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It was an awesome opening morning sit, although very short. As soon as I climbed into my stand I had deer in the 50 acre field I was overlooking. I had hardwoods behind me with a standing cornfield on the other side. The leaves in the woods were perfect to alert me of any movement with a nice frost from cold weather. After watching deer move around field right at first light I heard the "crunching" of leaves and this fella came out of the woods 50 yds to my right. Gave me a great opportunity to make a clean shot and I was able to make the most of it. He is not a giant but my second buck ever taken and first since 2007, rough score of 115. My biggest to date.

I took my 16 year old nephew to Letchworth Park today.He got his first deer about 10 minutes after legal shooting time started with his grandfather's very old J.C. Higgins smooth bore 12 gauge pump.He missed the first shot but hit him on the second, the deer went about 200 yards with no blood trail.I am so happy we found him! Picture is from a phone.It was a 6 point buck.

Went to ole reliable...shot at a yote at 6:56...missed ...gun jammed spent 15 mins. fixing that...at 8:27 this guy showed up moving good...found an opening he was headed for...50yrds out...he appeared and I shot he hunched up jumped a few yards then walked away with his tail down and flickering very fast...I lost sight of him and heard no crash ...so sat tight....30 mins later a deer came into where I last saw him...spent some time milling in the area ...I knew he was down ...when the young doe left I went and got him...he'd walked another 60yrds and went down...no blood at all until 5yrds from his body...proud of that shot ..I'm not afraid to say

Nice ole swamp donkey... hit the scale @ 100lbs on the dot

Here he is after removing the cape and head. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got this button head around 3:30pm. I wasn't paying attention just looking down and my gun. The squirrels were running all around me and when I looked up, it wasn't squirrels making noise it was this guy walking right to me. I thought it was a doe until I walked up to it. I shot him the exact same spot that I got my deer in bow season a couple weeks ago. Meat for the freezer! Still got some big boys out there hopefully.

got this 5 point this morning about 9am old deerslayer does it again

My opening day 9 point. 3.5 year old

got this 8 point opening day about 9:45am

My boyfriend shot this 8 point just after 7 a.m opening morning !!

Shot this doe tonight at 4:25. She was hauling A$$ towards me thanks to my neighbors!

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.

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

Shot a 7 pt at 50 yds and he stumbled 7 yds and dropped. Then my rifle falls from stand and the rear stock snaps off. But i dont care. Hes the biggest buck i shot! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Stay in your stand patience pays off ..... :-)

they also usually happen when a guy dont have the brains to look and see what he is shooting at

So I got to the prosperity I hunt got out of my truck to open the gate and went to turn on my head lamp. Nothing I tried again nothing. Thank god for the flashlight app worked All the way to my stand. Trying to set up a climber with one hand not to much fun... Finally set and ready to go bow hunting 3s

got a nice doe today .my brother in law were walking a trail and they were walking right behind us to the right ( not sure why i turned around ) but there they were .( and we were chatting and laughing ) we both shot my brother in law missed but i got mine down she went .

Right Doc ------ Sunrise today in NYC was 6:47 and 7:13 in Fredonia . A difference of 22 minutes across the state . The law is the law . Why not just abide by it instead of wanting something changed to serve some selfish desires !

Did you guys ever notice how much the sunrise and sunset times change as you go across the state. It's unbelievable how much of a difference there is from Buffalo to NYC. I had no idea. One thing I did take note of was what I could see 1/2 hour before sunset (or more specifically what I couldn't see). Yes, I could have easily shot with that limited light, as long as I wasn't looking for any detail on the deer. But then, it was a crystal clear day. I'm certain that 1/2 hour before sunrise on a cloudy day would have been way too dark for safe target ID, and a good look at what was in the background especially if there are guys running around without blaze orange. There have been other years when there was a bit of fog mixed in with heavy clouds that would have made a 1/2 hour before sunrise absolutely ridiculous. I think the state got it 100% correct with the sunrise starting time and the sunset finish.

Sorry WNY i got too excited.

