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I harvested an adult swap donkey last night at 5:15, with my compound bow at 45 yards on state land. This was my second time out bow hunting this year. I had seven different deer come by where I was standing. I was hunting on the ground, with no blind. Eye ball to eye ball. The only thing that would have made it any better would be if I had used my long bow. I will use my long bow for the next one. Not to bad for someone 71 years old.

Hey Everyone, Glad to have found the forum. I'm a new hunter with kids who are interested in hunting. Hunting state land on Long Island.

Hello everyone, Got this nice 5 pt on Thursday morning. He dressed out at 162 pounds. Definitely an older deer, looks like his rack was starting to re-gress. Double lunged him with the Rage Hypodermic and he still ran over 150 yards. What a blood trail after about 60 yards after arrow impact. Looked like someone took a can of red spray paint to the woods. Man these animals are tough! I respect these animals tremendously. Good luck to all. Hope you all have some good luck this hunting season! Dave

Stepped out on to porch at 5:30..I've mentioned I leave all gear on the porch...and I have my head lamp on getting things together and on..The dogs bark a few times and then behind me I hear a tick...well beech and maple some times sound like that...so I continue..then comes clash tic..tic clash tictictic...I turn around a 20 yrds off the hedge row(90ft away from me) in the clover are 2 buck fighting...All I see are eyes bouncing around....I go in and tell MrB and step back out...they are still going at it.... so I try to see size and all I catch is a very long grey body moving away towards the road...right where I was headed.. Well I crunched down the drive and I heard them moving off on the property...so I continued on the road and headed down hill...heard some in the corn...then used a drag all the way down the lane way to the woods...up in the tree and got snorted pulling up the bow...settled in ...one fawn ran under the stand...drew down on a fox...but I won't shoot them...though he was peeing 4yrds away...I hate chipmunks...then saw a different bigger one that got all squirrely when it crossed the drag line ...heard some grunts and then saw a little 4 pt...got back at 10am...used the drag and walked past a few spots....way too noisy out there...need to hit the trails one last time next week...won't on a weekend...too easy to push deer to other hunters....radar shows a massive cloud bank nearly on us...we'll see about the afternoon

Lol ill settle for a doe or spike right now gotta get the new hoyt broke in.

Side view of my face its a lil furry in pic,,,but its only pic of me I could find....LOL...

Your point is? Some of us may not have caught the post.

I heard that they had been re-named the " Washington Foreskins" in honor of all the dickheads in congress...

what this guy said. even easier in the winter when you can see bear earth where their body heat has melted the snow.

i would probably pass on them. Would have to reinforce my wall to keep them from falling off. That's too much work.

Next year I will planting 4 small 1/2 acre plots in moist bottom land on my property. My property has a stream and sparatic pools created by flooding plus swamp grass as cover. I also have pine and hardwood forest plus over grown power-lines. The 4 food plots will "service" 2 treestands. I will be planting a spring mix in front of each and a fall mix in front of each. I will also be planting through the years apples and I will try figs because I have them readily available to me. The 2- 1/2 acre spring mix I am considering is : 20 lbs. Buckwheat 7 lbs. Alyceclover 7 lbs. American jointvetch 2 lbs. Rape dwarf essex 2 lbs. Forage turnips And the fall mix I am considering is: 4 lbs. Alsike clover 5 lbs. Ladino clover 2 lbs. Rape (dwarf essex or typhon) 5 lbs. Ryegrass I was also thinking of adding Purple Top Turnips to the fall mix. So basically each stand will have an early bow season plot. And then maybe August I will plant the fall/November- gun season plot. On the back of my property which is an edge to a giant swamp (not mine) I was considering a 1/4-1/2 acre of red cedar seedlings for future bedding/cover. My game plan (many years in the making) is -Early march to clear land with brush machine. 1/2 spring area only -Then round up -Then if needed round up again. -Then a few weeks after Till land and work in lime and fertilizer. -Mid April plant spring mix on seed bed. Then pretty much repeat process in late august-mid Sept. for fall mix. Attached are pics of one of the areas I will be planting. I am starting this thread in hope some of the more experienced members will throw in their 2-cents.

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:

Good luck to all of you turkey chasers tomorrow in WNY. I'd love to break a flock so my husband can experience the chaos for the first time! Maybe we can gently bump some deer to the bowhunters out there, too. Best wishes to all!

I just came across this , sad a true hunting legend has passed on. RIP http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/whitetail-365/2013/10/legendary-tracker-larry-benoit-dies-89

Little warmer than I thought it was going to be! No worries will most likely be wet before dark. Down on the deep hole stand got squirrels galore and potato chip leaves! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

sitting a very very hot stand. car hood scrape under a pear tree. lots of day visits. moog let me have this hot spot. lol. he just wants me to get my deer and get outta his way.

