Hunting & Cycling video potpourri

Who would ever expect a Red Tail Hawk to decide to walk into a Comstock beaver trap? Just goes to show that you should be very cautious about ever saying something is not possible. Those one chance is a million occurrences can and do happen.

Seriously, deadly combination. Shot at 0730 hrs. sunrise 750 hours 100% humidity. 10 point ran approximately 140 yards. Buck to doe ratio probably 50-50. Way too many bucks running around. 16 inch 10 point bolt lost 2 vanes. Last one was ripped from going through left shoulder bone. 125gr. Grim Reaper lost one blade in the bone on through and through shot. Grim reapers do put um down. And the new 10 point black line 460 and the pulsar Thermion scope with the new ballistic compensation to adjust crosshair for distance is just sweet. And that bolt going 454 fps with that 125gr. Grim Reaper was too fast for the buck to react/crouch to jump at 45 yards.

The circle of life. Sharing my harvest with fellow creature of the earth. Hung up the skinned quarters of a deer and this Red Tailed Hawk yanked the hung skin off screw and feasted off the calorie rich fat for over an hour.

Beaver management at property using Kaatz Bros TS-85 beaver trap. Trap set 1” underwater covered in leaves at beaver lodge.

BRK Ghost with Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XP50 Pro at 90 yards on a nuisance control job. Coon made a fatal mistake of coming back to investigate. Ghost and the Thermion with the laser adjustable reticle is just a seriously deadly combination.

Two snapping turtles approach head on and smaller one decides discretion is the better part of valor, and decides to take the waterway roundabout.

Thermal Beaver Control using Pulsar Thermion 2 Pro XRF on a golf course where beaver are cutting down trees causing expensive fairway modifications.

Idyllic late spring evening on the farm for does & buck

Proving the idea that head shots are likely to cause a stinky situation, & yes it did!! The PARD DS35-50RF has worked well so far, very versatile with the on board laser range finder, ballistic calculator for automatic reticle adjustment , built in 5 watt IR light and rechargeable 18650 battery.

Buck ate too many coffee beans for breakfast.

Crossbow scope range finder pinging showing up on trail cam. Lucky for buck it was sorely deficient in rack size.

Buck fleeing from doe

When your tail is more impressive than your tiny rack, flaunt it for the ladies.

Mother Red Squirrel shows pair of babies yesterday where a sunflower seed bird feeder was. Today they are back on their own eagerly feasting away. Beautifully colored with a Fascinating arrow feather shaped tail with 3/4 still furless.

0400 in the morning of Great Blue Heron in flight

I was curious to see if a 1 watt laser with about a 2”-3” diameter beam spot on tree at 58 yards still have enough energy to produce a heat signature. The answer was most definitely yes, in only 3-4 seconds it was visible. Outside temperature 28 degrees.

Test for new 2022 laser to see if it’s effective in brightest conditions possible. Looks like it passed the test with flying geese, I mean colors.

Wanted to see size/damage/effect to both sides of a deer skull with side shot to the brain with a JSB Match Diabolo EXACT .35 81.02 gr pellet at 860 fps

Up in tree stand to avoid being trampled after shot fired 1st day of muzzleloader season in Ohio. Freezers full of venison, so just hand holding Halo for some video action.

Red Squirrel scores perfect 10 on feeder event. Demonstrating flawless hind leg dangle, erect tail in horizontal, with full stretch maneuver.

Red Squirrel chowing down like there is no tomorrow. Grey squirrels are in mortal danger attempting same Shenanigans.

Elk exiting lake after a quick bath in lake.

Farmer deer nuisance permit on 5-1 ratio of bucks to does. Saving the big bucks for deer season.

Too nice a rack to harvest on a farmer nuisance permit with a buck ratio of six bucks to every doe. It’s companion was not so lucky. This guy just did not want to leave after the shot.

Ohio Nuisance permit refilling freezers with 8 oz deer burgers. Steroid/growth hormone free soybean corn fed. Do not have to follow a blood trail with these tools of trade.