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Heard lots of shots in my area of northern Columbia county (4u). My nephew missed a spike, twice. Said he was shaking too bad. He took a small doe later in the morning, and seen a dozen or more deer on the neighbors property thats off limits. Walking in yesterday morning a few minutes after legal , I see several deer about 100yrds out running around. Binoculars showed two smaller bucks chasing a doe. They were in and out of the field several times before they ran into the scrub for good. Had a BB walk past 3 times with his nose to the ground grunting trying to figure out where those deer went to. Buddy across the road had 10 does, fawns in the thick stuff. Only deer he could get a clear shot on was a spike, which he passed. Afternoon hunt I went in the same blind and had several does, fawns and a spike milling around in the brush. Took this doe with one ear and half a tail.

Had a successful holiday hunt this am with my father. I walked, he sat. I got this buck about 930 am. Nice way to spend the day off after Christmas

My kids have quite the sence of humor.. They know how much I like a Christmas story

Got invited to go out on Champlain to troll for salmon and lakers. Went out 7:30-2:30. Really nice day. The wind died down, we caught fish and grilled bacon wrapped scallops and venison kabobs. Also had homemade cookies and a couple beverages. 15 lakers. Biggest one was about 8lbs. Caught a bunch of nice sized eaters, but didn't keep any. I need to get a smoker set up. 7 salmon. Mostly shakers, but I reeled in fish of the day. 24+" female. She stayed down and never jumped. Released her. Also a couple white perch. The guy who owns the boat took all the pictures. He hasn't sent them to me yet. Good day all in all. His boat is set up with great electronics and a full canvas. It's a true trolling boat with a huge back deck. Hoping to get invited to go again! Heck of a nice day on Champlain!

That's sweet.....Santa brought our 5 and 7 year old boys Red Ryders. The 7 year old almost lost his mind when he unwrapped it. Sent from my SM-A716V using Tapatalk

I always thought shooting downward eliminated concern but I learned that bullets bounce and ricochet like you wouldn’t believe, even when shooting downward. Just an FYI. its actually part of military training for shooters to understand how crazy bullets react. Not criticizing. I was surprised myself.

A white TRD Pro would look real nice in the driveway next to the Cat. The interiors are even similar.

I'd sure like to see him pop in here for quick hello...........

With a gracious invite from Lomax, got out to hunt in the buckform with him. We didn't tag any deer but had a good time BSing for sure. Even seen some deer but didn't send it, a little far for the muzzleloader. Good day to get out and enjoy a late season hunt and catch up.

Prime rib

Some light snow for the afternoon. Haven’t been out of the house since the 21st. Figured I’d spend a few hours of quarantine in the woods.

The platform is about 9 ft up (those are 8 ft pt landscape timber’s that I bought from Home Depot in the spring for $ 6 each. There is a little bit of blocking below each timber. I only have $12 invested in that blind, because I used an old chair in it that I already had. I had to spend an additional $ 8, on a fancy, adjustable office chair on other new one just like it, that I put up this year. I am not complaining, after shooting two deer off that $ 8 chair. I just saw my first two deer of the Holiday season at 2:15 pm. Rather than walk back along the corn and risk spooking a deer out of it like I did last Saturday, I took the long way around. There were two of them standing on the edge of thick brush “sanctuary” area over on the other back corner. They ran towards the corn and I am “boxed up” in my blind over there now. I had to make quite a racket breaking loose the ice on the windows, to open them, so I think the odds are low that those two will come out. Probably better odds of seeing something than if I had stayed in the house though, because there is still some corn on the stalks back here, unliked the stripped bare ones in my front plot. I put a finger condem over the muzzle to keep the rain out on the way back. Good luck to all those who are still out there.

Yup lol

Watching over a crappy little corn plot this morning from one of the two new blinds that I put up this year. I have not had any action out of this one yet, but I have been able to kill a bb and a BB from the one that I put up over at my parents place, about 20 miles away. I am saving my better corn plot out back for this afternoon. I planted that one a couple weeks earlier and it has more then double the yield of the one I am watching now. It was still holding lots of corn (and a deer ) when I was back there last Saturday. I moved a big box blind to the south end of that plot this summer. I made that about 7 years ago, but haven’t killed nothing out of it yet. Chances of that ought to be good this afternoon. I don’t expect much this morning, but this sure is a comfortable open top blind. I will have to try and do a better job with the food plots around it next year.

Now leaving downstate. Will burn clothing tomorrow.

A scale. Did anybody get the man a scale !?!?!?! Happy bday you bass eating, ball frying, bb slayer. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

Googled it quick and looks like he's been busy making a bunch of Christmas decor!atta boy @wooly

Lunch at Barnwood Grill (Yorktown/Somers) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I haven't checked in in a while, mostly because there's nothing to report. I've been out a few time with the smokepole over the past few weeks but haven't seen anything. Come to think of it, I haven't seen a deer while hunting since shooting that lame young buck the day after thanksgiving. Weather, work, and family time has kept me away from the woods recently, so I'm definitely not putting in as much time as I was back in bow season. I was driving in to the office this morning and saw at least 6 deer, no less than 5 of which were bucks, about .5 miles from my office. I drive through Durand Eastman park to get here and the place is loaded with deer. One of the bucks I saw was a nice mature 8 point walking though a clearing not 20 feet off the road around 8am. His horns were heavy and about as wide as my shoulders. I hope to get out again on Friday for one last chance at a doe before the season ends.

