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Wow, just after my last post I see the silhouette of a deer in some heavy brush to my left. I bleat and it shows itself at 20 yards giving me a nice neck shot. 6 pointer I haven't seen before. Spread right inside of the ears, and a pretty rack. I decided to let him walk. First deer I've had the chance to pull the trigger on in three solid days of hunting.

I had the same mentality, eventually I had to switch to "if he dies it won't be because I killed him." I know a lot of people around here shoot whatever, and my camera footage shows it. I'm on 42 acres in Wilson County surrounded by farms and Corp of Engineer land. Ran cameras all summer, I have two 4 pointers and two spikes running around here, a couple of lone does, and a bunch of fawns. There is a bruiser I've seen across the road and I found I couple big rubs in a thicket. I'll leave the little ones alone and maybe they will stay here where they are safe for now.

That's a good looking deer Greg, congratulations! It was windy here this morning and I didn't wear enough clothes, went in about 8:30 without seeing anything. Saw a nice doe on the way to my stand this afternoon while on the four wheeler. Didn't spook it, she just eased I along, hopefully we'll reconnect before dark.

My gun rights are not up for negotiation. We already have enough gun laws that don't work, no need to pass more. There are done people out there who will not rest until no private citizen is allowed to have a gun. I don't care to bend to their wishes. Gun control is a low hanging fruit and the fruit is rotten. Getting rid of guns will not get rid of evil, and that is the ultimate goal of these people.

Having the worst ml session in years. Hunted all day the past few days. Had one wind me yesterday morning and three wind me this morning. Might be time go wash my clothes lol.

I'm not willing to negotiate with liberals.

Haven't spent a whole lot of time in West TN but I did hunt for a couple years in far West Tn. IME the people in West TN are very friendly. I lived in East TN for years, there are some legit hillbillies there, as in the government displaced their families when GSMNP was created in the 1930s, and they are still pissed off about it. Moonshine making, marijuana growing, poaching, trespasser shooting hillbillies. They don't want anything to do with anyone, you certainly don't want anything to do with them. All of East TN isn't that way, but the deeper you get into the mountains the more it tends to be this way. Also, in case you don't know, west, middle, and east TN are distinctly different terrains.

You will be hard pressed to find what you are looking for in that price range most anywhere in this state. You aren't going to find a track of land line that in East TN and not have hillbillies for neighbors. And they don't like outsiders, and by outsiders I mean anyone that did not grow up right there. $300k in middle TN week get you a quarter acre and a 3 bed 2 bath. West TN may be your best bet, but you won't be close to anything.

I've been sitting in my blind for 30 minutes, it's hot! Thinking I'll call it, not because I don't think I can get anything necessarily, but because I don't want to process one in this heat. I'm working up some loads in my .45 muzzleloader using .357 horny XTPs. May go work on that.

I'm in the tree and covered in sweat.

All of my stuff is ready to go. I only have tomorrow morning to hunt this weekend, going to try to drag one in anyway.

I agree for the most part. I hunt with a .270 more than anything else but leave it at home when I'm likely to take shots at less than 50 yards. IME the ammo that I use does not perform well at close range, but works great out past 50 yards or so. Sight the .270 in at 200 and the crosshairss should give you a dead deer 0-300 yards.

I have as there are a couple of stands that I hunt that I have a very short (less than 20 yard) shot. I have not actually taken a deer with a shotgun though. It seems like it's a great option at short ranges.

I try to keep about $100 in my pocket and $1000 at home. Never know what you might come across that you need cash for. I don't generally use my pocket cash for day to day transactions, and yes, I will put a coke on my card before I break a $20. That's what works for my current financial situation, YMMV.

My part of Old Hickory has been quiet this weekend. Fished in the rain for a couple of hours yesterday. Need to do some bush hogging today. May get some fishing done this evening.

I just have a COEXIST and a I'M WITH HER sticker on my car. No one suspects that I have a gun, everyone expects that I'm broke so there is no point in breaking into my car, and those that are offended by these stickers are hard working respectful people who don't get offended by stickers and vandalize someone else's stuff. It's a win/win.

NEF 20ga single for Christmas, I think I was 11. It didn't get used much because I moved up to an 870 12ga about a year later. Still have it, it's in near mint condition on the back row of my safe. I've only ever sold two guns, an AK right before the Obama administration that I let go ridiculously cheap, and a Glock 27. Wish I hadn't sold the AK. I got something when I sold the Glock that I wanted more, plus Glocks don't have a lot of character to me. Most of my guns have since kind of sentimental value to me. Since Bersa 380s keep coming up, that was the first handgun that I bought myself. It was stolen shortly afterwards and I eventually got it back. I like to hold onto it because it has a neat story behind it.

Good luck with that. Most camera tickets have no means in place to contest them. You pay the fine or lose your license. You are automatically quilty if you get one.

I live right in the middle of several hundred acres that would be ideal quail habitat. Used to be some around but I haven't busted a covey in years. I did see a single quail a couple of weeks ago. I blame the increase of predators.

Thanks for this information. I have 4 trips scheduled to Chicago over the next year, it's work related. I drive up there when I go and I don't carry because I didn't know that I could. Last I heard they were pulling people over with plates from gun friendly states and hassling them. So if I understand, since I have a permit, I can carry. But I'm supposed to unload my gun when I leave my car and go inside of my hotel, and can load back up when I get inside of my room? Does Illinois have a magazine size restriction?

Unfortunately, roughly 100% of the people that need a sign to tell them to stay off of someone else's property will ignore the sign anyway.

If I haven't put it together in a while I have to watch a YouTube video to remember how. Back before YouTube I had to search out a person that knew how to do it a couple of times.

An hour to the Southeast of Gipson would put you somewhere around Laverne unless your wife works an odd shift.

Just over 21, 10 inch beard, 1 1/4" spurs.

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