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Live from my kitchen.....getting stuff prepped for deer heart fajitas tonight....

Winds almost all now. Thermometer up on the Ridge here reads 1 degree as I scouted. Cams all empty, no deer track, scrapes abandoned. A single shot a few miles off. I'm grunting, bleating, using a drag, wicks, and rattle bag up here. Everything within 1000 yds should think there's an orgy going on up here. C'mon fellas..ladies? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk

Tuesday, Nov 26th... All I had on Tuesday was the morning hunt, as I had to pick my kids up in the afternoon. It was a chilly, windy sit with no sightings. I left mid morning and took the day off to relax and spend time with the kids. Wednesday, Nov 27th... I got down to the farm and started with still hunting, as we ha the snow storm with about 6 or 8 inches of snow over night. I tried my hand at tracking a deer by its fresh tracks, and ended up bumping it before I could get a shot. I continued to still hunt, and ended up taking an off hand shot at a doe at 60 or 70 yards, and I clipped a branch, sending her running with 3 others that were in the thicket with her. 10 minutes later, I botched the shot on another doe, about 125 yards out. For the evening, my buddy offered for me to use his Remington 870 12 ga. I accepted and we headed out to do a ground sit. We sat about 400 yards apart, on either side of a standing corn field. Right before sunset, I had 2 does come across the field edge. Both met their fate before they could reach the corn. 2 does down, and 2 DMAPs filled for the farmer! A great evening! Thanksgiving Day... Thanksgiving is a day that we start out with drives and keep going with them until everyone has to head to dinner. We ran drives on 3 different properties and ended up with 2 does down, and a few misses at the end of the day. 2 more DMAPs filled. I left at 2 and headed home to dinner and stuffed myself. Fell asleep on the couch. Friday, Nov 29th... Let me back track. Earlier this year at work, I met a girl, Sara, that is from Cypress and goes to one of the local colleges. She was doing an internship at one of my client's offices. We developed a good friendship, and in talking, I mentioned to her that I hunt. She told me she has always wanted to go hunting, and that she was thinking of getting her safety course done and buying her license this year. I helped her with all of the info she needed, but she never had a chance to take the course, with her busy schedule. A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to her and asked if she would like to come along with me on a hunt this week, since I was on vacation, and she had Thanksgiving break from school. She said yes, and we planned it for this morning. She got to my place at 5:30 this morning, and I got the truck loaded up and we headed out. We were in my newly placed double ladder stand before daylight and sat there talking a bit and enjoying the woods, and great scenery. Around 9:30, my hunting partner, Mark, gave me a call and told me he was going to do a still hunt, and asked where Id like him to go, so if he bumped anything out, it might head toward us. I told him where I thought would work well and he said he would see us soon. I explained to Sara what was going to happen, and told her that if Mark disturbed any deer, they would either go one of two ways. One way would put them right in our laps. Less than 10 minutes later, I see a deer heading across the field, right toward us, so I nudged Sara to show her the deer. I decided that unless it was a small buck, I would take the deer if given the chance. As it crossed the field, I noticed it had a very nice, big body, so we watched as it approached the edge of the woods. It stopped before entering the woods, and stood there, looking around. As it entered the wood line, I noticed it had a rack, so I put my scope on him and saw he was outside the ears. That was the last I looked at his rack, and I looked his body over. He was a tank, so I started concentrating on a shot. He got onto a horse trail that goes by my stand at 30 yards and started trotting toward us. I got my gun ready, and accidentally made a noise on the blind material. He stood there looking at us, with his vitals behind a tree. After 30 seconds or so, he continued down the trail and I got my muzzle loader in position for a shot in the first shooting lane. As he stepped into the lane, I gave him a quick "mehhh" and he stopped, slightly quartering to us. I put my crosshair right on the front of his shoulder and squeezed the trigger. I heard the impact and he dropped his tail and head and started on a dead run. After giving him 2 hours, and a 100 - 125 yard track, we found him piled up in the old apple orchard. Hes a great 2 1/2 year old with 8 scorable points, but he has a 9h small point and you can see where a 10th small one had broken off. Pics from todays hunt...