Got in the stand well before light. 5 minutes after it was light enough to see, had one blowing behind me. Not downwind nor did i move a muscle for about the first hour. Who knows. On a bright note, something big left some big hoofprints in my mock scrape between thursday and today

These lil guys walking under my stand are getting harder and harder not to draw back on.

ADK I love you so and wish I was with you This land I am in holds no value to you Deer are considered pest so sad it is true Deer roam free in your land and survive your cruel wintering brew ADK I can’t wait to get back to you, hopefully with the entire crew To spend one more night in your cold winter chill And awake to snow covered mountains and frost covered hills This call of the wild sets my soul on fire chasing big bucks I know of nothing higher Other deer hold no light to you, ADK bucks I am after you I wonder if I will stop and lose my drive then nature enlightens me and gives me good vibes This land of the free recharges my energy, big bucks look out I will soon be in route!!! May you see many deer and have a buck come through May he be large and stand perfect for you May your arrow or bullet fly straight and hit its target true Look out big bucks I am coming for you Good luck to all you deep woods hunters! Be safe! 2 vacation trips cancelled so far, so much for scouting... If work cancels one more I will probably loose it, lol... At least LI gives me a taste and helps with my sanity... Ok time to pay the bills and hopefully get rid of this upset stomach! Hope to get out tomorrow!

they could be running rabbits or turkey's or coyotes

Face paint during bow and a mask during gun. I use a kisser with my bow and it doesnt work very well for me if i use a mask.

I use a turtle neck, which I can pull up to just below my nose and pull my hat down to my eyes, Nice little opening without losing anything. And when need be I just pop my head up and out like a real turtle. Works out pretty good.

It's always the same shpiel. "The union does good for me, but I have a problem with a business that does good for them." When is someone going to explain how the unions are good for all?

up at 4 am most morning being retired and a old fart of 72 on Nov 5....I love the 5:45 am walk to the stand, then seeing the light start to come on, and then the first sign of daylight. It is 42 degrees here this morning and should start to get better and better, seeing more sign of ground scrape, and the fawns have been now kicked out my the adult doe's. I think the last week of Oct, will be the hot one for the bucks chasing the doe's and the doe's are still just getting ready...

Up at 4, out the door and walk to stand at 545... it is 45 degrees here...... was 43 when I went to bed around 1030pm.

I know its the rule. But a better paying job kinda over ruled that. I didnt shave with a razor...just trimmed it with my head trimmers lol. But it is what it is!

I have no respect for any union or business for that matter that has a production line go down and that operator can not touch a tool to fix even if he can, can not grab a broom to keep the place clean, can not help the guy next to him to boost production but must just stand there with his thumb up his ass because that is the way the union does it. And yes that was NVG first hand knowledge and a bunch of who shot John! Unions had a place 50 years ago. Now it is just so someones sisters red headed cousin in law can not get fired! Sorry I never rant on here give me this one!! lol

That's a good one ELMER J. FUDD . I see you like Browning Auto-5's too . I have one that has the rounded off pistol grip. By any chance , is the 3rd gun from the right a Browning Sweet Sixteen ? Browning Auto's are the prettiest looking shotguns imo .

Congrats! I hope to see one just like that tomorrow morning. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

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.

Are yoru kidding- that's not my season...it's my hunting CAREER! I've had does 10 yards away prior to legal light. Bucks bed down 45 yards from me only to eventually walk away the same wrong direction he came. Does walk down the one trail over. The only doe that did what she was supposed to was about 15lbs bigger than my 40 lbs Brittany. Tomorrow si the day!

I don't believe in Sunday Hunting . Sundays are sacred . Sundays are for FOOTBALL !

Good point, I didn't. Thanks for posting. I was a big fan of Larry. One of the few I would call a true legendary deer hunter.

Late post here everybody. My buddy Kenny shot this basket 8 on 10/7. The Rage did its job....only a 60-70 yd tracking job. We have been seeing a lot of buck movement since opening day. My other friend Pete shot an 8 a day after Kenny's. My son and I found a new area on Saturday.....had some fresh scrapes and a mix of old and new rubs. We hunted it that afternoon but didnt see anything. I went out again on Monday morning to the same spot and around 7:10 AM I had 3 does come in from my left....(or so I thought 3). I watched them come down the run single file and stop by a blow down about 25 yds from my stand. I stood up and positioned my self for a shot while they were behind the blow down. Breeze had changed and was now blowing from me to them. Little did I know was that doe #4 was watching me the whole time. I have no idea where she came from but she busted me big time....I got 2 head bobs and 3 stomps and then she blew at me. She must have been with the 3 but came in on a different angle so I never saw her. Needless to say I had 4 white flags waving bye bye to me. About an hour later I watched a momma with a tiny fawn 50 yds off to my left just browsing on branches and crunching up acorns. Watched them for about 15 mins until they walked off away from me. So 6 deer in an hours time and no shots but it was a fun morning. I did notice a brand new rub about 10 yds from my tree which wasn't there on Saturday afternoon. I'll be out again Sunday and Monday this weekend...I can't wait to see if there is any new sign of activity. Good luck all. Kennys 8 Petes 8

