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Well to my surprise I had an amazing hunt. Four bucks only one shooter and six to eight doe and fawn. Started with the four point in the first picture. The fawn in the second picture almost busted me so I decided to focus on hunting instead of photography. I won't shoot past 25 yards with my recurve so it takes a perfect setup to succeed. I had the four point at 20 yards but just to small especially this time of year. The last deer was a shooter 6 point that was 10 yards away from seeing his demise. I believe a bigger buck about 20 yards behind him in thick woods grunted to him and alerted him something was up. He took a hard right and walked the edge of the food plot but wouldn't go in. That was the end of the fun no more deer after that. But from 4:30 to 6:30 was a blast. Also something was up at the front of my property. As a guess at 6 o'clock from 150 yards away I heard a loud snort three times. Either the bucks were bothering the does or a bear or coyotes were hunting. Lots of bear pictures the last two weeks. By far the most deer I've seen in one day since I bought the 40 acre property six years ago. Now I know why the food plot is down to the ground. Decided to drive home tonight so I don't miss my wife's sonogram tomorrow.

Just finished shooting. Getting my gear ready tomorrow. This will be my first season with the bow.

Shoot with a paintball. Problem solved. The next guy that buys the deer can get it out with some club soda Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Even the weather is ready! Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk

Will someone please just pull the plug on this site already? End the suffering.

Maybe here? You don't catch man 6.5 year old bucks on their feet at 1:00 in the afternoon. You can see my hangon in the background...

My mother in law just sent me a picture of the decent 6 or 8 pointer across the lake from their house. He looks like a solid 2.5 year old. Hopefully, he crosses over to our side in a couple weeks. He’s a shooter for me up there for sure either with my ML the first week or with my 30/30 the following weekend. I’ve got to recheck the zero on my ML this weekend, because I dropped it while cleaning it, after using it on a doe during the early SZ antlerless season a couple weeks ago. I’ll check my 30/30 also (hopefully one and done with that because I need to conserve ammo).

I believe it’s proper name is Whole Paycheck .

That kinda happened to me as a teenager. Stop & Shop the grocery store paid me at a supervisor rate. It was like $25/hour instead of my $8/hour and my Sunday/OT was $38/hour instead of $12/hour. I did the math and it worked out to 3 extra weeks of pay, so I quit immediately and got a job elsewhere. like 2-3 months later my friends who still worked there were notified they had to pay it back (a little each paycheck), but they never came after me!

I can't imagine taking a deer to one of the butchers you all describe. I am too picky about cleanliness, timing and how its handled.

Once again, as treasurer of the forum's fantasy league, I am the most trustworthy member to hold the $.

This feels like an elaborately trap. All these wealthy businessmen will end up hunting Chef Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Another bloodbath today. FJB

We likely will encounter this buck Saturday PM. He is showing up daily day and night. It’ll be exciting to see him and think about potential. We are struggling to put him at 3.5 and pass is in order if he can survive the gauntlet of hunters this year.

the way I look at it is the chef is still willing but fourseasons wants chef to fork over 3 grand in advance, which I think we can all agree is bs. If fourseasons accepts chef handing the 3 grand to an independent 3rd party then that seems fair. If he doesn't accept that offer, I call this a win for chef and the biggest L in the history of this forum for 4 seasons. maybe we can vote on it? lol.

ENE wind should be perfect for the point I want to hunt in the morning... I have not scouted it this year but historically bucks like it. There are a few oak trees and lots of young beech for cover and some hemlock mixed in too. I hope to find out if there is a resident buck there thus year. I saw a decent one 1/2 mile from there crossing the road two days ago. So I guess I am ready,lol. Sharpened my broadheads,packed my gear and just generally excited!!

