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    Hunting method / Still hunting

    Forgot one! A "drive" is a hunt on foot. I do my gun hunting sitting still on the ground, only use stands for bowhunting. The idea is, I like to have the flexability to "move in" closer for a shot if I need to (actually so I can lay over and take a nap while waiting for daylight!) I still hunt...
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    My 1st kill with sidelock and roundball

    I'm in Pope County. And, yes, I still have ML tag for next weekend :thumbsup: Good luck fillin' yours!
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    My 1st kill with sidelock and roundball

    I 'bout think I shot her out of self-defense :haha:
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    My 1st kill with sidelock and roundball

    Today was day 3 of IL 2nd gun season. I was feeling a little ill over missing a doe yesterday, about a 60 yard freehand shot. This morning at daylight, I saw a nice 8-pointer, woulda been a good one to break in the .54 GPR on, but a shot just wouldn't present itself. It rained the rest of the...
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    What you reading in these cold days?

    Finished Native American History, started George Catlin's Letters & Notes... on North American Indians and The Men Who Wear the Star by Charles M. Robinson.
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    Camo, blaze orange observations...

    I can certainly sympathize! I used to think that once I climbed safely into my tree stand, I'd remove my cap or hide my orange so the deer wouldn't see it. Now I hunt off the ground with a blaze orange vest and another vest, which I cut the elastic straps off of, around my head like a kerchief...
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    Finally bought a BP rifle.

    JimG, do you happen to be located around the southern end of IL? I can help you locate BP in these parts :thumbsup:
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    Who's goin' after what over Thanksgiving?

    Going after deer and/or turkey with the bow in the morning. Next gun season ain't until next Thursday. Highs in low 40's for tomorrow with 20's-30's wind chill. I've always wanted to kill a turkey on Thanksgiving day. Maybe tomorrow!
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    What you reading in these cold days?

    Just finished Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail. Started Native American History by Judith Nies yesterday.
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    Deer Season in MO

    Don't be discouraged. The later you fill your tag, the more you get to hunt. That's become my strategy too. We'll get 'em next time!
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    On-Line check -in in Illinois

    If you call in, you talk to a recorded voice that asks "20 questions" and you punch all your dimensions in on the touchtone. Must be really convenient for the non-resident deer hunter-campers. Shawnee Forest is not yet equipped with phone booths and internet access. :youcrazy:
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    Wish Me Luck

    Our 3-day first season just ended as well. I'm using .54 GPR same as you for my first ever hunt with a sidelock. Saw 12 opening morning and 4 turkeys, 14 that evening, including 5 spike bucks. On three occasions I had a deer within 10 yards. Didn't want to use my only tag up too early now! Good...
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    8 Pointer with .54cal Flint Smoothbore

    Roundball, sounds like you're having a really enviable season! Congratulations on your success. My ML hunting journal doesn't begin until tomorrow morning. Your post just makes me all the more impatient. :cursing: :haha:
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    ATV, do you ride?

    Been there, done that. Anything I kill in Shawnee Forest, where 4-wheelers are restricted entirely, I have to drag whether I want to or not. That did include some "uphill all the ways". On my own private property, I wouldn't be disturbing anyone, unless they were tresspassing, to which they...
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    ATV, do you ride?

    ATV's are fine when used with discernment. When hunting or scouting on my 30 acres or my father's 160 acres, I don't use one. I don't like to make it part of the hunt. My feeling is that it changes the condition of the hunt, deer will react to it in some way. I like to maintain a bit of...
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    friend's stuck ball with powder

    Just a thought- Is the tip of the ball puller still sharp or is it somehow blunted? If so, it won't start easily. I'd first make sure I didn't just need a new puller.
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    latest gander mountain catalog

    I always go into Paducah's Gander Mountain and ask for stuff I know they don't have, just to let 'em know they don't meet all sportsman's demands. Maybe the word will get around to someone important.
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    Our Movie List

    The Deerslayer (1957) I Will Fight No More Forever (1975)
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    Dry Ballin Blows!!!!

    In the short time that I've shot sidelocks, I've unfortunately become a bit of an expert at ball-pulling. I find it quicker than running powder through the flash channel. I swab the barrel with oil first, clean it well with dry patches, then the last swab is a wet one. I start the threads into...
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    Cover Scent Soap

    All I use is the green body wash, not necessarily as a "cover scent"...I don't believe it traps or vanishes my scent...but because I think it does have less odor than conventional scented soap. If possible, I take a shower immediately before every hunt. I think just being clean has more bearing...
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