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  1. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2023 Semi-Live Hunt Log

    I took Friday off of work and headed out by my parents to see what I could see on an all day sit. I was in a stand on the east edge of the CRP field I hunted a couple of weeks ago. I have known about this stand for a few years but never taken the opportunity to hunt it. I know that it can be a...
  2. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2023 Semi-Live Hunt Log

    The marching band season is over and to celebrate I'm taking this Friday off to go out and try to capitalize on my fall shotgun turkey tag. Plan on sitting all day but I haven't gotten the word on where I can go yet. The guy I usually talk to said he would have his son in law call me. Then on...
  3. TheBenHoyle

    Seeth and his better half's 2023 outdoor adventures

    This is such a cool idea.
  4. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2023 Semi-Live Hunt Log

    I didn't think I would get a chance to go out last weekend, between the rain and the marching band competition on Saturday and my need to go help my dad hang drywall on Sunday I just figured I'd punt and pick up my bow again in a couple weeks. But then I saw that the rain was ending a Sunday...
  5. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2023 Semi-Live Hunt Log

    Went out yesterday with my buddy. Mile and a half bike ride, quarter mile hike, realize I left my climbing sticks in the car... Back to the car, back to the tree. And now I am exhausted before I have even gone up the tree. But it was a nice day for a hunt and we picked a good spot, we thought...
  6. TheBenHoyle

    Non-Game Species Encountered in the Field

    I was walking in to a stand one morning and I was using a headlamp, which I normally don't do, but this was a new spot for me. I hear the grass rustling in front of me and I see a skunk pop out on the path about 10 feet in front of me. I freeze. It freezes. I slowly take a step back and to the...
  7. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2023 Semi-Live Hunt Log

    Going to put some venison meat sticks on the smoker tomorrow and Saturday I'm grilling up some bacon wrapped barbecue goose breast bites. And then Sunday I'm going out to chase deer with a buddy. He's never shot one with a bow and never shot a buck, so I'm hoping we can change that. I'm taking...
  8. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2023 Semi-Live Hunt Log

    Opening day came and went without me going out. My trip to DesMoines was pretty brutal. I am on the equipment team for the marching band, so we left late Friday night and got very little sleep. Saturday we were out in the sun and heat all day, with the last performance at 10:30. It was 1 in...
  9. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2023 Semi-Live Hunt Log

    My season opens in 2 days, but between now and then I have to drive to Des Moines, IA for a marching band competition and back... I really want to get out for an evening hunt on Sunday, but it really depends on the departure time from Iowa on Sunday morning. If I get out, I'll post about it. If...
  10. TheBenHoyle

    Hunting and Bipolar

    Awesome. How do you like to cook these up. I had them once when I was younger and have had times when I could have picked some, but I just don't know what to do with them.
  11. TheBenHoyle

    What are you currently reading?

    I'm reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I read and really enjoyed other books by this author. Most notably The Martian, which was made into the movie of the same name from a few years ago. Really great stories, well written.
  12. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2023 Semi-Live Hunt Log

    Thanks for the feedback. I'm not incredibly consistent with my brows, but I do feel now that if I just shoot instinctually I am better than if I try to monkey around with trying to shoot a gap. It makes sense, I bowl better, throw darts better, shoot pool better, etc. if I just do it and don't...
  13. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2023 Semi-Live Hunt Log

    One of the big reasons I got into hunting was to eat wild turkey and venison and any other game I could get my hands on. Sadly, I don't cook it as regularly as I would like. With my hunting season starting soon, I decided to pull out some venison and make the family dinner. Last year, when I...
  14. TheBenHoyle

    My General Tag

    Good luck on your hunt. I understand how hard it can be to find time to hunt when you have a wife and kid(s) at home who depend on you. But keep in mind you need to still live your life. Your family will benefit from a father/husband who leads a full life. It's a balancing act and it takes...
  15. TheBenHoyle

    The veil has been opened! 1/11

    Way to stick with it. Now you know it is possible. Go do it again.
  16. TheBenHoyle

    Tell Me About Your Bow Kills

    Longest - 30 yards whitetail buck Shortest - 5 yards whitetail doe On average I would say 15 yards. Mostly whitetail deer.
  17. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2023 Semi-Live Hunt Log

    I've been shooting that recurve and I thought I was making progress, but this week I have been all over the place. I think I shoot better instinctual, but I am trying to be a gap shooter, because instinctive seems like luck and I want to know how to aim and have confidence that my arrow is going...
  18. TheBenHoyle

    Woodworking Hunt Talkers?

    Quick project involving bent wood and scraps. I'm planning on hunting with my dad's old recurve this season and I bought a 2-part quiver that straps onto the upper and lower limbs. But I was having trouble with the upper part sliding every time I put an arrow back in. SO I thought I would just...
  19. TheBenHoyle

    Caribou drop camp report

    Great job on the hunt and the story. Thanks for sharing.
  20. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2023 Semi-Live Hunt Log

    Bought my Illinois Archery tags today and firmed up some plans to go out after deer with my duck hunting buddy. It's getting close now. Gonna have to start growing my beard.

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