Recent content by TheBenHoyle
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Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread
It is time to start my 2026 hunt thread. I lost my job in November of 2025 and I have been pretty preoccupied with replacing it. This is not the place for that story, but it was rough and now it is over. I accepted a new job yesterday and I start on 3/30. That being said, I am going to try to...- TheBenHoyle
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- Forum: Live Hunts
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Getting a will done
When my wife's parents passed, we set up our will and trusts. My wife has an inheritance trust that will pass her inherited assets to our children. That was back in 2018. My parents are getting older and before long I will need to set up an inheritance trust. We did all of this through a lawyer...- TheBenHoyle
- Post #12
- Forum: Money and Finances
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Lets see those Turkey Mounts
I have 2 fan mounts that I made and I have posted on my annual hunting logs. I love the look of them and the making of the mounts was something I really enjoyed. Unfortunately, I have cats and they have been attacking them, so I had to take them down. It does beg the question where to put all...- TheBenHoyle
- Post #11
- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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Keys to an all day sit
I love the idea of all day sits. I feel like I would rather shoot a deer in the morning or early afternoon than the last hour of the day, simply because I want daylight to track, gut and drag. I have certainly seen deer at all times of the day. I think there are three main enemies for me and...- TheBenHoyle
- Post #48
- Forum: Deer
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What Sport did you play growing up?
When I was little I lived in a small town and baseball was the only sport. It was a big deal. I believe there was an old guy who had played professional baseball in the early 1900s in town and so baseball was a big thing. I was not good at it. Just ok. Then we moved to a different small town...- TheBenHoyle
- Post #99
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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What are your 2025 Hunting Plans
Not so much for me though...- TheBenHoyle
- Post #113
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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When did Caribou become a Premier Hunt
Caribou is definitely on my list and it is most likely due to seeing hunting videos on Youtube. The main thing I like about them is the look of the animal. The fur and the antlers are very unique. I am also interested in the landscape you find them inhabiting. But the likelihood that I would get...- TheBenHoyle
- Post #16
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Woodworking Hunt Talkers?
A while ago, I shot a doe and my wife asked if I could do a Euro mount of the Doe's skull. I assured her that I could and she said that she wanted to have it on display in her high school biology classroom. I got the skull cleaned, but then I lost sight of the project for a while, partly due to...- TheBenHoyle
- Post #606
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Ben's semi-live 2025 hunt thread
I think I am going to close out this thread. I will probably get out once more on my 2025-2026 archery turkey tags, but I will save that hunt for my 2026 hunt thread. I want to do a little summary and my thoughts about what went well and what I need to do better next year. I was successful at...- TheBenHoyle
- Post #48
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Ben's semi-live 2025 hunt thread
Well I punted this morning. Just not up to it yet. I'll try to get out next week.- TheBenHoyle
- Post #47
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Ben's semi-live 2025 hunt thread
I'm considering getting out tomorrow to see if I can put an arrow through a turkey or two. I'm battling a sinus infection so I might decide better of it in the morning.- TheBenHoyle
- Post #46
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Ben's semi-live 2025 hunt thread
I think I have one more hunt this year. I always try to get out for my birthday, which is the 28th, but due to family get togethers, I am not going out to hunt until the 30th. It will give me the opportunity to be more flexible for a full day of hunting. I still have an anterless deer archery...- TheBenHoyle
- Post #45
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Ben's semi-live 2025 hunt thread
I went out yesterday looking to run an arrow through a turkey or two. I had reports that they were using a bean field pretty hard so I set up on the edge or it within 20 yards of an obvious spot where they had scratched at the snow. There were tracks all over and I was hopeful that they would...- TheBenHoyle
- Post #44
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Afraid of the dark??
I got into hunting late in life, so I was in my mid thirties when I was walking into some public ground in the dark about an hours and a half before legal shooting light. I was 1/4 mile from the truck when I hear a whole pack of coyotes sound of directly ahead of me. They were probably 1/2 mile...- TheBenHoyle
- Post #16
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
