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This is a picture of the nice 9 pointer I got this year. I blanked out my face because I don’t want the locals to recognize me and start hunting on my property while I’m not there during the week.. Here is the story: There is a nice stand of oak trees about a mile north of my camp. It is a nice hike and mostly uphill. I had started a mock scrape in this area on October 15 using Active Scrape in a dripper bag. I set up a trail camera overlooking it. I refreshed it with Active Scrape on Oct 22, and I added 50% of Golden Scrape to the dripper on Oct 30 and dropped off my climbing tree stand at a tree nearby. At that point I had a few pictures of small bucks at the scrape and the plan was to hunt this area next week when the rut should be starting up. Saturday November 05, 2016 (Sunrise was at 7:38 AM Sunset was at 5:44 PM Wind was from the West 9 mph. ) I went up to my mock scrape area in the morning. My climber was there from the week before but I took the seat with me. When I got to my climber I found that the squirrels ate the bungee cord that keeps your boots in the stirrups while climbing, so I installed my seat and carefully climbed in without the bungee. When the sun came up, I realized that I was up too high and I didn’t have a good view because most of the leaves were still on the small beech trees. Since I was already all set up I just stayed there for the morning. I saw 2 does go by about 50 yards west of me. I could barely see them due to the leaves on the beech trees. As I was getting down from the morning hunt, I confirmed that I had a much better view about half way up that tree. So the plan for the afternoon hunt would be to only go half way up. When I got down, I went over to the mock scrape emptied the dripper into the scrape and refilled it with Golden Scrape. I grabbed the SC card so I could check it when I got back to camp. There were 4 pictures of bucks hitting the scrape, but they were young. I went out for my afternoon hunt about 1:30 PM (sunset was around 5:44). I tied a bungee cord on the stand for my boots and went about half way up the tree as planned (about 20 feet high). It was a quiet day; it was pretty warm and the wind was blowing from the West. I watched the squirrels and chipmunks scamper around and make noise all afternoon. I was now able to see the mock scrape which was about 40 yards south of me. Going half way up the tree allowed me to see much further now than in the morning. At about 5:15 PM I heard a branch snap to my northeast. I looked and looked in that area but I couldn’t see anything. But I knew it wasn’t a squirrel that made that noise. So I kept looking in that area. Finally I saw the top (black fur) of a deer’s tail. So I kept watching. Then the deer took a step, I could see it was a buck. I could see he was a good buck, but I couldn’t tell how good because the leaves were still too heavy. So I grabbed my gun, but I didn’t have a clear shot through the beech leaves. As time went on, I could only see parts of the deer. So I kept watching him. He was taking his time walking to the west. He would disappear from time to time, but I kept spotting parts of his body when he moved. Finally at about 5:30 PM he stepped into a spot where I had a clear shot at his vitals. I knew I had to thread the needle and I had to do so quickly while I still had the chance. So I quickly took aim and fired. When I hit him, he jumped and took off. Now I could see he was a REAL GOOD BUCK and I could see that he had been quartering away when I shot him. I think I heard him fall. Climbing down with a climber seems to take forever when you have a deer down. When I got down off my stand, I walked over to where I shot him, and found lots of blood. I followed the blood about 40-50 yards and found him. The blood trail was easy to follow. I hit him a little lower than I thought and I ended up hitting him in the heart. If he didn’t snap that branch, I would never had seen him. It is also a good thing that I was only half way up the tree. I don’t think I would have seen him if I was up high in the tree. Everything fell into place nicely. I can’t say if the mock scrape had anything to do with it or not, because he was at least 75 yards north of it. But I think I will do the same thing again next year just in case. He is a 9 pointer with a 20 inch inside spread. I’ll get him scored when I get him back from the taxidermist.

Any body see Chuckie Schumer sniveling and whimpering when talking about the Trump "terrorist import suspension and special vetting declaration"? Man, give that guy an Oscar. These pinko libs are getting so desperate that they are now pulling out the teary act. Frickin' fakes! We got "fake news" , and now "fake Schumer". No limit to the drama and theatrics.

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Man that is one beautiful cat! Not my tea, I would not eat it so I would not kill it just to look at it or mount it. I have no issue with those that do where they are sustainable.

You might want to shed hunt that first area. lol

This is why it was so important to get Trump elected to appoint conservative Supreme court justices. The Left can not advance there agenda as long as the US constitution is upheld. Years after Trump is gone WE are safe from The Lefts vision of America.

It was a good Saturday in the field. The wife crushed it with a brine and bacon wrap deal. I can get the recipe if anyone is interested.

The protesters make me wonder ..... Do any of them have jobs ! They seem to have a lot of time on their hands !

I truly believe that is only reason Trump won. We realized how much damage the left could do this election. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

The upcoming SCOTUS nominations are considered by many to be the real pivot point in this election. It's about generations of Americans and their values being upheld. And the "ignorant and mindless clown supporters and deplorables" knew exactly what was at stake when they voted. I don't mean to get sappy about it, but I'm damned proud of the citizens who recognized this and voted accordingly.

Nice day for a boil so ran what I had......made about a gallon. Since weather doesn't look to sappy in the near future; bottled too.

