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Killed two does last night in 8H with the muzzleloader. I had my dad with me who hasn’t killed a deer since the 80s and was trying to get him on one but he seemed a bit reluctant to pull the trigger, probably due to lack of range time. We saw no less than 40 deer, including a nice 3 year old I’ve seen before who was all over a doe and ended up pushing her past my buddy a half mile to the north. I could have shot some more, but two is enough work for one night haha. I think the one does is the biggest I’ve ever killed and the other is just normal sized despite looking like a fawn compared to the slob lol. Back out tonight looking for antlers. Good luck to all those looking to punch a last minute tag! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dad finally scored tonight. First tag for 19'. Im certain this is the longest he's ever gone in my life without a kill. A tender deer, that will surely taste fantastic. I hunted up north and was able to snag a fresh roadie to add to tonight's pile. Sent from my LM-V405 using Tapatalk

We covered 5 miles in the snow today according to my brothers app. We had fresh snow on top of the 8-10 that was already there so I’d guess it was close to or over a foot deep. My Dad, Brother and I were all still hunting along the side of our mountain when I cut a set of tracks/jumped one. I followed them down off until it slowed down then I stopped to have lunch and let it settle down a bit. As I progressed on the track I noticed it was heading to an area I have caught them bedded before so I circled up wind and also higher up on the mountain. I slowed way down and was looking for a deer as I got into the bedding area on a mini ridge that descended into a thicker area. Just then as I scanned I caught a deer moving and quickly got over against a tree to rest against in case I got a shot. Sure enough as I watched more doe came into view and they quickly headed up hill to me. I got on the lead doe and dropped her when she stopped broad side @70 yards. Then the trailing doe and fawn ran closer and stopped and I reset for another shot and let it rip. That’s when the rest of the herd ran, 10 total took off and seconds later I heard my Dad touch one off which got me more excited. He’s 73 and my brother and I cherish each hunt he comes on. Where we hunt and how we hunt is not easy so for a guy of his age and shape to do it is impressive to say the least. Turns out his went down in a hurry, @75 yards with his iron sight 50 year old Remington semi auto. My second shot led us on a short track to the doe that was within of my first. Then we had to drag the things out which took 3 hours and a lot of work and man are we beat. I leap frogged my two while my brother took care of pops doe and eventually came back to help me. Weights were 110, 132 and 135 tying my biggest doe. It’s a hunt to remember for sure. That’s a truck load of meat. ; )

Going out tomorrow . Sighted in my muzzleloader today not bad .now if I can just sit and get a deer for me .

Got it done last night finally with the crossbow . . Went and sat just off a horse pasture butting up to a swamp . Shot a small buck had a small spike and missing the other side .. Story in crossbow harvest thread

#mymotivation I have his come range pinned down.....just need him to slip up. Sent from my moto z3 using Tapatalk

The dial does more than make the crosshairs more "crisp" but honestly unless you're doing long range work (over 300yds) it doesn't seem to apply. As mentioned in the article, scopes without the manual adjustment are factory preset. The dial is more for aligning the scope/target plane. It isn't easy to wrap your head around until you really think about it. Basically, if you put your crosshairs on a distant Target and leave the gun there but lift your head off of the stock and move your eye slightly around behind the scope, do the crosshairs pull off of the target? If they do then parallax adjustment is probably needed. Again though, it doesn't apply much to us woods hunters. If you're shooting well out to your max range without issues then I'd just lock it in and forget it. Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk

Anyone wants shotgun, I may gas up the Subaru for a special guest appearance !

