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Here is my first buck with the bow!! He came in around 5:30 with another smaller buck down a heavily traveled path towards my stand. The smaller buck split off from the larger buck and started heading towards my 9:00 which is directly downwind of me. The larger buck kept heading down the trail, stopped at a scrape with a licking branch, took a piss down his back legs and then started heading towards my 12:00. As this was happening I notice the smaller buck now directly downwind of me is putting his nose in the air and staring in my direction. The larger buck begins to turn and present me with a quartering shot and what is going through my head is "I better take this shot now before the little buck figures me out and blows"!!! So I drew back and launched an arrow..... He jumped and ran ten yards... then took 7 or 8 slow steps and then went out of view disappearing under the canopy of branches. Now I am texting my buddies how I screwed up and missed a nice buck and I'm not worthy of sitting in this stand, etc. So 30 minutes go by and I decide that I at least want to go find my arrow and broad-head. So now I'm on the ground looking around and I notice blood on the ground!!!!! As I am having this epiphany I notice the buck laying under a tree about 25 yards away looking at me!! So I grab my bow and the only shot I had was through his neck so I took it and ended it for him. Turns out my first shot went through his one lung and then passed through his gut on the opposite side. I know I should have just left the woods when I saw him down and waited it out but I couldn't contain my excitement so I took the follow up shot. Can't wait till November 16th.

9 pt shot in Westchester came in about 4pm following a doe stopped to eat acorns from an oak tree then followed a trail directly under my stand. Presented me with a 15 yd shot quartering towards me.

Please keep the posts to the guidelines of the thread. This is for YOUR harvests, not posts from other sites.

October Lull is a myth.

Fished the Schoharie Creek yesterday: Took 56 minutes to string my limit of FAT smallmouths, 15" - 17"...All caught on live bait: crabs and hellgramites. Caught 13 bass in all on probably my last day of fishing for the year.

This came to me last night. During this last weekend, Sunday, a 15 year old youth was lucky enough to put his tag on the buck of a lifetime. This weekend was his first time hunting deer. 13 scorable points, going to gross in the mid 160's. Bases just shy of 8". Deer was aged at 5-1/2. Taken at 20 yards How do you top that in a hunting career.

Okie dokie was just looking for some insight. Didnt want to get lashed for my lack of knowledge

Nice! Did you use a tree limb,horse tail hair for fishing line and a wooden carved hook? Or did you use one of those technically advanced things called a fishing pole, reel and even maybe some flourocarbon fishing line? There had to be some young guys around there using those things.

This is a list of what will be available on Nov. 1st. http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/6399.html

It's amazing how a thread that started out as a reminder turned into battleground for a few. This thread should have celebrated the fact that the youth hunters in NY could have posted their stories of in the field. Their successes and their experiences in the deer woods. As a bowhunter and gun hunter I can honestly say that I am disgusted with the exploits of some members on here. Now we've even resorted to name calling...makes you wonder who the real "youth" are!!

Here is another nice one taken in Livingston county by Andrew Stanley! https://www.facebook.com/NYHuntClub

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I was reading a book when at 5pm I thought I heard a grunt...there had been nothing but squirrels and that stinking wood chuck....ha the gun comes out tomorrow,,,,...I glassed the woods and there was a large doe and fawn...all spooked up...they exited stage lft...when I saw legs moving 140 yrds out...in files some fawn but absolutely huge doe with some yearling doe....Great they will be headed this way ...the fawn already were headed for the big oak behind the blind....when on the scene charges a rowdy 6pt...and he manages to chase all the older doe out of the area...then proceeds to feed...well this doe wasn't look too big to me until she had another doe and fawn walk by...the 6pt was headed our way and she kept a weary on on him...at 20 yrds she finally turned broad side and I let the arrow fly...it hit her and she nearly tipped over and then reared up and flipped over on to the arrow...it had hit her opposite shoulder...she never left that spot until I picked her up with the tractor.... But alas she then promptly sought her revenge...besides breaking the arrow....when returning with the tractor there were to good sized fawn standing over her ....geezzz....thankfully she had no milk so they will be fine and have each other....I glanced back as I drove away with her in the bucket...the two just stood on the edge of some sorghum watching us leave ...Oh well it won't taint the taste!

