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Well as we walked up to Gavin deer we heard a shot from where I put our other Jr. Hunter and his dad. Just as we finished gutting Gavin deer I got a text and Colton had a 7 point down, he made a great shot for only being 10 years old. Sent from my LGL58VL using Tapatalk

Well couldn't do live from the stand because in the middle of nowhere there's no cell service.... So I am live from camp now. At 745 am we had a buck chasing 7 doe. Tipped the can a few times and did a couple soft grunts. He turned and walked right towards us but one doe was trying to take him back up the hill. Gavin was shaking but calm he said I can shoot him in the neck. That's all he could see, I hear the safety click off and an immediate shot and the buck dropped in his tracks. Gavin did great for being 11 and making a great 75 yard shot. There ain't enough napkins to wipe the smile off his face. Lol. Sent from my LGL58VL using Tapatalk

My uncle got a nice 8 tonight not a bad 8 point

Full story in the harvest thread, but I wanted to post up here too. I have been on the kick for a 10 for awhile (or big 6), have never broke the 9pt mark till Saturday. I'll have to get the official tape on him as I green scored him at 142+ without deductions, and he may be my largest scorer to date. I'm not all about the score, just all about mature and he definitely is. I'm guessing he's 4.5. I had no history with this buck. Just right place at the right time and thankful the savage worked as advertised ! Still can't believe I made a 183yrd kill shot with a slug gun ! I am seeing a good second rut coming soon and hope other on here can benefit too. Good luck !! Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

Got out with my youngest for about an hour today from 1230 to 130. Felt real good out there. But she couldn't hack it. So we packed it in. Good times either way. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Shot mine Sat Nov 25 at 11am and my son shot his opening day at 11am.

Finally got it done

Worked on two skulls this weekend A nice 8ptr that I shot with my bow and my first duck ever Let me know what you think! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got it done in 8H. I actually missed this buck with my crossbow a couple weeks ago. Had been passing on some smaller bucks since. Had a big doe with twins go by a couple minutes before legal shooting time. 10 mins later he was at 60 yards looking around for the does. First shot as you can see was high and back. Next shot fortunately was lethal. Feel very blessed he decided to come by my stand again. Thanks to everyone on here for always sharing your stories and positivity. Ps: that is a Tactacam on my barrel not a flashlight

Yes they are. Mine is topped with a 4 to 16 tasco rangefinder scope. When Gavin shot it Saturday morning he clover leafed 3 shots dead center bullseye at 100 yards off the bench. Coltins is a 788 carbine that was an old encon rifle. It shoots sweet also but minga does it bark with that short barrel. These 2 kids are bouncing off the walls lol. I can remember being that excited when I killed my first one 40 years ago. Lol. Watching Gavin kill his first buck made my whole season!!! Sent from my LGL58VL using Tapatalk

I saw three walking my way this morning at 8 am. This one didnt make it. Boy do my dogs get happy when I bring one home

My proudest moments... Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

I always wondered what walks by my off grid cabin so I placed a trail camera right by my backdoor. I've had bears and deer walk on by (even if I'm there) and just pulled the card Thanksgiving day to see and I found this...

So I got the word that the corn got cut Friday at a favorite local doe spot. Went there yesterday and saw 4 doe that came out with plenty of daylight. I was glad as this spot has alot of local pressure. I held of on the doe in hopes of a rack but nothing but another doe came out. Got out of work at 3 and hauled home,changed and was on stand around 330 ( yea, I know... I'm that guy). Had a small basket come out within minutes of me sitting down. Cruised through the corn and headed to the thick stuff. 10 min later I see this guy pop out the same spot. Glassed him and decided to pass as I thought he was inside his ears and a standard 2.5 8pt. He headed across the field and got into a short row of standing corn. I decided to put the Nikon to work and get a close look. I immediatly saw a little point on his main beam and when he looked up I saw something going on with his brow tine. Game on... I had sticks so I settled down on the third bubble on the Nikon (183yrds) and he would not go broad side. He started to come back at me and when he went to a quarter to I sent a meat missle right through his chest. He wheel barreled for about 40 yrds and I saw him flop. Now, I will tell you I had the exact opposite of ground shrinkage !!! He is a stud. I assume 4.5 and can prob be a booner. One of my best with the gun and first with the savage 220. That ends my buck tags for 17' and I am tickled !!! Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

Out in the blind with my little man. One lone doe has been feeding since 230.

1: it does not matter what she was wearing. You as the hunter are responsible for identifying your target 2: sunset on 11-22 for that area was 4:50pm any shot after that time is hunting after hours. It does not matter what hours are in other states. 3: a person does not look like a deer. If in doubt don’t shoot. 4: this was not an accident. This is pure negligent on the hunters part This guy screwed up plain and simple by not following the rules and someone died.

Not to much of a story on this one. Picked a stand I’ve seen quite a bit off deer from but I’ve never been able to get shot of yet. I get in the stand just before legal light. 15 min later it starts to rain (unexpectedly) luckily I had my umbrella with me. Get up wrestle with that and sit back down. Another 15 min goes by and 4 deer come hauling tail towards me but they will pass 150 plus yards away I get the gun ready anyways and get into position. As luck would have it they hit some standing water and decide to make a right hand turn putting them on a course to be in front of me at 50 yards. My patience pays off as the biggest doe of the group steps out perfectly broadside straight in front of me. I pull the trigger and she goes off on a 60 yard death run and flips over dead in sight!!! Probably one of my earliest morning harvests at 8:00am on the button. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I know there's a bunch on here, and I can't list all the names but reading all the posts and seeing the success storys really makes me proud. I'm currently in the waiting with my 4yr old son to get him out actively. We hit the blind early bow and had a blast. He loved it but as any parent in that situation knows, I enjoyed it more. I just wanted to throw it out there that I'm thankful there are still parents and mentors out there who are willing to get our future in the great outdoors. How many can say they have memory's of dad, or grandpa, uncle etc ? I know I have plenty of those and I hold them deer, I mean "dear" to me. There's so much wrong with the world this day and age and I'm beyond nervous as a parent. It really makes me comforted to know there are others out there with similar upbringing and willingness to pass this great tradition on. I have had one hunting partner my entire life, my dad. Yesterday I shot a giant and dad had went to a family function with mom. I made the phone call from the field but without him there, it felt weird, like something was missing. Just another big deer down... And it was also a reality that tomorrow is not guaranteed for anybody. So my hopes are that someday I will be that partner to my son, and him to his. So thank you, parents and mentors for taking your kids or other kids in the woods. As I just finished this similar talk with turkey feathers, I got my buck...I was so proud that he was able to get his daughter on her first deer. I remember putting my phone away and just thinking and dreaming of what that day will be like for me and my son. Then I score a giant, and realise without my partner, it's not all that awesome. I immediatly call my son, but a phone call can't compare to walking up together to trophy. On that note, thank you again for doing what your doing, the world needs more folks like you, our kids and the future generations need more like you !! Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

Wish pic wasn’t so blurry. Oh my how she’s grown. This was scouting spring birds prior to season . I carried her most of the way. Birds were ripping on roost and close. I gave her my box call and told her to make some noise right about the time they were due to gobble again. Some gosh awful sound came off that call but they gobbled. She was pleased as punch. Seems like yesterday. Enjoy the “ little ones “ folks because they grow up way too fast ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[mention=1547]TreeGuy[/mention] I am in the same boat as you. It almost feels weird when I hunt without my Dad being somewhere in the same woods with me. On Friday, my Dad shot a buck while I was at home sleeping. He called me to help him, so of course I did. Then he wanted to take pictures of me dragging his deer. When we checked the trail camera and saw that the big buck is still alive, he immediately started talking about how he wanted me to get that buck. My Dad has come on out of state hunting trips just to watch me- that's how much he enjoys watching me hunt. Here’s a pic from 10/3/14. The only time we have ever shot bucks on the same day.

Based on the front, I would say that buck had good oral hygiene.

Thanks ! For the record, the last pic is to show that he was "popular" with the ladies. Glad he wore his brisket down spreading his great genes ! Hehehe Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

Got it done in 8H. Will post story in harvest thread... Ps: that is a Tactacam on my barrel not a laser or light...

Here she is.Thankful to get her and enjoy the bounty. Also a chance to pop one of the celebratory beers!!! Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

