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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 .

Glad you got the picture thing worked out . Sure wouldn't want to miss the Bunny Suit pictures !

My Re-loads consist of ------ CCI 200 53 gr H4831 117 gr Sierra SP ( #1630 ) OAL 3.155 I went to reloads when the prices were high for 25-06 and the ammo got scarce .

My son , Matt , called me last night to ask if I was using Ballistic tips or Varmint loads in my 25-06 . He said there was quite a bit of meat damage on both deer where the bullets exited . I told him that my reloads consisted of Sierra 117 gr Soft Tips . Anyone else have this problem ?

Sat in a double stand and got a double at 3:45 pm today .

Finally broke the jinx ! He shoots - He scores ! I Was in a double stand where my oldest son shot 2 deer yesterday am . Nothing ! Wasn't hearing any shots except a couple that sounded like they were in Avon a ways away . It was cold and windy . I was ready to leave at noon but stuck it out . I asked my youngest son Nick if he wanted to leave at 4 and he said why not 4:30 . Okay .At 3:45 , I saw a doe at almost 100 yards North of me and then 3 more followed . The larger doe came to an opening in the brush . I shot and she took off like a rocket . The other 3 doe just stood there and when one hit the opening , I shot again with my NEF 25-06 . All 3 took off and I thought , oh crap . I got down and checked for blood . Didn't see any and walked in the direction of where the 1st deer ran . Saw her big white belly and called Nick . Then I walked in the direction that the 2nd deer ran and found her . Nick came over to field dress the 2 while I went to the ATV and up to where I parked the Subi to get the Jet Sled . It was now dark and hard to maneuver the ATV through the downed trees and limbs but got it done . Dropped the deer off at my oldest son's residence for him to process . What a day !

In stand at 630. Haven't seen anything. No shots all day. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Wolc - sorry for your loss !

I don't care who you are , that's FUNNY !

No ammo problem here . I reload for my 25-06 and two of my sons 270's .

I use to joke about going around various woods at 7am selling shotgun slugs after so many hunters had emptied their guns and extra slugs and were out of ammo . Could have made a lot of money . Not an awful amount of shooting yesterday morning . And the 1st shots were a couple minutes to 7am and were distant .

Was very optimistic about the opener only to have another crappy day . Sat in a new stand that was on a horse trail . Would be able to shoot 70 yards at the most . Thickets on both sides of the trail . Saw nothing . !st shot I heard was just before 7am . Youngest son Nick said he shot at a doe and said he was getting down at 9 to check for blood . Said it ran across woods headed my way . He didn't find any blood . I was bored . Got out of my stand and walked the horse trail about 60 yards . Looked in the woods and saw the white of the doe's belly and let Nick know where it was . Got back in the stand until noon . Changed stands and sat in one facing north . All I saw was a group of 12 turkeys and later 4 more . No deer . Heard several shots in the am and several after 4pm . Will go back Monday . I don't hunt 2 days in a row . My back can't take it .