8 yards shot ran 20 yards and dropped. Simmons Tree Shark and an arrow that weighs 630 grain did the job.

Three local Steuben County bruisers...several years of history with these deer...all 3 are 5.5 - 6.5 years old. 2013: 2012: A friend of mine has been watching these two for the past 3 years... 2013: 2013: 2012:

every year it's the same thing with you people, anyone who gets in another person stand without permission is a scumbag, who don't deserve to be called a hunter by your logic, while your out hunting public land I should be able to jump in your car and hang out, listen to the radio? it's on a public highway right, you want your car left alone, by your own road

Biology shows that deer daytime movements as a trend increase throughout the given hunting season (our context of Oct 1 through the rut period). Their Core expands, too. People who believe in the myth can't seem to remember changing food sources and hunting pressure impacts deer. They're still hunting the stands they hunted first and applied pressure and then don't see deer and attribute it to some imaginary reduction in daytime activity.

I have come Across a few here n there. I never hunt them them nor do I touch them. It belongs to Someone else and I respect other people's belongings... Besides I also have a mental block on it lol I don't know what type of hunter they are, if they descent, of they move around alot and the deer avoid that spot or area due to it, so I just keep it moving. Besides someone else spent the time to hang it and scout that area.

No, I personally am not going to sit in another hunters stand. It may be state land, free for all to use, but I know that hunter scouted and worked hard to put the stand up. I'm respecting that. I'll turn away and keep looking for another spot.

It's Early forcing use back to the stone age.

I wish I started hunting at an earlier age. I would have loved having a mentor. Just never had a hunting family or anything to get me started. My first season was when I was 18 (20 now) and I fell in love with it since that opening day. Glad to see people out there who like to help teach the sport and pass on their knowledge. I know personally it was so hard starting out because I had no one, I was in the field googling how to field dress a deer. You guys should understand how valuable you are to the youth. Great job!

I ve found that over the 30 years that I ve hunted with the gun and bow nothing was more rewarding than watching others new to the sport fall in love with what hunters like us experience.i ve always believed that the more people involved in hunting only makes it better.and it truly disappoints me when I read or hear hunters preaching about how their way is the right way.....how ever they try to justify their reasoning it always comes out totally self serving.and it goes against how hunting was passed along to us and how we need to pass it on to the next crew coming to camp.kids hunting,crossbows,sat openers,...all ways to help get more people hunting.all good things,and shame on the jerks who say otherwise.

I try to call them in whenever I find one but they keep hanging up on me.. I'll probably just turn myself in this year. Probably deserve to be punished for all the roadkill and shed antlers I've rescued... I mean stolen from the environment.

Well after three days up in our Catskills camp seeing nothing but birds and squirrels we packed up Monday afternoon and headed back home. By the time we got back it was 3 p.m. I decided to jump right back in the jeep and head to my bow hunting spot in Rockland county (NY). I was settled in the stand by 4:30 and I'm glad I did. Right as the sun was setting, I had a few fawns and a young buck feeding below my stand. A nice mature doe came out and I began that slow, calculated process of getting the bow ready to draw. Just as I was about to draw I saw another deer coming down the trail. A buck! He hit the Y in the trail and thankfully he picked to go to the left. He came right under my stand. He paused and I let the arrow go, heart and lung shot, I heard him crash and sat shaking in my tree stand for a good 15 minutes or so. Only my second buck ever, I was absolutely thrilled to put a good shot on him and recover him. 100 grain Spitfire Maxx broadheads, Mission Venture bow.

User called tech support about their printer not working. I sent one of my guys and he discovered this to be the problem. Apparently you can't print on a ketchup packet.

