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Got this girl this morning when she came out of the corn headed to the thick bedding area near the swamp. I got her to stop, but her shoulder was behind a tree and she refused to come out from behind it. I was hoping the shot would have been a hair further forward, but it dropped her in her tracks, right through the spine behind the ribs. Caught a little gut, but nothing too bad. First one for my TC! The last DMAP for the farmer as well, he should be very happy when I tell him.

Didn't get a bow kill, didn't get a public land deer like I was looking for, but having my dad go out hunting with me on opening day and dragging back two deer was the best feeling. He got the Doe, I got a Buck.

215 lbs giant. Shot by my friends daughter 7:15 opening day. From the same camp a nice 8pt shot Monday morning 11:15. This is the same deer my brother shot with the bow a week earlier in the neck. Had a big wound that started to heal over.

Ok. So here's my story on my harvest on opening weekend. Saturday morning 11/17/12 I get into my stand at the edge of a cut soybean field at about 5:45am. It's cold and no wind. As the horizon lightens up a few doe start moving about but way to far away - 250+ yards. Not comfortable with a shot so I sit and wait. About 1 hour after legal shooting light two small doe come out of the woods behind me to my left. They mull about eating about 75 yards out in the cut soybean field. They never present a broadside shot. So I watch them mull about. They walk in front of my stand but directly in front there is a tree with branches going every which way so I wait patiently. I decide to take one of them once they present a shot. After about 20 minutes, one of them turns broadside at about 100 yds and I squeeze the trigger. She runs off toward the tree line in the same area I shot my 5 pointer in 2010 and I'm think that crap, another hour to look for her. About 20 minutes later i get down and start tracking her. I get to the spot and just like 2 years ago see no blood. I start walking further away from my stand toward the direction of where I found my 5 pointer and lo and behold she's lying in the tall grass, not even 20 yards from where she was hit. That was an easy track. Here she is lying at my feet. The wound is the exit wound from my 30-06. Now Sunday morning (11/18/12) I get into my same stand about 6:00am. Again it's cold, no wind and frost on the ground. About 30 minutes later several shots ring out - before legal shooting light. I sit and see nothing other than some doe over 400 yards away. At about 7:00am out of the corner of my eye to my right I see a buck walking toward my direction along the edge of the soyfield at about 70 yards. I glass him to check his antlers and I count only 4. I continue to watch him as he gets closer and I see 5 antlers, then 6. I decide at that moment if he presents a shot I will take it. He continues to walk across in front of my stand and he gets behind the same tree with the branches in front of me blocking any shot. He stops there and feeds for several minutes. It's about 7:15 now and my legs start shaking. I have my rifle scope on him following him and he stares right at me. I'm thinking - Crap! He made me. He stares at me for several minutes and then looks down and continues walking. I find an opening to my left and I wait for him to get to that spot. He slowly walks forward and gets into the opening. He starts to quarter away from me. I put the cross hairs on his left shoulder and squeeze the trigger. He stumbles to the ground and goes 7 yards and drops right in the soyfield. I could not believe it. I surely thought he was going to bolt. I wait a few minutes and then I hear crunching behind me. I look and see a small spike coming right under my stand to my left and gets into the open field. He sees the one I just dropped and slowly makes his way over to him. He snorts, stomps, and circles him. After 10 minutes he finally walks away grazing. I tie my rifle to the tow rope (or at least I thought I secured it) and start to lower my rifle when suddenly I see the rope unravel and watch my rifle fall to the ground 15 feet and hit the ground with force snapping the rear stock completely off. I start cursing myself. I get down and look at my rifle - scope and barrel was intact but the rear stock broken off. My emotions went from elation to depression. I slowly made my way over to the buck I shot. I look at his rack and notice he's actually had a small seventh point about 1" long but I don't care and I chalk him up in my mind as my first 7 pointer. I go back from depression to elation. Now it gets better. I see the exit hole but no entrance hole. The exit hole was right in the middle of his chest. I then see what appeared to be a flesh wound on his right rear leg that seemed fresh. I'm looking at that and thinking - No way I did that! I flip this brute over and look for the entrance hole and after looking for several seconds I finally find it right above his left front shoulder exactly where I put the cross hairs on him. I was relieved. I'm wondering if that earlier shot I heard caused the flesh wound or was it from fighting?? I don't know and I don't care. He's mine and he's in the freezer next to his girlfriend.

Went throught the harvest thread and checking out everyone's harvest. Followed the rules and ended up getting this. So if I didn't "like" your post don't think I think any less of your accomplishments.

I think at that point you call it a pipe bomb........then someone else calls a doctor.

Nice doe dropped with the 7mmMag. this morning.

Here's a nice one that was shot by one of my uncle's neighbors yesterday...

