[BuckyT]

in reply to: Blackbeard Bound! #47196

I went and let my subscription run out and I just got around to renewing it!!

Had a great hunt with a great group of friends as usual on Blackbeard. Hunting was very slow but I did manage to kill a nice doe on the first morning.

Plenty of venomous snakes were out and about as well.

Looking forward to the next hunting trip to Blackbeard!

Here are some pics.

[BuckyT]

in reply to: North GA Bear 2014 #25111

I’ll help you lug him out if you get him. I’m sure you’ll do the same if the roles are reversed.:wink:

I’ll help Tailfeather too.:D

I’m fired up about getting back in those hills to chase those bruins!!!

[BuckyT]

in reply to: Crossfit and hunting? #25108

Haven’t tried it Joe. I simply don’t have time to join a gym…

I’ve done well keeping the 30lbs I cut last year off. I’ve been working out at home the old fashion way.. Push ups, sit ups, dumbbells, treadmill, and I do hike with 45lbs on my back. So far 4 miles in 1hr and 12min is my record.. I haven’t hiked in a month however… Just too busy lately… I’m not far behind you age wise, and it is getting harder.

My biggest enemy is time… This year has been nuts for me… Hope it slows down a bit. Already told the Mrs this morning to get ready. Hunting season is approaching fast and I have work that needs to be done. The successful hunter is the prepared hunter!!!

Of course she bucked a little bit, but I pointed at the new pool in our backyard… Conversation over.:D

[BuckyT]

in reply to: Keeping the "hunt" in hunting #54816

tailfeather wrote: You are saying taking a picture with a hunter-killed animal is wrong and worthy of pity?

I respectfully disagree. I cherish all my hunting photos….yes, including photos of animals. I don’t see it as much different than the worldwide examples of prehistoric cave art depicting the hunt.

Hunting is an ancient art and is historically socially and culturally important, though nowadays in smaller social circles. As long as we have been human, there seems to have been a desire to remember, share, and honor the hunt through recording it as art or tale. I see tasteful hunting photos as a continuation of that.

For me personally it is not a matter of boasting about a conquest, or or self promotion. It is a way to honor and remember that day, the animal, and the hunt.

With that said, I agree that many hunting photos plastered all over the net and in magazines are absolutely awful and send exactly the wrong message. But that is a relection of that person and their unfortunate hunting worldview (the influences of which are another discussion), not a general condemnation of hunting photography.

I have over 3 albums slap filled up with hunting photos.

I sit down with my 6yr old and tell him about the hunts each photo represents. I’m amazed how I can still recall each hunt with vivid and crisp memories!

Some of the photos are nice, others are pretty raw… But .. a hunt is a bloody endeaver when it turns out to be successful. I see no reason to hide it or soften it up for unknowing audiences.

Like you said Feather, nothing boastful about it. Simply great memories from past hunts!

[BuckyT]

in reply to: Most Embarassing Shot Anyone? #53608

A couple of years ago, I was hunting a beautiful hardwood ridge.

It was getting close to dark when I heard footsteps down the hill.

A big doe and her little ones slowly making their way up to me.

It took them almost 10 minutes to close the gap. All my nerves had settled down, and I was zoned in to the little spot behind her shoulder. Light was dwindling fast, she stepped into an opening at 15yds, I drew, focused, released. “THWAAACK!!!” She tore out down the hill and all got quiet.

I was confident that I made a good hit! The arrow looked good before I lost sight of it. It looked like it disappeared right behind her shoulder..

I climbed down, expecting to see crimson sprayed all over the leaves. Instead I found my arrow laying on the ground…… Clean……….. I also noticed a large muscadine vine with a very fresh gash in it….about 3ft in front of where my doe was standing………………. I hit the vine………….

As I’m standing there scratching my head, I hear shuffling in the leaves. A big armadillo comes bumbling up. By this time it was dark. I had my head lamp on. I nocked an arrow and center punched the dillo at 10 steps. The arrow skewered him into the ground. He grunted, thrashed around, and snap!!! Broke my arrow off, then rolls down the hill, then right off into a 15ft deep gully…….

All I found was the fletching part of my shaft…. I dug around in the leaves to no avail looking for my broadhead……… Still can’t believe I didn’t find the other part of my arrow and broadhead. I’ve came back in looked multiple times after this incident and still haven’t found it!!

