I'm not 100% sure I was trying to figure that out yesterday when I saw those two pictures Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
I'm not the best scorer, but WITH velvet it's possible 130. Either way I hope you get a crack at him! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I really think it depends on how big the deer actually is. I've shot a couple of bucks that I thought were nice but they ended up being small deer with mediocre racks. When I watch that second video it looks to me like this guy is a LOT bigger body-wise than the smaller 8 point. I guess I'll just have to score him after I kill him to find out. Well, unless something better walks by.
Now I'm leaning towards hunting out of my climber opening morning..... I've done blind climbs before in the dark, This one really won't be any different.
So have I, but I don't like doing it if it's a tree I've never climbed before. If it's a tree that is clear of limbs to cut and I have a way of knowing how high I am in the dark then I'd definitely do it.
I ended up getting just a tad over 40 pounds of meat off of that doe I killed on the 7th. We decided to grind the whole thing (except for the back straps and tenderloins, of course) since ground venison is what we use most. My wife and I process our own deer almost all of the time and almost nothing goes to waste. When I dispose of a carcass after skinning and quartering all there is is the hide, the head, the spine, the pelvis and the hooves up to the second joint. There is a lady at work that loves deer ribs, so those go to her. I've never tried them but I am tempted to try them. All of the fat and discarded trimmings get ground up and vacuum sealed to be cooked and given to the dogs as a special treat. Since we do this we tend to trim more meat into the dog pile than we would if it were being thrown away. I ended up with the back straps and tenderloins, 24 pounds of ground, and 10 pounds of ground trimmings for the dogs. 40 pounds. Not a bad haul for a yearling doe. Come on Friday. I want to kill another deer.
Ya I'm not a fan of doing it, but as long as I go slow. I already have a mental image of the branches I need to trim on the hemlock right beside me. I know exactly how high I want o go on the tree, about two feet above the big hemlock branch I need to cut. Here's a pic, it's the tree in the middle to the left of the hemlock. I'm right on a series of shelves. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I do the ribs already. I split the rib cage down the middle and then each rack so it seems like 4 racks of ribs from a lone deer. Next deer I'm really looking to push my culinary boundaries. Thoughts I've been pondering: Osso busco from the shanks. Liver and onions or (dehydrated)Dog treats from the liver. Tacos lengua from the tongue. Maybe marrow from femurs. If I'm feeling giddy and strong stomached, maybe really going crazy: Venison tripe. Sausage -repurposing the intestine for casing and some ground.
Good morning everybody! Two days and a wake up! So bear with me here, I had a talk with my wife last night, about hunting this year out of the climber. She expressed her concern for my safety considering my medical issues. She asked me "what would you do if you start feeling stroke symptoms 25 feet up in a tree in a climber?" She really got me thinking. She said she said the same thing to me last year, but like most of us do, I shrugged it off without giving it a second thought. She is right, what would I do? If I was on the ground, I could easily call 911 and be rescued. If I was in a tree and called 911, they would have to bring at least one or two ladders A mile and a half in the woods to get me out of the tree. Not a good chance of survival in that situation. Being on the ground, would save at least an hour or two, getting me to the hospital that much quicker. So after sleeping on it, I've decided from here on out all my hunting will be from the ground. I would never want to do something selfish, that would affect my family's way of life. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Question for you. Do you wear a harness when you are using a Summit Viper? If so, they do make a Downsafe System that will lower you to the ground. I believe that I would check into something like that before I "grounded" myself. I'm sure you've seen them before, but if you have a good harness then for another $80 you could use one of these as a emergency descent tool: http://www.downsafe.com/Products.aspx. Last year I was considering going this route when I was having heart issues while training for my marathon. The pacemaker I had implanted in August pretty much took care of that, though. Still, it is ultimately your decision. You've got to do what you think is best.
I wear a rock climbing harness, and I am constantly connected to the tree from the ground up. Thanks, hat device would be exactly what I would need, but I'm going to ground myself. It will give my wife piece of mind, and will open up the entire 9000 acres for me to hunt, no more hunting for a tree. I am confident in my leaf suit, and my ground hunting ability.
Good call Joe. It is nice to see that you took your brides opinion into consideration. Of course, I suspect that she just might kick your keester had you chose not to listen! LOL. Good Luck and I look forward to getting some early season butchering done!
Just curious and you don't have to respond if you don't want. But did you end up lingering effects, limitations or is her concern a tia or...?
I don't have any major side effects. I do get severe headaches now and then, and of course that gets my anxiety all worked up, and gets my heart working like crazy. My neurologist said I am now more prone to having a stroke again, Whether it be a TIA or another Ischemic stroke. I did have to go through extensive rehabilitation/physical therapy. Because my stroke occurred in my cerebellum, That threw off my balance for months. When I got home from the hospital I couldn't stand without almost falling over, from extreme vertigo dizziness. I am also not allowed to participate in anything strenuous, crazy heavy lifting, no contact sports, no skiing, and of course no sit ups because the tear in one of my veins was in my neck, which caused the blood clot to shoot up to my cerebellum. It's kind of emasculating, not being able to really lift anything heavy, like furniture or anything like that. Last month my wife and I helped my sister-in-law and husband move. It was a crappy feeling not being able to really lift heavy things like a man normally would. It definitely bothers me more than anyone else, they are very supporting of course, it's just something I need to get over and accept. So after a mile and a half walk in the woods. It's probably not the best thing for me to do, get in a climber and go 25 feet up a tree. If I get a deer. I have a cart stashed in the woods, and will just take my time go nice and slow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Good luck to the guys getting out this week. I was able to get a couple sits in but nothing down. A couple of does were all that came by. Temps where in the 90's so I had a feeling they would all stay bedded down. I did check camera's and found a couple more shooters that are sticking around the property. Everything was at night. The temps will be dropping later in the week so hopefully they are more active.
Which app do you use? I have never looked at lunar predictions. Just hunt when I can. Would be interesting to see though.
