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in reply to: My beautiful NY buck #42913

Thank you guys! and yes, Wojo, it is beautiful country up here! Very steep though. The “path of least resistance” doesn’t apply to the deer here, as I watch them go straight up the hills all the time!

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in reply to: Ducks, Politics and Money #42861

If you want to speak out to Ducks Unlimited about firing Don Thomas please contact Matt Young, editor of the DU magazine

His address is myoung@ducks.org

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in reply to: filled buck tag #51438

Great buck! Congrats!

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in reply to: Elk Hearts movie #24960

Everyone I watched it with, hunters and non-hunters alike, absolutely loved it

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in reply to: Elk Heart on the radio #17779

I agree. I wish it had been just Dave. I didn’t care for the rest.

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in reply to: Just brought home my first deer killed with a trad bow. #14277

Congrats, David!

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in reply to: What Fall Plans? #63472

Hunting locally in NY’s Hudson Valley, both on my old stomping grounds of Garrison, and near my new home in Beacon. My usual goal, rarely fulfilled, is to fill my freezer with a doe or young buck first, by any means necessary, tree stand, ground ambush, ground blind, leafy suit, etc… then spend the rest of the season honing my spot and stalk skills with no camo, whatever the outcome! 😕

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in reply to: Trail camera question #61841

Ptaylor wrote: Hey Alex, you may want to check it soon since it’s your first time setting them out. I like to check them after a couple days when I first set out a camera. I do this to make sure I had the settings on what I wanted, and to check the angle if it’s only getting parts of animals or the picture you want, and to make sure there isn’t some grass blowing in the wind or sun spot I hadn’t seen. Other than that after the first check to make sure I set it up right, then I like what’s been posted above.

Good points! Thanks!

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in reply to: Trail camera question #60711

Thank you. I found a cool trail about 2 miles hike from my truck, and since my hunting time will be extra limited this season, I’d like to know if there are any deer coming thru. If yes, I will spend a day or two hunting that area.

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in reply to: Practice #55033

I start practice by shooting 5 arrows eyes closed, in the ground or whatever backstop 3ft from me. That lets me concentrate on my anchor, which is #1 culprit when I shoot bad. I finish practice with the same.

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in reply to: Colorado '15 #49014

Thanks everyone!

PS: I saw the movie at Dave’s house and all I have to say is: It’s freakin’ beautiful and sad at the same time! content, cinematography, story of Dave and Caroline’s life! My throat was full of tears! Well done Dave and Christopher!

A few more pics from my Elk quest:

Engineer Mountain:

I had only 2 pairs of socks, and the morning hunt was so wet that I had to change socks everyday midday. Thanks to the car’s heat, because putting them in my sleeping bag didn’t work all the way. I would have preferred a fire, though! 😀

Bear turds! every 20 yards on some ridges! Almost as many and as big as in New Jersey!! 😀

Dark Elk hole!

my Elk broadheads of choice, Abowyer Brown Bears: I take them out of their oil pack once a year in September, for a week’s hunt, and I put them right back in their oil bag after the hunt! I had them 4 years and never had to sharpen them! They have retained their edge and they shave my hair every time I take them out! Since I totally gave up on learning to sharpen single bevels after trying repeatedly all sharpening tools on the freakin’ planet, that’s what I had to do, and it works for me, so there is no need for change! I’ll buy new ones if these ever get dull!8)

PS: I sharpen my Zwickey Eskimos shaving-sharp every other day during NY deer season! no problem there!

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in reply to: After the Hunt #47594

2014 deer backstraps

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in reply to: After the Hunt #47489

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in reply to: Oldest BowHunter #46640

We hope!

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in reply to: Colorado '15 #43280

Sept 3rd

Came off the mountain and back in Durango to spend some time with with Dave this morning. No hunt this morning. It was raining and I’m a little sick anyway. Coughing and sneezing with fever the last two days. I toughed it out yesterday but it got worse during the night. It was a fantastic experience with lots of knowledge gained! I chose one of the hardest area to hunt, but that’s what makes it so great! I got to hang out with Thomas Downing and his 74 year old dad Joey who still goes up and down these canyons like a 20 year old!

I called a bull in, that was a first, but didn’t have the patience to let him come in all the way, so he spooked! You live and learn! Next year!! Tomorrow, back in the grind, show in Birmingham saturday, Atlanta Sunday, Home monday!!

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