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Post by elmo on Aug 28, 2013 5:10:23 GMT -5
Woody,
I don't want to take anyone's spot, but if you need another to fill a team at closing time you can put me in. I won't be back from Malaysia until December 19th so I will have a short season.
Thanks, elmo
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Post by elmo on Aug 26, 2013 7:15:49 GMT -5
They came in and cut dead wood out of the place where I hunt 3 years ago. I put a stand 25 yards from an intersection that the loggers used. I have taken 6 deer from that stand since. The deer use the road as much as I do. The buck I killed last year walked in my footprints almost all the way to my stand. Don't overlook the junctions that were made in the woods and you should have some good years ahead.
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Post by elmo on Aug 7, 2013 7:35:21 GMT -5
Hey Met, I was just reading and thinking about orange wood squares blowing in the wind and banging against tin. It sounds like it would be to loud for me inside. Maybe carpet squares tacked on the back would help. Maybe you have already thought about it and have a fix. I just didn't want you to go out for a sit and discover the oversight.
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Post by elmo on Aug 5, 2013 7:50:31 GMT -5
I have gone back to fixed muzzy 100gr 4 blades. I was having trouble shooting low with fixed blades and missing. I went to rage 2 blades and they shot very well, but I didn't find either deer that I shot with them. I know it is all about location and the second deer that I shot was 20 yards and I hit exactly where I was aiming. No penetration, now I am shooting an older bow, but since I have gone back to fixed and got my bow paper tuned. I have killed deer with complete pass through on most. Make sure that the bow is shooting correctly. Find someone that can paper tune it (if you can't) so that you are getting every bit of kinetic energy straight down the arrows shaft. The fixed blades will tell you that your bow is not shooting perfectly. If you shoot field tips and are getting 2 inch groups at 20 yards, and then you screw on fixed blades and your group stays the same, but moves up, down, or sideways the bow is out of alignment somewhere.
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Post by elmo on Aug 1, 2013 5:53:19 GMT -5
Yep, Second day of a park hunt last year I found that I hadn't chambered a round and couldn't fire. I had shot a deer the day before and only loaded 4 on the second day and just didn't rack one in. Also did the in a hurry thing last year on the biggest buck that I have ever seen alive.
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Post by elmo on Jul 30, 2013 7:03:53 GMT -5
Big Oaks number is 812-273-0783 if you want to call and ask them about the website.
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Post by elmo on Jul 16, 2013 5:49:50 GMT -5
I like my steaks/backstraps flowered with seasoning salt and pepper. One thing to remember is to not over cook them. If they get dry they get tough. I like to soak mine in salt water over night in the fridge. This takes a lot of the gamey taste out. I do kknow people that soak them in milk and say it does the same thing and helps to tenderize before cooking.
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Post by elmo on Jul 7, 2013 8:12:41 GMT -5
I had a nice big doe walk by me at 35 yards in the creek about every time I sat in this stand on my church lady's place during bow season. I couldn't ethically shoot at her with my bow because of the growth on the creek bank, but I was going to with my shotgun. She must have known my plan, because she never came back through when I had a gun in hand. Yeah they like to be down in the bottoms, but it makes them harder to get out.
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Post by elmo on Jul 1, 2013 5:58:03 GMT -5
Well my story started 3 years before I killed my first deer.(that's the bad news) My first deer was a button buck. I was sitting by a tree in Big Oaks and a doe ran by and stopped. I was getting ready for the shot when she looked back over her shoulder. I decided to wait and see what she was looking for. Then he came out and stopped broadside at 10 yards and I just couldn't pass him up. At Big Oaks you can kill 2 deer per day so we went and checked him in and ate lunch and went back in. I got the opportunity to shoot a basket racked 8 at about 30 yards and then I had gone from none in 2 seasons to 2 in the same day. I can tell you that the first deer that you have a good shot at will be the first that you shoot. The adrenaline will take over and you won't be able to stop yourself. Don't let it bother you just be happy that you were successful and enjoy the moment and remember to thank the Lord for the opportunity and the ability to have this animal.
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Post by elmo on Jun 5, 2013 8:36:50 GMT -5
I think that those other 4 states on that list have a bunch of booners that are not getting reported. Indiana doesn't have that many big deer!!!! right Dave??
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Post by elmo on May 22, 2013 6:05:47 GMT -5
Man if I wasn't in Malaysia and putting new windows, and a new heat pump in my house I would love to have this. Oh and the daughter is turning 16 and I am going to have to have another on the road vehicle soon.
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Help?
Apr 29, 2013 7:05:50 GMT -5
Post by elmo on Apr 29, 2013 7:05:50 GMT -5
Well now you know where at least 1 bird is. I would get close to that field edge early in the morning. call sparingly and sit tight. Try not to walk into the field. wait and be patient. Much of the time the bird that you see and kill isn't the one that you heard. You know where one was strutting they normally strut in the same area over and over. If you can get close and be in some cover you may not have to call at all. I watched a bird strut for 3 days in a row in the same spot right next to a fence row. I got in there an hour before first light and was laying in the tall grass 25 yards from his spot. Never called once and he came to his strut zone and I killed him. Sometimes you just have to know where they want to be.
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1 call
Apr 15, 2013 5:54:00 GMT -5
Post by elmo on Apr 15, 2013 5:54:00 GMT -5
I only own 1 so it would have to be my slate.
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Post by elmo on Apr 10, 2013 5:51:43 GMT -5
My 870 has a scope on it, but I aim through the peep under it and use the sight on the front of the barrel. I sight it in with both so I have the option, but haven't used the scope yet. I also don't shoot past 40 yards, usually 30 to 35.
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decoys
Mar 29, 2013 23:00:26 GMT -5
Post by elmo on Mar 29, 2013 23:00:26 GMT -5
My experience is that if they can see my decoy they hang up at about 60 yards. This is with just a hen decoy. I kill almost all of my birds without a decoy, so that they have to walk around to find her. I also hunt almost at the crest of a hill so they can't see over. This makes them come and look.
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Post by elmo on Mar 29, 2013 22:54:55 GMT -5
Sorry team I can't play this year as I am in Malaysia for work. I hope that you can pick up someone else and win again. I wouldn't mind being a honorary member just to keep the team together.
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Post by elmo on Mar 25, 2013 1:43:13 GMT -5
Bob my White whitelightning has a barrel that is actually .504 and shoots 50 cal conicals. The White website said for me to pop a cap or 2 and then load to keep the slug in place. This may help you to not have to put a foam disc in your barrel. Dave's bullets is where I get my conicals. Sorry, I haven't been on this site to much since I've been in Malaysia.
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Post by elmo on Mar 19, 2013 5:19:20 GMT -5
I just know where they like to be. I set up and make a few soft calls at daybreak and wait on them to show up.
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Post by elmo on Mar 18, 2013 6:00:44 GMT -5
dbd870
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Post by elmo on Mar 1, 2013 21:13:48 GMT -5
Hey maybe we need a traditional shotgun season. No scopes just the rifled slugs through smooth bore barrels. This sounds about as all of these other single weapon seasons to me. I say archery, gun. Archery runs for entire time and gun from normal start through what is now muzzleloader use whatever you wish. If it makes a bang it is a gun, and if it throws an arrow/bolt it is archery.
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