tvc184

Anyone ever seen the big bore air rifles? I have seen videos of large game animal hunts with them like deer or rams. They have some in the .58 caliber range or maybe larger.

When do the Axis steaks to on the grill?

[quote name="Buccaneer#3" post="1148621" timestamp="1324328845"] I would definitly say the does are dominant 5:1 probably. but going out to hunt now. Wish me luck [/quote] Need to knock down some does.

Time for the big sows is coming up and like you said, maybe they aren't going to leave. They might just be hitting the deep water when it is getting cold.

[quote name="Buccaneer#3" post="1148360" timestamp="1324255109"] i tried to use it as a attractant but no luck. what about the doe calls that you flip upside down and back? do they work good? [/quote] Yes. I have brought deer in with them. It all depends on the mood of the deer and their intent. If they are ready to breed during the rut, some of the scents or noises work well but they are far from guarantees. The area also matter as much as the time. If you are in an area that is heavily populated with does and there is not a lot of competition for them, I think they work less. The natural order of things is the dominant bucks breed the hot does. There is competition for them as there are with all animals. That is why turkeys strut, deer fight, etc. When you have a 6-1 ratio of does to bucks, you will have first year spikes breeding some of the does. There are simply more does than the dominant bucks can breed while fending off lesser bucks. (If there are any dominant bucks. With the new antler restrictions, hopefully some of them will actually grow into mature bucks) Take an area with a 1:1 or a 2:1 ratio and the bucks actually have to dominate an area, rattling horns works great. I have rattled up one very good buck in east Texas. Grunt calls will do the same at times and when the ratio is good. So all of the tricks will work at certain times and in certain areas. It depends on timing, location, the hunter (the best attractant in the world won't help if the deer makes you), the deer herd, etc. As far as the can calls, I have a nice mature buck about five years ago walking about 50 yards from my bow stand. I just saw him as he was walking away. I bleated that can call a couple of times and just sat there quiet and not moving. A few minutes later I heard a limb crack and looked down and the 9 point was standing under my stand. He came right to the sound of that can when he had been walking away.

I think that it helps at certain times as an attractant but not a cover scent.

Most of the bucks are on their beds and smoking a cigarette.

When people start showing me trail cam or hand taken pictures of 4-5 year old deer that are 150+ pounds, thick neck, large hindquarters, etc., and are consistently less than 13", I will believe that it doesn't work. I was in south Texas two years ago at a bowhunting only day lease and a guy from east Texas killed a 1.5 year old basket rack and pencil horned 8 point. The deer still had perfect teeth with a very thin neck and was obviously a very young deer. The guy had to pay a $500 fine for the underage deer. He swore and was angry that his "mature" deer was an old deer and he had been hunting for umpteen years and could age them and this was obviously a mature blah blah blah. I'll bet that he would be glad to tell you that it was a prime example of mature deer that just won't make the 13" rule. The only thing that it is a prime example of is that he can't age deer on the hoof or even dead for that matter. The 13" is not perfect but the old rule of shooting anything that moved was hardly effective. In lieu of a better way to judge mature deer, the 13" rule is the easiest to visually see and enforce. The obvious best answer is for all hunters to do right thing while managing a deer herd. Can anyone venture to guess what the compliance rate for killing mature deer would be if it is left up to hunters? I think the truth that we routinely kill baby 4 pointers should quickly answer that question.

The "monster" bucks are also smarter which is how they get to be monsters. A 3.5 year old deer should be right at or greater than the 13" rule. That is the intent of the rule to let them grow up and not kill them at the typical 1.5 year old 4 or 6 point or basket rack 8 point at 2.5 years old. If you put all buck fawns in a pen, in three years all of them will reach maturity or at least as far as the rule goes and each year after with a good growing season should be bigger up until maybe after the 7th year. If the rule has been in place for 4 years, there are a bunch of deer that are now mature that would not have been. They did not disappear off of the earth at 3-5 year old. In fact there are a lot more of them now than there were 2 years ago. A bad year because of the drought or inabiltiy to find them doesn't mean that they aren't out there or that the rule doesn't work. The 13" rule sure didn't make them shrink but yes the deer are smarter at that age and harder to hunt. The older ones don't come waltzing in like does or young bucks.

Kickoff in 15 minutes. Delayed half an hour from original start time.

[quote name="PNG Proud" post="1130615" timestamp="1322277592"] ..................[b]I wish the wind would lay so I could go get some trout tho.[/b][/quote] A couple of decent cold fronts come in and it will lay down for more than 4 hours.

