How to Work a Gobble Call
A quick lesson in how to work a gobble call.
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AdSense and NonSense– a Blogger’s Tale
There were Genesis male enhancement products and Cervid Dating Services and Find the best Deer Loans and Click Here: Date the Turkey of your Dreams!!! Russian coyote brides waiting to hear from you!!! and . . . Yep! Customized ads, just for the followers of Genesis 9:2-4 Ministries.
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Should I Reload? PT II
Assuming you really are thinking of taking the leap, I wanted to share what you what comes next. From here on out, a lot of this is going to depend on your personal style of reloading. What is your personal style? That is hard to say, but nearly every guy I know has his own quirks. We all pretty much get there, but we get there in different ways. The bottom line is that there is more to the color of paint on the press. Each press is a little different, but whether one is better than the other is in the eye of the beholder. The same goes for all the other pieces.
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Should I Reload? PT I
Let me begin by asking some questions:
* Are you satisfied with your selection of ammunition? Can you go to the store and buy what you want?
* Are you plagued by excessive recoil with your deer rifle?
* Are you satisfied with the accuracy of your deer rifle?
* Are you appalled at the price of ammunition?
The Tipping Point
Every year I face a tipping point when all of a sudden I stop thinking seriously about deer hunting and start contemplating turkeys. If you had asked me a year ago where and when I might have that moment of transformation, I would have offhandedly said it would be at … Continue reading →
The Role of Personal Ethics in Hunting
It seems that every time I go and knock Ted Nugent, I get blasted for being un-American, against the sport of hunting, and a general waste of good air. So when I decided to comment on Ted’s latest missive on D&DH Ethics Shmethics, I figured it was time to take … Continue reading →
What Makes a Great Turkey Gun?
First off, turkey hunting is by its nature not all that demanding on guns. This is not wingshooting. This is not duck hunting. You make a shot, fill a tag, and that’s it. A cheap gun will do as well as the most expensive. Of all the systems I’ve tried, … Continue reading →
A New Year’s Trip
After he got up he got a good look at me and decided the dog was the least of his worries. In a slow-motion tentative sort of way, he took a couple of bounds, stood a moment to regard us, and then punched the throttle and took off down the hollow.
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“He that outlives this day and comes safe home will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d, And point a finger at his mounted antlers saying ‘These wounds! These wounds, I gave on Opening Day!’ For he today that sheds blood with me shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile. This day shall gentle his condition. And Gentlemen all now in bed shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks that hunted with us on Opening Day.”
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The End of Season
I was putting away all the deer guns yesterday. They have been sitting out for nearly a month. You can blame it on procrastination, but this is sort of the last thing that needs to be done before season is really over for me. You can see why it might be a little harder to do.
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Merry Christmas from the Cervid Serial Killer
Merry Christmas from the Cervid Serial Killer Views: 2 Related posts: Becoming a Follower My Confession. AdSense and NonSense– a Blogger’s Tale Announcement: the shaman joins Heirloom I’m back. Heaven is a nice Place– Really! A New Cervid Serial Killer Enters Merry Christmas Y’all Happy Saint Hubert’s Day, Y’all!
Continue reading →What did I learn?
Well, the freezer is full. The rifles are about ready to be sent back to the secret underground storage facility. What did I learn? SODIUM BICARBONATE Well, for starters, I decided to push my baking soda regimen as far as I dared. The results? 1) The second rinse in the … Continue reading →
Escanaba in Da Moonlight
Now there’s Escanaba in Da Moonlight— for free yet, eh? I was stuck for a night at a Super 8 in East Scumsuck, Ohio waiting for a storm to blow through night before last. I was feeling lower than a buckless Youper. I had nothing but a laptop and an … Continue reading →
Kentucky Considers Deer Hunt Tourism
Political leaders in cash-strapped Kentucky are proposing winter getaway packages for hunters that would allow them to shoot deer at publicly owned parks to raise money for state government.
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We’re all a bunch of Roy Nearys trying our hardest to make sense out of something much much more than what our poor little pea-brains can grasp. We keep piling it in our freezers, trying to figure out what’s behind it all.
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SuperCore Tags The Monarch
I opened the tailgate and started pulling coolers out. All of a sudden this big head flops out. I felt a little sorry for Mike and Stacey, after showing us their nice buck. We had to go drag out SuperCore’s “6-pointer.” What a buzz-kill.
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Mr Whelen Tags a Doe
Report from Deer Camp Saturday, 20 November, 2010: When we got up and got going this morning, there was a light ground fog covering everything. The moon was blood red setting over the neighbor’s trailer. SuperCore took off for his perch overlooking the top ofSkunk Hollow, and I decided to … Continue reading →
Dreaming the DRT Dream
There is this lemming-like quality to deer hunters. Every year a bunch of us go running off the DRT cliff. Oh, some run over the Bang-Flop cliff, that’s over on the next ridge. Some take a dive into Poleaxe Canyon. I’ve run off of them a few times. It’s usually … Continue reading →
Is the USDA Trying to Kill Deer Hunting?
This all started with a post on D&DH Would new proposed USDA testing requirements have put the small country meat processors who hunters often employ to butcher their wild game out of business? Read the story here. I’ll leave it to you to follow up on what was said. I … Continue reading →
The Shaman Bags an 8-Pointer in KY Rifle
One last little coda in all this: when I went to retrieve the rest of my gear back at the stand, the doe that had been hanging out all weekend had bedded only about 10 yards away from the ladder. She rose up and started to run.
“Don’t worry.” I said. “You’re fine. I’ve got my business to do, and you have yours. I’ll get on to mine, and you go have a nice day.” I guess she had decided to figure out exactly what had been chattering at her from the stand all weekend, and camped out there determined to have an answer. Fully satisfied, she took my admonition to heart and walked off.
Continue reading →Keeping My Hands Warm
You know those Hot Hands chemical handwarmers? One thing that I do is dump one or two of those into my breast pocket so they’re right over my heart. It’s amazing what they do to keep you extremities warm. It helps to heat the blood. I got the idea after … Continue reading →
Working Comfort Zone for Deer Hunting
Over on Turkey and Turkey Hunting, I was trying this past season to come up with a rational way to discuss the range at which we shoot turkeys. A lot of guys go out turkey hunting with guns rigged for 70 yards, but never get a shot at turkeys closer … Continue reading →
Jonesy Scores with a Crossbow
Jonesy, my dear friend up the river from East Brady, PA sent me this picture. This is his first big Crossbow kill. Says Jonesy: ” It was an x bow. I shot it at about 50 yard, it ran 30 and that was it!!” Great Job! Now we have to … Continue reading →
Daylight Savings Time Hoax
Daylight Savings Time Hoax Well, it’s coming. Daylight Savings Time is ending this weekend. Soon our mornings will be brighter and our afternoon hunts will be plunged into darkness. How is it going to affect your hunting? How does the change back to standard time affect the deer? How … Continue reading →
Happy Saint Hubert’s Day!
After a late night watching election returns, it’s time to put on my lederhosen and decorate my boar spear with garlands. KYHillChick is trying to get into her dirndl. Angus? You didn’t think there’d be German bagpipes, did ya? He’s tuning up his doodlesak. We’re even decorating the dogs with fake antlers.
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