Got it done last night finally . Went and sat just off a horse pasture butting up to a swamp . Cut corn at one corner . Narrow strip of brush bordering the swamp . Slipped in with crossbow followed deer tracks until I found an opening where 3 heavily used deer trails intersected . Eased back into the brush about 15 yards down wind of intersection. I had 2 shooting lanes I could use . After standing for an an hour I started second guessing the spot . Seemed silly to be standing in such thick stuff . But the deer had to use it or be out in the open cornfield...or the horse pasture. After a little while longer I heard a splash followed by the squish of something walking through mud. I dropped to one knee and start scanning . I catch movement coming my way . First a leg ... then another leg . I can tell it's small. Then another small one walks through my first opening . 3rd one looks bigger. Looks to be a doe . I track the larger deer into my second opening and squeak with my lips . As it stops I send the rage to the cage . The deer crashes forward making a small loop circles back to where it came from . After A few seconds I hear a splash. Not what I wanted to hear. It was getting on towards dark so I gave it 20 minutes and started track. . Handful of hair and a ton of blood . Found the bolt just past the spot the deer was standing . Great hit full pass through. Tons of blood . Looked like a scene from a horror flick all the blood on the snow . Tracked the deer to where it fell through the ice in the swamp. Not wanting to take chances I backed out drove home grabbing my waders and a rope . Tying the rope off to the biggest piece of brush I could find I waded in to my waist and tied off the deer . I went back to shore and pulled the deer out with the rope. Deer was covered in mud so I loaded it and drove home . Hosed it down and dressed it into a contractor bag . I don't think I have worked this hard for a spike in my life . But I'm thankful for the meat.. flash froze over night made skinning kind of tuff. I didn't take any pictures but it turned out to be a buck. One horn missing and the other was 2 inches .

Cyntia, how come none of the folks you push for return the favor? Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Last day , best buck for the oldest member of camp, his personal best from 55 years of hunting! one of my.personal personal goals this year was to get him a chance.. bonus on drive I took buck as well but it had shed its horns..

One more slickhead for the freezer, now wait for the muzzy season.

Filled my doe tag on the last day...service won't let me upload pic

Didn't think browns would still be running.

Good luck to everyone riding out the last day of Rifle! Seen a group of 3 does sunning around 11 and 1 in a thicket half hour later. Need to see some horns. Worse case we'll be back out next weekend for ML as ł want one more for the freezer.

Chicken enchilada bowls

Might not want to get him mad at you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWNPeFwrNrA

No a young guy 27 in great shape pulled and gutted it by himself .

Boys got it done. I'm happy he loves venison and shot a nice doe.

Started the day with 18 degrees and a 12 degree windchill. Spent most of the day in the woods just coming home to shed some clothes after it warmed up to 40. Howling winds all day 20-40 mph. Sad to see it end but glad it is over. Hear the last shot a 5:10 on the way out . I might try to get out with the bow if we get some decent weather but it doesn't sound to good at the present time and I need a break for a couple of days. Sitting back and reading the bible with some crown royal. Congratulations to all of those that were able to fill some tags this year. I did come across something interesting today. Sunrise, Sunset, and todays find:

Sounds like a fun place to create an account for...

Buddy just shot a big doe.... oops, turned out to be a buck that had shed it antlers. Looking at the bases, it had shed some time ago. im hanging in a pretty stable stand but the wind is shaking even this one. Here’s hoping I can drop one in the last hour or so.

Hunt#59- so didn't go til 10:30 cause it was so cold , it was 10 here this morn. So went midday to 6S , got out there and wind was 25-30 mph. It was crazy. Must be the elevation cause it is higher there. Can't gun hunt there unless in stand to many bad horizons otherwise. No way I was gonna make it in stand. So I left and went to lease in 7F. Took a long walk around in snow sat in a spot for 45 minutes, had some warm cider and decided to leave. Not a fresh track around the entire place. Gun season ends with a wimper. You heard it here first.... I WILL get one with the muzzleloader! Might take Friday off, weather looks good. 3 hunting days left of my season.

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That’s not a shirt back there. That’s a red Ryder BB gun and you’ll shoot your eye out kid

No deer sighted yesterday. My brother hunted our bean field caught this nice sunset. They are doing drives with the neighbor this morning.