[quote name="dustoff03" post="1129519" timestamp="1322208659"] [quote author=tvc184 link=topic=92166.msg1129517#msg1129517 date=1322207087] It makes me wonder what their predictions were for the first two playoff games. I am sure they had Vidor over BH and Ozen over Brenham. [/quote] Vidor beat Crosby and Montgomery. Ozen beat BH and Brenham. [/quote] Yeah but it doesn't change the intent. Predictions are great but what was the predictions from this site for the first two weeks?

It makes me wonder what their predictions were for the first two playoff games. I am sure they had Vidor over BH and Ozen over Brenham.

I don't think that the autopsy reports that were recently in the news were the "complete story". I haven't see the Vidorian article but I would venture to say that it is more than the recent completed autopsy.

Unless the Beaumont Enterprise and the Vidorian are owned by the same company, it is highly unlikely that an article from one will be in the other unless it is from an outside source such as the AP or Reuters.

That is a very poor angle to age a deer from. You don't get a good look at the neck and brisket, you can't see the face, a good shot at the belly, the back and the hind quarters. At least 3.5 years old but the neck looks too developed from that angle but more likely in the 5.5-6.5 range.

[quote name="westend1" post="1128317" timestamp="1322069031"] So,  how old is this buck? [Hidden Content] [/quote] Yearling.

[quote name="palincoln4life" post="1125427" timestamp="1321807614"] No "Trap Games" in the playoffs!!!1 [/quote] As stated from a Brenham fan?

It's okay. I am about to combine all 52 threads into 1. 8) GO PIRATES!!

Drop to kneeling and take him out.

I would check Walmart for 100 round boxes of whitebox ammo.

[quote name="Ty Cobb" post="1122197" timestamp="1321651812"] Thanks for the info guys.  What is the best ammo to shoot that isn't too expensive? [/quote] UMC by Remington, American Eagle by Federal or Winchester "whitebox". The Winchester doesn't have a catchy name for its practice ammo like UMC or American Eagle but is an all white box, hence the name it is called in shooting circles, Winchester White Box.

[quote name="Ty Cobb" post="1122160" timestamp="1321649961"] [quote author=tvc184 link=topic=91779.msg1122121#msg1122121 date=1321648146] [quote author=Ty Cobb link=topic=91779.msg1122041#msg1122041 date=1321644227] I'm not a huge gun guy so I don't know the in's and out's.  I just enjoy firing off a few rounds when I get the chance.  I bought it in 2001 so I'm assuming that it would be considered fairly modern. [/quote] The M&P came out in 2005 so it isn't one of them. Is it a polymer/plastic frame like a Glock or an all metal gun? Any of them should be feeding most ammo okay but the polymer Sigma is not the most reliable thing on the market. Do you know what kind of ammo you used? If it didn't feed into a Beretta correctly then it is probably just the ammo. [/quote] My gun has a plastic frame.  I can't remember the exact name of the ammo.  Monarch, i think.  I went through mine pretty quickly so my uncle let me shoot some of his.  I had never heard of the name brand before.  He told me they were just a cheap shell.  Hopefully the problem is in the shells not the gun. [/quote] That sounds like the S&W Sigma which isn't their best pistol on the market but should still work okay. Monarch ammo is generally considered as trash. I think it is made in Russia or Serbia. There are problems at times with some of their loads being squibs or underpowered. That doesn't blow the slide back far enough to eject the spent casing or far enough back to pick up the new round from the magazine. In some pistols and some of their rifle ammo it works okay though and is generally some of the cheapest ammo on the market. I would not want my life to depend on it but if it feeds good enough to practice I might shoot some. Usually it is plenty dirty though and makes for a bigger cleanup job. If I had a malfunction or two a box it might be okay. It is was hanging up every magazine then I wouldn't shoot it.

But isn't he guaranteed to win?

[quote name="TexasMinuteman" post="1122127" timestamp="1321648427"] I hunt the Mertz 09 out in Central West Texas.We went out there last weekend and didnt see to much of anything.The deer didnt come to the feeders or the watering holes.There were no deer on the game cams.Its like they disappeared. Ive been going out there for 13 years and never seen it this bad. [size=10pt][b] I need some smoked deer sausage!!![/b][/size] :-[ [/quote] I just put 70 pounds in the freezer and 10 more pounds of pan sausage. ..... and about 40 pounds of ground meat, 30 pounds of steaks/cutlets...........