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So this morning I decided I was going to sit in "my" stand since i haven't been seeing much of anything since gun started. For the first time this year we had some corn and beans on the opposite side of the lease so i had concentrated most of my time closer to the food. This was leading to tons of deer being seen during bow but as soon as rifle started the deer I was seeing dwindle to almost nothing. So about 8:30 I am once again seeing nothing and I am thinking about how much i miss bow. Out of nowhere I catch movement in the ravine and see a deer then quickly realize there are two. The 2nd deer is a buck and as I find him in the scope I am trying to determine if he is a shooter. ( self imposed 6 or better lease rules) I see he has 2 on each side and catch a brow tine also and decide I am taking the shot when I can. He moves to a spot where i have a nice slightly 1/4 away and squeeze the trigger. He doesn't flinch so i shoot again with my autoloader and down he goes. Was pleased to see he was a small 8 when i got to him. My 3rd biggest deer...all from the same stand. Super happy to have him.

Well, it just got better! Standing by the doe I just shot and I look up to see four more coming from the opposite direction. The freezer is full!

I have no cell service on the lease so this is tape delayed photos and story Decided I was going to head to the lease around 9:30 and sit midday to dark, wife and son decided to stay home . I knew I wanted to sit on the dug road as it had been loaded with tracks the last few hunts. I decided to use the same oak tree that my wife had seen deer out of opening day of firearms, it had a really nice pine right next to it that offered great cover. At about 11:00 had 3 hens walk under my climber and then at 12:30 I hear deer coming up behind me. I stand, turn ,cock the hammer on the super redhawk and turn on the red dot . There’s 6 doe walking up the hill about 50 yards, the two lead doe’s are behind some heavy brush , no shot. I look and the 4th was just as big as the lead. Rested my arms against the tree and waited for the doe to come into the ok shooting lane that I noticed. Touched off the 44 and she donkey kicks as I see her kick I see a branch fall. She runs about 75 yards and goes down, I watch her and she gets back up and runs down the hill and I loose sight of her . At this point I am thinking oh no I hit that branch and it deflected the bullet. I wait half hour and I climb down and walk over to where I watched her go down. The blood was every where, I am thinking how did she get back up. Found her about 100 yards down the hill. The bullet did deflect some and hit her a little back. All in all the 240 grain xtp did its job. Very happy to have some venison for the freezer..

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Things can happen quick!!! Story later

Yea after missing I put the rifle away. Brought out my favorite. Out behind the house this morning in the far stand and he strolled by at 7:30 at 40 yards. 70 yards red spray paint trail. 140 pounds dressed 2.5yo. Other antler broke off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yep, there’s movement with the warmer weather. Doe down. Five came thru the woods and the biggest stopped here.

Turned out ok size, got heart and both lungs . Came home because I can’t get deer across drainage ditch, friend from behind my spot got deer with his ATV . So since I can’t get to most stands or bring deer across without swimming ,I’m home cleaning gear ,drinking beer and thinking deer.

From the field to the hearse to the barn. Great day with both the weather and the deer cooperating.

Figures worst morning start since my buck harvest

Yep. Here ya go. It wasn’t inexpensive, I caught It on sale for $3600 with the tower. Setup took about 6-7 hours with a buddy helping. Standing it up took my tractor and a 60ft long heavy strap along with some ingenuity. You could also do it with an ATV and a winch. I also grabbed a buddy heater heater and the curtain kit for it Its a lot of money, but the quality is top notch, and it should last for a very long time with minimal maintenance. Buy once cry once.

Another fun hunt with my brother. A nice close shot she came in at 35 yards and we weren't even in the blind for 10 minutes!!! My shot was perfect and she ran 75-100 yards where we found her dead right where he said she would be! Another great hunting memory for the books!!!

Deer selfie! You can see the buck in the very left side of the window

Perfect day out, fresh tracks everywhere , still snow cover . Saw 5 doe come but only 4 left . Time to put some meAt in freezer .Shes small but she was lead one and saw me , so couldn’t take chance waiting . Here all day for first time in gun. 30 yard shot , fell right over . It’s nice when you can take their pics from stand!

Well after 30 years of marriage, If I’m home, she says” can’t you go hunting or something .....”

