mopars0
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/27 22:34:45
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Well guess I didnโt miss anything then staying home and dry today ....๐๐
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/27 23:04:42
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About 10:30ish, give or take a few ish's, it was still raining โ but being the outdoorsman that I am I braved the elementsโก, sticking my spot light through my garage mandoor where I cast a brilliant light into my field to see what I could see. To my surprise there were five sets of eyes ๐ and there I stood, braving the elementsโก, looking at them ๐ looking back at me.๐ Geeeez 'snot my fault..... I can only watch so many hours of "Halloween Wars" reruns.๐ Least I didnt start it out with "it was a dark and stormy night".๐ป
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/28 08:06:31
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I know of multiple good bucks killed yesterday In the rain from friends, really starting to get ancy here! Actually I swallowed some chew spit down the wrong pipe and almost died hacking for like 15 min yesterday lol
I'd rather be lucky then good,but im to good to be lucky
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/28 08:50:05
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/28 10:46:22
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See, I told ya Thunderpole, becareful what yinz wished for. lol cough.. cough... PTUI ๐ This morning, I was doing some spotting from my favorite deer stand (about 9:30ish) and I see a ground hog calmly feeding. Well hell I says to myself if that's Phillip, and he aint seeing his shadow, spring must just be around the corner. How gooder news can that be?? ๐ป
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/28 11:16:14
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WOWZER nice buck Bull nice mass and unique rack well done... And yes its a pain in โฆ posting pics here...WCW
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/28 18:05:05
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BeenThereDoneThat. This morning, I was doing some spotting from my favorite deer stand (about 9:30ish) and I see a ground hog calmly feeding. Well hell I says to myself if that's Phillip, and he aint seeing his shadow, spring must just be around the corner. How gooder news can that be?? ๐ป
No,no,no BTDT. We're not allowed to skip ice fishing season ๐๐๐ป
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/28 19:20:01
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OMG.... how could I forget. STUPIDER STUPID GROUNDHOG!!!! Funny you mention ice fishing Nut. I spent the better half of the day in the garage re-arranging stuff I forgot I had (or borrowed) so I could store stuff that looked just fine stored on the deck, and there hanging upon the wall, in all it's glory, it's majesty the Eskimo power auger. You betcha I did, couple of pulls, some smoke, a few coughs and we're ready to bore-a-hole, bore-a-hole, first place there is ice this year. Ummm, safe ice. eeeeeew geez, now I dun it..... wrong board. Honest fellas, Ice Nut made me do it.
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/28 19:30:44
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Nice buck ...congrats ! Don't have an I Phone but posting pics is easy on my computer with this site...... https://postimages.org/ pick your size photos you want to display on this site upload your photo right click on "direct link" to save that url go to the Fish USA forums on your quick Reply window click on the little TV or computer screen paste image url picture should appear
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/29 19:49:02
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Managed to get in the saddle again tonight, 2 does 1bb and 5 bucks again all spikes forks except one giant body 3.5 yo I'm assuming with no antlers came out side stepping ran all the other deer out, just my luck ๐๐ the saga continues looks like rain coming so I probably can't work few days coming up what a shame
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/29 20:14:08
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Keep trying Thunderpole, things is only gonna get better. I'd image the buck will be kept busy keeping their scrapes and rubs fresh, with all this rain.
I seen another groundhog today but it was a baldly..... stupid antler restrictions.
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/29 20:15:52
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Without a picture it's just a story. Just should start videoing all these deer.
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/29 20:33:06
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BT rest assured, I get a legal groundhog with 3-up, there will be pictures. lol
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/29 21:36:31
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BeenThereDoneThat. BT rest assured, I get a legal groundhog with 3-up, there will be pictures. lol
. Well buddy if I get a legal groundhog with anything up there will be pictures ๐บ๐บ๐๐.. rained all day here and at 4:40 sun came out and some blue skies appeared then wife said SUPPER is ready of course I said yes DEAR ..... lol. ... always tomorrow right ??
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/29 22:40:41
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Buddy got this one today
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/29 22:51:28
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Wow Crappiefisher ... congrats to your buddy ๐
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/29 23:09:15
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Yeah...โฆ..! what Mopar's said!!!!! Dang Mopar's that there is the biggest groundhog I ever seen
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/30 02:14:10
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Looks like a big 3.5 year old without horns.lol lol lol.
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/30 04:51:00
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Looks like a nice one crappiefisher. Congrats to him!
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/30 06:03:58
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I saw antlers yesterday evening jus a 5 pt but better than watching does he was cruising sniffin n eating apples.Then after sun went down I spooked a buck in my backyard so I guese its starting here...going back out again see what wonders thru.Get out if you can been seeing some nice bucks being killed on that Facebook thingy last couple days...WCW
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/30 08:16:56
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I'm telling ya nuts where swinging and I could see is pedicals it was a buck, congrats on the bear wouldn't wanna drag that! Definitely wouldn't fit in my wagon
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/30 08:34:38
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Yeah, He messaged my son a little after 8:00 am yesterday seeing if he could help him out. 600 lbs. ++, stocked him to 20 yards & stuck him with stick.
