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So I've got this dog that learned to dig out of my yard under the fence. If I had my way he'd be dead, or as close to dead as possible, and wouldn't ever dig again. I've gone the "civil" route and bought an electric fence. Problem is, I can't get it to work! Both my dad and my father-in-law have said they remember having issues with electric fences in the past as well, but either can't remember what the exact problem was. Everything I've read says grounding is typically the problem. I've walked around the fence and can't find anything that's grounding it out. I've got my ground wire firmly attached to a copper ground rod that my house electric is grounded to. The fence wire is insulated as it's going out of the garage. I know the charger is working because I accidently touched both terminals at the same time. What am I missing?!

Wow. Super nice Okie buck!! Whereabouts did you kill him?

I had hunted around there several years back. I love the area. It's one of the prettiest areas in the state. It's hard to come to terms with the fact that you don't have cell service when you're hunting. I kinda tripped out at first, but it was nice to not be so available for a couple days. Makes you realize your cell phone really doesn't give you any control over anything that could happen. I did see a herd of elk on the trip too. Not everyday an Okie gets to see that in the wild. I'd love to have a little unimproved cabin on a few acres down that way. I definatly need to head that direction a little more often.

Oh, congrats too. Hope everything goes smoothly!

He looks like a true Okie in his undies on the front porch with a gun!

I do. I shot my blackpowder buck at under 25 yards. I don't hunt fields either, even with a firearm.

Well, I tried to type out the long version of the story twice and lost it. I give up.:disolve: Buddy and I got drawn in for a controlled blackpowder hunt in Pushmataha County, OK. I was not getting on deer, despite hours upon hours of studying topo maps. At 11:00 the second day, I decided to try another potential travel corridor I had seen on the aerial map that was close to my current location. I walked over to it and jumped a group of does. I then notice a couple rubs and a hot scrape. The sign didn't excite me, but what did excite me was that I had found a doe bedding area and I knew bucks would come around checking for that first hot doe of the season. I was going to sit in that location until dark. It was a long, slow sit, and I was singing the blues by the time the sun officially set. I wondered how could I was so much energy studying maps, buying a muzzleloader and scope for this hunt, and not find any deer! Somehow this buck just appeared 25 yards away without me ever seeing him. I heard him first, and I was actually scouring the land around me all afternoon! I hate when they do that! It was getting late, but I had 10 minutes of legal shooting light, so I eased my gun up and doubled-checked him, settle the crosshairs on his shoulder and squeezed it off. He gave way to the broken shoulder and went down. Talk about relief! I felt like the world had been lifted off of me. I had to lean back in my stand for 5 minutes and take it all in before I could do anything. I had never quite experienced that feeling before. I knew down deep I was hunting right, but I always questiong myself if I'm not seeing deer. The biologist said my deer was the first deer with black tarsals they had seen. There was a 4.5 year old killed that same night that also had black tarsals. We were just on the front end of the rut. This hunt was so rewarding just being able to study maps, without ever physically scouting the area, going in with two days to hunt, and getting the job done. Two bucks down, one to go...hopefully!

I like that!

Good buck! Feels good to put one down, huh?! Congrats!! Last day of ML season too!

Good info cornfed. I'll be sure to put that bullet in the shoulder, at least for this year until I come across a hollowpoint that flies good.

I have the Bone Collector edition and couldn't get good groups at all. I started out with Hornady sabots with BH209 powder, then Powerbelts, then Barnes (all 250 gr). Tried some White Hots pellets. Finally, I tried 100 grains of Pyrodex pellets with the Hornady sabots and got a 1'-1.5" group. I left it at that for now. Next year I'll maybe try out some different loads. Sounds like I need to switch to CCI primers as well.

Thanks y'all! Good to see some old faces around! I finally came down from Cloud 9 by Tuesday or Wednesday Anybody keep in touch with Dale (Griz)? Haven't seen him around in a while. I sent him an email or a PM several months back but heard nothing.

I had a deer mounted by a fairly new taxidermist back in 2004. I wasn't 100% satisfied when it was done, but I'm also a lot more detail oriented than most. It was the normal mistake areas- mostly the eyes that I wasn't that impressed with.Anyhow, I now have another deer I want to get mounted, so I've been doing some online research of the same taxi I used in 04. I have confidence in this guy in the fact I don't think he'd run off with my deposit, and from what pictures I've seen of some of his latest mounts he has gotten significantly better. He has since done a little competition and done well (not that that means a ton, although I'm sure he received constructive criticism in certain areas and hopefully improved some on his clients' work).So I'm a little torn. I'd like to think the lacking details in the first mount was directly related to his inexperience in the industry. Any thoughts?

