jbeck

dude they are so COOOOL

I've been fixing the squirrel mesh I put on our feeder regularly, now I can finally see how those squirrel's are bending up this chicken wire. LOL He would have had to climb on Mom's back to get up there.

as a land owner let me tell you there is nothing worse than someone showing up to ask to hunt around season. My suggestions would be to show up in the dead of summer when they are bailing hay and jump in and help. How about during milking time in the evening to chop cows, spread bedding. There are 2 people allowed to hunt my ground, one is my brother, the other is my neighbor who helps me cut my wood every fall. Good luck, but remember we have to sacrifice alot to own ground, it would be nice if people would be willing to sacrifice a little to hunt it.

that would be funny if it wasn't true. LOL

I'm going to change things up. I would love to hunt Texas someday. probably Dec. for some reason I've watched Texas hunts since I was a kid and always wanted to go. Heck you can shoot whitetail, turkeys and you don't need subzero hunting gear.

ATTA-BOY Glad you were there.

I hate those dang things, I can't figure out why mature bucks get hit on the railroad below the house and those dang bears never do.

Nice, but I've never had a deer complain about the broadhead I was using.

I'm guessing around 115 to 118. nice buck. good luck with him.

thinking I'll go fishing friday night, the river might be up for a while.

I was working in the countertop shop and didn't even know it happened. wife said it felt like somthing hit the house.

yep we felt the quake from the 5.9 that hit Richmond Va. hard to believe we felt that. the farthest I heard from was State College pa felt it as well.

Yep don't shoot that deer, but I would say he isn't going to get much better. I hate to do it but I'll come up and take him out for you, I would hate for you to burn a tag on a buck that small. I on the other hand have a story already built for how there were 2 buck together and I thought I was shooting the bigger one, then I'll scrape the dirt a little with my boot and say well he's a good managment buck. just PM me and I can get up there this fall.

I'd like to say it was a monster, now wait I can cause I didn't have to take pictures of him. LOL watching a buck work down a rocky slope on the mountain, picking his way slowly, slowly, slowly. He stops at 28 yards, NO I'm going to wait if he continues on this path he will be 8 yards even I can't miss him at that range. He continues his slow march down the mtn. and finally stops at approx. 9 yards Now at this time in my life the Jennings Fork Lightning was a top hunting bow and I new the yardage estimation was good enough to anchor him. I bring the bow to full draw, holding my hand approx 3" to the right of my ear, this is really tricky cause you can't see through the peep. Putting the pin right behind the shoulder, now this is key right here, you need to punch the release at the same time you are lifting the bow arm in a panic state. If your timing is off just a little you won't get the elevation needed to clear a deer that decided to jump 5 feet up in the air. I'm telling you this buck was so old he had a gray face, 1 on his right and 2 on his left side. He must not have had any teeth left cause he was thin, probably only weighed 120 lbs. what an amazing animal to see in the wild. LOL GOOD POST AL.

Man those are some great pics, I don't know how many you are allowed to take but I would be happy to help you with the left overs. LOL I'll drive 5 hrs. to hunt those kind of deer.

I think I dig up stuff as much as I mow, as for the nicest yard in the neighbor hood I have that covered, I'm the only one in the neighbor hood. LOL I don't take money I don't have, to buy things I don't need, to impress people I don't like.

I still get excited after 31 years of bow hunting, I on the other hand with the really big ones try to drool all over myself, get my arms so weak I can hardly pull back the bow , then throw my arm up at release to make sure I get a clean miss. then I come in the office and post on RT how I missed a monster because my arrow hit a limb. hope this helps.

July 4th weekend I hang my stands, I've been hunting my own property for 21 years so I know where the deer will be come rut. I have 4 hung in funnel areas for the chase phase that usually hits the first week of November. I have a few hung on the fringe areas of the property, these are stands I can hunt early without buggering everything up on the property before the rut hits. Shooting arrows, and cutting as much firewood as I can so I don't have to be doing it during the hunting season, this also covers the cardio work out. LOL

I'm with Al put him down then tape him and age him.

JMO i have him at 133" with time to grow, nice buck though. As for age its real hard to tell I took a 136" 10 pt. in Montana that was 8 1/2 years old we have taken bucks from 3 1/2 to 9 1/2 years old there and it's sure hard to guess when you are looking at them. We send the lower Jaw bones to Penn State and have the teeth cut to get them aged.

I agree with the rock being to square, but if you think about it isn't it kinda funny how we look at details like that as being out of place then we put it in our house where it really looks out of place. LOL by the way that is a great mount.

dang I have a rough time doing an all day sit in an API climber with coffee and a pee bottle, he will be a great hunter if he gets out of the hospital.

I love the fact you guys can do this and allow me to live some of it with you. Great story and I love the pics in the photography room. Well done Al, also you Leo I remember living a hunt thanks to you too.

thank you so much for posting these pics Al, I really enjoyed seeing out of your blind. Looks like a great experience.

Glad to have you home Al, I spent 15 hrs. on the plane ride to China so I can't imagine more than that. I'll wait till Africa comes a little closer.