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For years I have had this fascination with big 6-points... not the no brow tine kind of six, but the typical 3x3 with brow tines and G2's only... if I have one dream in hunting it would be to kill one... not sure why I'm so drawn to them, maybe because they are so rare. I have two buddies that have taken a big six... but I have never even seen a live one in the woods... does anyone else have the same fascination? My buddies with their six points

Me left moog5050 right.

Because my wife doesn't .....

My son took his 9 year old with him to camp and shot an 8 point . My grandson claimed it as "his" deer . His younger 6 year old brother wanted to go out with dad and my son shot a doe with the muzzle loader making another grandson happy . Now the 6 year old twin sister wants to go out with dad because it's her turn . I called up my 6 year old grandson to congratulate him ( even though his dad shot the deer ) and he told me about seeing the deer's heart , his dad removing the guts and stuff and draining the blood . He was quite excited .

Hell, with all the stuff I've done over the years, if it was up to the man upstairs I would probably never have gotten a deer.......I'll stick with preseason scouting to up my odds......

12-9-14 Late season success on the timbered edge of a goldenrod field. I sat on my stump daydreaming about shed season and all the antlers I'd be scooping up from the field behind me in the coming months. I had a sudden snap back to reality at 3pm when all of a sudden out of nowhere movement woke me up 25yds in front of me. This guy was casually following behind a young doe fawn and she led him right by me at 15yds before the ML swept him off his feet. He piled up about 40yds away, and when I arrived at his carcass I discovered he knocked an antler off when he crashed. I grabbed a few quick picures, and with sunset fast approaching I made a quick run home to grab a sled to make the drag out a little easier and protect his antler that was still attached. At home I realized I had this bucks antlers from last season which I included in these pics, and that I killed him just over 100yds away from where I had found those antlers last spring. This was the kind of hunt that made me thankful I could appreciate some of the finer points of the hunt without the size of the antlers clouding my excitement over him!

I always believed there was no such animal as a truly "BIG 6pt" until I found these on my hunting grounds. I got a little more interested in 6pts after this. Never set eyes on him before or after this find. 8" gnarly bases, and some of the deepest vein canals I've ever seen on an antler around here.

Lol! I can't shoot a cap gun in my neighborhood without one of the many liberal neighbors I have going ape$hit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great stories .... keep them coming !

My 14 yr old nephew and my brother in law teaching him on the left with his first deer. On the right my 12 year old helping me with mine. And my younger brother in the background. Family and the young ones is what it's about! I remember how excited I got when I was there age! Still do!

And the survey says!

He was next door eating my neighbors bushes last night. Too bad I'm in Amherst..... No action this morning so far Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

luck on the last afternoon! I've been reading on here for quite a while thought it was about time to join and start posting. Good info here - thanks to all

I was leaning against a tree this morning in north central PA, hoping a buck would walk by...I saw a bird flutter down to the snow near me and then fly back up to a nearby tree..It was an eastern bluebird..Then I saw another, and another...Soon I was in the middle of a whole flock of bluebirds.. 30 degrees F and 8 inches of snow on the ground and I was surrounded by what was certainly a migrating flock of bluebirds. This is latest I have ever seen them this far north. I have no idea what they were eating, but they were flying down to the snow covered forest floor and getting SOMETHING, and then flying back up in the trees..They stayed around me for about an hour..It gave me something to watch, because the deer weren't moving much. Saw a big momma doe and two fawns, but she was safe from me since I already filled my PA antlerless tags.

My son took his 6 year old daughter out back yesterday and he shot "her deer" . She was so excited !

This is the way new recruits are formed. My kids always got involved in tracking and hunting at very early ages. It works!

Looks GOOOOD ! Here in Little Apallachia, all a feller needs is a nice hot bowl of Sheperd's Pie and a nice hot EWE to snuggle up to...<<sigh>>...

don't laugh, they said a man would never walk on the moon and look what happened............

Good stuff. I had my 4 and 6 yr old girls on there first blood trail a few weeks ago. Huge smile when we found him. 6 yr old helped me butcher as well. Definitely have to start them young.

Awsome....my 11 year old nephew helped me track and gut a doe I shot durring bow season....i always call for second eyes as I am color blind and tracking in leaves is really tough....altho I'm getting pretty good at it... first one he's helped find and gut and he was thrilled

I am all for full inclusion. I am not ever for taking a shot at an animal that I have not practiced for and would know - not guess the trajectory.

