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Congrats on a good looking buck. I know the feeling of a short buck season, it is a blessing and a curse.

Good Looking buck. Congrats

From the angle of the picture you can not see the rack that you are talking about. At least I can not. I am heard before that the deer could have some kind of injury on the opposite side of his body from the 3 pt side. It is the whole left brain, right brain thing.

Great looking deer. Congrats

Being my Bears Paw Bow T/D longbow just got here about a month ago. Not looking at anything new in the near or extended future.

I would love to have that picture in hanging over my bar.

I have and will again shoot does with young. I have watched many young get absorbed with the herd if the mother is killed, by me or a car. From what I have read, whitetails are like families in that aspect. Another doe will tend to young if they have no mother due to hunting, natural predators, or automobile.

There is one good thing about the state of NJ. I would have just called 911. They would have been arrested for "harrassing a hunter." That is what I would have done. The patience that man shows is amazing though. He actually makes hunters look good by not loosing his cool.

This should be the ballistic data from Weatherby: http://www.weatherby.com/products/ammo.asp?prd_id=3

They just need to make on in 300RUM. If they did that, the order would be in. I will have to see what they do for later in the year or next year.

I just picked up a Hoyt Avenger for my fiance. The bow has several inches of draw length adjustment, which you do not need a press to adjust. I got her the 40-50lbs of draw. She feels it is very smooth with no heavy spots throughout the draw.

300 RUM. With the new ammo that Remington has for it you can shoot different power levels. Level I is equal to .30-06, Level II is equal to .300 and then Level III is the full out .300 RUM.

I shoot Kent's in #2 and #4. I love the way they shoot in my gun. I shoot an 11-87 3.5" without any cycle troubles what so ever.

Vote #2 for the 7mm-08. I am having a remington action I have laying around barreled with an ER Shaw stainless barrel in 7mm-08 for girlfriend.

I voted other. Because for me it would be a Bear's Paw TakeDown Recurve.

I tried it in my .243. I was impressed with it at the range, but not in the field. I know it was shot out of a .243, but... I hit a doe at 125 yards in the front shoulder. I tracked her for about 3/4 mile before the blood stopped. I seen her the next day with the STW in my hands. I put her right down. I found the Fusion never made it past the shoulder bone on her. Was not very happy about that.

Well my dad has one sitting next to me. I will be putting it on his shotgun next week and then off to the range mid week. I will let you know how it works out.

congrats on a fine buck.

I do not have one. But I am interested in what people have to say about them. I am thinking about one for next year.

I am have seen guys on one of the hunting shows use a predator call in Alaska to call in bears. It worked for them. They were using a Primos Ki-Yi, I believe.

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Congrats on a fine trophy

Congrats on another fine buck to add to your collection. Congrats to your son also on tagging on 3 deer.

At 25 yards you should be a touch, .25" or so, high. I have my 870 with Lightfields set at 2.25" high at 50 yards. I did this as per Lightfield's website. They state that the slug should be sighted in while the it is still supersonic. You should at least fling some slugs out to 100 yards. But being it slows so much there is alot of variables that have to looked at, wind drifts is huge on a slug. Here is the write up on Lightfield's website: Slug guns must be zeroed (sighted-in) at a distance where the slug will impact the target while still in the supersonic phase of its flight. Most slugs become subsonic, travelling less than 1220 feet per second, slightly beyond a muzzle distance of 50 yards, thus making 50 yards the ideal zeroing distance. Zeroing at 50 yards also cuts down, by approximately 60%, the chance of adjusting windage error into your scope setting. A common shortcut taken by a majority of shooters is the attempt to zero their guns at 100 yards. This is a serious mistake as several significant factors come into play that will prevent an accurate zero at this distance in all cases. When zeroing a slug gun at 100 yards only, you never know how much windage is turned into your scope setting. Your gun becomes effectively sighted in for that day's wind only, and your point of zero will be as much as 6 inches off of where it should be. Zero your gun at 50 yards, 2-3/4" high of absolute dead center on your target...no left, no right, simply 2-3/4" high. You will then be dead-on zeroed at 100 yards because gravity will see to it. Check trajectory data for the brand of ammunition you are shooting and adjust the height of your 2-3/4" 50 yard true zero as necessary so as to produce a dead-on gravity zero at 100 yards. Once your gun has been zeroed at 50 yards, you should fire the weapon at a range of 100 and then again at 150 yards so that you can get a feel for how negative factors, such as wind drift, will effect your shot placement. A perfect hold at 100 yards may now produce a target impact as far as 6 to 8 inches off your point of aim, but since your gun has been precisely zeroed at 50 yards, you can be assured that this drift was caused by a windage effect. Wind has more effect than most shooters realize on the flight of a large, relatively slow moving projectile such as a slug. Learning how to compensate for differing wind velocities and angles, especially at extended distances, is a lesson that must be learned if you wish to be consistently successful hunter and shooter. Although Tar-Hunt rifled slug guns perform similarly to rifles, they are not rifles and cannot be zeroed as if they were. Even the fastest slug is significantly slower than the typical rifle bullet. It is therefore extremely important to apply back-pressure to the forend of the stock with your left hand while you are shooting. Not doing so will result in the barrel of your slug gun jumping into the air off of the front rest, moving your point of aim and ruining your shot before the slug even has a chance to exit the barrel. Let's say you have zeroed your gun in this manner at 100 yards, adjusting into your scope setting this muzzle jump as well as windage error. While in the field you shoot at a deer at 100 yards while holding onto the forend of your gun's stock. Your shot hits low or, most likely, misses completely. Most would tend to blame the gun or the ammunition, when in reality methodology is the real culprit. Think about it! Learn to properly set up your equipment and you can be confident in your shot when the time comes.

I think what is trying to be said is that some outfitters across the world save parcels of land for just camera crews and the such. If I am a paying customer like everyone else why should I not be allowed to hunt all the land that the outfitter has to offer. I was told by my outfitter in Quebec on a caribou hunt that certain phone calls are made just prior to the migration getting to their camps. This way the guys with the cameras can be there when the caribou are there. But you and I have to role the dice and pray to hit the migration right. To me that sounds like false advertising. Now if the guide manages the land for one of the hunting shows we see but does not advertise it as an available lease to hunt, then that is fine. But if he is adding the land into his advertised leases to hunt, then the outfitter is not an honest business person. Therefore someone that we should stay away from as honest hunters.