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Now’s the Time to Hunt Every Day

Posted: October 18, 2014 by gamegetterII in Archery, hunting
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Where I live in NE Ohio,the rut is fast approaching,and generally peaks somewhere around the first full week of November.

Bucks are all done sparring,they are no longer in bachelor groups,they are by themselves,seeking the first hot does.

Rattling is effective now,as are doe bleats. I do not start using grunt tubes a lot until the last week of Oct.

Pay attention to the rutting activity in your area,because the peak will repeat in 28 days,then again in 28 more days. The first rut peak is the most intense,the second rut peak still has a lot of activity,and is well worth your time to hunt,the third rut peak is even less intense,and may not even be noticeable in your area.

Most does are bred during the peak of the first,main rut. Those that are not bred go into estrous again 28 days later-if your wife or girlfriend happen to have their “estrous” around the same time-it’s a great time to be in the woods-then you miss most of the fun of her unstable behavior at that time of the month.

The few does that are not bred by the second rut-usually young does born in early spring-usually come into estrous end of Dec,first week of Jan. (in NE Ohio anyhow).

The two secondary rut peaks are well worth your time to hunt,doe bleats and grunt tubes work during these secondary ruts,rattling is not very effective during these periods,as the bucks are tired,run down from chasing does during the peak,when they did not eat enough food for the energy they expended,so they are usually not interested in running to the sound of antlers crashing.

I have had bucks come to grunt tubes in early Jan. that’s when Ohio has the muzzleoader season,there are fewer hunters in the woods than during the deer gun season,and the early part of archery season.

I’ve noticed the past few years that there are very few bowhunters in the woods after gun season ends-at least on public lands.

So,if you have to hunt public lands,the weeks after shotgun or rifle season ends is a god time to bowhunt,one the season ends and there are not so many people in the woods,the deer go back to their normal patterns.

It’s the same as early season and rut hunting then-find the food source,water source,and bedding areas,place your stand on a trail near one of the three,and you should be able to take a deer.

I would be out with my bow today,but the wind is from the wrong direction-no way I can get to any of my local stands. Seems to be calming down a bit-I may head out in a half hour or so,and see what happens. Cold (for Oct) and rainy today,so the deer should be up and moving long before dark.

NOOO!!! NOT THE TESTICLES!!!!!

Posted: October 16, 2014 by gamegetterII in ebola
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From Wirecutter…

Red eyes, fever, uncontrolled vomiting of black blood, sloughing off intestinal tissues, fulminating liver failure, brain damage, veins bursting, and liquefaction of tissues are some of the horrendous symptoms of Ebola.

Richard Preston said that Marburg has an effect on humans as if they were exposed to radiation – connective tissues, intestines, skin are affected, hair dies at the root, radiation-like burns cause skin to peel off hands, faces, feet, and genitals, blown up or semi-rotten testicles.
FROM HERE

Next 3-4 Weeks Are Best Deer Hunting of The Year

Posted: October 14, 2014 by gamegetterII in hunting
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Those who live in Ohio,Pa,W.Va,N.Y.Michigan, and Indiana should see the best deer hunting from now until mid-November,as bucks are in pre-rut,and does are getting ready to go into estrous.
Here in NE Ohio the rut usually peaks the first or second week of November,most of the time,it’s the first week.

The last week of Oct. will see does going into full estrous,and the start of bucks seeking and chasing.

Starting the last week of Oct,rattling and grunt tubes can bring bucks running,the key is to not use grunt tubes until you have seen signs of rutting activity in your area. Fresh scrapes are a good sign.

Now is the time to make fake scrape lines near your stand/blind,use a rake,or a garden claw to remove all leaves,twigs and debris from an area at least 2’x3′. make your fake scrapes along field edges that have treelines with branches hanging down at the height of a deer,the overhanging branches are important because bucks lick the branches,and rub their head/antlers on them to spread their scent from the glands located on the buck’s head.

(so the wildlife biologists say) I have seen bucks licking branches over scrapes-I haven’t seen them rubbing their heads on overhanging branches though. That doesn’t mean they don’t do so,just that I’ve never seen it happen.

Back to your fake scrapes-after you have cleared the 2’x3′ or so area,put a few drops of doe in estrous urine in it,some regular doe urine,and some dominant buck scent-Many guys also piss in their fake scrapes,I do,I figure I’ll have to take a leak in the woods anyhow-so why not do it in the fake scrape.

Hang scent wicks with doe in estrous urine between the fake scrapes and your stand/blind,as you are leaving your stand,pick up the scent wicks and take them home with you,re-use them the next day. If you leave them there,the bucks will find them when they pass through the area at night,then ignore them. Only put the scent wicks out when you are hunting.

Once in your stand/blind,rattle every 15 minutes or so,if you have seen signs of rutting activity in your area,start using a grunt tube every 15 minutes or so. I alternate between rattling, doe bleats, and grunt tube.

