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  1. Engraver99
    just yesterday - layed down scent trails, got in my blind and situated, thinking wouldn't it be nice if a buck came in right away like the stories you read, decided to move a branch out of the way from the shooting window - and there he was 8 pointer, then he was gone...stupid me. Opening day found a deer under me but my release was still on my bow. too many others to mention over the years.
  2. Engraver99
    So stupid....got my scents out, freshened my scrapes, got in the blind, opened my shooting windows, loaded my bow, just got settled, saw a stick in my way outside my blind and reached out to break it off, and there he was, a nice 8. AND THEN he was gone....stupid....stupid...stupid me.
  3. Engraver99
    Amen brother!
  4. Engraver99
    Pouring in 4h...ony way id shoot anything is if it had 400 points or more. Just sitting in the blind listening to the rain fall and reading posts. Id leave but hoping is slows down before i do
  5. Engraver99
    Try wavewalk kayaks, plenty of toom for gear, can stand and fish, light, durable, stabil.....wavewalk.com
  6. Engraver99
    Another pic on the water
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    It is a catamaran type kayak called a wavewalk. Made for fishing and ocean use. Weighs 88lbs i think empty and is about 11' long. Sold my basstracker and bought this since i do most my fishing alone....wavewalk.com
  8. Engraver99
    Yaked out for duck hunting
  9. Engraver99
    I wish i could say that....used to live in jersey and hunt sea ducks...man i miss that as am a duck hunter at heart. No ducks where im at in the catskills.
  10. Engraver99

    Season change

    Engraver99 posted a topic in Fishing

    Time to retire the yak for the. Season and breakout the hunting gear
  11. Engraver99
    Light rain....sitting in grou d blind....not a creature is stirring
  12. Engraver99
    thank you all for the responses. I sighted in at 20, 30 and 40 and am pretty comfortable shooting at those ranges but in the woods alot can go wrong ie hit a branch you didn't see, miscalculate yardage, etc. so I think I am going to keep it within my bow range 25-30 yards this year till I get more practice time in. I can consistantly get it in a 2" circle at 40 yards on a vice and about 5.5" offhand but then my offhand shots really deteriorate the further back I go due to a lack of practice. At 20 yards off hand I am at about 3" and 30 yards at about 4" - so fairly comfortable up to 30 for live targets. thanks for the responses and tips everyone.
  13. Engraver99
    New to crossbow - I have an excalibur crossbow 200# pull/305 fps and am sighted in with broadheads at 20 yards. I picked the excalibur because I do not have any bow shops near by that stock strings and cables for changing. The recurve crossbow allows me to do that with minimal hassle. The scope calls for shooting it in at 20,30,40,50, and 60 yards. I think the farthest I would shoot a deer with any bow would be about 30-35 yards. I have a 1 pin sight on my vertical bow sighted in at 26 yards. Should I bother sighting the cross bow in at the above ranges or just see where the ballistic scope dots put the bolts out to in yardage. What is a good consistent killing range for a crossbow? thanks
  14. Engraver99
    Thanks just picked me up a pair
  15. Engraver99
    I always hunt halloween. Finally got up in 1 of my trees about 10 minutes ago. Later than usual but had to set up my crossbow/gun blind. What a pia. Now where's daddy?
  16. Engraver99
    yes Crossbows may also be used to take deer or bear during limited portions of bowhunting seasons as follows, provided that the hunter possesses the muzzleloading privilege: During the last 14 days of the early bowhunting season in the Southern Zone; During the last 10 days of the early bowhunting season in the Northern Zone; this includes the 7-day early muzzleloader season in the Northern Zone; Only Bow/Muzz tags, DMPs or DMAPs may be use during these times. However: NO 4J Crossbows may not be used under the following conditions: To take deer or bear in the following areas of the state: Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) 4J in Albany County
  17. Engraver99
    Got to love lawmakers making the rules for something they know nothing about!
  18. Engraver99
    I use red dots on my turkey shotgun 870 and my coyote shotgun...simple and fast target aquisition. I have an astigmatism so its more of a line than a dot for me
  19. Engraver99
    Looks like darkness just decended upon me....rain...rain....go away
  20. Engraver99
    Sweet...congrats
  21. Engraver99
    Got out to one of my stands, fresh rubs in the area, saw 1 scrape. Checked my dripper (buck urine)....still full. Turns out the dripper was clogged. After unclogging, re filled with some estrous. 2 weeks no dripping...sucks....maybe daddy buck will brighten my day! Was going to freshen up my other 2 drippers but ran out of time fixing this one...time to hunt!
  22. Engraver99
    awesome....probably anywhere upstate a bit...lots of forests and public land NYCDEP can probably offer you more info since they opened up many of the watershed properties for hunting.
  23. Engraver99
    you didn't mention it BUT you need to take a hunter safety course before you can hunt!
  24. Engraver99
    yep...tracking will suck if I get to shoot one but not expecting to...more or less watching unless a monster comes thru and have not seen one at this location yet and not expecting to....just didn't want to sit home...not shooting any does!
  25. Engraver99
    can't help myself ...love hunting when no one else will...am in a ground blind so nice and dry! Better than watching tv!
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