Heres my 2013 Regular season buck! Hes not the big boy I was after, but Im happy with him and have a good story to go with him. Earlier this year at work, I met a girl, Sara, that is from Cypress and goes to one of the local colleges. She was doing an internship at one of my client's offices. We developed a good friendship, and in talking, I mentioned to her that I hunt. She told me she has always wanted to go hunting, and that she was thinking of getting her safety course done and buying her license this year. I helped her with all of the info she needed, but she never had a chance to take the course, with her busy schedule. A coupl of weeks ago, I was talking to her and asked if she would like to come along with me on a hunt this week, since I was on vacation, and she had Thanksgiving break from school. She said yes, and we planned it for this morning. She got to my place at 5:30 this morning, and I got the truck loaded up and we headed out. We were in my newly placed double ladder stand before daylight and sat there talking a bit and enjoying the woods, and great scenery. Around 9:30, my hunting partner, Mark, gave me a call and told me he was going to do a still hunt, and asked where Id like him to go, so if he bumped anything out, it might head toward us. I told him where I thought would work well and he said he would see us soon. I explained to Sara what was going to happen, and told her that if Mark disturbed any deer, they would either go one of two ways. One way would put them right in our laps. Less than 10 minutes later, I see a deer heading across the field, right toward us, so I nudged Sara to show her the deer. I decided that unless it was a small buck, I would take the deer if given the chance. As it crossed the field, I noticed it had a very nice, big body, so we watched as it approached the edge of the woods. It stopped before entering the woods, and stood there, looking around. As it entered the wood line, I noticed it had a rack, so I put my scope on him and saw he was outside the ears. That was the last I looked at his rack, and I looked his body over. He was a tank, so I started concentrating on a shot. He got onto a horse trail that goes by my stand at 30 yards and started trotting toward us. I got my gun ready, and accidentally made a noise on the blind material. He stood there looking at us, with his vitals behind a tree. After 30 seconds or so, he continued down the trail and I got my muzzle loader in position for a shot in the first shooting lane. As he stepped into the lane, I gave him a quick "mehhh" and he stopped, slightly quartering to us. I put my crosshair right on the front of his shoulder and squeezed the trigger. I heard the impact and he dropped his tail and head and started on a dead run. After giving him 2 hours, and a 100 - 125 yard track, we found him piled up in the old apple orchard. Hes a great 2 1/2 year old with 8 scorable points, but he has a 9h small point and you can see where a 10th small one had broken off. BTW, I have a ton of trail cam pics of this deer, including a series of him fighting with another buck. Ill post those in my hunting journal later on today.

I really don't care how someone prepares their venison, as long as it gets eaten......enjoy it anyway you want.

half of the story was about deer search coming to help

a lot can happen it two days. Only takes 5 minutes at the right time

And sometimes you just have to be Lucky ...........

Miles not moles We did score yesterday my bro in law got a nice 8 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have been using Bushnell trophy cam for years 8mp hd no complaints here We will be known forever by the tracks we leave!

Ur wife???? where can the rest of us find women who bring guns home to us?!?

Move.

In recent years i have started packing most of my hunting gear in a pack till i arrive at my stand .Then sit until cool down a little and then get dressed.. I even carry a wool blanket on those cold and windy days..

A little doe management

So Thanksgiving Day found me working. Pretty much non stop stove fires,a chimney fire and a despondent person barricaded. Your basic Holiday calls. Here is the winner of most over done turkey/ stove fire . See your wife is not that bad of a cook after all.

Pink sky at night, sailors delight

See what comes up on the right side when you bring up the subject of tiny balls!

T'was the morning before Sunday and I'm in my bathroom shaving, when I hear a loud noise, it was someone a knocking. I run down the stairs swinging open the door and what to my wandering eyes should appear but a big ole box from Amazon "oh dear"! I rush down to my office with this big box in hand and I search for the scissors to cut the adhesive band. As I open the box a smile forms from ear to ear as I see my new Bushnell and its new steel home suddenly appear. "You damn thieves better watch out now!" I shout out in glee, there's no way in hell you're taking this one off my tree! Lol! Sorry I couldn't resist the Christmas theme..... Sent with Tapatalk on my Samsung Galaxy 4

Just had two doe come through at 45 yards (im hunting with a bow) on the side they ARE NOT SUPPOSED to come-why can't they just stick to MY PLAN!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

LOL!! He screamed like a little girl..That was funny!