My wife, Megan, and headed down to my parents house Friday evening so I could hunt the archery opener on some Corps property behind my mom and dad's place. I had intentions of shooting a doe (or two) on their way to bed in the morning, but thought you never know what could walk by. Maybe I could get lucky and even find a 3.5 year old buck heading to bed. Things started off a little slow, but around 8:15 or so caught a big bobcat trying to sneak by me. I was wishing he was legal, but not for another couple months here, so I shot him with the camera instead.Shortly after the big cat wandered off, I caught some movement into one of my shootin lanes, as my adrenaline began to flow...turkeys! I was reaching for my Elite and stopped once it had it in hand. Even though they're legal to take, I decided to just watch, since their numbers seem to be a little low in the area, and I still had some meat in the freezer from my spring gobblers.By the time the dozen or so turkeys left it was 9:00, which was when I had originally planned on ending my hunt, but I was having such a good time I decided to sit another 30 minutes or so. It wasn't 10 minutes later I see a button buck behind me, then passed up a big spike passing through my lane. This is turning out to be a great hunt! Little did I know what was to transpire. Another 10 minutes goes by and I hear a large commotion and I instinctively grab my bow a attach my release. Out comes a solid 3-4 year old 115" buck with another 100" buck. I was lucky enough stop them as they were running, but unlucky enough to have the bigger stop 8 yards from me and have his vitals covered by a 6" tree while I had him in my sights at full draw. I made a quick decision to go for the smaller buck, which was in the clear at 26 yards- they bolted. Feeling dejected, I kep reflecting on the mornings events, wondering what I should have done different. Less than ten minutes later, I see deer legs moving, then I see a good rack, and another, then another, and then I see a big, tall, heavy rack attached to a buck that walked with a swagger. I knew this was one of the bigger deer I'd ever laid eyes on while hunting.I had heard a few shots earlier in the morning from someone with a .22, and I soon realized that was why this group of deer was up moving around in daylight this time of year. I knew these deer were headed my way and would pass easily within range. Then, like a stampede on the Chisholm Trail, they all came running under my stand. All I could see was good 2, 3, & 4 year old bucks, and then the big one. There was nothing but mass, height, and possibly a sticker point, but they just wouldn't stop. They were obviously running from whoever was plinking. I knew these deer were held up in a block of timber of about 15 acres between me and some railroad tracks. I decided to wait them out. At 12:00 I decided they must have bedded up and I should take this chance to eat some lunch and take a little break. After a 20 minute nap, I was back up in the tree at 2:00, and things were looking pretty bleak. I had sat for another 5 hours without seeing more than a few busy squirrels. I began slowly collecting my gear 20 minutes before shooting light would end. Things weren't looking good, as I hoped the deer would move earlier since they weren't in their normal bedding area. 15 minutes before shooting light would end, a spike walks through once again. I had to really strain to see his headgear even though he was only 15 yards in front of me, as it was so dark in the with all of the foliage on the trees. I grabbed my bow because I knew one of the big ones could be right behind him. Sure enough, I catch movement and barely see a glimmer of a good rack on a swagger-stepping deer, with another "good" buck following him. I grunt him to a stop at 25 yards and can't hardly see my pin through my peep sight. Using both eyes at this point, I got my pin on the deer and squeezed it off, immediately followed was a solid "thwap!" I knew I had hit him, but thought maybe it was a little forward, which my broken arrow shaft confirmed, only having an 8" blood stain on the front end. I gave him an hour before I tried to trail him. I was so nervous about shot placement I was literally nauseous. My dad helped me trail, but things weren't looking good. Very little blood, but I found him within 25 minutes of starting the blood trail. He didn't make it more than 100 yards from the shot. Immediately I knew it was the big buck I had seen earlier in the day. My shot placement was nearly perfect, and the pop I heard was the opposite leg breaking. After 11+ hours of hunting opening day, and a lot of luck, I had my biggest buck to date. I released the arrow on this buck exactly 8 years (almost to the minute!) of my very first bowkill. He has 11 scoreable points and I gross scored him at 136 3/8". Not bad for a NE Oklahoma public land buck. I'm thrilled with him, and couldn't have asked for a better start to a season!

Slick Trick. I shot Muzzys forever, but after reading all the amazing things about SlickTricks, picked some up...ended up buying another pack too. They fly like field tips. Also less surface area than the Muzzys, but still a 4 blade, 1" diameter cut.

I'm excited. I normally dont hunt them until after deer season (mid January) but I'm planning a trip to head to western OK with a buddy this year.

I just bought a 3-9x40 Burris FFII NIB for $141. The glass is almost identical to my Nikon Buckmaster, if not slightly better. Big Supply Shop is where I ordered it. Definatly better glass than a Prostaff, at the same price. I'll buy another eventually.

Buddy has sent me pics of a few that have shed velvet. They appear to be the 2 and 3 year olds. I usually start seeing hard horn labor day weekend....which is close.

Check out Easton's broadhead tuning guide. You've got an easy fix to get your broadheads shooting right with your field tips. You'll have it figured out in 20 minutes or less. Good luck.

I lurk around daily. Just don't post a whole lot. Been busy and I'm ready for fall! Got drawn for the Pushmataha blackpowder hunt and can't wait for that too!

That sounds like fun! As soon as I read this thread I got on craigslist and started looking for atvs :DWhat was the name of the trail you took? I'm seriously interested....I like the "road" less traveled

Boot covers and camo clothing sold.

TTT Shoot me some offers. Gotta get this stuff gone

Not sure if anyone wants any of this, but I've gotta make room for new stuff. Artic Shield boot covers (worn once, I think) $20 Avery Shell Belt (lightly used) $10 Williams "slugger" Fire Sights (mounted once, light screw-set marks) $25 Centerpoint Rifle Scope 4-16x40 (Like new) $40 Inflatable Jake Deke (in box) and Buckwing bobblehead jake and Penns woods box call $25 for all Redhead Mesh pants and shirt (Pants-medium Shirt-XL, worn three times, no tears or signs of wear) $12 Redhead large "fanny pack with shoulder straps" Two large compartments with compression straps for extra clothes. Used 2 seasons. $15 Redhead "tree stand fanny pack with shoulder straps" Folds out to allow access to your gear while on stand. Used 1 season. $15

Only kidding, you do well though. Those Wenzel brothers are amazing. I'd love to spend some time scouting and looking at topo/arials with those two. Is he taking the recurve? (or did he shoot a longbow?)