here are a couple of Pict's.

This is the last deer I shot with my old replican Hawken. It hangs on the wall now in the spre bed room and the deer hangs on the wall in my office.




Shortly after that show was made (2 missing shots less then 15 minutes before that) My wife got me a TC Encore for my bday Within a month I had several barrels including a .308. This is the result of the 1st time out with the .308 barrel.



They are both slick heads but ate great. Got them both in the last 5 minutes of shooting light.

Nothing wrong with those two, they'll be delicious!

Not my first groundhog, but my first groundhog with a EBR. Sorry for the camera phone pic.

A most excellent collection.

great pics guys

Another Bearded Seal caught last week.

Wholly shate!



Good job.

Man that's an awesome pic man I sure hope that is framed and hanging in your house some where.

This post has been edited by GlockMasterG9: May 16th 2009 12:44 PM

If you got it in VA, and I am assuming you did, that would be a Eastern Sub-Species of the Wild Turkey

my first succesful turkey hunt. i spotted these two toms across a field and crawled on the ground in poison ivey till i could get my shots, in ct we get 2 gobbler only tags in the spring


This post has been edited by bassboy2889: June 15th 2009 2:00 AM

Those are some beautiful birds!
Hell if I had to crawl through poison ivy to get them they'd still be there, on account Id be dead.

yeah haha it was nuts, i spotted them over the hill and they were in full strut not moving and the colors were so bright i thought they were someones decoys set up. when they both moved i dropped to the ground and began the long crawl.luckily my pops was with me and he noticed there were 2 young hens by them, which i would not have noticed because they were tiny and wouldve have spooked them had he not spotted them. we tried to get into a position for us to both take one tom but when we got to a bush for some cover and called, the dominant bird came running and the other tom drifted off. After awhile of waiting in this bush the hens came over and were so close i could see the little hairs on their face, i credit them not seeing me from 10 ft away to the leafy camo shirt i was wearing. the wind was blowing and i looked like part of the bush. then the hens started acting funny and were about to take off, the dominant tom was positioned in a way that my dad couldnt get a shot off and the other tom was so far away now i wouldnt have dreamed of taking a shot at it. At the last second before the birds took off my dad just said forget it, you take the close one. Without hesitating i put the close tom down at about 20 feet away. I racked another round in my 500 and asked my dad if i should try the other bird, which had stretched his head way out to see what was going on. He said fuzz it go for it, i put my front bead on that head and it just dropped and never moved again. i could not beleive it. It was so far off we had to pace it out and it was a 55-60 yds and it dropped dead. by the time we were done we came back to the first bird that was close and it was still flapping away for another 20 mins. i was using a xx-full choke and 3in winchester magnums with #5 shot. i will never forget this hunt because of the amazing time spent with my dad, the awesome shot and for the fact we were almost run over by a 2-3yr old bull moose while we were sitting in the woods. Being from ct thats a rare occurance and it had a radio collar on it. The only time i have been that close to a moose was vacationing in NH where they come up to the ditches on the side of the road. Like a dumb ass i left my camera in the car, it stood around long enough for me to get a pic with my cell phone but they arent really worth putting up

yoop- those coyote pics are out of control, the coyote season in ct is almost year round. but i dont have any private land to hunt on and the state land here prohibits any centerfire weapons, and we can only hunt them in the day too, i would love to sit out and snipe dogs with my AR.

This post has been edited by bassboy2889: June 16th 2009 2:10 AM

It can be addicting.

Caribou I took with a K31. Sorry about the poor photography, I was alone.

A company had some left-over explosives in one of the villages. I agreed to fly out and take care of them, provided my return tickets were routed to let me stop on the way back for a few days to hunt.
Three things I learned on this hunt (two I already knew, just got reinforced):

1.) Never shoot untested ammo when function is critical. I had some ammo loaded by a company that I do design and marketing work for. They needed photos. So I took a chance. I ran out of time to test fire before hunting. At dusk the second day I crawled up close to a herd (I was uncomfortable with a rifle that was not zeroed for the ammo I was using, so I wanted to be close). I lined up on the largest bull I have ever personally seen and squeezed off a perfect misfire. As I extracted the cartridge I saw an open case mouth and powder blowing away in the wind. The bullet was seated too far out, and was now stuck in my bore. Not too big a problem - I had a box of Norma Oryx just in case. I quietly opened my assault pack to get my cleaning rod.

2.) Always bring a cleaning rod. Mine was still in my suitcase 60 4-wheeler miles away. Very angry with myself, I left my rifle and pack on the tundra, crawled up close to the herd, and shot a small caribou with my pistol. That night I removed the stuck bullet.

3.) I used the S&K mount on this rifle to see if I liked the scout scope concept. My new Swiss Products clamp-on mount should arrive soon. I can't see the advantage of a long eye relief scope unless there is no way to mount the scope traditionally. With all the new 1-4x variable optics available, a low power LER scope is not the fastest option for close in work. It is also harder to use for distance or in low light.
When I shot this bull on the third day, the sun was setting behind me. The optic was so far forward that my head did not block the sun and I was shooting through a bad glare.
The Swiss Products mount will also allow the use of iron sights. I spent about eight hours crawling as fast as I could trying to get in position for a shot, since the movement of the herd and the wind direction were working against me. Sometimes I had to back away over an IVL and run to circle as far ahead of the herd as I could get without getting upwind. Had I damaged my optic when crawling or running, I would have been done hunting, or back to the Ruger Vaquero again.

Another "Good Woodchuck".

Some pictures of a Bear and a few Bucks.

Sep, 11 2001 muzzle loader Bear


My cousin and myself with his first buck


Big bodied yooper Deer


I like it when I get to hunt in the snow

That looks like a great pelt on that bear!!

Looks like too many four legged creatures in this forum... let me see if I can help....

My mom's husband with his first Ohio buck


me being a smarta$$


My oldest daughter and myself with her first kill.


The Ohiohunter truck leaving for home...


Brittany again, i think she has got the hang of it now...