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Dec.3..This mornings hunt I had plans to hunt doe and I knew I had to beat them to the blind area.. Didn't work out so well for by 5:30 everyone was either there or on the way, when I pushed them walking down the road...I was snorted at just as I reached the blind so the last steps I used the grunt tube then took a stick and beat a bush at the bottom of the ladder before climbing...I glassed a doe in the laneway feeding my way at about 7am ...I watched her as she headed my way very slowly.....Oh man 22 mins please please please..nope 7:10 she moves into the slashings behind my blind and heads up hill... Now you have to understand doe are harder to hunt than buck here...always have been and I was mad.Next thing I know I see what I thought was the neighbors dog, I about flipped until I glassed it and it was a nice sized yote...Hhhmmm snorted at, pushed deer,doe left,and not seeing many turkeys..This hunt was ruined.... I draw down on him about 80 yrds Bang!.miss and he's now running at me for he has the fence on one side and brush piles on the slashing side...bang! I see the slug hit just past him WTH! am I blind ! He stopped at the last shot and I shoot one more time and think I clipped his foot he was close and I was trying not to shoot over him.....Off he goes running funny into the neighbors swamp after rounding my fence.. Talk about feeling down 3 misses in a row! I'm sitting there beating my self up and now it's 7:25 and I see deer...Well those shots were like some sort of call because there are deer at the end of the lane way and filing out of the swamp across the fence...I glass and all 8 are fawns!...I just laughed and grabbed my apple to eat, when I look up.....Here comes the buck charging out of the swamp...I can't tell how long the tines are because he's close to my fence and it's now snowing pretty good...I grab my gun and get ready...he jumps the fence and before he barely touches the ground half way across the laneway,he lunges into the saplings and stops...I reposition in another window not even looking at him...The slashings are so thick and hes around 70 yrds out...I settled on a small brown patch on a trail I'd cleared this fall it was my only shot and then he broke.... the second he hit that trail I squeezed off the shot and he never kicked just went on a full stretched out run...I never even followed him the trees were so thick and I was sure I had missed yet again...about the time those thoughts raced through my mind I heard the crash!...glassed out the back blind window to see white belly...Mind you my Browning only holds 4 3" shells and I had forgotten (in my frustration) to reload...So I literally had just one shot....Now this one I could handle...unlike the bow buck......... he hung on the scale at 105...and has very little smell...so I'm sure will taste great!

Well this was one crazy hunt and bitter sweet..but dang not complaining...I went to the blind at 5:30 with plans of beating everyone...nope pushed deer going down and just as I got to the blind the neighbors swamp went wild snorting at me...so I got out the grunt tube and grunted every so many steps until I got to the blind...then I took a heavy stick and beat the crud out of a bush at base of ladder..I'll tell therest in the harvest thread...but here he is:

at 7:378pt down...happens to be the one I wanted to make it ...but wow what a crazy crazy hunt in such a short time...going to get him now picks later....72 yards perfect shot he went 50yrds and piled...I actually can not believe I hit him...just one small opening thorough the slashings and he wasn't slowing down.

Today as usual I had no one around to help...and hey. not a youngin any more. So loading the deer up into even the Gator bed can be a challenge...but I saw a trick that works with trucks as well...I pulled up to a tree very close. Centered it on Gator then took the long rope I brought and tied one end to the tree as High as the roof line. I then swung it over the roof of the Gator in the center. I pulled the deer up as high as I could making sure the rack and head were well above the lowered tail gate...Now on the Gator I have an auto lift bed so this made it easier, but I tied the rope around the deers neck...got in and slowly backed straight up toward the deer...You need to do this in stages. I had to go back and tie the legs up to get shoulders above tailgate ...then it was easy going from there. Backing toward the buck was like putting a spatula under a grilled sandwich and lifting. I didn't have to do a bunch of heavy lifting.

75 degrees and sunny in Florida...patterning gators this afternoon.

Let me try this again. and I am talking about general SZ seasons. (NZ and the communist controlled areas down south not include...lol) you buy bow privilege and you get an either sex that is valid for early special season OR late special season WITH A BOW. this is your first special privilege. Then you buy your ML privilege. and you get an antlerless only tag that is valid in the LATE SPECIAL SEASON with a ML. Or is you are having a really good early season then you can will it with your bow in the early season. OR since you now have ML privilege you can fill them both in the late with the ML (or bow if you choose since you bought BOTH privileges and you can hunt with both weapons in their respected seasons.

