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Anyone try these yet? Underwater video of the jointed nils masters look REALLY interesting! http://www.vk-products.fi/index.php?opt ... 77〈=en

I would love to get a hold of some 15-20 lb pancake weights that you guys supposedly have, but I cannot find any west coast tackle stores that carry them online.

That is a hoss!!! Great deer, now put some friekin' orange on before someone with poor eyesight puts a slug in ya'.

Billy, do you know if the rod holders on the unit are metal or plastic?

I am amazed breeding takes place at all. I can't find my pecker in my pants when its cold out let alone achieve full attention!

Cabelas has the black edge SDocs.

If you want to spend the money.....Tar Hunt bolt actions are the cat's azz. They will not beat the UltraSlug gun at the range however. www.tar-hunt.com/

Wow, I just relooked at your target postings. Almost as if your scope was loose. Wonder if there is a difference with their 20 gauge vs 12? I guess that is why you should try different brands to find the one that your gun shoots best. Have always had good luck with the federal/barnes as well.

100 gr thunderheads. Super sharp blades, easy to find in stores, shoot good. Tried those montecs, and they fishtailed off my bow....gave them away.

Jeremy, if you are still experimenting with ammo... try the Horandy SST's. I have a ultra-slug single shot in 12 gauge with the bull barrell -magnaported and it absolutely drives tacks even with a cheapo scope.

Happy 60th Jerry

In my mind it is not the phase of moon, it is the amount of light at night (cloudy night skies during even a full moon could make for a good morning hunt). Full moon- no clouds means bucks chasing all night.....so they sleep in until around 10:00 am get up and run their rublines and bed back down around 12:00 (sound like Kings ey' Vince?) You get a push again 1/2 hour before dark. If you can find those DEEP woods spots with food, the bucks will be bedded close by watching the does.

Different deer species cannot create viable offspring. A russian deer species could not breed with whitetails. It is as Chowder says... the recessive gene buried in the DNA of all whitetails is being accentuated because they are being unnaturally protected by a fence and locals. We see in WNY white deer along the I-90 because they stay safe in suburban back yards. The reason you see so many black squirrels in the city is natural selection is gone. The normal gray hair on a gray squirrel camoflages itself on the predominant gray maple bark (most common tree in NY) and therefore is less likely to be seen and eaten by hawks. Since hawks are not really present in Cities, the black fur gene can be expressed without predators weeding them out. White deer are an easy mark (except in winter) for coyotes and hunters. Protecting white deer will actually hurt the herd so Brian kill some white deer tommorow!!!!! Ok, my Cliff Claven moment is over now.

Tank, if you are not seeing deer assume something is wrong. Usually there is a good explanation like local changes in food source. Take a walk and cover the whole area you are hunting. Many times deer will key on acorns deeper in the woods. A good tip off is if you are not seeing squirrels in your area. Deer, turkeys and squirrels will change their temporary core area based on food. Maybe your neighbor has put up food plots? Go bump some does and see what they were feeding on. Week two, start adapting stealth tactics. I will use drainages to come and go to my stand as to remain unseen and unheard Go in at dark and come out at dark which means bringing blankets, food and water to stay all day. Later in the season clearcuts with those nasty brambles (browse) keep hunters away and bucks secure. Don't take offence to my rant, just some suggestions that have helped me.

Nice Pics Mike. You running worm harnesses now???

That first photo says it all. The coyote is chasing a deer. When Bios say they don't really hunt adult deer, I say bullshat! Spend some time tracking them in snow during the offseason and you will see they are not mousing in the fields, they are in the hardwoods chasing deer.

Hey.....you shot my missing dog!!!

Great read Chad! The way you tell a story.....pure magic.

Nice buck! My guess 122 gross?

