Everything posted by 686
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The 2018 Hunting Thread
I've been going back and forth on whether to feed cotton seed at our place, but to be honest, I've just reached my limit of shit I want to mess with. Maybe when we get done with the major improvements (cedar clearing, fence building, house renovations, tank building, road work, etc.) I'll have time for it.
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The 2018 Hunting Thread
I think he might have gained a little spread since 2017 and added some mass all over. His G2s started leaning further back over time so they look shorter. Here’s side views from last year and this year:
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The 2018 Hunting Thread
Here’s a progression of the wide 10. I think he was already 3 or 4 in 2016. I’m a little surprised he hasn’t added any points or more tine length over the last two years, he is pretty regular at the protein feeder.
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NCAA recognizes UCF's national championship in record book
Shaquem Griffin's performance against Auburn was just unforgettable, right up there with Michael Dickson for my favorite of the bowl season, and both are Seahawks. Griffin may start week 1.
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The Boat Fanatic Thread
Today I passed a poor boy ski boat that might be G650 approved, although I’ve never seen one with the white things stuck on the sides.
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The 2018 Hunting Thread
One other year-over-year, here’s my probable target buck from 2016:
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The 2018 Hunting Thread
Thanks! That wide 10 point is older, probably 5-6. He’s probably peaked out, but we have a nice little strain of wide rack genetics that I’ve been hesitant to hinder. Here he is in 2016: 2016 again with his nose in the feeder: Here he is in 2017: He ended up breaking off both brow tines last year before rifle season, which probably saved his hide. We have hunting pressure on about 50% of our perimeter. I really can’t ask for much more, because as you see, legal bucks are surviving. The other ranches don’t feed as well or provide as good of pasture conditions as we do, so we tend to hold deer pretty well on our place during feeding times.
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The Boat Fanatic Thread
- The Boat Fanatic Thread
- The Boat Fanatic Thread
We made it out this afternoon, new rudder even stayed attached.- The Boat Fanatic Thread
I concur, doctor. The Belize incident happened right after they had passed a law saying all inshore boat drivers had to be native Belizian. The dude didn’t know one end of and outboard from the other and ran us into a dock at about 20 mph. (I was a passenger on a dive)- The Boat Fanatic Thread
Definitely no brag. No injuries, not taking on water, still under power = just an inconvenience. The bad wreck I was in was in Belize in the mid-90's and for a second or two I thought we might be in serious trouble, one of our group was injured.- The Boat Fanatic Thread
Yeah, it sucked, but I’ve been in worse boat wrecks. We were only going about 10 mph when we hit. Thank the Lord we weren’t taking on water fast or anything (rudder was sheared off at the hull), and I was able to steer us to that boat ramp you see in the photo using a wake board. Here’s a pic of the damage:- The 2018 Hunting Thread
Let us know if the eliminators help. I have exclusion cages on my corn spinners that keep the coons out. If you see deer on your place, you have enough deer to use the protein. If you only have the mechanism open for 1 minute twice a day, it just fills the feeder head, a total of maybe 5 pounds of feed. Deer really guzzle protein, they’ll finish that off in a day. I had custom hoppers built and I use the Hammer feeder mechanism, which is basically a timer, a linear actuator, and a gate valve: http:// http://www.thehammerfeeder.com I posted a few links to other timed protein feeders a few pages back. (All Seasons, Lamco, Krivoman) I’m a huge believer in timed protein. I don’t have the budget/time to feed free choice. I’ve heard guys say “if you don’t feed free choice you might as well not do anything.”, which I file away with a bunch of other nonsense deer management BS I’ve heard over the years. My low fence deer have made big improvements on timed protein.- The Boat Fanatic Thread
Solid limestone. This rock shelf is unmarked, I hadn’t been in this part of the lake before. I was 100+ yards off the shoreline, about where the red pin is:- The Boat Fanatic Thread
We’re back baby! New prop, shaft, rudder, mounting hardware, etc. Hope to get out this weekend.- The 2018 Hunting Thread
I need to fence the feeders off so I can move cattle to this side of the ranch as well. Going to have to cool off a little before I’m doing fence work though. Those chocolate beams with the ivory tips are nice on that buck! Are you in an antler restricted county?- The 2018 Hunting Thread
One other item of note - there were over 4000 pictures on the camera that is set close to the timed protein feeder, and there was not a single raccoon photo, and very few nighttime deer photos. That was over a two week duration. When I was feeding free choice, the bucks would be very nocturnal, and I would have hundreds of raccoon photos.- Shit My Kid Says
Insight into kid brain priorities: Kindergartener: "There is a girl in my class that is in a wheel chair and she can't talk, so she has an ipad that she types into and it talks for her. It's so neat. I wish I was her!"- The 2018 Hunting Thread
Pulled some trail cam photos yesterday, the few showers that came though over the last week really helped. Loaded the feeders to get us down the road another couple months, watered the saplings. Also had some pigs on camera for the first time in 3 years, only came through one night though.- The 2018 Hunting Thread
We are entering/in a "golden age" for quality optics and low cost rifles that shoot well. Its really amazing.- The 2018 Hunting Thread
- The 2018 Hunting Thread
Username does not check out. I would think Robin Masters would be a London Best man. Probably Westley Richards.- The 2018 Hunting Thread
Can you put the plot against an existing fence to cut down the cost? Fall food plots west of I-35 aren't really "attraction" plots you will get a lot of use hunting over, they are more "nutrition" plots that get the deer through the winter.- The 2018 Hunting Thread
I don't mind at all, especially since I just called the shop and they sold it. Damnit! It was made by Flaig's; who was basically the Kleinguenther of western Pennsylvania. Here’s a pic
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