I’ve never hunted off a 5 gallon bucket, but maybe I should try it sometime. However I agree completely with everything else. If it weren’t for my HuntStand app just finding my tree in the dark would be difficult. 2 years of hunting and I haven’t used my bright eyes yet. And without my heated vest my season would be very short because I get cold easily. No natural insulation. Nothing puts more critters in the freezer than being out there.
I think the basic saddle hunting kit (sticks, saddle and cordage accessories) has been the most revolutionary for my hunting abilities, as far as gear is concerned. Now, I can hunt in hard to reach places. In my case, that means way out yonder in them hills. I did that a lot this season, and hey, I even killed a buck I was proud of doing it! That was an unforgettable feeling. Unfortunately, so was being absolutely destroyed after dragging that big boy off a mountain, over a mile from my car. Luckily, I got some help for the last couple hundred yards, but that got me thinking, what the heck am I going to do when there is no help, the distance is even further, etc etc?
I respectfully could not disagree more with the thought that anyone cant shoot a quality deer hunting public. That is simply not true. It is almost equally not true that owning ground means you will shoot a big deer. Big deer just dont grow everywhere regardless of if the ground is public or private. Owning land does have lots of benefits though with respect to maximizing the herds potential and control of the things that make a difference in moving the needle towards the high end of the herds potential.
You're 100% correct. The quality of public varies drastically. I'm in NE PA, and the quality of bucks we have here on public is as good as anywhere in PA. It's generally low pressure(at least for archery season). I've had an encounter with a PA bruiser the last two seasons in a row where I Chumped the shot, but still had the encounter. In SE PA, finding a good buck is near impossible with the pressure being so bad. But good public is out there if you're willing to look or work hard enough to find it
Super ninja....the deers behind Harris teeter don't stand a chance hahahahaha
Thats the plan...
Thank you for the new rabbit hole to waste working hours on today...
I've read somewhere that Lewis and Clark brought an airgun with them on their expedition. I've got a .22 Gamo single shot to put down yard pests, but never thought of airguns for anything bigger than maybe a woodchuck. I don't know if one would even be legal in MN - if so, it would be good for hunting my front yard (in the country, neighbor's can't see me).
That’s true and do you know what perhaps 80% of their diet was throughout most if not all of the expedition? Beaver!! No joke.
Oh they've been legal since 2015! I own 3 PCP airguns and a trusty Phoenix NP2 (gasram not spring) and they do all the housework and trapping kills, plus pigeons in the summer.
if it gets me between these Mc-mansions, right off the greenway and golf course, where Godzilla the leafeater lives, I'll paint it red pink and blue after I drag his old azz outThat sure is one fancy looking Nerf gun...