Near my house there is a very small sliver of posted land bordering a state park and a stream. I have no idea who owns it. I don't know how long the property is but it can't be more than 100yds wide. There has been an F150 parked there everyday since the gun opener. Day, weather doesn't matter. He is there dark to dark. I have scene this truck in years previous but never more than once or twice, usually the gun opener and a couple days after. Last night I drove by there about 10pm and caught what looked like a big deer on the side of the road. I slammed on the brakes and backed up swinging my headlights to the side of the road. This deer was the biggest deer I have ever seen. A 12pt with tines at least 12" tall. I was in aww. He stood there for maybe 30 seconds then hopped back into the thick stuff. The deer must live in the State park where you can't hunt. I can't stress how huge this deer was....I should have tried to take a pic with my phone but I was just sitting there with my jaw wide open. Whoever you are in the maroon F150....I hope you get him...I assume that is why you are putting so much time in.....

I went in with Kim, carried a camera and helped him scout. We shoot archery together on Weds nights. The gun and ammo worked flawlessly, and I was amazed at the accuracy. When we got up to 13,000 ft on our way in we stopped the truck before the final hike in, and Kim wanted to check the gun, and make sure that the major change in elevation didn't affect anything too much. He fired two rounds at 100 yards at a chew can sized target. He placed both shots well within the target at the upper half - about that 1" high at 100 yards. It was Monday afternoon before Saturday opener of HC Rifle. We had 1 evening and 4 full days to scout. It was beautiful country, not my first time out there and we saw lots of bucks and very few of what we were looking for. We were out there specifically for a 200 inch buck. We worked all year before hand so we could recognize what a 200 inch buck looked like. We saw 1, and that was the second day of hunting. Here's camp. No good pic of 200 incher - he was 3 miles away. Our next best buck was this one. I saw him Thursday before Saturday opener, right behind camp, He got as close as 150 yards from me. We scouted Friday elsewhere, staying out of his bedroom, only to have an Elk hunter move in Friday night behind us in camp, and start still hunting down through his bedroom. We never saw him again. Sunday afternoon Kim saw the 200 incher, and we set up a plan to go after him Monday morning. We covered 4.7 miles of hiking to get to set up for him and never saw him, or his does. It was a double cut, and he wasn't in ours. We didn't want to push him, so stayed put for the day and watched for him. The only thing we saw was a bunch of sheep including one nice ram. We headed back to camp, and on our way to camp we passed a new campsite with 5 guys. Asked what they were after and they said "Sheep". Uh-oh. Well you guessed it, the next morning we headed back up to where Mr Big was, and passed the guys still in camp well before daylight. We got set up in the same canyon cut, and saw nothing. Mid-day we decided to move up into the other cut, and the entrance which was only about 40 yards wide was blocked by two of the guys. We told them we wanted to head up in and take a look for the buck, and they said they had a hunter up there, a Dr., who had waited 17 years for his tag. We informed them that Kim had also waited 17 years for his High Country draw and they told us that if we went up, we would be interfering with a hunt which was against the law in Colorado. If we came within 150 yards of their hunter. We then asked where they had come up through and why we hadn't seen them, and they told us they came through below us. Yes, 80 yards below our shelf we had been glassing off of. They were even as bold as to tell us they knew where we were and didn't want any issues. Seems a guide can get within 150 yards of you hunting, but not vice versa in their minds. I realize that guy paid big bucks for them to guide him, but a tag is a tag. It was a bad situation. Anyways, our hunt was ruined, so we backed out and headed back for camp. The only buck in our hopeful range was gone. Wednesday we woke and decided to once again split up to glass. Kim headed back for the glassing spot where he had seen the 200 incher, and I headed for a nearby ridgeline above our basin. I told Kim I would make signals to him with my hat if I saw anything. I glassed the opposite side of my ridge and spotted 3 deer, with one being a smaller buck, and one larger, but I needed to move to get a better look at him. I turned to look at Kim and spotted 3 bucks in our basin. He was on the far side of the basin. The 3 were above him. I looked below myself, and 5 bucks were below me by a creek I had crossed. Our Basin was a big meadow, and they were all feeding. Below me, the group had one buck that wasn't horrible. Probably in the 140 range, not like the 170 above, but better than a tag sandwich, and I signaled to Kim there were bucks below he should take a look at. I scoped the bucks and put my binocs on Kim. He had a doe standing 15 yards below him staring at him. I was watching him and the doe, and she takes off, and then I hear the shot. I switch to the scope to see the buck down. He wasn't anywhere hear what we were hoping for, but a fine first buck, and far better than a tag sandwich. As far as Antler Quest goes. I have hunted with them twice, and he knows where the game is. BUT - both times I hunted, we dealt with people. Other hunters and hikers. When you're hunting muley's, the hikers don't really bother them much, so that's not a big deal. You have to also keep in mind that Jeff Coldwell has to do the scouting by himself. And he has alot of ground to cover, and has to be able to tell the hunter how to get there. So, he's not going to really get too far off of main trails. I would expect to see game, and see shooter animals. We were 1 for 3 last year with Muzz for Muleys, but we all had shots, and I hit a 170 in no mans land, stupidly forgetting about the fact that I was on an extremely steep hillside, and he was 150 yards, but shot like 100. I hit where I was aiming. But - expect to see people too. More than he tells you you'll see. I will use his service again. It's worth it. If you go with a couple of guys you split his fee, and he scouts for you. If you're unable to get to Colorado to scout for yourself for $800 (or a portion of that if you're a group), then I would use him. I'm heading back this year for Elk, first rifle with my buddies. Taking the 308, and hoping Pygmy can work me up a load. This year archery and gun was good to me. Maybe it was Karma from going with Kim and busting my butt. I don't know, but I don't expect another year like that any time soon. Both NY bucks. One in Livingston County and one in Allegany.

