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I thought for sure Early had found his true love when I read the title.

Here is my season prep.. 1.... Put new batteries in hearing aid. 2... Put camo tape on walker... 3....Make sure there is ample toilet paper in my pocket. 4....Look for license and tags that I put somewhere where I would surely remember it. 5....Go to town clerks and pay $15 for replacement license and tags. 6....Go into closet to get my rifle. 7... Having forgotten why I went into closet, go to fridge for a beer. 8... Take nap. Next day...repeat..

So here it is: My brother in law who has never bow hunted a day in his life is going with me for his first time. To his credit he has put time in shooting his bow a lot since he bought it a couple months ago. He has been shooting my deer target in my cellar and has gotten proficient. We are hunting my land yesterday afternoon and had not hunted in the morning. I was going to sit in the same spot I do every season even though with it being early in the season with no rutting yet I pretty much figure ill see nothing. He on the other hand wanted to go sit on the side of a hill where he likes to sit in gun season. Instead, I tell him to go sit in my little apple orchard because I figure the deer would be in there munching apples. About 5:30 he texts me he sees a doe, then a fawn, then the doe is 35 yards away chewing apples. I text back don't take any "iffy shots". Then he texts me "there's a big buck coming and I can't count his points he's about a hundred yards away". I text back to just stay still. Keep in mind he has never scouted, is standing on the ground next to a tree where I told him to go, has no clue really what is going on. Lol I text back after a few minutes, "is he still there"? Lol He looks around the tree and days back "yes and coming closer". I text back, "stay real still". More minutes pass and guess what? He texts me "I shot a buck now what do I do?" Again, I text back to just stay still. This time I leave my stand and walk all the way across my property to him and when I get there he tells me the details. He points to where the deer ran after the shot and said he heard "a big crash". I know just where the buck was heading so I tell him to stay where he was when he shot and I slowly poked through the tangled mess into a small creek bottom. There was his buck.....and holy what a brute. This slammer hung around for better than a half hour and then walks 15 yards and quarters away from this first time hunter, standing next to a tree, who the delivers a beautiful shot straight into the deers heart. Moving it was a nightmare because of the weight. After dragging it by hand back into the orchard we were able to get it onto the four wheeler. I'll try to post a picture tomorrow to share. I watched this buck when I was brush hogging during the summer. He was a 3 1/2 or 4 1/2 year old buck. After living that long he gets taken by one lucky brother in law. Lol!!

The irony displayed in this thread is mind-boggling. You do realize you are on an internet forum dedicated to hunting? Hunting the old way is the only way, yet you are participating on a hunting forum online? And, you have nearly 1,000 posts on your account. Mind-boggling.

I have a hard time understanding why people actually take the time to post something this stupid. Why are you on this site? Just to bully people and talk about how great you are because you don't like trail cameras. I hope when I am older I don't become this ornery!

Got my bobcat officially measured by SCI yesterday. The skull scored 9 10/16", which ties me for 10th all-time in the rifle category. I shot mine with a shotgun, but there is no shotgun category, it goes with rifle entries. The SCI scorer said I lost a little bit by having my taxidermist boil the skull. Oh well, maybe could have went top 6-9. Pretty cool nontheless to be ranked top 10 all-time in history. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

I make sure I have my "4-wheeler" tuned up before the hunting season and then test it out

Early goes trolling once again, and once again he's not disappointed, as many of us rise to the bait.... He's not REALLY a self important elitist d---head...He's a Psych major and he just gets off getting REACTIONS out of people..

WOW!!! so a cam set up on a trail or food plot is a bad thing. you have time to scout alot must be. I on the other hand work my butt off nonstop, have a family i spend alot of time with, and for that matter my son wouldnt have it any other way. So because my scouting is helped by cams and instead of having to mow 4 acres all the time I decide to plant something to help the deer, by the way I dont hunt over it. dont lump everybody in one category and shoot your mouth off. the cameras help when I cant be up on my land to see what or who is on there. got a pic of a black bear by utica a few weeks ago, hadnt seen one around here before. wouldnt have known it without the cam. if you feel so strongly about technology then get rid of your guns and bow then build your own recurve,arrows, and stone arrowheads then you are justified in bitching about technology

7 point my buddy shot tonite! Sent from Outer Space

At some point, guys are going to learn to keep their mouths shut UNTIL they recover the deer they just shot.