Great News my nephew just reported they found him and their on their way out. That's Awesome! Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

So this morning I decided I was going to sit in "my" stand since i haven't been seeing much of anything since gun started. For the first time this year we had some corn and beans on the opposite side of the lease so i had concentrated most of my time closer to the food. This was leading to tons of deer being seen during bow but as soon as rifle started the deer I was seeing dwindle to almost nothing. So about 8:30 I am once again seeing nothing and I am thinking about how much i miss bow. Out of nowhere I catch movement in the ravine and see a deer then quickly realize there are two. The 2nd deer is a buck and as I find him in the scope I am trying to determine if he is a shooter. ( self imposed 6 or better lease rules) I see he has 2 on each side and catch a brow tine also and decide I am taking the shot when I can. He moves to a spot where i have a nice slightly 1/4 away and squeeze the trigger. He doesn't flinch so i shoot again with my autoloader and down he goes. Was pleased to see he was a small 8 when i got to him. My 3rd biggest deer...all from the same stand. Super happy to have him.

When I was younger me and this gal I knew would get drunk on Genny's and go around kidnapping deer from a bunch of local eskimo villagers. Snatched them right out of their beds during broad daylight! We used chloroform to knock them out until they were loaded in the getaway car and sold on the black market,lol

Sitting here watching him while I get Pics from my Spartan hahaha

I'm doing both, hunting till about 1:00, home for second half. My wife bought these last year and put them out a few weeks ago: Nice day today in 9A, mild but a bit breezy. I'm all set to go in my stand, waiting for sunrise.

Venison empanadas Had some extra dough so threw some stuffing, turkey, Brussels and turnips in a few Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It has been tough hunting since opening day of gun. Have not seen a deer!! Nothing! Until today. Had seen multiple decent bucks during bow. Passed a bunch of young ones, and even was second guessing myself about not taking a couple shots, I thought were iffy at the time. (glad I did) We had to keep up with the changing bedding areas, and feeding patterns, as the traditional ones along the swamps, were flooded out with all the rain this fall. So most all our spots were changed again and again. Opening morning came with a bunch of snow. We sat what we thought were our "best" options. Saw no deer. Day two, moved to a spot where they "had" to be! Saw no deer, and no fresh tracks at all. Day three, we figured if they weren't in the first two areas, well they MUST be in this one. Right? Wrong again! No deer or any fresh sign again at all! Was actually thinking have they left the property? Got a call last night from work, a machine was down, could I come in the morning, even though I'm on vacation. Sure, NP. Was out of there by noon. Ran home throw on my stuff, and started thinking where the heck could the deer be on our property! Heading up the hill, I decided to try the lowest end, with pines and some REALLY thick brush. After walking down the tractor access lane, I saw a few fresh tracks! Cool! Got to within 100 yards of a small ladder stand I was going to, and in the thick stuff to my left about 60 yards ahead, a bedded doe stands up! And I see another deer stand up behind her, and immediately see it's a good buck! But I have no shot, the doe is blocking him! The doe is giving me the stare down, but he is looking at her, not me. I knew whatever was going to happen, it would happen fast, as she was getting ready to bolt. She took a step left, right before she bolted, and there was the buck in my scope, thrugh a small window, quartering hard to me. He sees me now, and is looking my way too. I was on him, it's now or never, and trusted myself, and my 270 as I squeezed off the 60 yard shot. His front end dropped, he whirled to his right, and I lost sight of him in the brush. The doe bounded away, and as I watched her go, a bigger buck I never saw is on the other side of the lane!!! He bounds away too! Now I'm not sure of my shot. Did I hit him? Was that second buck him? If it was, how did he get there without me seeing him? So I decided to back out and give things, and myself a short time to calm down. As I turn around, a deer bolts across the lane! I'm on him. It's a spike! Don't shoot!......After threes days with not on deer seen, my hearts beating pretty good at this point. I call my partner Gary, he says stay there, I'll be right down. Sounds good to me. Now the doubt really sets in. When he gets to me I tell him I think I missed. I rushed the shot, as he was getting ready to bolt. We split the thicket, me on the side he ran to, Gary on the side of the shot. Shortly I hear a familiar whistle. And I'm crashing through the brush, to where the buck lays dead! He didn't go 20 yards! A quiet minute or two to give thanks, a handskake and pat on the back from Gary and my buck hunt is over this year. I'm so proud of this one! A lot of guessing, and moving set ups this season. Persistence and patience. Along with some luck. Just shy of 180 lbs. Nice three year old for my area of 4-H.

Today’s butcher block episode is brought to you by the letter “V”. “V” is for vodka as in someone had to much of it last night as was not waking up to go hunting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

He’s in the woods because he wants to get into hunting. I’d prefer he doesn’t, for personal reasons. I also have no interest in teaching him because he’s kind of a dumb ass. If he was truly interested in learning he would take my advice and not tear through the woods an hour before he goes to the stand. This cam is 20 yards from the stand he sat Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I sure hope deer like wet farts because I nearly crapped my drawers. Looks like this morning will be quite interesting. DAMN YOU CHICKEN BACON RANCH PIZZA! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

That's what happened to the mountain lions tail, squatch had him but he broke it loose like a lizard. You know that's what happened.....

