WNYBuckHunter

I wouldnt touch anything. Talk to the land owner and see what he says. Do not hunt the spot, you can end up with a fine if you get caught hunting a baited area.

I finally had a chance to get this rifle out and sight it in. Man, what a sweet shooter she is! The trigger is perfect, crisp, smooth and breaks like glass. I picked up Federal Fusion 150 grain ammo, and it shoots sub moa at 100 yards. 3 rounds center to center was just a hair over 3/4 inch. I had a big pile of firewood as a backstop, and I was able to recover some of the rounds. They held together pretty well and mushroomed great. A little deformed, but id expect that going through 8" of apple and maple and into the next chunk of wood. I am going to get my scale out and weigh them to see how much weight they retained. I am really looking forward to what this rifle will do once i start working hand loads for it. Should be a fun bench gun as well as hunting rig. The only downside to this rifle, it is LOUD. The muzze brake really makes it bark. I do not want to shoot it too much without hearing protection. Hunting is about it with maybe 1 to 3 shots in a short time. Just 3 shots made my ears ring a bit. Im going to have to apologize to people in advance if i shoot at the gun club under the roof.

Go shoot lots of bows and then buy a used one on Archerytalk. Seriously. When I bought my Hoyt, I went to the pro shop, shot every model they had, decided what felt best to me and then bought the same bow that was 1 year old, for less than half the price. (800 - 900 Maxxis 35 for $400 shipped). The only thing I didnt get was a warranty. Havent had an issue with it yet. Before that, I had a PSE, wanted a new one, went to Gander and grabbed a brand new PSE Octane. I shot that bow for 3 years before I finally gave up on it. It never felt right, the servings would come apart near the cam after just a few shots, etc. The local PSE shop sucked, and went out of business, and I would have had to go 45 mins each way for any factory support. Sold it. I lost a ton on that bow between what I paid, having it in for service, 3 sets of strings, not to mention my time. I will never ever buy any bow again that I am not sure Im comfortable with first. Oh, and Ill save up and/or wait to get a top line bow before I buy any middle of the road or low end bow. Just my experience.

You can pretty much bank on his answer. Hes been around a while and I have never had him give me bad info, and Ive bounced alot of questions off of him. Glad he got back to you that fast!

Theres 4 or 5 vids on their youtube channel. All are pretty funny.

If you are a youth (18 and under) that entered the deer contest, please PM me asap. I really want to get the prize packages put together, but cannot finalize without knowing how many youth entries we have. Thanks

Thats why I dont listen to theories anymore lol. You can start to hone in on it by watching local road kill numbers. Start seeing button bucks and fawns hit alot, that means the does are kicking them out, and moving around a bit more. Bucks getting hit more often? Seeking is starting. Ive noticed more road kills popping up in the last few days, mostly does but a couple of bucks here and there. All younger bucks that Ive seen so far.

His moon theories have been proven to be wrong with GPS locator studies run in multiple states, during multiple years.

if hes a 200" 6 point, Larry has you beat hahaha. I know of someone that should have their 20 points of does already and didnt bother to get the pics...and another guy that forgot to include themselves in the contest at all hahaha

Just make your own sheet like the contest says. Sheet of paper and a marker is all you need, doesnt need to be taken in the field. I request the contest cards so that people entering have to put some type of effort in.

A card for the picture contest? You mean you are surprised I didnt have time to create close to 90 individual pdf files? lol Making your own card is easy. Lawdwaz had no problem understanding how to do it.

Photoperiod. Period.

During gun season and late ML season, I wear it all the time. Hat and vest or jacket.

Snot came out of my nose when I read that

Happy birthday! Hope you smoke a bruiser today if you get out hunting!

Those blades look more like a razor blade angle, which is probably different than a typical knife edge. Easy sharpening of broad heads is why I use G5 Montecs. Just use a regular flat stone. Easy as pie.

Everytime I read the word Ebola, it sounds like this in my head......

Is it time to close this thread yet?

Adkbuck - 44 Lawdwaz - 43 JGS - 28 NYBuckHunter27 - 18 Zemmer18 - 18 chiefbkt - 10 YOUTH DIVISION josephmrtn - 35

Congrats! 18 points for Larry!