My Redemption Buck Finally got it done again today. Sat from 2 to right around 430 when this guy decided my grunting was irresistible and was ready for a big fight. Got into the stand around 2. One of the landscapers decided 45 yards to my 2 O'clock was the perfect spot to take a leak. Apparently my camo was on point because he either A)didn't see me or was a weirdo exhibitionist. Anyways luckily the deer did not seem to mind. Around 4 I am soon surrounded by 6 doe all ranging from 50-70 yards out. A few fawns were closer to range but not what I was after. Shortly after I hear some major rustling behind me. Oh man it's a beauty 8. He gets to within 20 yards to my 9 O'clock and decides he's not feeling it and decides instead of jumping the rock wall into the open meadow I'm hunting he's gonna play hard to get and instead turn around and be like nice try Jerkman I'm out! I tried grunting. He was slightly interested but apparently not that interested. Off in the distance about 130 yards up the hill ai see what I thought was a big doe headed my way. Then I decided to take a closer look with my binos. Turns out this doe grew a pair. Now under magnification I can see what appears to be the biggest 4 pointer I have ever seen in my entire life. So naturally I start grunting with my VECtor call. Either my grunting is totally on point or he thought the buck that ran back behind me wanted a fight. Whatever his reason he clearly made the wrong choice. He came in full of piss and vinegar. At 30 yards he stopped broadside. I buried my pin behind his shoulder and let'er rip. Shwack nice hollow thud. He trots off a short ways at a nice leisurely pace back up the hill he came down. I knew he must have been hurting. I picked up my binos to see if I could see any blood exiting. Oddly enough there was not. Then when he got to maybe 63 yards max he got the wobbles and I knew his fate was sealed. Down goes Frazier. Turns out he wasn't a four but a solid five that I have never seen before. He was the perfect redemption buck for me. For those keeping score the coyotes decided my last buck would make an excellent entree. This guy was brought to the processor to be donated to the needy. Going to do a nice shoulder mount for this guy. I broke two of my own rules with him. I usually only shoot solid 8s or better and I never usually take two bucks from the same property. This guy was quite convincing in breaking both those rules. The pictures don't do him justice. I wear a size large glove for scale sake. Hoping the processor remembers to take a weight for me. All I know is he was one heavy dude trying to put him on my tailgate. Without further adieu my Redemption Buck. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

I went out this morning until 11:00 am without seeing a thing. I went to take out the garbage this afternoon and saw this guy watching me. Then to make matters worse , my mailman asked me if I had seen the 13 pointer running around the neighborhood. He told me that he had seen it 3 times in the last 2 weeks.

Way late on this post... Tuesday, November 14 Story here:

30 min before and after sunrise sunset is the common time for all game in my except deer.. You have to see a beard on a turkey or what kind of duck your shooting at those times..i sure as heck can identify a deer.. Both of these are sorry excuses of hunters period. The best thing of bow hunting is learning how to get close..unfortunately tv shows seem to push the long range shooting .. I never consider long range shoot as anything more than target practice. 99% of the time the game doesn't even know it's being hunted... Just my opinion but I'm more impressed with the Hunter that stalks or takes game at close range.than a guy shooting a monster across a field..

If a hunter is concerned about competition from other hunters then he is hunting for all the wrong reasons IMO

So, just an FYI, this storm guy is posting with an IP address that resolves to Florida through a T-mobile account. He uses a newly created free email service account. I doubt he hunts here at all. This guy is a troll. Wouldnt shock me if its one of the other anticrossbow member's second account. I have all of the IPs logged, email account, etc. Ill do a bit more digging on it later when I have some time.

11/25: 3N (Putnam County), My Dad shot this 6pt with a shotgun at 60yds. Full story in my journal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

While loading up the car this morning I thought to myself “ this is the day for Samantha “. Cold with virtually no wind. Even called it in the Live from the woods thread. So after 2 years of nothing in youth turkey and regular season and this year and last of youth deer season and last regular reason the stars aligned today. We hoofed it up the hill to our ground blind she helped build last summer. Perfect light wind in the face As daybreak cracked we realized 6-7 turkeys were roosted almost above us. Some light tree talk kept us entertained for daybreak. At about 8 o’clock I noticed movement off to my left and lightly nudged her. She slowly got the gun up atop the top log making a perfect rest. Circle T optics tirned on , gun shouldered tightly , Good cheek weld ( all things we’ve gone over so many times ) Buck took a few steps to the right and had small cluster of trees between her and him. Then he changed direction with a few more steps to the left and towards us. Perfect broadside. I hear the safety click off of her Remington 870 youth 20 gauge ( thank you again buckmaster 7600 for sending her the slug barrel last year ) I whisper “ take him “ and hear a boom. He dropped in his tracks at 29 yards. Not even a twitch I think I yelled “ holy $hit “ followed by her woohoo. She gave me the biggest hug ever. . Can’t believe it finally happened for her. So many hours of us hunting together , her checking cams with me , build the blind , many rounds downrange This smile hasn’t left my face all day. Hers neither. While I dressed out the deer she asked to see the heart. Well it was totally gone but a few handfuls of jelly. We continued hunting and saw the darkest color phase deer I’ve ever seen. Like almost black. Guns were up and believe it was a button. He got a pass. Started the 1.5 mile drag out. Little snow made the drag easier. Kept seeing daughter eyeing up her deer and smiling. Strapped him on the deer carrier and off we go. Well about 10 minutes left of our drive I hear and feel something odd. Well then I hear metal scraping. Carrier had apparently rusted from inside to the out. Doing 45 mph I quickly pull over It didn’t break all the way off and luckily buck still tied securely and no harm. Pick up truck immediately behind us pulled over. Younger gent all dappered up for dinner. Said he’s heading our way so throw deer in his truck and follow us home. So that’s what we did. Thank you kind sir for your generous kind favor. Deer processor closed today so he’s chilling in detached unheated garage with a 20 pound bag of ice in a heavy duty garbage bag stuffed in the cavity. Well hunt the morning again and hopefully have another to drop off with him. Going to suck to get him roof top on Outback. Dinorocks ( best friend and recently joined forum ) said he’d help with a euro mount. Thank you everyone for your kind words , encouragement and congrats Her smile says it all. Brother got an offer on his property 2 days ago so looks as if we’ll have to find another place to hunt It’s been on the market for awhile so knew our fun run at 70 acres would eventually come to an end But I’m sure as heck taking her and her smile knocking on doors in the spring

