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Interesting.... "The world's largest army? America 's hunters!! I don't spend my fall weekends tramping around the woods in pursuit of a buck, but a lot of my friends and neighbors do. This blogger adds up all the hunters in just a handful of states, and comes to a striking conclusion: The state of Wisconsin has gone an entire deer hunting season without someone getting killed. That's great. There were over 600,000 hunters. Allow me to restate that number. Over the last two months, the eighth largest army in the world - more men under arms than Iran ; more than France and Germany combined - deployed to the woods of a single American state to help keep the deer menace at bay. But that pales in comparison to the 750,000 who are in the woods of Pennsylvania this week. Michigan 's 700,000 hunters have now returned home. Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia , and it is literally the case that the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world. His point? America will forever be safe from foreign invasion with that kind of home-grown firepower. Hunting -- it's not just a way to fill the freezer. It's a matter of national security."

Lots of good fishing. Braddock bay, cranbery pond, Iron bay, sodus bay, finger lakes. Check your pms

check your pms

Happy Birthday Scott!

Dont be surprised to see the price hit $100 a barrel again before winter is over.

check this out! http://forum.deeranddeerhunting.com/tm.aspx?m=91014

Cranberry pond, long pond, buck pond, Braddock Bay... What more could you ask for???

After talking with Billy V, I contacted cannon again about replacing my powercords. Within 2 days of contacting them, a customer service rep called, took all of my information, and shipped new cords out that same day. Cannon customer service

Condolences Hank

WOW... Im never hunting with mittens ever again. LOL! Congrats . How about some pics too?

Just wondering what you guys are witnessing for buck to doe ratio for the hunting season. My numbers have been almost exactly 1 to 1 and if you include fawns it has been 1 to 1 to 1.

Sorry Scotty, but thats funny!

I have read a few of Charlies books and followed his study closely over the years. Although im not entirely convinced of his theory, I am intrigued by his findings. One thing that i have learned from him is record keeping. I use a weekly planner to keep a daily journal throughout the hunting season and try to include as much relevant info as possible. for example... "cut" stand- weds Nov 11 high 41 degrees- low 33 degrees -west wind 5-8 mph- clear skies- frosty- primary scrape on apple tree- worked heavily- new rub on tree to the west- 1 doe & 1 button buck from west @730- 1.5yo 8pt @ 8 on field edge- etc Compiling this info over numerous years (along with trail cam info) has helped me develop patterns and has helped with picking the right location to hunt at a certain time with the evidence of why. Alot like fishing, recreating that magical day can be as simple as matching time of year and ideal conditions.

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All signs in my neck of the woods point to the breed phase also.

Happy Birthday Jerry!

Gun season seems to bring out the worst of people.

A subject i can talk all day about... Overall its been a great year for me. After back to back seasons which were borderline awful maybe it was due. I really paid attention to the Early November weather pattern and chose to hunt hard the second week of November. High pressure, frosty am temps, and light winds made it the best (and most consistant) 10 days of the hunting season so far. Deer activity resembled the seek/chase phase perfectly with numerous big bucks sighted on stand during daylight hours. Weather i believe is the most overlooked piece of the puzzle when looking to hunting the rut. Consistant weather keeps the deer movement consistant (just like fishing). Less then ideal weather conditions for the past 2 weeks have put a serious damper on daytime activity and the wind forecast over the next couple of days is 25-30 west winds w/ gusts 30+ mph is sure to put deer on lockdown and even evening feed spots will be vacant till after the sun goes down. Overall deer sightings for the season have been down for me. Doe/fawn numbers seem to be lower than previous years and 1 1/2 old buck numbers seem to be really low. "Shooter" buck (100+" and outside the ears) numbers seem to be up. My game cams have also confirmed what i have witnessed in the field. Any theories from anyone on that?

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Happy Thanksgiving LOU

I called cannon # to see about replacement cables and the woman told me that they are only covered under warranty for one year. I tried to explain how bad the cables were. She then offered me the "new and improved cables" for $54 each and said i shouldnt have the same problem with these ones.