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Sitka Gear

I got my Jacket and hat today.

This is some nice camo. The inside is fleece is perfect,and outside material is real close to wolfskin.

Suit is wind proof, water res.

It fits like a glove, no loose ends and 0 noise. I love how it fits and the hat is just what i was looking for!!!.

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Yall have way WAY to much time on your hands[&:]

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Now when we get the other half you'll be set :D

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I almost forgot

Thx again Buckeye!!!

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You'd look real good hiding in a brush pile in that stuff. Or up in a tree stand after leaf fall.

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Hey guys, checking in tonight.

Gary you oughta get into the Hunting modeling business ! :D

Jeff you gonna join the rest of the team and get a new avatar? [8D]

Will, good luck with that new piece of ground, I like what John and Jeff said...inside corners have always produced for me..as long as its the right one... ;)

Well guys, I moved a stand about 30 yards today...and then set up a new one...over the "stretch" bucks travel route out of his mountainside bedding thicket. I set it 20 yards from where I 've seen him and/or trail camera pix him consistently over the past 2 years, and where I found his 05 sheds 50 yards away... The set up is located where 4 old logging skid trails intersect coming down a draw.. I put the stand real high as the winds in there are tricky. I also got out this evening and glassed a bachelor group of bucks feeding and walking right under another stand I have had set for 3 years now, its one of those stands that up real high..long hike straight up on a steep clearcut but it produces bucks feeding this time of the year every season. I was jacked to see a HAWG in the group of three..a very big hvy, wide racked 5x5 or 4x4 ..It may have been the stretch buck since he beds just over the other side of the mountain...I was a good mile away so I couldnt make out his g-4s...that well but he sure looked big immediately..and that usually means they are...

I'm off to work in the AM, back to schooland then hunting whitetails in two days..I have just a little bit of prep left to do.. and I'll be ready to rock, I hope I can put a good one on the ground this weekend and get my brother anice whitetail to arrow ..as well..

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Ok Troy, you get to start first, so you show us how it's done. Sounds like you got them figured out, now just go close the deal. Are your deer still in velvet? I haven't seen any that have shed around here yet, but I think they are as big as they will get. Won't be long now till they are hard horned and start filling out their necks. I hate those skinny neck summer bucks.

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John, yeah the bucks tonight were all in full velvet and most are done growing by early to mid August. Most of the bucks will stay in velvet over Labor day weekend except for a few of the big dawgs.. By Monday or Tuesday of next week, very few will be in velvet..by Sept 10th they will all be out for the most part.

I forgot to mention I watched five small bull elk tonight out on an oat field, 10 cows and calves combined and about 6 whitetail does... it was a good evening glassing.

Yup its time to get er' done, John.

I sure like this new range finder I picked up... NOW after the fact, I can not believe I didnt buy one sooner.. hard headed I guess and figured I might become to dependant on one.... live and learn..

Here is a short list ofthe bucks I am hunting and the areas....


1. 4x5 tall browetined, long mains.... just a dandy 150+ buck.. easy.. hes got another big buck that I hope is still alive in there..an old buck I called old GREY...last year..huge massive wide racked main frame 4x4... gonna push 160 last year.. havent seen him since..or heard of his demise.. Next county over...

2. Double main beamed, drop tined pickle forked browtineside ...with a straight 4 or5on the other... not sure what he'll go but hes hvy...could go over 150..hard to tell from my low light video of him.. hes also runs with a tall tall tined 5x5... home county

3. Long mains..tall tined bruiser.. "Stretch" buck.. gonna push 150's as a 4x4..he has small g-4's I'm not sure if they will be scoreable or not.. he may be a 5x5..based on those short g-4s..close to home ...stud buck..

4... The firewood buck..big shed ...76 inches..huge browtined..buck..gonna scout and hunt his area hard during th week after work since its only 3-4 miles from my home..I got a lot to learn about that area..hope that bucks still breathing.. if he is..hes a booner..or close.. 5x5 175+ gross..or who knows if hes walking..

5. Big tall tined 5x5 ...not real hvy but tall and long.. 150 somethinggrosser..somewhere in there... home county buck

6. big wide racked 4x4 140 class buck.. very wide.. 22-23 inside.. home county

of course any surprises.. once the rut rolls around... or who knows maybe one I haven't noticed around..those big ones are often ghostly even in the summer.. I'd sure love to see the old yeller buck I hunted when I first moved here 3 years ago. I am set up in his area too...

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WOW, decisions, decisions, which one to hunt today? Sounds like you have a good group to pick from.

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So is this the official avatar? I'll conform when you guys settle on one.