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October 15'th.. I almost didn't shoot... but I did.

First deer sit ever...maybe something dumb will stop by lol...he won't sit still enough for the smart ones lol Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Thank you everybody! I just prop some sticks behind their ears or antlers out of the cameras sight. I probably put more time into staging field photos than most guys have time for but it started raining before my shoot was over. I only put an hour into these, but my mind was wandering. I dedicate this buck to my good friend "Shedster" who passed away at the end of last month, 800+++ lifetime shed antler finds for this man who's life was cut way too short. Here's some horns off to heaven for you to scoop up my friend!

Well I stuck it out through the monsoon in 9H and got that doe I missed Wednesday night. I'll post the pics in the harvest thread soon. Waaaay to dark for a photo in the woods lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Out for the afternoon with my daughter. Hoping she brings me some luck Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Now that there are no restrictions I finally went out yesterday afternoon. I love waking up before my alarm goes off this am. That never happens for work!!

Don't tell your friends.

The simple answer is Layering. You need to wear several layers of quality insulated clothing that will trap air. Start out with some insulated cold weather thermals. Over those go some insulated hunting pants and a heavy wool shirt. Next would be an insulated vest to keep your torso warm. Finally an insulated hunting parka with some form of a wind blocker material. Get your self a warm insulated hunting hat and wear a facemask under it on very cold days, along with a quality pair of hunting gloves or mittens and some chemical handwarmers or a hand muff. Do not skimp on cheap boots either- they must be insulated and should be large enough to give you the ability to wear 2 pairs of thermal socks inside of them. With all of your clothing, make sure it is a little loose fitting as tight fitting clothing or boots will constrict your blood flow to those areas and result in you getting cold. Don't be afraid to wear too much clothing. As my late father always told me "you can always take it off if you brought it with you, but you can't put it on when you leave it at home."

I saw a doe and a spike. Decided to pack up. I grabbed by bow off the rope and took a few steps and stopped to put my glasses back on. I hear a huge snap just down the hill. I'm looking hard thru the brush and hear more ruckus. It a big body 8pt going to town on a tree. I get on my knees and he finally starts heading straight towards me. He stops at around 20-25yrs and looks at me for a minute then turns and starts walking to my right, get full draw and as he hits a opening I grunt and he stops giving me only a liver/gut shot. H continues to the next opening and this time when I grunt he takes two steps to many and I have no shot. By now my arms are getting tired and shaky and I had to let off and he saw me. All at like 15-20 yards. Damn!!

There are always a few of you I can count on to make me laugh when I'm down in the dumps! I'll get them pics up tomorrow some time. Wish you all were there to see my season so far! Best fun I had since my first wife found out about my 2'nd wife and my other G/F! It's been so active here, I'm having a hard time jumping in on your arguments lately after missing out on a few weeks. I promise I'll catch up tomorrow, but it's good to hear from you guys again!

. Yes there are shavings on the ground and there is another tree 10 yards from that too shavings hanging all off it and on the ground around it too

Coffee and yogurt wasn't the best decision I made this morning. Had to make a u-turn and destroy the bathroom. The kind where you come out sweating and it hurts to wipe. Where each time you think you're done but there more. The kind where you have to drink water afterwards because you're dehydrated. Yes, that kind. I get to my spot right at sun up and some one else beat me to my spot. That's how my morning has been going. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Snowing here!!! Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Great to hear from you again, Wooly! Rumors were flying that you went to the happy hunting grounds in the sky. Anyway, I don't think this place has been as happy to see anyone since Bubba came back for the seventh time!!!!

Lawd, glad your ok and no one got seriously hurt. Don.t want to say I told you so but.. you should have been out hunting not WORKING!!

Hey guys, things have been a little crappy for me lately so I haven't been around much. Taking a bit of a break this weekend and I'll try to get some pics loaded from my bow season so far. I did score on a nice buck the other night so I'll try to load those up sometime tonight when I get situated. Thanks for all your concern. I got some catching up to do here!

It's snowing here! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Been back on stand for about an hour now set up a new stand today on a travel corridor we know the big 9 is using, steep ridge 80 yards to my left thick swamp 80 yards to my right field 100 yards in grin of me and 3 huge rubs 20 yards ahead on the trail

Finally back in the stand after 7 days. A little windy, wondering if I should move to the blind. Sent from my SM-G925V using Tapatalk

So bad pictures I know but I got my first doe with a bow right before sundown last night and it was too dark by the time I got packed up found the blood trail and found her. The story goes... Wednesday night I had a shot at this doe and missed TWICE due to some poor mechanics on my part. I actually got some advice from some experienced bow hunters on this site and determined I wasn't bending at the waist and was lowering my arm instead resulting in higher shots. I gave it another go last night and just before sundown like clockwork she came out of the high grass into the hardwoods with the two other smaller does she's been with every time I saw her. The only difference is this time is she didn't give me as easy a shot opportunity at 20-25 yards. She was approx 35-40 yards away this time which is still in my comfort zone so I focused on the mechanics and waiting for the right opening and took the shot. She went down on all fours instantly and the got up and ran up the hill(15 yards) back into the high grass. I waited about 20-30 mins and packed up and set out on the trail. She only made it into the grass about 5 yards in....BONUS!

"New and improved" is a sales slogan. "Tried and true" is a way of life. Whether it's guns, recipes, girlfriends, or tools, I always lean toward the tried and true.

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Bring a first year hunter out hoping to see him take his first deer. Set him up in our best stand for deer sightings. I sit a new stand about 70yds away downwind of him to ensure I don't mess it up for him. Don't I have all heck break loose with 2 bucks squaring off and chasing a doe with 2 fawn all around my stand for 1/2 an hour. Phade sits 150yds away sees six doe and the new hunter doesn't see a thing. Ugghhh. Frustrating but I guess that is hunting. The one buck was a decent 2.5yr old. It would have been a great first buck for the new hunter. Maybe tomorrow morning. 2 sits now for the new guy and he is the only one not seeing deer. Not doing well trying to guess the best stand for him so far. Perhaps it's throw a dart time.

Good job Papist but you could have photoshopped some huge rack on it first. and there goes my font again WTF

well, in 30+ years of deer hunting I've yet to do that......willing to take the chance for warmer feet and longer sits. I've wasted more money on worse things.

TMI !!!!!

sounds like your morning really went down the shit*er..

There are much bigger here. They will have to wait till punkin' season starts, but they are very crafty by then. This was almost too easy by patterning bachelor groups between the fields. Saving the does for my sis so she can get her first kill or maybe a nice buck. Plenty of others still alive that I've seen including a piebald white romper and a nice basket rack dandy double throat patch 7pt I got pics of. I'm OUT till regular gun season opens and I doubt I'll pull the trigger this year again unless it's a real cranker!

first sit of the season 3s had a doe feed at first light and bumped one on the way to the stand, squirrels are making a racket this morning. hoping the wide 8 decides to show himself Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

. Those ones taste the best

Yeah, all it takes is to outlaw deer hunting for a bunch of consecutive years ..... lol. There's a neat way to make NYS a trophy destination. That's all that is keeping that from happening. Damn people just keep insisting on hunting.

Oh so glad I decided to check out the new blind!. Well until I finally had to step out in the mini hurrican we were having... Saw a fawn early and then right as things started going side ways out steps 2 fawn and 4 big doe...they read the script and started around the end of the fence just past the blind and 17 yards out...I grabbed my bow and stood for the shot when.....a gust of wind blew them up the laneway in the opposite direction...I kid you not! You could see their tails fly up and their fur ripple forward. Then the sky opened up... I know I heard old Ma nature laugh as she nudge God and pointed down towards me...Ha! even I had to shake my head and laugh...who cares! the blind is GREAT!most windows up and the storm flaps brought down it was just as snug as can be...had my LED lantern on no problem....

