18-Team "PREDATORS" Official Thread
 

Team 18:
nctaxi
M.Hensler/PA
Bowhunter4life
centexhunter
JamesVee
phil_pick
Tribal
North4
Cougar Mag
bloodcreek

Cougar Mag checking in. Looks like we have a winning team.:)

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Checking in;

I wasn't able to findtwo of our team members on the member registration list.
1. Bowhunter1life
2. TagOut

All but three members have less than 50 posts. Guys, be sure to keep us posted on what is going on in your neck of the woods. Best of luck to all.

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Checking in...I may not have many posts...but I've been on this site for over 4 years...I lurk most of the time and switched my name just last year...don't worry, I'll keep ya guys posted. Btw, when we decide a team name, I'm pretty decent with Photoshop, so I can whip something up along with anyone else who wants to contribute.

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I think there was a mess up, im bowhunter4life, not bowhunter1life, unless there is one? But yea i have school goin on now so i dont have that many posts, does that really matter. Good luck to all and whats gonna be are name?

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Hi guys......I'm posting this for TagOut. We can't seem to get his login to work. Anyway, we will get it taken care of and he is on here all the time. Just not a big talker. more later. good luck to everyone

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Bowhunter4life........my bad. Since I didn't copy/paste I put a 1 instead of the 4. I've seen you around some. Glad you are here.

MOM W/SWD..........thanks for checking in for TagOut.

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Cougar, no foul, just wanted to make sure it was me, hows every ones hunting lookin so far

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Although I really don't want to bring about the famed PA QDM debate, in my immediate area (WMU 2G)...terrible. We live on a 90 acre tract that is bordered by neighbors who poach, bait, and simply took advantage of the bonus tags of the previous few years. I simply just don't have the deer on my property that I used to. I'm 21, and I've been bowhunting since I was 13...in that short amount of time, I've noticed a significant decline in buck and doe sitings when hunting. It's a shame, but I'll be out there to enjoy the woods nonetheless, because I enjoy hunting whether I get anything or not. Next year, I will be hunting more at my cabin, but for now I only have weekends when in College.

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Thats the main thing.

As for me, more soybeans have been planted than corn in my best areas so I may do more hunts than usual in October. I still have to put stands in two fencerows that I think may be good producers this season. I also have some river bottom land to hunt, but I am not the only person bowhunting it and its already tough hunting. It looks like I will be hunting the nearby state land more this season due to fuel prices.

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North4 checking in. Have been a regular visitor to these forums for a number of years now. Looking forward to a good season. Starting to feel like Fall now, season opens Sept. 1 and I have more than enough tags to get started.

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You guys got any good cam pics or anything to get me pumped? Give me some idea of what you are looking forward to taking the air out of this year.

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No good pics yet but i do have some ground that has not been seriously hunted ever, its about 1000-1200 acres

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Where's the rest of the group?

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Good question. We still have a few guys that need to check in.

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Guys who have yet to check in:

phil_pick
Tribal
centexhunter
BuckMasterJeff

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TagOut should be Tag Out, hence perhaps the reason he could not log in. I am emailing both he and his wife to let him know.

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Hey, this is phil_pick checking in. I don't post much cause I just picked up a bow last summer for the first time so I am still learning. I did manage to get two does last year but didn't see a buck in the limmited time that I could get out and hunt. I decided to pick up some cameras this year and I just got them in the woods this morning so I'll let ya know what I see when I check them out in a couple of weeks.

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Speaking of last year, how did everyone else do last year? I got two does with a bow and one more late in the season with a gun. I saw probly 25 does but 0 bucks last year. Hopefully that will change this year.

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It was a long year for me bowhunting last year. I sure passed up a lot of decent bucks, hoping for something good to come along. Nothing ever did. Closest I got last year was watched a 140" ten point for an hour at 100 yards and he never made a fatal mistake. I took a doe on the second to last day. I also shot a 16" 4.5yr old seven point with muzzleloader. For me, that's not a good year at all.


