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RickAstley
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Reno, Nevada |
| Biography: | I created the song behind the Rick Roll |
| Interests: | Browsing |
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| Number of Posts: | 2160 |
| Registered on: | 5/1/2011 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: IST 1/15/26
Posted by RickAstley on 1/15/26 at 5:08 pm to 257WBY
quote:
Warm up a frozen deer burrito over the Mr Buddy for the win.
Might become my goal for next season. Deer burritos sound heavenly right now. Although I could see myself getting burrito all over my gun.
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re: IST 1/15/26
Posted by RickAstley on 1/15/26 at 4:23 pm to 257WBY
I made it into a food plot about 20 minutes ago with my 30-06. Wind is crappy and I forgot to wear my lucky boxers today although nothing I've worn lately has brought me any luck. Weather app says 18 MPH wind gusts and that seems accurate based on observations. Temperature is 41 and should be close to mid 30s before end of legal shooting light.
I have a Mr Buddy heater I'm going to fire up soon. I feel a little dirty hunting with one but at the same time wonder why it took me until last season to ever use one while hunting.
I have a Mr Buddy heater I'm going to fire up soon. I feel a little dirty hunting with one but at the same time wonder why it took me until last season to ever use one while hunting.
re: Maringouin man arrested after firearms stolen from Iberville Parish deer stands
Posted by RickAstley on 1/15/26 at 11:08 am to Shexter
Seems unfathamoble to me to leave a rifle in a stand. Caring for my rifle was something I was taught early on from my father. If we went hunting and returned without a rifle, we were as good as dead.
re: IST 1/15/26
Posted by RickAstley on 1/15/26 at 8:23 am to 257WBY
Good luck. I'm going to sneak off work early to catch the last 1-2 hours of legal light if all goes well. Some real nice weather is in store.
re: IST 1/12/26
Posted by RickAstley on 1/12/26 at 8:15 pm to Icansee4miles
That sounds like a fun hunt. My family sold off a 150 acre lot that I grew up hunting on and I never thought it wouldn't be there. Hurt bad losing the property when it was sold. Thankfully my in laws have land, but I know now not to expect to have it forever.
I saw a doe and two yearlings. Someone shot real close to me two minutes after legal light. No telling if it was on the property I was on or the neighboring lease. There was a sketchy group of hunters hanging out by the road on my way out. Put some bad vibes on what's already been a disappointing few weeks of hunting. We've also had an uptick of dogs on camera in recent weeks. Some collared and some are not. I might let some lead fly on the ones without collars if they come out during a hunt.
I saw a doe and two yearlings. Someone shot real close to me two minutes after legal light. No telling if it was on the property I was on or the neighboring lease. There was a sketchy group of hunters hanging out by the road on my way out. Put some bad vibes on what's already been a disappointing few weeks of hunting. We've also had an uptick of dogs on camera in recent weeks. Some collared and some are not. I might let some lead fly on the ones without collars if they come out during a hunt.
re: IST 1/12/26
Posted by RickAstley on 1/12/26 at 4:19 pm to A_bear
Snuck away from work to hunt the last 2 hours. Sitting in the same spot as yesterday on a food plot with much better wind conditions (no wind). 50 degrees hunting with a 30-06. I'm feeling like I at least won't repeat yesterday's effort in which I didn't see anything.
There are trees with fresh rubs dotting the tree line along the field. I'm really hoping one of the bucks in the vicinity stops by before dark.
There are trees with fresh rubs dotting the tree line along the field. I'm really hoping one of the bucks in the vicinity stops by before dark.
re: what is a harmless habit you had in your 20s that ended up ruining your health or finances
Posted by RickAstley on 1/11/26 at 9:21 pm to Chastains
I'm not 50+ but I'd go back and take better care of my hearing. From cutting grass all day without hearing protection, hunting with guns and no hearing protection, listening to loud music, sleeping with earbuds in playing music, etc... I'm in my 30s and have some noticeable hearing loss compared to people older than me.
re: IST 1-11-2026
Posted by RickAstley on 1/11/26 at 3:52 pm to Icansee4miles
Sitting on a food plot 50 degrees with the wind ripping out of the north. Hunting with my 30-06. The wind is less than ideal for where I'm sitting but I'm just thankful to be in the stand. This spot has earned the nickname the grocery store. The majority of the deer we kill each year come from this one stand alone. I'm going to try to sneak in a few hunts after work this week. Looking for a buck following a doe.
Hunting is winding down for the people I hunt with even with a few weeks left of the season. The warm weather has burned a lot of people out. I still have the itch to get one to two more deer down. It'll depend on how this week goes for me. I only have one weekend free to hunt before end of the month.
