First-light

Did not read the whole thread. We were talking this weekend and wondered if you made a deer blind out of hay and corn stalks would that be baiting?

Nice job on the stalk!

Hi Amanda! Please be careful out there this year, you might be carrying the next Jim Shockey! lol You will have some great stories telling your child you were hunting 7 months pregnant. Hope you shoot a big one!

I did find a bullet hole through my Obama/Biden election sign at the cabin. Doe and Steve could ya fix that for me this weekend. Steve remind Doe to flush, he aint at his camp!

Interesting point you have. Thanks

In central NY it is going to be cold and wet all next week. What type of effect do you think weather like that has on the rut? We all know cold weather helps to get the rut going but what about the rain??

Oatmeal and coffee, ready to go. Dinner is the event!!

Thanks Culver.

Will black bears go after the cubs and kill them so they can mate with the sow? The big bear I had last weekend was on the sow and three cubs scent. Momma and cubs were hauling ass through the woods.

I bought some rental property in Corning and while at the lawyers office I picked up my abstract for the camp property I have. I have the history of the property (original docs) all the way back to 1798. There are wills, death certificates, legal actions, lumber contracts and so on. Original owners were the Spaldings/Pulteney's estates. Real interesting. I believe these documents need to go back into safe keeping. Too much history to lose.

I am cracking up in my office right now! You guys are too funny. Yes we need to bring the kill average up, that's why the kid I mentored comes back every year, he won't miss.

I saw a total of 6 bear on Saturday. Sow and 3 cubs and two lone males. 1 male was about 100lbs the other 250. The little one came back to my mock scrape 4 times pawing and licking at the deer urine.

Dave I know we suck but it was two misses. Too much buck fever going around, lol.

Just got back in from the most exciting three day hunt I have ever had! I was at camp with my brother this weekend. Weather was great and the game was abundant! Saturday morning I saw 6 doe, 4 buck, 4 bear and 1 coyote!!! Two doe came by my stand around 7 and a big buck was following in the thick brush. He was grunting the whole time and stunk of the rut. I didn't get a shot but saw him for a few minutes and could tell it was the tall buck from two weeks ago. around 8 a sow and three cubs came through and they were moving, something was bothering them. A yote came by with a haircut my brother gave him! lol. About 10:30 I got down and made a mock scrape about twenty yards above my stand. When I got back in around 2 I freshened it up with doe and buck pee. So what do you think happens??? At 2:10 a black bear comes down to the scrpe and is licking and pawing at the dirt, never saw this before. He was small about 100lbs. I didn't shoot, just watched. Well he came back 3 times in the next two hours. At one point he was right under my stand smelling the scent trail. He was acting real odd. About 5:30 I see black in the brush from wher the small bear was coming and going, it wasn't him but his big brother. He didn't come to the scrape by was bent on following the trail made by the sow and cubs. He was about 30 yards out and I got full draw on him and he winded me. I never saw a bear move so fast. It was an amazing day. My brother had an extra video camera with him and gave it to me before the afternoon hunt and I forgot it at the cabin. Would of made some nice video. I see a nice buck Sunday morning but nothing in the afternoon. My brother sees some deer but no shots. We did notice that the deer were feeding in the middle of the afternoon in the field behind my cabin. They were out Sat-Mon afternoon around 1 each day. A couple-three doe each day. This morning did not end the way I wanted it to. I had a broken rack 8 pt come in at 20 yrds. I settled the pin on his chest and hit him very low in the brisket. Little blood on the fletchings but a lot of white hair. He bled real good for about 100 yards and then it was on and off. We tracked that deer for 4 hrs. He actually went by a number of scrapes and rubs and never bedded down. He finally started to clot and it got real spotty then eventually stopped. We both talked about the lack of bedding down and the scrapes he was visiting maybe it didn't bother him too much. Don't know but I'm sure he is fine. The bears were amazing, their numbers are growing in 8P. While tracking the deer we went through some real thick pines and there was bear scat everywhere. Will be back up in two weeks. The smaller bucks seem to not respond to much calling or scent. That one big buck was all rutted up, he was ready! Won't be long now!!

Out of here, good luck all!

It's going to be a nice morning and you can watch this: http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/19/how-to-watch-the-orionid-meteor-shower/?hpt=hp_t3

So close.....seems you have a good spot there hope you get a whack at them.

That buck is awesome, good luck hunting him!

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t3#/video/us/2012/10/18/dnt-duck-survives-with-arrow-in-head.bay-news-9 Got "Field Archer" all over it. lol Nice to NOT hear hunter or hunting in this clip. Looks like someone messing around looking for dinner or just being stupid.

No problem with your pictures or the way you hung your deer. That person was off his rocker on that one.

Sam this is great. I have to try it!

"I asked the girl at the counter if they asked for ID when an ammo purchase . She said only if the customer didn't look old enough to be buying the ammo ." I like that, got ID'ed last week buying slugs. Thank you young lady!

So sad. Prayers to the family.

Oh man! Lice best bug I get...........too funny!

Headed up to camp tomorrow afternoon with my brother. We will be staying until Monday and hope to bag something this weekend. Weather looks good, slightly warm mid 50's but cool mornings. The place is overrun with bucks this year, the rubs are everywhere. I would like a crack at a doe this weekend and of course Mr. big. Little bucks get a pass. I am going to have some people tagging along with me Thanksgiving weekend and the weekend after that. Hope to save my doe tag for those weekends. Good luck everyone!