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Not me, but my buddy shot the 10 ptr I had on camera! I gotta get this guy on the scale!

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In 24 hours my 7 year old and I will be heading to PA for the youth hunt! His first ever.

I'm with nocked and loaded. We need to make sure we getting the next generation "Live from the woods" the boy and I put in this stand 2 weekends ago and sat this past weekend. Didn't see anything but still had a great time.

Couple picks I took of some bucks in the backyard. The smaller buck was chasing does all over the field the bigger buck wasn’t interested yet.

Strange season, but I got a tag filled. I run my own business and make my own schedule, so I have plenty of time to hunt. I saw a 1.5 year old buck opening day at 90 yards, and then not a single deer for the next 10 sits. Not sure if it was the weather, the moon, or what. Took a couple days off from hunting because of rain and warm weather. A small cold front moved through and I hurried to a new stand that I had hung. When I got into town there were off and on showers that hadn't been in the forecast. It was too cold, so I went and sat anyway. I saw 7 or 8 deer from the stand and 7 more on the walk out. That was more like it! Had a couple more deer-less sits. I bounced around to different stands, waiting for a south wind to go back to my new power line stand. Sunday's forecast had a 5mph south wind, so I went in early. I got in the stand just after 3pm and as soon as I sat down a tall spike came out. He was 200 yards away, but they were moving! Half and hour later a doe and fawn came out at 30 yards. Instead of using a brush-hogged trail to cross the power line, they dove off in the tall grass, goldenrod and berry bushes. I could only see the does ears. I had no intention of shooting her, but was surprised that I couldn't see her from 17 feet up. Two hours passed and nothing else appeared. It started drizzling. I decided to sneak down to check the fields with the last 20 minutes of legal shooting light. I came out to the field edge and stood in some tall grass against an 8 foot tall dirt berm and watched the field. There was nothing out, so I dropped my backpack and lounged against the berm. It was still sprinkling and the wind had switched from south to southeast. A buck came trotting out into the middle of the narrow hay field 100 yards up the hill from me. He had a big body and at least a fork on one side. I waited until he started feeding on clover, then got down on my belly and crawled through the waist high brown grass to the very edge of the field, pausing when he picked his head up. I was calm and not amped up. I figured it would either work, or it wouldn't, but I was going to try to get a shot. As he slowly fed closer, I pulled my neck gaiter over the bottom of my face and wiped the scope lenses clean with my sleeve. He continued to feed broadside down the hill. It didn't take him long to close the distance. The field is only 70 yards wide right there, which made the middle only 35 yards away. I had practiced at 32 yards a lot and was totally steady from a prone shooting position. I lined him up and touched off the shot. The crossbow seems fast to me after years of shooting a "slow" compound. The bolt makes a hollow sound and the buck spun and made his death dash to the woods. I watch him stumble into the timber and hear him crash. I went down to the farm house and tell my brother. We head back with flashlights and a knife. The rain had washed the blood out of the field in the 40 minutes I was gone, but I walked to the spot where he went in the woods and find blood spray on the yellow and orange leaves and the grey trunks of the small maples. 40 yards later we find him on the other side of an old stone wall. He looks long in the light of my headlamp. We get him out, cleaned up and hung for the night. In the morning I bring him to a reporting station (I'm in VT as the name implies) and weigh him. 5 points 170lbs. I am thankful. It just goes to show you: You don't have to be good or clever, but you do have to go out and HUNT and you do need to be able to shoot. It can change in a heartbeat.

The 8pt I had eyeball to eyeball is back. And bedded

Vacation begins in the swamp stand. Windy but no shot over 35 yards here . Can I get a " here we go!" Lol

Thanks to the Court for apparently having plans today. Short 2pm appearance means in the stand. And the judge gave us what we wanted. So just need a nice buck to top it off!

Yup with smashed potatoes, asparagus and green beans. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

First sit of the year after recovering from an injury. Twenty minutes and the woods are popping! Had a doe at ten yards but a buck was back in the brush grunting and thrashing a tree pretty good. I caught a glimpse of a dark body but not the head. He’s running around on the hillside in front of me chasing the doe. Man, it’s good to be back!

Once I hit what I believe was a "no kill" zone. It was between the front and back legs, below the belly. My arrow was covered with leafy looking things. That was years ago, still looking for him.