Days when there’s a breeze,I’ll tie an all white paper towel to a branch/bush/shrub that’s about deer height 20-30 yards from my stand. The white paper towel swinging back and forth in the breeze looks like a does tail to a horny buck,and a lot of times,a buck will walk right up to the paper towel. A few drops of doe in estrous urine on the paper towel helps to attract a buck too.
If it’s legal to use bait in your state/area,it’s a good time to start putting out corn. Use both shelled corn,and cob corn,spread it out rather than putting it in a big pile-this helps reduce chances of deer spreading diseases among themselves. The cob corn helps keep deer at the bait pile longer. Don’t worry if all you see are does eating your corn-bucks are looking for does,so having does close to your stand can only help.

As the rut heats up,sit in your stand during daytime,as bucks are moving constantly this time of year,and most really big bucks are taken between 10am and 3pm.

Bring plenty of food,water,a thermos of coffee,binoculars if you have a clear view for any distance,and dress in layers as temps can go from upper 20’s/low 30’s to 70+ this time of year. I bring bug spray as well,sometimes the bugs can be bad in fall.

The weather was in the 70’s for Ohio’s doe only early muzzleloader season last weekend,so I didn’t bother to go,venison just tastes nasty until temps are going down enough to frost at night. We had frost here Sun am,so it’s getting cold enough to improve the taste of venison,a few more good,hard frosts will do the trick.

I like to shoot the does for my freezer after end of November,or when it’s under 40 for daytime highs.

This is the time of year to take big bucks,so I pass on shooting does,and just concentrate on bucks for now.

Good luck to everyone-get in the woods-now’s your best chance at a big buck.

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Like A Fighter Jet In Your Hands.

Posted: October 10, 2014 by gamegetterII in firearms
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This is what the anti-gun zealots are freaking out about…
“The TrackingPoint™ Precision Guided Firearm (PGF) locks on to your target. So shots that used to be humanly impossible are now ensured.
You can experience the exhilaration of making extraordinary shots at extreme distances.”

No B.S. Accuracy Tip: Sight In Your Rifle Properly

Posted: October 4, 2014 by gamegetterII in firearms
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From field& Stream magazine…

“Sandbags are great for shooting groups off a bench, but they might not give you a true zero under field conditions. So when you sight in your rifle, it’s important to use your hand as a rest for the last few shots. This tells you where your gun will shoot when you’re hunting.”

http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/the-gun-nuts/no-bs-accuracy-tip-sight-in-your-rifle-properly?cmpid=enews100314b&spPodID=020&spMailingID=7177074&spUserID=NjI2NzA0MjQyMzcS1&spJobID=540337616&spReportId=NTQwMzM3NjE2S0

Poachers Killed One of the Largest Elk in Pennsylvania History

Posted: October 4, 2014 by gamegetterII in hunting
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“One of the largest bull elk ever recorded in Pennsylvania was killed illegally, along with two other elk, in Clearfield County in September. Three local men are being charged with “teaming in a poaching effort,” the Pennsylvania Game Commission announced yesterday.

In its statement, the Game Commission confirmed that the largest of the illegally harvested elk had a 10×9 non-typical rack that would have scored 432 7/8 inches B&C. It would have ranked as the third-largest bull elk in the state’s history. The other bulls were a 5×7 and a 4×5.”

http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/field-notes/poachers-killed-one-of-the-largest-elk-in-pennsylvania-history?cmpid=enews100314b&spPodID=020&spMailingID=7177074&spUserID=NjI2NzA0MjQyMzcS1&spJobID=540337616&spReportId=NTQwMzM3NjE2S0

Guys like this give hunters and hunting a bad name because to the anti-hunting crowd-they are hunters.

They are not hunters,they are scum sucking pieces of shit who need to spend years in prison,lose their rights to hunt in every state,pay fines that cover the costs of replacing mature bull elk in the Pa. elk herd.

I believe under Pa law,they will lose the rifle that was used to kill the elk. In some states,people lose all of their firearms,the vehicle used during the poaching,any camping gear they used,along with any other hunting gear and game processing equipment.

I could see shooting an elk out of season if your family had no food,these guys killed the elk,sawed off the antlers,and left the animals to rot. They deserve to spend years in prison,and pay the game commission the cost of replacing the elk they killed. When released from prison,they should have to perform at least 1,000 hours of work for the game commission improving elk habitat,and other wildlife conservation work.

These dumb fucks took a huge elk out of the gene pool of the Pa elk herd-that bull would have sired many young bulls that would have had antlers at least as large as his-and these idiots took it out to sell the antlers on E-bay. They killed the elk due to greed,nothing else. Then,they left the animals in the woods to rot,the dickheads could have dragged the elk to a point near the road,and made an anonymous call to the game warden and said an elk was dead near the road-that way at least the meat could have been used to feed  people.

People like this disgust me,they give the anti-hunting crowd fodder to use in their campaigns to ban hunting,claiming these pieces of shit were hunters.