Followed the blood trail down into the gully… He made it into a big hole…… Reached in as far as I could, but couldn’t reach him……………….

So I came back to camp with nothing………………. The only bright spot shining that evening was my cooler was full of cold beer.:D

[BuckyT]

in reply to: North GA Bear 2014 #52737

Great scouting trip brother!!! I’m chomping at the bit to get up there myself!!! Looking forward to this hunt!!! It is a perfect way to start the hunting season!

[BuckyT]

in reply to: Carbon arrow saw #26766

The file trick is very easy. Cut a few myself this way. Nothing to it.

[BuckyT]

in reply to: Killed a Beautiful Bear Today! #26246

Congrats again bro! As broadhead stated, you deserved that bear!! You worked hard for her, and I’m envious of your dedication and skill as a hunter.

Looking forward to enjoying your harvest by the campfire this weekend! The picture of the backstraps looked delicious!

[BuckyT]

in reply to: Orion Rising!! #50401

Forager wrote: Once Orion is visible, I know the time of year is that which suits me and speaks to me best. I think any of us who hear the call of the hunter’s horn know that well.

Indeed.:wink:

[BuckyT]

in reply to: Totems #50396

Guess I’m a simple redneck from Ga compared to you enlightened fellas! 😆

I always carry a buckeye with me. That’s about it.

I like to see Bobcats. I’ve had some really good hunts seeing them in the past. Plus, they’re my favorite predator in the woods.

Also, I’ve had some good hunts seeing Fox Squirrels. Everytime I see a Fox Squirrel, I’m expecting to see a deer very shortly.

[BuckyT]

in reply to: Bear Scouting Pics #50390

Great Pics Etter! As you know, my scouting trip this past weekend rendered nothing but deer sign on the ridges I investigated.

I go out looking for bear sign and all I find is deer sign………. For the first time in my life, I was completely uninterested in the deer sign..:lol: It was pretty cool walking up on the 8pt and 10pt feeding in a food plot 30yds away. Wish they would have let me get a good pic of them before they decided to leave…:D

It was a very good hike and very enjoyable. Looking forward to the opener!!!

[BuckyT]

in reply to: state big game license costs chart #9484

ausjim wrote: Out of interest, for idiots like me that aren’t familiar with the system, do you get refunded if you don’t use your tag?

Nope.. put it between a couple of pieces of wheat or white bread and have a “Tag Sandwich”.

Little chewy on the tag part……..

😀

[BuckyT]

in reply to: Honesty and Ethics. #35845

You did the right thing!:wink:

[BuckyT]

in reply to: Fondest Memories #34801

ausjim wrote: I’m too young for nostalgia I suppose, but I have very fond memories from around the turn of the century when my best friend and I, with newly purchased bows in hand went hiking off from his parents homestead, through creeks and valleys, and over wooded hills. We never even stayed out over night and only hunted rabbits, but for a city kid it was grand adventure.

Sitting at hunting camp for the first time in 89. It was December and cold. Only kid at camp, 11yrs old. My grandfather cooking dinner on the coleman stove, red beans and rice, a coke on one side of the stove, and a bottle of Jack Black on the other. His old transistor radio spitting out some George Jones from a local country music station playing some “Country Gold”.

The fire was hot, and I listened with facination to my uncles and dad’s old hunting stories, about “old flames”, about the “Big 8” that had eluded all of them that hunting season, making fun of one anothers markmanship abilities, and other tasty items that maybe a 11yr old boy shouldn’t hear, but as I was told by all of them, “What happens at hunting camp, stays at hunting camp boy!”

Dinner was served at the old fold out table by the fire, and I was summoned to bring everybody a fresh beer, and to get myself a coke.

Best meal I think I’ve ever had in my life.:wink: Felt like a man for the first time sitting there with all of them.

Wouldn’t trade those memories for anything.

[BuckyT]

in reply to: What's your first hunt? #26792

This year it will be bear. My first time pursuing black bear.

Excited doesn’t really describe how I’m feeling about it!! Chomping at the bit to get up there and scout!!!

I’ve picked up some property that has hogs, but they’re going to start clear cutting it soon……. I was hoping to get out there and find some summertime swine to pass the time…

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