Nytracker

Now you cant throw a pic up like that with no information . ITS JUST WRONG!!!

Yup I agree but what away to go

Only as old as the one your feeling I need to find a couple 20 something .

I have some old turkey calls with his name on them but they were made by somebody else.

Got ours up ! Cant put icicle tinsel on it because of the dog eating it ... she finally is leaving the bulbs alone . She is 3 year old lab.

My uncle had one back in the 70s. He had a neighbor who had pigs that got out all the time. Ripped up his yard and garden . Uncle called troopers multiple times but they said they couldn't do anything until real property damage occurred or sombody was in danger or hurt . Younger kids were out one day and my cousin was trapped on the swing sets . Uncle took out 4 pigs . Guy called troopers they basically told him he created the problem and that of he complained they would charge him for allowing the pigs loose and endangering the children. Guy actually had the nerve to ask if he could come down and get his pigs. Our whole family had pork for the year.

Nice .... I would still like to get the 44 auto. Haven't seen one in a long time for sale local.

I have a few knives . My favorites are . Uncle Henry fillet knife. Buck clip for daily carry. Case xx for deer hunting. My father's Case xx I dont carry hunting anymore. Blade is getting quite narrow. Small case xx for small game. A Montana silversmiths knife bought me for a church knife.. she didn't like me to carry my buck knife to church and such. I always have a buck 110 in my hunting pack and another in my console of the truck. A Gerber tool in my truck also. Man cant have to many knives

Looks awesome Who did it.

Boy did this thread get sideways.... Thanks for the information pertaining to the original post . As always theres good information to be gleaned from so many people's experiences. We get lost in opinions.... While I do value opinions when derived by facts it's never a good thing to argue opinions as that causes emotional responses. Which clouds the facts. As always thanks for responding

Wife.. Tell her to move her car out of the garage. She usually lays down the tarp ,gets out a pot for tenderloins , skinning knives... trash bag for trimmings. Then it's my best friend of 45 years . And my uncle .

Are you tipping the jigs and is there a hot color?

Nice .... what on pin or fly rod . I have 10 days off coming up . I hope to get out a couple times .

I like it ..... wonder if Pachmayr will come out with a decelerator seat for those day after white castle trips.

Unless you have the Hershey squirts....

Both. I personally try to pick my shot given a choice . Neck or tuck it in the crease. In the end it's about a quick kill and the meat. That said nobody is a perfect shot every time . Shots get forward. I want a bullet that's going to be the best of both worlds or as close as I can get .

I had a similar discussion about this with a couple of hunters recently. 2 I will refer to novices one a veteran hunter with well over a hundred deer kills . I was kind of amazed at the opinions . Novices were only concerned with accuracy. The other wanted accuracy and penetration. None were concerned with bullet through penetration ... All 3 were ecstatic with the thought of fist size exit holes.

Ok so this is not a caliber ... gun bashing thread . Just honest discussion of bullet performance on deer and bear size game For me I want a bullet that gives decent expansion without shedding weight ... gernading... fragmenting . I want 2 holes .... every time . So penetration . Above else the bullet has to be accurate out of my rifle .Said bullet should perform from 30 yds to 300. These are my requirements for my style of hunting . I understand that some calibers are limited for distance ... I have limited experience as far as calibers . 30/06 , 308 , 270,243.. So what are your thoughts and expectations.

I shot one when I was an teenager out in Woodhull . Had to pull into deer check station on the way home . Biologist said I had a huge doe . Turns out it was 169 and ounces dressed . Haven't seen one that big since. Wish I could find the Polaroids my gramps took ... dont know who in the family got them .

I use choketube lube

Well how ya making out ? Any progress . I imagine dr is going to be layed up a while .

Wife and I talked about getting a streaming device... but we would be at the mercy of the kids to set it up ... we haven't a clue .

Got it done last night finally . Went and sat just off a horse pasture butting up to a swamp . Cut corn at one corner . Narrow strip of brush bordering the swamp . Slipped in with crossbow followed deer tracks until I found an opening where 3 heavily used deer trails intersected . Eased back into the brush about 15 yards down wind of intersection. I had 2 shooting lanes I could use . After standing for an an hour I started second guessing the spot . Seemed silly to be standing in such thick stuff . But the deer had to use it or be out in the open cornfield...or the horse pasture. After a little while longer I heard a splash followed by the squish of something walking through mud. I dropped to one knee and start scanning . I catch movement coming my way . First a leg ... then another leg . I can tell it's small. Then another small one walks through my first opening . 3rd one looks bigger. Looks to be a doe . I track the larger deer into my second opening and squeak with my lips . As it stops I send the rage to the cage . The deer crashes forward making a small loop circles back to where it came from . After A few seconds I hear a splash. Not what I wanted to hear. It was getting on towards dark so I gave it 20 minutes and started track. . Handful of hair and a ton of blood . Found the bolt just past the spot the deer was standing . Great hit full pass through. Tons of blood . Looked like a scene from a horror flick all the blood on the snow . Tracked the deer to where it fell through the ice in the swamp. Not wanting to take chances I backed out drove home grabbing my waders and a rope . Tying the rope off to the biggest piece of brush I could find I waded in to my waist and tied off the deer . I went back to shore and pulled the deer out with the rope. Deer was covered in mud so I loaded it and drove home . Hosed it down and dressed it into a contractor bag . I don't think I have worked this hard for a spike in my life . But I'm thankful for the meat.. flash froze over night made skinning kind of tuff. I didn't take any pictures but it turned out to be a buck. One horn missing and the other was 2 inches .

Got it done last night finally with the crossbow . . Went and sat just off a horse pasture butting up to a swamp . Shot a small buck had a small spike and missing the other side .. Story in crossbow harvest thread

Everything is a little late this year .... got to love a big brown in spawning colors