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  1. Swamp Stalker

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    Nothing wrong with doing so!
     
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    Just a reminder but my battery died in my rangefinder today while shooting the bow. Got a fresh battery in it for the season. Would have to say I would be upset if I found out it died while up in a stand. I use it everytime to get reference spots while in stand. Check them or carry an extra with you.
     
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    Learned this the hard way, once.
     
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    Actually just bought a new rangefinder...entered the Vortex rangefinder family. Always a new battery goes in for sure!
     
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    I know this may be hard to conceive, but here was a time, before rangefinders. I'm that old.

    Two drills, I practice, just in case my range finder dies:
    *Practice reckoning the distance. Pick a target, estimate the distance and check it either with a rangefinder or poaching it off. When I'm board out of my skull on a workout hike or a walk with the dog, easy to accommodate (mailbox, fence post, tree, target)

    Picking a point half way, another good verification.

    *practice shooting unknown distance, without the rangefinder. Though you may want to have a cut chart or do some quick math approximations if shooting up/downhill.

    Though I may pick up a backup battery this year, just in case.
     
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  7. bowhunt4abuck

    bowhunt4abuck Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I have never once been able to tell the difference in a fawn and a big doe. No idea when people started saying that but it makes me wonder if my taste buds are broken lol I don’t shoot them on purpose. When I have I have always been disappointed because of the amount of meat give a 2.5 year old doe every time. Now a big buck that has been rutting for a month and has no fat left on him, I have tasted a difference there lol they always go to the processor to be ground into sticks and sausages.

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    Welcome to a equalizer to cover your back
     
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    That's why go to 3D shoots, judge the distance and shoot. Then range it. I'm usually within 2-3 yards. Not always but than not

    I have a back battery for my range finder before the season starts. Usually get 2 years out of battery. Sometimes 1 1/2 year.
     
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    bowhunt4abuck Die Hard Bowhunter

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    That’s my favorite way to do it too. I didn’t go to one this year they were pretty much all canceled.


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    Most of the Sportsmen's Club have one on Sundays. They take turns every week.

    I run the Sparta sportsmen's club in spartanburg, pa. Ours are on every 3rd Sunday of the month.
     
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    vanfossen Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Anyone seen Holt?


    Mathews HTR, Sword 5 pin, Truball release, Goldtip XT hunter 300, QAD 125 gr Swept, QAD rest
     
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    vanfossen Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Anyone seen Holt?


    Mathews HTR, Sword 5 pin, Truball release, Goldtip XT hunter 300, QAD 125 gr Swept, QAD rest
     
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    He's been active today on our team thread
     
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    He's been active today on our team thread :lol:
     
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    This is hilarious! And so true. I think even snopes confirmed it. And it’s still on FB so you know it’s true, lol
     
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    I'm here! How are you doing? Word on the street is you got a pic of a big buck
     
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    vanfossen Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Good, just ready to sit in a tree and clear my head. Yeah that buck is the one I was playing cat and mouse with last year that I bumped at 30 yards when I was setting up. I relocated him. How are you, any swamp donkies you are after yet?


    Mathews HTR, Sword 5 pin, Truball release, Goldtip XT hunter 300, QAD 125 gr Swept, QAD rest
     
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    That's a great deer! Hopefully you can put together a plan to get him this year. I did winter scouting, but other then that I have been lazy. Just going to go off my past scouting and relay on in season sightings.
     
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