Hopefully the local people cuss these dumb fucks out whenever they see them,maybe they’ll go to the local bar,and someone will smack the shit out of them. They deserve much worse.

And Then They Came For The Bolt-Actions

Posted: September 19, 2014 by gamegetterII in firearms, gun laws, hunting
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The anti-gun zealots are doing exactly what many of us predicted they would do,going after bolt-action hunting rifles,calling them “sniper rifles”,and claiming owners of these rifles are insurrectionists or terrorists-or both…

“You can find them in every gun store in even the most restrictive states in the nation, and with good reason; bolt-action rifles are among the most ubiquitous rifles in the United States, and have been in deer camps and military arsenals in the United States since the Palmer carbine was used in the U.S. Civil War.

Now two separate gun control groups are attempting to restrict access to them.”

“Now both the National Gun Victims Action Council (NGVAC) and Cease Fire PA are calling for additional restrictions for bolt-action rifles.”

Elliot Fineman, the histrionics-prone CEO of NGVAC, has dubbed the most technologically advanced bolt-action rifle in the world, the TrackingPoint PGF (Precision-Guided Firearm), a firearm suitable only for terrorists:

http://bearingarms.com/came-bolt-actions/?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

Just to make it an official anti-gun display of histrionic idiocy,it comes complete with a claim that’s an outright lie,proven to be a lie in under 3 minutes of research online.

“Police say a gunman used a .308-caliber rifle to shoot two state troopers, one fatally, on Friday.

Today, Cease Fire PA called for tougher background checks on weapons just like it in the capitol rotunda. The group, made up of mayors and activists from across the Commonwealth, called for expanded background checks on people buying long guns, such as rifles and shot guns.

Cease Fire says FBI figures show the number of murders committed with long guns has doubled since 1996.”

“According to the FBI, long guns accounted for 622 murders in 2012 (322 rifles, 303 shotguns), and 1,205 in 1996 (532 rifles, 673 shotguns, according to Table 20). The number of people murdered with long guns hasn’t doubled… it has roughly halved.”

Brady Center Grasping at Straws-Files lawsuit against online Ammo companies.

Posted: September 17, 2014 by gamegetterII in gun laws
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“The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is filing a lawsuit against online retailers that allegedly sold ammunition to James Holmes, the suspect accused of the Aurora theater killings.”

“The lawsuit alleges that the websites negligently supplied Holmes with the arsenal he used to kill 12 people and wound at least 58 others by failing to use any screening mechanism to determine his identity or intent for the products,”

Let’s see-what possible intent does anyone have when they buy ammo?
Wow-they are going to shoot said ammo out of a firearm of whatever caliber ammo they purchased.
What kind of idiotic lawyer would even bother to file such nonsense?
The Brady bunch should be fined for filing frivolous lawsuits,have to pay for the attorney fees for the ammo companies,have to pay all court costs,and have to purchase full page ads in every major newspaper admitting that they filed such an idiotic lawsuit,along with 60 second TV and radio ads stating the same thing.
Freakin’ morons. I can see what they are trying to do-they want to make mandatory background checks for ammo purchases.
Even Commiefornia refused to allow such a bill to pass.

Here’s the article about said nonsense-read it if you can do so without either puking, tossing your laptop across the room, or throwing the monitor for your desktop computer on the floor…

The Sniper Insurgent

Posted: September 16, 2014 by gamegetterII in firearms, shooting
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Got the link to this one from WRSA…

“The “specially trained sniper” is either someone school trained to be a sniper, or someone who has moved up from “skilled marksman” to sniper (such as Simo Haya, Vasily Zaitsev or Carlos Hathcock). In the case of Simo Haya it was clearly the school of hard knocks, in Zaitsev’s case it was battlefield promotion, and in Hathcock’s case it was part of the USMC standing up a new sniper school. The Iraqi sniper, “Juba” is someone I consider to be a trained sniper, although I do not know where he got his training. My best guess is either Chechen or Iranian instructors, but that is just a guess.”

http://randomthoughtsandguns.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-sniper-insurgent.html

While on the subject of snipers and sniper insurgents,along with America’s 20 million deer hunters…

Do you know where your deer rifle hits the target beyond 300 yards?

At any distance greater than a 50 yard indoor range?

Now would be a good time to find out-and make any adjustments necessary,

Then practice,practice,practice-then practice some more.

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It’s the Politics, Stupid

Posted: September 9, 2014 by gamegetterII in firearms
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“When the same groups constantly squawking about “protecting the children” when the subject is making firearms illegal, refuse to OK a good idea specifically designed to protect children, you can clearly see their use of the word “protect” as a synonym for the word “disarm”.

The latest manifestation of this curious behavior is a decision by officials at Reagan National Airport not to permit the display of Project ChildSafe’s “Own It? Respect it. Secure it.” billboard. It is, FYI, the same sign you can see displayed in other airports, including Hartford-Springfield, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Providence and St. Louis .”

http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/features/229124

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