clayton86

Went out Friday morning heard some bucks fighting off in the small triangle piece by my stand and some grunting in my piece o have my stands but didn't see a thing but squirrels. I tried some grunting and light rattling but nothing showed. I do have some fresh rubs and scrapes in the area though. Gonna go out in the morning and hopefully the afternoon as well but the kids have a birthday party to go to at 2 I'm hoping to duck out and head to the woods around 330 4. I did stick this guy sense he wanted to sound like a deer all morning lol.

I'm like that I'm right handed shoot righty but left eye dominant. My oldest boy who is 6 is the same way cub scouts picked it up last weekend when he was shooting there. For being 6 the kid is scary good with his 22 and bbgun takes after his old man...... I can shoot lefty with a gun and am more accurate but painfully slower it's not as bad with my issued m4 but home with my shotguns and bolt guns I look half retarded lol. Never even thought or attempted with a bow to try lefty.

There is no way the powermax is listed for 800 and the Chargers replacement. You can get the Nitruim for $750-850. I think from when I was looking at the ruckus jr for my boy Abby's had it for 400 and it's a 200 combo all day long and they were located in Australia.

I'm a die hard Hoyt fan I was checking their FB page every hour got updates and releases on the 13th. Normally I'm not a fan of the carbon bows but the new carbon FX with 28" ata and the new cam and limb system that thing will make a sweet blind bow. The defiant also really has me drooling to last year it was the nitrum this year the defiant. I talked it out with the old lady in putting $20 a week minimum away that way every year I can buy the latest and greatest Hoyt bow or every other and use that fund to buy guns or tree stands each year. Depending how my tax return is this year and the new profit sharing plan at work I might get one sooner idk yet. It will be tough putting my rampage down as I have become one with that bow.

I've been getting reports of deer sparing and chasing. I do have a lot of buck movement though on camera all small bucks but they seem to be coming threw within 10-30min after the does. I just redneck engineered my climber to get off the ground in my sweet spot. No straps to hold it together and carry it out with they rotted off so it's got some quickly weaved 550 cord braclet style straps now and some bungees and a ratchet strap to hold it all together. Might be a pain to get it all out in the woods at 6am but I'm ok with it.

Very true statement right there haha. That's why I go during the week since I figure most people should be at work I stop after work sosnce I work over nights and that place is still packed.

Gotta hit Oak Orchard here in WNY they are running nice and thick with Browns and steelhead mixed in. I've been meaning to get out after them with the 7wt I built but I can't seem to stop chasing deer on this new 500 acre piece I have to myself. Maybe Sunday I'll get out after some salmon.

I went out last night checked my trail cam had 41 new pics in a matter of 4 days several small bucks tons of does all coming threw at 6-9am and 3-6 pm. I got there at 445pm seen the pics and time looked around and decided to move the camera to another crossing deeper in the property in hopes to get the big boys on camera. Took me maybe 20 minutes to get down the property set up the cam and get back to where I just removed it from. As I'm making my way in I kicked 3 deer out that were standing around my stool I left there to sit on. Should of just stayed put and moved the camera later. Tried this morning in monsoon rains and winds packed up when it really started coming down in buckets. First time hunting that block and not seeing a deer.

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At this point they are fine on their own coyotes don't hunt them really unless other food sources are scarce and or they are wounded. To much work to take down a deer when a bunny and grasshoppers are plentiful still. Deer is a lot of meat for a coyote. Come hard winter they will target then more but even then it don't seem it. I do more coyote hunting then deer and it's not uncommon to call and have deer come to coyote howls or even see them in fields together. Come gun season though them guys shoot everything hat moves doe fawn scrub buck monster buck it don't matter them guys are ruthless the if it's brown it's down crowd. I shoot a smaller doe every year usually they are like veal but only better free range if you will.

seen this and thought of this thread as I'm sure there are some on these forums that fit into this category

I've been out a handful of times no long hour sessions quick pre and post work hunts. Last Friday I sat for bout 45 minutes before I got down because I was falling asleep I had just worked a 13 hour shift. Got down and decided to still hunt just slowly walking the woods. Came up on mama and fawn had the fawn at about 2 yards I coulda just jabbed her with my arrow and killed her and mama was at 15-20 yards. Just stood there and watched for about 10 minutes waiting for a shot on mom but every time mom gave me a shot baby was staring me down. Eventually the fawn poked it's head more into the grass and seen or smelt me and took off they both ran maybe 50 yards tails down and stopped and continued eating acorns. Sunday same thing still huntin jumped up a young doe smoked her at 15 yards quartering away hit behind the last rib excited far shoulder she ran 10 yards and dropped. Not a big one but it's meat and nice tender meat at that. In the WMUs I hunt here it's does only unfortunately so no bucks till the 16th.

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Definitely sick looking. I have some stuff in the works but I can't ever show it off while the nyUNsafe act is still in effect.

I'm with the go to work and get sent home thought. That's me though I had perfect attendance in school and college and have only missed three days of work in the last 10 years 2 of them three were the birth of my children and I've never been late on top of that as well. I usually fight it if try sending me home. I wouldn't worry to much about it though honestly I'm sure you will be fine at work.

I live right next to Oak orchard, Johnson and Sandy creek in Orleans county. Johnson and oak both have fish running oak is pretty packed already with the tourists chasing salmon and Browns. Johnsons I've jade a few nice kings on already but it's not as strong as the oak is right now but this rain should definitely help. Sandy creek o haven't really checked even though it runs threw my back yard pretty much but it's a new creek for me I grew up on the oak and johnsons. The oak has been high all year. Chartreuse come headed wooly buggers have been my best fly pattern so far for them but a co worker and the out of towners are all tossing egg sacks and limiting out fairly quick.

Bucket of water and ENAMAL spray paint spray the water every other color ya want few times each swirl with stick dip part in wipe excess paint off surface and pull out. Literally that simple.

I built a few last year and got two sitting waiting to build for this year. I hydro dipped the grips last year to give them some flash. This year I'm thinking about going with some checkered cork and maybe wrapping the space on the reel seat with a small wrap. Maybe go skeleton seats and use the foam arbor then resin coat the space in the middle paint it and marble it or wrap a design on it. Here's the ones I did last year Dipped with magic marble. I've been dipping using spray paint lately doing skulls and deer sheds kayak paddles haven't tried doing a grip with the spray paint method yet but I'm sure it would work.

This was the shed that was found close by. Don't mind the dip job been messing around with hydro duping skulls and such.

Got a new piece of property to hunt well not new I hunted it as a kid then got permission the day before season last year and never hunted it. Started hanging stands and prepping last month started trimming last weekend and again today and found this 15 yards infront of a stand I hung last week. Not the biggest tree but he tore it up. I found a nice shed last week in that spot also. Hopefully he's big I know the property holds some monsters. Season opens the 1st then buck season starts the 15th.

I seen this on the chive and on every outdoor page I follow on FB and Instagram. It's pretty awesome reminds me of how excited my daughter gets when I or her brothers catch a fish next year she can fish with us.

From this To this in less then 24hrs Same fly got me a pike and a 25+lb king salmon that broke me off. Pretty cool catching something on a rod you build yourself plus a fly/lure you made yourself also.

I'm switching gears to salmon and trout my buddy that got me into fly fishing called me yesterday and put me on speaker to hear the salmon crashing threw the creek telling me to get there asap. I'm headed down before work today around 4.

This is my 4th two of each counting my adopted daughter I'm more then done.

Oh yeah done she's getting tied and I'm gonna go get snipped if the VA will cover it if not guess the ole farmers rubber band trick will have to do lol.