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I cant wait for one of my nephews to say yolo in front of me......................so I can crack him in the back of the head.......................lol happy birthday

You needed a better lawyer.

8pt I killed in Saratoga County on Sat (9/28/2013), second day of early bow in the NZ

there are a lot of odd things about this post... 1 of which it being your first. But I'm going to leave it alone.

Ok, Funny story. Last year my daughter boy friend was all gun ho to get into hunting. I took him shooting, helped him practice and got him all set up. Opening weekend was all set and he was joining us at camp. For a few months before the season I kept telling him that we had a few rituals at camp. If you missed a buck you got you shirt tail cut off. This happens every time you miss until you get your first buck. Second was that he may want to take a doe as his first deer becasue he had two choices after his first kill. 1. have his way with it or 2. take a bite out of the heart. Fast forward to the night before the opener. He asked my father if there was anything he had to do if he got a deer? (Silly boy must have thought I didn't get the old man up to speed...lol) Dad told him word for word. He didn't see a deer for 3 day, or at least none he admitted to. On the fourth day I honestly had forgotten all about the spoof and he shoots probably the biggest doe we hae taken at camp. I went down after his shot and he did as I had told him. pinpoint where you shot, how it reacted and the last place you saw it. he was flawless. put me right onthe blood trail and he took her right through the heart. Very easy track for him. So we are high fiving each other and all of a sudden he is all quiet and has his head hanging down. I am thinking he is sad becasue he killed a deer. I ask him what is wrong and he looks at me and asked me which choice I had made. I almost wet myself....lol. He was almost as happy when I told him we had been pulling his leg as he was when he came up to the deer.

Got out with Daniele... shot got her first buck!

NICE! First blood of the year!! LOL Congrats!

Growing up on a farm I've seen a lot of animals die- many of them at my own hands. In fact, unless anyone in here works in a slaughterhouse it would be a safe bet that I've killed more animals by age 32 than most of you will even think about killing in your lifetime. I'm not bragging, just pointing out that I've been privy to more than my share of dying and death. It is one thing to take a 150 yard shot at a deer and find it dead when you walk up to it. It's a whole other thing to be looking a cow dead in the eye, put the muzzle to her forehead, and pull the trigger. I'm betting there's a lot of tough guys that would change their tune once they've done this a few times. I talk myself through it because the animal doesn't know what hit them and I am being merciful. We used to have Western Europeans come to the farm when I still lived in CT to slaughter calves and bulls. Many of them were Muslim I believe, and according to their religion the animal had to die by having it's throat slit so the blood could run out. Try standing there and looking a calf in the eye as the life runs out of it's jugular... I watched several of the customers vomit on the spot and I'll admit it is really unsettling to look an animal in the eye during the time when all hope is lost and death in inevitable but the animal is still conscious of what is going on. I finally was able to talk most customers into letting me stun the animal with a hammer before they slit the throat- best of both worlds; the religious beliefs are upheld but the animal is not conscious. I shot a doe last week in CT and watched her go down within sight- I'll admit I had mixed feelings as it was fairly similar to what I described in the previous paragraph. I shot her right through the heart and she died about as quickly as they can when shot with an arrow, but there was still that period of time when the fatal blow has been struck and the life leaks from the body through a wound onto the ground as the animal wanders confused by what is happening. I do celebrate when I am successful in killing a deer but with every one I kill I realize that the kill itself is the least of the reasons I am hunting. It can almost be a bit of a letdown when it's all over. I am not telling anyone else not to celebrate but have respect and don't take death too lightly.

You forgot about painting your face with the blood.

I have a pile of 1.5s. Nothing wrong with hunting the way you see fit. I don't particularly like it when people hold out right away for a big deer. You need to get a few under your belt. It is their decision, so that is fine by me, but I just kind of shake my head a bit, thinking, more like knowing, that is a recipe for disaster in most cases when it comes to a long-term, knoweldgeable, hunting "career." From an observation POV, I find most of these people think genetics is more important than anything, food plots will bring in all the big bucks, and to hunt over them is the only way to do it, and that saving stands is a good tactic, rather than hunting the best stand for the situation. They get burned out, get hard headed, and quit. Or, they spend more money on trying to buy their way to a big buck without learning how to kill one first.

I did the exact same thing. I asked the kids (son & daughter) when they were about 5 & 8 to blood trail my deer, pray with me, help me gut the deer ( no knives but holding the legs) then they helped my drag it out to the house. IT WAS AWESOME! And will forever be one of my best days ever in the field. They had all sorts of questions like "Where is the heart and what is that?" They were so excited. Now everytime I harvest a deer out back, I text the house, "Release the hounds!"

Good luck to everyone. I will be in my stand tomorrow There is nothing at work that can't wait until Wednesday.