Don’t rent my house,,tv or, cars .

I put in 20-25 hours on stand with zero deer sightings before seeing them, so let's have some understanding here.

Since you are a newbie to hunting I will share some advice. Deer have ever changing patterns that change based on time of year, weather, food sources, pre-rut, rut, post-rut, and hunting pressure. Appreciate differences in any of these from year to year will effect/change the pattern you previously observed. Still go out and observe, but factor in these other variables.

Wolc with a sturgeon would break the forum! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

A few hours were all you could take? I don't blame ya.;)

Tomorrow I’m trying for an upstate surf and turf. Hoping to get a salmon through the ice in the am and a deer in the afternoon. A fresh venison heart and salmon filet dinner would be a perfect transition from deer season to ice fishing! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice and wet this afternoon, so I took a long slow walk through the pines. Nothing seen. Sat the last hour in my Taj Mahal and stayed warm and dry. Nothing bumped on the way home either. I hope to get out 1 or 2 afternoons this week, and hopefully Saturday too.

After a three month hiatus from the taxidermy stand, the first for the new season is headed for the drying wall. Guess I still remember how to do it. One down, 39 more to go...

Apparently the theme of this Christmas was “cookware”. I’ll be sure to put these to good use in the Dinner thread!

Live from the woods. Not hunting, just out for a little post-Christmas nature walk with Miss Ellie. It was beautiful out.

Smoked this matriarch on the 23rd. Easily the biggest doe I've ever seen. Her head was longer than my boot! Can't wait to see way her teeth age out as. She was a hard fought deer and a great way to end my season and retire my bow with. My first deer ever with that bow was a doe. This year I was able to not only kill my first coyote with that bow but also finish it's career as my primary with a doe. Seems very fitting and full circle. https://www.instagram.com/thejerkman #JerkmanCustoms #WeDemandUnlimitedLikes

I got the call today to pic up my mount anytime I want. My taxidermist finished it a few months ago but kept it on display during the hunting season. He said it was a big hot with the guys dropping their animals off.

Took my nephew on a charter a few months ago and he caught a bonito. I saved the tail, dried it and mounted it to a puck since he’s obsessed with hockey. He doesn’t know about it and I’ll give it to him on Christmas.

Cant wait to start fishing. More pics to come when we catch some fish.

Yup only ever really need to worry about oil changes maybe 1 set of tires and maybe brakes that's a big maybe https://www.instagram.com/thejerkman #JerkmanCustoms #WeDemandUnlimitedLikes

The closest I've been is the Bronx zoo. Kinda funny..to see animals..

He also said that the #1 Q is people asking about the as mileage as noted here. He thinks that whatever they publish will be hit real world and to count on it. Our Prime hits estimates on the dot. Unrelated, but noteworthy, the Prime has adaptive headlights. It probably saved me some pain last night, going around a bend and it lit up a doe in my lane early. I was able to swerve in time. May have been the difference between the miss and a hit.

Yes LOL. I sent that last post on 84 just after the bridges they are working on. It was a family thing, but the main reason I went was to get some first hand 411 from a NYC cop on what the deal is down there. I just don't like cities, the bigger the less I like them. That's why we're looking to buy new house away from Albany and closer to the ADK's.

Wolcs a sturgeon Caviar type of guy

Thanks. Your's is on deck. Hope to get that one done next weekend.

Decided to take a walk this morning n check cam.solid buck made it through so far,dirty dog showing up again

Hoping for a Christmas miracle

It sure does feel weird getting ready to hunt on Christmas night. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Crab cakes, lobster tails, bone in ribeye (for me), petite filet Mignon (for my daughter), potatoes, pecan walnut pie, etc…….Hudson Valley Steakhouse new disappoints Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Solo tonight so venison backstraps, crab cakes , baked taters with bionics tater topping and some excellent nog. Merry Christmas!

Pulled cards today during the "two minute warning" (can duck hunt but not deer hunt?) and finally found that crossbow bolt about 12 feet up in this oak tree. I knew it hit wood, must have richocheted off a downfall . Wouldn't trust that carbon fibre bolt again. Happy for the holiday hunt as lots of folks have off this coming week and thankful for extended hours as got both deer during that new window...thanks DEC

I didn't know Bigfoot was a caribou hunter back in the day? Two of those moose are dandies. I didn't know they grew them that big there....great pics.

Billy’s stone crab in Hollywood Florida… should have taken more pics of the food Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ohhh boy just got this $139 at Lowe’s. Dinners about to get even better

I tried to get on the board today. Ran into a big problem up here if the road is seasonal stay off it lol. I thought for sure I was going to slide off one of those cliffs. I was trying to get to a little stream I had luck in this year. After getting back on the pavement I saw this stream and took a few cast, but I wasn’t sure if it was private property or not so I left. Beautiful place though. Big storm tomorrow will see what happens afterwards Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk