bigpaul

It's about time!

Late morning, 11:48. Came in hot! Good luck everyone and be safe!

That's awesome! I'm jealous.

Delaware County. About in the middle between Albany and Binghamton.

Just a bit warmer here.

I average $100 a month on electric for the year. No gas. Outdoor wood boiler heats house and hot water during the winter months. Oil back up along with a couple of heat pumps which mainly run A/C in summer and some heat during fall and spring.

I'm in 4P in central Delaware. We got a foot up on the hills and less at lower elevations. Friday 12/23/22 is supposed to re a rain event with a high of 50 degrees. Weather forecast is subject to change!

When I was a kid, the 80's, my dad's camp was packed with guys for the whole first week and had a good sized group of guys there for the following weekends. Between people dying and lack of interest from their kids it is pretty quiet now. This year two friends came up with their boys. My friends didn't even buy a license and never left the cabin and their boys didn't put much effort in but they had fun hanging out at camp. My neighbors camp is the same, just the owner hunted the first and second weekend. Meanwhile I took 4 weeks vacation since bow season started. I didn't hunt everyday but pretty close. I am more picky of what I shoot and I'm happy if I put one deer in the freezer.

Most hunts I have my camera set up. I have never recorded a harvest. I have come close but the camera comes 2nd when I'm hunting. I just have basic equipment and it's always enjoyable to bring home footage of the days hunt. Good luck! Thanks for sharing!

In the spot my Dad’s tree stand was. I first started hunting here which him when I was 6 or 7. His tree fell many years ago but I decided to put a ladder stand up. Let’s see what happens.

Looking forward to seeing friends at camp, always a good time! I'll be honest, every year I hate to see the archery/crossbow season come to a close. Good luck and enjoy yourselves!

Just out here enjoying the day. No desire to shoot a doe. Hoping to catch some rut activity on camera.

We’ll, first sit in the new stand paid off. A six pointer with no brows came in at 6:30. 30 minutes later a four pointer came in. Long morning but he’s hanging.

First time in this stand, ESE wind. Good luck all.

Feels kind of lonely on here. Had to relearn how to dress for this weather. No sightings yet.

2 does, a fawn and a 4 pointer tonight. When the sunset the cooldown began.

Still 60 degrees but I finally have a west wind.

Saw a doe and a fawn at 4:30 and a spike came through just before dark. Despite the temps I'm seeing deer.

I know it’s warm, but I’m shocked that someone hasn’t stuck one yet.

Did a little rattling and one buck went through downwind. Then a spike came in looking for about 30 minutes. Found a new scrape walking in.

I headed to the rye plot a little after 4:00 and bumped one out and all I saw was a tail. Just before 6:00 I saw deer headed to the plot led by a doe and fawn. I saw a hind quarter which turned out to be a buck rubbing and scraping. Another doe ran into the plot and eventually the buck, which I believe was a seven. He fed at 60 yards away and when the does started to leave he started chasing and grunting. He never got closer than 50yards. Action anyway!

Saw two does in a rye plot this evening, no bucks.

Had a doe tear through at first light. Then two fawns fed their way by. Then a six pointer rub a tree about a hundred yards out, he paid no attention to a grunt.

I think I get less frustrated as I get older. I know if I go a couple days without seeing a deer, I know it can only get better. When I mess up I laugh it off and try to learn something from the experience. You got to be out there to get it done. I used to hunt every chance I had and be burnt out by time November rolled around. Now I hunt the first week of October on food plots, and sporadically throughout the month. Vacation starts tomorrow and I'll be chasing them for the next twelve days. I might cut a few hunts short or even skip a day. I spend all year scouting, food plotting, working on habitat improvements and I enjoy every minute of it. Kick back, enjoy it, but don't turn it into a second job!

Nothing seen this morning.