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No quite live but yesterday we had some snow and there’s nothing I enjoy more than tracking deer in he snow. I hit the woods at 10 am and had to circle the woods to get the wind. While still hunting a steep hill side I cut tracks and at 12:14 I jumped this guy from his bed and my 760 Gamemaster in 35 rem came up smooth as silk.

Buck down! Story to follow.

I killed a nice big doe this morning. They came in with the sun blazing in my eyes. I had to let them go past, do a spin o rama to get out from under the harness, and then wipe tear from my eyes for a few moments. Im lucky theres red brush over their heads between us. I had a slight hang fire (ML) but the shot was perfect. I saw blood immediately blast out of her through the scope. The blood trail was top 5 all time and she went maybe 75. I saw her go down. Im going to give the gun a good cleaning for tomorrows hunt

Woohoo! Pic just sent from her. I don’t think she’s still bummed, lol. I’ll wait til dark in 15 mins and go help her with it! This stand just won’t cool off!

Got some work cut out for me today.

His first time hunting with daddy. Making memories

Little guy added to camp tally... 6 buck gun, 3 buck 3 doe from bow and youth season.. 6 more deer to get to make average and a lot of season left..

Daughter Steph is out after baby Cameron kept her awake most of the night. She got a real late start, so I suggested she still hunts a certain path to take advantage of a northwest wind. Heard a kinda close shot while I was in my living room of all places places. Quick radio check and she says she has a buck down. Head is moving around. Son in law and I are going to help. Fingers crossed!!

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Meat in the freezer

Finally connected early this morning. Hunting Park in 3N around 7:10 this small eight came from downwind to my left. Was on the move and had to burp twice to get him to stop. 40 yd shot thru some leaves. Did a 180 after shot and ran 50-60 yds. Heart shot pass thru. Small buck but meat in the freezer. Missed an opportunity on a big six point Sunday in Roscoe. Will be out after Thanksgiving to fill a doe tag. Good luck to all out there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hunted opening morning with my wife and we experienced the quietest opening morning ever. Few sightings of small deer and only half a dozen distant shots. Got back out about 3:00 Saturday afternoon, a bit later than I wanted but didn’t bump anything on the way in, at least that I know of. I went to a ladder stand on the tree line of a swampy stand of pines to the right and a 4 acre field on the left. My daughter was 800 yds away in the tower stand that I was in that morning. I was just settled in there for a few minutes and I get a glimpse of a high spike walking toward me along the field edge about 100 yards out. At one point he’s inside 30 yds and just about directly down wind of me. I’m just thinking to myself how the heck are you not smelling me when it looked like he walked into an electric fence when he got a whiff of me. He instantly reared back and bolted back about 30 yds. He really wanted to keep going back in his original direction so he came walking back, stiff legged and nose in the air. Got just a bit closer, got another whiff of me and quickly spun around and took off into the pines. About 4:00 a doe and two fawns come ripping across the field and stop, looking back at where they came from about 100 yds away. I’m thinking OK, here we go, who’s chasing you, as I slide the gun over to my left. Another spike, followed by yet another spike galloping behind him. The doe took kind of an aggressive stance toward the lead spike, and then everyone just started feeding in the field and milling around for 15 minutes or so before filtering off through the far tree line. All quiet after that. Around 5:00 it’s getting somewhat dark so I figured oh well, no shots tonight so I’d pour a cup of coffee and sit until after legal light ended which was at 5:13 here. I usually sit till it’s dark enough to sneak out unseen if possible. I look at my watch and it’s a couple minutes after 5:00. A minute or two later I see a deer step out of the pines at about 80 yards and take the exact same walking path toward me as that first spike did. Big body, nose to the ground, steady walk. I already had the gun up, put the scope on him and am trying to quickly judge the rack. Ease the safety off. Seemed wide enough for me but with his nose to the ground, his tines were pointing right at me at 60 yds and I couldn’t judge height at all. Getting closer. Crap, he’s going to walk right into my scent cone just like that first spike did and bolt right out of my life. 50 yards and he picked his head up and ever slightly quartered away. High tines. Shot was base of the neck, and went out pretty much mid chest and he dropped instantly. Went down like I flipped his off switch. It got dark quickly after that and he fell in a position that I really couldn’t see the rack. I sat for 5 minutes before I got down and walking toward him, the feeling of ground shrinkage is creeping in. Nah, not tonight. Lit him up with the flashlight and took a quick pic. I went to get the tractor before I dressed him out. We hear lots of Coyotes every night and my buddy lost a next-day recovery doe here to a bear a few years back. Figured I’d keep the smells down til I could get him out. And the tractor lights sure do help. Daughter Stephanie followed me out on one of the quads to get some field pics. There’s a bit of long-arming here but not much, just wanted to stay trendy. I started oddly this season by retiring on the Bow opener but quickly got busy with other stuff for a few weeks while it was warm. Got at it a few days before the crossbow opener and after about a dozen sits, I didn’t really see much of anything but does and spikes and nothing even close to being in range. Then last Monday I took a doe with the xbow and my best buck on Saturday. Still have a doe tag to stay in the game but I want to keep that open to be able to transfer to one of the kids if needed. Got to watch that horrible Bills game yesterday, but now I’m up for a week with family, staying up too late, and hopefully being put to work recovering deer for wife and daughter. Son in law is coming over from his Dad’s camp in Allegheny for a day or two to hunt too. I’m glad for the little scent education that first spike gave me, and without that extra 30 minutes this year, I wouldn’t have gotten my best buck to date. Great end to day that started so quietly! This guy turned out to be a frequent trail cam visitor on a few different trail cams all year. He messed up that lump of a brow tine in velvet. He was probably the #2 buck and as far as I know, #1 is still pushing does around.

