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That is why you take some fishing line and a nice big feather to hang in front of their camera on a stick about 6 ft. out. Wonder how fast an SD card can get filled or batteries die with movement. I never get mad I just get even. I hope you moved your camera since it was still there.

Get a Toyota Tundra...It is like a Chevy 3/4 ton......

He didn't have his boat to get to it.

Here is some great advice I got from one of our well known friends who had four girls and was raising his grandson. He told us that as parents we think we are going to mold and shape our children the way we want, but they come out with their own personalities. I did not know how true that was until having our two girls. I have taken both my daughters hunting. One is now 15 and the other is 11. I make it their decision and guide them but do not pressure them. My older daughter loves turkey hunting and we have gone for the past five years. She is excited to see deer and elk but I am not sure that is her thing. My younger one is more excited to go deer and elk hunting and told me she wanted a bow, which she got, to go with me during archery season. So keep them involved and get them their own gear and make sure it is about them and their fun.

The point is all the ones I didn't take to the taxi are just fine with the velvet still on them. Never did anything but let them dry out.

??? When the ML deer season was Sept. 10-20th here I killed bucks still in velvet. Never took the antlers, except 1 I had mounted, to the taxidermist and 20 years later they still have the velvet on them and haven't rotted.

no it doesn't say "Chevrolet"..... entitled American car company bailed out on the American Tax Payer dollar... no jackwod.. just because I did not list every option... Its a 4x4,.... prior to purchasing a truck I stooped by a well known 4x4 shop to ask how much lifts cost, etc..since they spend all day under trucks, I wanted to know what was there opinion was on how new trucks where built.... "the tundra are built very well, they are like a 3/4 ton chevy" called another shop got the same answer So Chevy must be pretty good then? I mean if a Toyota is built like them.... 3/4 vs 1/2 ton.....sorry i will not buy another bailed out American car... even thought I still own a 01... will not buy another. Ford or Toyota Just wondering why they didn't compare it to a Ford or Dodge but rather to a Chevy.

I agree with firstcoueswas80. I have been shooting nothing but my slick tricks since July 1 on the arrows I hunt with, from hunting positions and ranges. When the season gets here I will just replace the blades and am good to go.

no it doesn't say "Chevrolet"..... entitled American car company bailed out on the American Tax Payer dollar... no jackwod.. just because I did not list every option... Its a 4x4,.... prior to purchasing a truck I stooped by a well known 4x4 shop to ask how much lifts cost, etc..since they spend all day under trucks, I wanted to know what was there opinion was on how new trucks where built.... "the tundra are built very well, they are like a 3/4 ton chevy" called another shop got the same answer So Chevy must be pretty good then? I mean if a Toyota is built like them....

Quoting Silver Bullet post #19 "BTW...my son and I both hunt with Swarovski binocs on tripods, and can spot an orange hat over a mile away. Most often we spot bulls while glassing from a long distance (after a long hike...not from a road) then decide whether or not to close the gap" I always wore orange when rifle hunting. Never hunted out of state and it would not matter if I did, I would wear it no matter where I was rifle hunting. I would do it even more so today as there my be a buck hidden from me, close to where I am, I can't see. The guy 1000 yards away with the long range rifle might be able to see him perfectly but not me in camo. Everybody has to make their decision to wear it or not, I don't think it should be a law.

Here is a suggestion for future. Make a life size target from 3/8"-1/2" plywood, seal it for the weather. You can find how to do it on youtube. Cut out the vitals and then cover the whole target with carpet as close to the color of the animal. Make it look as realistic as you can and put your arrow backstop behind the vitals as the carpet won't stop your arrow especially with a block wall behind it. I speak from experience. Practice picking a spot, or even put a bullseye on the front for a while. To me this does two things. I concentrate on picking a spot and watch the arrow hit that spot to help with follow through. It also keeps me in practice of knowing where the vitals are on an elk. On the back side of my target I have painted in bones, liver, intestines so if I miss the vitals I can look at where the arrow would have hit an elk as I have a nice hole in the plywood. Then it is a mind game when you are hunting you just convince yourself you are target shooting in the back yard. Every animal I have shot I have mentally put a picture of the target I normally shoot on the animals body. I make myself believe I am target shooting and not shooting at an animal. I have done this for 30 years. I have not been bowhunting that long, (2nd year), so take it for what it is worth.

