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Recent content by slonstdy

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    Bald/shaved head care

    This is one of the funniest threads I've read in a very long time. :sob:
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    Property improvement ideas

    What size and age are the replanted trees? I'm assuming they're not planting seeds. You said you're going to harvest trees after 17 years which seems like a relatively short timespan. How big in diameter are they?
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    Property improvement ideas

    The article states that beech is not a preferred browse source which means hinge cutting them would only create cover. It also regenerates aggressively with root suckers and stump sprouts, so there's another reason not to hinge cut. I don't want to help them multiply, that's for sure.
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    Property improvement ideas

    Wow, that's a nice return on investment. What sort of trees are planted for a sustainable harvest, hardwoods? My property contains mostly beech trees and is a relatively open forest compared to most other woods settings I've been in. I don't know if beech have value, other than as firewood. I've...
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    Property improvement ideas

    Thanks. It's in PA, not NY. Getting all my ducks in a row for when I retire and extricate myself from this state. I didn't think about hiring a forester, that is a fantastic idea and something I'm going to research. Thanks bud! I am hesitant to go hog wild dropping trees myself, fearing it...
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    Property improvement ideas

    There's regular traffic going through here on a daily basis. I've watched deer from the house move out of the front corner swamp in the mornings and cross the property just behind the barn. I also walked the property a few times when the ground was covered in snow and found three heavily used...
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    Property improvement ideas

    I recently purchased a 17 acre property and want your ideas on how to make it a buck magnet. It's a rectangle that is approximately 165 yards wide by 500 yards deep. The first couple hundred yards off the road is where the house and barn are located so there's not much I can do to improve deer...
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    Best Lighted nock?

    Another vote for Nockturnals here. I never had an issue with them not lighting and this was my third season using the same batch. A few of them have been through multiple deer too. Yes, the design does allow blood to get inside the switch mechanism which could gum things up enough to prevent...
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    Vancouver Tree Topping

    I totally agree that we can seriously hurt or kill ourselves at the heights we climb while hunting. I was just making the point that us fretting over safety (and rightfully so!) seems frivolous when compared to the height this dude is operating at. He's up there 100+ feet in the wind, on a...
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    Why don't yall 2TC?

    Because one stick climbing is superior!! I'm just answering the question of the thread title. Forgive me, but I couldn't resist any longer. Please pardon my interruption and continue the rope bondage talk. :tearsofjoy:
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    Vancouver Tree Topping

    And we're worried about being 20' up?? Did you see when he leaned into the tree to adjust his lineman belts and the slack he had in them? Nothing but his spikes keeping him up there. That is a mans man right there!
  12. slonstdy

    If he wasnt so big, id of shot em

    Nope, that never happened to me getting caught with my gun against the tree while I was squatting in the brush relieving myself. That 8 point buck didn't step out 50 yards away and make me watch him feed for 10 minutes before walking out of my life. I'm convinced it never happened.
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    Is one-sticking still a thing?

    One sticking is: too dangerous... creates slack in your tether system... too noisy... too slow... is a fad... said all the people who: know their limitations... can't master it... don't practice... are physically unable... are mentally challenged... drink lattes.. won't admit it's superior to...
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    walking in the woods: heel-toe and toe-heel

    Toe heel is my preferred method for stealthy movement through the woods as it allows me to feel for twigs and branches before I put my weight down fully. However, it is slow going and physically exhausting if you do it right. Here In the northeast and in similar cold climates, walking on leaves...
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    Question on switching to ring of steps

    I run 5 squirrel steps and set them above my stick height. I don't care to use my stick as an additional step because there is always a chance the stick may kick out if I put side pressure on it. With 5 steps I can still easily cover and shoot 360 degrees on even the largest trees, up to two...
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