Yesterday (Opening Day), 750am. Hunted 8 acres in Putnam County - 3N. Passed up a spike and 3pt, then shot this 4pt. My 5th buck in the last 6 years.

Shot this doe tonight walking through the corn.

Tie the rope shorter so the gun hangs & doesn't hit the ground.

why are you going in for lunch if your day hunting isn't over? When you leave the woods it should be to end your day, whatever time that may be. I suggest leaving after dark.

Shot this spikehorn, which I mistook for a doe on opening day morning at 8AM. I also filled both of my DMP on Sunday afternoon. All on my property in 8N.

ok, your deer ran 200 yards from the corn pile. does it matter where the gut pile is ????? and gut piles don't last very long.

It really doesn't take heavy pressure to send the deer into nocturnal activity. I don't even think a deer has to be shot at or even come into direct contact with the actual hunters to get them to turn on their super stealth mode. I have never seen a deer confused about the fact that hunting season is underway right within a few hours of the first shots. I think they put on the heavy survival moves within a few hours of the beginning of the first day. The stink of hunters in the air and on the ground tells them that something is up. I don't think that drives do anything toward spooking the deer more than just the fact that everywhere they go there is hunter scent. I just wish that hunters would put more pressure on the deer and keep them moving like they used to. Whether that pressure is drives or simply more still hunting, I don't care. I have this picture of all the deer bedded down somewhere, and all the hunters snoozing under a tree or playing video games, or anything other than putting those deer on their feet.

I hear ya deerpassion, and I do know what you are talking about.... Its just gets to me when people say bow is different, yeah it is so is gun and MZ. Bow you hunt in short sleeve, MZ you have 4 t-shirts on :-) All I'm saying is, let's stop the chevy vs. ford debate and let's just hunt and enjoy that awesome organic food we are all after... :-)

Me... I miss the solitude. Knowing no one else is around and the deer will be moving, or not, in their natural state while I wait in ambush. Ahhhhhhhh! Love it! Miss it!!!

its only 10 hours of work its just a matter of how many they ave to do

Thanks bubba, i didn't last long this morning because i wasn't feeling well. Right before 7am i seen a deer coming from the other field and i figured at the rate it was moving it will be legal shooting time, i position myself at the right angle and wait... man this deer is slow i thought and i see oh its a buck so i know i am ready for him! wait he hasn't gotten any closer wth, i look to the right of him and i see there are a few stalks lined up, Crap its not a deer its corn lol oh well... i thought it was funny

I think all hens make noise, you don't need a rooster to make eggs, they are to fertilize the eggs. you can raise chickens in any setting, they grow up not knowing any different then what they have, give them an inch once they always want it that way after that. Happy healthy chickens will lay eggs good. I chose Rhode island reds because they can handle the cold and are good to eat. I do have other breeds and have never any die from the cold. I get green, blue and different shade of brown eggs, RIR lay brown lrg to jumbo eggs. I suggest getting at least 6 if you have the room to share so no one complains

thats it I did not want to post pic. without the hunter's permission. Shot this buck in Groveland. Could not have happen to a nicer guy. Way to go.

Heres the pic I saw on NYAntlers facebook

Gotta be a beaver with that tail dragging. 50-60 lb isnt unheard of and they can reach 100 lbs tho rare.

Rake the area in front of the cam to get tracks, looks like Beaver to me and they can get pretty big.

That pic looks like beaver tail is facing the camera

Pigs dont have paws. Looks like a beaver to me. Beavers can get pretty good size, and you arent able to tell the color of anything in an IR pic, its basically black and white. Is there any way you can go back to that area and use the trail cam to get a picture of something of known size in the approximate spot where that animal was? For size comparison.

WTH is that a beaver?!? i would think hawg to but that flat tail(if thats what that is) sure looks beaverish to me

Passed up several big does yesterday afternoon. Had to scratch an itchy trigger finger tonight...

and my brother in law got this one

then my sister got this one

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 .

It'll be just fine laying on the ground as long as its not a piece o crap scope.

I never had a problem with a rope long enough to let the Unloaded rifle with a scope down and lie on the ground.Just do not drop it down.Same way up nice and easy.So it does not hit anything.

got this 8 point opening day about 9:45am

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

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

Announcing a shutdown seems like a real good way to bring the Union back to the table with lowered demands. Lets see if that is what is happening

I had the same thought . Some flossing might be in order also .

Maybe it's a good idea to brush your deers teeth before taking them to the butcher. LOL!

welcome fellow islander good to have another water fowler here what part of the island you from Islip here papabear

I think they should allow people over a certain age and others who are deemed unable to shoot a vertical bow from a doctor aswell as from a dec agent.