In the wonderful world of the internet age, one of the bad side effects of Facebook and internet dating is infedelity is easier. We have all heard stories of so and so reconnecting with an old highschool sweetheart with the family left holding the bag. Weekminded indiviguals. My cousin suffered this fate when her a-hole husband met some german girl on the internet and decided to leave a family of three young boys to persue this woman. Along the way, a-hole is not paying child support or alimony . Thank god for parents and grandparents as the rest of the family is left to help pick up the pieces of a fractured family. As often the case with a working mom, kids often get away with too much internet, too much video games, and too much junk food. Mom does not have it in her after working all day to put up the good fight. Hoping to add a father figure back into the lives of these boys, I have taken them fishing and dock jumping when my scheldule permits. This season I decided to take the oldest boy (eleven) to deer camp and sit in the woods with me and see a different world with animals, life and death, deer camp stories, food, farting contests, poker, and all the wonderful sights, sounds ......and smells of deer camp. My plan included building a ground blind to hide a figitity eleven year old. Built of natural materials such as logs and evergreen boughs complete with two rock seats and a couple of blankets I thought we could make good. The blind sits on top of the first rise overlooking a bedroom area of thick hawthornes. I had to figure out how to get the little porker up the hill into buck central without spooking the hill. So the plan was to send up my little noisy friend up the hill, huffing and puffing with feet dragging in the leaves and me on my grunt tube following behind to reenact a chase scene. Unfortunately, it worked too well. Within five minutes of setting up in the dark, a deer ( had to be a buck) came in to within twenty yards downwind, smelled us and then slinked off. Deer 1, us 0. Oh well. My grand plan included my buddy carrying his BB gun so we could work on gun safety, a pair of binoculars, and a video camera so he could video the hunt. Anyone trying to repeat this feat.......don't do it. Simple is better than complex. The figit factor was taken to a level I could not comprehend. Dropping the video camera in the mud, clanking it against rocks, fixing a weggie, picking a nose etc. etc. Well, thirty minutes into the hunt here comes a 2.5 year old eight pointer behind my buddies tree and closing fast! Buddy, there is a deer coming......turn around, turn the camera on.......huh?.....closing fast! Where is he? At ten yards he caught our wind and gone. Deer 2, us 0. Oh well, I kept telling myself it is not about you it is about him.......learning. At about 10:00 we had a doe with yearlings come in but suffered with the same fumbling of the camera.....where is the deer? Mom smells us and bye bye. Deer 3, us 0. Stop figiting......"but my feet are cold".........Ok, I have some warmer boots in the car, at least he got to see me still-hunt using the technique of waiting until a car goes by the road below to mask my footsteps. Later....."my hands are cold"......where are your gloves....."I think they are in the car". The kid got another lesson on still-hunting. Back in blind....day getting later...pressure mounting to have the kid see a kill. I say to him, " why don't you close your eyes if you are tired" thinking if he is sleeping he won't be figiting. Well it worked. Within five minutes I hear snoring.....loud snoring . Luck would have it a small doe worked her way in, and I call to my buddy "wake up a deer is coming"...........nothing, still sawing logs. Hey, wake up! Nothing. At this point the deer is close enough I am sure the deer is going to hear the snoring so I slink around the tree I am up against and grap his leg and shake him...buddy wake up......nothing.....I shake him harder....wake up!.....nothing.....I shake him violently at this point and he wakes up . I reposition and shoot the doe front facing at thirty yards and she goes down. He says "you got him.....cool". Hopefully, I left an impression with images in his head not soon forgotten. When I dropped him off at home his younger brother asked if he could go next time. Going to have to get a big ladder stand with walls next year

Happy B-Day Musky.

Anyone hunting Sunday morning can attest with the warm temps, the deer were not chasing. However, if it is too warm to chase, bucks will use the opportunity to get out of bed late, run their rub lines to check scrapes. The set up I was on had two fresh scrapes with licking branches within bow range. The spot is one of those "spot within a spot" areas deep in the woods that produces every year. Due to the nature of the terrain, air foils creates difficulty in hunting the area unless conditions were perfect. Saving this spot until Sunday seemed perfect with the light south wind blowing. At 9:30 my buddy 1/2 mile down valley, texts me that all hell is breaking loose and the bucks are starting to move. In a span of 30 min. he saw five bucks with one eight pointer heading my way. Between me and my friend's location was a doe bedding area, and if there was nothing interesting there, the buck would continue up the hill and probably end up at one of the scrapes in range. At 11:00 I spotted him. I turned my body and aimed my bow at the far scrape....and that is where he went. Broadside 25 yards, he began pawing the scrape. I held and let it fly. The shot looked good. I saw the nock hit behind the shoulder in the crease, but low. The buck mule kicked both legs up and ran 50 yards. He slowed and I thought he is going to go down......but he didn't. He began snorting....he was pissed. Trying to figure out what just hit him. I snort weezed and grunted at him. Now I am not sure about the hit. A double lung hit the deer should not be able to snort. Below the ridge and down wind he caught wind of two button bucks bedded and sauntered over with a visiable limp. Now that sickening feeling started creeping in. Nobody wants to talk in a public forum about bow huntings dirty little secret. It is not a question of IF you will wound and lose a deer, but WHEN. Well this was my "WHEN". I climbed down out of the tree and found the arrow. Zero blood on the arrow and white hair clumps told me my shot was 2" too low and went through the back tricep area. Two specks of blood in 100 yards of tracking. So now I got a 120 class eight pointer gimping around the woods on my account. Hopefully he makes it. I have seen some amazing recoveries by deer.

Nice shootin' boys.