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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 12, 2023 0:45:21 GMT -5
Looks good to me!
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 12, 2023 0:28:37 GMT -5
Two of which walked right past my stand in broad daylight on Halloween!
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 12, 2023 0:15:01 GMT -5
That's a fine critter, Salty! Good picture too, it would look nice framed and hanging in a good spot somewhere in your home.
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 11, 2023 22:36:33 GMT -5
Today I was walking through the Clifty campground talking to campers ( "making myself visible" as the boss puts it ) when I approached a group of scout leaders. "Howdy ranger!" one said. Noting the Eagle, Globe & Anchor fluttering gently from a camper, I said "Forget about me, today is your day!" "Yesterday too!" he proclaimed. "248 years since the founding of the Marines! Semper Fi!"
Without Veterans, all the things we take for granted, from roads to drive on, to a chance to live and work, to a weekend at the campground with the kids--none of that would be possible! Thank you!
P.S.
Tonight, a Veteran friend of mine is in the ER, suffering the effects of a catheter removal. He wore one home after a stone removal and when he took it out ( per instruction) it caused a lot of swelling that basically replicates a kidney stone attack. I have done the exact thing and I know he's hurting, not to mention 70+. Please say a prayer for him.
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 11, 2023 19:13:19 GMT -5
I will be working at the park throughout the first hunt for sure, and probably the second hunt. Not sure what I'll be doing. I lobbied to come in at five and work the South Gate where as I understand we'll be verifying credentials, but I'm scheduled to come in at ten. That way I can work until the official hunt time is over. I met a few scouting hunters today. Hopefully the weather will be good for them. At any rate, good luck to anybody coming! I'll be the only fifty-ish, bearded, buzz-cutted ugly dude wearing a class-A uniform. ( badge, name tag, button up Khaki shirt ) I think I'm the only guy that wears glasses too If anyone sees me, say hi! ( or kiss my foot, whatever )
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 4, 2023 9:28:21 GMT -5
I know the deer are moving. I've seen more on the park in three days than the last month.
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 4, 2023 9:26:28 GMT -5
I kinda figured it would be one of those deals where you never saw them, and then BOOM they're everywhere.
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 29, 2023 23:57:17 GMT -5
Last Saturday the wife and I were driving between Napoleon and Osgood when an enormous bird we at first took to be a buzzard was sitting in a field near the road. When we passed we both said "Was that a....." It was a lighter color, perhaps immature. But we are pretty sure what it was. This past Thursday I and another DNR employee were tasked with going to Indy and retrieving a repaired vehicle and picking up some lumber. (All of our vehicles have to go to the Indy maintenance hub for anything beyond a burnt out bulb ) Just past Kent, which is on the way to Scottsburg ( or Austin, one of em) and the 65 on-ramp, a postcard quality Bald Eagle took wing from the edge of the road where it had been snacking on some hapless roadkill. It looked enormous. That brings the total of birds I've ever seen to three. Do you guys see em?
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 29, 2023 23:41:54 GMT -5
I use Imgur as well, though I can never remember which format to click. It's honestly a pain in the patoot; I wish they'd update a little and arrange a more direct uploading option. Speaking for myself, I know a lot of interesting things I see don't get posted simply because of the ponderous nature of the whole process.
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 29, 2023 23:10:11 GMT -5
Congratulations, did you get a picture?[/quote] I added a trailing video, probably right after you replied. I did get a few pics but hadn't got em on Imgur yet.
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 29, 2023 22:47:59 GMT -5
Over the last three seasons I have passed a number of bucks with my bow and missed a doe last year. This year I have a lot going on; many home projects, including a bathroom remodel and plans to sell another house. All this and a new job promised less hunting time, so I figured I’d shoot whatever this time around.
My first sit was on the 14th, a morning after a good rain. Perhaps 45 minutes went by when two deer appeared to the Northeast, a direction they don’t usually come from and on this morning vaguely downwind. I realized they were bucks only when one began battling a sapling. One was a short spike and the other a forky with pencil thin antlers. Forky clearly smelled something but seemed more interested in finding me than running. He gave me several shots, but I was still debating. Another deer with more of a rack appeared from where they came from. It looked like he might have had a little more meat, but it’s hard to say. I decided I would shoot him if He gave me the chance.
