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Taking Jeff 1211 and his fiance out this morning. Going after the boss. He's a tuff old coot.

That looks more like a goose egg. But I agree, sure is a pretty fox.

Congrats nyantlerman. Great bird.

Next time it happens, have doc do a blood test for uric acid. I take alapournol (sp?) Once a day to control it. Sea food, alcohol, and organ foods will trigger a attack. I've had it for yrs, and the pain can be incredible.

I hope it was a camo bathrobe. Lol Sounds like you have gout. Very common to go to bed with no pain only to wake up in pain. Typically, it usually attacks the big toe, or so that's what the experts say. But I get it in my wrist, knee, ankle, elbow more often than my big toe.

Still a deer scratching it's nose. Lol As far as the white, could be nothing.They are dropping fawns now though. Few friends of mine have see some. I haven't myself though.

How much thick bedding cover is in the area? And I mean thick.. Thick cover will hold deer in high pressure areas, so if the neighboring properties have lots of hunting pressure, but only older growth woods for bedding, that thick stuff would attract deer like a magnet. Browse, plus protection from wind, hunters.

A deer scratching it's nose Tick maybe. Or hurt it's hoof and is licking a wound

Supposed to be 93 today. That's too dam hot. Prob work until 1ish , don't handle the heat like I used to.

So sad. Be safe everyone.

True story. Many yrs back my cousin got some turkey chicks. A couple weeks later, I noticed one was strutting, so I grabbed my calls. I layed on the ground and did a aggressive purr. The little devil came over to kick my butt... I tease him for a minute or two, while we laughed at how "tuff" this little guy was. Fast forward a few months.. this bird remembered me.. every time I'd pull in, he'd come up to my truck strutting. Wasn't too bad until he got about 20 lbs. Thing had hooks 2" long. He would wait for me to turn my back and he'd attack. Dan did he hurt. No this bird would only attack me. Didn't care about anyone else. He HATED me. My brother borrowed my truck, and when he pulled into my cousins yard, he came a running. My brother got out of the truck, my brother said you could almost see the disappointment in his beatty little eyes when he realized it wasn't me. Lol. Gosh I hated that bird.

Before the youth season came about, I was taking a youngster out on opening day of trukey. Lot of these kids were not relatives. I took them scouting a few times before the season to give them the full picture. We roosted birds, looked for sign, showed them the difference between hen and tom droppings. Patterned there shotgun, ect. Some of these kids are now very proficient hunters. Once in a while, one will see me in the store/restaurant, and start reminiscing about that first hunt. Those memories are why I do it. Maybe they will be generous with there time to take a kid out for his/her first hunt.

Correct. The knock point for release is different then for finger release.

i also shot fingers for yrs. Prob 25+ yrs. The older longer sometimes slower bows were definatly easier to shoot fingers. The newer shorter bows have too much finger pinch at full draw to accurately shoot without a release. The short brace hight doesn't help either. I tried several styles of release aids. Believe it or not, truefire use to make a release that you can shoot like a normal release, OR you could close the jaws around the loop/string and holy the trigger back while drawing the bow. You would release the string by letting up/relaxing you index finger on the trigger, similar to shooting fingers. I'm still using one of these today. I've got 2 of them. If they break or I loose them, I'm screwed as they know longer make them.

Those two choices should work well, but why not keep her with the finger release for this summer. When I taught archery, I found it easier for most youth to shoot fingers. Less to worry about. Punching the trigger is the main hurdle to overcome with a release. Now I agree, fingers are less forgiving then a release, but if one becomes proficient with fingers, transitioning to the release is easy.

What a fantastic bird. Congrats.

Wow....

Thanks. Yes they look like the pics on here, but you nailed it. That 1% chance isn't worth it. Never had them before, so I'm looking forward to trying them.

Your seriously comparing youth seasons to the school systems policy? Entitlement? Really? Because they got to go hunt a week sooner or with a gun before you? Scared their going to shoot "your" deer are ya?

Generally speaking where there's hens, there's toms. Might not see them all the time, but there's know better decoy.

Ok. Found these last week while taking a new hunter after turkeys. He actually spotted them. Are these morels?

Congrats WNY. Sounds like a great hunt. And the misses is happy too.

Well, I didn't set the alarm because of the rain. Woke up to no rain, and a bird gobbling Acrost the street. First tom I've heard from my deck this yr. Oh well. Sitting with a glass of OJ listening to the music.

The weather man actually got it correct for my area. Rain started around noon. Still raining. Supposed to rain until noon tomorrow.

But for them taxidermy doesn't come until death. We pay "tax"-i-dermy all our adult lives and if we've got anything left, after death.