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Getting ready to head out to my blind in Geneseo . Gotta dress warm .

The only time I ever recovered a bullet . 25-06 Sierra 117 gr SP ........

The reason I asked was , the deer came right to the Gut Pile .

Is it possible for deer to be attracted by a gut pile . We have a spot where several deer were field dressed . Yesterday , one of my sons shot a doe from his tree stand . He saw the 4 doe approach the gut pile and when he shot he said at least 10 deer scattered . When he got down and checked , he saw blood about 10 feet from the pile and found his doe 40 yards from there . He said the 4 that he originally saw were right at the gut pile . Any thoughts on this ?

Happy Birthday airdale . Have a great day !

Happy Birthday Mowin . Have a great day !

Welcome to Hunting NY

For me , it's Orange on all the time during gun season . I don't want to be a statistic !

Hunted Geneseo today with 2 of my sons . We were in stands by 6am . Only 1 hour and 20 minutes before legal time . We figured if we spooked any deer , hunters coming into adjacent properties later would kick them back . Heard the 1st shot at 7:01 and another 5 distant shots stretched out over the next 5 hours . We stayed until 4:30 and had enough of not seeing any deer . There was probably about a dozen or so shots in the afternoon but nothing close by . Had 12 hen turkeys go past my stand within 5 yards around 4:15 . It was a bit nippy with the wind blowing .

Back to Geneseo Saturday am with 2 of my sons . Sure would be nice to see a Buck for a change ! West wind all day ........

Congrats on the Score !

One of my daughter's has one of the Ring Security doorbells at her home in Irondequoit . She often gets pics of deer in her front yard and at the apple tree .

I haven't hunted on Thanksgiving in a few years . We uses to set a quitting time which never worked . One of us would shoot a deer . Then we had to field dress it , drag it to a vehicle and then take to a processor or bring it home . This messed up family time as the folks at the house were waiting for the mighty hunters to show up so they could eat . It caused problems so we quit doing it . If mama ain't happy , ain't nobody gonna be happy ! Good luck for those of you hunting today .

Way to go Fletch . Congrats !

TurkerFeathers can't find the Turkey

Big Turkey

Was a tiny bit surprised when I saw Mt Morris was on the list . I use to hang out there back in my High School Days . A lot of pretty girls there .

I had a guy on AT site make some arrow wraps for me ........

No way ! You could shoot your eye out with those things !

My shots were rib shots and I got the meat damage .

The double stand isn't that comfortable . Not standing and stretching may have been the cause . I tried not to move much as to not get busted .So far , we have taken 5 deer out of that stand in 3 days .

I don't know the velocity . In theory , it is just over 3000 fps . Both deer were over 100 yards .

I woke up at 12:30 this am and had excruciating pain in both thighs . No matter what I did the pain wouldn't go away . Had a hard time sitting up and just as bad standing . Worst pain I can ever remember having . Hobbled down stairs and got in the LazyBoy chair . Was able to get some sleep . Not sure the cause . Could have been dehydration I only had 16 ounces of water before leaving the house at 4:30 but drank another 56 ounces between 6:30 and 11 pm . The cause could have been from dragging the 2 deer a pretty good distance and using leg muscles that I normally don't use So I decided to recuperate and not go out again until Saturday . Has anyone experienced this during hunting season ?

Put Rail Lube on your Christmas List !

My oldest son likes to take shoulder shots to knock the deer down . He says he gets little meat damage that way . In my younger days , I would do that but at my age , drop them dead .