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Skipped hunting today to attend dads day with daughter at Geneseo for her sorority then drove through Letchworth.

Shot a female coyote with bow around 4pm tonight. She rolled around on impact and ran about 50 yards to her death

Two came off the beans right to me , 10 yards . They got a pass

It was my turn last night. No tracking necessary :-). 3 tracks scheduled for today already. The first is for a bear.

Solid sit, 11 does a button buck and a fox Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

This is the best I can do

Took friend son out.. sat about 250 yards from where i got my buck and these guys came in an started sparing.. 4 year old spike that made it to a 3pt this year ive wanted for awhile.. have 5 min video dont know how to post it so here are some screen shots ..

Well the shit was better than I thought he didn’t even go 70 yards target buck down Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the reassurance. Took him out this afternoon and it was amazing. Took him to a part of my uncles property full of acorns and made him find them so we can pick a spot. Lasted almost 90 mins and we actually saw a decent 6 pt. I couldn't believe it considering how much he was moving and that he was blowing on the grunt tube for about 30 mins straight lol Sent from my SM-G991U using Tapatalk

We have seen this pure white red tail hawk for the past three years now. This summer I didn’t see him much but just now I see he’s back

Evening! I have my youngest with me for a sit this evening. His first time out with me this season for some NZ muzzleloader. Hopefully we get some action. Kid needs a haircut.

Good hunt , 4 bucks , 2 right under me . My young neighbor is hunting with me, his second time ever hunting ! He had a coyote right under his stand and saw the two bucks i let walk , that’s a good morning . He’s a cop and the guys at work got him into hunting , so I figured I’d impart my vast knowledge and wisdom into him .

Visiting crew hopefully her boyfriend will show

Well sitting at 9200ft of elevation and i have a better signal than i have back in my house lol. So id thought id update yall. It is hot out here, not what we want obviously. First place we went was crazy driving up to it, definitely needs a serious truck to get up these single track dirt mountain roads. Thats spot didnt pan out, we did see elk and deer sign but the creeks were dried up. Which means the closest guaranteed water was a 3hr drive down the mountain to a stream we pasted. So that night we packed up and drove back into Salmon and slept in the truck in town. Formultated a plan for another spot I E scouted, was definitely going to be more crowded but appeared to have more water sources. So we got here yesterday setup camp and just glassed near by, talk to a few guys and we all have the same idea unfortunately. The plan this a.m. was get up and moving while still dark and get to the backside of these mountains were it appears there are some lakes. My buddy im with is...well he came out and told he never really trained to be in better shape for the hell we are getting into...so it has been slower moving than id like. Welp during the night we could here elk talkin on this mountain face, this a.m. as were ready to roll they start up again. No bugles but definitely elk. So we slip down from camp and setup in a spot where we can see this mt side. As daylight breaks i spot 2 elk up on its ridge. Switch from binos to my spotter, 2 cows estrus calling. Few hours later we circled to the side of a different mt were we can see the spot the cows were in and the likely pine thickets they are beded in. Now we wait for sun down when they will get on their feet again to go feed, hoping a bull is in tow. Cross your fingers for us!

Ducks this AM. Sent from my moto g fast using Tapatalk

Thanks. I'm now mostly a ground hunter. But we do have quite a few ladderstands scattered around the property. All stands are always checked out in August and September. This one has brand new straps. Just don't use it much. Only good for a S or SE wind. The predominant wind here is NE. So up I go this afternoon!

10/16/22#1Kunox and I arrive at 7:30 this morning to track a bear that was shot last night. After a thorough search, the only evidence of a hit was from the field where it was shot. This consisted of hair with skin attached. Zero blood anywhere. I believe this to be a grazing shot. They’re putting cameras out in the area to see if it shows itself.#2Kunox and I continued on to our second track. This was a confirmed gutshot from last night. The huntress was after her first deer and wanted it to be with a bow. The doe was shot in a large green field from a ground blind at 12 yards. Unfortunately it was low and the doe walked into the woods. At 11:00 last night, they went in and followed the bloodtrail about 100 yards before backing out. They did a great job of marking blood with toilet paper. Kunox took us to the doe who had gone a total of just under 1/2 a mile. Congratulations on your first deer Heather!#3Luna got the call for this one, much to Kunox’s dismay. The hunter shot this doe last night and recognized the dark blood he was seeing as liver blood. He did the smart thing and backed out after a short distance. Luna made a hunter happy after only 400 yards.#4Luna also got our last track of the day. This buck was shot this morning in a food plot at 100 yards. The hunter reported hitting it in the shoulder and a front leg wasn’t working after the shot. The best thing to do on a shoulder hit is to push immediately and keep them bleeding. The hunter and his wife (actually his wife, since he’s color blind) followed the bloodtrail for 300 yards, bumping him once. They lost blood at that point. We arrived about 6 hours after the shot. I figured we were going to have a long track in the hilly, rocky terrain before catching up with the buck. Luna locked on immediately, pulling hard the length of the track. We got to the last blood which was marked with an orange glove, and I marked it on the gps and we continued. 200 yards later we found the nice 8 point dead. It turns out the buck had not been hit in the shoulder. Looked like liver area, angling down through the guts. This really drives home the point that you can’t always believe what you thought you saw! I didn’t stay for the field dressing since I was running late for a birthday party fo

Man it was slowwww until last 10 min. Had five bucks come out. All within 10 yards. Was looking nearly vertically down at this guy when pic was taken. I tried and tried and tried but I couldn’t make him 4 and I may regret but is what it is.

It’s called a farm , actually they were 350ish it’s 330 to the hedgerow, they were the other side of it . From this stand I can see with binos about 4500 feet to the south , but with a crossbow I’m only good to 4000.

I assume you shot them all.... Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk

I found a red hot oak coming out Friday and there was a deer under it when I walked in. Good luck and be safe to all afield Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

You’re saying all of North America whitetails have the same racks? Anticosti island? Florida? Iowa? NY? That’s the most idiotic thing I’ve ever heard. So what is the average 1.5 score? And average 2.5 score? Are you saying Chef’s buck is 1.5 for the 4th year in a row because he’s not 115”? Chef will most certainly get a shoulder mount and have it back in 4-6 months too. Who wouldn’t mount a 4.5-5.5 buck that he chased for 3 years? Why hate instead of congratulate? He showed the 2020 and 2021 and 2022 pics Aging by inches = amateur hour Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Catskills steak and Walla Walla wine. German dog by way of Jersey (dog not consumed)

Great first sit of the yr. Seen 12. Had a 4pt, spike and 3 does within 15 yards. All got passes. The 3 8pts didn't follow the script, and crossed over to the field about 100 yrds down.

Something tells me NANUK won't see this.

Nice morning in the box blind with muzzleloader. Doe and fawn paid us a visit. Yesterday our “pet” 4 pt came out as we were leaving. I followed him around talking to him as he fed and rubbed a few trees. It was hysterical. I got to within 10 feet of him. He followed my wife and I all summer. Whether I was brush hogging…running chain saw..or my wife clearing brush.

So there is another buck with a very similar rack. This is my target buck. I’m guessing I stuck this guy last time. With the head in the brush very hard to tell them apart Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Tenderloins are for sure a loss… everything else seems fine, honestly there was a ton of blood in the cavity in front of the diaphragm and while the guts were swollen and stunk there wasn’t a ton of guy mess in the cavity Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Spike got a pass. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

I feel like if I hit this guy with my recurve he might just look at me and laugh.

Pro tip- when peeing off your stand make sure your pack isn't below you..... Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk

Don't worry about it. He probably lost a big buck.

Live from my house window. 5 deer 2 does 3 skippers out back. 1 skipper has been out there since 1230. Enjoying the winter rye and soccer field grass. Looked at them through scope not orphaning a fawn today. Beautiful day outside.