This week's photos. They are up and about, starting to eat some gruel and show some personality. Looks like they have started the separation process. Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk

I just shoot down through the dead zone to be sure

https://www.outdoornews.com/2019/10/07/field-to-fork-program-arrives-in-new-york-state/?fbclid=IwAR3YmNsw3vS5C9q2x8raZyy9JvZNP3IID7tFAZtFQgiy3cx6ONvrkWaZ23Y I'll say it right now though, Bob and the Rochester branch blazed the trail here in NY. The rest of us just need to follow. Also Backcountry Hunters and Anglers group, as well as the Capital District NY branch are helping out mentoring in a big way. We lost one new potential hunter due to him having family matters to deal with. He'll likely be back next season though. We're still at 9 new hunters here in the East. With Rochester's 8, that puts us at 17 new adult hunters joining the ranks this season.

He's got more points than I have strands of hair left on the top of my head!

Pan seared pheasant yesterday and spaghetti with home made venison Italian sausage in the sauce today. Two simple but delicious wild game meals.

Well today I almost didn’t get up, I managed to crawl into my truck and go to one of my favorite stands. Used black widow xxx estrous and dominator buck urine on a dragline. Wa supposed to be a east wind but it was blowing NW. 6:45 I hear a snort wheeze and grunting/ hear buck making a scrape, see 3-4 deer in the area of my dragline. They walk off into the woods at 7:05 but I don’t think they went far, at 7:23 I hit the grunt tube, out steps this buck at 18 yards grunting. I sent an arrow through him and was real concerned it was too low, he runs down hill and I loose him in the fog (could only see 50 yards or so) but his tail was down and it looked like a death run. I get down and checked the arrow and have bright blood and immediate blood spray. I sit back down for 2 hours to be safe and call a buddy to help. We went literally 50 yards of blood spraying everywhere through 4 foot weeds. A perfect heart shot. My 2nd biggest buck ever and 2nd biggest with bow. Guess I’ll be antler hunting in PA the rest of bow season. I didn’t weight him but I’d put him in the 170 lbs dressed range.

2nd sit since last November. Set up in a good bottom travel corridor this morning and at 8 am wind switched so I had to boogie out of there. Mom had put a camera out in that bottom and when I checked the card last night the big 10 has come thru 3 mornings the last week between 9 and 11 am. Setting up next to my old delapitated rifle stand in 20 plus mph wind up here on top. 5 doe and a borderline shooter 8pt passed up so far. He is a nice 8 but just at the tips of his ears but real long tines. Sent from my SM-G930VL using Tapatalk

The end of last years ground. 6 pounds of ground turns into just over 2 pounds jerky Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Don't not shoot something because of what some others say. If you want to shoot, then do it. I'm not a trophy hunter. I've never had a "target" buck. I've let nice bucks walk because I was more in the woods to decompress then to shoot, only to take a spike a few days later. Shoot what makes you happy, not what makes others happy.

Nice clean 10! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

She seems fine and dandy! Sure do miss her around here.

Here’s the frontal view, has 13” spread or so.

I got to my stand around 6:10 and was enjoying the nice cold temps until 6:22 when a deer blew 5 times behind me down wind. With the way things have been going for me for the last few months I was already in a bad mood thinking my morning was shot already. I was trying to be hopeful and around 7:42 I heard wha sounded like a couple steps behind me and when I turned I had a fawn standing broadside at 10 yards. I moved really slowly to grab my bow and get up, but at that time the neighbor decided he wanted to ride his quad down to his horses to feed them. The deer are used to us, but it decided to run 10 yards into some thick stuff. It stopped in a small window at about 23 yards quartering away and I figured its now or never. I took the shot and heard a good thump and watched him run away with its tail down. I thought I heard a crash, but I couldnt see where I hit it so I didnt want to rush to conclusions. The path it ran down has a trail cam on it and has very tall grass so I didnt want to walk down it and pick up a tick again. I circled around to where it should have came out in a small grassy opening and found a few drops of blood. I looked for more blood for the next hour and couldnt find anymore. I was getting really discouraged and decided to walk down a path it might have gone down but found nothing. Its all tall grass around as you can see so i remeber telling my self I could walk with in feet of it and not see it. Just at that time I look to my left and see it in the grass off the trail. It was a high quarter away lung shot so the cavity was filled with blood. I dragged it 200 yards to where i skin and quarter all my deer and by the end I was sweating like a pig and exhausted.

i am hoping to bring this thread back in 2 hrs and 38 minutes 12 seconds..... 11 seconds.....

