First-light

The 370 and 385 package goes for $299. Scope, quiver and bolts included. You have a crank which is nice. Depends how old it is. Here is my issue. With a brand new one under $300 I wouldn't pay more than $150-200 for a used one. You do have some upgrades which is nice and will help with price. JMO, hope you get what you expect! I'll take a stab and say if its under two years old and in great condition $220.

Brother lives in Cortland I'll give him a shout.

Oh forgot to say my Brothers Grandson at 14 got his first buck! It's pretty funny but we have one stand where we send the new hunters to. They always seem to connect! Thats him years ago with Stepdad. Now first deer at the box!

Loved that show. The older guy and wife still travel to shows and such to talk about it. Came down to money that cancelled the show. Got too expensive to have crews out ther filming, that is what I read.

Pulled the card today. Again crows, Eagle, Turkey Vulture and some hawks day time. Have a big Yote, Two fox and a skunk at night. They make short order of things. Something ate the ear off!

We actually shot 10 this year. The most ever. 8 bucks 2 doe. I found this season to be a weird one. Had three shooters on camera and missed the biggest twice with bow. After Oct 8th I only saw 1 other shooter in the woods. Cameras went silent also until the end of season we picked up 1 big one. Did learn a lot about the property we leased across the road and food plots paid off for sure. Will be expanding plots next year. There sure are plenty of deer out there. Combined acreage of my property and neighbors is about 1500 acres. Seriously only single digits on Doe harvest. Couple of the big pieces get hunted by 1 or 2 people usually just first week. Another piece most hunter are out of state and only stay for the first 4 days and they look for bone. I don't mind taking 10 deer between 4 families with all that going on.

I think your mindset has to slow way down and priorities take hold. Slow and easy.

Trap goes in after Christmas. Has been back a few times. Nice big Coywolf.

Of course all my cameras had deer all over them this morning.

Pretty amazing the comeback these birds have made. From my trail camera the crows do most of the eating. They even go inside the carcass.

I went bust this afternoon. May Holiday hunt over in 8S for a Doe we shall see.

Heck of a story glad you did your job! Last year I shot a 10 point 2 weeks after season started. Came in with a Doe shot him at 30 yards. Same thing but my buck had his back lower leg shot off. It was dangling, he was walking on bone. I don't know what people think when taking shots like that. Of course their not aiming for that but if that is what was hit don't shoot.

We should all experience something like this in a lifetime. Wow!

Last day tomorrow. I'll go to my favorite stand and see what happens. Corn field next to me that wasn't plowed under had 22 deer in it at 4:00.

Checked our online Reveal pictures. It's been just over a month or so only getting small bucks and Does. This guy came by last night. That is about 40 yards from my corn field. Think I may do a sit today and tomorrow afternoon up there. Finish out the season!

I went up to pull the card over the dead deer. Told my neighbor and said he was hunting the hedgerow by his house. Half way up I see him and text sorry I thought you were on the other hedgerow. He say s go get the card plenty of time left (4:40) so I get the card and head down to my house. Before I'm even in I hear a shot. It was him. They came right out at 4:50 into the cut corn. Shot a nice button buck, not ideal but they needed meat. Offered my quad service and he took me up on it! His Dad passed away this year and was using his gun. Dead on and got the deer. Very special for sure. Here are some of the pictures from the dead deer cam. I would say 90% of the deer is eaten by them damn crows.

NYS won't sell me ammunition!

I'll head out tonight for a few hours. Brother is leaving today that would be it for Muzzy season. May head over to 8S Burdett to Holiday hunt weekend after Christmas. Got to be a huge one at home for me to shoot. In Burdett there are so many deer I'll take a doe if opportunity comes up.

I slept in too cold for me but my brother wanted the trifecta! He got an 8pt at bow, spike and doe at gun now wanted one at Muzzy season. Well he went out this morning at dark sat in his favorite spot. Said he blew out a lot of deer going in. Along came a single doe and shot it at 50 yards with Muzzle loader. Double lung shot deer went 70 yards! Left little to no blood. I was amazed cause we have snow. I went down with the quad to get him and we retraced the track job. I just couldn't believe it didn't leave better sign. I'm happy for him.

I've been meaning to do this. Actually want to by a video security system. Trail cam will do for now.

25 degrees and wind gusts to 20 mph. I decided to go to my new stand and sit the last hour or so today. What happened was picture perfect. Doe and two fawns come in from bedding area walk a smal ridge to my left and come right to food plot. I actually thought it was the triplets minus the Mom. It wasn't it was a 1.5 year old Doe with two fawns, one was a button buck. At the end of the video I say I think that is the Mom up front. We shot 9 deer so far this season split between 4 families. I'll be hard pressed to pull the trigger unless its a ginat buck or one of those weird rack bucks we have running around. Just nice being out there late season and see a few come in.

Droping horns, opening up scrapes right now. This is a weird season for sure.

We can match up most of the bucks we shot this year with trail cam picts. Funny though the shooter bucks were never seen during gun season not even on camera. I'm leaving mine out for another month to see if any show.

Sorry guys should of phrased it better. This the Doe I found after it was gut shot 2 days later. I found it on my neighbors property in his sanctuary area. The yotes ate the ass end and he wanted it out of there. I dragged it to my corn field within distance of a shooting box hoping to shoot a yote. I would never shoot and leave a deer to rot. Those of you that didn't read live from the woods wouldn't of known about this deer. My bad.

This is cool. The doe I shot in my corn field. Hawk, Eagle and crows at it for now. Yotes have yet to find it. Nice way to use a Trailcam.