I stuck this 8pt last night at 5:45 pm. All night long there was a light misting rain and it had the deer moving! I had a doe and fawn came in really early. It was the smallest fawn that I have ever seen this time of the year. Covered in spots and couldn't have weighed more than 40lbs. Shortly after I had a total of 6 does work their way in. They all made it within 20yds but I had no intentions of taking a doe yet so I let them all walk. The rain stopped, the sun went down and here he comes!! A nice 8pt worked his way down the lane a presented a 10yd broadside shot to me! Yeah I love it when a plan comes togther!

Teach us old wise ones, how do you "old tops" prep for the season. I've seen a few threads bashing the use of trail camera's, claiming those that do (or some) are not true hunters. So what exactly is a "true hunter". What does it take to be that guy? What do you do that is different then these trailcam'ing newbs out there? Do you stick your finder in deer poop to test the temp to see if its a fresh dump? Taste it to see what they are eating? Sleep in their beds? In all seriousness, perhaps rather then bashing we have a thread here for newer (and older, hey you can teach an old dog new tricks, I've seen it!) hunters to read and sticky. Not everyone had the luxury of growing up in a place where they could hunt their entire lives or had family that hunted to learn from. Luckily I did, been hunting since I was legally able to and had great mentors. I still have plenty to learn, I'd like to improve on my scouting. However, one thing blocking that is time, but I do what I can when I can. Perhaps cover: Season Prep Scouting Tracking / Recovery ???

Shawnu,Are you a smartass?Look up the regulations.He was perfectly legal.Guys like you piss me off!

Everybody likes ice cream but it comes in different flavors because of taste...the same with hunting. Hunting as a sport is slowly dying and you are complaining just because somebody does not do it like you? Come on!!!! The sport is big enough to take all comers no matter how silly we think their "thing is". Just get them out into the woods hunting. We are just one generation away from losing this great sport to the anti-everythings that want to control all of us. He is in the woods and wants to hunt the way he wants. He is not telling you how to hunt or implements to use and thats a good thing. We evolve and so will his hunting ideas........ Welcome the guy!

I must be a really crappy hunter because I've seen a bunch of nice bucks on these high tech cameras I use to cheat but I don't have any of these nice bucks on my wall....I must be buying the wrong cameras...

Caught this guy on a trailcam in Sullivan County. Property owner was excited about it.

Here's a pic of the hunters at the handicapped bowhunt this past weekend put on by New York Outdoors Unlimited and NYB.There were 2 doe and 1 buck taken.Much fun was had by all.

Sweet Jesus, Doe...!! You made me squirt beer out my NOSE !!

My view tonight

So regardless of the BS...that is a great thing and congrats to the hunters...sponsors...any helpers and the ppl that own the land...KUDOS to you ALL

Let me get right on that....

They were talking 2" of rain......but ushering a cool front for tonight and tomorrow....coming to a neighborhood near you...

Very true, Biz...Whatever floats your boat.. Don't take it personal...I don't know what we'd do without you.. I LOVE YOU, MAN !!! We should get together and visit sometime...Could I come down and mow your lawn or sonething ?

I agree, the cameras to me let me see whats around and keeps me from shooting the first buck I see. I am not really a " trophy " hunter but I do like to be out there, and with the limited amount of bucks one can take being selective keeps me hunting more. The food plots I do I almost enjoy more than the hunt itself. It's become a second hobby for me. The bucks in the Catskills are basically nocturnal once Oct comes so I still need to get deep into the woods to get a chance. Without the cameras I would have no idea there are 2 nine's and 2 eights around where I hunt. Never saw them in person, so I choose to hunt them all season. I grew up hunting in woolrich's using a lever action 30 30 with iron sights, and not knowing it then, but those where the days for me, many hunting camp memories were made. I do hunt with a compound now with scentlok clothes, I use a scoped single shot 20 guage shotgun for gun season because it's my favorite gun to carry. I still don't shoot a lot of deer. Hunting should be about enjoying yourself and making memories, If using the high tech. things you mention is legal and how we do it then you should support it, as mentioned before, too many people want to take our hunting and guns away from us, if we dont stick together to protect that we are doomed

for sale compound bow arrows camo outfit steel broadheads rockyboots and tree stand and game camera ISO sharp stick and rock let me know asap as I have been doing this wrong for 30 plus years ..................... WTFrig !!!!! is wrong with people

I went with the .270 myself. After about 40 years of shooting slugs put of a 12 ga pump, I say recoil ? What recoil ?

I have hunted with my dad since I was 8. didnt carry a gun till I was 10. that gun was a BB gun until I was old enought o get my liscence. I pushed the bush for rabbits and pheasants and hauled out the harvest in the back pouch of my vest. that was my job. I learned alot in those years and then graduated to turkey and deer hunting . I put my time in in the woods being shown the tracks rubs beds trails and everything else that goes with deer hunting. I wont be lumped into a large group just because I use trail cams. when I retire in 30 years and if we are allowed to hunt, then maybe I can bitch about the kids these days and using technology because I will have 24 hours in a day to worry about what has to be done andnot about work, family, and everything else

Anything that can interest and excite people to get outdoors and enjoy the woods and wildlife gets my vote. I think trail cams add a whole new, and fun, dimension. You still have to scout and put the effort in, but now you can get yourself all psyched knowing what might be lurking out there. I was using them years ago when they first came out because they gave my 80 year old uncle something to do after it got to hard for him to actually sit in a stand for hours hunting.

No not me,he meets a young guy that hunts the same area,lets him in on some info about some nice deer in the area that is state land because the "young man" is probably a good person and Early rips him apart here.I just don't understand why it makes a difference to anyone how anyone hunts as long as its legal.We are all in the same club here and fight for the same cause.Why would early care how he hunts,he isn't harming anyone and doing what 70-80% of the people on this sight do to get their deer.

My father shot more deer wearing woolrich's and smoking a cigarette than I do with my food plots and trail cam. To me its all part of the fun.

No, real hunters chase them down, jump onto their backs, and bite their necks. If you use a club you can't even call yourself a hunter.

I was hoping to see some of the college girls when I saw your title. No, wait, never mind........ Awesome pics Eddie. That is one tall racked buck you have there!

Tonight it is 80 degrees sunny with a slight se wind

Heres a view of my Saturday morning sit, surrounded on three sides by huge pines and out in front are 10 or so apple trees. So peacefull !!!!!

The trail to get up to my stand is weedwacked as low as possible and is trimmed about 4 feet wide. It's nice not to touch anything when going to the stand and nice to drag the deer down too. The buck in my avatar walked right up the trail (2 hours after I walked up it) and that's the last thing he did.

This is definitely a tapatalk bug, I had it happen to me. Nothing I can do till they fix it on their side.

lmao. You can't just make a statement like that without backing it up. Carbon is used to filter almost everything on earth, weather it scent or waste streams at a manufacturing plant. Granted you can smell like a goat if the wind is right, but I'll never forget talking with someone who couldn't figure out why he never saw a deer till he learned that he shouldn't be using his head and shoulders before hunting.

this thread is useless without pics! congrats though

landtracdeerhunter We always considered buckwheat honey, the lowest of grades, being tough to get rid of. Use to sell over a ton of honey every year. ​Its all a matter of perspective: Eastern Europeans and Greeks consider buckwheat honey superior to the mild flavored clover honey and pay a premium for it.. (I used to raise bees and still have a few hives), Buckwheat honey is an acquired taste but makes for some great desert crusts (Greek Baklava) in pies and cakes (the famed Polish Honey cake.) Buckwheat is gluten free and when ground is called kasha Deer eat buckwheat especially when it first grows. It is very easy to grow, crowds out weeds, makes for a great green manure when plowed under. The first frost kills it and after a heavy frost it breaks the plant down completely offering zero cover.. If your just going to throw it in a mixed plot......try it and tell us how it goes.

Big blob of diahrrea, with hair & berries in it.

Another reason i try an work on my own stuff! Sent from Outer Space

So did you try to "correct" him in his misguided ways? Probably not, Internet bully. X-Calibur Lighting Systems http://facebook.com/XCaliburLightingSystems

Where's that pop-corn emoticon for this one.....

yup, the spirit of the deer hunt is slowly dying.........every time I hear score or G2 or whatever you call those things, I just want to puke...

This place is LOADED with newbies. They are showered with all kinds of horse manure from these horrid shows on the Outdoor Channel, Sportsman's Channel etc. With all the crap they see, how can you blame them? Hopefully they are here to learn a few things.

You want to meet for lunch and talk about this? I work in Manhattan and can easily meet you. I made a full length feature 10 years ago about my hunting experiences in NY. I'm an experienced FMP user and used all my video and photos for the last 20 years to create it. I'm not saying you can join me but could validate your request.

Had 11 deer come out in my new plot this morning. 4 does, 4 button bucks, 3 fawn does. Shot the biggest doe at 20 yards quartering to me. Rage took out lung and heart. She ran ~80 yards and piled up. 130 lbs hanging. Didn't have my camera arm but got video of her before I shot her.

Not the same deer. There should be, at the very least, a "knob" on that main beam.

A monster 8 my uncle shot yesterday morning. He weighs in at 193 pounds dressed.