Understanding and Correcting Parallax Parallax is one of the most misunderstood concepts among shooters. Many sportsmen think it merely has to do with bringing the reticle into focus on the object. That is a byproduct of correctly adjusted parallax, but it does not explain the phenomenon nor will merely turning the ocular to bring the reticle into focus correct it. Parallax occurs when the target and reticle are on different planes within the scope. [https://winchester] It is detectable when you move your head or eye around while looking through the scope and the reticle appears to move or swim around the object you at which you are aiming. This can cause the scope to be off target depending on how your eye aligns with the optic and lead to poorly placed or completely missed shots. What you need is for both reticle and target to be on the same focal plane. [https://olinblog] For many hunters shooting at ranges of 250 yards or less, parallax isn’t a concern. Most centerfire rifle scopes without parallax adjustment are set at 150 yards, which is fine for shots at distances under 250. Rimfire or pistol scopes are set at even less. But most scopes made for more long-range shooting do have a parallax adjustment, either as an adjustable ring on the objective lens or more commonly as an adjustable turret on the side of the scope. To adjust a scope where parallax is an issue, adjust the parallax adjustment all the way to infinity. Then aim your rifle at a target set at a known distance, obtain a sight picture through the optic and adjust the knob or ring back until the reticle becomes clearer. Make it as crisp as you can here. Then, lift your cheek off the stock while still looking through the scope and move your eye around. Still see the crosshairs moving off target some when you do? [https://olinblog] Keep adjusting—slowly then checking, slowly then checking—until you can move your eye around a little while looking through the scope and the crosshairs of the reticle don’t move off the target, but rather stay crisp and centered right where they should. Now your parallax should be set and you should be ready to shoot or hunt. Lock the adjustment in. You shouldn’t have to ever touch it again unless someone else has been shooting your gun or it has been dropped hard. Then you may want to at least check it. Follow Winchester’s social media channels for more tips and updates on Winchester supported events and promotions on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter. previousnext TOPICS Big Game Shooting Range Shooting Tips Winchester Ammunition WINCHESTER AMMUNITION A world leader in delivering innovative products, Winchester is The American Legend, a brand built on integrity, hard work, and a deep focus on its loyal customers. SIGN UP FOR OUR WINCHESTER NEWSLETTER Enter Email Address SIGN UP I consent to receiving the Winchester email newsletter. My personal data will be processed as described in the Privacy Policy. Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk

I got banned off grey beard out doors about ten years ago for supporting a member who made a breach plug for the NEF line of muzzle loaders. Seems like old grey beard and many others with forum or moderator power feel their dictatorship needs to be displayed . This goes for all forums.

Out by myself today just maybe I'll get one

Last year they seemed to drop really early as well. I blame Trump Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

JT got it done at 425 today. Just under the wire with a. 90 yard shot with the 12 gauge. Story to follow. BUT. This spike must have been ready to shed his antlers. When he went down and flopping he knocked the spikes off.

you mean, like this?

Have you sat him down and told him, "hey, that's just not the way we do it here"?

Last of the 2018 venison. The Turf got a picture, no time for a pic of the surf (scallops).

Eat more beaver!!!! Simmer till nice and moist and dive right in! Enjoy! Sorry. Pygmy put me up to saying that.....hehehe.

Me and pops hammered out a triple on doe today. Spent the last three hours dragging heavy doe through a foot of snow off the mountain. Great day!!!

I’d buy it if I knew WTF it was.......

New York beer project last night. Crab n lobster grilled cheese. Big ole pretzel with flight of dipping sauces

New guy got a buck

Never mind ,i don't mess with FB

Breakfast Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The knob is simple. Turn it to the number that corresponds to the distance you are shooting. That gives you a clear picture of the target and reticle and removes any sighting error due to parallax.

125.75 since October 1 of legal shooting light I’ll add to that with a few days of ML

