NYBowhunter

Saw a real nice 8 trailing a doe at night and was just standing in the road.. had to tell my dad to stop short or he would have come close to hitting it. That was in 4F.

Here are 2 doe i took last year with rifle and ML, this is as big as they come. Both taken in 4F.

Yesterday afternoon, slick Trick through the boiler room. Amazingly went about 75 yards with a center punch heart shot. Also pics. of two roasts from this big girl.

Happy Birthday Men, enjoy!!!

My cousin lives out on the island and owns a landscaping business, he told me he was taking a piss in some woodlot, looked down and found a scull and huge horns of a non typical. He sent me pics and it was unreal. Probably died of old age. Like you i travel 4 hrs. To hunt, but could be over the verrazano in 15 minutes and see some tremendous bucks.

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But in reality, who cares, you should have not given it any thought and just moved on. At least thats what i would have done. Making an inquiry is fine but insinuating this guy maybe a scumbag was in poor taste.

This world would be so much better off if people would mind their own business and not be so concerned what others do. Guy wants to hunt over a trail on public land so be it. You want to small game hunt so be it. Wave and move on, its actually quite simple. How small is this prooerty that you are concerned about this one little area, must be a tiny peice of public land?

Deer will move in any extreme, wether it be hot or freezing cold when it comes to perpetuating their kind. The female species has the ability to make males do silly things. A couple of my best bucks were shot on the tail of does in some of the coldest, nastiest days. The days were pretty cold, windy and snow blowing sideways. When its time., hot or cold, mild or windy, be out there.

Heres Chase, my 8 month old Rat Terrier, smart as hell, fearless, tenacious and guards us and house like no other. Also here is Chase with his cat friend Lucia. What he does to that poor cat, hes lucky she has a lot of patience.

I have a ton of exciting shots, but the one i felt most good about was when i was in a tree overlooking a beaver pond and a small deer came in about 100 yards away and was walking funny, hunched over. The deer immediately bedded in the cattails. I had no intentions of shooting it. I got down a few hours later and walked up to the deer and it jumped up and i could tell it was hurting. It ran 10 yards stopped and looked at me to say " please put me out of my misery". I put him down and turns out someone shot him near his spine and another shot in his foot. If i didnt shoot him he would have had a long agonizing death.

For me 100gr. Slick tricks fly same as field point for both my bow and crossbow.

Me and my dad have raised apple trees from seeds, about 10 and they are now roughly 5 years old and range from 6-8 feet tall with wide tops and have begun to produce alot of fruit this year. Thats just another option for you if your in it for the long haul and want to start with a specific apple in mind. We found this certain crap apple tree that produced tiny cherry size apples. Odd thing is my trees are producing much larger apples then the mother tree, must be all the fertilizer.

Must be a man thing because thats 1st thing i noticed was that girl in white left of home plate. What a game, walk off for brewers.

So sorry for your loss, my prayers are with you and your family.

I like moogs approach much better, let us know how that turns out.

Cut some pine branches and stick them in the boot when not in use, thats what i do.

Venison sausage wrapped in bacon smoked over mesquite.

Homemade venison sausage wrapped in bacon smoked over Mesquite.

Hate to break the news to you but there are alot of wmu's that already have AR, which by the way has nothing to do with shooting button bucks. By the rules and regs a BB is considered a doe and im sure are factored into part of the annual anterless harvest totals. Even if AR were to go statewide, how would that protect a BB?

But its meat and very tender. I have seen some mature bucks do some pretty dumb stuff as well that got them killed. To each their own. Your sort of passing judgement when you say only kids and beginners should be the only ones shooting butron bucks. My theory is that we as hunters should not pass judgements on others as long as our activities are within the confines of the rules and regs.

Well i know the OP said buck, but to be brutally honest i will shoot anthing that gets me excited that day. Im a meat hunter by far, have nothing to prove as i have taken my fair share of mature bucks. To me i really enjoy eating venison, making sausage, jerky etc., it has been and will always be about the hunt, quality time with family and just enjoying what mother nature has to offer. I LOVE THE FALL AND WINTER WOODS, theres nothing nicer and more peaceful.

Im so very sorry first light, loosing someone that is dedicated to her family is never easy. Coming from an all italian household, i can appreciate their strong dedication to family, especially the children. My prayers are with you and your family. Send my regards.

I really hate thieves, unbelievable. That really sux.