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What did you do today?

ThereWillBeSpuds said:
Well the General consensus is that he is at least part Tennessee treeing cur. My wife's grandfather just passed yesterday and her mom is not feeling up for taking care of such an athletic dog. Guess I have a dog now. Any tips?
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Clay Newcomb has some good content on squirrel dogs & hunting with dogs…… that’s a heck of a pup to luck into! Congrats
 
Wasn't today but yesterday . . .

I went to the eye doctor because I thought I had noticed some vision change in my right eye at distance that the contact wasn't fully clearing up any more. No, my eyes are okay . . . just a minor change in prescription. But . . . I got to talking to the Eye Doctor about hunting, and of course hunting saddles and it turns out that he had just purchased a Latitude Method. Needless to say we had a lively hunting discussion during the appointment and lo and behold I noticed he's joined our group here. I'll not call him out in case he wants to remain incognito but I will say Welcome to the forum Doc! I hope you enjoy your new saddle and best of luck hunting this fall.
 
boyne bowhunter said:
Wasn't today but yesterday . . .

I went to the eye doctor because I thought I had noticed some vision change in my right eye at distance that the contact wasn't fully clearing up any more. No, my eyes are okay . . . just a minor change in prescription. But . . . I got to talking to the Eye Doctor about hunting, and of course hunting saddles and it turns out that he had just purchased a Latitude Method. Needless to say we had a lively hunting discussion during the appointment and lo and behold I noticed he's joined our group here. I'll not call him out in case he wants to remain incognito but I will say Welcome to the forum Doc! I hope you enjoy your new saddle and best of luck hunting this fall.
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I'm struggling with what to do for hunting as I have a horrible astigmatism but still correct to 20/20 in both my contacts and glasses. Actually, one eye reads 20/15 corrected but I now have to wear readers for close up stuff. Overall, I enjoy the vision from my glasses which are the high density progressive lenses. I can see close up and far away but as hunters who use optics and masks in the cold weather, we all know the kind of annoying things glasses can do. My question is, what are you doing to be able to see your bowsight, gunsight etc. target and all that and still be able to go to war in the woods?
 
I've often thought about a pair of those athletic glasses that strap to your head and form a seal around each eye which would minimize fogging to some extent.
 
woodsdog2 said:
I'm struggling with what to do for hunting as I have a horrible astigmatism but still correct to 20/20 in both my contacts and glasses. Actually, one eye reads 20/15 corrected but I now have to wear readers for close up stuff. Overall, I enjoy the vision from my glasses which are the high density progressive lenses. I can see close up and far away but as hunters who use optics and masks in the cold weather, we all know the kind of annoying things glasses can do. My question is, what are you doing to be able to see your bowsight, gunsight etc. target and all that and still be able to go to war in the woods?
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I am definitely bi-focally challenged at this point in my life. :tearsofjoy:

When in the woods I wear contacts to correct for my distance vision (I'm afraid iron sights are a thing of the past for me now) but that doubly messes up my ability to read the phone or see the camera image when filming. For quite a while I took a separate pair of readers to use for those things but that forces me to make a choice if there's game present. Either I'm taking the glasses off to shoot or I'm putting them to see the camera and film. My ultimate solution was quite simple really and falls into the "Cheap stuff that gets the job done" category. I bought several pairs of cheap plastic safety glasses with the readers built in. They kind of act like bi-focals with out the distance lens correction. The pluses are that they also provide some eye protection walking to my stand in the morning and they're cheap enough if I lose them or sit on them I'm not out anything.

As far as bow sights go I transitioned to the EZ-V a couple of years ago. It eliminates the need to pick up a pin in my sight line. After a couple of years shooting with it I'm at a point where I just look where I want the arrow to go and it seems to magically end up close enough to where it needs to be. I hardly even realize I'm framing the target with the V anymore.

Shooting the long bow this summer is what really made me notice the difference. No sights there so its all "aim small, miss small" but I noticed I was having trouble seeing "small" at distances outside of 15 yds. Hopefully this helps with my consistency.
 
Ordered my new muzzle loader. About the only thing I have done today in any way shape or form....lazy lazy day here.

Went with the Traditions Nitro Fire. Was able to find some of the 100gr fire sticks, and my round of choice (250gr carnivore). Now, if only I could find some 209 Primers.
 
SEVA_Bowhunter said:
Ordered my new muzzle loader. About the only thing I have done today in any way shape or form....lazy lazy day here.

Went with the Traditions Nitro Fire. Was able to find some of the 100gr fire sticks, and my round of choice (250gr carnivore). Now, if only I could find some 209 Primers.
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That’s the only thing that’s keeping me from dialing in a load for an my CO ML, I don’t want to burn up all my 209s……..
 
SEVA_Bowhunter said:
Ordered my new muzzle loader. About the only thing I have done today in any way shape or form....lazy lazy day here.

Went with the Traditions Nitro Fire. Was able to find some of the 100gr fire sticks, and my round of choice (250gr carnivore). Now, if only I could find some 209 Primers.
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Primers are slowly popping back up up. I've seen pistol and small rifle primers in stock at places. I don't reload and I use shotgun primers for Blackhorn 209 in my smoke pole.

Edit: I was perusing Academy earlier and they have some Summit climbers in stock. Really tempted to pick one up for certain situations.
 
I grew up always throwing smallies and largemouth back. That's what my dad always did. I knew other states had different mindsets but here in Pennsylvania it seems like its taboo to keep bass. Thoughts from other PA guys? I always wanted to try eating a bass
 
Hall17 said:
I grew up always throwing smallies and largemouth back. That's what my dad always did. I knew other states had different mindsets but here in Pennsylvania it seems like its taboo to keep bass. Thoughts from other PA guys? I always wanted to try eating a bass
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Keeping bass will trigger some people. It's beneficial to cull some once in a while to help the population but some people don't understand that. As long as they're legal, have at it. Just anticipate some negativity from some people about it.
 
Hall17 said:
I grew up always throwing smallies and largemouth back. That's what my dad always did. I knew other states had different mindsets but here in Pennsylvania it seems like its taboo to keep bass. Thoughts from other PA guys? I always wanted to try eating a bass
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That mindset comes from the popularity of bass tournaments. I spent over a decade fishing tournaments, including a national series and you did not keep, or even think about keeping a bass. After I quit tournament fishing I kept a LM one day that I caught while freshwater striper fishing. Now, more LM go in my livewell then back in the lake. They taste excellent!
 
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BuffaloBill said:
Keeping bass will trigger some people. It's beneficial to cull some once in a while to help the population but some people don't understand that. As long as they're legal, have at it. Just anticipate some negativity from some people about it.
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These all culled out of a farm pond...I use to catch a 5 pounder or two out of it a year but now they all about the same size SSOOOO time for them to meet the frying pan...in ponds you really should take couple out fairly often if you want to produce big fish
 
Guess I'll be getting some nasty looks next time I head out to the lake! Need to check our regs to see when I can keep them though. Not much of a fresh water fisherman anymore but this might change my mind. I do prefer the salty fishing.
 
GCTerpfan said:
That mindset comes from the popularity of bass tournaments. I spent over a decade fishing tournaments, including a national series and you did not keep, or even think about keeping a bass. After I quit tournament fishing I kept a LM one day that I caught while freshwater striper fishing. Now, more LM go in my livewell then back in the lake. They taste excellent!
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This. Them being coined as a trophy species aids in the stigma of keeping them. I grew up always throwing them back but keeping panfish...now I throw back the panfish (with the exception of crappie) and keep the large mouth.
 
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