Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

    What do I do ? Reload, sight in, practice with the bow, read
    hunting magazines, catalog shop, scout, wax my boots (one pair
    has *three* coats :-) ) inventory my thermal underwear and sox,
    launder all my stuff and I'm *still* bouncing off the walls
    waiting to go. 

    I count down the days to fire arm season in Georgia, 26 to be exact. 
    And what do I do?  I watch deer hunting videos, blow my grunt, wash
    hunting clothes, schedule time off of work, sight in the rifle, pray
    for colder weather, line up all hunting equipment, but the best part is
    the weekend coming up. Going to deer camp and straightening everything
    out, beefing up tree stands, and scouting.
    
    I LIVE FOR OCTOBER 20TH!!!
    
    Buckmaster Bob
    
    

    
    
    POACH!!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Seriously,  The same as reply's 1 and 2.
    
    Rick

    I pass time by helping my best friend drag his deer out of the woods
    during the NH archery season.  Which I did last night.
    
    Nice 100 lb doe.
    
    Mark.

    
    re .4   
    
    this year will be a real 'hunting challenge', that's how I may spend the
    whole season, helping others drag their deer out of the woods.
    
    I'm actually tryinig to keep my mind off of it, like the kid who goes
    to sleep the night before Christmas, so it'll get here sooner.  I'm
    trying to catch up on all the things I didn't do this summer around the
    house.  Some how I always end up pulling out the hunting gear and
    checking it all over, day dreaming out the window looking in the woods,
    then repacking the gear, pull the rifle out make sure the bore is
    clean.  Making sure there's enough breakfree in the bore to reduce
    bullet drag, enough grease on the action (.444 Marlin) in case a second
    or third shot is required should a herd situation develop.  I've
    polished by buckskin boots.  Have yet to put the gun rack up in the
    pickup yet, that'll get done tonight hopefully, yea need time to test
    out the gun rack before the season gets here.  well if you see a white
    D-50 Ram with a white shell, totin a single shot rife in a gun rack,
    wave it'll be me.  
    
    Well time to go over my check list once more.  Beside the basics,
    Rifle, ammo, license, clothes, orange vest, porta-john (for those who
    are particular), beef jerky and a Bowie Knife what else would a hunter 
    need?  Maybe what we need is a hunting check list?  This type of list
    would be relative to geographic location, so please put in the general
    part of the U.S. that you'll be huning in. Now for the folks in
    California, don't rub in by saying 'sun tan lotion.
    
    Opps, time to go home and practice hunting.
     
    
    Cheers
    Leonard

    map and compass
    
    learning your area, along with proper use of the above, can
    use up 'waiting time', and maybe show you a few easier ways
    to drag your deer out :-)

	I spend my time waiting for opening day doing what my 
wife tells me to do. I soak my head in a bucket of cold water 8*)
Not only does it keep my wife happy but helps keep the swelling
neck down 8*)

	Steve

    RE.5
    
    LEN, DONT FORGET TO TAKE YOUR CRUTCHES. NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'LL FALL
    OUT OF THE STAND. :<)
    
    CARL
    
    
    

	Fantasize! If I see a buck at 650 yards I know exactly what
    to do. Or a bull at 500 yards at a dead run in a high crosswind
    or ... 8^)

    
    Re.8
    
    Carl, that's the reason I went to a lever action & always carry a cane
    tip with me.
    
    Cheers
    Leonard
    

    
    	.10   Whats a cane tip ?
    
    
    
    	 Sid ,.... new to the area SC hunter
    

    
    Hi Sid,
    
    Welcome.
    
    Cane Tip, the rubber piece that fits over the end of a cane or crutch.
    About the size of a twenty gague shotgun, if its streched properly it
    fit over the end of my .444 Marlin.  There are other rubber products on
    the market but none will hold up to the poking like the cane/crutch
    tip.
    
    Cheers
    Leonard
    

    Scout,scout, and scout some more - then change my strategies ( The
    first ones were probably the best !!) Sight in the Rem-870,practice
    with the bow,and practice with muzzle loader ( we aren't gonna miss
    this year!!! ) I hope the season is as productive as the anticipation!
      Good Luck to all !!
                             << Jeff >>

      Here's the problem.  In exactly 11 days I leave for NY in an attempt
    to shishkabob Bambi. As most of you can relate, time is going by very
    slowly.  I've sharpened a couple of knifes and snow sealed the boots.
    I re-camoed the Loggy and have the bow tuned.  The gear is all set.  So
    now I have a little over a week to sit and wait, and wait, and wait. 
      So you ask, Whats the problem?  Well in tyring to make time fly I've 
    been busy building a couple of goose blinds in my two favorite fields.
    Goose season opens on the 16th, the day after NY archery season.  This 
    would not normally present a problem except that yesteday when I went
    to check on the field, there were already geese in it!  Whats a guy to
    do?  I can't go to NY for a week and hunt geese at the same time. 
    Seems the only solution is to bag a deer on Monday and drive home that 
    night so I can hunt the opener on Tuesday in MA. Any ohte suggestions
    out there?
    
    Jeff      

    Ya jeff, Life's a bitch isn't it!!
    
    
    Let a buddy use the blind, you enjoy the deer hunting.
    
    
    Tom

    
    Stay in NY, just tell me where the blinds are, I knwo just what to do
    :-)
    
    --BOb
    

	The way you shoot Jeff... I'd go to NY ;-) ;-)



					Mike

    Hey Mike,
    
      After last weekend, your probably right, wiseass!
    
    Jeff

    
    
    Basically, my neck begins to swell. I pee on the livingroom carpet.
    Rut on my wife. 
    
    If ya wanna shoot a deer, ya gotta think and act like a deer !
    
    Jim
    

    Re. 19
    
    	Jim,
    
    		What does your furniture look like with all the
    	rubs your making ?????????
    
    	Red

    Worn.....