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Up in stand in 9a. Corn has been cut. It's 52 and windy. Hope to see something cruise by.

I walked into a barnes & nobles and asked the manager where I could find Trumps newest book on how he's going to deport the illegals. She told me get the "F" out and stay out ! I said that's the one, do you have it in paperback ? SJC

To all that have served

Thank you!

Happy Birthday fellow Marines !

I get up early to go to work everyday, so it pains me to get up early on my day's off, but you gotta be in it to win it. I also enjoy watching the world wake up with a view not blocked by a windshield. I have a ground blind that faces south, so I get to watch the sun rise and set. I'm happy it sets earlier, as it gives me more time to hunt coyote. SJC

HooRah from a Navy Seabee !

Did ground hunting for a good 20 years , now I don't really hunt I just sit in my Ladder stand and wait ! Seems to work for me !

It opened up this morning. Had a few nice big bucks on cam and I saw 2 shooters today. Had all I could do to not take a big doe. They were under me at 10 yards. 3 big does and 3 yearlings. Shooter buck was close so I held back. Next few days should be good!

At 7:30 I had a nice little 8 point poking along and stopped 30 yards downhill from me. Slightly quarter too but I’m not confident to shoot 30 without being level with the deer. So I took my chance to see if he would turn and come up the logging path towards me, or pass behind me. He chose to go behind, and slowly picked his way along but seeming focused on what he was doing. At an even steeper downhill angle he was quartered away at 27 yards. I even stepped down a rung on my ladder to try for a better angle. I steadied myself and as he passed behind a big tree, when he stepped out there were several small branches I worried might mess up the shot so yet again this season I passed. Moments later here came two nice does from where he went. They stood about 5 yards from the base of my tree so I couldn’t do anything without getting busted. They got nervous and walked off from where they came. I just did some more pruning and now have much clearer shot to that trail. And for the record, I tried to grunt at him when he was waking off and he paid it no mind.

Just in at 57 yards .

I blame Trump for making the sun rise earlier and set earlier than it did last Saturday.

My son and grandson are hunting the whole day in Geneseo . I am going to do an afternoon hunt there and change the camera batteries . So far my son has seen 9 deer but nothing close enough to shoot with the crossbow . My son shot a nice wide rack buck on his property yesterday in Italy Valley .

Brother got this nice 8 pt tonight. Chasing a doe. We have him on camera the night before doing the same thing. 30 yards xbow. Pass through shoulder. He said it did a back flip before it died. Crazy.

Dragging my 65 yr old butt outta bed before daylight The older I get the less I hate getting up early to climb into my stand. I like to be in half hour before legal shooting time but I’m starting to enjoy late afternoon hunts more

Venison Barley soup. Outstanding!

Steuben County… 8T Family has a small tract (80 acres) with an old cabin there. Have hunted it off and on since 1966.

Camo cloth? whats that? For me, Im nearly 100% a climber Hunter these days; the other 5% I either use my little portable ground blind or try a little still hunting.

Im an early morning Hunter almost exclusively, but I TOTALLY understand what youre saying as I find it a bit harder to get up and at em in the dark. what motivates me is sitting there, enjoying the peace and serenity, watching the sunrise

1959 - 1963

Happy Birthday Marines! OORAH!

I was once told when a man walks into the timber he carries much more weight then he does walking out. As a boy I never got it I figured the goal was to be packing the weight of a harvest. But as I got older it all made perfect sense. While your sitting there 15 feet up a tree you have no choice but to think about the things weighing on your mind. You come to terms with all the rights and wrongs, you make light of the dark times and pray for the good. What I owe to the woods I could never repay. Its where I have become who I am, its made me appreciate life and its beauty, and most of all its kept me going....

I feel the same way . At 83 it gets tougher to climb out of bed at zero dark thirty and the drive 50 miles to a hunting spot . I could hunt 10 miles away in Walworth but at my age I don't hunt unless one of my sons is with me . I didn't get to be this old by being too stupid .

Back on the hill in 6n in an area affectionately know as the old spot. It's kinda an area where I used to hunt a lot when I was younger. Brings back a lot of memories . No sightings so far. Good luck to all those out. Sent from my moto g power (2022) using Tapatalk

Up in stand in 9a, hoping see big boy come by. Friend is off to my right few hundred yards. Good luck anybody that's going out.

Will once again be hanging 20ft up a tree deep in the river bottom of Letchworth.

Cousin is happy.

And that is why I stink when it comes to bow hunting Deer, sneaking up within 25 yards using a recurve bow without being detected is above my pay scale. LOL! Al

I do not use a lifeline , but when I'm in my ladder stand I bring the bar down in front of me and at that point I'm secure .... great place to take a Nap !