I like to grab the front legs with one hand and the back legs with the other and then use a spinning throwing motion like a hammer or shot put. Much more easily done if you kill small deer or "suit case" deer as one friend calls them. Watch out for antlers as you start the spin.

That gray fox looks amazing on my air board can't wait too send it out Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

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Thank you guys..what a difference this one 105 hanging and the bow 174 hanging....So I'm going to be honest...this ones was sorta much more enjoyable to have gotten...and he doesn't smell bad and I think will taste great...Though bitter sweet..would have liked to see how he matured..but I don't regret taking him...Especailly after missing that yote 3 X's and way closer than he was

It really is overthinking. Buy boxes of the rounds you are interested in, and shoot them. Any empirical or situational evidence (pics of targets from other hunters guns) is pretty useless for you. What the gun throws well to your liking and is made of a competent structure, is what you should go after. People can split atoms when it comes to loads, bonded vs. not, etc. and so on and so forth. Chances are if it hitting the bullseye and grouping well for you over the scenarios you'll be using it, it will kill the deer.

good job hanging in there.

The way I was taught in school was make a stock with bones and vegetable trimmings first, strain it, take all the fat off, then add meat and vegetables to make soup. But it really doesn't make a big difference. The most important factor is simmering (rather than boiling) the bones, and simmering for at least 4 hours. Good stock should be like jello once refrigerated.

The Demarcate, Liberal Progressives, are tearing down the very fiber that this country was founded on. Freedom insured by The US Constitution, and people willing to Protect & die for it. They say there the party of diversity They are Not. They say they are for Women They are Not. They say the are for Freedom & America, They are Not. Today they are downing Prayer, they want to infringe on our 2nd Amendment Rights. They are leading this Country into the toilet. I don't think America can take anymore of there Leadership or Lack of. I think people in our country have the right to Speak, Pray or Not, and the right to bare arms. Protect ourselves and our Family, and those around us that need protecting. Everything I stand for They DON"T.

My next purchase will be a 4' brush hog... my zero turn just isnt enough to mow down fields haha. Tiller is definitely the way to go. I have a 4' king kutter and it works great. You definitely want to rid any big rock from the soil before hand. saves breaking a tine or your pto if the slip clutch is to tight. my slip clutch nuts only have a 1/4 to 1/2 turn on all of them, anymore than this would be way too tight. and the clutch wont slip. i also have a set of disks i pull behind the tractor for the plots with more rock than dirt... with my tiller i set it to only dig 2-3" deep.

Shawnhu, I believe there is only one bow privilege/tag and one muzzleloader privilege/tag for a license year. There are no separate tags/licenses for early vs late season bow or muzzleloader seasons.

Hope your day is filled with family, friends, good food and good times!

I know 2 local processors that cut, grind and wrap each deer separately. Really not that hard to do.

I finally signed up. Sorry it took so long for me to join these guys, it seems like they're really on the ball. For anyone interested, they have a deal right now where it's $20 for a year (instead of $25). Every member counts.