Lucky Last Day I had a little extra luck on Sunday. I was hoping to get up to the Adirondacks for the last day of gun season but personnel circumstances prevented me from getting away. So I thought I would hunt locally although I hadn't seen a deer in the last two weeks. I wasn't able to get to my stand until 8:30, climbed the tree and pulled up my shotgun. Within 30 seconds of untying my shotgun from the haul line I heard something then saw a deer creeping through the brush about 80 or 90 yards away. The deer's track would result in a CPA of about 40 or 45 yards directly upwind of me if. I took the shot as soon as he walked into an opening. Photo below. Just lucky, pure luck. Not a huge rack but he had some heft. Right beam was partially broken off due to fighting. The phrase "timing is everything" comes to mind.

My second weekend doe

OK I have never ever been able to get comfortable enough to sit still for long periods.Unless I was in my summit or my millennium stand I was always sitting in something that lacked in one way shape or form.Once gun opens I like to be on the ground unless the area doesn't permit me a good shot.Either the seat is comfortable and is big heavy and bulky,or its lightweight and feels like your sitting on a torture devise after a hour and then I am moving.This year I bought a hammock seat from fanatic outdoors.It meets all the criteria. LIGHTWEIGHT--under 2 pounds.COMFORTABLE-- I sat in it for 8 hours Saturday and never felt like it wasn't comfortable enough to sleep in it!!! This seat lets you adjust so the seat is perfect for whoever uses it for hight.You can put it on any tree from around 4-5 inches across to way bigger than what your arms will go around.You can pivot for a better shot also is one of my favorite things.The only downsides I see to the seat are 2.#1 is the fabric is a little loud until you sit in it,once you are sitting its silent.Even getting in and out once its set its pretty quite.#2 you have to have a tree.Thats it.I feel its one of the best things I have bought in a long time and its not terribly expensive,not cheap but I spend more on a tank of gas to hunt one spot sometimes.Give it a look and f your close by and want to check it out let me know.VERY PLEASED!!!! www.fanaticoutdoors.com

Very simple...There is never anytime when I feel so FREE from life's everyday worries and woes than when I am hunting or fishing.. My mind is occupied with what I am doing, whether calling a turkey or finessing a smallmouth with a hair jig..

Wife made this tonight, was amazing. Cooked ground venison up in bacon fat with onions and carrots, added broth, peas, corn, red wine. Cooked, covered in mashed potatoes and baked. Yum.

I just love being in the woods ... usually by myself !

Have had my Tubbs snowshoes for some 25 years now. 12 year old daughter has a pair and we love them. I've put a lot of hunting miles on mine.

I particularly like the unknown factor of never knowing what will transpire or happen .. Also the personal challenge that goes along with hunting ,,

Hunting and fishing is a part of who I am. I grew up hunting and I can't picture me not doing it. I love being outdoors and spending time with my father. I also like getting my own food and knowing where it comes from.

Weather is overcast with light southwest winds. Add some light rain sprinkles, to top off the cake. A number of nocturnal deer tracks all over. Had a fiesta in the radish before dawn. Sure is fun to track in the snow. Shed hunt mode has hit the veins, LOL. We're catch' em again out in the light before close Tuesday.

BfloHunter , that's a bummer . I see more deer in the village limits of Irondequoit than I do when hunting ..... eating in people's yards . That's a nice looking buck !

I presume that you mean without the deer attached to them? Won't be long until these bones are laying on the ground!!!

So your neighbor needs a headlight in the dark and you can see the deer working out to you? It must not be too dark then? No light for you but you do wear safety glasses? This thread is awesome!!!!!!

Sh-h-h-h....... Right now people are convinced that the state lands run red with hunter's blood. They all believe that proper attire on public lands is blaze orange body armor. And word has it that there is not a deer left in those areas. I think that mentality is why the pressure has diminished considerably. It's a notion that may be the only thing that is saving state land and keeping it a viable hunting alternative for those that know the secret of the myths of killer state lands. You are absolutely correct. Get those first two days of gun season behind you and it gets to the point where you are hearing almost no shooting. Yes there is significant trauma throughout the opening weekend, and after that it doesn't take a whole lot of hunters to keep the deer in their super-survival mode. But by that time, they are in super-survival mode on private land too. In terms of real hunter population, I think they pretty much call it quits. I like it!

