Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Reading some of the posts, the success rate seems hard to believe, I mean you guys have good deer populations and know where and how to hunt. I lost access to couple places around here, including my best deer hunting farm. The other places, there's no deer, an occasional track may be. I hear the sam...

really sorry to hear about it RJ
consider insurance claim

I just got Nicon prostaff 650 yards model. I haven't used rangefinder in many years and I was pleasantly surprised by the small size of the unit. OTOH, I am not very happy with it because the display is in black and I can hardly see it near the end of legal shooting time, also the eye relief is migh...

Fazan wrote:

leonk wrote:Congrats!!!
Toronto, eh? Don't post much?
Whereabouts did you hunt?

WMU 78. Newmarket area.

Thanks. I hunt more or less the same area.
See more coyotes, than anything. Turkeys doing well too.

wildcatter, I don't mean to hijack this thread, would you care to post your summer sausage recipe? I couldn't find a good one yet. May be in a separate thread...
Awesome buck BTW !!!

Congrats!!!
Toronto, eh? Don't post much?
Whereabouts did you hunt?

google photos, can't say I like it
flickr
smugmug - you have to pay, but it's good

you done deer hunting, F? fixed the car? ;

munch, I agree. While I am not big into deer hunting, I spent a lot of time hunting around northern GTA and I can say I see less and less deer and deer sign every year. Where I used to see deer all the time 5-6 years ago, I see nothing today, no tracks, no scrapes. BTW, one of the measures MNR is us...

Always use a dog to find wounded deer.
It can die from bleeding even without hitting the lung.
Might take overnight. At that temp the meat should be good.
If you're in ON not too far from GTA - let me know (I have dogs), but sounds like you're in the US.

good stuff. the 'old guy' looked overdressed and hot..?

Indeed, thanks for the mug idea, always learn something here.
There was another argument against fg/carbon, they used to shatter occasionally at the moment of release , I have no idea if it is still a concern, but some people were badly injured in the past.

Check for straightness frequently how do you check that? EDIT: I just noticed I have been a member for 10 years (next month)! Time to celebrate : and I am asking newb questions :roll: I was a member before that too, but something happened and I had to re-register. It was around the time Red Label p...

thanks, looks like fun.
I thought summer sausage was fermented....

Good looking hog.

Would you share your summer sausage recipe?

Please take more pics of your smoker. How is it insulated?
Is it 'home' built?
How do you use the probe/controller?
How long do you cold smoke and at what temp?

thanks