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in reply to: World's worst deer-trailing dog #31255
I guess that is “Counting Coup” on the part of the deer. That dog was clueless, does that count?
in reply to: The anser to all our problems! #30874Steve,
For the gas, it’s probably the dog food. Our pup came with a bag of Blue Buffalo, which has what I called “power pellets”. Well, they powered her up, all right! 😯 We switched dog food, and the “power problem” went away. We did have a food transition period though. One good thing became of it. Our youngest daughters new boyfriend came over for the first time when the dog was still “powered up.” Sitting on the couch all night next to that dog was a test of his “mettle”, he never said a word all night, although his eyes watered a time or two. 😛 That new machine would have wrecked that. Why let him off so easy?
in reply to: BHA turns up heat on destructive ORV users #30868Hope the reward works. I really hate getting run over by an ATV on the way into a hunting area. It’s very frustrating. 👿
in reply to: The anser to all our problems! #28302Ohh man, no wonder our landfills are full of junk.
With all of the clanging that will go on inside these hunting packs, you won’t have to worry about deer smelling you, cause they’ll hear you coming instead. . . . Ya need to read between the lines on these testimonials. 😉
in reply to: The anser to all our problems! #27578My read on the testimonial is “I’ve never had so many [Ka-ching] deer get downwind [Ka-ching] of my position [Ka-ching] without getting detected [Ka-ching]” I guess he needs to make a deposit, and so DO I! :D:D
I mean really, how can a small machine send out enough ozone in your entire scent vapor trail and sponge it up? Some logic needs to be applied, here. Remember PT Barnums famous quote??:roll:
My belief on all scent control products is that, even those that are mildly successful, make your scent the equivalent of 7 day old roadkill vs 10 day old road kill. We will always stink of human scent to a wild animal once they get a good whiff of us.
in reply to: "Blood trailing" light? #22687We tried one of those flashlights and had mixed results. If the blood droplet was large, and still wet, it was easy to see. But you don’t need a special flashlight for that. It’s the dried, little spots where it flunked out. I don’t think anything beats a Coleman lantern for blood trailing other than a blood trailing dog. The lantern broadcasts a bright light in every direction, vs the direction beam of a flash light. I think that this allows those small little droplets to be seen to the side of the trail, rather than walking right by them. And no issues with dying batteries. JMHO
in reply to: Went looking for Bear, but found Grouse… #21945Nice shooting, and excellent table fair.
I wish we could still hunt grouse where I live. They died out many years ago. Really miss the spring drumming season. Once the coyotes moved in heavy, the grouse disappeared.:(
in reply to: Harvest is not a 4-letter word. #19537David Petersen wrote: As a comic aside, I can’t count the times in my life that I’ve told nonhunters, usually women, that I’m going hunting and they respond, “Good luck, I hope you catch something.”
LOL – The other part to that is that they sometimes say “are you going to drag it home?”
Yep, I’m hoping to ‘drag’ it home. 😀
in reply to: I can't get enough of days like this! #19194Nate – Great picture – I can almost hear the birds chirping and the smell of pine and fir tickling my nose.
NZLBman – If you only had wings. But then again, I guess you don’t really need them on that ridge, huh?
Very uplifting! Great pics, guys. Thanks
in reply to: A hunting widow's philosophy #18749Ditto on the supportive hunting wife. We have it soooo good.
Definitely should be a topic for one of those “Life is Good” or “Happiness is a” T-shirts. I’d buy one.
My license plate before I married my wife Sonya was BUKFVR. Now it’s SONY4ME. 😀
in reply to: How to ruin a hot spot #18735Wow Nate – that is really nuts. No Nate, I’d say it is about the stand. Very Rude!! Talk about a killer condo, what state is this in? Here in WI, that would be very illegal on public ground.
Say, can you get a timber/firewood gathering permit? I am pretty sure which tree I’d pick. Timmmmbbeerrrrr!!! 😈 Hot spot returned to status quo. Or at least leave him a stump to sit on. LOL
in reply to: Harvest is not a 4-letter word. #16570I don’t care so much as to what I call it in conversation, harvest vs hunting vs killing. To me the important point to get across to the other person in the conversation is why I desire to harvest / hunt / kill for myself. For getting through to most, I have found that this simple statement works best. I, nor my wife, care to eat meat from some pen raised animal that has had antibiotics pumped into it during it’s lifetime. I know that the deer that I shoot in my back yard are clean from this practice, and thus the factory meat I avoid I leave to someone else. No one can make any guaranty about factory slaughtered meat, even the USDA. For years, we have fed our families with wild game from our land and vegetables from our garden. We don’t offer anyone any apologies or even perceived politically correct lingo about it. They either understand it, or they don’t.
in reply to: Storm and Hurricane damage #15320The pictures of the flooding and storm damage is amazing. My wife and I took a trip through New England last spring. We went through upstate NY, VT, NH, MA, then back through PA. We set the GPS to drive on no main roads, so we traveled through many of the damaged areas. Can’t imagine the amount of people stranded without power, water, food, etc. No roads, no commerce, slow recovery. Hopefully, they’ll find a way to cope until things are right again. And sympathies and prayers to those who lost loved ones.
in reply to: My first Deer is down! #14141Congratulations! One under your belt, and more to follow, I’m sure. 🙂
in reply to: Treestand Safety #8581I have used full body harnesses for many years in tree stands. Once adjusted, they do not interfere with shooting. I wouldn’t go up in a tree without one. But look into the system called Rescue One. It is a small pack that holds a rope and metal binding system that allows you to quickly lower yourself should you fall from your treestand. If you use a climber, it is the only way to go. Falling below a climber, there are no tree steps to grab onto, and getting back into the climber would be very difficult. I think that this is the best system out there. Cheap insurance for the family and you.
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