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American Whitetail, Hornady and Federal are my prefered brands depending on the gun. All seem like very consistent and reliable ammo, Federal has been my choice for high power (30-06), American Whitetail for 44 mag and Hornady for the 30-30.

October 1st I can't wait, hope to take a big buck anything over an 8. Love to chase and talk deer even if none are near! Months till it starts yet I fear ticks even in March! Would love to go and scout but Lyme keeps me out. Come on September so I can set up some stands, in hopes the big one will fall in my hands. Over thirty years of hunting since 88 I hope my buddy Shawn finally connects with his first, anything nice including a big 8!

Another great video, keep up the good work.

Mile marker and numbered post maybe? Ahh that sounds better dbHunterNY.

My buddy has one of those it's like a JET its so loud! Amazing as always Wooly!

Wow!

Smith Point. https://smithpointarchery.com/ We don't have leagues at Suffolk Archers but we shoot most nights till dark and sometimes after dark. 2 year waiting list now. Tournaments most weekends and this year we will be hosting the NFAA field archer tournament. Most tournaments are open to public, if your interested send me a PM and I will give you a tour of Suffolk.

Wow amazing, thanks for sharing!

Happy Birthday! Hope your outside today! Beautiful day out!

Dam it I am at work and cant read a book, lol. Had to add as a fav so I can read later, YOU know I can't help myself when you start talking about a big forked tined gray beard!

Sorry for your loss. RIP

Congratulations! Hope everything turns out better than you though it would! Best of luck! Looks great!

Best advantage of hunting the same location is you pick up on the patterns used. Often different deer will use the same or similar pattern year after year making them much easier to spot and identify. Had this location in Indian Lake I hunted for years, always got busted by this one doe at the same location just before dark. One year I went after her with the bow (about 5 years after she busted me in the one location, it was a great spot but she would bust me EVERY dam time!) She had to go! I had the perfect setup, wind in my favor, years since she busted me, no chance I would not get her I told myself! Well she now had extra help and busted me again from about 15 yards in thick cover, so much for not getting busted! She had my number and was given a pass after that incident. Sometimes even the "perfect" setup can get detected with a slight change of wind when hunting on there level. Learned how valuable being up off the ground is yet I still prefer ground level hunting, advantage them but it's much more thrilling! I did hunt the area one more time after that and dragged a tree stand the mile plus back to the area but got lucky with my first buck that year and never actually hunted the stand. DEC also saw my buck on the truck and followed me to my stand looking for bait, explained to them I do not bait, after taking down the stand I followed them out for my first and only ticket! (Forgot to put in the date on my first buck!) Lesson learned! Now I fill the tag before I gut if its not to close to sun set like last year. (I filled out the tag at the road in the dark last year.)

Best bet is to find a few places you can hunt, some high ridges with good views, pinch points, food sources and especially doe. Starting high up and working down the mountain is a great way to hunt! The more places you have to choose from the better your chances just don't get crazy 3-5 spots is more than enough to start. You can hunt the same area just change locations, it keeps the deer guessing. I will sometimes hunt the same area but I think changing your location is more productive and helps change the view keeping it interesting. (Personally I like to roam a bit covering about a half mile to about 3 for a full day hunt.) This usually consists of finding a morning spot, calling, waiting for at least the first hour or so, more if I like the spot. Then I will move at least a few hundred yards or more to another location and repeat. After calling I usually wait at least 25 minutes for the deer to come in. No reaction or sound and I might leave after the 25 min and repeat making a loop towards the road so I am somewhere near an exit by dark. ( I don't like being more than a half mile deep in the dark as sometimes night navigation can be a pain in the but! ) I pack food and extra clothes for sitting so I don't have to leave the woods till dark. Best part about going slow is reading every piece of sign possible. When you find what appears to be a good spot ask yourself why that's so. You will find other similar spots after and understand why it attracts deer. Like rivers as a food source (Beechnuts) along with swamps as cover and ridges as possible bedding areas. Large doe groups as key rut lures. Most of all if you do not see deer or sign, hunt another location until you do start seeing them or at least sign of there presence. No point in hunting locations deer are not seen at least a few times while scouting or hunting. I love reading sign but those cams are excellent for scouting when placed properly and can save valuable hunting time if used well. They also give you much better info than my sign reading ability. Sorry so long, hope some of this helps.

Therapy for most but if you have a wreslest mind it can be torment to some! Kind of funny how that works yet the ones who need it the most will probably never experience it the way it was meant to be. Those who do have an understand have that healthy respect for nature and all it has to offer! And what a reset for yourself when your experience is epic, even if that does not include any game taken.

That's great news thanks for sharing, best of luck to you this year!

Great article, thanks for sharing! As we advance in tech everyday and kids are exposed less to the outdoors, articles like this are needed to explain what is lost when we don't connect with nature. Always makes me laugh when people protest us for hunting and fishing when the reality is if hunting and fishing did not exist before us, we would probably not be here... Even more so when they are hypocrites who will go out and eat steaks yet they condemn us eating venison. Posted the article to facebook.

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Good one! I am out of likes so .

How could you!!! Just kidding, your tag shoot what makes you happy! Don't worry about what everyone else is doing.

I started off going after larger deer and boy was that a futile adventure. I still enjoy going after them and still pass young deer but sometimes you have to take what is given and enjoy the adventure. Last year was one of my more memorable hunting trips. The excitement on the 2nd year hunters face, eating venison in deer camp of the deer we just dragged out a few hours earlier was amazing.

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I will never cover my deer, unless a homeowner demands it! As a matter of fact I place them so everyone can see! I don't care if they are offended, I take offense to them being offended.

Don't worry when I win you can all come hunting at my place that will be loaded with deer! Best part about lotto is thinking about how you would spend all that money! One thing is for sure I would have lots of land to hunt! Talk about setting up plots! That would be my new full time job! So many you would have no clue where to hunt, lol. Call it Jeff's fun farm!