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The Shame Thread

CooterBrown said:
What is your suggestion on keeping them from rusting?
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I've used mineral oil for years. I dab it on my finger and wipe my broadheads with it. I also do this to the bolt heads on my bow etc. I don't glop it on heavily, just a drop on my finger or with a Q tip. Alternatively, I use a clean rag I fold up in a ziplock back to wipe the exterior of my guns off. I also use it for my broadheads or other gear that may be susecptable to rust. Similar to the silicone ones they sell but mineral oil in a baggy is cheap and works the same and smells like nothing.
 
iamcorey said:
I just watched and read comments on two YouTube videos from outdoors Allie. Both featured the same popular company. I couldn’t finish either one.

The comments were the most interesting as they were cringey positive. No negative comments about how noisy the gear was, misuse of the climbing belt or it being a commercial.


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I’ve noticed some YouTubers doing “reviews” on equipment and you can tell that they’ve never really used it aside from taking it out of the box and practicing with it in their yard a few times. Then you watch a video of them hunting and they aren’t using any of the equipment that they “reviewed.” All of the saddle and platform videos are about the same. Some person putting it on a tree in their backyard and showing the weak side, strong side, etc. They talk about how comfortable it is after sitting in it for 20 minutes. They’ll show how they attach every thing to their saddle. It’s basically the same way everyone else does.
 
BuffaloBill said:
I’ve noticed some YouTubers doing “reviews” on equipment and you can tell that they’ve never really used it aside from taking it out of the box and practicing with it in their yard a few times. Then you watch a video of them hunting and they aren’t using any of the equipment that they “reviewed.” All of the saddle and platform videos are about the same. Some person putting it on a tree in their backyard and showing the weak side, strong side, etc. They talk about how comfortable it is after sitting in it for 20 minutes. They’ll show how they attach every thing to their saddle. It’s basically the same way everyone else does.
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Dude ....that's like 95% of the peeps on SH too.....hahahahahaha.....

They know who they are :)
 
bloodsoakedberber said:
Seems like an appropriate spot to share. Blew up my switchback xt today on the 3D course. That’s one way to get ready for hunting season that opens in 13 days.
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That sucks.

Zero One Actual said:
Because I hunted from a pre set stand several weeks ago, I took a Summit Goliath and sold it last night to a friend who still uses primitive and archaic ways. It was basically like burning a witch. I now feel purified.
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My man.
 
I went out to set cameras yesterday. I brought a light weight no leg loops Sitdrag type saddle I made with me but I forgot a dang bridge. It’s light weight and minimalistic for scouting and setting cameras. I was planning on just doing one move with the 2TC to set the cameras. Since I didn’t have a bridge I ended up standing once in the foot tether and using the other tether as a lineman’s belt. It was struggle city, but we got er done. I think I prefer to bring the one stick and set it about four foot and just set the camera that way. It’s fast, you have a place to stand, and you don’t need to bring a saddle or tethers.

Then I climbed two trees with poison Ivy so I had to do a deep scrub when I got home. Still praying I didn’t get it all over me.

I’m ashamed that I didn’t really have any good spots picked out even though I bought 3 new cameras. I ended up just putting them in there random spots I picked that same day. I figured it would be better to have them out somewhere than no where at all.
 
The shame thread is anonymous right? One of the counties I hunt allows baiting this year. So I dropped some bait out in front of the blind I take my kids hunting in.
 
BuffaloBill said:
No shame there. If they’re like any other kid they’ll probably get bored after a couple of hours of not seeing anything.
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That they do. I took them out last Saturday and about 1.5 hours into the hunt they were both passed out in their chairs sleeping lol. Figured I would do something to try to up their odds of success / sightings.
 
WISCO said:
That they do. I took them out last Saturday and about 1.5 hours into the hunt they were both passed out in their chairs sleeping lol. Figured I would do something to try to up their odds of success / sightings.
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Mine are 4 and 6, haven't been on a hunt yet, (that's the shame but lol) but some of their early hunts will likely involve a corn pile. We like to eat deer
 
I sorta kinda want to agree with, and to an extent I do, but my kid never saw bait and he’s broken the spirit of more than one that’s tried to keep up with him when it comes to any kind of hunting. But with that said, he was the exception to the rule. After his mama would read a book to him at bedtime I would have to go in and tell him the story of a deer I killed. By the time he was 5 he knew the details of every single one, lol.

And from the first time I took him he was still, he was quiet and he never wanted to leave. It was awesome, I ain’t gonna lie.

