davepjr71

Bob,

Were you sitting at your PC waiting for the sign-up to start this year? #1?

Rob is the man. He does an awesome job getting the teams together as well as running the Contest.

Carpmaster

Way to go on getting more ground if nothing else you will confuse yourself on where to hunt!!!

Thanks for the pm action!!!

Carpmaster

Dave I have a pair of the Nikon(old model say 8-10 yrs old) of the roof prism 8x40 Monarchs and they are absolutely awesome...I do carry a pair of their travelites sometimes instead to travel light...

davepjr71

The cool thing about the place in Wisconsin is that my buddy's uncle and dad have a bunch of stands set-up all over the place and are letting me choose one. If I want to move they have portables. I'm usually good at picking a good spot just bad luck when it comes time for the kill. The trail cam pictures I've seen have my mouth watering. Of course, I need to get one in range or it really doesn't matter.

In MD I have 2stand sitesthat I plan on hunting by my house and a 2-3 on the Eastern Shore. Last year I was hunting new area and jumped around too much instead of giving 1 area enough time. If I would have just trusted my stand choices I would have been ok.

Carpmaster

Sounds like you are going to have plenty of tree time to make it happen!! I would love to travel across the pond and hunt wisconsin, just wish it was a better year with the economy!

bawanajim

Hey Bob any sign of the Piebald buck? Had the camara out?

My wife took this picture tonight while pcking beans from the garden. Gotta love Kodak.

Second place my azz.......

GR8atta2d

No sign of him yet Jim, But I secured that farm again tonight! I know he wasn't a local it was Rut and thats a main Point A to Point B travel route. I think I know where he comes from and it's a lot of nasty ground.

bawanajim

Just remember to make room in your pack for your camara. Didn't you buy a camara mount for in the tree stand?

I need to get something,just don't know what to get.

GR8atta2d

Yes I carry that baby everywhere..Took some photos of a doe and her triplets Tuesday in some beans. Yes I have a camera arm for the video camera it would work well with the new camera too. I bought the Pine Ridge it's a nice set-up the ratchet lock needed some modifications to be quieter. But a nice rig!

GR8atta2d

Dave, Welcome in..being first is kind of a tradition. Rob signs me in, this year was a surprise. But if you followed my saga (and Robs) last year I blew out my achilles (total tear) and wasn't sure if i'd be online when signups started, so when he made the post he put me first. Of course about that same time he blew his achilles out too.. This year I was shocked to see I was signed up. But it was cool!

As for Binos, like you I was wanting to finally buy a good pair. I asked and the over-whelming reponse was Nikon Monarchs ATB10x42. I got them for Christmas last year and I can't wait to start the season with these babys.