Wow, very humbling morning! 705 saw a doe coming in, watched her for 10 minutes to make sure she didn’t have a boy friend. In that time she had made it to 25yds. I was on the ground and with a puffy wind I knew she wouldn’t be there long so I took a quartering to shot, felt steady with elbow on my knee, gun went off with the cross hairs exactly where I wanted them. I shot her with my 450 bushmaster shooting Remington 260gn accutips. At the shot she spun and ran away appearing fine for the 20yds I could see her. Gave her a bit and started looking around 8, at 10 my brother came over and started helping. We couldn’t find hair or anything where she was standing. And started grid searching in the swamp and ravine in the direction she went. At around noon I was walking a ravine 90 degrees to my left of where I was when I shot her and found her dead 50yds from where I was sitting. I hit her in the hair I was aiming at on the point of her shoulder, Both lungs were mush, bullet was in the hide behind 2nd to last rib. I knew with 100% certainty that I didn’t miss her but it was hard to keep that confidence with zero sign of a hit. After I found her I figured out why she didn’t bleed much at all, I was shooting down on her a little so I held a little high on the shoulder. The entry wound was plugged with lung chunks so the only blood that she leaked came from her nose/mouth with no exit. The fact that she did a 180 from where I saw her running made it even harder. I guess the moral of the story is don’t give up after you shoot. I feel most people would have given up and thought they missed after 4hrs of looking with zero blood. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Went to look for any sign of a hit on the buck I shot at late yesterday. We searched where the buck was standing. We grid searched the entire Woodlot twice. We circled around the woodlot checking every exit trail. Nothing found at all. Except tons of fresh scrapes and rubs. Thankfully it was a clean miss. First time in about 20 years. I'd like to thank a member here, who I have a ton of respect for. He knows who he is. He text me this morning with positive feed back. And these words.. "I live with my shots. It ain't always pretty. I try to learn from it. And don't dwell on it". The words of a world class hunter, and friend. I'll carry them with me, and move on.

Buddy stacked a few today from my stand, he’s lucky I let him have it lol. I saw a few doe but pretty far off I wasn’t riskin it. side note, a friend killed a 140 class buck and I’m doing the euro right now. This deer is OLD. 205 lbs dressed.

