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Congrats ..... nice job !

Nice buck . Congrats to your friend .

Right Doc ------ Sunrise today in NYC was 6:47 and 7:13 in Fredonia . A difference of 22 minutes across the state . The law is the law . Why not just abide by it instead of wanting something changed to serve some selfish desires !

I unload my gun and lower it with a pull up rope . I try to get it so the barrel rests against the tree or on a rung to the ladder stand . If I can't manage that , I keep the gun upright , lower my backpack and then get my rifle / shotgun to rest on that . I don't want to get the scope crapped up .

I was up at 3 am and went to bed around 11:30 last night . Didn't go out today . Went to 8:30 Mass and then to breakfast . Gotta take a nap . I am beat . This old man can't do what he used to be able to do when young .

I heard shots here in Ontario at 6:29 am . Sunrise is 7:07 . Same thing yesterday in Geneseo ..........

It was cold in Geneseo today . I was in the stand by 6:15 . Had to take my time as the ground was crunchy . Heard the 1st shots just before 6:30 and there was quite a bit of shooting but not from me . I saw a few deer scamper during the fracus but too far away to shoot . I could have made some money if I walked around selling shotgun slugs . My son and I went to the car at noon and grabbed a couple sandwiches . There was a small doe ( probably a fawn ) about 50 yards from the stand I had been in . I wouldn't have shot it anyway . We both went to different stands after lunch . I saw a couple more deer . My son went down to the woods and saw a couple bucks , a doe and several turkeys . Even though we didn't get anything , it was an okay day . I left my ATV and trailer down at my sister in laws . I had gotten 15.6 mpg hauling the atv and got 26.4 on the return trip without it . I will probably go back to Geneseo Monday but might just do the afternoon hunt .

Good luck ...... Git 'r done !

Good luck gun hunting . Don't forget the Orange ............

I'll be heading out in a few minutes . It's 32 here in Ontario ( burrrrrrrrrrrr ! ) . A bit nippy . Gotta remember to take some bread and sandwich meat . Figure on grabbing something to eat around noon . I will also be trying out the new Thermos .

I have seen very few pheasants in the past few years and I wouldn't shoot it . If it's legal go ahead and I wouldn't see a problem shooting it on the ground . Pheasants have lost a lot of habitat since farmers have removed so many hedge rows to make super sized fields plus the fox and yotes have helped to decimate their population . They are beautiful birds !

I put away the camo , got out the blaze orange and rearranged what I have in the backpack . Got out a couple boxes of rifled slugs . Now I need to hook up the trailer , load the ATV and I will be pretty much set to leave at 4 am to pick up my son in Honeoye Falls and head for Geneseo . Stopped off at Dicks and purchased a Bushnell 7-15 zoom binos and bought one of the Thermos "The Rock" .......... Be safe out there everyone !

I hope "The Rock" thermos is as good as people say . They had 3 left at the Irondequoit Target Store . None in Webster or Penfield . I bought one for $23 + tax

I went to Larry's once to have my deer processed several years ago . Never went back with another . I started cutting up my own ...........

I had the same thought . Some flossing might be in order also .

I noticed that some farmers have started cutting corn in the Pittsford / Mendon area the past few days .

I looked in Target , Wal-Mart and Dicks and couldn't find "The Rock" thermos . I have one of the tall Stanleys . I rinced it with hot water , put some coffee in it and placed it in the garage yesterday afternoon . A couple hours later I poured some and it was barely pee warm . Nuked it in the micro wave . I had no creamer or anything in it when I had the thermos in the garage .

Something I forgot to mention ...... There is a corn field about 500 yards north of our stands . On at least 4 different days I heard a Pheasant . Pheasants are few and far between so it was neat to know that some still exist . I havn't seen one in at least 2 years and I do spend a bit of time out in nature . There used to be a cock pheasant on my SIL's property that I would see each season but he either moved on or got shot . They are beautiful birds .

Congrats on getting a deer !

Another exciting day in the great outdoors . It was a bit nippy this am but other than that the weather wasn't bad . Saw 4 bucks and 1 doe . Nothing close enough to shoot at . Saw a bushy spot shaking like heck and with the binos I could see it was an 8 point buck . What a wuss ! Thought he should be rubbing something bigger . My son and I took a walk over there when we were done and the area was tore up pretty good . A red fox had come into the field while we were hunting . It was fun to watch him mousing . I believe I am through bow hunting for the season . Gotta get ready for the Saturday Gun Season opener . We will be hunting the Geneseo area .

My son has a camp in a section of Italy Valley between Potter and Naples . I hate walking around there as it always feels like you are walking uphill . His property is adjacent to state land and he gets tresspassers . There is a QDM group in the area and they have been seeing larger bucks since they started the program . I havn't hunted there in at least 3 years .

Sooooo , are you gonna hunt the ditch ? ... ...

Well apparently not all the white deer are there .....

I went back down to the Mendon spot this am and sat for 3 hours . Didn't see a thing . I guess the deer were honoring the Holiday . I think I will take a break in the action tomorrow and sleep in until 7:00 ........

Is it legal to shoot an Albino deer in the wild , like in 8F ? I don't see anything in the regs saying that it's not legal .