Correction. A gun each month except August and the is a customized Quigley Ford Scope.

Now I know ,if I ever owe you 10 bucks that you'll settle for nine. Congrats on the nice buck.

You tell me????

This morning it was my turn????

Opening morning 8pt. Was chasing does behind some blowdowns before he followed one out about 120yrds heading toward the swamp. This was a buck I had never had on camera until i checked them that day he was on both from the week prior.

My first with a rifle. Savage Axis 7mm-08 Nosler BT. Been real slow this season in my area of 4 H. Very happy to take him today! 8pt. 189 dressed.

I was asked to help my friend learn to hunt , after 3 years of close calls and some small game she was able to connect on a beautiful 10 pt opening day, she wanted to learn to gut it herself.as well so with some instruction she dove right in!!!

First off one brow tine is broken so reality it's a nine, but in MY book it's a TEN. Work schedule has prevented me from hunting NYS so far this year, last year I passed on a 6 but I did get to shoot big coyote. Got this guy Sunday morning in Monmouth County, NJ on a horse farm my FIL owns. I passed on many 6's and 8's and even saw bigger 10's but this 10 presented me with a shot. The rack does have some character with a forked G2 and near the end of each main beam are Bot Fly holes which are pretty neat.

It's been awhile since I picked up anything heavier than a 30 pack.. Actually, about 10 years ago I picked up a fat girl down at the local watering hole, but we'll both deny it under oath...

It sickens me to reply to your posts, but this one is real easy. If the government can restrict people on some list from buying guns, they will see to it that anyone they don't want to own one is put on the list. It's that simple. When the law allows people to contest being on the list, prior to being put on it, allowing Constitutional due process, then maybe it would legal. What the dumbass Democrats want is not legal. It's tyranny. Get it? And since you have asked, I'll tell you. The Democrats are the REAL danger to America!

there is of course also just bad meat no matter how careful. Hogs are a lot like this. Sometimes you get lucky and other times you don't regardless of how careful you are.

I thought that also, stone, but I was mistaken...It opens Saturday Dec 5th..

I just read where when ever making deer meat cut apple slices all over it & it takes away the gamey taste. Do all your other seasoning put the apples on top , when done discard the apples & enjoy the rest! Worth a try, is what I plan to do on my next roast.

Congrats Grow! Hope this one tastes better!

Thanks guys. Chas She got a kick out of the video. Hers was more of a hit and bounce back on same side of road. No flying reindeer this time!

Glad to hear she's ok Deerthug.

Congrats grow

Anyone scanning people with a scoped gun gets thrown off our properties - no excuses.

Except for duct taping a dozen warmers to your body... great ideas. Thanks again, great post.

Red fox barking. Pretty cool.

67 and dark here. Even warmer under the sheets but need to get up, shower and put on one layer. Then off to work...... Good luck to those hunting today!

Here ya go

Check out my journal from this year for the full story and it wasn't very deep.http://huntingny.com/forums/topic/29563-zen-moments-with-zem-2015/

An 8n is not geared low enough for a tiller, so stick with the plow. Definitely a great tractor but you have to work within its limitations. The ORC will take care of most of the trouble of non-live pto or hydraulics. Forget about a front end loader and the lack of power steering wont bother you much. Load the rear tires and you will have plenty of drawbar traction for a 2x12 plow, 8 ft pull-type disk, or 6 ft 3-point. Few tractor makes/models are more durable, and none have better parts availability.

and in certains areas where the new rules were put it in place it is a just a doe tag....

If it's not stated as antler or antler less, why does it matter the wording? Just go word for word and hunt either sex, unless there exists a no sex deer, I think it's pretty clear. X-Calibur Lighting Systems http://facebook.com/XCaliburLightingSystems

Looks like an awesome trip. I'm trying to start planning DIY hunts out west and trying to make it an annual thing. Last year I bought an antelope and elk point for WY and plan on buying more states and game this year. Hopefully I can make my first trip in 2017 as I have a lot of reading and planning to do. Also need to find some companions to join me as some of these beasts will not be fun to pack out solo. Congrats on a job well done.

Beautiful deer. Sounds like you got an awesome place to hunt if you are seeing and passing that many deer. I haven't seen that many bucks in my lifetime of hunting...

I would not be happy with that job. Color looks off , large packaging of bulk and not labeled.