It bothers me to have people just getting into hunting, having never shot a deer, who would turn down a small buck. Just my gut here, but I think that these people never really existed until relatively recently with the way hunting is portrayed on TV. And with the internet banter. the idea that someone would passing up bucks, while they never learned what it was like to take one down, just doesnt sit right with me. A hunt isnt over when the gun goes off, or when the arrow is released. You have misses, you have bad shots where you need to trail a deer, gutting, dragging, butchering, etc. Picture having zero experience with all this, yet someohow feeling like a measly 12 in wide six pointer is "beneath you". No good IMO. Re Tag Soup, I have gone a few seasons where I was waiting for a nice buck, and it never came. In fact, I think a couple of those seasons, i never shot a doe, for whatever reason. It wasnt the end of the world, but I remember come the following season, I was taking the first good shot I had _buck or doe.

Well I have a new stand that is in a great spot in a pine tree, so I wanted to put pine branches and needles in my tote bin that I store my clothes in. With that being said, I didn't want needles getting everywhere and getting pricked wearing my gear. My solution... I had an old swim suit laying around that no longer fit me. Cut out the mesh lining. Brought over that lining and used the sewing machine to make a couple mesh bags. I left a small (~4 inch) opening at one end. stuffed it full of some springs from a pine tree Used a pin and folded over and pinned the opening shut. It works great, the mesh from the trunks is perfect because the holes are super small, the needles can't even get out. Defintiely a nice addition to my scent control, was easy, and FREE.

My anti-hunting buddies with their profanity and such screwed with my video on Youtube (got their sorry a_ _es blocked)... got the "stick it up your arse" note up front for them so they can't say... we just stumbled upon it and OMG...

Today I swung my front door wide open and placed my Bushmaster AR-15 right in the doorway. I left a full 20 round magazine beside it, then left it alone and went about my business. While I was gone, the mailman delivered my mail, the neighbor boy across the street mowed the yard, a girl walked her dog down the street, and quite a few cars stopped at the stop sign near the front of our house. After about an hour, I checked on the gun. It was still sitting there, right where I had left it. It hadn't moved itself outside. It certainly hadn't killed anyone, even with the numerous opportunities it had been presented to do so. In fact, it hadn't even loaded itself. Well you can imagine my surprise, with all the media hype about how dangerous guns are and how they kill people. Either the media is wrong, or I'm in possession of the laziest gun in the world. Well, I'm off to check on my spoons. I hear they're making people fat.

I wouldn't be in the stand any later than 5:30.

Butt crack at 30 yards, not looking for shooting time, just need to know when I need to be in, and settled down by, so I know when to set my alarm. Yes I'm always there at least 30 minutes before buttcrack-oclock.

2 days? Where does it start Oct. 2? I'll be in a tree tomorrow.

Same, I'm all sorts of twitch this afternoon, hope I can sleep tonight! If no shut eyes by 1am I'll just get up, load up on stimulants, and sneak out REAL EARLY so I'm there 2 hours before first. I'm annoyed at the wind shift to SW instead of NW though, can't hunt the really hot stand.

when it cools down, I'm OK with waiting i'll just shoot coyotes to kill the time

To night hunt predators there, you need to obtain a predators pass and then call in advance to let them know you'll be there that night hunting predators. Must provide plate number to car as well.

I finally had an hour to myself to put together this timelapse video from pictures I took using my GoPro Hero 3 on September 14, 2013. (Watch it on 720HD for clearer picture) I can't wait to be seeing the real thing again next weekend . . .

WOW! Did they ever retrieve the slug/sabot/bullet from the wall to prove either way? I wouldn't think that not finding spent shell casings under that other stand would prove squat! I always pick up my spent casings/shells, so they're not laying around in the woods!

I introduced my daughter to things early. She watched a buddy of mine gut a buck he had shot when she was 6. I told her to let me know if she wanted to take a walk while he did it, but instead, she stood there, intently watching, asking what everything was. She was 100% fine with all of it. She helps me butcher deer, portion up the meat, grind sausage, etc. She loves all of it. The only part she hasnt had a chance to see yet, is the actual shooting of a deer.

growing up I saw a lot of deer hanging before I ever saw one shot or gutted. I think a gutted deer is a good start to introducing a young person. And you need to be able to judge the kid. If you start them out to early, it might turn a certain type of person off for good. Personally I didn't see a deer shot or gutted till I was 14... but that was just me. The death of a large animal can be tough for an 8 year old.

You mean something like, cutting down a tree a few days before season because it has poison ivy branches/leaves sticking out 3 feet on each side, blocking you're view, and now having poison ivy on both arms the day before season???? That kind of stupid?? Glad your finger is OK!

THINK! ...... No mistakes! .... plan .... execute ...... safety ..... success ..... Go get 'em ..... and Git-er-done!

I wouldn't say it gets easier. For me passing on the smaller bucks is self gratifying. Knowing that I had them in range and they were unaware, it's a good feeling. Yeah I could have killed them, I just take a mental photo and hope they make the same mistakes in a year or two.

lmao well i figure if i have some shooting involved it can b a guy thing another of the ideas i was tossing around...

how about some inner loins from a fresh doe you'll get October 1st...

Wow.

No, they are disgusted by the genetic manipulation if the species. 2 year old deer that cant hold their heads up due to the weight of the manufactured rack on their heads, etc. Sorry, but any high fence operation that does not exceeded the average home range of a wild deer, or one that hand raises deer in barns and small pens, and then releases them into a small enclosure to be shot, is a black eye to the real hunting world. The QDMA is pretty clear on their opinions on the subject. Now Im not against the farming of deer for scents, meat, research, but the high fence hunts that I described above are sick IMO.

Since I'm such a good guy here's what I'll do for you; I work evenings, PM me directions to your stand, I'll get there early and sit in your stand for you until afternoon when I have to go to work. If that nice 10 shows, I'll drop off a picture of him in the back of my truck, a backstrap and a hindquarter for you. If he doesn't then I'll tell you so you don't feel like you would've missed anything by not being there! Keep in mind, I wouldn't do this for just anyone.

But a Police Officer needs to remain professional and have dignity, no matter how big of a douche the person is.

I have a feeling that this Officer did have an issue with the sign. Any Police Officer who was just following an order to remove the sign (with no prejudice) would not have gone there and kicked it down like he did. He would have gone to the home owner, (with paperwork) and explain to him that it needed to be taken down....for whatever idiotic reason that may be. Its too bad that he did that because that doesn't just make him look bad, but it makes a lot of other Officers look bad. The public should never doubt the integrity of a Police Officer and they should be able to trust every single one, 100% of the time! Just a shame...

Doc, all it takes is one cop like this to pull you over and ruin your life when he decides you've violated a gun law. But I'm sure you'll excuse away whatever he does to you.

We will have to disagree on this one. I am not a law enforcement basher. Whether the sign was for a garage sale or a political one is not my point. I get the thread is about the latter. It appears this home owners sign has been removed several times. If a police dept has time to target offenses which are normally handled by code enforcement then I see one of 3 problems. 1) overstaffed dept with too much time on their hand (my tax money at waste) 2) redundancy in work by policing dept and code enforcement (again tax money wasted, lets trim the fat) 3) alternative motive in enforcing the removal of the sign, poor utilization of a skilled employee (oh yeh once again wasted tax revenue). You are absolutely right if the sign was about race to cure diabetes it would never have been reported but then again it probably would not have been removed either.

Oh my gosh! A battle of self-anointed experts has broken out ...... lol. It is getting a bit funny to watch the competition of conceit. "My credentials are better than your credentials" .... ha-ha. Yeah, I'm not too impressed .... sorry. But it is entertaining.

a 1.5 or maybe 2.5 either way great potential. if your going to take a small buck (1.5year old) take a spike, yes I know a spike can grow up an be awesome but that is an if. a 1.5 year old 8 pt has awesome potential, already has good nutrition and will be at least an 8 the next year unless it suffer some kind of injury. that spike may be a 2.5 ear old 6pt the following year, but an 8 at 1.5 may be bigger but at least an eight. that is the problem with antler point restrictions. you remove the healthiest most promising 1.5 year olds. the 8 in your pic would be fair game under a 3 or 4 pt rule.. while it holds much more potential than an unknown spike.

A lot of guys enjoy the videos and are always supportive... the mods are awesome on this forum too! I wore the shirt to show my support for the forum and the hunters on here... and hopefully other hunters watching the video will see the shirt and check out HuntingNY.com too!

#1- gut it where it is, just make sure the guts aren't gonna be in a spot that may offend other's, remember that other non-hunters use the area. #2- I don't think it's mandatory, used to be if you wanted a bonus tag you checked it in, but now they have a way of getting the bonus tag by electronically sending them a copy of your filled tag (if I'm wrong about it not being mandatory, someone correct me). #3- most places don't require an appointment, do you have a place in mind? if so, give them a call ahead of time to find out.

I agree. Whenever I look down on a kill, I get a mixed feeling of joy and sadness.

2013 bucks from two of the farms i hunt

jeeeeezzzz. wait up a minute while i mop up the drool from my desk

Finally was able to make the 3 hour drive to go check my camera. It has been sitting over one of the plots I put in at the end of july. The date and times were fine for half of the pictures then went haywire for some reason. Not too sure why. The deer seem to love the plot. It took a little while for it to come in but im happy with it, especially with the activity its seeing. Have another plot that came in better but no camera on it. I did post a picture of it tho. Got a Couple of good young bucks and got one deer the looks pretty good, hopefully he shows his face come bow season. What do you think he scores and how old?

Nice ones! Except for the 245am timing. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Yea 168 pics last check after 2 weeks but nice to scroll through and go weeds, weeds, weeds, wee RACK!!!