I’m currently agonizing over when to start pulling my bow this year. Last year, I started pulling it in July– about normal for me. After a few arrows, I noticed a twinge in my shoulder and put the bow down. I was just shy of 49, and I’m entering that … Continue reading →
From the Deer and Deer Hunter Forum: The thing you have to remember is this: just because a deer makes that vocalization, it may not be the best call to make. The buck growl is just a very aggressive grunt. Somebody popularized the term “growl” a few years ago, but … Continue reading →
I hunt in my own backyard. Granted, it’s 200 acres, but it still is a lot different from the days of traveling 3 hours to get there and another hour to walk in the way I used to. The contents of my pack have changed over the years, but not … Continue reading →
One of the things that is usually a sure tip that the deer hunter you are talking to is a newbie or a poser is when he gets to talking about distance. A few years ago, I had a guy come up from Georgia to help with an install here … Continue reading →
I received a promotional copy of Whitetail Advantage: Understand Deer Behavior for Hunting Success by Dr. David Samuel and Robert Zaiglin for review yesterday. I have been digging through it, and I must say that the world has come a long way. Upon my shelf is over a quarter century’s … Continue reading →
From the 24hourcampfire.com Shamanic Gum The peace of the early morning Campfire was suddenly destroyed as the shaman came roaring in. “Everybody!” he exclaimed. “I’ve found it.” “It wasn’t me!” said another. “I made it to the bushes last night. Honest!” “I’ve got the answer!” said the shaman. “The answer … Continue reading →
I was going over my site statistics and found a forum paying a lot of attention to the post about the Overbite Buck. Grizzly Gary’s Forums It looks like a friendly sort of hunting forum. Check it out. Views: 1 Related posts: Where is the shaman hanging these days? … Continue reading →
where’d they go? From Heirloom Turkey Calls Forum Postby geheehunter on Sat May 17, 2008 4:31 pm i was out with the kids today to a spot that last year i spooked a deer while walking with the wife and kids. the year before there were tracks everywhere. the year … Continue reading →
From Deer & Deer Hunting Forum jyeomans Hi thankyou for the info, actually I have the rem 7400& 7600 pump both with 18/12″ barrels with that OK out west for elk or are the barrels to short. I shoot 180gr core locs, if I change to 150gr bullets would I … Continue reading →
A cheap feeder? Try this: Take a 5 gallon bucket with a lid and poke a hole in the center of the bottom. Take a 20 penny nail and run it through a 4 foot section of broomstick– position the nail about 6 inches from one end. Stick the broomstick … Continue reading →
From the 24HourCampfire.com High_Brass: Campfire Ranger First off, that is one HECKUVA buck and a great story you posted on “Savage speaks again“. I’ve always enjoyed your posts and stories. Now for the question(s) if I may. I am getting a Savage 99 EG in 300 Savage and will of … Continue reading →
It’s over. Angus and I came out of the woods around 10, but not before giving a long look over last year’s food plot, and off into the forest filled with dogwood and redbud, and wishing that the season would go on forever. We took the long way back, walking … Continue reading →
From the Heirloom Turkey Call Forum Re: Losing Stuff — Requiem for a Hat Postby Brian on Sat May 10, 2008 1:29 pm Just a quik update in Bill’s losses. His call has been replaced or will be shortly. As soon as he gets his mail in the next day … Continue reading →
I was asked to join the pro staff of Heirloom Turkey Calls this year. Brian sent me a bunch of calls to try, and after bagging a good gobbler, I managed to lose one of the calls. It was one of his Single Barrel calls– easily the most beautiful call … Continue reading →
Sunday was Moose’s last hunt as a Yute. He will turn 16 in a few weeks. It passed without much notice or fanfare. We went out to the honey hole and waited for the light to come up. Nothing. After 10 minutes of silence. I finally spoke. “That’s how I … Continue reading →
I’ve had a Quaker Boy for over 20 years that worked here and there. Over the past couple of seasons, I have taken to making my own scratch pots from slate, glass, slate-over-glass, and aluminum. The parts can be got from Shipley’s In fact, I called in a nice one … Continue reading →
I’m back. My turkey hunt is over. There’s one in the freezer, and I am glad he’s there. The birds were quite uncooperative overall. Angus and I went out again this morning. The gobblers have been making good sounds from the roost, but they shut up and crawl in a … Continue reading →
History never does really repeat itself. I wish I could go back in time to 2003 and really hunt my arch nemesis, Mister Natural. We fought each other all through season on 2003. He won. I ended up with bronchitis. It’s a long story. Mister Natural and the Incident at … Continue reading →
Long story– It’s late and I want to go to bed. I shot a gobbler a few hours ago and I’m just now getting cleaned up and ready for dinner. The short of it is that the Son of Mister Natural got a wee bit too close to the barn … Continue reading →
Originally posted in http://www.kentuckyhunting.net Ever since we took possession of our farm in 2001, we’ve had trouble with poachers. I’ve caught a few, and let most of them go with a stern warning. Those are the ones I’ve met face to face. After one discussion of the issues involved, they … Continue reading →
Well, I’m back in– already. The temp stayed about 5 degrees warmer than they predicted– probably up around 34 F. I’ve been glassing the pastures, but there is nothing. I’ll go back out this afternoon and hunt between the strut zones and the roosts; I’m bound to pick up some … Continue reading →
Look what followed me in this morning, just before sun-up. This coyote came to the sound of a Heirloom Single-Barrel scratch call. On the way in, I kept thinking I was being followed. I laughed it off. I was right. She hit the decoys I had laying out to my … Continue reading →
In a better world kids would come with slider bars and radio buttons. When things get rough, you should be able to got to F)ile P)roperties and start jiggling the settings until things come out right. Kids don’t have those kind of adjustments– at least none that easy. I guess … Continue reading →
The Ben Lee Catechism states that turkeys go to water after flydown. It also echoes the first book I read on turkey hunting. It simply said that you get between the roost and the closest source of water and ambush them– in fact, that was all it said about turkey … Continue reading →
ANNOUNCEMENT: William “the shaman” Allendorf is now a member of the ProStaff of the Heirloom Turkey Call Company of Haughton, Louisiana. To have him tell it, Bill “the shaman” Allendorf, doesn’t claim to be much of a turkey hunter, but he’s the world’s expert at being a begining turkey hunter. … Continue reading →
