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11/2/2024 12:42:33 PM EDT
Any of you folks hunt with a smoke pole? I was out this morning and it was really quiet. Not a deer to be seen. Only heard a couple shots off in the distance. Came in for lunch and will be back out there, snoring, in my blind this afternoon.
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11/2/2024 4:14:55 PM EDT
[#1]
I haven’t hunted in a few years now, hopefully next year I’ll get back into it. Haven’t gotten a deer with the smoke pole yet but I dropped a big female coyote that came in a few years ago.

Good luck, hope you smoke a 200 pounder.
11/2/2024 6:13:51 PM EDT
[#2]
Thanks! I sat out there all afternoon and saw nothing. Sure was a nice day for a nap though.

I picked up a new rifle, CVA Optima V2, and would love to shoot something big with it.
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson

"He didnt punch anybody. He punched an idea." DrFrige
11/2/2024 7:31:46 PM EDT
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Good luck tomorrow. I didn't see any deer, plenty of squirrels and turkeys walking around.

The Optima V2 is a great gun. Plenty accurate and the best trigger out of the box out of all the muzzleloaders I've owned. Glad I got one a few years ago and retired my T/C Strike.

ETA: I also picked up an Optima V2 pistol but haven't hunted with it yet. Only shot it a couple times so far.
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11/3/2024 9:23:05 AM EDT
[#4]
Yeah, the stock trigger is really smooth. And it's light enough that I remind myself how light it is before I put a finger on it.
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson

"He didnt punch anybody. He punched an idea." DrFrige
11/3/2024 7:12:43 PM EDT
[#5]
Hypothetical situation during muzzie season:

It's no longer bear baiting season, but it is deer baiting season. If you are baiting for deer and a bear comes along and crunches down a few apples just before you shoot it, were you baiting for bear?
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson

"He didnt punch anybody. He punched an idea." DrFrige
11/3/2024 9:33:36 PM EDT
[#6]
I can’t answer but I’ve always wondered myself where the line is between baiting and not. Seems like a shitshow.

If I plant a small field with clover or something similar, is that baiting or am I a farmer just taking advantage of my field.

Same with apple trees. My old house had a couple apple trees and we had deer on a regular basis. Is that baiting if I hunted my front yard?
11/4/2024 10:57:36 AM EDT
[#7]
Havnt seen a single deer so far.
I'm out right now
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11/4/2024 1:54:30 PM EDT
[#8]
Saw 3 does this morning. Small, medium and large. The 2 smaller does fed around and didn't seem too aware, but the big matriarch doe was wound up tight as a bow string. I was absolutely still in my blind and made no noise but she just stared at the blind for 10 minutes straight until they all wandered off.
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson

"He didnt punch anybody. He punched an idea." DrFrige

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