I keep a log of hunting times and sightings. So far counting bow and gun season combined, I have logged in 35 hunts consisting of 210.5 hours of stand time not counting time of sitting in the dark waiting for sunrise. This includes the 1.25 hours on stand 12/1/19 up until the time I shot my buck on 12/1. I have not been back out after 12/1; waiting for Muzzleloader to start. The 35 hunts comprise of 9 AM Hunts, 14 PM Hunts, and 12 All Day Sits on stand dark to dark with a combined total of 111 deer sightings. Granted many of the sightings are the same deer day after day and even most likely sometimes in the same day on all day sits with AM and PM movement. TOTALS – As of 12/1/19 Total # Hunts: 35 Total # Hours Hunted: 210.5 Time Frames Hunted: AM-9 / PM-14 / All Day Sits-12 Deer Sightings: Total Deer – 111 Deer Breakdown – Buck-21 (1 Shooter 8Pt-Bow[Drew Back-15Yds But No Shot, 1 Shooter 8 Pt-Gun[Harvested; Previously Passed 2x]) Doe (Antlerless)-82 Unknown-8 Bow Season: Total Deer – 55 Deer in 123.25 Hours / 22 Hunts – 6 AM / 11 PM / 5 All Day Deer Breakdown – Buck-12 / Doe (Antlerless)-39 / Unknown-4 Gun Season: Total Deer – 56 Deer in 86.25 Hours / 13 Hunts – 3 AM / 3 PM / 7 All Day (As of 12/1) Deer Breakdown – Buck-9 / Doe (Antlerless)-43 / Unknown-4

Was following along Hank and pulling for you. Seems like you’re on track and learning fast. Have you ever turkey hunted ? May 1 right around the corner. Listening to the woods wake up in the spring is an outstanding thing.

Might want to look into american chestnuts. Theyve done a lot of work with them at SUNY ESF and theyve come up with blight resistant american chestnuts so you might be able to get some from there

I shot a 4.5+ yr old buck this year, I must say that he was never with other deer at all until the rut. He wasn't even with any other deer when I killed him, all alone. I think keeping to themselves and away from other groups of deer helps them stay unnoticed easier. They don't behave like most other deer when they hit that 3.5yrs or older. The other buck on the property which we believe is older than mine seems to be pretty reclusive also, they don't stay alive by following the other deer around, they don't by relying on their own smarts/senses. Deer are wary and use their senses well, therefore being elusive. But I honestly don't think deer are overly intelligent in our sense of the term. That's my opinion anyhow. Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk

My buddy just knocked down a doe at 4:06pm! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Still fighting a miserable cold that went into a lung infection, another night of coughing almost convinced me to throw in the towel for this gun season. With the sound of the wind outside, the warmth of my bed seemed much more appealing than waving about side to side tied to a tree. However, after a few moments I managed to muster enough resolve to get up, hack a few more times, hit the asthma puffer, get a drink of water, brush my teeth, and start slowly climbing into my hunting clothes that at this time of year more resemble a cocoon. The argument in my head about staying in bed or tackling another day in the cold, windy, snowy woods, was in the end won I think in large part by my refusal to accept the thought of getting too old and slowing down. Call it pride, ego, or stubbornness, I reminded myself I did not come all the way back to New York to live from Alaska to wimp out from doing something that has been such an important part of my life and something I desperately missed while I was away. Once my clothes were on, I quickly started to build a sweat as I wrangled with and swore at the cheap safety belt harness system I have been using because I couldn't find my much nicer (and safer) one buried for the past 5 years in my garage someplace. What a fiasco this pile of loose belts and buckles that seem to have no rhyme or reason and require the physical stamina and contortion skills of a Cirque du Soleil athlete/artist. Definitely not an easy task for a guy my size, age, movement restricted by a laundry basket worth of clothes, coughing and gasping for breath. God I hate this harness, but I don't dare climb up into ladder stands anymore, wind or not without one on. Did I mention 3 years ago, after some 40 years of climbing some pretty sketchy deer stands without incident, I fell off a brand new eight foot ladder while I was painting around a window frame? The end result was surgery on my arm to put in 13 screws and 2 or 3 (I can't remember) metal plates that hurts to this day. No more climbing anything without being secured. Once finally dressed and with the safety harness gripping and pinching me in all the worse possible places, I left the house without looking back. I climbed on my 4 wheeler and made my way up the hill through the snow covered fields. All of my fiddling around got me started rather late by most peoples standards here, but to be honest these days I actually prefer getting on stand just before shooting time. I hate sitting in the dark listening and hoping to hear nothing. When I entered the woods on my wheeler I had to stop and back up to grab my blaze orange hat that was ripped off my head by a rogue blackberry bush, and then onward up the hill to my stand. The snow was deep in the woods and being close to 7 am I could see the deer tracks seemed to be everywhere I looked. Many of them looked fresh, which worried me a bit that I bumped the deer out of the area on my way in to the stand. Regardless, I was now there so I parked my wheeler up a bit from my ladder stand, hidden as best as possible in some brush, and I walked the few yards through the knee deep snow to my stand. Grasping the rungs of the ladder, up I went, while trying to not to keep stepping on my insulated coverall bib pant legs that are too long for me. At the top of the ladder I reached for the tree to hug it to steady myself in the wind. When I pulled, then tossed the belt that goes around the tree to secure myself, the stupid thing pulled out of its loop in the back of me. Rather than risk falling out of the tree trying to get it back behind me I decided to improvise and tried to secure it to the tree but through a different part of the harness. As I monkeyed around with the belt trying to figure out a way to tie myself to the tree, I suddenly caught a glimpse of a coyote moving quickly through the dense saplings on the hillside above me. I'll admit that I have no love for coyotes after losing a beagle to one years ago and several other close calls with my beagles with them while rabbit hunting after that. So, I immediately stopped messing with the belt and sat down, pulled a bullet from my pocket, chambered the round and tried to put and end to this one. At the shot, he/she kicked it into high gear and was gone in a flash, clearly a miss. Gathering my thoughts for a moment, the wind gusting against my face reminded me I was still not secured to the tree, so I stood and turned around to resume once more figuring out this dilemma. It seemed like I was at it forever in the tree, and I was beginning to think I would just climb down and hunt from the ground rather than continue to huff, puff and swear under my breath. It had been about a half hour since the coyote deal and I still was not secured to the tree. Then again out of the corner of my eye I caught movement. This time coming up from the stand of hemlocks below me, just as I had hoped would happen, I see a big doe all by herself. She looked alert but not frightened and was clearly on her way up towards me. As with the coyote I was standing untied to the tree and with my rifle still unloaded. This time though, my back was to the deer and she was walking straight uphill towards me rather than off to the side like the coyote. I knew my movement had to be seamless and with some haste to pull this off successfully. With that, I turned, sat down, all the while watching her pick up some speed as she came up the hill in front of me and in a diagonal direction she would pass me at about 50 yards. I fumbled quickly in my coat pocket for a round and quickly got it chambered. The wind was in my favor but she clearly began to sense something was going on, perhaps hearing the rifle bolt close, and she picked up her speed to a trot. At her pace it was going to be iffy to keep the scope steady on her, so as she started across an open area above me I let out a loud squeak noise from my pursed lips. At the sound she stopped, I put the cross hairs where they needed to be and I fired. At the shot she whirled around and sped back down the hill towards the hemlocks she had come from. I couldn't see where she went but did see a giant cloud of snow following her movement down the hill. Rather than risk getting down and pushing her if still alive and then having to track further in the deep snow, I sat for another half hour. Interesting to note was, while I was waiting in the tree, a single crow flew over making a weird croaking sound, circling the entire time. By the time I got down, there had to be fifty of them circling above me and it was eerie, reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock movie "the birds"! It didn't seem possible the crows could have that quickly identified my dead deer if she was in fact dead. Once I got down I slogged through the knee deep snow in the direction of where she ran rather than walk up the hill to where she was standing. It was quickly obvious I hit her hard, as the blood spray on the snow looked like spray paint. When I turned my sight down the hill I could see her laying on her back, feet in the air and with her head buried in the snow. There was no tracking needed for this one because even without the blood it looked like a bobsled run where she slid and plowed all the way down the hill. When I got to her I was impressed with her size and knelt down to pull her head out of the snow, brushed her free of snow, and as I always do spend I few moments quietly reflecting and giving thanks for opportunity to take such an animal. While it was again this time a one shot one kill situation, and again thankfully she died within sight of my stand and four wheeler, the old saying about the work starting after the shot has never been more true. Pics include: my stand, my wheeler in plain view from my stand and only a few yards from where she was shot, single shot behind the elbow that passed through totally taking out the heart, and the bobsled run where I found her.

Well it’s done and sliced came out great Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk