What the hell would our lives be like if this site vanished forever, I cringe at the thought. Like the morning with no coffee, a gun without bullets and huntingny without Turkey feathers! lol
I share what I have with the group. My brother in law who is a great hunter doesn't share anything on social media and is the most ethical, QDM deer hunter I know.
Eddie we had two for the last day. Sorry to say no deer shot this final week. Last day of gun was a bust between the three of us. Muzzy Monday had me jump a buck from his bed in the swamp. I missed but I alerted my brother that he was coming. It runs in the family should I say more.....lol. The only other deer we saw was a tiny doe that got to live another season. That's it until Jan firearms season on Long Island.
Headed up tomorrow night with brother and brother in law. Last day of gun season then muzzleloader for 3. Cold temps coming in. Few years back it was 10-15 degrees and I watched 27 doe walk past my stand headed for the field....you think one might of been a buck...nope. lol
My 1187 that is about 35 years old. It has only failed me by my mistakes. Can reach out for a long shot and tuck in at close range. Honestly I have hunted for 40 years now and you become dependent on the old girl. It happened this year about 75 yards out brisket shot on a nice doe. No blood for 15 yards or so then I found her. I have never said this before in public but that gun will be willed to the first kid I mentored in hunting a few years ago. SHHHH don't tell him.
On Long Island the breeding cycle is a bit out of whack. There is a shotgun season in January and there a few deer come into the check stations with spots on them. Going to be single digits next week in the evening....too bad.