First-light

I don't know what to say...............

Not many Islanders reporting. 90% are without power. Many friends along both shores lost homes and boats. This was real bad, I lost power for 6 hours, I was a lucky one. Had many family and friends bringing over perishables and taking showers here today. It may be a while till we are back to normal. This weekends rut hunt may have to be put to bed. Be safe everyone!

Welcome, I have the same bow as you, I like it. Also from LI but camp is up in the Finger lakes.

North Shore of LI East Northport, not much rain but high winds. Amazing I only lost internet for 20 minutes. Storm is going to pick up steam in the next few hours, worst yet to come. Good luck everyone.

Rails shut down, City shut down and I am working from home the next two days. It is going to get bad tonight, please be safe out there.

Thanks Grow! My brother just called and was talking about this with me. We will hunt this Sat morning and will be real careful in the woods.

Years ago I would run across guys in stand downing a beer. I stayed clear of them. Drinking is fine at my camp, I like my beer, most of us just have a couple and off to bed by 10. It's a different story wen your in your 20's now that we are all nearing middle age sleep is more important!

That sounds exciting. You almost closed the deal. He is a brute maybe the rut will bring him a bit closer.

Last weekend at the camp I had to leave in the middle of the day on Sunday. On my way back I drove past my property and past my neighbors camp. I look and say oh he put out a deer target. I turn around the truck and see it is a doe munching on the grass behind his trailer. I pull up and the doe is 15 yards from me. I take a few pictures call my brother and tell him what's going on. I bleat at the doe and she comes closer to the truck, now about 10 yards. I am amazed at how calm she was. I talk a bit more to my brother and it seems she has had enough and runs off with her tail between her legs. A close encounter for sure!

OMG! My kids love playing with all my gadgets, especially the game calls. Thanks for posting the pictures, for all of us with kids this goes hand and hand with what we love!

Way to go, awesome buck.

I'm worried about the flooding. This storm is going to sit on the NE for a while and it is so vast so many areas will be affected. WNY is right in its path.

Hunting all day 3rd, 4th and 5th. Throwing this storm in there will be interesting. Notice the full moon. Right when the storm is to hit, the tides will be nuts. Huntington and Centerport will be a flood zone for sure.

Do yourself a favor and check for clogs in your gutters and down spouts. #1 cause for basement flooding. Don't want to be doing that during the storm.

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.