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Ok guys, sorry for the wait seasonal work is over, or slowing down alot. I have 113 acres that we will be hunting, got camera's out a week and a half ago. have a powered parachute and have seen an 8pt. with a drop and a nice 11pt. there are a couple more non shooters

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Hey defenbaugh..,


Are you saying you have a powered parachute you can use to cruise around above your hunting land and spy on the deer??


That is SWEEEET!

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yes thats what im saying. I was up tonight seen 11 turkeys and 6 deer. This is on our south property dont get to fly north much.

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does anyone have a fullsize pic of the avatar. ii'd like to use it as a background for a while

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Wow, alot has gone on since last time I've been on. Hey defenbaugh, welcome to this year's winning team bud, we've missed you. So what the hell are we talkin bout banjo's again for? haha Listen, I'm from Alabama yes, and I am guilty of being a redneck time and again yes, and I do go toboth Talladega races every year and throw beads at girls for flashin', but there really aint too many folks down here like the Deliverance boys....not anymore at least haha. I guess the avatar kinda looks like a banjo a little bit, now if we can shoot like them hillbillies from Deliverance, we'll be doin alright! Hey stone, yeah we still got that same Guthrie'son the corner plus4 or 5more of them around town now. They sure got some damn good sauce that's for sure!Was the Struttin' Duck around when you were here?Everybodyhere isgearin up for football season, there's alreadya few slacker students tailgating and it'sonly Wednesday night, haha. We got Louisiana Monroe this week, hope to have a good game. Who's everybody pull for in college ball? Oklahoma looks to have a great team this year, as well as Georgia..........but we got Georgia's number, just you watch and see ;).

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Oh yeah I forgot........a Powered Parachute are you effing serious????? That's insane, I would love that. Wal-Mart MUST carry them! ......:eek:haha

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I gotta go with hometown Mizzou.

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Yeah they are supposed to have a good team this year too. What are y'all ranked preseason?

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6th in the AP polls

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Yeah I knew they were up there, they'll be tough for sure. I would put them in a BCS bowl for my preseason bowl predictions. Auburn is 10th I believe, hopefully we can tear through the SEC and end up in the BCS. Off subject here but I was just thinkin a little, are there any good public huntinggrounds around your neck of the woods? A couple of buddies and I are thinkin about takin a trip to Illinois to hunt some public ground, but I'm sure Missouri would be just as good.

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Yea Missouri is full of public ground. It's what I mostly hunt because my family doesn't own any ground since I'm the first big hunter. I have a few private spots around my house but down here at school its all public.

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I could host 1 or 2 hunters this year. Bureau County Illinois. Illinois River bottoms and surrounding cropland.

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Much appreciated Mercs! If you didn't mind and I wouldn't be imposing, that'd be awesome. My place wouldn't be too exciting for you deer hunting, beautiful riverbottom land that's probably the best around our area,but smaller deer than you're used to seeing. But if you're a turkey hunter, I'd gladly let you come down next spring for a weekend. You'd be guaranteed to seeand hear at least 2 or 3 nice longbeards in April. We're packed full of turkeys. If I can find a weekend free from homework, I would love to make the trip. I'm interested, I'll get back with you, again, that isif you don'tmind.

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PM me Strut, that is if I'm not to cocky for you.

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haha yeah yeah....you got me there.

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Give me some datesStrut. My guys from Texas aren't coming up this year. I could use a cameraman. LOL. JK!

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Hey man I tell you what, my buddy's tryin to buy a canon xl....or something like that, and he's a hell of a deer hunter as well. We'd gladly tote the camera around for you! No joke! I just PM'd you, I'll get back with you about some dates and see what you think. Thanks again man, you're a great American! ha

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Almost forgot, that's a HELL of a deer man! I'm lovin the bloody antlers. He got a brother runnin around?

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Consider it buried southern strut.
No doubt we’d sit over a beer and talk hunting and college football all night long. :)
Good luck at Auburn. I love watch SEC football games, they are some of the best.

Engineering ain’t all bad, I just think Istarted outdown a boring career path and haven't really found something too interesting.

