Does anyone do anything fancy with their ivories?
I just give them to my taxidermist.
He always gets very happy when I do and I don\'t mind because I am not sure what i\'ll do with them :dk:
What do you guys do?
I am all about paying it forward and making people happy, so I am going to run an interesting contest for the next 3 days.
It\'s simple..... in the next three days I want you to attempt to perform as many random acts of kindness as you can.
Whether it\'s a bigger one, small one, or multiple...
I have a question and also ask for your experiences in this thread.
My question is do you call over water holes?
My next question is have you experienced elk talking while near water?
I personally do not call over water. Whether I am on the ground or in a tree stand, I just don\'t call...
Well, I hung a camera or two around our camp for security reasons.
I finally went through the pictures today and it brought me right back to Sept 9th, the day I killed my bull.
I figured I would share if with you.
^ this is a picture of a ford ranger driving by my camp. He had stopped 5...
I wish I would have gotten this one up earlier, but can you blame me.... IT WAS ELK SEASON!!!!!
I have had two custom grunt tubes made for BTO from the call maker I use in Missouri.
His calls look beautiful and man do they make some great grunts.
So I will be running two contests this year and...
So where I hunt we have whitetail, mule deer, and hybrids.
I still have zero true experience with mule deer, but if either of these guys walked by me, they would get it!
Last year:
Today\'s pull:
I really like this last pic!
He was walking around with 3 does.
What would...
What dates are you guys really focusing on this year for deer?
I\'m trying to take Nov 6th-23rd off, but I think the 8th until the 16th will be my best days! :upthumb:
I just recently had an encounter with a very mature bull and I heard him moan during the encounter.
It all started when I let out a few cow calls and he fired right back.
As we made our way into him slowly (very thick stuff) I continued my calling.
I did not over play it and he always...
Well all, I am back and this was an experience indeed.
I have only hunted two early bow seasons and one of them was only 1 day, so I am still extremely green.
This trip was my first rifle hunt experience and we will dub this the helper hunt, 2015.
Originally this was suppose to just be a...
The elk contest is still up and running!
We have a few more hunters heading out, so it\'s anyones game still!!!!!
Team #2 and team #7 are really putting up some good fights.
Maybe Derek can shoot a 8x8 and really make things crazy.
Anyways, I received the prizes that we are giving away...
I don\'t want to spam the elk update thread, so I figured I\'d start a deer one.
I can\'t wait to get back out and hunt them again!
I won\'t be a spoiler, but someone on here shot a nice buck this morning :think: :wave: :upthumb:
The season is over for some of us.
Some were successful and others are having tag burning rituals.
My question to all of you is, what do you do now to remember the encounters or lessons you learned on your hunts?
Do you have a journal?
Do you jot them down in a notebook?
Do you have an elk...
It seems like everyone has come back from the woods, so I wanted to make this thread now before rifle hunters head out and before a lot of whitetail start falling.
We all put lots of time into prepping our bodies, planning out hunts, and then hunting our hardest.
Even with all of that, we...
Today is a good day, some of my faith is restored in the hunting community.
I had received an email on another site regarding the elk unit I hunted last year. It was two gentlemen from Iowa who paid BIG for some land owner vouchers that game them access to the entire unit.
Little did they...
What does your specific area look like once season opens?
Are bulls still bugling?
Are they still chasing cows?
Post rut?
Is everything herded up?
Paint me a picture of your area.
I am taking a friend out hunting Oct 9th-14th. It\'s a rifle hunt in the same unit I bow hunted in.
We do...
All,
it may seem early, but to put together a good trip, it takes planning.
With that being said, would anyone be interested in maybe a Texas or Oklahoma hog hunt this Feb/Mar??
It\'s early enough where we can start throwing a couple bucks aside and preparing the logistics.
Does this...
While everyone is out elk hunting, I wanted to start some threads of questions that popped into my head on my hunt.
So if you have anything that you question for your recent hunts, post them in other threads.
We forget things fairly quick, so ask while it\'s fresh!
Here is my first question...
The teams are:
Team 1:
vthokee
Hackbow
Baby Huey
Daved270
WVARCHER
AaronJohnson
Team 2:
FM
Don K
SGH31
lp_picker
bowhunter
Iccyman001
Team 3:
timberland
mainebrdr
otcWill
Colorado Russ
zpd307
Pikemaster
Team 4:
EmbryOklahoma
Cnelk
vanish
dkbs
Mtnmutt (she will be so mad when she see...