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  1. brock ratcliff

    Deer gun harvest numbers

    Did anyone mention the lack of firearms hunters? Gun season is in no way comparable to what it was a decade or more ago. I don’t know if that is good or bad, but it is. I like having the woods all to myself during firearms season. Conversely, I am not a fan of archery season being the...
  2. brock ratcliff

    Squirrel Doggin' 23-24

    Let me know when you’re ready to head this way!
  3. brock ratcliff

    SOLD: Taurus PT111

    Put my name on this one too!
  4. brock ratcliff

    Wire Haired Dauchund

    That’s a sick looking deer. As in sick before it died. Gross.
  5. brock ratcliff

    Thermal Drones

    I watched a good buck tonight. He had been shot five hours before I arrived. The grandpa of the hunter knows his stuff. They tracked the deer 100 yard and left. I found him alive. He was bedded for a time but got up. He was stumbling around and eventually bedded again. I suspect he will...
  6. brock ratcliff

    Thermal Drones

    Mason did mention that I need to spread the word somehow on what a hunter should do in the event of a bad hit. Maybe after things settle down we should put something together.
  7. brock ratcliff

    Thermal Drones

    Amish Mike has a huge YouTube following now so you’re obviously right about that. I think when things slow down I am going to try forgetting most of what I’ve seen this season. On a bright note, here’s a buck I found yesterday. The kid wasn’t sure where he hit so he left the woods without...
  8. brock ratcliff

    Thermal Drones

    I’m not certain my numbers are correct, but I think I’m 23-4 on finding the target animal. One of those deer was recovered right where I was searching. He was up under a cedar tree. I searched that area for 2 hours and did not find him. Fortunately, the hunter went back the next morning...
  9. brock ratcliff

    Thermal Drones

    Yeah, that isn’t me. There are undoubtedly times when a dog is far superior. We have areas where bush honeysuckle is so thick it is literally impossible to see anything. The first three deer I was unable to locate were in those areas. And I’m certain all three are still alive. Conversely...
  10. brock ratcliff

    Thermal Drones

    I sure appreciate the offer!😁
  11. brock ratcliff

    Thermal Drones

    Been a busy couple weeks. The only downside I have found with this thing is I have a difficult time talking myself into going hunting. A huge percentage of the deer Seth and I have found would have most certainly not been recovered. No doubt in my mind about that. Some of them not even...
  12. brock ratcliff

    2023 buck

    Congratulations!
  13. brock ratcliff

    Wire Haired Dauchund

    I am not a fan of Rage. Seems most deer I’ve looked for the hunter will say something like “But I shot it with a Rage”. Probably because so many folks are using them and probably partly due to the fact that anyone dumb enough to think a broadhead can make up for a bad shot is likely to try...
  14. brock ratcliff

    LIVE! From the Stand 2023-2024 Edition

    A dandy buck just walked through my back yard.
  15. brock ratcliff

    Voting

    The biggest issue with abortion is that it has been sold as a clean issue…. It’s a woman’s right to choose. It’s birth control. It isn’t a viable human…. Blah blah. Watch a video of an abortion and you’ll not call it anything but murder.
  16. brock ratcliff

    1023's 2023-2024 Season Journal

    He’s only here for how long? A week, two? Might be worthwhile to sit looking at him for that amount of time. I’m assuming this is one of the lessors?
  17. brock ratcliff

    Thermal Drones

    Generally speaking when we hear “It was a perfect shot” that simply isn’t the case. Now, I don’t know what angle his shot was but from the photo this looks pretty good! I found him 5 hours or so after the shot and he was still alive.