Gusting winds...cold as Obama Health care...took these out of PC room window at 7:35 this a.m.

Interesting dates on the trail cam pics.

Only one way to warm up...field dress and drag!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

Awww yeah 8 degrees out. That box of hot packs I bought from BJs just paid for itself 59x over. Have 8 of those bad boys fired up. Sent from my LG-VS980 using Tapatalk

Sucks the ground is so noisy like walking on broken glass. Sent from my LG-VS980 using Tapatalk

Counting on the moon and weather conditions to give me the edge. C'mon, let this be my day! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Now it is preserved for future outings. Just freeze it and take it out when the craving hits. How many other guys can say they can sit in a treestand, in a boat, on a rollercoaster, on a date, at the bowling alley, Etc. eating backstrap?

I got really lucky with the wife I have. Can't complain one bit!

Not all hunters have tiny balls because some hunters are actually huntresses. LOL!

I did it this year. One doe with the bow, two does with a slug gun and my buck with the muzzleloader. Good luck!

Great to have you back, Stan!

Congrats on the 8. Only bad thing is your girl thinks this is easy. Now when u don't get one, shes going to think you don't know what your doing lol. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

wait, what rut??

Looks like you are having a great season . Congrats !

Start packing or start LOADING!

At this point, i feel more confident picking Lotto numbers then rut dates!

Has anyone read anything from the NRA regarding this? I'm a member, a disallusioned member, who watched Lindsay put thru the NYC long gun registration with zero NRA opposition. And allowed Gillibrand to be elected senator without NRA opposition. Now the Safe Act. NRA has written off New York State in my opinion.

Found out you can hunt state land In Monroe county !!! Bradocksbay... Anyone hunt it ?

Give it a try and show us some pics of him on the ground :-) Good Luck !!!

TENDERLOINS??????? UUuuuuggggggg. Almost any cut will come out just as good for jerky. Save those loins for a sauté', broil, grill or roast. Buuutt it is your deer... so enjoy!!

Exactly. Land doesn't need to be posted. You can still press charges if you have trespassers. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Tapatalk

That's the only time driving is allowed on the farm in certin areas , fun fun time. Now our drives ,the watchers are a 1/4 to 1/2 mile or more away from area driven. Lots of does dropped , you can almost pick the tree or bush they'll run to. That's what 25 or 30 years of hunting same spot will teach you.

Totally Agree. I love just being in the woods. Even better to see fox, owls, piliated woodpeckers etc. I pass on more doe and small bucks them I can count. It's never the numbers for me. It's the story behind the hunt that I love.

It REALLY bugs me that people equate the size of the deer that these guys have shot to their hunting skill level! My biggest pet peeve is the absolute unrealistic nature of some of the areas these guys, not by skill, but by pure luck, were born to be able to hunt. You watch hunting shows, you know what I am talking about. This guy is blessed to be in a unit in OH (and probably private land) that has monster deer. Put me on that unit for the last 20 years and see how many booners I can shoot....please. Come to NYS and shoot a deer over 170" or better yet over 200". They are around, I assure you, and they take WAY more skill to get. Come on stud.....

I can't count the ones I've seen from the stand but certainly less than 25. I missed one by inches with the bow early in October, first and only one I have shot at with the bow. A number of years ago I had a pretty good morning In Lima NY while deer hunting. I shot a nice doe, gutted her and dragged her up to my side of the gully and climbed back up into the stand waiting on a buck. No buck showed but two 'yotes did in the next half hour........all with the T/C muzzleloader.

I know if I was hunting it would get shot! LOL That is too funny!

MDC nursery.

They don't look like a hunting ban would upset them. Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk

And that right there is why we have such a problem in NY. NO TEETH IN THE LAWS