I saw a deer today, go me. I have this coming week off too unexpectedly, my dad, and I are going to focus on a different zone where we have doe permits. I wanted a buck for the wall so badly. Oh well, every 7 yrs for me, lol. congrats to those who got deer!

We went out this afternoon and had a blast. Saw no deer, but lots of squirrels and chipmunks. He did good. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

I've been hunting this stud since I saw him mid bow season. Passed on a doe opening day at 20 yards. Been out everyday but Thanksgiving afternoon, when did he show, 4pm that day. Hopefully he comes tonight!!!

Shot my first deer sitting with my gramps at 10. Filled his tag. Ny is so behind the times. I don't need a politician telling me how old a kid should be to hunt or how to best raise my family. If a village raises the child you have a village full of idiots.

Just enough to sleep well and still be able to be up at 3:45 to make the drive to Columbia county....figure I’ll go Biz-like today and be driving home by 7:45!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Homemade sausage, garlic white pie.

I have exactly three sets of antlers mounted on my walls. My first buck ever; the first buck with a bow ; and the first buck taken from property that I actually owned. None of them are even close to the biggest bucks I've taken. In fact they're kinda scrawny and pathetic. They're just the most memorable.

Nephew just bagged one chasing two doe. (of course in my stand!)

Impressive.......... I guess I'm over 160 now (give or take a couple) and didn't use gloves at all for the first 120 or so but do like to use them if they are in my reach. A couple reasons that I like them are in very cold weather I don't have to peel any clothing off, just slide the shoulder length gloves all the way up and rock on. Another reason is if there is no water, snow or wet leaves I can be assured I'll be pretty clean and not bloody up my bow, gun, clothes, sandwich or truck. Disease is the furthest thing from my mind........

I’ve gutted maybe 100-150 deer never worn gloves. Hope I don’t die lol. Anyhow my Dad grew up a city kid, married my mom an Adirondack girl. He started hunting with my grandfather in his 20s. He got a few deer and never gutted one. I came along and my grandfather had me gutting at 10-11 years old. I couldn’t hunt but I could drag and dress lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How about the eye shine from the squatch in the top right corner...sweet Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As treeguy would say, "send it"

Killed a ton of rabbits squirrels a pheasant or two with a wrist rocket as a kid. Gramps being a mechanic in a Ford garage had everybody saving me ball bearings . He use to bring home coffee cans full every couple weeks...

Now THAT is impressive!!! To have actually been with a hunter like this, is quite an honor Dan! Kinda puts Lee and Tiffany, or any of the "celebrity" hunters in perspective. This guy is the real deal. Thanks for sharing this.

Hung out with some great friends of many many years last night. Fun ! Restaurant is right across from Buffalo zoo. And block other way is the Frank Lloyd Wright .. people from all over the world come to see it. I had the Mike Piazza and it was excellent along with a few Hayburners Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've met the guy in this clip that does the run and kill. He was working for a guide as his tracker in a camp I stayed. Wizard throwing his spear, its quite impressive in person. Ate a porcupine the guys caught and cooked whole buried in the sand in a traditional way, and me and one other American went along for a day on their hunt and gathering trip for water and plants. There is a fellow in Poughkeepsie that works with several governments to help keep these folks way of life around (oldest on earth) and can set up a visit. They also hunt with tiny little bows about 3 feet long tipped with poison made from chewing a grub and a nut mixed with spit and multiple coats are applied to a small arrow point made to break off in muscle. Must track for 24 hrs to find the kill. Start training.....

Up in the tower with Evan this morning. We have our thermos of hot chocolate and plenty of snacks. Snow has melted a lot up here. Saw some very large fresh tracks on the way in. They were on the same basic trail that the buck I nicked Last week was on. Let’s see what happens.

Hunting the backyard today. Wife had some stuff to do so I only have an hour or two. They are here, but they are fat n happy and now warm..... Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

I have hard enough time with a gun.

He is a gentleman in his late 40s he's cold wet and shaken up but he's Alive to hunt another day Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

The old “ cleaning my gun “........ Ok first unload ,tiriple check , field strip ,clean parts . done that hundreds of times never once has pointing it at my wife and pulling the trigger been part of the process . Besides where does he clean it ? Nice weather on my patio , but mostly in the basement in my gun room .

Gutted 3 for partially paralyzed friend on Sunday of gun opener Inside 35 minutes which included dragging them to a similar spot but not too far. . Last night another , about 8-9 minutes BUT daughter and I hunt his property so no biggie Buttout2 makes life a lot easier . Clean as a whistle and taking my time to boot. Maybe this year I'll get to gut one of mine or daughters.