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  1. Some pics from last night Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    17 points
  2. 14 points
  3. Throw bow in car and can’t find release. I remember throwing it in there at Gman’s but can’t find it. SOB. It’s in there but where ? I call sodfather as only 5 houses away to borrow one. Treeguy on way to spot. No body answers Daughter babysits for SF so I have her call his wife to ask him. Minute later he meets me at end of his driveway. Lone doe crossed little ridge at just before legal. Doe n 3 fawns at 27 but no shot on her as they went down small ridge. 5 big doe and 4 fawns just came in to 15 but so many eyes and I’m sitting naked on 6 foot platform I was afraid to move. Finally have shot and draw but fawn directly behind her. I let off and one boots taking the rest with her. Tails everywhere. Oh well , from no release to covered in deer.
    12 points
  4. 10/7/19 I was called by a hunter I know and he was looking for some help finding a buck he shot this evening. He and his uncle had tracked about 50 yards before losing blood, and had only searched about 20 yards beyond last blood before calling me. They had also marked blood with ribbon, which is very beneficial to a tracking team. Long story short, they did everything right. Kunox and I arrived 2 hours after the shot and he made short work of this 140 yard track. 1 lung, liver, and intestines had been hit.
    11 points
  5. 10 points
  6. Been waiting on posting pics cause I’ve been preoccupied with other stuff but just had the scope mounted and it’s ready for the range . Tika lamanent T3 Stainless in the 243 with Zeiss conquest optics I bought off of @Dinsdalelast year. Can’t wait to burn threw a case of ammo on this beauty.
    9 points
  7. Got home ,tailgate was down..... recycling bin, with scissors jack, hatchet , two machetes ( one really nice one ) and various odds and ends gone ! Called farmer ,as when i pulled out I swerve back and forth to knock off mud from tires and thought that would be a good place to look , well he drove over and there it all was !
    9 points
  8. Made it out for an afternoon sit. Had a single doe come out of the woods at 6:00 and started feeding. Never got closer than 60 yards. I didn't want to spook her by getting down so I stayed a little later than I planned and had the pleasure of walking out to this.
    9 points
  9. Was on nyantler and scrolling through the deer shot this year, and hey I know this kid . Phil Higbie . My boys went to school with him and his older brother. Congrats to him, I remember him being a good kid . i just love big 8’s and 6’s ..,
    8 points
  10. Now that everyones panties are in a bunch can we please start the bidding!!!!!!!! 2017 vintage attire matching cap and waterproof pullover. Color match is perfect factory numbers are 01 and 02. A very nice selection to any hunters collection. These items will start at $100.99 with no reserve! Don't let them slip on by you never can tell when they inventory will dry up!
    8 points
  11. A young man shot this buck in Sodus . Awesome Rack !
    7 points
  12. It scored a funny feeling in my pants. Gorgeous.
    7 points
  13. Tapped out. 7 doe 7 fawn. Could have shot one doe but pass though no go as fawn directly broad side of her on Exit side. Picked out a tree or two for my climber next East wind Climber will be $ there
    7 points
  14. This guy was at 25 yards for me tonight. I hope He shows for Haley this weekend. We call him Claws. One of the nice 2 year olds hanging around. If he makes it through this year, he has some potential.
    7 points
  15. Due to varsity football commitments, my grandson only has Sunday the 13th to hunt this youth weekend. I'll bring him to the spot where I was surrounded by 25 to 30 deer, over the course of last Saturday morning. Mostly doe's and fawns, but did see three bucks too. One of them was a mature ten point with stickers, a true giant!!! This spot is a travel pinch point. So no guarantee that any, or all of them will show up? This is a notorious all or nothing spot. But I think for early season, it's the best spot I have to kill "a deer". We talked yesterday, and I asked if he is still set on taking only a buck? He told me that maybe he will shoot a doe, just to get the first one under his belt. But he will decide for sure while we are out there. I told him, you shoot whatever makes you happy, and to be happy with what you shoot. I refuse to put any pressure on him whatsoever. He puts enough on himself with everything he does. I want our time together in the deer woods to be a fun and relaxed time for us both. So who knows what this Sunday will bring??? Stay tuned. I'll post whatever happens here.
