underneath a few bigger maples and that created enough shade to keep the blackberries at bay. It made an easier travel corridor and wow was that full of historic rubs. It seemed pretty secluded,but access will be easier once everything dies back and we have some snow. Until then I think this might be a honey hole if I can find a good way in and out of there. It checked all the boxes,it was on the leeward side of the hill,in the top third but closer to the top,and had lots of edges and food. I kicked up at least one deer walking through. I can't wait to throw a few sits at that spot.

Did your medication run out again?

Alright Mr. Conspiracy. Some people see demons behind every tree.

23 years now. Yes I can vote in Germany. So it's fine,because who gets to vote in two countries?