Was at my moms letting her dog out while she is out shopping and was reading the paper and looked through the ducks paper and saw that they had ammo buy 1 get 1 50% off regular priced ammo. Crow season is coming up soon so I figured I would go down and see what they had. Well about every shotgun shell they had was "on sale" except what I use for crow hunting. They had a stupid 10per customer rule so it took me 6 trips but luckily they had a cash only line so I walked by the ridiculously long lines every time. Saved 120$ for 20 minutes work. Got tired of stacking after 20 boxes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Two of my favorite pics! My Grandfather who was my hunting mentor is on the left. Best man ever and I miss so much hunting and spending time with him. Next my dad and fishing mentor. My pop taught him to hunt after he married his daughter, my mom, as he had never hunted. We both shot our first deer under pops wing. Next is a nice buck I shot and a young me and my Uncle. And this one of me and my boy this year with his first deer. Blessed to have had and have these folks in my life. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'll add to the harvest thread tomorrow.......I hope

I am for almost everything you list. I push it and hope it does sink in. Not going to mandate though. I also understand the pressure concerns. I do however disagree with the anticipated increase. Let’s look at you billy bob redneck who doesn’t currently bow hunt that everyone is concerned about ruining the woods. All I his talk of 100 yard shots in a hunting situation is bull. We all know target shooting I gotta and hunting is much different. I can pie plate every time with my compound and the range but no way am I taking that hunting shot. If billy bob does he will be disappointed and either won’t take he shot anymore or he’ll give up. He also will be disappointed in how the deer everyone talks about during bow season still seem to allude him. He won’t hang In There. I know 6 people that got crossbows was his year. Me being one of them just because a good deal came up in there his site. All 6 are bow hunters. I dont know any gun only hunters or hat have taken up the crossbow. I am certain there are. I just don’t see the long term pressure increase above what is already there

This is what you commented on originally "As a traditional bow hunter I haven't been able to figure out how having crossbow hunters in the woods is a disadvantage to me. I'm pretty sure the deer don't consciously choose to walk in front of just crossbow hunters and by-pass all the other bow hunters." Nothing about change there that I can see... Really the only thing we've gotten to here is that you view hunting as a competition with other hunters, and that in the end you agree that we just need to adapt and go on... with an awful lot of nonsense posts in between. And, like an idiot I fell for it!

When did they change the age minimum in NY to be able to hunt big game? When I was a kid, it was still 16 and that sucked!

What an awesome day for both boys! They'll be talking about this one forever.

And need's to buy their own property, Lock it up tight and do their thing with it.

its going to be just like the wild hogs. Dont shoot them if you see one. If we can get enough of them in the state then NY can sell tags for them . So please dont shoot the big feet. I cant wit until I get my first bigfoot tag. That suckers going on my wall.

Congrats to the successful hunters today- some real beauties. I was up in Columbia county at my buddy’s property for last night and this morning with my son and his dad. We saw a bunch last night (which was great for my boy). My buddy passed on a doe this morning at first light, hoping I would get a shot with my kid with me. No such luck but good times and memories made Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So how does someone go about getting a drs note to use a crossbow? Show us a link to the regulations on that please

Not to hijack but , last time this came up and I searched 30 some states for their deer hunting hours I could not find one that wasn't 1/2 hour prior / after . All the states that boarder NY, the mid West states so many wish we were , out West all 1/2 hour each way . If it was an issue then tell me why every other state allows it ? Ill wait , tick tick tick ......