Havent had much of a chance to update this. So, just want to put a quick recap of the last two weekends in here. Saturday the 11th I got out for the afternoon and hunted a new set that we hung on a food plot this year. From the stand I can see the edge of a super thick area of brush, about 160 yards away, in a large cow pasture. We know the deer hold up in that thicket, and have been devising ways to hunt it during gun season, once the farmer moves the cattle to his other farm. This stand is going to be a really good one for it. Its far enough away the deer shouldnt notice you, but close enough to be within range of a rifle or good muzzleloader. I watched 10 to 15 deer move in and out of the thicket along that edge, including one of the 3 year old bucks Ive been watching. I also watched a group of does come out, cross the pasture and circle along the middle of the ridge directly below my stand (which sits on a ridge top). I realize now I need to get some shooting lanes cut down into there for next year. About 1/2 hour before sunset, a doe and two fawns came into the plot, and I ended up taking a shot at the doe, which I misjudged, and shot below her belly. Sunday the 12th, I sat the morning in another new set at a different farm. Its a really great setup, but I just didnt see anything that morning until I was on my way out, when I saw 3 doe right in front of another one of my stands. Guess I chose the wrong one that morning. For the afternoon, I sat in a stand near a food plot where I had observed does coming out rather early each day. The wind was right, so I hopped in there and waited. Around 3pm I had one of my target bucks make a surprise appearance at about 10 yards to my right. I picked up my bow and got myself to full draw as he moved behind a bush thats right before my shooting lane. He hung up there, then calmly turned around and continued browsing, but back in the direction he had come from. I never had a clear shot without chancing making a ruckus and spooking him. I chose to let him walk, unalarmed to my presence. About an hour later, the does showed up, almost on cue, but from a slightly different spot, and they caught me moving a but and went back into the brush. About 20 mins later, out they came again, this time a big doe stepped right into my lane, slightly quartering to, and I let one fly. I hit her right in the near side shoulder, and when she ran I could see the arrow hanging out, caught by the fletchings, in the back of the rib cage. That told me I should have double lung or single with liver. I watched her head directly uphill, and thought I hear her crash, then silence. I got down and checked the shot area for blood. Nothing, but there was plenty of brown hair, and I knew she was hit, knew where she had gone, and the last spot I saw her. I figured Id give her a bit even though I heard a crash, so I collected my gear and walked up to the truck to grab the side by side. Once I got back, I started on the track, and found spotty blood in the last spot I had seen her. I looked around in the brush for my arrow, but couldnt find it anywhere. I followed the blood trail through the brush, and found she had run right through a thick bush, which was the crash sound I had heard, but she made it through that and into the cow pasture. After making sure the cattle (50 beef cows) were at the other end of the pasture and couldnt see me, I went under the fence and started tracking from there. No blood. I searched back and forth for 150 yards in either direction of the point she had crossed, with no luck. I then went over to the edge of the thicket and searched for blood in any of the "tunnels" that the deer and cattle use, again with no luck. Once it was dark, I headed out, as Im not going to mess with 50 ornery cows in the dark. They are nasty alot of the times if you are in the pasture. I figured Id come back the next morning before work and take another look. The next morning I went back and you could hear that the yotes were in the thicket, near the end where I figured she had gone in. The cattle were all riled up and after watching and listening I determined the yotes were already in there feasting away. Not the best way to conclude the situation, but not much I could do. Saturday the 18th, I took my daughter out for the afternoon hunt. Not a ton of action, and we saw no deer at all, but we had a flock of turkey come in, and we came close to being able to take one home. Just couldnt get him to step into a clear lane. Still a fun day with my daughter. Ill be back at it this coming weekend.

I was watching something the other day, might have been on growingdeer.tv or maybe I read it somewhere, about a supposed mini rut that occurs a month before the main rut. Ill have to see if I can find that.

Conspiracy!!!! LOL

Look at the bright side, they tried something that the antis have been pumping for years, and proved that it doesnt have the desired effect. Maybe the results will become more well known, and it can be used to show the antis how much of a farce their idea is. Could be a win for us hunters.