I have been wanting to make jerky for about 6 years but refused to do it with out the recipe my father used when i was a kid. Every time I asked him for the recipe he would get frustrated and tell me he lost the recipe at some point and searched the internet and couldn't find that specific recipe because he wanted to make jerky also. I went to show my uncle the buck I got the other day and the jerky topic came up. He started dating a woman about a year ago that he dated for a few years when I was a kid. When he got his deer this year he wanted to make jerky and she pulled out the recipe my father had given them 20 some years ago. he was surprised she had kept it all of those years. he copied it down for me and my father couldn't believe it when I showed it to him. it is a simple easy recipe that tastes great 4 lbs venison cut 1/8 -1/4 inch thick 1 1/3 TBLS salt 1 tsp pepper 2 tsp onion powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp worcestershire sauce 12 drops tabasco sauce 1/4 tsp thyme Add just enough water to cover meat. let the meat marinate for 24 hours. place oven on warm. stretch meat over racks. place in oven on warm for 4-10 hrs. I have 8 lbs marinating as I type this I can't wait till it is done.

Nothing illegal about loaded guns after dark.

Congrats!

Hey Biz why would DEC check for corn?? Did NYS make it illegal for deer to eat corn now?

not much to of a story to go along with this one. brought my son along me and shot him by 7:30 this morning. 11 points

Shooting hours should be set for the worst conditions - not the best and they need to be hard numbers not left to judgement. On an overcast day in the woods, the current times are good. Does anyone need a deer that badly they need to push the envelope?

Really though,sounds like bear hair moreso than hog imo.

Duuuuuude!!

i wish we had ar up here a LOT of bucks would survive to be 2 yr olds if we had it, instead of being shot w 2 in spikes out of there baby face

Nice big rack.. Yes I know you can't eat the rack. But eating some jerkey while looking at the rack is allways cool haha!!!

That's a bruiser congrats!

Heard lots of shots in the cold spring area today. Was out on 2 different properties all day. Didnt see a thing until 4:30pm. Shot a medium sized doe at 15 yards with the shotgun. Brian

One doe down. Wasn't any fun cleaning her in the dark (my son took my flashlight out of my pack) but she's clean and out of the woods. Hope to run into her old man in the AM. Saw 12 deer today and a busy fox, on and off, trough out the day. Just walk out side with the spotlight in hand and wouldn't you know it, 11 of them on the side yard. Wish I saw them in clusters like that in the woods.

What a dandy!!!!! Congrats on a fine buck

Took a big fat swamp donkey....she came in with 6 friends, no bucks....could not let that opportunity pass.... tenderloins are marinating.

Good idea, it was the right thing to do. Sent from my DROID RAZR

She came out with her girlfriend about 7:15. They walked around for about 1/2 hr. I was waiting to see if their boyfriend would come out but he didn't so after she presented a broadside shot at about 100 yds. I put the crosshairs on her and squeezed the trigger. She ran maybe 20 yds and dropped. The picture shows the exit hole. This afternoon im going for the boyfriend. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Why not just make hunting hours dawn plus an hour then 1 hour before dusk until dark... or better yet lets just skip the daylight hours and just hunt at night so we can catch the deer when they're moving around? Plus wouldn't it be much easier to do away with the guns and just use explosives... then we could just bomb the woods and go pick up deer after the explosion... anything to make it easier. Makes no sense to have to beat the deer at their own game by trying to outsmart them. I think all these rules and regulations are just put in place to make us actually have to hunt deer instead of just be able to shoot on when ever we want... stupid laws!!

So you like to smell like decomposing meat? Nasty.

Them armored dildos are challenging critters... A few years ago while I was hog hunting down in Georgia, one came ambling past and I decided to try and catch it. In my misspent youth, I caught many a possum by running after it and grabbing it by the tail. What's an armored dildo ? Nothing but a possum on the half shell. I put down my rifle and took off after it. I quickly learned that an armored dildo can run MUCH faster than a middle aged, slightly overweight, stubby legged Pygmy. It's a wonder I didn't have a heart attack. I decided if I wanted to bring one to hand, it's easier just to shoot it.

wait......Small Game Head???SGH