Couple of t-bones, peas, and pickled beets and onions.

Wow what a great deer! 189 gross shot with the bow on LI. Fish Unlimited did the mount. Deer of a life time for sure! (picture from another site)

Pulled cards from cams today

OK you win I was just tying to acknowledge it was a big cat and that it is twice the size of one that would be found in NY I also read that Hillary was going to be our next president!!!!

Thanks - I shot a 235 pound 8 pointer in 2013 (this one was my BEST STORY ever)...but this 9 pointer from 2016 had a real wide rack and lots of mass.. All bucks in the Adirondacks are trophy's.

Nice job on the deer and the story ! Keep on posting and adding to the forum .

Just over 210 pounds

Theses protesters have no dignity what so even. It's funny how none of them can remember what there protesting about when asked!!! Not even the organizers.

These Protesters are young and the only leadership they've know is No Leadership. So 8yrs of weak, division, false hope, James Taylor politics. This Generation looks to entertainers to pic there political party, they have been brain washed. They go to school/college where its pushed down there throats this is how you will think. They received Trophies for just participating. So a 9-12 yr old molded in the Obama agenda are now 17 & 20+ with the twisted ideology of the FAR Left. They never seen America at its best. So for those with children who want to change America let them know there is a choice. Let them read real history and visit real historic sites, let them know respect your elders but know they can be wrong. Imagine a redneck type with the ability to educate our future??

Spent part of the day washing and rinsing syrup barrels,went to buddies and help him with his steam hood we repaired, plowed out the sugarhouse again. Getting closer till the season starts, hoping for a cold month and a good base of snow before it starts.

I'm not saying that a few sites shouldn't be preserved as 'monuments'. I'd like to see Mt. Rushmore more fully protected. I'm saying that the Federal Government owning half of the western U.S. is unnecessary.

my neighbors son mad cheeseburger soup in a Dutch oven for a scouts badge, I sidled on over and got a dinner invite!

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Boo on the deadhead. A 6 we have had pics of for two seasons and one we've seen a few times from the stand. The 4 pt side still had blood on the pedicle and the beam. Pretty fresh. Looked for the match but no dice. Didn't even intend to look as I was just swapping batteries in cams and that was all it took. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Another $4 pint and a new one. Uinta Rise n pine. Hoppy brown ale. Pretty good Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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The BEST whiskey I ever drank was JD from a yellow plastic coffee cup, chased with water from a spring fed tundra stream about 200 miles from the nearest road near the Mulchatna River in Alaska. You could jump across that creek, but it ran fast and deep...The water was so cold it was painful to immerse your hand in it..I washed my hair in it one day and it made my scalp numb.. That was back when I HAD hair....<<sigh>>...

Makers Mark and Crown dominate my tastes......I can slum JD on occasion. A friend has given me a couple of bottles of so me "special" Evan Williams recently. I like it a lot............

You need to look through a pair to understand. I have been using Ziess for over 30 years. I credit them for helping me with many animals taken. Great light gathering ability and extremely clear. They save you many foot steps out west and are great to use on the east coast too.

Pulled cards from 3 cams today

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Congrats, nice buck, good story! But I gotta ask how did you shoot with that patch over your eyes?? I know some one else would say/think it. Ha,ha.

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Congrats to the young man! Now on to the second buck of a lifetime!

Too bad they couldn't get to Foxboro, unlike the Steelers they may have shown up

Yeah, so people like you and the people you side with can get away with everything and anything. God forbid criminals be held accountable for their actions. You and the rest of the F-Trump crowd are welcome to leave this country, and many urge you to do so if you are so unhappy in the USA. I am sure other countries would welcome you, and slap your happy violent asses in prison, not jail, PRISON. Not the cushy prisons we have here, filthy rat infested, cockroach infested, contaminated water, you want a drink of water drink your p-$$, maggots on the food prisons in other countries! I bet all you slimy "protesters" would like that. Instead of SOS for dinner, you have roach on a stick. YUMMY! Seriously Uptown, why are you and your cohorts so upset? You didn't loose anything by Trump winning, you gained a reason to be violent, racist in your own right, and to be honest, act like clueless stains on the USA. You have no clue what Patriotism is!

Watched one play. A running play. I thought I may have missed an offsides flag as the tackling or lack of made it look like the typical offsides motivation situation When Gilmore makes the team you know they're digging for players.

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Guess DEC didn't confiscate the deer as was told here in an earlier post. Good for the kid!

Almost every spring turkey I have ever shot has had clover leaves in its crop. The only thing that compares for drawing turkeys is a cut corn field. Then again, they like any ground that has been turned over. Last year they got into the brassica plot I planted and dug it full of holes to dust and wallow in. They are all over the trail camera, and I see them whenever I deer hunt, but I've never shot a bird there. Go figure.

I will tap the rest of my trees; fluid on the temperatures. This season's looking very close to last season. I like to tap a few early so I can show off that light golden syrup to friends and family. The color of my syrup goes red very quickly in February. I will spin the wheel; roll the dice; take a chance; then do the maple dance.

Well, let see if I can post...thanks Paula I think they will let me now. I really like the shot of the roughie chasing the raven.

That is a gorgeous picture/ coyote