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Mmm backstrap

9-27-22 #1 An 18 year old huntress shot a 7 pointer last night, then the skies opened up with a 2.5 hour deluge. She and her Dad were able to check out the arrow before the blood got washed off and saw substantial blood, but there was the smell of guts. We arrived at 8:30 this morning and learned that her Dad went out looking this morning, then her cousin. Luckily, they were looking in the wrong direction. This buck only went 275 yards, but there was zero blood on the track. Kunox is a good boy! #2 While on the way to the first track, I received a call for help on a big 8 pointer that’s was shot last night. Rather than drive all the way home to swap dogs, Kunox lucked out and got two in a row. The hunter shot the buck at 28 yards from a 16 foot height, and could clearly see that he hit him high. The hope was that he hit the top of the lungs. Kunox worked his tail off on this one, covering 2.7 miles. It became obvious that coyotes were involved as Kunox kept stopping to mark, something he doesn’t do unless that’s the case. We were working most of the time in tall thick grasses, where often Kunox would totally disappear. More that once he stopped and asked me for a lift when it became impassable. As the crow flies, the track was 990 yards. The track ended at a property line we couldn’t enter.

Just had the bow out for one last time. Got the hunting closed washed yesterday and they are outside for the next couple of days. Just need to get a couple things organized between the small pack I’ll use for a coupe ladder stands I’ve got and some stuff I’ll need for my climber. Looking forward to getting out this weekend. Who’s ready for opening day?? Anybody 100% ready??

Figured this might be more interesting than the latest threads on here. Crunch or Smooth, cost and availability aren’t a factor. Peter Pan as the basis. Let’s have it lugnuts.

With a another frost advisory we picked the Butternut squash and covered the remaining pepper plants. Still alot of peppers to come . Bruslesprouts will get picked this weekend

You and me both. Big time blues CCR type kinda guy as well. However Rush still remains a favorite.

That store isnt in my area. Wegmans has it and they are far superior anyway

Larry knows how to start a topic, you don’t get 18K+ posts without some effort. Jif or Peter Pan, smooth.

Just a few big boys.

I'm not worried. No plans in opening an escrow account. Would just drive to the nearest casino and put it all on black for 1 spin. If i lose, i quit the forum. If i win, I got $3K cash for myself

Answered or copped out. I think my offer of a 3rd party holder was fair Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Who the heck is reporting the inches of all the bucks killed in these areas? Heck most killing big bucks, especially in the SE are mums the word. Not sure how reliable this is. In fact, since the average 3yr is less that 140 in steuben co/southern tier, its clearly inaccurate.

Not trying to make Wolc hungry but here’s my view or pic of a classic button buck

No, I bought a thermocell from you. With the carry case thingy. I still use it

Id like to think Ill let him walk but we shall see lol, I dont have the best trigger control

I have no idea on age but I give him less than 30 days more. Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk

Please add music. I believe @The_Real_TCIII loves music added to his hunting videos. I would think these days you should be able to get a pretty decent handheld cam without breaking the bank. A friend of mine used to film some of his hunts. Keeping it steady was the hardest part. He got an arm to connect the camera to so you didn't get nauseous watching the videos and he could self film. Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk

Gotta pull some stakes and ribbon on a food plot, will send a few arrows downrange Th and Fri. But ready. Early season is usually anticlimactic but I have tagged a doe on 10/2 before. An early one would be nice. Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk

No I was using the Steuben county/IA standard. Hence the lower age guesses. They would all be 7 year olds here.

That cold chill in the air feels good the count down begins

Dang, I knew your bucks got big quick up there in Monroe county, the land of giants!

They are different, just came through together. It's the first time I've gotten pictures of that 9pt but have multiple angles of the 8pt in pic 1

I don't know man, my 9 year old can probably live off his boogers for a couple weeks... my younger brother who is 29 isn't lasting 3 days!

alone..... im betting more "what not" than sports. Lol. An amish Dude with cable aint sneaking out to watch QVC or the Browns.

32 with broadhead. Here’s my son from his first 3D shoot last month.

Some practice pics from the other night.. And as a bonus my daughter (whom never ever wanted to hunt before) asks if her bow is strong enough to kill a deer.. Guess the back off no pressure technique is starting to work! My son will probably never hunt so i really hope she gains some interest in it. I'm sure she will, she is a daddy's girl! Looks like momma is getting a new bow next year and shes getting mommas bow !