The new blind is christened!

Odd year for me. I spent 5 hours in a tree stand for the entire bow season and shot a busted up 9pt and then Opening day in the Catskills at camp I was in the woods on the ground for an hour and 5 minutes and shot a 7pt. First time I can remember filling both buck tags in a season but I suffer from CRS. Unbelievably grateful for the opportunity to be out and enjoy the outdoors. Wish my son had made the trip to camp with us as this could have been his first deer but at 15 yrs old, girlfriends are just as important as WiFi [emoji2357]. Hopefully I can post with him later this season. Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

My son Eric and I sat together this morning and he was able to drop this buck at 312 yds. Pretty sure he’s a 31/2 yr old we called him Hank the Tank. I missed him w the the bow on October 29th but my son didn’t with the .270 this morning. As you can see the grandkids enjoyed it as much as their Dad. We’re very fortunate to get to spend such quality moments….these are the best memories that last.

Looks like a nice course. Got my golf bag ready for my sunrise tee time.

3 pallets wrapped around a large tree. The outside is wrapped in camo burlap and brushed in. This one is on the ground. Shot my best 2 deer out it in the past two seasons. Plenty roomy inside..

This is supposed to be Logunn's first year hunting with the recent age drop to 12. However, he injured himself carving a pumpkin and can't shoot until his cast is off. (Severed flexor tendon on the pinky of his shooting hand, hard cast with only the thumb hanging out.) Fortunately for me, his spirits are still high and he came out for a dark to dark crossbow sit previously and continues joining me until Thanksgiving morning as ł work to fill my tags. Despite the cold and this all being new to him, he has jumped right in and is endeavoring to prove himself as a hunter. Yesterday, 11.20.2021 we were out well before legal light and nestled in to our tower blind for a dark to dark sit, quiet as can be hoping there may be some action once the moon light was replaced by the rising sun. We made it until after 4pm without seeing a thing except melting snow and a squirrel. Despite the lack of activity, Logunn was very attentive and took two short breaks to read and a 15 minute nap. Around 4:30 ł seen movement coming from the ridge down the slope of the hill we're set up on, ł whispered to him and worked to get him focused on the movement. We exchanged 10⁰clock? 11⁰clock and even descriptions of shrubs/trees to get his eyes on it. ł tell him ł think it's a coyote as it seems awfully small and has a very odd walk, he catches movement as it enters a strip of wild rose and sumac. Moments later ł see a nice bodied deer come over the ridge in the same area, nose to the ground... Quickly drawing Logunn's attention working to get his eyes on this deer, ł hand him the range finder and direct his attention to the only green shrub in front of us, "Look at the green bush, he's above it to the left of the dark tree"... Logunn made some sudden movement and the deer caught it and is now posturing, beginning to snort and stomp. ł wasn't able to work his eyes towards the deer anymore, threw a round out paused and threw a second. It was a very tight window to shoot through with far too many branches but it was manageable even with my .243 The buck was stomping and had moved his head towards us as ł shot, he did a bit of a kick and seemed to spin around on his side but it was tough to tell as he disappeared behind the thick stiff for a moment. Next thing he was up on his feet, angling up the hill towards blow downs, not running down towards the ravine. Against my better judgment we got down to check for blood with a little over a half hour of legal light left. Logunn went first and ł followed, catching a nice sized deer running the opposite direction ł assumed he was startled but unscathed and heading off on a new route from when we had last seen him. We made our way to where he was when the shot was taken, referencing landmarks and teaching him how to locate the possible kill sight to begin tracking. We bumped the tiny doe which appeared to be walking odd due to an old injury. Once at the site, ł explained that we could see the stomping in the tracks and we checked for blood, ł picked up leaves rubbing them against my hand, nothing. ł explained we needed to walk the tracks regardless, setting out in the same direction we followed them and ł explained how we could tell apart the running from the slowed down walking. Fooled for a moment by a crossing set we quickly doubled back and found the buck had jumped over a large log and landed a few feet away and we were back on the tracks. We found him piled up in the blow downs, his reaction when he realized the buck was down is priceless. Byfar one of my best hunting moments yet. We made our approach and once the kill was confirmed ł let him grab the rack and pose for a picture, he gave me a thumbs up with his immobilized shooting hand. The shot went through the neck. We stopped and ł let Logunn watch a video on how to gut a deer and then ł explained each step as ł gutted and drained the chest cavity. We dragged the buck out, carefully avoiding any standing water, eventually passing our tower and worked to hang him from an "A" frame at the cabin. We had to relocate him to a high branch on a maple tree in front of the cabin because his head was on the ground when hung from the "A" frame. What's odd is that ł shot a very similar 8pt after my great uncle put in a bit of work to get me in a good spot years' back... after struggling to get our spot ready in time this year with very limited time off of work and to have to hang it from the same spot as my past 8 pt in that very maple tree, it was almost as if my great uncle was smiling down on our adventure together. All in all we made memories and meat. ł couldn't be more proud of him and can't wait for him to fully enjoy the experience once he can handle his rifle again. ł've got a hunting partner for life.