Came out at the end of my hunt yesterday afternoon after seeing no deer. Came up over the rise on the way out, and there were at least a dozen deer in the field. Including two shooter bucks. So the plan this afternoon, is to hunt a stand on that field edge that hasn't been hunted in years. May not get a shot, but will hopefully see where those bucks are entering? Light SE wind will be perfect for this spot too.

Your both wrong. It’s not about inches of antlers and its not about age. Think Arby’s : “WE HAVE THE MEAT” If God wanted man to eat vegetables, He’d have put our eyes on the sides of our heads.

Two bucks 300 plus yards out, ones an absolute tank

Starting Sunday elevated and deer feeding and moving this morning. Good luck to all poking and hoping today.

Generally they stand for a long time after dying.I have had them around the house for 7-8 years before i cut them down.Also if cutting down they have a tendency to barberchair when they are cut.Be very careful or find a professional to cut it.

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Awesome. Congrats Sent from my SM-G991U using Tapatalk

That guy with the dinky 50 acres and pos tractor ? No thanks

Let me say that this will never ever happen. That being said....does Maine need a major city to survive? How bout the Dakota's...Etc. The money lost is also the money spent by city itself and the terrible liberal policies. Put a Republican in for upstate alone and drop the taxes, handouts and BS we are all paying for and we would get along just fine. It would open up business to come back and we could be fracking in 60 days. NYC does us no favors. Especially financial. We will sell them power just like California buys from their local states. I am willing to trade to Jersey if they like for a can of spam. Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk

Long tale from yesterday: Quick am sit yesterday as I got a late offer for yanKees tix(shut up Biz!). 8:15 shot a doe that had 3 fawns in tow. No idea how but shot her back and my arrow passed through but did not fall out. I have a flashing luminock on the arrow which is the only reason I got her. After running off for 30 yards and stopping behind brush I can see the arrow is back. She loops behind me, mouth open and drooling and was at 30 or so in thick crap. Not a shot I would take if it wasn't hit already. Threw another arrow that I thought didn't connect. They all trot off. Wait until about 8:45 to climb down and back out and as I face the tree I see the strobe light about 75 yards away. She and her fawns bed down right there. I climb down, leave climber in tree and take the much longer walk back to car hoping she stays right there until I can come back after giving her 8-10 hours. Go to yankee game, had to leave early to get to my sons football game and then plan to head back around 10. The guy who runs the program said he wanted to look before full dark. Gave him some directions to the area and he saw the flashing Nock from 100 yards away. She never got up from her first death bed. My second arrow actually broke her front leg which is I'm sure why she couldn't leave that first bed. 2 lessons for me: - if not for me seeing that flashing nock before I climbed down, I would have bumped (and lost) that deer. - always throw a second arrow if any opportunity presents And three- I need to go figure out wtf is wrong with my shot. Should have been a chip shot except it all happened too fast for me to "get right" Got her home and skinned and cleaned up(not pretty) by 1:15 and Broke her down and in the deer fridge now (after football practice and Mama Crappy's birthday blackstone brunch (some poor pancake flips to boot!) . No deer pic worthy of the forum as I just was scrambling Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sitting parking lot waiting for Mr bill . Can't wait . Hoping I can walk and not fall down . This will be my test to see it I can get out during hunting season . Doubt I can drag one out but I will have to have someone with me anyway as a just in case my legs don't want to get me up. Sent from my SM-A515U using Tapatalk

Shot, waited 30 min looked at arrow. Found 2 spots of blood 15 yards from the arrow and backed out. Will be out with the sun in the morning. Arrow didn’t smell like guts per say but did smell sweet Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

10/12 doe...

First time I ever got 2 in 1 day! Same stand I got the doe this morning from. Just before 6pm came out in the same spot as the morning doe but from the opposite direction and not quite broadside. Came right to me, shot her at 10 yards. Dropped within sight. Couldn't ask for a better day! And this stand is less than 300 yards from my backdoor. Really glad I bought this garage fridge! Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk