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When I saw the title of this thread, I almost didn't dare click on it. I was afraid that someone had posted a picture of Bubba in a THONG...

Some of us been at this for many years and some just starting. It only takes one time of carelessness to cause an accident. I been hunting for 34 years. Last year I shot a buck, checked that it was dead and leaned my gun up against a tree. It still had a round in it and the safety was off. Gutted the deer and my brother and I dragged it out, gun slung over my shoulder. If I had fallen or a branch got caught in the trigger-well, I don't need to go on. Just be safe out there and think before and after shooting. -Good Luck!

114lb 4 point first dear in 3 years shot at 7:15 am. I wasn't gonna go out after I went out to check the weather because it was so cold but somehow I got my hunting clothes on on the way back to bed. I'm glad I did. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk.

I think it would be easier to just dig a pit, fill it with pungy stakes, cover, place apples on top and when deer go to eat the apples they impale themselves after falling in said pit. All you have to do is just check ever so often. Just dont forget where you put them. Cong style!!

Not judging just having a little fun. I have absolutley no problem with anyone shooting anything they want within the confines of the law.

U better be careful! This could prob cause a similar reaction as the idiots that ate bath salts... whitetail zombie apocalypse!

I have dozed off on a couple of occasions.

Nice to be the first on this year group got this big boy today saratoga county first big buck for the group this season

So as a state land hunter I'm allways dreaming about having my own land and camp, until I read about trespassers, neighbor fueds , taxs, maintienance etc... I have no expierience with leasing so I really don't know any of the ups and downs of that approach. So you folks tell me, or each other , whats the best way, own, lease, or state.

Ohhh nooo.....the nightmares....standing in line at nursery school to pick up our daughter...had our son with me...yep the woman looked just like that but in a "moomoo"...son tugs on my sleeve and before I could cover his mouth he blurts out..."Mommy that woman has no ankles!"...Ohhhh...geeezzzz

Man would that be fun to motor boat.

i have had a few opening day hangovers. lets just say i was able to make the pm sit......

Greg that's good news that the chemo is working. Stay strong and before you know it you'll be back in the swing of it next fall.

If you're going to use the property to live on, or for family recreation year round, then owning the land may be worth it. To buy it solely to hunt on surely is not. For the money you will pay on taxes for any reasonable size hunting land, you can go on a nice outfitted hunt where chances of getting a nice deer are probably better. And if you include the original purchase price, then you can go on nice hunts for years into the future! Leases are good, but they of course can come to an end, or costs can go up. Nothing is a complete safe bet.

Yeah! No cursing please.

Haven't missed one in twenty eight years..(Thank you Lord!) and some great memories. Always excited every year. Its like an Old Guys "Christmas Day" full of anticipation. Crazy though, I still have a tough time sleeping the night before. I guess if we loose that feeling we would stop hunting...LOL.....NOT

Well that makes three of us. Hunting stateland has it own challenges;ie people taking small deer, deer being highly pressured,finally have a pattern and another hunter sets up in their bedding area, rude and abnoxious hunters, thats just to name a few. I too dream of having my own piece of heaven,but don't know if it will materialize with the economy the way it is. Hope this thread inspires some good feed back.

My next bow will be a PSE...

Lol .... I did my time with a deer weapon that was nearly as devastating on the hunter end as it was on the deer end ..... my 12 guage Ithaca. Now it is time to get a gun that I can actually enjoy shooting for as long a shooting session as I want without the eventual flinch from the swat. Plus, I have no need for a gun that flame cooks the deer as it passes through. Also, I don't want my deer to look like some kind of road-kill when the bullet hits it. Yes, that is a bit of exaggeration, but there does come a point where you have to say dead is dead, and it sounds like the right answer is somewhere between the .223 and the .300 mag. I am starting to focus on the .270 Ruger American, but I have a lot of testing, reading, and trying to do before I make any firm decisions. Remember, I have until some time into next summer before I have to make the decision, Although I am sure it won't take anywhere near that amount of time. Actually I would like to make the purchase somewhere near Christmas so it is a bit more like the intended Christmas present .... lol.

I'm very excited, can't wait . Got my two best hunting buddies with me that are just as excited, my dad and uncle both in their mid 70's. doesn't get any better then that. For the first time I will be using my dads 40 plus year old 35 lever action using 150 grain spear point, shot it quite a bit to get use to it and I was breaking paper at 50 yards. I'll be heading up to camp tonight. Good luck and be safe.

The rules change come Saturday. No more passing nice deer, with a bow, due to a 40 yd shot, LOL.

I'll bet Growie has one too...She wove it out of the hemp that she grew in her food plot. Nice double duty garment. You can either smoke it or wear it.

There most likely would be two versions of this picture. A camo thong version for most of us here and then a blaze orange version for Doc. LOL

Remind me never to be at the range while you are there with that tank brake lol

I like to put a nice outfit on mine, maybe a little blush, and I never forget to brush its teeth and use a couple of toothpicks to give it a nice smile before I photograph my kills. If its a doe, sometimes Ill put a flower behind its ear or some nice earrings. Gotta make sure that animal I just killed and disemboweled is pretty for the non hunters and antis....

I think the Saturday opener was bad for alot of the bars and restaurants down in the Southern Tier. I kinda miss the way it was.

From last Sunday in 9N. He was hot on 4 does, he gave me a window at 35 yards. After that the 3 blade spitfires did the work. Recovery was 100 Yards.

YEAH BUDDY! I cant wait to teach some of these deer that like to hang out just outside of bow range a lesson in lead! Im still conflicted about what spot to sit on opening morning though. Choice #1 is the escape route out of the swamps where all of the other guys go on the farm. Choice #2 is my dads place, where the wind will be 100% perfect for the stand, and Ive had bucks in front of me both of the morning sits so far this year. Seen bruisers in both places this year....ahhhhhhhhh.....

I was fortunate enough to NEVER miss an opening day of southern tier gun season since 1965. I even managed to get leave for deer season when I was on active duty in the Navy. There is nothing quite like it...I still get excited, maybe not like when I was young, but I hope it will remain a special day as long as I am able to continue hunting.

Crap if thats the case I better not shoot at another deer in the woods incase my bullet go's past some posted signs. Wouldnt want to get in trouble for involuntary tresspassing.

Zhe Wiz, I think people hunt with as you put it "<insert unnecessarily overpowered caliber here> for several reasons. 1.)Thats whats everyone else is using 2.)Bigger is better 3.)Never used anything smaller, unaware how well they work 4.)One gun for everything from woodchucks to moose 5.)Over compensating, for poor shooting(get you mind out of the gutter) 6.)Parroting what others say 7.)They lack experience

The .243 IS the perfect deer gun. Low recoil, accurate, flat shooter. I'd take ANY shot with the 243 that I'd take with an <insert unnecessarily overpowered caliber here>. You really think a 243 can't fully penetrate a deer? Give me a break. You guys keep using your <insert unnecessarily overpowered caliber here> and I'll keep using my 243. I'll kill as many or more than you will. I've seen TWO deer shot at with a 243, 55 grain VARMINT bullet. BOTH were DRT. Granted one was a head shot, but the other was a high shoulder shot. Would I recommend that bullet or those shots? Hell no, but the fact that a VARMINT bullet out of a 243 can do that tells me that a deer bulletin out of a 243 will have no issue whatsoever. What exactly do you people think these deer are made out of? Have you not seen what an arrow does to them? It's ok to hunt them with a bow but a 243 is underpowered? What are you guys smoking? I honestly don't mind that you're shooting them with an <insert unnecessarily overpowered caliber here>, but don't sit there and tell me that the 243 is lacking something when it comes to deer hunting. Actually, go ahead and say it all you want, I K N O W better. Why do I bother? Clearly the marketing departments for the <insert unnecessarily overpowered caliber here> is way better than I am. They sure have you guys eating out of their hands!! Zhe Wiz

No, her thoughts were " obama again!!? "

GPS, Navigation, Satelight radio, Generator, 40' lcd tv, heater, case of beer, poker table and 4 wheeler to carry everything

Man all this talk about the ladies laughing and disappointing output from your weapons sounds like an Enzyte commercial.....

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that deer grosses over 100"

Sure they could be chasing. I've never been one to believe that bucks will all be chasing at the same time. I think they can chase anytime between October thru December if he comes across a receptive doe. Just because one is chasing in my area, don't mean you'll see one chasing in yours either. They are the same as human males. Have a girl lift her skirt a bit and give you a wink and most of us will get stupid real fast. No different for a buck.

As long as you know whats in the background and are being safe, you are fine. You cannot tell me that you have never had a bullet cross a property line and be truthful about it. I dont care what the Encon guy said, they are not infallible. Using that logic, its trespassing every time I mow my lawn and a rock or leaf goes over the property line. Good gravy.

I just moved in and they own 10 acres that butts up to mine. There's a few good spots on their land and that property butts up to another 80 owned by a girl i went to high school withs father. So i'm going to try and get in good with him and ask to bow hunt. If he says no i might put some nails in their ramps jk jk

Mmmmmm baby seal.......

PS...I kid you not....just dug one out.....

I love ALL deer hunting. Bow, gun, ML, I love it. If there was a hammer season, Id do that too and love every minute of it.

I agree but who would think you would need a self defense gun in the woods hunting.

this is exactly why we should be able to carry a handgun for self defense in the bow woods.

Wont need to, Im hoping the cars will just pile them up for me as they eat the block out of the ditch. I find it to be more efficient this way. Yeah you lose a little meat but the numbers should make up for it. Its about 20 yrds down the road from my driveway to so the drag isnt that bad to the skinnin tree

I was walking on a edge of a soybean field on the second day of bow season many years ago. I was looking in the woods, when something told me to look in the field. There in the field bedding down looking at me was a beautiful 6 point. The area he was in the soybeans seemed darker.He was about a 100 yards away.So i ducked down and started to belly crawl towards him. I get about 80 yards from where I think he was and peek up and don't see him, but I did not see him run. So i looked around and nothing.So I stood up, and next think I know at about 15 yards away his head appears and turns and looks right at me. He stands up and starts to move, I take a shot and it hits him near the back up the rib cage. He continues to run through a hedgerow, and I run to get through the hedgerow and see him stop about 150 yards away in a cut corn field and fall over. He weighed was a 185 lb 6 point. That was one memorable bow hunt for me.

Yep, dont even need a hangover for that to happen lol

sitting in my stand this morning...my seat fell out from under me, made the loudest noise ever. oh yeah also this morning while putting on a glove my hand slipped and i punched myself in the face,...my cousin got a good laugh out of that one.....but minuts before that i handed him a grunt call and he procided to try to blow in it the wrong way....haha was a good funny morining for us

And you guys think I am a bad instructor.