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  1. neonomad

    Does Anybody Hot Tent?

    I’ve been eyeballing canvas tents for about a year now and finally pulled the trigger on a Springbar Classic Jack 140 with the Winnerwell stove. Figure it’s cheaper than a popup camper. I’m hoping about 60% use for family camping and 40% my own wilderness adventures. Set it up in the backyard...
  2. neonomad

    Freak Accidents and Near Misses

    Stick kick outs not that unexpected, but care to share those things out to get us that are much harder / impossible to anticipate??? I’ll start with three, two from this season: (1) About ten years ago was steelhead fishing with a small rolled towel in my vest along my back, I slipped on shale...
  3. neonomad

    Ground Assault, almost got him

    This weekend late Sat night I drove to my hometown about an hour and a half away, where I hunt. Was feeling lazy in the morning so just took a stool and the HC Mini in. Put my back to a big tree near the river, to pull scent. A forkie seemed suspicious of me, so I decided to get a face covering...
  4. neonomad

    Dumb Luck

    Many many times it’s better to be lucky than good. Statistically I killed better deer when I was dumber. Do you have stories of success in spite of obvious poor tactics? I’ll start. In 2010 I was sitting upwind of a trail into doe bedding. I grunted this buck in from downwind (on that trail)...
  5. neonomad

    Saddles Leg Straps and Man Parts

    Whelp this is about the most personal thing I’ve ever posted online but I don’t have anybody else to ask, I’m sure a Dr would just shrug. I’ve been using a JX3 for several years but the past few years have dabbled more in real saddles. Let’s get right to it, twice this year I climbed, hung a...
  6. neonomad

    Day Six Evo-X 125s Sold Please Close

    Each has been in a target a few times, no animals. Still extremely sharp, I’ve lightly stropped a bit before hunting. $65 tyd.
  7. neonomad

    WTB - 1 or 2 Tethrd One Sticks (found, please close)

    I’ve got three but need to get a little higher.
  8. neonomad

    Next Generation - will they show up

    A buddy came to visit a few weeks ago, his son is 14. They live on the far east side of Columbus OH, prime time deer hunting region of the state. I asked the son if any classmates hunt or fish… he said nobody he could think of. Maybe 14 is a little young, but this still surprised me. This isn’t...
  9. neonomad

    Cutting edge food plotting

    @Gator I think I remember from a while back in a google search seeing you mention broadcasting corn. I remember this only because not many folks do it… curious, have you had luck with it, without tilling / discing? I’m getting halfway decent at rolling / squashing / terminating winter grains...
  10. neonomad

    Wanna make (scent control) history?

    What if we coordinated some data gathering next season? If someone was willing to be aggressive in their scent control, we could report in a standardized way our deer downwind encounters in a thread, and see if we can find a trend in the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of Scentlok? Hunts could...
  11. neonomad

    If Deer Recovery drones make you squirm…

    …start chatting with OpenAI (artificial intelligence). Things are going to get weird soon. Here’s one such conversation, how it puts these pieces together I do not know.
  12. neonomad

    Your Deer Movement Predictions

    In northern Ohio the barometer starts dropping on Thursday, the temp plunges and wind / snow hit Friday morning, weather relenting on Sunday. When will the deer move and feed? I’m gonna guess they sense the falling barometer on Thursday with primary moving / feeding Thursday and Sunday...
  13. neonomad

    Do any deer survive 6’ of snow (thinking Buffalo NY)

    And if so, how?
  14. neonomad

    Thermal Analysis

    I might post this about once a year, I can’t remember, and I know these kinda posts are a little tedious, but never know where inspiration might spark, so.. any thoughts on working this white outlined property? The best daylight action is in the river valley but the thermals swirl and breathe...
  15. neonomad

    the October lull is a thing, of some sort

    I’ve got some good camera data from 2020-2021, and this is a quick chart I’m still getting the 2022 data entered… from what I’ve seen though on the 100 acres I hunt (almost a dozen cellular cameras) the October lull is real, and for me starts about now. I know the podcast experts reiterate that...
  16. neonomad

    If there’s acorns, they’re probably on em

    Just a reminder… I happened to put a cell cam on the right oak flat this season. There’s deer on that camera all day long, mainly dawn and dusk but always some midday munching. It’s a tricky place to hunt but I’m going to try this Saturday, there’s no other location right now with the same...
  17. neonomad

    EWO standoffs

    Any opinions on fixed vs rotating standoffs? I’m modding a LW chopped one stick and have always appreciated rotating. Here I’m just looking to put a little more foot room between the tree but Im a little hesitant to go fixed.
  18. neonomad

    Topping off a DIY stick

    Any advice on improving a DIY Lone Wolf stick? For a few years now I’ve been one sticking with it… a chopped LW with two double steps and an aider. It’s worked great with a few ROS steps, and a JX3. But this year I see the Recon getting more use and I’d like a little more foot support. Maybe the...
  19. neonomad

    Anybody else tried Lite boots?

    https://liteboots.com/ Mine just arrived today, I’m not associated with the company just interested to see if anyone else wears em? Initial impressions is they’re crazy light, yes feel like Crocs, but I wouldn’t want to step on a thorn… I’ve never owned Tingleys so I can’t really compare and...
  20. neonomad

    Two Whitetail Wishes

    If you only had TWO whitetail related wishes what would they be? I want to wish for 500 private acres but I’m going to take one for the team: (1) CWD disappears. (2) Outdoorspeople buy only USA made product.
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