This is why the #1 rule of deer hunting is, has always been and always will be. Keep the wind in your face as much as possible! Quite simple really, they can't smell you, even with those "super noses" if you keep yourself up wind of them! But they can smell where you walk. Wind swirls and you have thermals to contend with. And they don't always follow the plan and come from where you think they will. So that's why we call it hunting. Their noses against our brains.

Larry , thanks for stopping before the white line ! Everyday we can't make the turn with the fire truck because cars are past the line ......

Thats not a new article, it pops up every year. Deer arent trying to track you down like the dog is, so its not exactly apples to apples. My theory on it is that you cant get rid of your scent completely, but you can cut down its intensity, which most likely makes it seem as though your scent is older than it really is, making the deer less freaked out by it. You still have to play the wind, but if a deer thinks you are further away because theres not as strong of a scent, then the chance of them getting and staying closer to you when they are downwind is that much better.

I have seen more in the morning and have been lucky to be out all day on a few occasions. I actually got my best deer this year at about 7:15 am...this 9 pt Sent from my KYOCERA-E6560 using Tapatalk

As you know my hunting time is very limited (1 bow and gun weekend and a few quick trips out on LI) because of my new business. We leave this afternoon (my brother and I) around 2 and hope to be at the cabin by 8. I can't believe how we hit it perfect on the weather!!! All day sit tomorrow for sure they will be moving. I need this weekend really bad and I hope I get a few looks at some decent bucks. I'll pull the cards also and post picts. Good luck everyone and have fun! FL

10/16 PM--> Well got in stand late (4:15) on Friday pulled card from camera and checked to see what was on there. No monster bucks but decided to sit there anyway. Had a blonde coyote a bunch of doe, couple fox and some huge coons. I saw 4 deer on my walk in but none made it by my stand. On my way out I saw a flash run they the hay field looked like a doe but only a guess. 10/17 AM--> This morning I got in the woods later than I like but didn't spook anything coming in. Saw 2 doe 2 fawn and 1 huge spike the spikes had to of been 14" tall. Big spikes small body. I'm planning on sitting till the wind really starts to pick up then heading to another spot a little more sheltered from the wind. I'll keep you updated as the day goes by

One thing about an afternoon hunt that I like, it's the warmest part of the day and generally only sit an hour and a half. Other than that it's all been covered above .

Odd, 40 deg's and snowing like mad Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Man u must run fast!! RIP shedster.

I don't think they're intended to produce a great amount of heat, just keep your feet from getting cold....if that makes sense. I think if you wait till ur feet are cold to turn them on, they will not produce enough heat to bring them back of to temp.

exactly! it's like spraying air freshener in the bathroom after you destroyed it........lovely combination of Roses mixed with Sh*t.

Nice deer! How do you get its head to stay up for the pictures? Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

Nice, congrats!!!

I'm not big on scent killers, but I will use cover scents. Typically, I'll put my hunting clothes in a Rubbermaid contained with cut pine boughs and dirt. Then let it soak in for a few weeks and hunt. The deer I shot last year was shot from the ground 12 feet away so I couldn't have stunk like human too bad.

Yes and it doesn't have to be slow cooked.

It just depends on where you go. The further you are from a large city the cheaper the land and the taxes are generally. I can find parcel after parcel in his area that go for about the same taxes per acre. Heck, I just bought 20 acres out that way this year and my total tax bill (county and school) will be around $400 with no exemptions. Multiply that by ten on both sides and you have about $4000 for 200 acres. Not to far off of what the land across the road goes for. Just look around for areas where there are good deals... you don't have to pay 3-5k per acre if you are willing to be further away from "civilization".

I would think you'd pay at least $10-15K in taxes per year ANYWHERE in NYS for 200-300 acres. You could go to freakin Alaska or Africa every year for that kind of money with NO headaches of land ownership. I know what I'd do! LOL

Your dad shot a pirate deer Did it have a parrot on it's shoulder and stink like rum ?