Elmo

You people have some serious problems. I love hunting and think about it a lot but there are a lot of other things on my mind such as sex, sports, titties, traveling/vacationing, big round butts, and guns. Not necessarily in that order.

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I also can't hunt much this season due to family obligations but something about this year seems strange. I hunt public land and the few times I've gone this year, I was the only person there when in years past, I would see a couple of other cars. Another popular area I use to avoid because it use to have so many cars that you couldn't find parking. I was talking to someone who told me they hunted there this weekend and they were the only ones there also. Odd.

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I'm being capped at 10 likes per day. 10 likes is not nearly enough, especially once gun season is in full swing.

#1. Apparently when I like something in TapaTalk, it doesn't show up on the thread according to the website even though it appears there on TapaTalk. #2. Hate the 10 likes per day limit.

Welcome to the forum and welcome to hunting!

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I once went to a restaurant downtown and paid the bill with a credit card. Bill was something like $85 or so. A few weeks later, I checked my credit card statement and noticed that I was charged around $120. I called the credit card company and told them what had happened. They asked if I had kept the receipt so that if they wanted to see it, I can show it to them. Fortunately the receipt was still in my jacket inner pocket. I told them I had kept the receipt. They said ok, and credit me back the money. From that point on, I make sure to keep all my receipts and compare it with my credit card statements at the end of each month.

Still amazes me how big wolves are.

Baked blue fish, roasted asparagus, sautéed Brussels sprouts, and boiled sweet potatoes by Chef Elmo. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Check in with each individual park. Some parks that allow hunting don't allow camping and vise versa. Then there are ones that allow both but not at the same time.

Yes, Shawn and I tag team'ed the butchering process.

I cap the price at what a vacation would cost. Once it approaches vacation money, then it's vacation instead. "Hey, honey...you know how you really wanted to go to Paris? Yeah, no. I'm going hunting instead. Have fun staying at home though. I'll see you in a week." I wonder how that's going to fly. Maybe when I'm much older, the travel bug is gone, son off on his own, and I've hit the lotto. Until then, I'm limited to hunts like I did in Texas where wife and I went for vacation/visiting friends and I spent a little money to stay behind an extra couple of days to hunt. Thought about visiting our friends in Phoenix as an excuse to do a DIY javelina hunt or a DIY Elk in Colorado/Wyoming masquerade as a Yellowstone National Park trip.

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Unfortunately, neck and head were given away and this morning was trash day. If I had realized there was more to this story at the time I might have kept the skull or at least taken some pictures. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

He had a decent size pair for sure. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Now that you mention it, both bases were slightly jagged. I never thought of it but maybe both were broken off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is also actually my first with a bow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Happy birthday WNYBowhunter and UWShunter!

Taken at just under 43 yards with a G5 Montec. Story in a separate thread.

My wife took a new job and it's kicking her butt. I've been having to look after our son since my wife has been bringing work home constantly and is now always tired. So I haven't been able to hunt much all season. I went opening day of bow season for an all day sit and one afternoon sit this whole season. Yesterday (10/23), I went for my second all day sit of the season and I thought it wasn't going to go well since we got there a little late and sun was just breaking the horizon as I was hiking in. I hiked into my spot (ground, natural cover), dropped my bag on the ground, set my bow down, removed the quiver from my bow set that on the ground as well. Right after wards, I literally stood up, put my fist on my hips, sighed, and thought to myself, "well, today is going to suck" and boom...out of the corner of my I saw a deer coming down the game trail. I immediately ducked behind the tree, grab my bow with my left hand and trying to reach my quiver with my right hand (barely reaching it with the tips of my fingers). I quietly removed an arrow and nocked it. As the deer approached closer, I drew back but stayed behind cover which is two trees that forms a "V". The deer walks down the path but comes to a split in the game trail and stops...for what seem like an eternity. Twice, my arms got tired and I undrew the bow. I was afraid that I was going to be too fatigued by the time the deer gave me an opening so I decided not to draw until it decided with path to go. Path A gives me a 20 yards shot for sure. Path B was something like a 40 yard shot. I ranged it a some time ago. The deer of course decided on Path B but again, stops after a few steps. Where's the range finder. Damn! It's still in my bag. Luckily, it was unzipped. I reached in, pulled out my ranger finder and ranged a tree further down the path at 43 yards. All while completely behind cover. I then leaned to the right and the deer had moved a little further down but is not slightly blocked by a smaller tree and it's head was up. Damn again. I duck back behind cover. I lean the my left and I see the deer's tail. Okay, it's still there. Wait a little more. Lean to the right again and again, deer is standing behind the tree with its head up. Duck back behind tree. Okay. Lean left again to see the tail and the tail was gone! Craps. I lean right and the deer was right there...it had moved a few feet past the tree and has its head down in the grass. I drew...aim right behind the shoulders with my 40 yard pin and let it fly. I heard a "thunk" and the deer immediately turned 180 and ran over hill. I didn't see an arrow sticking out but then again, after a 180 turn, I'm looking at the other side as it ran away. So limping or anything. I was like "Damn! I missed!" So went down to where it stood to retrieve my arrow and I could find my arrow. Huh? If I missed then the arrow should have been buried in this dirt mound and tree that was right behind it. No arrow. I looked some more and found some drops of red blood and white hair. Now I went from feeling bad that I missed to feeling bad that I injured it and it ran off with my arrow. I followed the trail for only a few feet and now I'm seeing tons of red blood. After some more thought, I figure...if it hit the brisket (due to the white hair) my arrow should have gone right through. For it to get stuck and have that much blood, it must have been a pretty solid hit. I backed off. Now my mindset has changed to this being a day of tracking. I hiked back to my car to drop off some of my gear in preparation for some serious tracking. To get to my car, I would have not have to pass through where the deer went but I would have to at least circle around it. As I walking around it, I saw a piece of white in some brown brush. Initially I thought it was a white plastic shopping bag but then I though that might be my deer. I decided I'm not going to risk pushing anything so I continued towards my car. I sat there until an hour had passed. At one hour on the dot, I got out of my car and hiked back in the direction of where I initially shot at the deer but I pass by that white shopping bag again and I kept staring at it. It's been over an hour now so why not? I went towards that white color and there it was...my deer. I arrived at my spot on 7:10. I shot the deer at 7:28. Turns out: 1. It wasn't a doe as I initially thought but a spike. For a spike it was pretty hefty....for Westchester standards. 2. I didn't miss. I was pretty much dead on. Arrow hit maybe an inch or 2 above where I was aiming at. 3. Not sure why the red blood and white hair. I took out both lungs, broke one rib, and it was a complete pass through. 4. I never did find my arrow.

Quick question. For spike, am I using antlered tag or doe tag? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Story to come soon. Let me get this spike processed first. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk