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They all got the DEC's AR memo.......

Tell her she is holding the bow upside down and backwards....lol.

I love the "I thought" I don't know about you when I say I think it is deer I don't even raise my gun bow etc.. I was in a parking lot last night and heard a guy say I thought I had a good shot on the deer now I have to come back and track her. So I guess it was not a good shot. Never ASSUME you know what they say. DON't THINK ,KNOW.

Hey y'all. New to Hunting, so I thought I'd join a forum with more experienced folks. I started shooting guns 10 years ago in college, competed in High Power Rifle and USPSA (handguns). Moved around a lot. I became interested in hunting when I moved to New Hampshire in 2006, got my license, but never really got out much. Back then I didn't know many hunters nor did I grow up in a hunting family. In 2010, I moved to the Big Apple, got my New York State license and found a one or two hunters. One of them hunts exclusively with bow, and offered me the opportunity to hunt his land, which is bow-only. So I went to Pro-line, played with one of their rental bows, saw that I could indeed do bow. At the time however, I was doing rehab for a shoulder surgery (I've broken my left shoulder twice, and separated my right shoulder once). My thought process was wait until my shoulder was 100% before I buy a bow. Six months have gone by. I went out to Oregon, took my first buck: Now I've been bit by the hunting bug. Here in Southern New York, the options for bow hunting seem quite a bit better than rifle only. I've got a 7mm Mag for rifle season. I'm probably going to buy my friend's Mathews Z7. It will be some time before I can hunt with it though, so my goal until November 18th is to get ready for November 19th. My friend in Dutchess county offered to let me hunt his land, but it is bow-only, so that idea's basically nixed this year. Anyway, my friend recommended I check this forum out, I'm just trying to learn as much about hunting as I can. My goal this year is to take a second deer. In the future I'd like to expand to Bear, Elk, and edible small game. As a bit of background, I'm not a trophy hunter, I'm not interested in getting the biggest rack to hang up. I just really like the idea of being able to feed myself without depending on Gristedes. atek3

Congrats on the deer guys, I wish I had a picture to post, maybe next weekend

I say if you have the tags, shoot both! I have shot Does with fawns and eventually the fawns herd back up with the rest of them.

HI paul, welcome to the site and to bow hunting! You can check out Thrill of the Hunt in suffolk - > http://www.indoor3d.com/ They have crossbow sessions, tell Art you saw it here!

Welcome Steve, I see you are ready for Thanksgiving!

I would say with 100% certainty they came out of a butt.

If you do have a smart phone and get spotty reception it is better to put it on airplane mode. This keeps it from searching for towers and satellites but you can still use it for other things like camera or video. All that searching is what eats up the battery. Then when you know you have good reception, or you are back at camp and you know there is that one spot to get reception, just take it off airplane mode.

I think that when it comes to coyotes (and other predators), the gloves come off. Fair chase is not an issue when it comes to the attempt at eradicating coyotes. We have this attitude that similar to mosquitos ...... the world would be better off without them. Whether we all agree with that attitude or not, I think that answers your question as to why principles of fair chase apply to one species and not the other for many hunters. Another obvious consideration is that when it comes to the coyote trapline, baiting has been an acceptable practice for centuries. There's not much of a fair-chase implication there. It's not a great leap to apply trapping ethics to hunting ethics. Perhaps another example would be shooting rats at the dump. Is there any rules of fair chase being worried about there? Are there any fair-chase concerns when it comes to roach baits/traps? .......bug-spray? How about those mouse traps? Let's face it, we do pick and choose what rules we apply to each different species. That's why we hunt and trap coyotes but feed and house our pet dogs. Different species get different considerations from humans. And it doesn't always make perfect sense.