I’ve made a study of all this for well over 20 years. The shaman’s list of things that will get the turkey’s laughing at you: 1) Fancy new calls 2) $5/round ammo 3) Fancy new matching camo 4) $140 knee-hi snake boots where there ain’t no snakes, especially if the … Continue reading →
Originally Posted By: THORNTON86 on the 24HourCampfire How does the .270 caliber work on whitetails? Know several people that use one but never owned one myself… all opinions welcome…. THANKS!! You really do not have to give this a whole lot of thought from a purely technical side. Whitetail … Continue reading →
I’ve been posting like crazy for the past week about Jim Zumbo’s suicide on Outdoor Life. What a maroon!!! I’m sure my voice was drowned out in the tidal wave of enraged posters. I was on the Outdoor Life website last Sunday, telling the world that: Jim, I have been … Continue reading →
From www.quakerboy.com forums #1 Report Post Old 01-23-2007, 10:23 AM shaman shaman is online now Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18 Default Going to the next level I am looking at my 24th gobbler season this year. I am a passable caller. I can call a bird in … Continue reading →
From The Quaker Boy Forums . It just started– check them out! “ . . .So,” said the shaman, “As it turned out, the buck was just pulling my leg the whole time. All that talk about him being too gamey and tough was just a bunch of hooey. Those … Continue reading →
From The Quaker Boy Forums — just started. The wind was stiff enough that it blew the door open as soon as it came unlatched. It was snowing lightly, but it wasn’t cold enough to stick. It was cold, it was muddy. It looked like the sky was going to … Continue reading →
Sorry I’ve been away. The day job has been rather hectic, and there has been a lot of other stuff going on as well– none of it particularly bad. For instance, the shamanic home computer died. I had to get it rebuilt. It was going on three years old in … Continue reading →
There have been many seasons that have ended out in the middle of a field somewhere, with me clutching an unused tag and railing at the heavens for the unfairness of it all. Then there would be the long drive home in the dark, trying to explain to myself how … Continue reading →
I’m back from the hunt, with the 7600 back on the bench and a doe at the processor. I looked over the Garand Friday night and the 7600. The 7600 looked like it would be easier to clean after a drenching. I left the Garand in the case. Yes, it … Continue reading →
My technique with Tink’s is 5 film canisters filled with a 6X1″ strip of polyester fake fur– anything fluffy will do. Polyester hold scent pretty well. I got mine by shaving strips off an old baby blanket. I also have 4 1 foot long strips of the fake fur tied … Continue reading →
Armednfree: I hear what you’re saying. I’ve got a case of whatever it is as well. It manifests itself a bit differently with me, but there two main factors at work here. One is hormones and the other is attitude. The big thing that hits you as you get older … Continue reading →
When Barney started showing his precocity in the first few months we had him, I knew this was going to be the best dog I would probably ever know, let alone own. It’s been a wonderful nine years. It’s been great having a friend that could communicate what life is … Continue reading →
Kentucky Muzzleloader season has come and gone. There were no deer on the meat pole to show for the weekend. The Hawken is back on the bench, and will soon be in the safe. It performed flawlessly, but the only two shots were into the ground to empty it out … Continue reading →
Moose and I were up in the stand called Campground for the opening of 2006 KY Yute Season. Local sunrise was at 0740. By 0805 Moose had a doe down. He had sent one round from the Garand through both lungs and the heart. Her legs buckled and she crumpled. … Continue reading →
Angus, age 8, passed Hunter Ed in Bracken County on 10/7/2006. Herb Rumsford had announced his retirement after 15 years as a hunter safety educator, so George Mountjoy stepped in at the last minute. Angus got only 2 wrong on the test and was most pleased with himself. Dad was … Continue reading →
I’m not trying to crow here. I’ve done so little over the past five years to make this happen, it would be hard to take credit. As late as the end of last season, I had a hunter ask me, “Why is it you never see and bucks around here?” … Continue reading →
“Drat! ” said the shaman. He had not been drawn– another year without a chance to hunt a KY elk in the zone. He reached over and picks up his elk lottery entry. It had somehow magically turned into an out-of-zone deer tag. Any elk coming on the property could … Continue reading →
l so . . . stupid writing this, but then I write a lot of stupid things on here. Nobody ever seems to mind—except the ones that take me seriously, and those folks are the ones I particularly enjoy. I’m not usually one to worry about a lottery. I know … Continue reading →
I put the first of the two new buddy stands into place yesterday with the help of Angus and KYHillChick. This was the first time I tried the pulley-and-rope method of getting a buddy stand into place– MUCH easier. 1) I put up a climbing stick 2) I put a … Continue reading →
Worldhunt.com Here’s the link. I posted in a thread on the Deer Forum a few weeks ago. My reaction: tell me it’s just a joke like the Bonzai Kitten site. Then I can laugh at it and move on. Hunting whitetail deer isn’t all THAT hard. Granted, they’re a wiley … Continue reading →
Something occurred to me this summer as I was getting ready for the start of deer season. I was in the shed, moving unused stands around, and it hit me how far removed from my earlier hunting experiences I had become. I’m now 48. I’m now well into my 20-something-th … Continue reading →
SportmansGuide.com has the Hunters View Buddy Treestand advertised for under $80 bucks. I’ve got three of them already– I ordered another two. It has a 500 lb weight rating– perfect for me and one of the kids. When I’m hunting alone, it’s positively luxurious– all that room! Buddy Treestand Walmart … Continue reading →
With gas prices, inflation, etc. kicking me in the wallet, I decided that I would try a new reloading project. Before I got started in reloading, I had foresworn that I would refrain from trying to push the velocity/pressure envelope too far I have previously embarked on projects that optimized … Continue reading →
From the 24hour Campfire: I’ve got a very strange hunting partner (deer -) he’s a new hunter and doesn’t have near the drive as anyone else I hunt with. Last year he called me on the radio at around 9:30 and said he was done. Turns out he had forgot … Continue reading →
How many shots do I need to sight-in a rifle? Good question. Somebody asked it over at the 24HourCampfire in the optics forum. I won’t point you to it, because it quickly degraded into another pissy flame fest, common to that forum these days. (Sigh!) How many shots do I … Continue reading →
