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Got this doe right before sunset last night. She came out with another doe and a fawn and she was the bigger of the two adults. First deer taken with a bow I just got my bow last year so this is my first full deer season to hunt with a bow and I love it. I did a tonnn of shooting to get ready for this season and it paid off. She led the way out then came the fawn. I had already started to draw my bow and think the fawn heard me. It looked right at me and then the mother did to I let the arrow fly and ended up getting a great shot. She ran maybe 20 yards off the trail and piled up in a shallow swamp land. Lets goo deer season 2013 for my first bow harvest. Im very pumped lol !!!

Got a nice buck on Sunday Oct 6. The fun part about this buck was that i saw him my first morning out on Friday Oct 4th. He gave me a perfect broadside shot at 25 yds and I guess I just didn't settle my pin like i should have and i shot under him and sheered off a few of his chest hairs. I was a little disappointed but I had already taken a doe that morning and i had 3 months to find him again. On Sunday morning I sat up in the same tree and though I saw many does, he never came out. as I walked out of the woods that morning I came across ground zero. A small area with 2 or 3 active scrapes and every sapling rubbed free of bark. I knew this is where he was coming out from bedding all day. Lucky for me there was a big black pine with good vantage points right along the trail. I unpacked the climber, got out the saw and trimmed it for a 20' high sit. I was back in the stand at about 3pm that afternoon and almost immediately the does started coming out. I counted 9 in total and it didn't take long for me to get skylined. I was frozen in an uncomfortable position for over an hour before those pissed off does left the area. About 5:30pm I hear a crack behind me, looked down and there he was. I had to spin an lift the bow up over the side bar of my stand and i did this with great care making sure I didn't catch any of the bark on the black pine. He took a few steps as I drew back, gave me a quartering away shot a little better than straight down and I let fly. The arrow made a loud, deep thud as it sunk in high on his rib cage and lodged in his shoulder on the opposite side. I knew the arrow didn't pass thru and he turned and crashed in thru some of the thickest most dense tangle of brush, stickers and vines you can imagine. It sounded like Buick as he blasted 60 or so yards through the brush ending with a solid loud CRASH. I knew he was down. I got out of the stand immediately to begin finding him and I made note of the direction of where he crashed. This brush is so thick you might have to go 20' sideways just to get back on trail and go 2' forward. I found a few drops of blood that had splashed out of his back and moved forward. It didn't take long for me to lose the trail on the wet leaves and it seems several other deer spooked with him so following the running tracks wasn't working. I finally gave up and thought I would bring my beagle back to help me find him. I had gotten so turned around in there (it's really like one of those mouse mazes) that I just looked up over the trees and headed for daylight. And to my amazement, there he was. And as luck would have it, he died only 40' from a field. It still took me a good 10 minutes of maneuvering and a few cuts to get him out of there but I made it. he's not the biggest deer but It was a very fulfilling hunt and my strategy change paid off.

Just got back my 8pt bow kill from 2012 and boy did he come out nice! Looks good on the wall! i also got back 2 black bear but I haven't been able to put them on the wall yet so no pics. I will post as soon as they are up.

Couldn't resist and shot a doe Oct. 7. She is now in the freezer. 20ft "tracking" job. Gotta love that. BTW - I did put her in the carpeted bed of the sissy truck, in a tarp of course.

I know he's not too big, but it's my first deer with a bow. Taken in 7s 10/1/13 at 0725 am.

First one of the season for me! Had 6 or 7 come out just before sunset, and this one gave me the best shot. 30 yards, double lung, right through the pump station!

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My wife puts up with my hunting, and has for 40 years. We had 6 kids and only one boy's a hunter and I just got the youngest girl 19 into using a bow. I spent all my time coaching teams, doing boy scouts, all sorts of volunteering, which never really gave us too much time for ourselves. I make sure, now, that I put time aside for the two of us, go for a walk every day. Then, when the season comes around, I'm gone, bye bye, see ya. I "try" to hunt every weekend, but things come up, like weddings, golf, fishing, but if she has no plans, it's my time and the best part is I get to spend it with my son. Hopefully, next year, my daughter will go for the courses and get her license. To this day, my wife can't believe she let me get my daughter a bow. She says what if all 3 of us get's a deer bowhunting, then there's rifle, and muzzle, what then. We'd need a huge freezer and who's gonna eat all that deer meat!!! I get out and do the things that I enjoy, and that's what happens when you marry an angel

I guess by those standards, I'm fairly unsuccessful ................looks like I've been kidding myself for the last 32 years, thanks for the wake up call.

Congrats, you just ruined your own thread.

What is success? Filling any tag? Seat time without cheating the wind. Killing a mature buck? Hunt where they live and the above answer. Enjoying nature? Stop hunting. Find a new hobby like bird watching. Spending time with family/friends? Somtimes you have to sacrifice personal goals for the better of the group/experience/time spending. Don't worry about it. Before you know it, the people you want to hunt with won't be around or can no longer do it. Always give the best stand to the elders. Kind of hard to provide a single answer.

A miss...even three...is not the end of the world. Don't overthink this. You are human; a lot things can go to hell in the presence of a deer to cause a miss. Do go back and bag one today. Good Luck!

I can see both sides of the discussion. One side loves the old way of shooting all year to get better accuracy with the bow, learn all the wood craft he can, trys to see how close he can get to game prior to a kill shot, and scouts all year long to find the deer bedding and travel routes. Now the other side it sure seems that on the sportsmen channel if you see the shows the way is all the new things, you must have a food plots, you must have several of the cameras so you are looking at deer all year long via the cameras, you must have a new scope that tell you how far away the deer is so you can take a shot, plus do not hunt with a bow with just a string and nothing more like sights, peep, kisser, release, carbon arrows, and new type of closed in flight BH's...got to hunt out of tree stand or mfg blind. now for me a old fart of 71, I am both side of the coin, still love the traditional bow, but shoot a compound with peep, WB rest, carbon arrows, muzzy 3 blade fixed BH's, release and d-loop on the string. I still am shooting all year long, Why, at my age it has to be done to keep me so I can hunt. I also shoot 3D's both here and am a senior master in ASA in SC. I also am in the woods most of the year, looking to see how the deer have changed. The preseason scouting also lets me shoot stumps with wood arrows, blunts with my traditional bow .I do not or can not afford all the trail cameras or have my own land for food plots. I also hunt only from ground blinds that I use from natural down tree etc., no more tree stands due to age. so how do you handle the new hunters of the tect age, for me my goal always has to see how you can help and grow our sport. So if you see a new guy or now gal out there you old farts see how you can help them to grow are sport of hunting / archery. You may learn something from them as well.

this is going to take longer to type than the actual hunt lasted. hunted the first day morning and evening with plenty of sightings but none of the decent bucks showed up. second day I skipped the morning hunt because of bad winds for all my morning stands and having some work i needed to get done. the evening hunt I had 2 of the decent bucks at 20 yards all out battling for 15 minutes and no shot at either of them. last thursday am i went in to move that particular stand up another 10 feet, it was at 20 feet and just seemed to be too low for my liking. seeing as we were leaving for pa that afternoon I figured get in move the stand up, spray it all down and get out of there and be gone for a few days. wanted to hunt last evening but we didn't get back in time. this morning with the impending rains I didn't dare hunt and the wind again was iffy for my morning spots. as the day wore on and the rains moved out and the temps dropped to 50 and the winds picked up from the west south west it was game on.... but there seemed to be a persistant little disturbance to the west and I was watching it on the radar and finally I decided that it was going to move out over the lake and be good to go with no rain. My concern over the rain made me later than I wanted to be to get to the stand I moved but I figured if I hustled I would be ok. I have been watching this buck for 3 months from long range almost on a daily basis in the evenings and any mornings I didn't have to work. i parked the truck at 4:45 changed clothes and sprayed down with scent shield. I litterally jogged the 300 yards to my stand. hooked up the harness and bow and up the tree. I pulled the bow up knocked an arrow and hung the bow on the hanger and then hung my fanny pack on the tree. I turn around and start to zip my jacket when I look up and see him coming towards me! I pik up the bow and he is now just about under me and he walks behind me as I ease to full draw he stops at 7 yards broadside he raises his head and tests the wind. It was too late the green pin was burning a hole through the top of his right shoulder, almost like a laser guide for the wasp tipped xx78. at the shot he lunged forward and sprinted 35 yards before I heard him crash... I was in disbelief on what had just transpired, I was not in the stand 3 minutes before I shot him... I knew it wsa going to be close on time but I didn't realise it was going to be that close. im done till I head back to pa to hunt there.

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!

Hmm, this is interesting. Could have sworn I saw a post quoting WNYBuckHunter about how this is not only a swap thread, but also a request for a free tag as well. I wonder what happened to that post. X-Calibur Lighting Systems http://facebook.com/XCaliburLightingSystems

Wait till Early views this thread.

anyone else throwing away their alarm clocks and hunting 50 yards in from the road to get their meat deer this year?

Make sure the fridge is full of beer for your return

Geeze you guys love to argue. I am paid to do that for a living so I will not argue on a forum. My advice, stop texting in the stand. lol. I almost didn't see the 3 doe in front of me when I was texting Monday. I know one of the doe would have preferred me to continue on texting. Off to court.

good advice......deer haven't really evolved much, they are basically the same animal that our great grandfathers killed without any high tech, expensive gadgetry...it's the hunters that have complicated things, not the deer.

There are many online sources for Permethrin spray...Walmart usually carries it. When spraying your clothes, remember to spray the first eight inches or so INSIDE each pant leg and each shirt sleeve. Also spray the inside of neck opening...waist band...pants fly...anywhere a tick might gain access to your body.

Damn strange neighborhood Grow...lol

October 2nd....

numba 2... not the biggest girl in the world, but she came in hobblin real bad, had a broken front leg... decision wasn't hard... felt bad for her...