Wow! What a buck! Just to see a buck like that in the wild, would be a crowning experience for any hunter. I don't know if I could ever possibly make a bow shot on a buck like that though. As I'd be shaking so bad with buck fever! Shot looks a bit back from the photo? Probably a quartering away shot? But he got him! Awesome!

That's like an antler summary of all the bucks combined I've ever gotten. Wow.

My buck was one lung and there was about zero blood trail. I gave him 5 hours and we found him dead in his bed. There wasnt even blood there, nor in his nose/mouth

https://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Ultimate-whitetail-buck-rescue-563584461.html Lucky Bucky!

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There are a million threads on Bowsite, AT, etc about this and many have had thoracic surgeons chime in, its pretty fascinating. But the gist of it is "Yes lungs are somewhat free floating, however the chest is a vacuum system, isolated by the diaphram. You don't have to even hit the lungs to kill a deer, ruin this vacuum and the deer can't breath, the lungs won't fill with air, the chest cavity will." If you hit below the spine that vacuum is gone and the lungs cant operate, the deer dies. The "void" is above the spine and its way more area than most anatomy illustrations show

Doe taste good!

46 degrees light west wind. Poured all night. Heading to the park for day four. Good luck everyone Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m the one who posted that on LIDH. Somehow it popped up on my feed and shared it to the group

Glory Nocks!!! For bow and crossbow! So easy to use! And once adjusted shoot great. I love em! Made a thread on them in the bow section. I too am becoming intrigued with the saddle for hunting. Will follow this thread, as well as do some research. Rebel Darling offered me a demo. Think I'll take him up on that offer. Thanks Mike! And sorry I have no experience with the Blackhorn 209. I shoot an old TC Thunderhawk Shadow inline. It uses the #11 musket caps. Probably should upgrade, but it shoots so nice. And I only use it maybe once a year.

I’m going hunting with tomorrow so I’ll find out

I recently talked to growalot. And she is now using, and liking the saddle set up. I may look into it for next year? There are times when getting off the ground is the better option. Thanks for your input Mike!

I've seen this as clown. He goes to local watering hole on Thursdays that I go to. I just called a few camo friends and we are going Thursday to explain why hunting is important to the overall herd. One of my buddies "Tiny" said he's going to explain to him why he hunts and what he would do if someone talked to him let a lone a child like that. I hunt all over LI from deer to birds to rabbits and only a small population hassle you if at all. But it is changing. As for this guy most likely his kid started it and the father was trying to look tough. It's ok Tiny doesn't like anti-hunters, anti-Americans, Democrats pretty much most people but me and about 5 other people unless they pipe fitters or welders like him. I'll keep you posted

Forgive presentation I took picture mid meal. Venison steaks and sweet potatoes with pumkin seeds.

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The Upper Hudson River Valley QDMA branch had our 2nd whitetail and conservation 101 class last night. It was again at the 4H training center in ballston spa, ny. Venison tacos were the first night and last night was pulled venison sliders, snack sticks, and jerky. Other sides to go with the venison too. We covered a whitetails senses, habits, and briefly strategy on how to hunt them. Including resources for doing so. Each new hunter got a free 1 yr premium subscription On-X Hunt maps. Sunday will be hunter ed, range day with 22lr rifles, and purchasing their licenses for them. Also they'll get some goodies to use on their hunt as well. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

She hit the scale at 11lbs, the arm extension is to showcase the fish, not my mug. Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk

She's close! A few more pounds and I'd have taken measurements for a mount. Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk

Now you guys made me think that he would be somthing “different” hanging on the wall. just thought he was on the small side but if he walks by my stand I’ll shoot em!

They should be forced to watch the slaughter of a cow for their McDonald's burgers... and chickens for their nuggets... And that dad needs his man card taken... And lastly....that kid needs a good kick in the ass for disrepecting adults Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk

Can’t count that high.

That would be the issue hunting in areas like that even in suburbs around upstate cities. Big bucks there but so not worth the hassle for me. I could hunt family land in Lancaster but choose not to as to many people just out looking walking around, trespassing because they just bought a house in development next to farm and it just unused land.. the interruptions by people walking dogs oblivious to me sitting in a hedgerow feet from them and dogs so domesticated they never saw or smelled me ,ignorant and lack of instincts like their owners.. ugh.. for those that hunt the burbs..I respect you can out up with all the people.. I moved far away as I hate dealing with people