If you Have read your e-mails from the site it explains what all the spam is about and why it continues 

If you want your account deleted just let me know I will delete it for you.  As we have sent e-mails out thru the site this is computer generated spam and we are fighting it the best we can and we are developing a whole new site but it takes a lot of time and money. 

We basically make nothing on this site and it costs money to run it and have our webmasters work on it , it is not corporately owned, and there is only one guy shelling it out to keep the site up and running . 

 This site platform is an old version of php fox and if it was upgraded today it would look just like camo space , which looks like face book and the members here have told us they like designing there own page and haveing all the functions that a my space type page has. So its a catch 22 either we get rid off the site we have now and go to a facebook platform which most dont want or we put up with the spam for a little while until we have a new site developed.  

There is spam on every social site it is in different forms and you may not see it or realize it. And yes this is a hunting and fishing platform which you would think would be talked about most but in the real world it does not work that way. You have your hard core hunters and fisherman and then you have people useing these platforms for different reasons. You have to take it with a grain of salt.

 You have different settings at your control on your account page, you can make your page private, set your site notifications so you will not get e-mailed from the site. And there is a delete button at your disposal that works quick and easy.

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As hunting season closes every year I sit back and take a breath and recap the season just for a few minutes then I start thinking about fishing. Fishing In Florida Bay has a variety of fish to target from snook , tarpon, redfish and sea trout. The Florida keys is one of the fishing capitols of the world with a variety of fish. Flats fishing also known as Back country fishing is one of my passions, there is nothing like hooking up on a 100 pound plus tarpon and fighting him for 45 minutes to an hour. Tarpon season is usually peaking in Mid April to late May it is the best time of year for tarpon fishing in the Florida keys. If you ever get a chance to visit come down in late spring for some Tarpon fishing.

www.fishfloridabay.com 

Tags: Fish Florida Bay Tarpon Fishing Snook Fishing Key Largo Florida Fishing

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This bull elk shed was found in the 1998 hunting season in Lewistown Montana, the bull shed was found by ken jaeger. The bull grossed a total of 393 gross main beam 53 inch nad the other side being 51 inches. A friend of mine asked me to blog this and offering a $ 1000.00 reward for its return. If the information leads to the capture of the person or persons that stold this bull shed from the Lewistown Taxidermist in Montana the reward will be increased. Any one with any information concerning this matter may contact Lewistown police dept and speak with dave sanders or trinton gamas at 406 535-1800 your help would be greatly appreciated.

This bull was still beleived to be sen alive and well in 2004 and 2005.

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I was fishing in the Florida everglades one spring afternoon with a top water lure and the fish happened to be hittin the lure prety good. I made a cast towards the bank and got a good hit, it was a largemouth bass but he was not real big, as i reeled him in up from the dark water came an alligator and grabbed my fish so it was me casting the lure the fish taken the lure and the gator taking the fish.

Well i dont have to tell you who won, i let him keep both the fish and the lure.

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Where Did The Whitetail Deer Go?, Early Season Thoughts..You have worked all spring and summer keeping your feeders filled, building new deer stands or fixing old ones, planting food plots and planning hunting strategies for your first fall hunt. Each time you checked your feeders, food plots or game trails, you were encouraged by new deer sign, fresh tracks, rubs, scrapes and other signs that deer continue to use the area. But, now that archery or early gun season opening day are here, you’re not seeing the deer you expected to see and now you may be asking yourself, “where are the deer?” or, “what did I do wrong?”When this happens, and believe me it happens to all of us, there are several factors to keep in mind. Let’s discuss a few.First, most of us observe deer patterns over the spring and summer and work to draw deer into our areas using any number of tactics including feeders, food plots, salt licks and other game getting techniques.

While all of these are good strategies, many of us forget that deer also require a good source of water. By late summer and early fall, water sources can “dry up” leaving few locations for deer and other wildlife to get that life sustaining fluid.If your hunting area that has shown good promise all summer long suddenly stops showing deer activity and deer sighting are down, it may be that the deer are seeking a water source.

If you believe this is the case, try to locate a creek bed, small pond or any other water source, no matter how small. Chances are that if you find water, you will find fresh deer signs. Even if a creek appears to be dried up, search up and down the creek bed for any remaining pools of water and look for deer signs. Once you find water and fresh deer sign, consider using a portable deer stand to set up on this location for early season success.


Second, regardless of how much corn and feed supplement is around your feeder or how well your food plot has grown, deer, especially mature bucks, prefer the natural forage of the woods and field edges. If your deer feeders and food plots are not located near natural food sources, you may be waiting until natural food sources run low before deer seek your feeders and food plots more actively. If your man made food sources are not drawing in deer and other wildlife, it may be because natural food sources such as acorns or other mast crops have the attention and your stand is not in the path of the natural sources.Your choices are to either wait for the natural food sources to dwindle and for deer to return to your feeders and food plots, or, you the hunter will have to become mobile and hunt the natural food supply using portable stands.


With this in mind, you will also want to choose future permanent stand locations that are close to natural food sources when possible. Another good strategy is to place your stands between natural food sources, between food and water sources or between food or water sources and deer bedding areas.


