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Sat out in a hub blind in Mendon for a little over 4 hours . Didn't see a thing . As I walked out to my car , I saw 9 deer in the cut down soy bean field across the road . There was at 2 2 bucks . The deer don't seem to want to cooperate . If rain isn't forecasted for Saturday , we may give Geneseo another try .

Probably a Sasquach . They can be very noisy at times .

Someone told me Patrick Mahomes looks like Darlene from Roseanne and now I can’t unsee it .

I will stick with my 25-06 load . 53 gr H4831 --- 117 gr Sierra SP ---CCI 200 --- OAL 3.155

My HUGE disappointment . Thursday afternoon my oldest son and I decided to hunt my SIL's woods in Geneseo . Between 2 and 3 , I saw 3 doe . Then around 5pm , I saw 4 doe west of me in the woods . At about 6 pm , I had 2 four points bucks approach my shooting zone . I could see another 5 deer west of me . I decided to shoot one of the bucks as it was about 25 yards from me . It looked like a good shot as I could see the lighted arrow nock . It ran north onto the neighbor's property . I texted my son and waited almost a half hour to retrieve the deer . I left my gear by the stand as I expected a fairly quick recovery . Big mistake . We started out spotting a few drops of blood , then a speck here and there zig zagging through the neighbor's woods which we were not familiar with . We had gone probably over a half mile and finally spotted the lighted nock on the arrow . Went a bit farther and found the deer . It looked like the arrow had gone through and finally came out the other side of th 4 pointer . It got dark quick . My son had started to go back for the sled and quickly returned as he had no idea where we were . We decided to leave the deer and find our way back through the woods . We walked East for quite a ways , then headed South . Found a corn field and kept walking south until we hit another neighbor's soy bean field . Walked another great distance , using our cell phone lights to see . Found the trail going into the woods and then found the horse trail and back to our ATV's . My knee replacement was killing me . It was almost 9pm . Yesterday I went back with a friend and took my Garmin GPS with me as it will show me my backtrack on it after walking . I had no idea where we wad found the deer Thursday night . We lost the blood trail and wandered around for about 3 hours and gave up . Nothing looked familiar as it was getting dark Thursday pm and we had no landmarks . I will make sure I take my Garmin GPS with me in the future as we were able to use it to get back with no problem . My son and I decided not to do any afternoon hunts at my SIL's woods after that . I am still upset with myself for losing the deer . Hammer away !

Saw over a dozen deer yesterday late afternoon in the woods in Geneseo .

What's going on in the Daks and Catskills ?

What brand and model is the crossbow ?

Time to mess with my buddy

ridgerunner88 - that is a real nice size spike . Congrats to your daughter .

Corn Syrup

My son and grandson were out this am in Geneseo . He said it rained quite a bit but they did see a few doe and fawns . Blake was holding out for a big buck but that didn't happen . The did see 3 coyotes at over 200 yards but didn't shoot . The Genesee Valley Hunt Club rode by with the dogs to chase the fox . I wonder if that is what kicked out the coyotes . The riders went past one of my cuddeback cameras in the woods . Matt said there was at least 20 riders .

I put my bow hunting clothes in plastic totes . I often use the "fresh earth" scent wafers . When I use to hunt on my son's property in Italy Valley , I would collect some oak leaves and acorns and put them in with my clothes .

Well , I am 82 years old and don't have any shoulder problems so I am SOL for this .

My son is taking my grandson out this weekend . Blake has done quite well the past couple years .

I have a set of 4 Cuddeback cameras in Geneseo . The daily report shows that the cameras are fine . I haven't gotten any pictures in just over 2 days . Too warm .

I made a video of using the Butt-Out tool several years ago when my oldest son and I were doing some Crop Damage Shooting . I will take a chance and post it .

Happy Birthday ! Have a great day and a good hunting season .