A compilation of bucks in my area from July:


A better picture of my Target Buck:


The stand from which the fatal arrow will be sent:


Shooter buck #2:


Shooter bucks three and maybe four in the background in this pic:

Click Here For The High Res Pic http://www.huntingforums.com/photopost/data/500/PIC0133.JPG

Here is a pic of the best buck I passed up last year:

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A few bucks that survived last year on another property that I hunt. I'll use this other property as my back-up plan:













Sorry for the pic overload! I'm excited to see what happens this year. I've got a ton more pics, but won't bore you guys with the rest.

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How, those are some really nice bucks. What part of wisconsin do you hunt? I live in Rock county but I hunt just outside of Westby wich is in vernon county.

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Centexhunter checking in. Sorry for the brief check in but I am in the middle of packing for an antelope hunt. I'll check back with yall when I get back and have a little more time

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Hey, we'll be here when you get back from your Pronghorn hunt, have a great one and bring pictures home.

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Tribal reporting for duty. Looking forward to making a run at winning this thing this year. I won it the first year and made a strong run last year as the winning team stayed together. I have seen many bucks in my area and looking to score on a P&Y. My fingers are crossed. Took a fewdecent bucks every year for the last 5 years. Good luck to you all!

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Hi Tribal, I hope to give you all some help this season. Tribal did good for the Elite 8!

We are only missing BuckmasterJeff. I sent him an email and PM. Does anyone know him......he has exactly one post.

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Hello elite-8. HO but wait! this is team 18?:D what up guys? Couger try to tag something this yr[:-] I know you came close to tagging monster in thepast couple of seasons with no luck maby this is your yr. Tribal,No need to wish you luck my friend, Yourkill ratiospeaks for itself;)
Good luck to all on team-18 I hope to see a lot of good pics of some fine bucks from you guys "I just hope our`s is bigger and more of them"

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Tribal, where do you hunt? Good to have you on the team. Has anyone come up with a name or have an idea for a name?

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I hunt Minnesota. Believe it or not there are some great deer here in my state. You just have to know where to look. :)

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Here is my old sig to get you all pumped! Hopefully we all get a crack at a great deer this year.

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I've been over to hunt the Grand Rapids area a few times. I try to get out and fish the Grand Rapids area as much as possible. BTW, I'm in NW Wisconsin.

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James, those are great pics! Gotta get me one or two trailcams sometime. Tribal, I remember that signature and its still as good as ever.

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anybody got any ideas for names??

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No word from BuckmasterJeff yet. Will send another email shortly.

Whatever name and logo you guys come up is fine with me.

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Where is everyone from? I'm from Wisconsin, and will be hunting both Wisconsin as well as the first shotgun season in Iowa.

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I'm from Northcentral PA. I'll be hunting mostly my 90acre tract at my parents home on the weekends I'm home from school. I'll hunt some during our two week rifle season at our nearby cabin. James Vee, my dad went on a hunt in Buffalo County last november...scored on a very nice 120-130 class 10 point.

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From Illinois here. I'll be bowhunting some public land along with land by permission. I may hunt on family owned land in Indiana as well.

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I live in Southeast North Dakota and will be hunting around home as well as Northeast ND near the Canadian border.

Looking forward to getting on the board with a respectable score this year. Season opens this Friday and I'm more than ready to go.

My suggestion for a Team Name is The Predators.

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Predators works for me, because afterall, I am a killing machine.
Matt, I've never hunted Buffalo county, but I've traveled through it quite a number of times. I hunt in both Douglas as well as Bayfield counties. If you look at this map, i'm in the farthest two NW counties in Wisconsin. Also, what are you studying?


click this link for the high res picture of the same map:
http://www.huntingforums.com/photopost/data/500/bcwhitetail_1280.jpg

So far, the states we will be hunting are:

North Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Pennsylvania

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Jame Vee, that's awesome....

It doesn't look like your missing member exists...he's being replaced, please welcome nctaxi, his enthusiasm alone speaks volumes in the alternate list and his PM's to me....welcome nctaxi.

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JamesVee- I'm majoring in Technology Education at Millersville University.