Another factor that can reduce deer traffic to your permanent stand locations, feeders and food plots is human traffic. By late summer, it is important that your trips to stand locations be limited and that when you do visit these locations, it is important to reduce human scent left behind. If you are visiting your stands and feeders just to check for fresh deer sign, stop. Trust your stand location choices, fill your feeders and work the food plots early enough that your present is no longer required long before season opens and it is time to hunt. Repeated trips will inevitably leave behind human scent and prevent deer from visiting. Your best chances of a successful deer hunting stand are those less visited by you the hunter. If you do visit your stand locations before your early season hunts, take care to use quality scent elimination products and strategies. It is a good idea to use different routes to and from your hunting areas before during and after hunting season. The point is that you don’t want a human scent trail caused by repeated visits to your stands.

Changes to the environment near your hunting area can also play a part in changing the frequency that deer visit a stand location. These factors may include timber logging, field plowing, construction or another hunter creating a new stand location to close to your existing one. For example, we have two deer hunting stands that are close to a paper company property line. About a month before deer season, the paper company decided to cut timber on the adjacent land. Before the timber started falling, these stands always showed good deer sign. When the timber cutting started, even though it was about 100 yards away, the deer traffic to these stands was greatly reduced. In this case, we also learned that the logging would stop just before gun deer season opened. So we chose to leave the stands in place and hunt other stand locations until the deer return to this area.

For successful deer hunts, my bet is on the hunter who adjusts to both natural and man made conditions, uses sound judgment when choosing stand locations and makes the necessary adjustments as the environment changes with the season.

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Ethical hunters should always do their best to deliver a clean lethal shot that ends the life of game quickly. We should "pass up" shots that are less than sure. There are occasions however when our best intentions require us to track game. Out of respect for the wildlife we hunt, we should make every effort possible to find the game we have shot. From the moment we raise our hunting weapon of choice the tracking process begins. When the arrow is released or the trigger is pulled pay close attention to every detail. Watch the deer carefully after the shot and study it's reactions, a grazing shot, rib shot, heart or lung shot can make the deer jump and run off at full speed. A gut shot deer often holds it's tail down and hunches it's back as it leaves the scene. A deer that has been shot in the gut or paunch is usually the most difficult to recover. Wait 2-3 hours before trailing a deer you believe was gut shot. Always follow up on any deer you take a shot at. Never make the assumption that you missed completely.

Here are some tips:

Notice the direction the deer or other game was traveling when you shot.

Notice where the game is standing when you shoot.

Look carefully for the exact area of the entrance wound or for a protruding shaft of an arrow after the shot.

If the game runs after the shot, note the spot the deer was standing and the direction of travel as it ran.

If you know you hit the deer and it runs off, wait at least 30 minutes before trailing.

Before you begin trailing, mark the location from which you shot.

Always walk in the direction your bullet or arrow traveled, checking for nicks in vegetation or any other signs that your shot was possibly deflected.

Carefully inspect the area that the deer was standing when the shot was made.

Look for blood and hair at the scene. Lots of hair usually means a grazing shot , while a little hair means a body shot.

If there is mostly brown hair the shot was high, mostly white, the shot was low.

If there are bone fragments at the scene there is a possibility of a leg hit.

Mark this area and don't disturb it, you may have to return later.

When you find the blood trail always walk beside it, not on it, do not destroy the clues.

If you lose the blood trail , go to the spot the last blood was found an mark it.

Look for any other sign that may indicate the direction of travel of the deer (i.e. up turned leaves, broken vegetation).

Search in a circular pattern around the last spot of blood you found. If you still cannot locate the game, go get help. Every effort must be made to retrieve a wounded animal before resuming the hunt.

You cannot predict the behavior of a wounded deer. Once you start trailing, move quickly to avoid giving blood time to dry and become harder to find. Always be ready to shoot, never assume the animal is dead.

Blood Sign
Heart, lung or large blood vessel hit:
Fine droplets sprayed on both sides of the trail for 75 to 100 yards, sometimes several feet up on trees and vegetation. Usually a clean kill and the deer should not travel far.

Gut shot
Food particles and putrid smelling blood. Blood trail is difficult to find at the location the shot was made. Bloody spots appear in about the first 50-75 yards and steadily decrease. Do not follow this deer too closely. Allow 2-3 hours before trailing. The deer will bleed to death when it beds down if you don't chase it.

Leg, back muscle, neck, or body cavity hit
Large spots of blood at the spot where the animal was hit, turning to continuous drops that diminish after about 150 yards. Bleeding continues while the animal is moving but stops when the animal lies down.

Tags: Deer Hunting Tracking Wounded Deer

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It was just how i thought it would turn out except for a little colder tempatures, I am talking about our recent trip to Montana. It was a great trip as always and year after year it is still something i look forward to doing in mid November.

My favorite part of the trip is the look on peoples faces when they see the abundunce of game in this part of the country, in some ways i am glad that the western states are so far away, maybe that is why the hunting is still second to none. It is always great to share theses times with your family or friends and just like always this was one of those trips were the company was good. We ate good, filled our tags, made new friends and went home with more great memories.

Tags: Trip Friends Hunting Fishing

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As we finish another hunting season fuel costs begin to rise again and are getting worse than ever, will this effect the hunting economy around the world ? I have been hearing that with a bad economy and high fuel costs people will be hunting closer to home this year rather than going on long trips by plane or worse yet driving.

I still think that it is pretty bad when the common working man/women has to pay almost $80.00 dollars to just fill a pick up truck with fuel its crazy. I can remember as a kid when regular was 55 Cents a gallon and i am not that old. Hopefully someone will come up with a solution on this mattter soon before were all riding bikes to the woods.

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