I respectfully disagree. I would have agreed 10+ years ago but I don't see how you can be in the middle and support Biden or any democrats these days. I guess there are a few middle of the road people who supported Biden and no longer do according to his pole numbers. For 4 years almost all of us Trumpers or whatever we are called talked about how Trump was an idiot, couldn't keep his mouth shut, needed to quit tweeting. I for one thought it was insane that we were going to pay people more to stay home than they were getting when they worked. That should have never happened IMO. But for the most part, his policies helped the middle class (IMO) my self included. Were they perfect, no but if you are middle of the road, you were far better off before Biden. Now out of the 6 or 8 maybe 10+ people that supported Biden on this board. I haven't seen a single negative thing posted about him. There is plenty to complain about. Grocery Prices, Heating Prices, Gas Prices, the border, ties to China, Hunter Biden, forcing green energy on us instead of letting that sector expand itself, Afghanistan, transportation, gave away our energy independence, forcing a vaccine that isn't a vaccine etc etc etc. Telling us as parents we have no business in how we educate our kids. We have a president that isn't aloud to answer questions...that doesn't concern you? Who is running him? How is any of this in the middle? I remember when you said you had to admit that Trump didn't affect your life day to day. I remember saying i can only hope to say the same thing about Biden although I won't hold my breath. Well Biden has affected all of our lives negatively in such a short period of time. For me, just between gas and groceries it is about $200 a month. Not to mention the effects on the business I run which will fully trickle down to my bonuses. I haven't gotten a heating bill yet with the cold weather setting in. I fully expect that to be up as well. The only thing not going up is my paycheck. Look what the real leftest democrats want to do...NYC is about to let illegals VOTE????? I mean that is insane. Where is that in the middle? You look at other liberal cities where we are defunding the police, don't have bail, reforming our laws to help criminals...How is that in the middle? Look at California, where stores are closing because people are just aloud to come and shoplift....all they want, no repercussions at all. How is that in the middle? The guy that drove his car through the Christmas Parade should have never been out of jail. How about all those family members that lost loved ones right before the holiday, for no reason other than liberal politics that help the criminals? Now of course this is all my opinion so none of it matters, but when you are pulling that lever and voting for a democrat, IMO you are saying you are ok with all of that..... I hope you don't find any of this disrespectful. You are one of 4 people i have met on this forum and i really think you are a great guy and i wish you nothing but the best. We just see thing differently..... Curious, How has your life improved under Biden?

I’m in a tree! I made more noise than I wanted to trekking in, but with half frozen wet ground and not knowing exactly where I wanted to be, it’s what it is. I’m set right over a creek looking over a swampy wet area. Here’s hoping…

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Shot a doe this morning at 10AM. Had 4 come through, could've shot the other big doe too but dragging one through the swamp is bad enough by yourself. Hit her through the heart, she went 40 yds. Dressed at 119 on the scale. Sent from my moto g fast using Tapatalk

Late to post but took a decent 6pt back on 11/11 up on the hill on state land. Sent from my moto g power using Tapatalk

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I gave it a go, and like John, added some onion. And threw in a bay leaf for the visual. Do they add taste or are they just for decoration? I can’t taste them.

