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Tree Hugger works fine for me.

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If there is no direct objection to the name I think we should edit the title of our section and get the name put up there. :)

BTW...I ordered a new stabilzer and muzzy zero effect for my High Country. Just a few things to spruce it up like new incase I use it this season. I've spent the majority of my time with shooting the Mathews, but I still take out ol'faithful and fire 20-30 shots to make sure it's still ready, "just in case".

The reason for the change is the bodoodle overdraw I was using started to show wear around the needle points on the pivot. The rest would actually slide alittle if you pushed on it so I decided to switch since I really enjoy the Zero Effect on my XT. I should know this weekend how it works out....*sigh* 5 weeks from Saturday till opening day...

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Tree Huggers is fine with me.

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Tree Huggers it is.

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Now that I have more than just a few minutes before work, I'll give you a few more details about me. I'm 2015 as I like to tell my children and have been bow hunting for about 15 years now. I have a very understanding wife that does not complain about me spending every weekend and most holidays in the woods or on the water. Of course, it does cost me dearly at times. Bow hunting whitetails start for me on October 14 and runs until January 31. Starting after Thanksgiving, a large portion of my weekends will be spent on the stand with my 11 yr old daughter. However, I do manage to sneak in a bow hunt or two. Work tends to put me on the road for a week or so from time to time so don't get alarmed if you don't hear from me every week.

As for the team name, Tree Huggers works for me.

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Tree huggers is fine by me too, since no one likes my ideas:(It's just that I've never wanted to be concidered a "tree hugger" save the earth kind of guy:DAfter all, I sometimes drive my chipped diesel truck, and sometimes it's blows a little black smoke!!:)And my 'ol 89 ford has a 460 in it, and it gets about 8 gal. per mile, and that's not much to brag about![:o]Yeah I typed that right 8 gal/per mile!! I always check the gas and fill er' up with oil and she's good to go!!!:D
I'm headed out early a.m. to chase antelope again. I'll be back Sat. evening, unless I catch one before than!!

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I hear ya howler. I have a 99 super crew with a V10 in it. Been as low as 4 MPG as high as 15

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Well, lady luck came my way this afternoon, and I managed to get a doe antelope in the bag. I sat in one of my blinds until about noon! I watched antelope most of the morning, including one herd of 20+ that crossed the fence about 200 yards away, twice. That convinced me that they weren't going to use the fence crossing that I was set up on, so I went into the spot-n-stalk/decoy mode. I decided to try to decoy the buck that was with the big herd that I had been watching all morning. When I got around to the draw that I was going to use to close the distanceon them, I spotted two doe that were between me and them, so I decided that I would try to stalk them, since there was no way around them without spooking them to get to the big herd. So I went around the hill above them to get to an old terrace that I could use to close the distance. I crawled along it and when I peeked over to see where they were, they were feeding in my direction, so I just layed low. They kept coming and finally, the closest one offered me a shot, and I put an arrow on the money. The stainless steel inner-loc blew clean through her, at about 47 or 48 yards. One thing about antelope spot-n-stalk,seeing them is easy, and getting close isn't real tough, but getting a shot off will drive a guy nuts sometimes!!

It was sprinkling during the stalk, and by the time I was done de-boneing her, it was raining. In the pic. you can see the rain storm that got me wet!! SO, I'll be cutting and grinding meat tomorrow, and it's back up the mountains next weekend to try for an elk, again!!:D

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Great job Howler! Looks like a perfect shot as well....too bad the rained drowned ya, but that's part of enjoying the great outdoors....I can't count the times that I went out and sit in the stand even with a 90% chance of rain, and then came home soaking wet and empty handed. But back on topic, congrat's on the antelope and good luck on getting that elk.....ifyou take a elk maybe we should try and sneak it in on our score card. [8D]

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:D:D:DYa think they would notice:D:D