shedhunternick

Running the trap line one morning in Iowa. I saw one chasing a doe that I knew would make the books and couldn't even guess on score it was so big, turns out a few weeks later it was killed during 1st shotgun... From what I've been told it went over 200"

Shot him two days before shotgun season with my bow. Dad saw him from the combine and I stalked to within 15 yards of him and arrowed him in his bed. Boy was it a rush! Has 15 total points, scoring 130-140, with a 1.5" drop tine above his left ear! And A yote I shot at 130 yards. After a long stalk.

ok will do, and thanks

Shot him two days before shotgun season with my bow. Dad saw him from the combine and I stalked to within 15 yards of him and arrowed him in his bed. Boy was it a rush! Has 15 total points, scoring 130-140, with a 1.5" drop tine above his left ear! And A yote I shot at 130 yards. After a long stalk.

ok, i want something that works ok in low light, and with good zoom. ill check that out.

I'm wanting to start filming my deer hunts. I already have the tree mount to mount the camera on. I was wanting to know what kind of video camera I should look into? What companies make them... etc. Any tips on doing this?

Rage

got it taken care of, the screw was loose on the string stopper, and i put another stabilizer on it. Its way quieter now. Im from the Monticello Area, which is north of Cedar rapids.

Ok thanks a bunch, ill definately look into that

What else do I need to mount my first deer besides this kit and a video or book? http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/product/102431/tony-rusiecki-whitetail-right-turn-kit Any Advice for a beginner? Shooting a wall hanger each year gets expensive lol. I have one at the taxidermist and was wanting to learn how to myself. I have a great background in fur/hide handling due to trapping and skinning.

I started with 3 blade muzzys and they worked out pretty good. This year I went to rage so I didn't have to mess with tuning all over again and loved them. Huge holes and flies like a deild tip. I've heard montec tekans are some pretty durable heads. Like guys shooting deer and pulling them out of the dirt from a pass through and killing another. Rages will be on the list for next year even with the price.

And the winner is...... Whoever said that the string stopper being loose. Tightened it down because I just noticed there was a screw holding it in. That cured some of it so the metallic sound is gone. Put another stabilizer on it. Now it's just a loud thwack. I'm betting a better stabilizer will help once I get it to a shop.. Might try a heavier arrow too. I just figured it to be about 367 (not counting nock, insert, and blazer vanes). Also there's no quiver on it.

I don't know the arrow weight. They're maxima hunters with blazers and the weight forward tech. 30 inchers. With 100 gr heads. It could be the string Stopper/silencer I guess. I took the stabilizer off and there's not much difference in noise. It sounds like hitting a pan with a wooden spoon but for a very short time. Pretty soon I'm going to take it up to a bowshop and get it paper tuned with a new rest and stabilizer to see how it shoots. Nope no pics.

Shooting my bow tonight for the first time in a few months, I noticed it was really loud. I am shooting a '09 or '10 Martin Firecat, octane hostage rest, string leeches, about a 4 or 8oz stabilizer with nothing fancy on it (its just a weight). At 70 pounds. http://www.martinarchery.com/2010web/firecat_tr2.php Are the cams on these bows just going to be loud? It almost sounds like someone clanging on a pan every time i shoot. Would a better stabilizer help out? or could it be the string suppressor? its wobbling around where its connected to the riser.

that aint hunting in my mind, the high fence s***

I would think just measure the base and between the g1 and g2. I've never measured sheds but would think it would be just like scoring a deer

Martin Firecat!!! used to have a Martin Tracer. man theres a huge difference

what team you on? the amount of sheds some guys find on there is just CRAZY!

get out and do some scouting now, see where theyre feeding and bedding,trails, south facing slopes, etc, then go out and look in those spots once theyre in prime shedding season. Like already said, concentrate on food sources if you can find them and trails going to and from, they wont bed too far from them. walk SLOOOOOWWWW, you might even find a shed or two now if your lucky. ive found 2 so far this season. oh and where deer can get out of the wind look there too. good luck to ya and have fun

Nope NASHC forums does the same thing. There's a ton more shed hunters on the forum than here. I've since transferred. If you join up on the forums there you can make the late deadline for the contest. Deadline Jan 30th. Very nice guys over there and you can see some. Nice atl's because there's a lot of bone being picked up already!

Me four now that I think about it. Never thought about the negatives at the time.

I wish I could find big sheds lol. I must be so used to finding the little ones I don't even see the big ones.

Count me in!!! Found 20 last year

Guess I won't be buying any stealth cams! Don't. Use the cams at all. Don't even open them. Otherwise they may come up with some other bs. Keep fighting them. Make yourself a pest and eventually they will break and you will get your cams. Email them everyday if needed and don't buy any more from this company!

I posted this over on the NASHC forum too............ I got to thinking the other day, what if there was something that you could feed to bucks during antler development that gets absorbed into their growing antlers that would repel squirrels and other rodents away from eating the sheds? Seems like theres enough technology/time/money invested on growing big bucks and antler development to do such a thing. Or if it was even possible?