Four Seasons

Another great late season in the books. Sucks to get beat by this guy during bow season but pretty awesome catching up to him with the snow camo and smoke pole. We really are blessed to be able to chase these great animals around for sure.

Is he not just a great looking animal. He had no idea a snowcamoed armed human was a matter of feet from him. Pretty for sure.

Trying to do a little last minute doe patrol and this guy walks around like hunting season is not even a thing. He has offered his shoulder a few times this year but another year hopefully puts him at the next level.

All afternoon hunting for me after the rut. Only after mature bucks and they are thinking about their belly now. They won’t bed far from food and morning can blow a spot out. Sleep in and then go out early afternoon and kill your mature deer.

Yup. Your good to go with the Xbow!

Shot what I thought to be a nice doe at last light and come to find out it was a buck that shed both antlers. The pedicels were both bloody as they were not dropped very long ago. Kinda sucks to take out a young buck for sure.

My 2nd target buck returned home last night. Almost sealed the deal on him during bow and then he disappeared until last night. Will be chasing him next week with the smoke pole. Hopefully he wants to fill his belly !!

Maybe the leg was forward at the shot and didn’t go into the body cavity? Guy shot is what finally killed it? Maybe????

100%. I myself won’t shoot anything but mature bucks and they just don’t make a lot of them in Ny state. Let alone a number of them on one property. I have like 14 Spypoint’s keeping track of their daily activities the best I can and it’s a rare occasion that they show up in the same place to many times. Now to just shoot a deer….any deer I’m sure it would be fine. I also think in states like say Illinois or Ohio kinda states where there are many more mature bucks because the states care about their herds a guy would get away with using blinds. But then again guys like Don Higgins has them all over his property

Would rather be in the elements with deer and harvesting deer then sitting in a blind that most any deer over 6months old knows all about and avoids. Blinds are almost like a crutch in many places.

For me it’s the challenge anymore. I have to find one or two of the biggest in my area and hunt just them one on one until someone wins. He beat me all thru the archery season and almost 2 weeks of gun before he made his fatal mistake. Makes for a sense of accomplishment taking the best of the best in an area. Even knowing I got beat by the best has a great feeling to it.

Maybe in your mind. Pretty tacky if ya ask me.

Gobble till you wobble. Have a great one !!!

Kinda like putting an empty shotgun shell on antlers up on a wall.

Very quiet down on Letchworth this year. They all come and go but opening morning only counted 27 trucks on my drive in. The park road is 17 miles long. Shots were few and far between. They smarten quick and head to that hell hole of a river bottom.

Thanks. Kinda cool where he piled up there in front of some of his handy work there behind him.

lol. I have talked with a couple fellas that wear badges and they said they would never charge anyone with a crossbow that was not stupid Ny legit. Of course there are plenty that would I’m sure but this story here sounds pretty off the wall. Like Al said, guy would be charged a hell of a lot less for a worse crime.

Love these Letchworth ridge runners. If it wasn’t for the ladies they would live forever. Great Morning.

Awesomeness!! Let ‘em go and let ‘em grow!

I have like 14 Spypoint’s out all the way from Watertown Ny to Letchworth State Park. I use them mostly to find a couple of the biggest bucks on my properties and then I go all in for those 2. It’s either them or bust. They come in handy when my mature target bucks come back to my property after out doing their breeding for a couple weeks. Knowing they are alive keeps the drive going. Along with keeping track of any trespassers sneaking around.

243 will get the job done with great shots but off a bit and your looking for sign. I use a 300Wby mag for all big game. Overkill? Perhaps but 0 out to 500 yards I’m definitely putting two holes in their hide if not folding them on the spot. Keep the faith and spirit up. Remember to enjoy the whole game, Not just the end outcome.

Exactly. If one is totally comfortable with their weapon and has plenty of time shooting that weapon. There is very little room for error but there is room. Compare that to the Texas Heart Shot… That should never be takin in my opinion. There is no need for a shot like that regardless of size or need to fill a tag.

Sweeeetness…

Oh if you jump over to that other great spot it won’t take you long to see he has not changed one bit. Still the same ole schmuck over there. I get a blast out of reading how great a Turkey hunter he is and his so called books to teach people and yet he has not killed more then a Jake in the last 2-3 years. Amazing how people do that. It’s like the ones that give advice on shooting mature trophy Whitetails and they have never even cracked the 120in mark. Alive and still stirring without a doubt.