Strut10

STILL ain't figured the picture thing out........... Links are good, though.

Shot at 8:10 AM Nov 1, 2021 8 scorable points https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51646069997_3c9586d35a_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51648241884_eb4e321317_k.jpg

Shot an 8 this morning. It's a deer I'd have passed 9 times outta 10 or more............. But, I didn't this time. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51647736455_6db5bca1e2_k.jpg

Third rainy Saturday in a row................. But I'm gonna be out in it, tomorrow. It's time.

Good goin', Joe !!!! CONGRATS !!!!!!!!!

CONGRATS, Frank !!!! Great deer !!!!! Heavy and TONS of character !!!!!

Thanks, William !!! I've been having zero luck getting my pics to post for quite some time...........

ANNNNNNNNNNND...................... My photo links don't work again............ ?

Well................ I'm a step or two closer to doing some hunting. Shot the bow some. Switched to my other (old) arrows because I just wasn't happy with the new ones last year. Seems to have brought things back into a tolerance I can tolerate. [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51599481517_ac0fdf2c08_k.jpg[/img] Then, this afternoon, I moved a stand that was only "just OK" last year. Ended up putting it just about 100 yards down the bottom from another stand I've hunted for a good many years and took a really good deer from. This bottom has been a total hotspot for calling. And the placement of today's stand came from a bunch of years of watching which ONE PLACE the natural deer movement most often passes by. At about 16 feet I'm not as high as I want to be. But that's the best I could do for where I wanted t be, so................ I guess only putting in some tree time will tell. [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51599465407_25fcef5bf2_b.jpg[/img]

Great to see you back in the 'hood, buddy !!! Seems like it's been a long time since a whole LOTTA folks have checked in........... Great to see some of the "old guard" coming back around !!!! Hope you have a great season !!!

Now, that's COOL, right there !!!! Good to see you back around these parts !!!

Looks very promising for you, Al !!! Some real keepers there.

Haven't been out yet. But I had no plans to be. May take the flintlock for early muzzleloader because of my canning meat situation............ But about 3 weeks before I go do any serious tree time. I did put a trail camera on a wide woods road intersection along my creek bottom. First week there was not an antler in 300 pics. Second week there were 3 of the most pitiful little bucks you could imagine. We'll see what turns up this next pull (I'll grab the card tomorrow from all this past week). Tuesday night, my cousin from Florida (he was up here hunting) shot his first ever deer. Got a nice, symmetrical 14"-ish wide 8 pointer. I was SO PUMPED to share that experience with him !!!

Great story !!!! CONGRATS on a new chapter !!!!!

Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhh......................... His score would be a spot on the wall of the garage. Yep !!!

A couple of them gave me more than a couple tries to get the gun to fire. Freakin' FRUSTRATING when my money gun acts up !!!!!!

No shooter bucks last year........... But I did pull the trigger. In 3 or 4 days of flintlock hunting I had 6 or 7 fat does DEAD TO RIGHTS..................if the gun (which ALWAYS goes boom) woulda gone off. Apparently, somehow, my charge powder (fffG) must have drawn damp. The pan would go. But not the charge. I was FLIPPIN' OUT !!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT to have yo back, Al !!!!!!! I was starting to worry about ya !! LOVE the new house !!!! And the trophy rooms are spectacular. I know EXACTLY what you've been going through. We did a big addition nd massive renovation starting nearly 3 years ago. Lol !!! We're almost done............. We were moving our stuff..........my in-laws' stuff (they have passed) and their parents' stuff. It has been staggering and continues to be. But I've got a trophy room almost done, too. It's not as impressive as what you got goin' on there. But I like it. Welcome back, buddy !!!

Well, Joe..................yer stuck with me. ? ?

Haven't been to any LGS. But Walmarts..................... No.

Some good looking deer. Best of luck hanging a tag on one of them !!!

The $64,000 question. People are jerks. How do you stop a jerk from BEING a jerk ?? The world may never know................

The mountains make a nice backdrop for some of the pics.

Nice goat !!!! DANG !!!!

If yinz can put up with my, sometimes, intermittent participation in the discussion threads................ I'm in.