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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.

Hi, folks! Long time, no posts! Was just wondering if anyone else on the forum has had any experience with this shotgun. My wife just brought one home.

You'll get one tmw !! Seems like I've see more in the am bcecause of the cold mornings. Happy hunting ! Wish I could make it out tmw. Full time job, school and among other things I barely have time to hunt .

Pink sky at night, sailors delight

If you can find the Moultrie m-80's grab them. They're a great little cam for the money

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

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

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

Should have read the law before registering those guns. Now you're in for a headache. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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

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

Start packing or start LOADING!

Just dropped one a half hour ago... 65 yds out getting down now, can't wait to get my hands warm.... The earned way!

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!!

Good post! Hope to hear lots of tips and hotspots!

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.

Shot it yesterday!

I'm not discrediting HIS particular skill level. I don't know him and don't pass judgement on people I don't know. He may be a world class skilled hunter for all I know. However, in order to shoot (I believe what the post said) was 9 bucks over 170", I can GAURANTEE you that the property holds a TON of big bucks. Like I said, watch a hunting show when they go to these places in OH, IA, IL, Canada, Etc. These guys sit in a stand and see 5, 6, 10 bucks a day that ANYONE in NY would shoot (150", 160", etc.) and don't shoot because they know the 170 will walk out. There is ZERO skill involved, its all money, luck of the draw, etc. Very few people who have that many big deer, find public property, scout it, hunt with herds and herds of other hunters, and have a wall full of booners. Are there some? Absolutely there are, and maybe he is one of them! I was making a generalized statment about that scenario is all.

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.....

No different than those that set out to break a world record in deer harvest and boast about their count for the year, in every thread. Same people usually ends up wounding deer, then claim they still have tags to fill. IMO, If you wound a deer, you should burn your tag. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Its because the state put a lot more deer crossing signs up. So they know where to cross safely

Please post any real proof of insurance companies taking action to have more deer killed because of "loss's". I ask every time someone makes this claim and have never seen a response with proof. If you understand even the basics of car insurance you would know they make the same money in high collision area's as they do in low. They just charge more for coverage in the high ones.

Congrats on your piggies ! An old fellow who lived near here used to come into one of the local bars on Saturday night with a duck. He would sell raffle tickets for the duck at $1 apiece..After he had sold around 20 tickets, he'd draw the number. After that he would offer the winner $10 to buy the duck back...The winner, looking at having turned his $1 into $10, would usually sell the duck back to the guy who had raffled it. After that, the guy had $10 to drink on ( you could buy a draft beer for 15 cents) and he still had the duck to bring back and raffle off again next week.

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

Won? I typically think of pigs as "settling" when the night is coming to a close and all the hotties went home. Two is still a nice prize regardless.

here are pictures of my buck. Took a while to find out how to place pictures

MDC nursery.

Went put this morning a bit late. Met up with my hunting partner Mark and I decided we should stalk a creek bed that the deer typically lay up in on windy days. Mark was skeptical but went along anyhow. He told me how much he doesn't like to still hunt as we went along. Right off the bat we bumped 4 does, which took off out of range. We figured they were gone so we continued on, despite thinking the place we were stalking on was now ruined. Half way up, the 4 does were doubling back and we almost had shots at them. We got back to the spot we were stalking on and stood there making a game plan to do a small drive. I saw some funny looking brush and after looking at it 5 or 6 times I grabbed my binos and took a peek. I said to Mark "hey there's a shooter buck right there" and proceeded to get down and move to the fence where I could get a good rest. I got the buck in my scope and held just over the top of his back, as he was bedded down, and squeezed the trigger. I saw the dirt flu right behind him and he looked right at us. I had misjudged the distance and blew it. Mark took the shot, dropping the buck immediately. After high fives and a hug we headed over to see his deer. It turned out to be a deer I had named Yardstick. We got up to him and noticed he wasn't an 8, as we thought, but a 10 with triple brows on one side and a 20" inside spread. Big congrats to Mark on his biggest deer of his life and his first deer on a still hunt. This buck had an arrow hanging out of his rear quarter and had gotten clipped in the rear leg during a drive last evening. We were glad to put him down. We both agreed that this was the most fun hunt of our lives and would be one that we would both remember forever. This is why I hunt! Off to the afternoon hunt!

My brothers first buck and first buck we took off our own property. Shot at 4pm yesterday , he was chasing two does, no blood trail. We got a little worried but he was piled up 75 yards away. Its a beautiful 8. Sent from my LG-VS980 using Tapatalk

They are walking through that area for a reason. I would be right in that general area pre dawn and just waiting. Maybe even two of you.

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