The two smaller bucks kept walking around in front of me, while the bigger one hung back. I knew he’d likely follow if they finally moved on. Eventually they did, and the third buck began to follow. I drew the 64lb. Mathews, and naturally the first two stopped, and number three did as well. I had to stay at full draw for probably three minutes until the first two moved again. When my target emerged at 25 yards I bleated. When he stopped I steadied my aim and shot. I heard the hit and he ran maybe 50 yards and stopped at the edge of a very steep hill that many deer have disappeared into. I thought he probably dropped, but I wasn’t gonna push it.
I waited around 45 minutes. Probably 15 minutes in I heard a snort just below the rim of the canyon. As it turned out, it was likely him. When I got down he wasn’t where he disappeared, but I found good blood. He had turned back toward where he had come from and I found him at the bottom of the hill, maybe 100 yards down. I dragged him maybe 30 yards up the steep terrain before the landowner arrived and we used rope to bring him the rest of the way. It turns out waiting was a good idea. The entry hole was near the paunch, and the exit in the vitals. I think he walked slowly along for some time, unheard because of the wet leaves.
The broadhead was a NAP spitfire on an Easton 340 Helios. I never found the arrow. It's a shame I did not have a camera running, as it would have been entertaining, but I did make a video of the trailing job.
I wish you all success this season!
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 29, 2023 22:00:35 GMT -5
Great thread! Back in 2000 or so I had a rough season. As I recall it was in January with a few days Left. I had set up on the snowy ground with an older compound sighted in just for my bulky coveralls. I sat against a tree with no blind. At sundown a doe appeared and I got my shot at 15 yards. For some reason I thought I had missed. The deer ran maybe 30 yards and looked back, stomping it’s foot, appearing perfectly healthy. I was ready to cry. It stood for perhaps 15 or 20 seconds, then gave a wet snort and tipped over. I was over the moon. It remains my favorite kill I think. I shot a doe on a clifty park hunt in 2004. It ran and I bleated to hopefully get it to stop, which it did. It stood for around five seconds and simply dropped in it’s tracks and never twitched.
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 25, 2023 23:55:16 GMT -5
We are but a few hours into this and we hear that the alleged perp was stark raving mad, yet was loose to walk among us. This guy has, in addition to being committed for two weeks this year, threatened to shoot up a National guard facility and reported hearing voices. What do you have to do to get into the nuthouse these days?
If we do anything, it'll be to swing the pendulum too far and restrict gun sales to anyone who has ever talked to a therapist, or mad a sad FB post, instead of taking violent nutballs off the street.
As far as I am concerned, if you seriously threaten to shoot up ANY place, you need to go away for a while. MAGA- Make asylums Great Again!
And get ready for the sudden rash of other shootings that always follow the non-stop media frenzy that these shootings create.
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 25, 2023 23:37:38 GMT -5
I'm not trying to make folks mad or upset, but The Book of Revelation is upon us and has been unfolding for quite some time now The rise of almost casual murder ( among other things ) makes it hard to disagree. Another one of these that "heard voices." "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man."
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 23, 2023 17:47:27 GMT -5
That’s great! The ability to “ tell on yourself” is a good trait! Good luck with the treatments.
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 22, 2023 21:05:18 GMT -5
Two bucks at goodwill! Four discs of hunting films and interviews, featuring Fred and pals like Charlie Munger and Glen St. Charles chasing various critters like Kodiak bear, deer and Tigers.. An interesting time capsule and a great look at one of the Founders of modern bowhunting. Some eyebrow raising details in the light of modern game management, like the deliberate introduction of sambar deer to St. Vincent island florida by the U.S. government, or even moving Roosevelt Elk to Afognak. In one memorable scene Fred's boat pilot shot glass bottles with his m1 carbine over the pristine waters of Alaska. The first disc features a couple of precious interviews with Papa Bear as well. Looking forward to watching the rest!
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 21, 2023 18:02:40 GMT -5
Yep, that's a keeper
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 19, 2023 6:23:12 GMT -5
Go get him!
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 12, 2023 16:08:02 GMT -5
A fine addition to the wall.
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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 12, 2023 16:06:47 GMT -5
Well done!
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