New York Hillbilly

Tyman I grew up in Utica but haves lived most of my adult life in Waterville. There are thousands of acres of public hinting here and in Brookfield. Other than opening day and the first weekend of fun season you can have most of it to yourself. It's not like the old days with a hunter behind every tree. Good luck finding someplace that feels right to you, and happy hunting.

Looks to me more like a high hit one side/one lung and out the brisket. My cousin hit one like that a lot of years ago and we tracked it on hands and knees in the dark with a flashlight we had to keep hitting to make work. In the end we (me first) crawled within feet of it as it was bedded and laying there looking at me. It looked real angry and I felt real NERVOUS. We quietly crawled back out on the same trail with me just waiting to feel that little six point rack in my backside. Went back the next day and it had moved a few yards and was still alive. It jumped up and I put it down for keeps. We didn't have near the blood you have though and judging from your past picture, I bet if you go back again he will be pretty close and dead in his bed. Good luck. Keep us posted. I'm headed for my stand now.

Congrats on your deer. And as far as shooting to get a deer moving "your way", what a joke. The more likely real deal is that he "missed", was feeling like crap, saw you with the deer that you shot that he missed despite him hijacking your favorite spot, and was too embarrassed to just say nothing, so he got down to put a bandaid on his injured ego and provide it some desperately needed damage control. Then on the other hand maybe he just wanted to see what a deer looks like close up. LOL!

OK I admit it. I must be as tacky as you think the paint job is........lol...........I love it........especially the gas tank. Maybe not so much the hard saddle bags because the deer look a little "cartoony." (lol...new word) But the gas tank gets thumbs up from this tacky Hillbilly.

I can just imagine the hunter just texted his buddy; "Hey buddy.........I'm telling you they MUST be close, I swear I can smell em!".

That should make news if the deer falls. "Hunter killed by deer dropping!"

We'll have to agree to disagree on this one I guess and that's ok. I hold my opinion that one acre of land is not safe to be hunting with firearms. And, as far as knowing what beyond, that should be no problem because unless your sitting smack dab in the middle of the lot and are over your head in brush you should be able to see a coupe hundred feet without any problem. LOL! Lastly, even on big acres the thought of having a round traveling across onto another's property is a scary thought to me. That is why on my land all my stands are placed so that we fire into my property and never towards my neighbors land. I would rather be overly careful than risk someone getting hurt.

All settled in, quiet and still this morning. Things not awake yet. Only sound is distant roar of tires on the highway and hum of the corn driers.

With an acre equaling a lot approximately 209' x 209', a person must not be thinking to clear to try an hunt such a small parcel for deer, or anything else for that matter. Discharging a firearm on a one acre lot is reckless and looking to kill someone. Who stops the bullet or slug if you miss your target? And even if you hit your deer, unless you hit it in the head, neck or spine it is not likely to drop in it's tracks. No deer on earth is worth any human getting injured or killed over.

Nope, you're not alone. I'm the same edge of field but little different spot. Pretty, snowy day without the brutal wind of yesterday, that threatened to flip me off my tree stand. Today I stay on terra firma (sp?).

Put a new ladder stand together today, put it up overlooking golden rod fields and with total view of farmers corn fields next doors. Have been sitting in the blowing wind and snow for two hours so far. The magic hour approaches as my hands are mixed numbness and sharp prickly pain. My eyes are tearing non stop, nose running like crazy and my mind starts to wander. Ah a day in the life of a deer hunter. Lol! C'mon deer!

Congrats!!

I wasn't trying to be a grammar cop or make the forum a tough place. I simply asked an honest question after being confused by your post. It sounded like you were trying to harvest another buck after shooting your seven pointer and I did not know how that was possible. Thanks for clearing it up for me.

Am I missing something here? It's good to hear somebody have as much deer action as you have had, but am I reading this wrong? You "shot a nice seven pt in the morning", but are still out there to let a "big spike", "walk", in the same day. What choice did you have than to let him walk if you already filled your buck tag? And, now you're "going back tomorrow"? Are you able to take more than one buck during gun season in your area?

Did somebody ask for windy, cold, snowy weather? Here I am sitting in it....wow...blustery!

For me it's all about respect or better stated the level of disrespect people have towards others in general.

Lots of big gray squirrels, couple of red squirrels, chickadee flock attack, three distant shots, now time for the house, family, visiting and then dinner.......ahhh......Thanksgiving Day 2012.

I don't much care who organized the dinner. I'm always up to a good meal with friends.......but...pleeeeeease, I'm begging....don't make me sit near Elmo again this year!

noodle one, Funny you should bring this up at this time. I have been wrestling with this for the past couple of years and this season seems to be the worse for me. Anyone who knows me in this area can tell you I have had a reputation of being one of the more successful deer hunters in my area. I literally quit jobs that posed a threat to my hunting time, and for me the passion has at times bordered on obsession. I have NEVER missed an opening day of any deer season since age 16, bow, muzzle loader or gun season. I have never held myself out as a marksman by any means but I have been extremely proficient at killing deer to fill the freezer. Any tags I did not fill were almost always not for lack of opportunity. This year was no exception as far as working all year covering everyone's vacations, etc., so I could have 26 straight days off to hunt. However, this year I have passed every single shot opportunity I have had at a deer. I could have easily killed at least 8 bucks since opening day, all four pointers and spikes, and I can't even count the number of does I have let pass. Many of these deer have been under twenty yards and a few just a matter of feet away. At 7:30 this morning I just sat watching a big fat spike buck as he wandered past me. I even pulled up on him, put the bead behind his shoulder, and in my head said to myself "bang", as I watched him go about his business totally unaware of his good fortune in my letting him pass. I don't get it. I think the unimaginable has happened, I've lost my edge.

Welcome to the site. Nice to see another deer hunter that is also a fellow beagler.

Hang tough, you'll no doubt get another whack at one, and next time be smiling as it's frying in the pan.

accman, LOL! I'm not sure what a "mooch" hunter is but if it's a guy who sits still while others push deer all over hells creation then call me the "king". I really don't know any other way because that's how I was taught as a kid and how I have had my success in taking deer every year. As a kid my uncles would take me hunting even for squirrels and stick me someplace and say "now don't move till I come get you". I guess I just did what I was told because I knew what would happen if I didn't". LOL! I like guys on neighboring farms driving deer because every year it's the same thing here. Once the deer get tired of the chasing, running and being shot at, they come hang out on my land where it's quiet. On my land it's like bow hunting with a gun. For the most part the deer waltz around unbothered and when one does get shot it is most likely under 50 yards, standing still, and a one shot one deer proposition. I have taken some deer at longer (much longer) ranges, but have still been at quiet deer and one shot deals. I like deer drives, just not on my land or by me.

Doc, The deer here are sure not nocturnal yet. I had to take this morning of to do some work around the house before my family all come home for Thanksgiving, but for the first three days the deer are walking all over with very little sign of concern. I have passed thus far the same four pointer twice, four different spikes, and countless does. What is surprising to me though is with the number of deer I have seen, that I have not seen a more mature deer yet. Maybe they are the ones that have gone nocturnal. I'm puzzled!

wdswtr................we see things the exact same way. Well put!

On my way to work this morning I stopped to glass my fields and there was an eight point chasing around a smaller buck, they locked horns briefly then the big guy jabbed the little guy in the side as he tried to run away. After a few minutes the little one was still just milling about but the eight point turned his attention to a doe and her fawn and put his head down and quickly followed them into the pines and out of my view.