Hunting is winding down for the people I hunt with even with a few weeks left of the season. The warm weather has burned a lot of people out. I still have the itch to get one to two more deer down. It'll depend on how this week goes for me. I only have one weekend free to hunt before end of the month.
What are your tips to maintain energy throughout the day?
Posted by RickAstley on 1/7/26 at 5:14 pm
What are some ways you keep yourself active and alert throughout the day and avoid the 2:30 feeling? I will get the occasional sinking spells at times. It's not consistent each day on timing, but I can almost expect it if I eat a big lunch or don't sleep well the night before. However, sometimes it's unpredictable. I'm just looking for some feedback on how people keep themselves level in a given day.
Is it simply something from the following list
- More sleep/better sleep
- Less alcohol
- Increased caffeine
- Introducing new products to your diet such as a pill or mushroom coffee
- Drink an energy drink
The things that I know help me are:
- Better sleep
- Managing caffeine intake
- Avoiding big lunches
I just don't know how to keep myself functioning closer to 100% at all times even when I check those three boxes. My typical workday is sitting behind a desk 6-8 hours just as an added reference.
Is it simply something from the following list
- More sleep/better sleep
- Less alcohol
- Increased caffeine
- Introducing new products to your diet such as a pill or mushroom coffee
- Drink an energy drink
The things that I know help me are:
- Better sleep
- Managing caffeine intake
- Avoiding big lunches
I just don't know how to keep myself functioning closer to 100% at all times even when I check those three boxes. My typical workday is sitting behind a desk 6-8 hours just as an added reference.
re: Will running once per week be enough to build any base?
Posted by RickAstley on 1/7/26 at 5:06 pm to OysterPoBoy
If you can run more, you'll benefit more as the others are saying. I think simply building the habit outweighs any cons to doing only one run a week. Are you finding time to walk or do any other fitness the other 6 days a week? I've really gotten back into running the last 1.5 years. I typically get about 3 runs in a week, but I'll do my best to walk the days I don't run.
I didn't start out running 3 times a week though. I spent most of my time building endurance and finding what I was comfortable with on a weekly basis. My preference is to gradually get into something, than over do it on the front-end and accidentally injure yourself.
I didn't start out running 3 times a week though. I spent most of my time building endurance and finding what I was comfortable with on a weekly basis. My preference is to gradually get into something, than over do it on the front-end and accidentally injure yourself.
re: What are your big 2026 financial goals?
Posted by RickAstley on 1/6/26 at 10:10 pm to Tigerfan1999
quote:
Everyone here is a millionaire! I hope to get to 200k networth this year.
I started reading this board out of college and it helped set me on the right path financially. Personally it took a long time to hit those magical numbers like a $100k net worth, but building the right habits early on has been the difference maker for me.
One big mistake I made early on was not contributing to my 401k. I was missing out on a 3% company match. Once I started using common sense and broke the fear of investing in the stock market, my goals shifted to seeing if I could contribute 10% of income instead of 6%. All of that to say, I'm squeezing way more out of my paychecks today towards retirement and savings than I would've imagined 10+ years ago. Much of where I am is thanks to the advice of this board. Simply prioritizing investing habits like getting your company's 401k match, contributing to roth IRA, build emergency funds, not buying a brand new car after your first paycheck, etc... will make other goals attainable.
Going back to actuals, I have found that going from $100k to $200k net worth was a lot faster than $0 to $100k. It's the snowball effect we speak of for knocking off debt, but in this case your investments are growing as fast as you can contribute.
re: What are your big 2026 financial goals?
Posted by RickAstley on 1/4/26 at 8:07 am to TheOcean
My main goal is to stay the course.
- Continue putting as much towards retirement and HSA
- Maintain employment
- Increase emergency fund to 8 - 12 months living expenses
What I would like to do, but not really important:
- Purchase land for recreation
- Dip my toes further into my taxable investments that I've not really touched in 5 years.
- Leverage a financial advisor or some professional advice to evaluate my family's current financial health and help with short-term and long-term goals.
My wife and I had our third child in 2025. Life is moving so fast, I'm prioritizing the stay the course aspect until I get my feet back underneath me.
- Continue putting as much towards retirement and HSA
- Maintain employment
- Increase emergency fund to 8 - 12 months living expenses
What I would like to do, but not really important:
- Purchase land for recreation
- Dip my toes further into my taxable investments that I've not really touched in 5 years.
- Leverage a financial advisor or some professional advice to evaluate my family's current financial health and help with short-term and long-term goals.