Does have preferred bedding areas that change as the fall progresses. In early bow season most of the leaves are still on the trees and brush, providing them cover and security. As the fall goes on their bedding areas change to more secure locations. Remember, cover is key. By the time gun season rolls around, they can be found in swamps, honeysuckle, laurel, or evergreen thickets, and on the down-wind side of those areas. I'll never forget a time I was hunting northern Maine in the pouring rain, and was stillhunting a logging road, and jumped 8 or more deer that were bedded right in open hardwoods. They must have felt insecure in heavy cover in the pouring rain, so they bedded where they could see danger.

you play golf? now i know what we are doing when i get up there...

Weather for next weekend is looking to be even colder! Down around 32 at night. But this weekend should be real good too. I'm torn on where I will hunt in the morning. Either behind my house or drive down to my father in laws property where his father who lives across the street keeps telling me everyday that a "big" buck and a few does keep coming into his yard every morning. I think I might take the drive and see if I can catch a glimpse of this "big" buck lol. The old man is losing it but ya never know right!

Just grab one of them roadkills and ya dont even have to get wet,sore tired,birdox in the pants.....

I have hunted mountain lions out west. Yes they are elusive to an extent, until you talk to any cattle farmer that is. How is it that out west the fields full of cattle are easy pickings yet in NY the cattle all fenced up seem to be off limits to these elusive creatures? I find it rather hard to believe if they are here there is no farmers reporting cattle deaths due to mountain lions. These creatures eat fresh kill, in a short time they no longer will feed off an old kill and go after a live food source. At least that is how it is out west. Maybe they are holed up with with resident squatches and together they are twice as elusive and thats why No one with credibility has proof. But hey if I read it on the internet it has to be the truth.

Word. Keep in mind, you can tell doe beds as they'll be lumped together in a small area and face different directions and have differing bed sizes. They use their numbers to help aid in detecting danger. Bucks are going to be more isolated, may have rubs leading to/from bed, and the tracks will tell a lot. Bucks may use other deer as "sentinels" but still be bedded slightly away from them. So, any danger would be alerted by the other deer detecting it first. See this in marshes more often in my experience.

The grassy beds you are finding are probably night-time beds. Weather and wind play a huge role on where deer bed each day. Sometimes in thickets, sometimes in open hardwoods. Deer prefer bedding on some sort of elevation, with the wind to their back, so that they can smell danger behind them, and see danger in front of them. Knowing that, in hilly country, you can figure which side of a hill they most likely will be. You will often find rub lines to these areas as well. Following rub lines during POST season scouting will really help you unravel bedding areas and travel patterns.

Just got done setting a ground blind overlooking a pond at my mother in law's place. Lots of sign around the pond, which is located between 2 40-acre fields planted with winter rye to the east and west, and thick hardwood bedding areas north and south. I wanted to get it set up well in advance of gun season so the deer could get used to it being there. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Tapatalk 2

Heck yeah! All i kept thinking was i got you!

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

They'll be nice in a couple more years.. <<smirk>>....

The way I hunt the bedding areas down is start by finding a main run were you can see fresh deer poo and see lots of tracks. I stay off their beaten path but follow it. I have found 90% of deer bedding areas in thick brush were they get away from the sun, rain, snow... When you find that area you will see spots of the brush that are beat down were the deer curl up. Look for loose hairs is a good way to know thats a bedding area. Thats how I do it, it seems to work pretty well. Good luck.

Deer get up from time to time during the day and move around,to get food,water and to defficate.If you are funding beds its more than likely not just a spot they chill for a short while

Quick recap: Deer was taken at night with a spotlight on a nuisance tag at west Hampton airport. The deer is from Suffolk county, Long Island. and not from Ohio. The deer was also brought to Long Island Outdoorsman the day after which is where it was measured. Huge deer but I don't think a record can be given when the permit is a nuisance. All I can say is, it's such a shame for that deer to be killed that way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

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.

Nothing wrong with Mature Women ---- they dont yell swell or tell !!! LOL