If I had it to do over again would I do it the same way? Yes. Kids need to learn to fail.
 
gcr0003 said:
I went out to set cameras yesterday. I brought a light weight no leg loops Sitdrag type saddle I made with me but I forgot a dang bridge. It’s light weight and minimalistic for scouting and setting cameras. I was planning on just doing one move with the 2TC to set the cameras. Since I didn’t have a bridge I ended up standing once in the foot tether and using the other tether as a lineman’s belt. It was struggle city, but we got er done. I think I prefer to bring the one stick and set it about four foot and just set the camera that way. It’s fast, you have a place to stand, and you don’t need to bring a saddle or tethers.

Then I climbed two trees with poison Ivy so I had to do a deep scrub when I got home. Still praying I didn’t get it all over me.

I’m ashamed that I didn’t really have any good spots picked out even though I bought 3 new cameras. I ended up just putting them in there random spots I picked that same day. I figured it would be better to have them out somewhere than no where at all.
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Well even though I scrubbed and scrubbed I still got poison ivy on me. All over my chest and belly. It’s not bad, just residual, but it itches plenty. Crying shame that even when I try I can’t keep this stuff off of me. It’s also a shame to get ivy on me before season even starts.
 
couple years ago i was hunting on some public land...got setup,nocked an arrow and drew to check my shot angles, not sure how or why but my release got triggered and ended up shooting that (very expensive) arrow into the tree line and never saw it again....doe comes in right as light is going out, could just barely make her out,shoot and clean miss. She isnt spooked,never even knew what happened...nocked another, and my last arrow, but decided on that way it wasnt worth it. got down and some how luckily found arrow # 2 laying in the shallow creek
 
I went out last Saturday, found a group of trees dropping persimmons and started looking for a tree to climb. My top 5 choices were rotted at the base and I decided to climb one of the persimmon trees growing in the middle of the group because it offered good cover.

15 feet up, my only shot opportunity is to my right side between 1 and 3 o'clock.

Around 4pm, a doe pops out at 35yds from my 7 o'clock, then disappeared behind some brush.no shot. 10 minutes later a wide 6 materialized at 8yards from behind at my 5 o'clock position. Again shot is blocked.

I saw the 6 point while hanging and looking backwards over my left shoulder. To shoot, I needed to turn around. I turned around ever so slowly to him gone. He made no sound but must have grown wings.

10 minutes later and now facing the tree again, I look for the doe to my left. She is now, < 2yds, below my tree smelling where I had peed only 15 minutes earlier. She is also blocked by a limb. As I turn and contemplate rappelling on my new stitcht hitch to get a better vanatage, she blows, and blows, and for 5 minutes she doesn't stop until she must be 100yds away. She comes back a few minutes later, blows a few times then runs off again.

An hour before dark a coyote howls and sets of a chain reaction until end of shooting light. No more deer to be seen.

I get down, forget my gear strap in the tree and my rappelling rope gets tangled in the thorn bush I peed on a few hours earlier.

I walk out thinking next time I'm sitting on the ground.
 
Yimmyb60 said:
I went out last Saturday, found a group of trees dropping persimmons and started looking for a tree to climb. My top 5 choices were rotted at the base and I decided to climb one of the persimmon trees growing in the middle of the group because it offered good cover.

15 feet up, my only shot opportunity is to my right side between 1 and 3 o'clock.

Around 4pm, a doe pops out at 35yds from my 7 o'clock, then disappeared behind some brush.no shot. 10 minutes later a wide 6 materialized at 8yards from behind at my 5 o'clock position. Again shot is blocked.

I saw the 6 point while hanging and looking backwards over my left shoulder. To shoot, I needed to turn around. I turned around ever so slowly to him gone. He made no sound but must have grown wings.

10 minutes later and now facing the tree again, I look for the doe to my left. She is now, < 2yds, below my tree smelling where I had peed only 15 minutes earlier. She is also blocked by a limb. As I turn and contemplate rappelling on my new stitcht hitch to get a better vanatage, she blows, and blows, and for 5 minutes she doesn't stop until she must be 100yds away. She comes back a few minutes later, blows a few times then runs off again.

An hour before dark a coyote howls and sets of a chain reaction until end of shooting light. No more deer to be seen.

I get down, forget my gear strap in the tree and my rappelling rope gets tangled in the thorn bush I peed on a few hours earlier.

I walk out thinking next time I'm sitting on the ground.
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Huh! According to all the "experts" deer aren't bother by the smell of human urine.
 
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