New York Hillbilly

As hot as this weather is now, and as slow as the action in my world, I just bagged it for the weekend and headed back north. Good luck to you guys that can keep going this week. Hope things turn on for ya.

Lol......

Lawdwaz I'll try to keep on "track". To answer your question: I saw nothing as far as successful youth hunter deer take. But in fairness I really didn't do any looking. And I've heard nothing local about any deer taken by youth, yet. Again this morning there was an initial at the crack of dawn, ton of shooting, and nothing after about 8:30. By the way I was curious what would possess you to put "a couple hundred miles on the rig" at almost four dollars a gallon to see other people gut, drag, hang or prop up their deer? Do you work for the government in some capacity, DEC, etc. Well update from my stand...there was five fast shots just down the hill down the hill from me. Time to go. I just came back to spell check after whatever was getting shot at did not show up here. Lol.

Having a "grow" morning. Lol. Forgot my hat and gloves, freaked around for 15 minutes in the dark so my bow sight wouldn't get bounced around only to then get to my stand and settle in to find part of my sight is missing. Brand freaking new and its on of those lighted deals. Not that I can use it lighted anyway because of my bifocals and always ful light out when I will pick the bow up anyway. But stil it's just the thought that I lost a part already, that frosts me! Oh and for the record, I just let a doe and her fawn walk past. Good luck this morning folks! And, thanks Grow....your escapades are starting to spread! Lolololol

Bravo Doc! I could not have said it better. The sights, sounds, smells (some not so good...lol) the stories and memories of "deer camp".

I did a little trimming myself after this mornings close encounter of the obstructed kind.

Congrats on the first deer!!

Holy crap!!! I should have brought the sun screen. Feels more like a day at the beach! I thought I had to work this weekend and then got the pleasant surprise I was off, so I drove 3 1/2 hours home to hunt. Any of you guys in stand wearing a tee shirt like I am?

My view is if "we" had kept doing "the same" the numbers would not have dropped to begin with. If couples didn't get divorced the first time things got tough leaving kids caught in the middle, if people didn't get so wrapped up in what's in it for me and put do much time and effort into getting it they had no time for their kids, if parents stopped using television and computer games as babysitters and instead introduced them to the outdoors, hunting and fishing in particular, I can't help but think we might not be seeing this decline. In my case it was my grandfather and uncles who stepped up for me and my brother. They did it because it was the right thing to do, and it was without any expectation of something in return or the benefit of some special season. I hunted with my uncles every regular season and each one was "special". Maybe that's why at 54 I'm still here perched in a tree taking it all in, and why my kids, brother in law, and nephews are also hunters. What we needed "was" more of the same. Just my thoughts from the pine tree! Lol

Heard half dozen rapid shots just as getting light enough to see. Startled the heck out if me. I thought goose hunters or turkeys but was quite the fire storm. Now this post reminded me this other possibility. If that was someone being mentored, they need a new teacher.

Nothing since the six point at about 7am. Windy, noisy, non stop crackles, pops and crunching. Absolutely beautiful fall day though.

Little six point comes in gives me perfect angle... But on my wrong side!! He gets antsy and slips back into the brush. Holding my breath the spit goes down wrong pipe and pine tree comes alive with choking. Gotta live this deer hunting stuff. Lol!

wow wow wow!!!

I just cant figure how "we" all got so hooked on deer hunting without the benefit of a much needed special "youth season".

Chin up! Most of our swamps where we (you and I) hunt are at the bottoms and surrounded by cornfields. There is frequently brushy areas and tangled stuff, rock piles, old farm equipment etc., pushed up against these swamps to get the junk out of the way of the actual land being used to farm. I've glassed areas like this and watched buck hang back and let does and smaller bucks walk out into the fields first before stepping out. These brushy areas also have saplings and small trees growing in them and they are used heavily for rubbing. If there are no trees big enough for a stand and you don't like hunting from the ground, use a ladder stand if you have one. If I was home I would let you borrow one of mine. Good luck and go get em!

I had a a few cups over the years that smelled and probably tasted like deer p1$$

Nice job. Congrats!

Cool.....much appreciated. Now thats my idea of a welcome wagon!

I wouldn't go walking into the middle of the place leaving scent all over. Find yourself the nearest apple orchard on the place that has intersecting trails and set up on the ground. Good luck!

Thanks Bubba. If I ever get a day off I might take you up on the generous offer. Looks like my only time off this season will be firearm season back home in southern tier though. I'm hoping next season will provide me with much more opportunity to putter around up here. Then I'll really be looking for your input an expertise in this expansive northland.

They might get you for baiting if it's from Star"bucks"! lol

I'll buy the coffee! Until then have a nice season and get the big one.

Whoa...........the Phoenix has risen from the ashes! Hello Bubba. I've wondered if you were still up this way ever since I moved here. Hope you have a good season.

If hunting from the ground its more important to break your silhouette than to hide. Think about when you are scanning the woods for deer. How many times do you first see a "line" or shape that is out of place then see the deer? All the trees are vertical then your eye picks out the horizontal back of a deer and as you focus you then make out the rest of it. Now imagine how quickly you would pick out something weird that showed up in "your" house. When we're sitting out there we are in "their" house and I firmly believe they recognize quickly when something is different. I think they recognize our shape and most often smell us long before they actually "see" us.

Trespassers on their four wheelers who either drive through my property out joy riding, or all to frequently are parking it close enough to my property line to hunt on me, and "amscray post haste" when they hear me coming or shoot something and beat feet out of there. Number two..... My one male beagle who will bark non stop only when he knows I'm on the hill without him. Lol he only stops when I call the house and have my wife yell at him.