Great Job Guys!!! and some Awesome weights. Wish I could have been there.

You should be able to find some warmer temps. I’d look for 50-54 degrees. Places that warm up faster thoughout the day also cool off faster at night. So look for areas that stay consistantly on the warmer side. Wish I could give you more info… But I’m also on a learning curve for this time of year.

I’d take it as lesson learned. Next partner find one that’s just as shy about giving out information/spots as you are then test them on comunity holes, before showing them the honey holes!!!

I have found it cheaper to buy a flat bottom with a 25 hp 4-stroke. Instead of using my bass boat every time I go fishing. I spend way less on gas then I use too (more then enough to cover a monthly payment) and when covering new water on the river, I actually find it much faster then idling my bass boat to make sure I don’t hit anything.

I have heard from a reliable source that was out there a week earlier and estimated the kill to be around 4,000.

50% Blue gill, 25% bass and 25% rough fish.

Hey, that picnic table makes a great multi-purpose tool. It’s a very sturdy rest/deer stand for shooting deer @300yds plus!!!

Hey, that picnic table makes a great multi-purpose tool. It’s a very sturdy rest/deer stand for shooting deer @300yds plus!!!

Over the years I have field tested multiple types of mechanical broad heads. My opinion on them is on a perfect broad side shot I would take the mechanical heads over the fixed broad head any day. Unfortunately the deer does not always present us with a nice broad side shot every time. For this reason I personally choose not to use them. (Learned though experience )

From an engineering stand point… Anything mechanical will always have a higher chance of failure.

I have used many broad heads, blades, and aluminum arrows over and over on deer. The body of a broad head is tough to damage and the blades can be re-sharpened with a better edge then factory blades unless there are large nicks in the blade. The arrow is done for the year and re-fletched.

I will mark each of my arrows every year and keep track of its accuracy. Only the arrows that are tuned well enough to hit a 4″ circle @30yds consistently throughout the summer are allowed back in my quiver. In many cases the same arrow that has been though a deer the year before.

I still have to this day a thunder head that has been thru 7 deer. I thought I lost it after deer 3 when it was lost in the shoulder of a deer. The guy processing the deer thought I should have it back after he hit it with his band saw and had to replace his blade .

Overall for me it’s nothing but fixed blades.

Over the years I have field tested multiple types of mechanical broad heads. My opinion on them is on a perfect broad side shot I would take the mechanical heads over the fixed broad head any day. Unfortunately the deer does not always present us with a nice broad side shot every time. For this reason I personally choose not to use them. (Learned though experience )

From an engineering stand point… Anything mechanical will always have a higher chance of failure.

I have used many broad heads, blades, and aluminum arrows over and over on deer. The body of a broad head is tough to damage and the blades can be re-sharpened with a better edge then factory blades unless there are large nicks in the blade. The arrow is done for the year and re-fletched.

I will mark each of my arrows every year and keep track of its accuracy. Only the arrows that are tuned well enough to hit a 4″ circle @30yds consistently throughout the summer are allowed back in my quiver. In many cases the same arrow that has been though a deer the year before.

I still have to this day a thunder head that has been thru 7 deer. I thought I lost it after deer 3 when it was lost in the shoulder of a deer. The guy processing the deer thought I should have it back after he hit it with his band saw and had to replace his blade .

Overall for me it’s nothing but fixed blades.

Mike, You will be happy with your new purchase. I bought one last year at the Onalaska sports show. I put that YoNet through a very tough tournament test this last summer and it has held up great. It’s been stepped on more times than I can count and at times been treated like a flag pole on Ike’s boat. It’s still in great condition.

Have any of you master-baiters had any luck with with your shed traps yet? Keep us updated on your findings this spring

Have any of you master-baiters had any luck with with your shed traps yet? Keep us updated on your findings this spring

Sounds like you guys are a bunch of “Master Baiters”

Sounds like you guys are a bunch of “Master Baiters”

Triple Grip!!! I hate those hooks… I waste more time trying to unhook the fish after it’s in the boat.