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I've passed on deer because there were too many clumped together to be sure of hitting just one. I chalk it up to "just my luck" and the universe's sense of humor. Don't see any deer... then when you do, there's too many to shoot.

For the good of the nation and man kind in general, lets hope it stays down.

"Death by violence, death by cold, death by starvation- these are the normal endings of the stately and beautiful creatures of the wilderness. The sentimentalists who prattle about the peaceful life of nature do not realize it's utter mercilessness." - Theodore Roosevelt

Dang tires would never stay on.

I may have to go do some work one weekend this month... but not if I can't get near the place. Just wondering how much snow is on the ground? (of course there's no telling how much snow is piled up at the end of their so called "driveway" after all these months)

Ah, nothing like a good jerk off contest! Last one I was in, I finished first, third and twelfth place! Oh wait...

Years agoI thought about using mine and ascenders to do a static ascent, then repel down, instead of using a ladder. For sure no one else would be using my stand. lol My worry using it as a safety harness would be ending up hanging upside down. That and a spinning twisting jerk should I fall.

Sniper, sniper, sniper sniper, everyone's a sniper now. Specially trained? To shoot deer? Perhaps they're also licensed by the government of the united nations to kill gophers. Wouldn't it be safer when the kids are... I dunno, IN school? Rather than possibly wandering around in the woods?

Tracks are too small to be a heffalump, so probably a woozle.

Poor Andy.

I came back in from hunting one day this November to find the mouse traps gone. I eventually found them, dragged away, with dead mice in both with most of their heads gone. That kind of concerned me, as we've had larger critters in the cabin in the past, and thought that might be the case again.* I was relieved later in the day to catch a shrew in one of the traps. *That was an interesting experience, one night, someone yelled that they saw and animal behind the stove. I assumed they meant a mouse, so I grabbed the BB gun and waited for him to show himself. To say I was a bit shocked when this large, snow white weasel came around the corner of the stove would be an understatement.

I was surprised... when I went to bed last night it was 6º here on the island. I thought "I wonder what it is up there..." expecting double digits below. So I checked the temp in Roseboom.... 6º That's unusual. 3º woke up, didn't bother to check the other. lol I did some tasks in my yard early this morning before heading to work, it was beautiful out. No wind and dry. Usually it's miserable down here in the winter, generally speaking I'd take a 8º day up where I hunt over a 28º day down here because the wind/moisture makes it so raw all the time. But this morning was beautiful, had I not know the temperature I'd have guessed it about 30º.

Well that's boring. "One is none, two is one, three is better" I always have a substantial sidearm with me out and about in the woods, hunting or not. Doesn't matter if I have a rifle or shotgun with me. I used to do lots of single shot pistol hunting. Short barreled Contender's in the woods and a 16" inch one I liked to sit on the edge of a large corn field with. What I started doing was keeping the 16" one in my back pack, and still hunting my way to the field with the shorter one for a couple hours before hand. Then switch when I got there. So I'm doing that one year, also carrying my S&W Mountain gun behind my hip. That year, as it ws later in the season, I was also bringing my Ruger bearcat .22 along for any small game targets of opportunity for the pot. One afternoon I was heading out and running late. I thought "I haven't taken my Ruger Bisley 44 out yet, maybe I'll do that now." But I was too lazy to take my pack, and coat off, undo my belt and remove the holster for the Mountain gun. So I just grabbed the Ruger and stuck it in the front pocket of my wool hunting pants. I was out for probably around an hour when I decided to sit down on a log for a while and rest to stay cool. That's when it hit me. "Oh my lord... do I really have 5 guns with me?" lmao I always have two. I've had three with me plenty of times since then, but no more.

Bought my bow in 1994. Works just as well now as it did then. I don't need "wiz-bang". Some of the rifles I hunt with are 130+ years old.

I think technically, no. But in reality, no one is going to bother you.

Yeah but Quigley cheated. He had a proper one for shooting. One with an aluminum barrel for carrying around. And some resin/fiberglass ones for dropping, throwing and hitting people with. I sold about 11-12 guns to buy my Shiloh. Naturally to raise the funds was a big part of it, but a lot had to do with justification psychologically, so I could rationalize it to myself. lol

More things I can't see the sights on anymore and will probably go down the road eventually.

Sold the other two rollers I had to buy my Sharps. An original in .43 Reformado and a Pedersoli that I rechambered to .45-90. ( I later sold that roller too. ^ ) The Sharps is a work of art, but now that time has passed and "the lust all died" as they say, I'd rather I still owned the .40-65 and the Pedersoli. Not to hijack the thread too bad and get back to the op.... overkill is my middle name at times. I'm all for hunting with things that are in theory, way too big. I spent a lot of time working up loads and practicing to hunt with my Ruger #1 in 450-400 this season. But every time the hunting style matched the gun, the weather was crappy. So after all that I never even took it out of the case. If a 12ga slug isn't too big for deer, how can a 45 to 50 caliber bullet be?

.40-65 on the left. From a rifle I no longer own, but really miss in a lot of ways. I miss because of the coolness factor, and now I sort of regret selling it because my eyes are starting to turn on me and I'd be able to shoot it a lot better than some of the ones I kept that I can't shoot. The other three are .50-90's loaded with 90, 110 & 120 grains of powder.

Fer ma buffalo rifle. The load on the right... 120 grains of powder and a 700gr bullet.

"So simple..." many are saying. But your simple method isn't long term. Reducing caloric intake will cause you to lose weight. But you will put it back on, your metabolic rate will adjust to the lower calories and eventually you'll be right back where you started. August 25th I started doing a 16-8 thing, with occasional intermittent fasting. Cut out added sugars and sugary drinks, started eating a lot less carbs, especially refined wheat, barley eating bread or similar. I did this more for a blood sugar thing, than a weight lose thing, I found out I was pre-diabetic. I've lost 45 pounds so far. Friends and coworkers keep saying "you're starving yourself!" I have to laugh, because the truth is I'm eating a lot more than I was. It's not really how much you're eating, but what. Calories are not created equal, people put too much stock in them as numbers and the numbers are deceiving. And when you eat can be as important as what you eat.

I saw an antlered buck chasing does last week!

G96 I like that it smells a little like egg nog. It works well and the smell reminds me of my childhood. (of shooting, not drinking egg nog lol)