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3/5/2010 6:32:05 PM
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topic:
Turkey Contest
volway
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Hey all go to http://www.whitetailaffliction.com sign up and enter the turkey contest and also enter the contest for the Custom call thats being givenaway by DB Custom calls. It's ALL FREE and some great prizes will be given away.Let them know the volways sent ya.GOOD LUCK!!!!!
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12/17/2009 1:28:06 PM
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topic:
Rare video footage: Large King Salmon jumping!
salmonfish
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Check out this rare video footage caught on a morning of great salmon fishing! The salmon jumps clear out of the water!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_5HnJwyhog
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10/10/2009 5:29:54 PM
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topic:
Galveston Bay Fishing After Hurricane Ike
AlanP
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On September 13th, 2008 hurricane Ike made landfall directly over Galveston Island. Hurricane Ike was a category 2 storm, but as we all found out it caused damage and devastation like a category 4. Hurricane Ike stetched over 500 miles, had howling winds up to 110 mph and a storm surge of 13-20 feet. Residents up and down the gulf coast were greatly effected by this storm, but Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula were the hardest hit. Unfortunately homes, businesses, and even lives were lost due to Ike. Hopefully we all will be better prepared for the next one.
It has been over a year since hurricane Ike ravaged the gulf coast and the clean up and rebuilding is still underway. I participated in the clean up of the entire Galveston bay complex from March 2009 through July 2009. I spent every day watching trees, cars, boats, parts of houses, refrigerators, telephone poles among many other things being pulled out from our bay sytem. The land clean up and rebuilding will probably last for years, but the bays and beach clean up is completed. Actually the bays in Galveston are cleaner now than they were before Ike.
Fishing in Galveston has really been excellent since Ike and I see it only getting better. I have been fishing Galveston all my life and Ike didn't effect the fishing that much. I have been catching fish at the same spots that I have always caught them. The fish are healthy and the numbers are still there. As a fishing guide that is great news. Many people might still think that fishing in Galveston is not up to it's standards, but that is not true. Go to www.galveston-fishing.com to see some recent catches. The bays are clean and the fish are ready to be caught. Galveston bay is one of the best fisheries on the gulf coast so don't hesitate to visit Galveston Island and spend a quality day on the water fishing.
Capt. Alan Pereyra
www.galveston-fishing.com
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3/18/2009 3:32:13 PM
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topic:
Grand Slam KDW Tournament coming up May 9, 2009
grandslamsports
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Grand Slam Tournament Series in Jupiter, FL is hosting its 14th Annual KDW Fishing Tournament May 8-9, 2009 at Carlin Park in Jupiter. Last year alone 324 boats participated in our event making it the largest in SE Florida. This year we are raffling off a Bahama 31' Center Console! Proceeds benefit local charities, tickets are $25 each or 5 tickets for $100 you may purchase tickets at www.fishthegrandslam.com or call 561-847-2090 You need NOT be present to win, only a limited amount of tickets left to sale get yours today! Visit the website www.fishthegrandslam.com for more info on the upcoming tournament and boat raffle.
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3/18/2009 3:07:32 PM
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topic:
Grand Slam KDW Tournament coming up May 9, 2009
grandslamsports
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Grand Slam Tournament Series in Jupiter, FL is hosting its 14th Annual KDW Fishing Tournament May 8-9, 2009 at Carlin Park in Jupiter. This year we are raffling off a Bahama 31' Center Console! Proceeds benefit local charities, tickets are $25 each or 5 tickets for $100 you may purchase tickets at www.fishthegrandslam.com or call 561-847-2090 You need NOT be present to win, only a limited amount of tickets left to sale get yours today! Visit the website www.fishthegrandslam.com for more info on the upcoming tournament and boat raffle.
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3/6/2009 6:11:28 PM
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topic:
Red Rock Rendezvous
brittanik
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Hey everyone just wanted to pass this info along. It is a really great event!
***Mountain Gear Presents: Red Rock Rendezvous” rock climbing festival will
take place this year on March 20-22. This event has climbing clinics for
All skill levels at Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas, including a Friday
“Intro to Climbing at the Red Rocks” day.
Due to the growing popularity of the festival, this year’s
event is limited to the first 1,000 registrants. Registration is now
open at www.RedRockRendezvous.com and interested climbers are urged to
sign up quickly. To register for the event or for additional information,
call 800.829.2009 or visit www.RedRockRendezvous.com.***
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3/6/2009 6:10:58 PM
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topic:
Red Rock Rendezvous
brittanik
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Hey everyone just wanted to pass this info along. It is a really great event!
***Mountain Gear Presents: Red Rock Rendezvous” rock climbing festival will
take place this year on March 20-22. This event has climbing clinics for
All skill levels at Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas, including a Friday
“Intro to Climbing at the Red Rocks” day.
