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	True Hunting Stories
	Thanks to the efforts of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in setting up the Mentor program, my nephew was able to harvest his first buck at the age of 14. I think this is a great program as long as young & old hunters are following the rules closely. Read More...
	My Son Robert Edie finally ended his 5 year dry streak after taking this nice six point off dad's watch. Two weeks prior I had set-up two mock scrapes using drip bags with tinks 69, code blue hot estrus and dominate buck lure.
	After starting out on a bad note of having extremely bad weather in the beginning of the season, it finally cleared for three days. With all of my years of bow hunting, one of the things I have learned is that if rain is in the air...it's time to pack it in.... Read more
	It was my sons 26th birthday and I had decided to let him decide what he wanted to do for his birthday. He said..."Dad, instead of hunting opening morning, I would rather head to the St.Lawrence river and go for the bigger walleyes being caught late in the fall.... Read More
	I was up all day and night than drove up to Sullivan County Friday morning to hunt on a friends land. Having the "Opening Day Jitters" it took forever to get to sleep. Waking up the next day at 3:00am with only three and a half hours of sleep, I soon found myself in the cold woods freezing my butt off....Read More
	Our normal ritual of trying to get everyone ready to get set out on watch was no different this morning. For me the mornings are the best times of the day and with continuing on what I call farmers time...I am up by 4am every morning 7 days a week. A fresh blanket of snow had fallen through the night leaving a couple of inches of new fallen snow...read more


	It all started out as a usual days hunt, trying to decide which stand to sit in that might be productive. As I walked to the stand I day dreamed of seeing one of the nicer white-tailed bucks that roamed the property trying to sneak by my stand.... read more

I had a good set-up overlooking an over grown meadow that had brush growing in places. With prior scouting I had noticed the buck had a rub line straight through the over grown brush... read more

This is the story of my Adirondack buck, and it goes like this. For many years my family has had a portable camp in the Adirondacks and is located approximately three miles from any motor vehicles, so you can imagine what work is involved in hunting in the BIG WOODS...read more

Hunting & Outdoor Humor

Buck Bomb ???

While out shopping at our local Wal-mart store the other day, Delbert and I came upon a new product in the sporting goods department that claimed to help us bring in that better buck to get a crack at him. Of course like any hunter...read more

Childhood PTSD

For those of you that aren’t sure what PTSD stands for, it is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening events... read more

Peppy La Pew

One evening we had a visitor that decided to make a home under our porch. Our dog Rufus had run to the front door barking on at least three separate occasions. read more

Do Bucks Oink?

Back in my younger years at the ripe age of 18, I thought I had the world in hand. This corresponds with the fact that I was an accomplished gun and bow hunter and had decided I was an expert in the field...read more