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One other thing I’d mention, as dry as it is I’d be looking for water then burn out the soles of your boots walking every ridge close to that water looking for beds and areas where trails intersect, usually in saddles and in benches. Deer don’t necessarily use the same beds every day, but they do come back to them over and over again. Find those bedding areas and high traffic areas and mark them on your OnX app and then glass those areas specifically. Something with horns will eventually turn up.

I was wading in ankle deep acorns last fall in 20a: haven’t seen one this year. Dryer than a popcorn fart out there. to the OP, as others have mentioned get that glass on a tripod, get a nice comfy butt pad and settle in for lots of glassing. You don’t need to find a hundred bucks, you just need one. They could be anywhere, so look at everything.

Happy birthday

That must have been some where in Cali. In most other places ‘cougar’ means something different than a fruity dude in a wig and yoga pants.

I think that’s so cool that a guy could make a call for help and a bunch of you fellas just went out and helped that lad on a moments notice. Real class acts each and every one. Nice work, all.

Wow! That’s some last day magic! Big congrats:)

Congrats to her that’s so cool! cant wait til mine are big enough to go

In for archery javelina, that’s it for me this spring. my spring will be spent taking a sabbatical from working and pulling a travel trailer full kids and dogs across the country for a couple months.

Good stuff! Congrats to all

I’ve blow through muke deer and coues deer with 385 grain lightning bolts before. When I do my job and put it in the rib cage it’s easy. After I made a bad hit and lost a deer it got me thinking to beef things up a little. To each their own...

If your bows draw length is 28.5 and your current arrow is 28.25, probably the easiest thing you could do is cut 0.5-1.0” off the arrow length and switch to heavier inserts or (simpler yet) just screw on heavier heads. Lots of companies are making 150 grain broadheads now and some are making 200+. I’d make that arrow as short as you can and load up the front end, just make sure there’s at least a half inch of arrow shaft in front of the contact point of your rest. They old school wisdom I was taught way back when was that you want at least an inch in front of the rest, but that was back when bows had softer back walls and you could draw an extra half inch just by pulling against the cams. It’s not that big of a deal anymore with the modern solid wall bows that have limb stops and/or cable stops on them. Anyhow, if there’s more than a half inch of shaft in front of you rest at full draw you can shorten it up a bit. I shout 27.5” long shafts off a 29” draw bow. there’s some real advantages to running a little higher FOC, namely if you hit something hard like a shoulder blade or leg bone. An arrow that is front heavy is usually more successful at busting the bone and then pulling the rest of the arrow through, compared to a more balanced arrow where the arrow head just kind of stops and then the back end keeps trying to push, but most of the energy is soaked up in flexing the shaft. however, I think that’s only part of it. I’ve seen some hard hits destroy broadheads and splinter carbon shafts. I think one of the best ways to add FOC is to reinforce the end of the arrow with steel inserts and footers. Steel inserts are not only much heavier than aluminum, but they are also much more rigid and adding them can have the same effect as shortening your arrow. Brass is a little heavier than steel, but steel is much more rigid and strong, so I stick with it. this set up is a 505 grain arrow built with ironwill 50 grain steel inserts and 25 grain footers plus an all steel Broadhead. Foc is 13%, leaves the bow at 265 FPS and makes a boat load of energy and (more importantly slug). I built it for elk, but didn’t get to test it on one, so now some unfortunate whitetail is going to find out how it works. It hits dang hard and is super forgiving and easy to shoot.

Wish I had the time, sounds like fun. Good luck to you and the little man, keep after it!

Does that come in an adult size?

Very cool! Hard to get more BA than that.

Congrats! Probably a couple younger bulls around that are glad to see that surly old SOB take a ride in your truck. Gotta live the ones with character.

Good thinkin can’t be to careful.

Just make sure the scumbag is whiter than snow before you defend yourself. If he’s any shade of brown, then you’re a murderer and will be charged. ive personally taken to carrying a handful of the paint selection strips from Home Depot so I can quickly evaluate whether the mugger is an actual criminal or just some poor down trodden soul that’s only trying to get reparations for something he was never a victim of and I was never a perpetrator of. for the love of god, if they’re any darker than spring mocha HOLD YOUR FIRE!

Glad they turned up.

I can’t stay awake in my summit climber to save my life. Just looking at that thing makes me drowsy, had to take the seat off a few times so I had to stand the whole time and couldn’t get to comfy in it. ive been using a tree saddle a lot the last couple years. If you get nervous in a tree stand, you haven’t seen anything til you try a saddle. Nothing but the rope and a prusik knot holding you up. Yeehaw!

Finally ponied up the doe to buy some good glass, and bought me a pair of rangefinder Leica binos. I love them, man what a difference. They’re pretty heavy though, and I don’t like the way they ride on my old Nikon bino harness. What do you guys that use these heavier binos carry them with? I poked around a little and know there’s a million options, just wanted some first hand opinions. thanks

Congrats, that’s an outstanding bull!

I’d check with doug at camera land https://cameralandny.com/ and look at display models of top end glass. I recently bought a pair of display model Leica rangefinder binos that normally sell for $2900ish for a little under $2000. Best glass I’ve ever seen, and the condition is perfect. i know a lot of guys on here like and suggest vortex. I’ve bought two of the their products over the years and returned them both. If it was me, I’d save up a couple hundred extra bucks and buy something top shelf. There’s a reason for the price gap.

That’s what I thought it was a deer splat or a twenty pound squirrel one of the two lol!

Dang man that looks like a lot of blood from a squirrel! They must be big over there my buddy I hunt with in Nebraska loves those things, says it’s his favorite meat. I’m told it has a kinda nutty flavor to it, but I’ve yet to try it myself. going out to try to shoot some dogs this morning, guess if I see a squirrel I’ll see if I can’t head tap it with the ole AR

Congrats on your bull! Sounds like you had a great hunt