Due to the growing popularity of the festival, this year’s
event is limited to the first 1,000 registrants. Registration is now
open at www.RedRockRendezvous.com and interested climbers are urged to
sign up quickly. To register for the event or for additional information,
call 800.829.2009 or visit www.RedRockRendezvous.com.***
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3/6/2009 6:09:53 PM
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topic:
Red Rock Rendezvous
brittanik
Posts 3
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Hey everyone just wanted to pass this info along. It is a really great event!
***Mountain Gear Presents: Red Rock Rendezvous” rock climbing festival will
take place this year on March 20-22. This event has climbing clinics for
All skill levels at Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas, including a Friday
“Intro to Climbing at the Red Rocks” day.
Due to the growing popularity of the festival, this year’s
event is limited to the first 1,000 registrants. Registration is now
open at www.RedRockRendezvous.com and interested climbers are urged to
sign up quickly. To register for the event or for additional information,
call 800.829.2009 or visit www.RedRockRendezvous.com.***
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2/27/2009 9:22:30 AM
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topic:
The Time is Def Now
BessieBird
Posts 5
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To sign up for thehunter.com. I am hooked. I hunt nonstop whenever I get a chance. And since its free, my husband doesnt give me a hard time like when I get back from shoe shopping at payless!!! Ha, tell me when you sign up so I can add yall to my community.
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2/19/2009 10:27:27 AM
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topic:
I Just Got a Buck!!!
BessieBird
Posts 5
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Hi All - Did anyone sign up for the online hunting game thehunter.com? They let me in last week and I have been playing alot. I finally got the hang of tracking and hunting the animals. I got my first buck today!! Let me know if you sign up so I can add you to my community. Its so much more realistic than I thought it would be. Its been raining all morning!
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2/11/2009 9:31:28 AM
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topic:
Definitely Sign Up for theHunter
BessieBird
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Hi All,
I know I mentioned this last week, but I signed up for theHunter, and what a great time! Its free online and me and me and my kids have been virtually hunting all week!! The game is completely realistic, and even teaches some hunting ethics. Plus its been such a great way for me to spend time with my boys. I think you should sign up. You wont be disappointed! www.thehunter.com.
Ciao! Bessie
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2/9/2009 10:33:30 PM
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topic:
I need a lease for 6 guns
ozona06
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experinced hunters need a small lease anyone know were to look
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2/6/2009 1:58:32 PM
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topic:
Weather Reactions
TimberGhost
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With respect to large game animals, they tend to move prior to a somewhat significant change in weather to feed. If a good storm is coming in (low pressure system), they seem to get up and eat regardless of the time of day. If only a minor change in barometric pressure occurs, prior to a shift in weather (perhaps a light snow or a light rain) they continue to act as normal. Heavy winds tend to cause animals to bed up as do heavy downpours. This is more than likely due to the increased noise and inability to hear/smell danger.
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2/3/2009 2:38:39 PM
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topic:
Searching for club/lease in Louisiana
shep
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I currently live in SE Louisiana about 30 minutes west of NO. Looking for a club/lease where I can take my kids hunting. My girls want to get into it but I would rather take them on private land instead of the WMA's in the state. If you have any leads email me at asheppard@oceaneering.com
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2/2/2009 12:02:35 PM
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topic:
Has Anyone seen theHunter.com??
BessieBird
Posts 5
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Hey Guys,
Has anyone heard about this new online hunting game? I went to www.thehunter.com and signed up because my little brother said it looked cool. It looks really realistic, and he said there is a way to create a profile and talk with other people in the game and stuff.
If anyone has signed up or knows more, let me know. Ill friend you!
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1/30/2009 3:28:36 PM
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topic:
Weather Reactions
BessieBird
Posts 5
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Hi All - I am kind of new to this forum, and hunting in general, though I am an avid camper.
Anyway, I was hoping someone could tell me how rain/snow affects animals. Do their behaviors change drastically or do you just hunt like normal?
