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by grouse
Thu May 13, 2021 9:57 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: WITH ONLY 1219 DAYS TO GO RETIREMENT IS CALLING ME....
Replies: 88
Views: 22427

Re: WITH ONLY 1247 DAYS TO GO. PREPARATIONS HAVE BEGUN....

This is going to be life changing in a good way. Now, instead of getting up super early and driving in the dark for a distance, you are going to sleep later in a comfortable bed and get up in just enough time to get to your stand before daylight. You also now have the option to put up permanent stan...
by grouse
Wed May 05, 2021 8:32 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: The Rig (aka Notawheelchair)
Replies: 116
Views: 35836

Re: The Rig (aka Notawheelchair)

That thing looks unstoppable! Too bad the Fall is so far off.
by grouse
Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:50 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: WITH ONLY 1219 DAYS TO GO RETIREMENT IS CALLING ME....
Replies: 88
Views: 22427

Re: WITH ONLY 1267 DAYS TO GO. PREPARATIONS HAVE BEGUN....

....well, we closed on Monday....now the fun and WORK begins.....if the Good Lord Wills....we will be ready to hunt for the fall season with food plots and tree stands in place....the game plan is to demo the old cabin (inhabitable) and build a new log cabin across from the lake....we shall see wha...
by grouse
Mon Apr 26, 2021 8:32 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: AJ01
Replies: 19
Views: 4957

Re: AJ01

Belated happy Birthday! I was in Chicago all weekend and I'm not logged in on my phone and I don't know my password so I couldn't be more timely (I hate typing on my phone anyway).
by grouse
Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:31 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Was one of them great spring days yesterday
Replies: 12
Views: 2536

Re: Was one of them great spring days yesterday

Wow! A great time to be alive. Our turkey season opens Monday morning. The weather looks like it's going to be cold - lows in the thirties and highs in the 40s and 50s most of the week with rain most days. The turkeys will still be there but whether they gobble remains to be seen. Fishing will proba...
by grouse
Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:52 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: WITH ONLY 1219 DAYS TO GO RETIREMENT IS CALLING ME....
Replies: 88
Views: 22427

Re: WITH ONLY 1283 DAYS TO GO. PREPARATIONS HAVE BEGUN....

Congratulations, that sounds like a great piece of land. You're going to have some great times there and look back on this as one of your best decisions. We bought our first farm in 1985 and it has been such a plus for our family. We traded up in 2010 because the quarry next to us said it intended t...
by grouse
Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:20 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: O/T xcaliber
Replies: 30
Views: 11180

Re: O/T xcaliber

Happy birthday! I hope you can go out and do something fun today!
by grouse
Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:35 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Check these vids out
Replies: 3
Views: 1630

Re: Check these vids out

Good thing that was an easy slope! Falling down would would have been terrifying.
by grouse
Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:34 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Any CAN-US Border News Re: Hunting?
Replies: 19
Views: 5282

Re: Any CAN-US Border News Re: Hunting?

Hunting and fishing should be improving for you Canadians. Two years with substantially reduced pressure should improve opportunities. I'm looking forward to going back to Pipestone lake in Ontario when this is over when the walleyes and smallmouths should be bigger and more numerous. I hope everyo...
by grouse
Fri Apr 02, 2021 8:34 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: News in Mo.
Replies: 13
Views: 3575

Re: News in Mo.

I live in Missouri but have never seen a bear in this state. They have been sighted a couple of miles from my house, but not by me. Most of the bears live south of the Missouri river and I do nearly all of my hunting north of there. They seem to have become quite common in certain areas and I'm glad...
by grouse
Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:33 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Any CAN-US Border News Re: Hunting?
Replies: 19
Views: 5282

Re: Any CAN-US Border News Re: Hunting?

Hunting and fishing should be improving for you Canadians. Two years with substantially reduced pressure should improve opportunities. I'm looking forward to going back to Pipestone lake in Ontario when this is over when the walleyes and smallmouths should be bigger and more numerous. I hope everyon...
by grouse
Sat Mar 27, 2021 9:37 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Coyote off the Couch
Replies: 13
Views: 4049

Re: Coyote off the Couch

Nice job on the coyote! They need thinning just about everywhere. I do live in the suburbs and and I see more wildlife out of my windows at my suburban home than at my farm. I've seen coyotes during the day plenty of times along with deer, turkeys, foxes, hawks, owls and way too many geese. A black ...
by grouse
Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:47 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: shed hunting
Replies: 5
Views: 1804

shed hunting

Does anybody have any tips on how to find shed antlers? I have found a few over the years but I pretty much just stumbled onto them. My wife saw a big buck with both antlers last week and I saw a small one with one antler. Prime time seems to be right about now because they would be freshly fallen. ...
by grouse
Mon Mar 08, 2021 5:02 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Lead fragments in venison
Replies: 23
Views: 7705

Re: Lead fragments in venison

Use better performing bonded bullets as a second choice to copper. I use Bonded Bear Claws in my 300 Win Mag. Do they retain nearly all of their weight after colliding with your prey like solid non lead bullets do? That is the problem with lead bullets, they fragment badly and spread their toxicity...
by grouse
Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:29 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Lead fragments in venison
Replies: 23
Views: 7705

Re: Lead fragments in venison

Lead is not passed through the body it stays. The ammo shortage is because all of the factories shut down last year for covid they have not been able to catch up. I don't think so. I did a quick google search and everything I could find said the shortage is caused by a huge increase in demand inspi...