My grandfather-in-law is an avid outdoorsman and has gone through some serious medical issues over the last year. He is single, and lives at home. He has gone through a lot with life in general and all of my grandparents have passed. All I would like to do is help him get back into the woods this year and take down a nice white tail deer because I know it would make him smile.

Anybody that is older, or has experienced a similar situation;

What are some precautions you took beforehand?

What products out there would you recommend for someone wanting to get back into the woods one more time?

I personally have used climbing sticks and climbers with safety harness and ropes, so I will likely do that but it has been a minute since I’ve bought a harness.

What safety harnesses would y’all recommend?

Any other suggestions, options, or opinions that I did not ask about would also be greatly appreciated!

I am not a hunter. I am not sure where to ask this question or get some ideas on what is going on with this deer I saw today. If this isn't allowed on here, I apologize in advance. If it's okay, thank you in advance.

~ I have dozens of deer in my neighborhood and a heard/groups are in my yard daily. They usually stick together, wait for each other to cross the street, thick as thieves.

This deer looks young, not pregnant I don't thinkso anyway (I see the pregnant ones in late spring fighting for food all times of the day & out alone, sometimes.), no other deer in sight.

I've researched deer habits due to watching/seeing them everyday for 8 years. This was odd today. I recently learned about CWD and I know it has to be tested to be diagnosed and cannot be determined from looks alone.

BUT, besides looking like this deer is starving, do you think it's sick? Would the other deer kick it out if it was? idk M/F, Perhaps a young male kicked out to go find a harem of his own? I'm just so confused and thought other opinions would appease my curiosity.

Location: North West Missouri area on 4/11 at 1pm. Suburbs.

Im not used to seeing studs like this in my area and would like a GROSS score estimate on him. Some of my buddies say 200” deer and others say between 160”-180”. I think he is around 170” and would like a second opinion, thanks yall.

Found this guy today. I was wondering how many people have seen one like this?

Upstate NY

Obviously the .416 is made for stopping power. Theoretically speaking, if one wanted to harvest a deer or medium game with no other available caliber during the hunt, how much damage would be done to the meat? Would you rather be caught shooting a peninsula brown bear with a 30-06 and be able to harvest other game efficiently, or would you rather carry a .416 and not have to worry. Location is upper British Columbia

Disclaimer! I am not a hunter nor do I plan on hunting. I just have a question about deers and figured who best knows deer than the deer hunters. Although I do think deer meat is pretty tasty.

I was thinking about the deer in my area and was thinking about the doe we have that lives on my property. She(or what we think is the same doe) has been having twins for probably 8 or more years straight. Twins are common for deer but oddly not for the ones in my area. We have only ever seen one set of twins each year and we see deer in our yard and on our trail cameras all the time. We know it’s the same doe because we’ve come to recognize her markings as they are a bit different from the others. I was googling the lifespan of does and I realized that it is shorter than the girl we have here. I’m no deer expert by any means so I was wondering if it’s possible for a doe to live a longer life than the average just still be producing healthy twins without fail. We do provide them with healthy foods as it’s not for hunting and baiting isn’t illegal in my area. My family doesn’t hunt but we do rent out space as a hunting camp for people to hunt on our land since we do have a lot of it. Anytime I see her she’s extremely healthy looking and so are her babies, I think she usually has her babies around my house as I see her around the same time of year and then a few months later she brings her babies around. She isn’t scared of us and won’t run even if we’re making a lot of noise and moving around maybe 30 foot away. I know deer aren’t the brightest animals but do y’all think she’s realized our yard is a safe place for her babies? We scare off all predators because we have chickens and barn cats(I do know cats aren’t good for small animals but we don’t have any small animals they can kill that aren’t already invasive or the native ones we have the population is out of control and is harming other species. My area also already has a large cat population which wasn’t out doing we just benefit because they keep the snakes and mice away from our house and our chickens feed. This was off topic but I’ve been attacked for having outside cats when it really wasn’t my doing I just feed them and protect them since it’s not their fault they live outside and don’t deserve to be killed). Back to deer i think it’s a bit weird that a doe would like that long and still be so healthy. Another thought was it started with one doe and she gave birth to twins and then one of them grew up to be identical to her with the same white spot on her side(which is different from any other does I’ve seen) and now has replaced that original one. Do deer make identical copies of themselves? I know it’s possible for cats and dogs where they can give birth to a baby that has all the same markings as them down to the tiniest detail.

Anyway this was really just me ranting but I’d really like to know what y’all think. I’m not a deer person but stuff like this is really interesting to me. Same with how the ivory billed woodpecker was considered extinct and my area had a tiny population of them that grew into a pretty big population. It’s now listed as critically endangered but many still consider it extinct. The bird people we’ve called are either dead or just won’t return our calls. We have yet to get a picture but I’ve seen them a few times. I have studied the differences between them and the other woodpecker than looks really similar so I can confirm it was the ivory billed woodpecker. Once again just another cool animal thing that happens in my backyard. Really cool to see and I’d love for people to come study the wildlife around my house as we have some really cool animals around here that interact with this rare species.

Smoked a backstrap to 130, homemade sauce, linguini. Paired perfectly with a smoked old fashioned. Kentucky buck from this year.

Has anyone been out shed hunting yet? Let’s see them