First-light

Didn't see a deer tonight. They are hitting the corns hard. I hunted over trhem but nothing showed. BIL shot a nice Doe at his place in 8S.

Stuffed Cabbage. Haven't had that since my Mom passed. They (Mom and Grandmother) had a great polish recipe. Enjoy it and have an extra one for me!

Happy Birthday!

Brother has one. Swears by it.

I'm with you on this. State just wants more deer killed. I'll do more walking and marking trails and stuff. It will be nice to be out there and there probably is a 99% chance I don't pull the trigger.

off topic but my brother said to check out the kidneys on your deer if covered with fat food is plentiful.

To all my friends here a very Merry Christmas!

I'm on Long Island until Thursday. Probably hunt Friday through the end which I think is Tuesday? Weather looks great but its going to take a big racked buck for me to pull the trigger. Like you Al I have enough meat in the freezer in fact my whole group does. It will be just nice to be out there and maybe I'll loosen the straps on the stands?

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!