Just an opinion but where I am it seems the deer have turned mainly nocturnal as the season progressed. I have a small piece of property that I own and hunt. I got two deer early season and have seen few since in woods or on cam in daylight hours. I attribute this to the early season pressure on them. I wish the answer was as simple as some claim to just go where the deer have moved, but I will not trespass or hunt public land as my foremost concern is safety. I have enough on my plate just keeping idiots off my piece.

I have been taking a little slack on this site for taking this shot, which at 60 yards, was 20 yards further than I had practiced with my Barnett Recruit ($250, 300 fps, 135 lb draw, 125 gr. 3-blade o-ring type mech. broadhead). The 1-1/2 year 6-point ran 40 yards and dropped dead after the shot. Range is not everything, and all the other variables that go into whether or not a shot is successful were just about perfect. It was Veteran's day morning, peak rut time. There was no wind, he was broadside and posing like a tom turkey, trying to impress a pair of 1-1/2 year old does. I had a very good rest, and the shot was clear, across an open hay field. I did make a 10 yard mistake in my estimate, as I guessed him to be at 50 yards. I aimed just below the spine, behind the shoulder, using the middle dot on the stock sight. The arrow hit low, penetrated thru the heart, and about 8 inches total. Like Clint Eastwood says: "you got to know your limitations", and I think I know mine, with this outfit, after my first shot at a deer. The good Lord put the arrow in the right spot. Anywhere else would probably not have had such happy ending. I will limit future shots with this outfit to about 40 yards.

Any hunter can make an irresponsible shot. The weapon doesn't matter. That said, I wouldn't want the thread poster in my woods. He's a risk.

No offense here dude, but irresponsible shots like that are why im against full inclusions.

I use powder you all my loads are in a plastic loader take no more time than pellets and you can also shoot what ever load you want were with pellets your limited >>>---> ED

I respect every LEGAL hunter, Don't be too fast to Judge, Maybe he works 3 jobs to support his family and only gets to hunt 1 day a week, He is still a Hunter.

Classy as usual. You know its the truth, no matter who didnt call it in, its their fault, and thats what I meant. Not necessarilly you. I read just fine. Cell phones with cameras are a moden miracle, and back tags, following behind at a distance to get a glimpse of their vehicles, etc. No excuse, just keep complainging and doing nothing and see where it ever gets you.

My nephew and I with opening day does. His first deer.

I think they are all excuses. There are still deer all over the place where I hunt. A lot of it is private land though. Maybe you are hunting a lot of public land that gets pounded year in and year out? Or maybe you need better hunting tactics.

So I got home from work at 2 this afternoon. This girl was in my field, but didn't seem to care that I was home. I used my truck as cover and retrieved the Savage 220f from the house. Using the gas grill as my rest, I put a 250 gr Hornady SST through her pump station at 175 yards. She went 10 yards through some THICK briars and this is where I found her. Needless to say, it's an inner loin kind of dinner tonight.

9 pt, 19 inch inside spread, dressed at 162. shot while still hunting, catt county.

Didnt see anything saturday so i slept in a bit sunday and decided to take a walk out to my stand at about 9:30 am sunday morning. Around 10 a couple does came by taking their sweet time, then this guy was following behind. I got kicked out of a spot i had permission to hunt on saturday which is only reason i went to this other spot on sunday, guess everything does happen for a reason cuz theres noway i woulda been there if i hadn't been asked not to hunt where i was seeing more deer. I consider this guy quite the bruiser for my area, and my biggest buck yet! 7F

Northern zone buck down. I hadn't had a lot of time to hunt this year and decided last night no matter what I was going to be in stand before sunrise this morning. Watched the squirrels from about 6:30 am until 7 am and then it seemed like everything dissappeared. Heard something move at 7:11 and assumed it was the squirrels again and this 6 point walked out. I took aim and let the 7mm08 do its work it ran about 40 yards and stopped and I aimed again and let another one fly and he went down. One shot hit both lungs and the other took out the heart.

After watching this buck for over 20 minutes on opening morning at 120 yds on state land, he finally gave me a 100 yd shot at 7:30 am. He was taken using Federal Copper slugs.

I got this doe on state land yesterday afternoon and my buddy got the 8pt of of another piece of state land