Happy Birthday Belo & HunterVince 315 A couple young bucks it appears, 29 & 30 years old. 30 years ago right now...............I was driving my first new truck, a 1983 Ford Ranger 4x4. $8300 stripped! Working for a local garage as a mechanic and enjoying myself fully! Enjoy your day guys.

Main trail mowing done....Glad too.... there were a bunch of downed branches from the wind on them...a few really big ones...this will be the first for there are still a lot of leafs...but if it doesn't rain and the winds stay steady...that will keep the trails clear until the next major fall....I can't believe we still have beech nuts dropping they started way over a month ago....not complaining it's keeping the turkey and deer close...Any how I'll have some nice quiet walks in....will hand rake the rest on next warm up..Love sneaking in on them...more than once I've been able to sneak past bedding deer to a stand and just watch and wait for them to get up....It's amazing how many times they stand ...arch and stretch their backs.... lick them selves a bit then lay right back down...plays havoc with your mind....lol

hunting the wind is the key, if it's wrong they'll more than likely wind you regardless of whether or not you drink coffee...........unless you're in a ground blind, I'd be just as concerned about the movement.

Nah. In 10-11 years they will have some special pill you can take to rejuvenate yourself instantly.

Happy mowing..........you sneaky thing you!

What a great start to the season.been out 5x saw deer every time. From a low of 2 to 13! Last night 3 bucks and some does,same stand this AM I see some doe way off in the beans the wide buck I got on cam by the stand I'm in. So I grab the binos and look his way but what is this I'm seeing ? A bunch of branches? Nope a giant rack in front of the wide buck,a few omg's Holy ....later I realize I'm looking at what could be the biggest rack I ve ever seen while hunting.There was a 3 rd younger buck with them as well. This was at 7 45 , the small buck and the biggest stayed eating beans and I think bedded for a bit till 10 30 ,when they wandered off out of sight. Having them on their feet and 150 yards from me, I sat till 12 00 . Nada. Next time a stand is going up over that a ways. I'm pretty sure it's the same one I saw 3 x last year in that field,jumped him once out of the hedgerow he was by today. What a morning.

A handshake with one hand, and a transfer of cash with the other is what will seal the deal. Not that I like that it's become this way, but as time moves on the nice letters, firm handshakes or blueberry pies will get most of us NOWHERE. If you want to hunt private land, you will have to cough up some money. If we aren't at this point yet, it's surely right around the corner.

Congrats to both of you!

Sounds like you need some smaller pins lol. As for the misses. I have a buddy of mine that has missed three times. He is beyond frustrated but hey, that's why they call it hunting, not killing. You''ll knock one down eventually. Be patient and calm.

success to me is whatever I can get out of a hunt that keeps me coming back. sometimes I can have what I consider a successful hunt and not even see a deer. sounds crazy but I am sure others understand. its all in what you get out of it.

See, if success was defined...we'd all be chipping in, via the parameters. Now look.

Congrats WNY

The baiting does not really bother me. Every state i hunt in allows baiting except ny. I do have a buddy that owns land in pulaski and he has a couple of natives watch the property for him. They shoot atleast one deer a week all year long. Now that kind of stuff drives me crazy........

Tnx guys. Ya I know stuff happens but it still chaps my ass lol

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So would you feel the same way about a guy shooting a deer with a crossbow during archery season. After all they are still being killed with a sharp blade? So what exactly is an offense that is worthy to call out?

I can attest to that! X-Calibur Lighting Systems http://facebook.com/XCaliburLightingSystems

You can learn more about deer, not necessarily deer hunting, but the species deer in one bow season then you can in 3 gun seasons. another thing.... dont let other hunter's success or tv shows bring you down. There are already some nice deer posted on this forum and the season is only a week old. Some people shoot nothing but trophies, but they're every 3 years or so. Others may happen to land their best buck this year. Just because you don't shoot a mounter, don't assume everyone else is. More hunters strike out than shoot a mounter.

Wildcat, I would be happy to take you out. I will be hunting at my Cabin in Steuben county the last week in October (27 October - 2 November). We have 2 small cabins and plenty of room if your interested. We got about 21 acres and there is about 2000 Acres of State Land within walking distance we can scout and walk around. Let me know if you would be available during that week and if you are interested.

If G-man can't help you out, I'll be glad to do what I can. I'm just south of Rochester, so about an hour away give or take, but we can make it happen. If we can line up ground, I'd even be willing to scout hot sign then hang/hunt or climb, depending on what equipment you have. Scouting isn't just an out-of-season thing.

Damn .... How do you pin that back-tag on ......Ouch!

Hey some old guys know what a selfie is...

If u make it to WNY I'll let u tape me, but I do hunt in the nude. I feel its natural camo. Sometimes I get crazy with the face paint, maybe you could help me with that while we film..... and u don't have to be nude... its ur choice. Just no wandering fingers please ! They stink !

Proud Daughter sitting with Dad for the first time. Looks like we have a future hunter on our hands.