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    How old is too old to hunt?

    My dad was hunting whitetails last year at 92. Couldn't get out this year as my step mom has been having some problems or he would have. We set him up in safe, comfortable shooting houses and get him pretty close with the Polaris UTV to minimize his walking and he gets along fine, plus enjoys...
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    Family Traditions

    Does getting together on Holidays, drinking too much, and somebody going home p#ssed count ? :p
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    Matt Rinella knocking it outta the park

    Food for thought ....... Would any of us have even known about or cared about what Matt had to say if not for the fact that he was Stevens brother? If he cares to admit it or not, he got his initial notoriety being present around his brothers fame and good fortune, and the stuff he talks sh#t...
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    Processing Time - Start to Finish?

    Killed a doe a couple days ago. Gutted in the field then loaded up and hauled back to hunt camp. Got it on the gambrel & skinned, then broke down into the following pieces; front legs whole, neck meat, back straps, inside loins and hind quarters. I don't mess with meat between ribs, we can...
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    ‘23 Iowa whitetail

    Fun thread. I've accumulated enough points and will be firearms hunting IA next season.
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    2023 IL Gun Deer Season

    I hunted the first firearms season with three buddies in southern IL. Those guys killed a small 11 a small 8 and a doe Friday morning, then all went home leaving me in camp solo. In three days of pretty hard hunting I saw 23 bucks from the stand and lots of does. Three of the bucks were...
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    As they lay

    Firearms kill Nov 20th
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    As they lay

    Archery kill from Nov 5th
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    The Good 'Ol Days

    Great pics ! How did they do it without Sitka gear?
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    Aiming Under Deer

    My thoughts also. This is something the TV hunters talk about frequently and even sometimes show vids of. I've never had the issue.
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    Passing Them Up Is Almost as Much Fun as Shooting Them

    Had a fun encounter last evening bow hunting whiteys. Set up a stand on downwind side of a small one acre brushy meadow surrounded by woodlot. About twenty minutes of shooting light left and a nice buck pops out of the edge across meadow and starts making scrapes, working overhead limbs...
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    Priced Out of Replacement Blade Knives

    Replacement blade knives are just silly wasteful gadgetry. I've been taking deer and elk apart with the same Cutco knife for over a decade. Keep a steel handy and use it regularly as you work. About twice a year I clean it up good on a stone then finish with steel.
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    The Burial

    New movie on Amazon Prime with Tommy Lee Jones & Jamie Fox Good flick !
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    Eastern hunters are overly defensive over spatial distribution!

    In the midwest where I do most of my whitetail hunting, 1/2 mile is about as far as I ever need to hike in. Many good spots are much closer than that.
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    Ultralight Climbers

    Treewalker climber is what I've been using for 15 years. I think the whole thing weighs 21 lbs.
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    Spent the day making sausage.

    Good job ! We do Italian sausage like that.
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    Public Land Stand Options

    Buddy of mine made a lightweight metal tube ladder stand only 10' tall and it has bicycle wheels & tires attached to it near the top where the bend from ladder to seat occurs. He wheels that back on public ground, stands it up, ties it off, hunts out it, then uses it as a rolling deer cart to...
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    DIY Walk in Cooler Design

    I've got a nice walk in, but years before when my budget was smaller I purchased one of those glass door soda display coolers from a convenience store that as being remodeled for $50. It was about 6' wide, two doors, 30" deep and maybe 7' tall. Took all of the shelves out of it, installed...
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    Tell Me About Your Bow Kills

    Have killed dozens of whitetails over the last fifty years with archery gear, three last season. Don't think I've ever killed one further than 30 yards, average shot is usually 15-25 yards. Have shot several nearly straight down under my tree stand, so maybe 20' or less would be closest. I...
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    What bone saw do you recommend??

    I keep an inexpensive Outdoor Edge folding saw in my pack to break critters down. If I can get them back to my truck or the cabin I typically have a one handed, cordless Milwaukee sawzall on hand for the chore.
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