New York Hillbilly

And for those like me that like it natural. I made him pose with the deer before field dressing it, right where I found it laying in the little creek bottom.

Get a load of the ripples in the neck and size of the body. And I'm talking about the deer. Lol! Pics compliments of my tech savy wife. Thanks to her!

Doewhacker....... Lololololol......that made me laugh out loud!!!!

If that much penetration and still in the deer = dead deer. Any luck finding him?

TeeBugg you posted as I was editing. Lol. My comment wasn't meant for you. Sorry about that. I was just commenting to Jesse's post, and giving my thoughts. For what ever they're worth.

I agree about the hunting in the rain. And, If you have to bend, twist, stoop over or other wise put yourself in some weird position to get a shot off, its not worth the risk of wounding a deer, rain or no rain. If you are hunting the same stand over the next few days, listen for the crows.

I'll try to do the picture thing tonight. I only have my phone now because I left my "MIFI" thing back home in Oneida county and I'm all the way back north in St. Lawrence county. Without that thing I have no way to use my laptop. The buck was a very heavy mass 8 point. The body was enormous. I've killed lots of deer over the past 40 plus or minus years, and I tell you this deer body wise was beyond impressive. If my wife can help me post with the phone I'll do it later today. If not I will when I can use my laptop. Funny thing is, my brother in law is the one that needs to overnight the MIFI thing to me. Lol

Anything that can interest and excite people to get outdoors and enjoy the woods and wildlife gets my vote. I think trail cams add a whole new, and fun, dimension. You still have to scout and put the effort in, but now you can get yourself all psyched knowing what might be lurking out there. I was using them years ago when they first came out because they gave my 80 year old uncle something to do after it got to hard for him to actually sit in a stand for hours hunting.

So here it is: My brother in law who has never bow hunted a day in his life is going with me for his first time. To his credit he has put time in shooting his bow a lot since he bought it a couple months ago. He has been shooting my deer target in my cellar and has gotten proficient. We are hunting my land yesterday afternoon and had not hunted in the morning. I was going to sit in the same spot I do every season even though with it being early in the season with no rutting yet I pretty much figure ill see nothing. He on the other hand wanted to go sit on the side of a hill where he likes to sit in gun season. Instead, I tell him to go sit in my little apple orchard because I figure the deer would be in there munching apples. About 5:30 he texts me he sees a doe, then a fawn, then the doe is 35 yards away chewing apples. I text back don't take any "iffy shots". Then he texts me "there's a big buck coming and I can't count his points he's about a hundred yards away". I text back to just stay still. Keep in mind he has never scouted, is standing on the ground next to a tree where I told him to go, has no clue really what is going on. Lol I text back after a few minutes, "is he still there"? Lol He looks around the tree and days back "yes and coming closer". I text back, "stay real still". More minutes pass and guess what? He texts me "I shot a buck now what do I do?" Again, I text back to just stay still. This time I leave my stand and walk all the way across my property to him and when I get there he tells me the details. He points to where the deer ran after the shot and said he heard "a big crash". I know just where the buck was heading so I tell him to stay where he was when he shot and I slowly poked through the tangled mess into a small creek bottom. There was his buck.....and holy what a brute. This slammer hung around for better than a half hour and then walks 15 yards and quarters away from this first time hunter, standing next to a tree, who the delivers a beautiful shot straight into the deers heart. Moving it was a nightmare because of the weight. After dragging it by hand back into the orchard we were able to get it onto the four wheeler. I'll try to post a picture tomorrow to share. I watched this buck when I was brush hogging during the summer. He was a 3 1/2 or 4 1/2 year old buck. After living that long he gets taken by one lucky brother in law. Lol!!

Anybody recover their deer today? Updates?

Back in the saddle again!!!

Oooooh foggy!

First time out this year.....pitter patter pitter patter of the light rain, finally stopping, really is a soothing sound. Bring on the deer!

Welcome!

Uh....ok!!! lol..........Either nobody knows or nobody is saying. I've had a very busy summer working at my new job in Ogdensburg, and fishing the St Lawrence river has been excellent. I covered the other providers vacations all summer and as a result will be heading home (Sangerfield) to hunt the entire firearms season. Bow hunting will be hit and miss with some weekends and other times the middle of the week depending on the need for hospital coverage. The question about "Walworth" comes from an invite by a fella at work who is from out that way. I'm not sure if I want to give up any of my hard earned time off to go poking about a new area, but with my daughter living in Webster it is tempting.

Just curious because it's out by my daughter and I may have an invite. Thanks in advance for any info you might have.

I would be looking close buy at anyone with four wheelers. To move six all so fast means they likely cut the chains, tipped them over and dragged them off intact with the sections secured together. Even though they are portable, anyone familiar with using these types of stands can tell you they are not light. To hustle six out quickly so no to get caught would be a very busy evening, likely the work of a couple of people, with four wheelers, and nearby by those familiar and comfortable with the area. I agree with the comment about them being "scummy". Fitting description for people who would do such a thing. Check with the local scrap yards they might very well tell you if your stuff ended up there, but my guess is they are tossed in a big heap in some ravine by the culprits who took exception to where you were hunting. Good luck, I hope you get your property back and justice .

We"re singing from the same hymnal Wildcats 160!

The first animal I killed was a woodchuck. I was with my hunting mentor, my uncle Pete, and I was 11 or 12 years old at the time. He stood next to me watching the woodchuck through his binoculars, while I lay in the grass staring through the scope mounted to his .22-.250. He quietly coached me through the shot, reminding me to breath in and out slowly, then ease the trigger. It was as if the gun went off on its own and with the shot the woodchuck was no more. I put the safety on and left it on the ground resting on its bipod. Uncle Pete was all over me with the "way to goes", and "damned good shot"as he was patting me on the back. I think he was actually as surprised that I connected, as was I. We walked out to the woodchuck and at the sight of what I had just done, I cried. I'm not embarrassed to say it. He took the opportunity to explain what I just did was right, at many levels. He also said it was ok for me to feel the way I did, and did not make light of or make fun of my reaction. I guess thats why we were so close. To this day I still sit and reflect quietly over the animals I shoot and kill. Thankfully, I no longer fall apart crying like that day. I leave that for when I'm watching movies like "Ole Yeller", "The Biscuit Eater", or "Where the Red Fern Grows". They get me every time....LOL!

Just an observation and not to freak you out, but, you may have another one as big hanging out there. I was just looking at the series of pictures again and noticed something. If you read that bears body language you can see he was looking in the direction of something that was making him mad, or challenged. Look how he goes from ears up and looking off to the side to head down, ears pinned back, third picture in the series. That is the way all the bears I ever saw when I used to bow hunt them, would respond to another bear they saw they needed to get tough with. Any big bear just swaggered in like they owned the joint with a lesser bear around, but if they saw one they thought might give them some lip they would lay there ears back and put their fighting face. I'll bet there is another bear out of range of your camera that the one you see is sizing up and sees as a challenge. Food for thought!

Wow!

welcome aboard!

Remington 700 BDL 30-06 scoped

Enjoy my time in the woods is my main goal.