    7 points
  16. So youth hunt this coming weekend , my 2 youngest nephews are eligible this year, the older isnt able to hunt sat as hes working his job at local tea shop. So the youngest is up 1st. This kid has no qualms about recoil unlike his brother. So I'll prolly get him set up on my largest field. His brother will be down for sun mon. Hes recoil shy so will be using a 357 lever rifle, shots will have to be short so he will prolly be in bow stand turkeyfeathers took his doe out of. Hope they can both get a deer this weekend, they aren't buck hungry and will take a doe so chances are pretty good. Here's hoping!!!
    6 points
  17. Best night of the season...saw 8 bucks and 4 does. Two decent bucks but the only two to come within range were a 4 and 5pt
    6 points
  18. He was a gift, and an offering. I had him patterned on our backyard acorns around mid-day, and knew he'd come out an hour or two after the furnace maintenance fella drove off. A few weeks earlier, the wife mentioned that she liked the way his antlers looked, a first for her... When I saw him, I grabbed the bow from the basement, and headed outside, heart pounding. The wind was favorable. I stalked him in plainclothes and moccasins to within 20 yards, and peered up over my cover. I watched him for a few minutes, munching on acorns, and lazily popping his head up every few seconds to check his surroundings. I couldn't decide on whether to let him walk, or to kill him. I would need to get closer, or for him to walk towards me so I could shoot. Then he saw me, and we locked eyes for what felt like minutes, but must have only been a few dozen seconds. He started head-bobbing, and as he dropped his head, I dropped to a knee and drew the bow. I figured his curiosity was going to pull him around the corner, and present me with an opportunity. It did, but he quartered-to at 10 yards. I'll let him walk. I didn't want to punch a hole in his front left shoulder and ruin that meat. Seconds went by, and while on my knee, full-drawn in jeans and a grey fleece, waiting for him to bust out, he stayed curious, and that quartered-to shot slowly became a perfect broad-side at 10 yards. I let the arrow fly. I honored him with a quick, and clean kill through both lungs. He honors my family with his gifts and his offering. SIDE NOTES: I might pack moccasins now; they were silent on the somewhat wet leaves and twigs. Also - note that the shot was a little high, because I didn't correctly account for how close he was. The high lung shot killed him within 100 yards of arrow impact, but there was no blood after the initial 30 yards, and he died prior to any exhalation of blood. It takes a while for the lungs to fill. I tracked him on my instinct after re-starting the blood trail, and came up on him laying in a depression.
    6 points
  19. I was out hunting gmans place this past saturday. We hung a ladder stand back in May in a nice thick area just above an apple orchard. All summer I kept saying that I wanted to hunt this stand opening weekend even though we built a huge sweet tower stand in my favorite spot and gman put in a food plot in front of the tower and there were deer on camera in front of the tower stand morning and evening. I still went with my plan to sit the ladder on the far end of the property. At 930 i look over my left shoulder and see a big bodied deer coming in through the thick stuff I see what appears to be a nice rack. I take my eyes off the deer grab my bow stand up and draw aiming at the opening where I seen him heading for as soon as he stepped that front shoulder out i released and my arrow and could see it was a perfect it he turned and ran the direction he came from. I could see a ton of blood on the ground from the initial impact and heard him crash but decided to relax and wait an hour. 5 minutes in to the wait is when the adrenaline set in and I started to shake for 5 minutes. I called greg and he said he would be there in about an hour. I called the wife and another buddy to tell them the news. I normally would wait to spread the word but it was a 4-5 yard shot and i seen where the arrow hit. Gman and Brandon arrived at 1030 and we had a short 75 yard track until we find my buck. I entered high lung and exited the heart. The buck died in front of the pop up blind and food plot. Gman has this buck on camera eating in the food plot 20 min before i shot it. The 4 wheeler was broke so i dragged her across the bridge of death lol. Thank you Greg for allowing me to hunt your place and set up and build stands on your property and thank you for all of the hard work that you do with the food plots and prep work that you do that allows us to see and and hunt such a variety of wildlife.