Haven't seen a deer all gun season until this evening. Switched to a spot that i haven't hunted all year and it payed off. I though he was a 8 point when i shot but legally hes a 6. .243 flattened him with the Barnes ttsx round. Going to euro mount him now that i only have a doe tag left and have no motivation to shoot another one. Time to get the wife out and get her first. ( shes mad i broke in "her" gun)

Well my quest to harvest picket this year came to an end 11/14/17 I had does and fawns milling through the beech trees feeding along with several small bucks. I see a doe break out into the field at a sprint about 70 yards from me with picket on her trail. She starts feeding and he is pestering her non stop. Her button buck fawn came out and picket chased him around the field and then would chase the doe around. The other doe in the woods all immediately retreated to my sanctuary to the west. Picket was still pestering the doe and chasing then BB around. It was time to make it happen if possible by employing a trick I have done to success 8or9 times in the past. When the doe and picket stopped running I hit the bleat can and the doe locked on me or rather my immediate area so I tipped the can again. She started marching to me as if on a string with picket right with her and still being bothered with the BB presence. The doe enters the woods and is only 10 yards from me as picket is pacing the edge of the field. The BB goes to the west and then enters the woods and starts back east trying to get back to its mother. Picket tries to enter the woods but had to step back turn his head sideways to get between 2 trees and as soon as he is in the woods he charges at the BB who tears off to the west and keeps running. Picket turns around and starts back towards me and he stops in the only open spot over 10 yards from that stand high up in a hemlock as he is broadside at 15 yards with a basket ball size hole 5 yards in front of me through the limbs of a hemlock between us. I was extremely calm and thought was ok this just got real. Anchor, sight picture, bend at the waste, this is just like hundreds of other times. Sight picture is great as he is standing with a 8 inch beech tree over his front shoulder forward enough that I can see the white haired elbow of his front leg. There is a 12 inch beech tree covering his guts from his rear stomach back. Ok Lee 2 years coming and you have nothing but vitals. Sight picture, follow through. Just an instinct reaction as I watch the arrow pierce his ribs high just behind the shoulder. He wheels sideways knocking over the filed edge brush and then walks 50 yards and stops. The doe is still standing under me as I hang the bow while watching him and trying to get the field glasses out and wondering why he is still standing. I ease to a seated position so I had a clearer look at him and in disbelief I see him slowly hunching up. I am sick to my stomach, he takes a couple steps and I can see part of his intestine hanging out the exit hole. I am in complete disbelief as to how I gut shot him. But I can see the exit but can't see the entrance hole but I KNOW I saw that arrow go right behind the shoulder.! He slowly walks east towards the woods as the big 8 comes out and starts chasing a different doe and picket doesn't even look at him. I am about to be sick and trying to keep an eye on picket as he disappears into the woods headed towards his bedding area. As I set there listening and watching I made a vow to myself that after 2 years and now what looks to be a poor shot by me that will be 100% fatal for the deer if for some reason I don't recover him he will be the last deer I ever shoot with a bow. The doe under me walked back out to the field so I called dad and told him what happened, he gave me a pep talk cause I was not being so nice to myself over what I had done. 45 minutes passed so I climbed down the climbing sticks and eased over to the arrow and just as I thought dark blood and stomach matter. I looked at the edge of the field and had good blood. I eased to the filed edge to the east and there was blood sprayed up the side of a cherry tree and the leaves were crimson. Walked right to him and man There was no ground shrinkage!! Of course I called dad first and then sent a pic to just and a couple hunting friends as I was trying to calm down. After last years screw up by me pushing the envelope and having him smell me thus blowing my chance at I'm the rest of last season I vowed to not make that mistake again and I was going to kill picket or eat tag soup. The range of emotions was unreal, from elation walking up to him to the pangs of sadness for taking his life after being such a stellar opponent that really made me step up all aspects of my game this season, and for that I will be eternally grateful. As it turned out somehow the arrow turned after entrance took entire top lobe off the right lung, turned and center punched liver out through the lower left stomach. 19 inches inside 18 inches tip to tip Sent from my LGL58VL using Tapatalk

Wow nice buck!!! he sure was busy. Lol

I have been watching this guy on the cam for a while and he finally stepped out in front of me today. Took him 15 minutes to commit. There are not a lot of deer up here in 5H but they do have nice racks. Anyway, biggest one I ever got up here. He ran right into a pile of tops the loggers left behind this year. Biggest one taken here in the last 8 years or so. Imma happy boy!

All vacuum sealed. Time for dinner and a beer after clean up of course. Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

I resemble that remark Welcome aboard The best learning you can do is be out in the woods for hands on experience. Everyday you'll learn a bunch