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I was out in the deer woods today. I have been shooting my bow on and off all summer to keep from getting too rusty. The next 37 days I will try to shoot every day. I put new strings on recently and they have stretched a bit so I got to get the bow tuned back perfectly. I doubt I will gun hunt this year. I will take my 11 year old daughter out during the youth hunt and a few other times during rifle season to get her on some deer, hopefully. I picked up some new land to hunt this year on a lease with a buddy, so I have to get out and do some serious scouting out there. I also have a couple bucks in the woods out the front door that should go 140+ inches this year. I am really hoping to get one of the big boys. I haven't taken a buck the past few seasons waiting for a trophy. Same thing will apply this year. The only way to have BIG deer is to let the little ones live. So, yeah. I am ready to get up a tree.

Yes, they should be able to provide you with a card and it will work for TN.

Try contacting the Mississippi department of fish and game. They most likely can send you a replacement card.

Probably. I know that my hunting buddies that go on this trip with me have some craziness in their lives this year, so I am leaving it up to them. I hope they work it out so we can go.

Thanks Rob.

+1 Best price I have found is around 165.00

I carry a small folding saw that uses Sawzall blades. It has a fine tooth metal blade in it that I use to saw the pelvic bone on bucks. I don't do this on does, I just cut around every thing and pull it through the pelvis. I prefer to cut on bucks, it makes me feel safer removing the bladder and associated parts. I have split the bone with a knife, but it is a PITA. The saw makes easy work of it. My favorite way to clean deer is to not even gut them. I just hang them from their heads before every making a cut and take the quarters off and the backstraps off after skinning. I don't mess with ribs, so no loss there. With this method I lose the inside loins, but on small deer, it's not worth the 3 bites of effort to me.

I enjoy a good knife. It doesn't have to be a custom 300.00 knife to be a good knife either. I like a smaller fixed blade knife for field dressing, but a good Buck folder is a nice choice. The BUCK Omni hunter line is a nice knife. They can be had in folding or fixed and I have seen them on the web for around 30.00. Like WD-40 said, I don't like gut hooks on my knife. I have poked my fingers with them everything I used them. I use a Boker Arbolito 520HH, that can be had for about 50.00. I also have a couple of the Gerber Gators that I keep in packs and vests and have cleaned several deer with.

Are you and K-bug going? I am sure that Lana would love some female company. I have a 20ga. shotgun that K-bug can use if she needs one. Let me know.

I skipped it this year. I'm not a duck hunter, but I usually go out and throw my name in to help my buddies. I would hunt if we ever drew a good blind.

Anybody else planning on dove hunting Sept. 1st? I am hoping to find a youth hunt to take my daughter on, or a private field for us to hunt together.

I usually bone the meat at deer camp, so I would be ok there. However, If I kill a trophy, then I will have to either have the head mounted in MO or atleast have the skull cleaned and shipped to me. Good to know, I don't want my trophy taken or the fines involved with this. I don't throw my carcasses out in the woods anyway, but I guess there are lots of folks that would/do.

Rob, would you mind posting some pics that you have taken off these cameras, day and night, so we can have an idea of the quality. Thanks

It's funny, I have a Jack Russell Terrier that never barks at anyone, but she growls and barks like all get out whenever he come in the house. I guess she can sense the mailman in him.

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my hunting buddy wears them and loves them. I wear the Lacross Alpha Burly's and they are extremely comfortable. The mucks you are looking at were on my list and I tried on both brands. The Lacross boots were lighter is why I picked them. My boots are not what I would call warm. I wear them year round and wear them in Missouri deer hunting, I just add thick socks for cold weather. I know the mucks are know for comfort, but even with the uninsulated rubber boots I wear, my feet sweat alot. I would be afraid that if doing any amount of walking in the insulated rubber boots would result in wet feet. Wet feet equal cold feet on a deer stand. I guess if you weren't going to walk much, then they would be good. I have used boot blankets, called ice breakers, that are insulted over boots for sitting on the stand. Don't matter what boots you wear underneath, they keep your feet warm.

Just FYI, I hunt in Missouri every year and we always buy some goodies at Wood's Smoked Meats. They told me that their vacuum packed stuff needed to be eaten in a month or frozen. I kept some smoked snack sticks in the fridge for 3 months and they didn't make me sick.

You need a hunt/fish license and a type 93 for WMA small game. If you are going to hunt a good bit, check out the sportsman license. Once I add up Archery, Muzzeloader, Gun, WMA, trout stamp, draw hunt costs, ect. I come out better getting the sportsman. Everyone who hunts on a Wildlife Management Area is required to have a WMA permit except the holder of a Lifetime Sportsman License, Annual Sportsman License, Annual Senior Citizen Permit (Type 167), and youths under age 16 hunting small game and waterfowl. The youth hunters must be accompanied by an adult with a valid WMA permit. Youths under age 6 may not hunt big game on a WMA. All ages need a Type 094 permit for county non-quota hunts. TYPE DESCRIPTION COST 091 WMA Small Game and Waterfowl $51.00 092 1-Day Small Game and Waterfowl $10.50 093 WMA Small Game Only $17.00 094 Special Season/WMA Nonquota Big Game Valid for all County Special Season non-quota and WMA non-quota big game hunts, including Cherokee. $21.00 095 Cherokee WMA Big Game Nonquota Valid only for Cherokee WMA non-quota big game hunts. $16.00

20 years ago, Mingo held the largest deer in Franklin county. I don't think there was WMA there back then, but I had friends that hunted there and killed some nice deer. I have not been to the WMA, but it should be worth checking out.

Hunting101, when I went to check the website, it lists the new deer seasons, but not the full regs yet. I just heard a few rumors that I am anxious to find out if they are true or not.

Anyone heard of what changes were made for 2010-2011? I don't think the new regs will be available for a couple more weeks, but just curious if there were any big changes.

I am mostly a bow hunter, but when I need a rifle I use a .243 for deer, as does my daughter. I haven't killed anywhere near 190, but the ones I have shot are all dead. As with any caliber on the small end of acceptable, shot placement is critical. The reason most people recommend larger calibers is due to the larger margin of error they offer. Don't let anyone tell you that a .243 is too small for deer. I wouldn't recommend it for most deer hunters that don't practice near enough or give enough concern to excellent shot placement.

I have had success with both .22mag and .22LR, but I have also personally witnessed the .22LR failing on head shot of less than 30 yards. The .22mag is a capable gun for head shots, but I limit my shots to a side of the head shot, just below the ear. You have to be careful because hogs seldom stop moving and getting a good clean head shot without hitting low and just wounding with a jaw shot can be tricky. I would recommend a .44mag lever action carbine as the perfect hog gun. You can load it up with 300gr hard cast or Hornady XTP's and shoot for the much higher percentage neck shot. I have seen many hogs fall over in their tracks from a center of the neck shot, and have never seen one run off when hit in the neck. Any deer rifle will work. Any centerfire will work. I just believe that the .44mag in a lever action has the perfect balance between manageable recoil, fast follow up, large diameter hole, high capacity magazine, short handy platform, affordable gun and ammo, lots of flexibility in factory loads.

Well the explorer may not be an offroad beast, but it's good to have 4wd. When I bought my Toyota Tacoma a few months back the first thing I did was take it out and get it muddy. Take it and get the Ford muddy, just take a buddy with more capable 4wd to pull you out if you get stuck.

At 7 years old, odds are that any gun she shoots will have to be supported. My daughter has had a crickett since she was 6 and it fit her very well. The little Henry is her favorite gun to shoot, but it was still too big for her when she was that young. Now at age 11 she can shoot the crickett off hand pretty well, but still prefers a rest or shooting stick. She has graduated to a 20 gauge for dove and turkey hunting and a Youth Remington 700 SPS for deer hunting. You may know this, but these are things that I learned while teaching my daughter. She has since grown to love hunting and shooting, so long as they are on her terms. Start them out right with a tiny little gun that fits and they will enjoy it more. Keep shooting sessions much shorter than you would normally. Even if they love shooting, they get bored sooner than you do. Keep it fun, focus on safety rather than accuracy at first. I used the large shoot-n-see targets with a little orange dot in the x ring. That way she could see how close she was getting. Keep iron sight shooting at 10-15 yards and scope shooting to 25 yards to start. My daughter was worried about the gun kicking her, so I had her close her eyes and squeeze the first shot off in what ever position she wanted to just get the feel. Ofcourse after feeling how light it was she had no fear and never developed a flinching problem. I let her do this with each new caliber/gun. It worked for us. Everyone of these photos brings great memories for me. I hope you have the same success with your daughter and shooting.