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First off - I will take a crack at this buck if presented an opportunity. I think he's mature and has some cool character. Really could care less about score anymore. With what little time I have to work with, a mature buck is about as picky as I get until it's time to just plain fill the...

Just curious what some of you prefer for mounting fish and why? Have looked into replicas but there is just something about them that I'm unsure of, though I can't put my finger on it. Can you custom order replicas by both length and girth, then have a good taxi paint to match according to...

Fish for me!! :way: I tell myself every year that I'm going to get serious about turkey hunting but then I start catching fish... and don't go turkey hunting. I busted out the green camo and face paint once last year for a fun little 4th season turkey hunt via canoe along with a good friend...

Well it was another tough season for me. Much better than 2009 but not the kind of season I'd been having consistently from 03-08. I was going to include my entire season recap, which is just something I do for myself so I can look back in years to come, but when it ended up being over 6 pages...

http://randywakeman.com/HowLongCanI%20leaveMymuzzleloaderLoaded.htm I'm a big fan of Randy Wakeman. His sight has gobs of good info and maybe I'm wrong but he seems to be one of the few in the industry that gives unbiased/non-endorsed opinions. I recall seeing this question on here...

Not sure what you guys think but I truly believe that the moon phases really dictate mature buck movement during the late season, maybe even moreso than temperature and especially if there is a blanket of snow. Full moon is scheduled for the 21st (second day) with the new moon on Jan. 4th...

The outer city limits of my town have been growing some giants the last few years. I caught a glimpse of this guy as I was driving by and luckily had a camera with me so my son and I stopped and snapped a couple pics. He's definately not the biggest on the block compared to some of the other...

Got a Dark Horse before the season and have been using it pretty darn effectively since opener on what I've been calling 'ground and pound' hunts. I have not sat in a treestand yet. I've been packing it in on every hunt and setting up on the fly. I love it's mobility!! Really been trying to...

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Shot out to Maumee, Ohio for the weekend on my first walleye excursion of the year. Caught the very beginning of the annual "walleye run" where the walleyes come out of Lake Erie into the Maumee River to spawn. It was an awesome trip and experience! Caught all males in the 19-23 inch range. I...

While going through my freezer trying to make some room for deer coming back from the locker and upcoming fishing adventures I came across some deer loins (backstraps) from last year. Luckily, no freezer burn and they thawed out really nice! Here is MY personal favorite recipe along with some...

If this is a repeat, I apologize. I have several more pictures in an email and they are pretty awesome, just not sure if I should post them or not. The e-mail states that it was green scored by two official B&C and one Buckmaster guy. Gross of 249 5/8, net of 232 5/8 with a left beam of 35 1/8...

I have my any-sex muzz tag in hand. Haven't had an opportunity to hunt yet so I'm curious what kind of food sources everyone is seeing deer on. I took some guys out 2nd gun with a doe tag and we sat saturday night. It was very clear that they really were not willing to dig through a solid foot...

Over my short bowhunting career of 6 years I've noticed some things to hold true thus far regarding my rattling success. I think it may have something to do with the population I'm hunting. Let me clarify... A majority of the farms I hunt have poor buck to doe ratios with nothing short of an...

:( This is the first car harvested buck I've seen so far this year... He was hit just 1/4 mile down the road from my folks place last Tuesday morning. Looked like a 3.5 year old. He seemed to be the first of many bucks who take a yearly journey from behind my house to across the street to fool...

Just wondering what everyone's opinion is on hunting during the rain. I for one will hunt the rain. But I don't have a whole lot of time to hunt so it's either get wet or don't hunt at all. No brainer there! I actually shot my buck during a rainy morning sit on October 23 last year. Today's...

Hey all, I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place on this. I've been dying to get my cams out, as the owner of one of my farms has been seeing some really nice bucks. But, I literally cannot find the time to make the drive and get that done. The last couple years I've really wanted to take a...

I'll be fishing Leech Lake this following weekend. Headed up with a friend who's g-pa lives on a smaller lake just a short drive away to the south. We'll be in a smaller boat with no electronics and probably will be fishing the southern part of the lake close to shore. We don't think the boat...

It's amazing to me how big a bass in the 4-5lb. range can seem when you catch it, but how a REAL HAWG just dwarfs them. Here's a few comparison shots just for kicks. 4 or 5lb'er Hawg... Another piglet... A couple pounds bigger...

More topwater crappie and finally....A HAWG!!! (PICS ADDED) Well, last night started out rough. The water was as clear as I'd ever seen it. There would be no sneaking up on fish. Long casts were key, with minimal splash. Lots of ankle biters unfortunately. Got there about 7 and we (mostly...