I have no idea. I guess it depends on how much someone wants to pay for it. Here are some of my experiences and personal opinions so this is from NM so take it for what it is worth. I have read this and think everybody should have their opinion but I personally will not say they are wrong. I hunt but am not a "trophy" hunter, first legal animal I am going to take. Sometimes it is a small forkie and sometimes it is " the bull of the woods". I will not pay to hunt a private ranch here if I don't get a draw tag. I hunt as a vacation to get away from the city lights, phone, tv, etc. and hear the wind through the trees and the smells and sights of the forest. I hunt solo now but I enjoy the companionship of others during hunting season. I hunt to recharge my batteries and get back to my personal spiritual place. To me the killing of an animal is not the hunt, rather it is part of the hunt. Two years ago I contacted San Francisco River Outfitters out of Glenwood, NM. I did not have the money to pay for a full guided hunt and offered to pay $100 for some starting points. The unit was not one they regularly guide in so they gave me starting points and refused any sort of payment. I had a great hunt. I know of others that have giant bulls on camera and are taking first time hunters after them for no charge. I know of others that just want the private land tags for the $$$ that come from them. So each individual needs to look deep into themselves and decide what they want from a hunt and what they are willing to pay. I would love to hunt Moose and Caribou in Alaska, and one day I will achieve that goal. What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things i have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. You have to have an IQ over 50 to understand what I said. Hence the reason for your quote from a movie. Books is where you learn not movies. Maybe I should have put pictures in my quote for you to understand.

I was just waiting for all this to start. Jared is going to get a foot long pepperoni on white bread.

I always try to think how what I do would look on the front page of the newspaper.

Haven't arrowed one yet but all my ML elk were before 9am.

I have no idea. I guess it depends on how much someone wants to pay for it. Here are some of my experiences and personal opinions so this is from NM so take it for what it is worth. I have read this and think everybody should have their opinion but I personally will not say they are wrong. I hunt but am not a "trophy" hunter, first legal animal I am going to take. Sometimes it is a small forkie and sometimes it is " the bull of the woods". I will not pay to hunt a private ranch here if I don't get a draw tag. I hunt as a vacation to get away from the city lights, phone, tv, etc. and hear the wind through the trees and the smells and sights of the forest. I hunt solo now but I enjoy the companionship of others during hunting season. I hunt to recharge my batteries and get back to my personal spiritual place. To me the killing of an animal is not the hunt, rather it is part of the hunt. Two years ago I contacted San Francisco River Outfitters out of Glenwood, NM. I did not have the money to pay for a full guided hunt and offered to pay $100 for some starting points. The unit was not one they regularly guide in so they gave me starting points and refused any sort of payment. I had a great hunt. I know of others that have giant bulls on camera and are taking first time hunters after them for no charge. I know of others that just want the private land tags for the $$$ that come from them. So each individual needs to look deep into themselves and decide what they want from a hunt and what they are willing to pay. I would love to hunt Moose and Caribou in Alaska, and one day I will achieve that goal.

Our local butcher has family packs you can buy. So much beef, chicken and pork. It is listed what cuts you get and how many pounds of each. I think it works out to about $3.50/lb. It is a good deal. You can also buy half a beef, we did it all the time when I was growing up. It all depends on the butcher. Hoping to put two elk in the freezer this year, me and my older daughter, so I may not have much room for beef.

??? I didn't say anything about the feeders. Didn't you detect the sarcasm in my fingers as I typed from previous responses to other post like this?

"That's a great idea to field test the load in the gun for a while. I was wondering about the load sitting in my gun for a few days and was curious how much it will affect the shot. I will definitely try that out and see how it affects my gun." I have left a load in my ML for a year, went off first cap, hit right where it should. Loaded clean for hunting and never fired it so left it, I actually forgot about it. I would never leave one I had fired that long without cleaning it.

It wasn't stolen it was "confiscated by the FS". Wait until you hear "since it was out for more than 72 hours it is abandoned property". Sorry your stuff was "stolen" since you found your stand I bet stolen is the right word.

I killed a deer like that once but all hooves looked like that. It was in sand hills so the hooves never met rock to be filed down. My guess is if that was the only hoof like that there was an injury where weight was not put on that leg.

Must be TX. Look at that high fence.

My bad. Colorado Parks and Wildlife called "Down to the bone" and not on youtube. Let me see if this will cut and paste.

I am not pissed about anything. Well except for thieves making excuses under "abandoned property" to steal stuff. If they have no regulations on them as quoted from their own page, then they really can't touch them legally. Nothing in their own regs say I can't put one out for 365 days a year so they can't take it down. Same thing with traps set and checked legally, if you are following the rules and regs, they can't touch them. Ever hear of cops losing evidence and getting sued under illegal seizure? Funny thing is I went to the FS here and said I lost a trail cam and wonder if it had been "impounded". Response was they don't have the manpower to do that unless they get a report of a damaged tree. My bet it is some tree hugger PETA type people stealing them, might be poachers who go out and hunt them down so they won't get caught, might be like hunting sheds but they hunt game cams instead. Doesn't really matter as a thief is a thief. I really wonder how many of the "abandoned cameras" end up on Craigslist, EBAY, or pawn shops.