    6 points
  20. Was just covered in deer for the past 40 min. Multiple fawns 3 does a 5 and 6 pt. Waited forever for one of the mature does to give me a shot and I flat out wiffed. Thought the shot was 25 turned out to be 32 I missed low. Got out of the blind to look for the arrow. With fading light I wanted to be sure. Sure enough the arrow is clean as a whistle. Still had a blast Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    5 points
  21. Daughter and I are in the blind out back, hoping for a big doe. Hoping I don’t see one of the better bucks I have let go because don’t think I could resist with her with me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    5 points
  22. After 6 years I got my first my bear. Spent hundreds of hours in the stand waiting to cross paths with one and it finally happened. I had major eye surgery 4 weeks ago and almost went blind in my shooting eye. I was laid up for a few weeks and to come back and get him with the bow is huge for me. One Very happy hunter Steve S Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    4 points
  23. I’ll say wife wanted me to drive back and look ...... Short bed, and I had a long handled rake that doesn’t fit unless you have it just at the right angle ,I think I “ closed “ it but rake prevented it from closing all the way and it popped back,open . Live and learn . Now I owe him some beer .
    4 points
  24. I can still hunt the exact spot, that I hunted for the first time 46 years ago. We still call it 'Dug Hill' as did the old timers before us. A primitive logging road was carved, "dug" out of the side of the hill, to bring up the oaks from below, through the hemlocks, and around a small swamp above. This was done long before I was born. At the bottom of Dug Hill, is a stonewall fence line that came to a corner, or 90 degree angle. With some of the stones piled in the corner, in the shape of a seat that someone made probably decades before I ever sat there. The classic transition, between hardwoods and hemlocks on a bench of the side hill. And if I were to guess, dozens and dozens of deer had been shot from that spot, by some old guys that were my mentors. And a few by me alone over the years, including my very first. It was an honor, and right of passage when the old guys let you sit that spot! That property was bought by the state 20 or so years ago, to expand Thatcher Park, and borders our property. But I still make my way down there each year to sit on that pile of stones that are still stacked there. To hear the whispered voices through the trees. And to pay homage to the ones who sat there before me. And wonder who may sit there after me.
    4 points
  25. Awesome job Mr. Feathers!!! I am so glad you got your first bow deer,and a clean kill too! I have been following your bow journey with great interest,as mine is pretty young too. I think this is my 5th season with the bow. Keep it up and maybe you can add a nice buck to your list as well!
    4 points
  26. Black squirrels matter ! Sent from my LM-V405 using Tapatalk
    4 points
  27. Good luck guys. I'll be taking both of my grandnephews out Saturday. It's a better afternoon spot, but we'll give it a shot in the morning. Dominic is up first, as his brother Kayden took a 4pt last youth season. Of course Dom wants to get a buck like his brother, but said a nice fat doe will work too. Lol. Going scouting tomorrow and Fri evening.
    4 points
  28. Apple , Gorgonzola, fried chicken salad with honey mustard vinaigrette. And chestnut spice creme brûlée Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    4 points
  29. Thank you Mike ! I'd like to thank The Academy for my coaching over the last 2 years.
    4 points
  30. What a satisfying day. Got up at 3:45 , quick scent free shower. Arrive at Gman’s at 6 am. Day before we discussed which stand I should sit in so I went to bed dreaming on that one. But with highish south winds he advises me of another. I climb up into a large permanent wooden stand with roof and settle in. Stand overlooks a small clover plot and pretty close to a ridge high atop a long way down. Just getting light I hear blowing and foot stomping into the woods along said ridge probably 50 yards from me. I think great , there goes the woods for awhile. At about 7:45 2 good sized doe and a fawn come into the clover. I had lasered trees, plot edge earlier to know the distances. Big doe at 24 yards quartering hard , I draw in anticipation of her shifting a bit , holding for what seemed forever and proceed to let off as other nice doe now in field grazing and broadside. I know she’s 30 years on the button. I quickly calm my nerves , draw, noting anchor point , loose grip with bow hand and gently hit the release. She was quartering just a little away. I see the nocturnal hit and know I hit a little high and back of intended. Arrow blows through and sticks in ground. She takes off down a lane and think I hear her crash. Then emotions take over , I question the hit , will I find her. Replay everything over and over in my mind. I’ve killed a decent amount of deer with gun and used to watching them pile up right there so this running away stuff panicking me. I climb down to look at arrow and have good blood. I text Gman I shot one and sent pic of arrow but pic not going through as poor reception, same scenario with academy group and treeguy in the mix. Andrew calls and says she’s