I think you guys are a little early to be sitting all day. Sure someone will have success sitting all day, but with all this mast this year the deer don't have to travel far for food. I would be on acorns in the woods for solid AM and PM sits.

Lotion and a tissue please

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!

coyote followed a fawn past me.....not anymore Sent from my MB886 using Forum Fiend v1.0.1.

One night at Cheers, Cliff Clavin said to his buddy, Norm Peterson: "Well, ya see, Norm, it's like this.. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members! ; In much the same way, the brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine! That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.

I had over 1200 pictures in this spot. When i put camera there there were no leaves on ground. Tons of acorns, I changed camera to my covert. Still not the big bucks during day on camera but that is ok since the does are

This was sent to me today... "Hello, My Name is Tom Schultz Jr. I was excited to be with 15yr old Colton Brewslawki and Mentor him 10/12/2013 on his first youth deer hunt as he took a incredible 9 point buck that scored 131 1/8 “ on my In-laws Farm in Wayne County, NY i...n the town of Walworth. Could not think of a better young man to harvest such a great buck. I was honored that his Mom, Jen and Dad, Mark allowed me to give Colt this Experience of a lifetime everyone was high fives and smiles that day and I’m looking forward to the day I can share the same experience with my two sons." More youth hunt deer here... http://www.nyantler-outdoors.com/2013-youth-hunt.html

I'm hoping I can get my hands on updated pics of "Big Boy"...

I started my son out with a Mathews Genesis. Its a great starter bow with a one size fits all draw length 15"-30" and adjustable draw weight 10#-20#. Its been passed all around the family and still going strong! http://mathewsinc.com/product/genesis/

Until last year, the season would have just started. The October Lull theories didnt align with the very beginning of the season from what I remember. It sounds to me like you just arent in the right area and are looking for something to blame your lack of sightings on.

Wow quick response! Yes you can apply, just pay the 10$ fee in person.

60 year old hooks? I'll have to see it to believe it. I also don't believe in 60 year old monofilament still working either. Nice try. X-Calibur Lighting Systems http://facebook.com/XCaliburLightingSystems

Axis imo is probably the best low-end rifle there is.

A friend of a friend has the same gun and caliber but he hand loads and is getting 1.5 inch groups out at 200 yards with a red field mil dot scope on it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

Either Obama or Coumo has to have a hand in it............................

I agree on the 308 and with the reduced recoil rounds they are very easy to shoot. I am no great hand gunner and not a fan of heavy recoil but I have no problem with the 308 in my pistol when using reduced recoil rounds.

I just had my climber stolen only after it was left for one night in a tree. Pissed me off because I saw the guys camera about 200 yards away a week before and never touched it. I figured it was the land owners friend who hunts the property. You'd think more people who have the respect and moral judgment to treat others as they would like to be treated. So sickening people just see what they want and take it, there is too much self entitlement in our society.

When it comes time to shoot at a deer, I find I have to force myself to concentrate and think about the bow mechanics of the shot and put the deer out of my mind (good luck with that). I also try to maintain my sight picture until I hear/see the arrow hit the deer. Most of the misses I have experienced have been because I didn't hold my bow arm through the shot, but dropped it or moved it to the side prematurely to watch the hit which in those instances didn't materialize. Its hard when you're starting but keep your mind on the mechanics of the shot like you do when you are at the range. If you haven't practiced from an elevation, you need to. Your arrows will hit higher when shooting from a treestand and its important to know how much it affects the impact point of your arrow. Also try some nearly vertical shots. You don't want your first one to be when the deer is right under your tree.

We've got lots of potential to grow some whopper bucks in WNY...no doubt.

Passed on this joker under my stand. Hung around all night

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.

I get to hunt in Brockport this year again, This is what is hanging around. He just hasn't been seen in daylight for like a week now

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...

He's a bit too big for me. Causes a problem dragging him out.