Was a good opening morning , 1 coyote and 5 buck taken a couple of other passed up a couple small ones. Nephews both got their 1st buck one a nice 8 and the other a broken 8. Those 2 kept me busy guiding them.how to gut their bucks and then hauling 5 deer out of woods before 9 am.. couplemgiys tagged out now so camp goes from 10 to 2 for most of the week..

Hunt #38 scrape tree stand. 10am -dark. Never saw a single deer. I know there is a couple of bucks close. Couple of big 8s and a 7 I have been around all season. Seen him 4-5 times in bow. Pulled a couple of cams on way in. Pick of me and Corey carting out his doe from Sunday. And a new 6 pt.

In the stand til buck or dark , whichever comes first.

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We got a new deer book!

I'll take a clean miss over a wounded deer any day! Hopefully you'll get another chance at him!

40 years of hunting and never shot a doe before. Because of the shortages this year, I told myself If a lone big older doe comes by me this year I would take her. Got into my tripod stand at about 10 to seven and she came by at 7:00 and gave me that opportunity. My very first doe!

I can't kill them from this office, that is for dang sure. Blah! Three days in the office and no hunting has me ready to quit work forever LOL! Getting out tomorrow for the first 90 min - two hours at least in AM.

Red snow, red snow, red snow lets go!! Can you tell I can't wait to get outa work and in the woods for the next 4 days!!

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They go by me they'd be leaving one shorter lol!!

Road hunter, ha, that’s the key to success; eh? LOL In the mid 80’s I worked at Park CC on Sheridan. There was a buck used to live on that convent property that bordered it (I think that’s a state park now?) and walk down Sheridan in the wee hours and hangout at Westwood CC (I don’t know what that is now). I didn’t hunt then, but found his sheds mowing greens at Park and still have them, biggest deer rack I have ever personally handled.

I made it out of the woods. No sharks seen, no coyotes seen, no bear seen, no deer seen!!! Tomorrow will be the day!

Vote Democrat folks. Its mind boggling people vote these ass hats in office. Meanwhile just about every other state has zero mandates. If I could find the exact same career situation down south I would be otta here tomorrow and id be giving NY the bird my entire drive thru NY. What does over $10k in property tax and every other tax in NY get me. Nothing other than covid and mask bs 24/7 for nearly 2 yrs. NY is sickening.

Decided to try something different tonight. Cams aren’t showing squat in the woods near my stands. The farmer on the bordering property cut one pass through the standing corn with the combine, then quit a couple weeks ago. Not sure if it was too wet, had equipment problems or what. Thought it might be worth a shot to watch along the corn and that swath, incase something wanders in or out of the corn. I’ve gotten pics of my target 10pt here, but pulled that cam the day before the gun opener. Worth a shot and the wind is perfect. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just had 5 come through, 2 does, 3 fawns. No buck in tow. Sent from my moto g fast using Tapatalk

Fairly certain the rules stated that the bearer of the chef’s pick from banishment gets half his points ?!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You couldn't give me a lever gun. Pump gun maybe but bolt action all day long........ Brush Bustin' lever gun, get serious will you!! .243 (yikes!) .260, 7mm-08, .308, OR, if you'd rather a LA receiver how about a 25/06, .270 or (gulp) a 30-06 LOL

Yeah nice buck. Reminds me of the buck I named a few years ago.... Big 10 point my buddy shot at. So I named it the "Par 5 buck". Cause he shot at it 4 times and never got it. I figured it must be a par 5. Yeah he loved that. Lol.

I've got pretty much all the savages in the axis models. Love them, never had any problems. My go too is a 30 06 or 308. Pretty cheap compared to some other brands but they hold up very well. Highly recommend savage