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Post by M4Madness on Nov 14, 2020 13:42:07 GMT -5
I sat until 11:00 AM, when the rain drove me from my ladder stand. I had a small buck dog two does around me for awhile before he finally gave up. Then a small 8-pointer showed up just as I was getting ready to climb down. On the hike out, I jumped a doe.
Not a lot of shooting this morning, and except for one shot hundreds of yards away on an adjoining property, everything was miles away. I'll probably sit over a hay field this evening, hopefully catching a good buck crossing it. (No crop fields anywhere I hunt.)
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 1, 2020 7:52:30 GMT -5
I'm calling it quits. Even if I saw a deer in a sustained 25 MPH wind, no way I could put an arrow in it.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 1, 2020 6:45:27 GMT -5
Congratulations on the awesome buck, guys!
I'm sitting in a tall ladder stand on a wooded saddle in Lawrence County with a full moon high in the sky to my right. I'm starting to regret my decision with the constant hard wind I'm experiencing. I can feel the stand vibrate from the wind hitting the ladder section. LOL! No way I could loose an arrow in this wind. I certainly hope we have lulls in it. I knew there was a chance for winds, but figured it'd be this afternoon. I figured wrong. LOL! Good luck to those who are out in this.
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 31, 2020 16:40:03 GMT -5
I've actually been sitting in a ladder stand for the last hour. Only my second sit of the year. I started hunting this farm in 2006 and killed a 151" buck in this exact spot my first year hunting here. I also arrowed a buck the first week of November 2010 (I believe it was 2010), but lost it. It was killed by a vehicle the following January with my arrow stub still lodged in its spine. So I'm 50/50 from this location. LOL!
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 30, 2020 20:14:11 GMT -5
Awesome buck!
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 30, 2020 20:10:56 GMT -5
He killed a nice one. Shot it yesterday evening, but was a little unsure of the shot so we trailed it this morning. It was a good hit but still went a couple hundred yards. Nice 9 pointer! Congratulations to him!
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 30, 2020 20:06:41 GMT -5
I've been so busy working overtime (550 hours so far this year) that I haven't been out except for opening day of archery season. I pretty much took off the last two years from deer hunting, so I'm hopeful to get back into it this year. The only plus side to all of this overtime is that it has funded lots of goodies that one can find use for in this social and political climate we find ourselves in. Besides, it can all carry over to hunting as well, especially nighttime varmints.
I haven't read any of the preceding pages of this thread. Have any of you guys arrowed any bucks? (Not that there's an ounce of shame in harvesting does.) I received a photo from a very good friend today of his brother-in-law's awesome buck taken in Switzerland County this morning, but that's the only buck I've personally heard of being harvested this season.
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Post by M4Madness on May 7, 2020 4:18:41 GMT -5
So sorry for your loss. One of our cats was diagnosed with feline osteosarcoma last October. It is getting very close to euthanasia time. She is very thin and sleeps 95% of the time, but she can still hop around on her three good legs and still eats, drinks, and uses the litter box. There is no indication that she's in any pain.
I've experienced the deaths of dozens of pets in my life, and it never gets any easier. Hang in there!
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Post by M4Madness on May 7, 2020 4:12:55 GMT -5
"Threads" is misspelled in the forum title. :-)
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Post by M4Madness on May 2, 2020 16:29:40 GMT -5
Back in January, I booked a rental car and a room in Gatlinburg, TN for June 27-July 1. I can cancel for free up until about a week before.
I'm still hopeful that we can go. We don't really care for the crowds in town anyway and mostly go for the mountain hikes.
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Post by M4Madness on May 2, 2020 12:42:48 GMT -5
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Post by M4Madness on May 1, 2020 19:03:03 GMT -5
I bet my Trump Bucks purchase is on their list. LOL!
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Post by M4Madness on Apr 27, 2020 7:44:33 GMT -5
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Aging Deer
Apr 26, 2020 14:08:51 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by M4Madness on Apr 26, 2020 14:08:51 GMT -5
Bill, your buck is at least 4.5 years old and I would place him at that age. Again, a dandy. That tooth wear is an extremely inexact method, remember the guesses at checkins in the old days by dnr, so funny. Yeah, I put no stock in tooth wear aging whatsoever. I do however think that cementum annuli testing of the incisor teeth is a pretty accurate process.
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Post by M4Madness on Apr 20, 2020 12:47:48 GMT -5
I hate to hear that some are having tough times. I don't know anyone personally who is out of work. I have four siblings, and all of them and their spouses are still working, as are my wife and I.
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Post by M4Madness on Apr 19, 2020 15:39:59 GMT -5
Apparently he’s got a Kimber Rapide in 10mm. Says he’s unhappy with it. Too many failures to feed and eject! Reminds me of a meme I saw this week! LOL!
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Post by M4Madness on Apr 17, 2020 13:47:29 GMT -5
I've used freetaxusa.com for a few years now and have no complaints.
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Post by M4Madness on Apr 12, 2020 18:35:43 GMT -5
I did some hiking down near your new homestead yesterday -- Tank Spring Trail to be exact.
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Post by M4Madness on Apr 7, 2020 16:16:34 GMT -5
Last fall while hiking near French Lick, I happened upon a male turtle chasing a female turtle through the forest. She was running for her life. LOL! How can you tell the difference? Actually, you can tell by the eye color and plastron, but on these two, I just assumed that the smaller one running away was a female and the larger chaser was a male. LOL!
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Post by M4Madness on Apr 7, 2020 14:50:53 GMT -5
I took this one a few autumns ago. Last fall while hiking near French Lick, I happened upon a male turtle chasing a female turtle through the forest. She was running for her life. LOL!
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