My wife and I had our third child in 2025. Life is moving so fast, I'm prioritizing the stay the course aspect until I get my feet back underneath me.
re: IST 1/3/26
Posted by RickAstley on 1/3/26 at 3:33 pm to Koolazzkat
53 degrees and sitting in a sniper tower overlooking a food plot and cutover. By the far the best looking spot I have access to hunt but has been one of the least productive locations over the last 5 years. I've only seen one deer in this spot before. I have no idea if it is that bad or it just gets hunted so rarely making it unproductive.
Good luck to yall this afternoon.
Good luck to yall this afternoon.
re: What knife or tool do you use to crack open the sternum on a deer?
Posted by RickAstley on 1/3/26 at 12:32 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
I have an Old Timer folding knife that I've used for as long as I can remember to gut, skin and debone a deer. I'll use it to split the sternum. Just find some of the softer spots to cut and use two hands and a bit of muscle to do the splitting job.
re: IST 1/2
Posted by RickAstley on 1/2/26 at 8:22 pm to tigerbrauf
Congrats!
re: IST 1/2
Posted by RickAstley on 1/2/26 at 8:21 pm to Icansee4miles
Against the odds we ended up seeing two does. With about 30 minutes left I told my son it was prime time. He dropped his toys, grabbed his grunt call and started ripping them again. Two minutes later a deer walked out and I nearly shite my pants. We watched the doe before she spotted us and ran away.
Then my son asked if he could grunt some more. At this point I was all in with him. Sure enough another doe walked out with about 15 minutes of legal light left. We watched her until it was dark and then we left.
Then my son asked if he could grunt some more. At this point I was all in with him. Sure enough another doe walked out with about 15 minutes of legal light left. We watched her until it was dark and then we left.
re: IST 1/2
Posted by RickAstley on 1/2/26 at 4:49 pm to LPLGTiger
Sitting in a tripod with my 5 year old son overlooking a green field. I'm really just hoping for him to see his first deer from a deer stand. He got a new grunt call for Christmas and has already hit it a couple dozen times since we got here. He's so far batting the same average as me with grunting in a big one which is .000.
It might be a few years before he sees a deer while hunting. He's too busy pounding snacks and playing with toys to pay attention. I can't blame him one bit.
It might be a few years before he sees a deer while hunting. He's too busy pounding snacks and playing with toys to pay attention. I can't blame him one bit.
re: A statistical anomaly
Posted by RickAstley on 1/1/26 at 10:15 pm to Will Cover
You're about to get swindled out of your life savings to some kid in Nigeria
re: IST New Years Day
Posted by RickAstley on 1/1/26 at 10:04 pm to s14suspense
I didn't see anything. The sound travels real well in those hollows. The squirrels definitely sound 10x bigger where I was sitting than most of the other spots I've hunted. I could hear what sounded like someone running a mower off and on and people talking pretty clearly. The nearest homesite is roughly .3 - .4 miles away from where I was sitting.
Of course while I was sitting on edge thanks to those squirrels running around, the cell camera in one of our food plots was going off non stop during legal shooting light with the deer throwing a rut party.
Of course while I was sitting on edge thanks to those squirrels running around, the cell camera in one of our food plots was going off non stop during legal shooting light with the deer throwing a rut party.
re: IST New Years Day
Posted by RickAstley on 1/1/26 at 4:34 pm to A_bear
Snuck out for the last 2 hours this evening. Pleasant afternoon at 63 degrees. I'm hunting on top of a steep ridge overlooking an assortment of logging roads that intersect here. The noise just carries through here.
I'm both excited and nervous about shooting one here. If you don't drop it and it slips down a ridge, it'll be a miserable drag.
I'm both excited and nervous about shooting one here. If you don't drop it and it slips down a ridge, it'll be a miserable drag.
re: IST 12-27-2025
Posted by RickAstley on 12/27/25 at 7:36 am to calcotron
Hunting a creek bottom with my 30-06. Hot and foggy here. I made it in very late. It's been unusually quiet sp far outside of squirrels and birds making their usual noises.
This fog reminds me of a deer hunt my dad did during muzzleloader season a long time ago that we named the Foggy Bottom Massacre. He killed a doe and two yearlings with his muzzleloader in a creek bottom one foggy morning when deer were hard to come by. I'm not hoping to repeat but I'd love to see a set of antlers creeping by this morning.
This fog reminds me of a deer hunt my dad did during muzzleloader season a long time ago that we named the Foggy Bottom Massacre. He killed a doe and two yearlings with his muzzleloader in a creek bottom one foggy morning when deer were hard to come by. I'm not hoping to repeat but I'd love to see a set of antlers creeping by this morning.
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