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Strut, I guess I missed it...what kind of engineering are you in? I'm in my final semester of Metallurgical engineering, basically anything and everything that has to do with metals. The very places that Rybo hates (steelmills) is where I'll be working come next year. I happen to love it I guess because I am into the process where he just drug around to get dirty.:D:D

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MO Bow, I'm in Industrial and Systems engineering, which can be a number of things, but basically its managing or overseeingevery single aspect ofoperations and productionin any kind of system, industry or any other. I really hope to find a career in either tool design, safety,or ergonomics, ideallywith an outdoor or hunting supplier. I know a guy that graduated from here in Mech-E a little over a year ago and works for summit tree stands now, I could see myself doing that for sure. Rybo, the beer and football part sounds excellent, and if I'm ever up that way I'll hold you to it!

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mercs, im only 2 county's away. the south side of lasalle county, livingston. we hunt both livingston and lasalle. maybe we could hunt a weekend and we love videos. maybe i could head your way for a weekend if you didnt mind.

for the rest of you last night me and a buddy scheduled a deer/hog hunt in texas. The 31st to the 3rd. never hunted outta state before so looking forward to any comments or tips. About packing or anything.

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here are a few pics for you to enjoy. Nothin close up but a view from the air.

doe and a yearling


7 Turkeys


A corner where we have a stand


Ben in the stand with our video stand next to it.


137 acres of pheasant, quail, and YOTE hunting. I love yote huntin.

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Guys, put us on the board! Scored on a nice 8 last night in North Dakota. Will get him scored today.

132-135ish is my guess

Pics
http://www.heartlandbowhunter.com/fieldjournal/index.html

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Awesome!! That is a big eight!

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That's a great start. Nice deer.

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Here he is.....bigger than I guessed!

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Nice buck TeamHB. Congrats.

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Great buck Jeff. Congrats. I'm going to have to wear my HB hat, exactly like the one your wearing, here on opening day to bring me that HB opening luck. Way to go guys, and your currently in second.;)

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Awesome deer Jeff...I had a feeling you would get one in ND but I didn't think it would come so quick and on the same night as Hunsucker's monster!

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Way to go Jeff! That is a beautiful big-8 buck with some nice junk on his bases. And a great score! I feel good about our chances this year and you got us off to a great start!

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And a perfect shot too! Love the pictures on your website.

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Sorry im late, Im in unless Ive been replaced
260 Brotherbdc
410 TeamHB
405 Ladybowhntr
334 defenbaugh
58 SouthernStrut56
430 14mercs
330 Stabnslab_WI
403 Prairie Wolf
74 Mo_bowhnter
269 3stone

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Welcome to the team. You haven't been replaced. I hope that Gustav strays from your location and that you will be safe. Best of luck.

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Holy crap, way to go Jeff! It's not even September!!! You boys must have done your homework, great lookin bucks for you and MH! Welcome Brotherb, stay safe during Gustav!

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welcome brotherb. good luck for the contest

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Nice buck and a great jump start! Go team!

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Okay guys...I was reviewing the number from last year and we can win this thing. Here are the winning teams numbers...

Team 13............The Dark Horses........Total Inches 866 1/8

148 130Woodman...................88 4/8
198 ArrowDynamics
396 mcouey...........................82
313 16 point.........................141 2/8
100 quiksilver........................110 2/8
224 SouthDakotaHunter..........109 4/8
389 mvisgak
192 gobblergetterNY...............106 5/8
309 Blueranger1......................87 2/8
176 dukemichaels...................140 6/8

They had 10 players and a total score of 866 which means they each shot an average of 87 inches of rack. There biggest 2 bucks were 140 and 141. We ALREADY have a 140 on the boards thanks to TeamHB! Last years winners had 2 shut outs, shot 3 bucks under 90 inches and 5 bucks (half) under 110 inches.

Now I hunt a great area and if I shoot anything under 130 inches it will be on the next to the lat day. I have a serious shot at a 140 or better. If we all hunt hard, factor the wind, stay scent free and shoot straight we can do this.

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I agree but I have a question. do out of state hunts count? like i said were going to texas and i know the farm were going to has a couple big deer.

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Of course they do. Where in Texas are you hunting?