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1/8/2009 6:52:19 PM
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topic:
Bowhunter's vision problem and solution
TimberGhost
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About 6 years ago I began noticing that I could not clearly focus on my sight pin and target while practice shooting. At first I just pushed through practice and the season as it wasn’t too bad. However over the next couple years it had worsened to the point that I could no longer see my sight pins, primarily in hunting situations. I continued to harvest deer, however my shot placement was bad, to the point that I injured several deer and missed a bunch. I was trying everything. First I thought it was the size of my peep sight so I went to the largest size on the market at the time ¼”. That didn’t help. I then changed all my sight pins to the brightest I could find. This helped a bit but only when it was very bright outside. My confidence in my skill dropped. This in turn caused me to get very anxious when a shot presented itself, and this made things worse. I then thought that perhaps I was pulling to much weight causing me to strain so I dropped my draw weight. No help. Finally I had my peep removed. I was still unable to focus on target with my sight pin. Frustration would be an understatement. This all occurred slowly over a period of 6 or 7 years. I looked for solutions everywhere. I do wear reading glasses and I ave 20-20 vision at a distance. Several archery experts told me that it is a common problem and that there is no real solution. Anyway, earlier this year I was speaking to an archery shop staff member about this issue and he asked if I wore reading glasses. I told him I did and up close it was so bad that I used 3x’s glasses. He told me to try wearing a pair of 1x glasses when I shoot. I ran to the closest Walmart and picked a pair off the shelf, concerned I would not be able to see downrange (I tried shooting with my reading glasses but everything outside of 5 yards was a blur.) When I put them on I was amazed. I could still see clear across the store fairly clearly and at 20-30 yards everything is perfect. I rushed home and grabbed my bow. When I drew it and settled the pin on the bull (first time in years) there must have been a smile on my face. I was finally able to effectively aim again. After a month I was practicing at 40 yards and splitting arrows. I was even able to practice out to 60 yards, however that is about where the bull began blurring into the target. Anyway, I searched for an answer for quite some time and I could not get one. I was able to practice more effectively leading me to practice more than I had in years. My confidence soared again. This year I took 2 doe and 2 wall hangers. Each animal was harvested with 1 shot to the boiler room. I wanted to share this in case there is anyone out there experiencing what I had experienced. If you know someone whose accuracy is suffering and they wear reading glasses while maintaining good distant vision, pass this on to them. They will thank you for a long time.
edited by TimberGhost on 1/8/2009
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1/6/2009 12:11:51 PM
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topic:
hunting after a full moon
TimberGhost
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Hi Ray. I also live in Michigan (for past 3 seasons), near Portland, but I do the majority of my hunting south of Jackson on private land. Where I hunt stays undisturbed so outside activity has little to no bearing on my answer. I hunt only with bow. Anyway, I keep very detailed log entries of each day I spend in the field. Going back to 1998 (1998 thru 2005 season in Connecticut) I have noted that about 3 days either side of the full moons in Sept, Oct and November I note a change in the time of day I see deer. For the most part 90% of all the deer I see at this time of the month will come 3 to 4 hours later. That goes for Michigan and Connecticut. Normally I expect to see deer anytime between sunrise and 9:30 AM, however during the full moon cycle I start seeing animals between 10 and 11 am. Looking at my logs I note that young ones tend to come first, and then if I decide to stick it out long enough (I am always in 1 to 1 1/2 hours before morning twilight) older animals tend to come by later. If the full moon occurs during the rut it appears to have no effect on movement unless temps are a bit warmer early in the morning. I generally do not hunt evenings (not nearly as much as morning) but on the hunts I have had in the evening seeing deer has been hit or miss regardless of the moons phase.
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12/27/2008 11:12:05 PM
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topic:
Best all around caliber ?
mogambow
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Hard to beat the 30.06, 150 0r 180 grain.
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12/27/2008 11:04:05 PM
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topic:
Moss Springs Packing
mogambow
Posts 2
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Four of us had a local packer take us into one of its archery elk and deer drop camp sites in the Eagle Cap Wilderness mid September of this year. We were all experienced elk hunters. The packer informed us there was also a lot of deer in the area, as well as elk. He told us the camping spot had a good artesian spring for water. We rode eight miles from Moss Springs to Jim White Ridge. The packer and two wranglers did an excellent job getting us to his spot. That turned out to be the highlight of the trip. We were disappointed to discover that the artesian spring was nothing more that a seep puddle with a straw thin outflow (this after the packer took several minutes looking for it) . The camp was located inside the edge of a four year old forest fire (lot of new blowdowns). All hunting would be down hill since we were located on top of a ridge.
We got camp set up, and the next day would be our first day of elk hunting. We ventured out 2-3 miles south of camp (the direction suggested by the packer). At the end of that day we compared notes with each other and all came to the same conclusion. There were no animals within miles of our camp. There were no rubs, no game trails, only year old white droppings, no bugling, and no beds. The next day a local resident hunter with two horses came through our camp area to look for sign in our area. He came back through our camp near the end of the day; his horses lathered, and said he was going somewhere else because there was no sign of any game.
At this point we realized we were put in an area that we had zero chance of harvesting an animal. For me personally, I was always concerned that a packer has no incentive for putting a drop camp in a good area (he'll use those for his guides). I was hoping it would at least be a fair area. I figured in our case the packer either had not been in that camp in years, or just did not care where he put us. And we were to be there for nine days.
At the end of the second day we hoped we could salvage part of our hunting season if we could end our pack trip early, so we contacted the packer by satellite phone. The best he could do was get us out on the seventh day. We did hunt miles from camp those remaining five days in all directions, and still no sign that any animals ever spent time in that area. We never even saw a doe deer. Ironically there was more elk sign at the packer's corral near the trailhead that there was anywhere near the drop camp.
The packer had other people take us out. He was presumably busy.
Our high emotional anticipation became a nosedive into an expensive disappointment. And our greatest frustration was watching our hunting time evaporate while being stuck in a deadzone drop camp. OUCH.
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