dead within 50 yards after I described hit and reaction of doe . Gman finally acknowledges text and says hang tight ill be there shortly. As he approaches stand low and behold the other 2 doe are coming down the trail to right below me again. I hand signal to Greg and wearing a blue sweatshirt and jeans these doe keep coming in not caring about him nor I just shot there friend an hour earlier. They feed into the small plot exactly where their friend took the arrow. At 24 yards the big one offering me a perfect shot but unsure of status of shot one I can’t shoot this one too. They eventually meander off into the woods the way they came in I climb down and we start to track. Good blood , more good blood every 6” or so. Found where she tried to get up a little hill but couldn’t and turned around now heading towards the ravine. No not the ravine I think. She went about 50 yards to here and we peer into ravine and see white belly fur. Thankfully she only went down about 15-20 yards into ravine. Shot indeed was a smidge too far back but got lung(s) as had good bubbles along the short track. Think she stepped a step forward as she was feeding. I’m overcome with emotion as I did it I did it I think. Last year the first time at the academy I couldn’t even draw this bow. 2 years of academy shooting , few 3d shoots with some academy guys , bow tech old glory The Real Tc gave me , arrows Moog sent to me , 2nd year hunting Gman’s land After my brother sold his land I hunted I had nowhere to hunt and Gman hearing this quickly invited me down. Thank you all to have helped me along the way. I’ve drawn on goiter buck and let off , drew on big nanny doe moments later to get busted by her , let 12 small bucks walk inside 20 yards last year , numerous fawns and a spike this year. I’ve also never had the joy of deer Uber and have previously dragged them all out a mile to mile and half. Today I got to enjoy something very familiar to me , a golf cart The hour n half ride home I had to avoid wooly bear caterpillars one after another ( like hundreds ) on the road and fluttering monarch butterflies What a day !
    4 points
  31. 10/6/19 I went on a track tonight 2 hours after the shot. The hunter was sitting in a chair on the ground and reported a pass through shot right behind the shoulder. The deer had run off the field through a fence row, and then into a fallow field. The hunter and his brother went in search of it one hour after the shot, but were unable to find any blood so I was called. Luna started at the hit site and entered the fencerow where the deer had. We entered the field and she chose a trail, but came back after only a few yards and chose a different one. We took this trail 200 yards across the field and into a wood lot. We had not seen one drop of blood yet, so I took her back for a restart. We did this 4 or 5 times on different trails and still hadn’t seen any blood. I told the hunter if the shot was as he described it, the deer may not have gone as far as I had been going, so I wanted to bring Luna 50 yards out from the fencerow and walk perpendicular to it. If no sign or deer, we’d go another 50 yards out and do it again. We were walking to the end of the field where the wind would be in our face, with the hunter in front of me and he had just said “I’d love to trip over it”, when I saw that he had just walked by the deer and almost tripped over it!
    4 points
  32. Checked my cameras today( they have been out in the woods over a month)and this is what I had along with some small bucks and a lot of does.
    3 points
  33. Fricken chipmunk tried to climb the blind and scared the crap out of me Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    3 points
  34. Saw my target buck at 30yds as he busted out of his bed 35yds from my stand. Lol. Well we were close, maybe a little too close on this stand set. He stopped long enough to grin at me.
    3 points
  35. Score is.......that buck one..........you....zip...... Hope you make the final point! Good luck!
    3 points
  36. I started at 16 and it was at Stewart forest . And I shot a doe my first day hunting
    3 points
  37. pm sit after work on the docket! need one today its been hectic.
    3 points
  38. Dads tree stand, dads Ithaca 37, he had double pneumonia and gave me directions to his stand. Shot a doe and his dumbass walked up in the woods half dead to show me how to dress it. We still hunt outa that tree.
    3 points
  39. I had deer in front of me for the rest of the evening. Just neither of the bucks I’m after. I had 2 bucks that just would not leave, so I had Haley drive through ATV back to me. Neither buck left until she was just about right at the tower. hopefully one of the better bucks that have been hanging around a lot show up this weekend for Haley.
    3 points
  40. I'll be sure to get some good pics of the 11 or the 13 when I knock them down
    3 points
  41. Nice night for a quick sit. Nada. Bumped em just off the field on the long walk back to the house. Sent from my LM-V405 using Tapatalk
    2 points
  42. Main reason I use hip quiver never have to worry about on or off bow to shoot, arrows are readily available when stalking . And it holds 8 arrows which let's me carry a couple judo points,and or turkey heads During the season.
    2 points
  43. 2.5 years old and dressed weight 143lbs, maybe.
    2 points
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