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/30 10:03:30
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Whew....that's a big boy ! ...congrats
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/30 15:50:06
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Wow! 600 I couldn't imagine trying to get that out without a tractor or atv
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/30 16:52:59
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thunderpole Wow! 600 I couldn't imagine trying to get that out without a tractor or atv
This is when ya find out who your true friends are. Mercy would I be in trouble. But, a good reason to have a chainsaw. ๐
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/30 20:28:32
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Did my first all day sit of the season, saw five bucks. Three were legal, a small 7 and 8 got a pass a decent 8 never came inside of 40 yds. All bucks seen between 10:30-4:00. Saw four doe n two bald eagles as well. Not a bad day at all.
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/30 20:59:50
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Bout 5:30 PM ish climbed into my high rise ground blind and got situated just in time to see a buck trotting across the corn field to my south. 160 yards to my south, stupid buck!! Watched him for a bit then decided to take some pics (for those "don't count if no pics fellars). So I popped out the trusty cell phone and began clicking toward the general direction of the deer, knowing full well yinz aint gonna be able to see the stupid buck but I clicked a few pics anyway. To my surprise, whilst I was dyckin around with the phone another stupid deer appeared out of no where, between me and the stupid buck. Well I sez to myself, self you should probably take advantage of the animal being so far away and in the event it should present a shot, you may not want to shoot through the screen covering the window. So in a stealth like motion I reached for the screen and you know, as far away as he was, that buck still heard the Velcro ripping apart. Anyways, the stupid buck continued feeding and the other stupid deer, an antlerless by political correctness, proceeds into the wood line along the east side of the of the south cornfield. Welp I sez to myself, this could be a good thing cause the buck just might get curious and come see where the antlerless went and with any luck the antlerless will make it's way into my field, entering from the wood line just to my east. Welp, didn't happen as hoped as the buck headed into the goldenrod to his south and the stupid antlerless never did expose itself errr... come out of the woods. However, a sub-legal buck did appear in my field, to my east, continuing along the wood line and moving to the north. Was fun as he stopped and ratted around in some low overhanging branches but I saw no attempt at scrapping the ground so I'm thinkin the animal was probably browsing rather marking. Slowly turning my swivel chair that creaks and cracks more than I do, getting out of bed in the morning, I see Mr. stupid buck entering from the goldenrod, back into the corn field to my south. At about the same time, from the wood line along the eastern side of the south corn field, comes the stupid antlerless deer or at least one of the four was. You may note, there are no pictures (for the "don't count if no pics" fellars) so needless to say, I had another exciting fruitless adventure. But as always it was a learning experience as I learned the trap door used for the purpose of ingress as well as egress before I regress to my high rise ground blind, should be trimmed to alleviate any swelling, preventing one from getting the stupid door open when I wanted to go home. I do have pictures of the deer in the corn field as well as the buck in my field but after all this rambling, I'm tooooo tired to post them so to the "don't count if no pics" fellars, sucks to be you. I have to go to Erie tomorrow morning but after seeing a buck that could be a legal shooter and hopefully remembering a pry bar, I hope to be back in the high rise ground blind tomorrow afternoon. Stay tuned!!
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/30 21:34:09
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Great afternoon in the woods but my Quest continues. Saw 2 bucks and 3 doe this afternoon. Both bucks were in range unfortunately the one that gave me a perfect shot opportunity at 12yds wasnโt legal. The other a small 8 passed right under me at 12โ but I couldnโt get a shot by the time I realized he was legal. Passed on a small doe at 10yds. Also had 4 turkeys less than 10yds but couldnโt get a draw on them.
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/30 22:00:32
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Well you guys saw more deer then I did this afternoon ... went out at 2:00 put a new elbow on my stove in my shanty , checked my camera put some scent down was in my one stand by 3:30 until dark saw nothing !! Not even in the field while I was leaving .. but did have a small buck and few doe on my camera last 2 nights all in middle of the night.... figures !! Oh well was a nice day to be out there ... good luck all ... rain for next 2 days they say we will see ...
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Re: Archery season 2018
2018/10/31 05:50:04
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Hunted my favorite stand yesterday daylight till 11:00 am. Had my first shooter of the season,a really nice chocolate horned 8pts 16-17 " spread 7-8 " tines. He was coming in on a string and I'm thinking slam dunk. But thing seldom work as planned at 35 yards there a Y in the trail. I've got the safety off and the 30 yard pin a couple inches higher in the kill. All he has to do is keep walking a few more yards. No he stops behind a cluster of trees and does a 180 and takes the other trail head down wind and down the hill. I gave he the Baa to try to stop him but no go. He finally stops a 50 ish and gets a little whiff of me. Takes a couple big hops and looks confused,then slowly walks away. So close but so far away. At 10:30 I watch a small flock of hens and jennies and Jake's feed into range. That's another story,why I tried to shot one in the base of the neck I'll never know.lol I guess I'm thinking shotgun. Well there went a $20 package.lol She flew up about 20' and landed shaking herself.lol I did get a trophy two neck feathers. Afternoon hunted produced plenty of grey squirrel no deer. I'm getting ready to leave this morning and hopefully will have another encounter with the chocolate buck. I'll be sure to post pics lol
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