New York Hillbilly

They look like they've been around for a while. And, it's interesting how different the characteristics are between the two racks.

Headed back out, and fresh out of ideas. lol Good luck to those still pressing on until the end!

Got a late start. End of season tiredness and fell back to sleep. Now on stand in 7m. Just when you think it could not get prettier you are blessed with a morning like this to behold.

I try like heck to knock them down in the woods enough that they don't get to the goldenrod. It is a nightmare to find them when they do without snow. They can be a couple feet in front of you and still not be seen.

Same here.

I like to put my stands in corners, brushy travel corridors, and pinch points. I also try to position my stands so I''m shooting into my property, and far enough into my property that any final bolt a deer might make after being shot has it die or bed down on my land. If you have good neighbors it might be a different set of factors for you. If you are good with neighbors I would have a stand at the lower blue line in the strip between the triangle wooded area pointing down and the square located in the upper that is outlined in red. If not good with the neighbors, I would have a stand in the pinch point between the same square and the white spot (Fo) that are all outlined in red.

The nation itself has become a joke around the world for the very same reasons you point out. Watching the country implode, as our enemies sit back, wait, and watch and hope for us destroy ourselves until they can come in a pick up the pieces. In my opinion; all Americans better wake up, see the writing on the wall, and unite before it’s too late. The United States of America.

Wow is it pretty on the hill this morning! Dead silent, coated in snow and no wind. 7m

You are fortunate to have good neighbors.

Cool!

Gonna try to get out tomorrow if it’s not down pouring. Fingers crossed for no more rain.

Happy Birthday Belated!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, and a safe and healthy New Year! NYH

Here we go again. Yet another ill conceived action to piss people off. If you go by the NY definition of "hunting", "To hunt—means to pursue, shoot, kill, or capture (other than trap) wildlife and includes all lesser acts that disturb or worry wildlife, whether or not they result in taking" and apply it to this new legislation, "The new law makes it unlawful for an individual to organize, sponsor, conduct, promote or participate in any contest, competition, tournament or derby with the objective of taking or hunting wildlife for prizes, inducement or entertainment." doesn't it also put the screws to field trials? I raised, hunted, and trialed beagles for many years, and we were always on the look out or anticipating his kind of thing. It looks like it has arrived. Oh I know. There will be those out there ready to say it's just another conspiracy theory.

My thinking is; this is all meant to try and raise enough tension to actually trigger a response from people who have had it up to their ears with the obvious BS. This in turn will give the political overlords a reason to lock everyone down, instill fear, further divide us, label and lock up people who speak out, so they can take control over the next election “for the sake of our democracy”. I hope people see through this scheme, remain peaceful, and don’t fall for their trap.

These things are great because they are dual purpose. They make dragging a deer out easier, and if the wearer croaks over it’s easier to drag them out. Lol

Congratulations!

Hey folks. Let me show you this rub from about a week ago. In bad weather the deer often go bed in my hemlocks. At first I thought it was blood, where a deer slammed up against the tree after being shot. But, when I put my flashlight right up to it I could see it was the color of the bark below the surface and had been rubbed. It looks like brow tines or the base of the skull, as you can see where the other points ticked the bark off to the left side of the rub area. I have never seen a tree this large rubbed by a deer anywhere. Judging from the impressions in the bark it must have some real width.

I'm surprised how much late season rub and scrape activity is going on out there this year.

Thank you! With the weather so warm, I had to get it take care of and int the freezer quickly.

Yikes what a thought! lol Her back legs are there but under the leaves. She's laying on the side I shot. I worry about putting to much specific in case anyone anti reads this stuff. It is not always pristine. Or silent, as I was reminded yesterday. Basically, being so close to me the first shot was too high and put her down, the second shot thankfully was in the exact right spot and quickly finished the job .

Thanks Al. It did work out fine, and actually shook me more than it should have. She is a nice one.

Being so close to Christmas and with lots to do, this morning I got down at 10am. When I did I noticed the first scrape this season in this spot. It was less than 15 yards from my stand and it was fresh. In the low light when I went to my stand this morning I never saw it. So I figured I would put a camera over it in the afternoon before I climb into my stand, and that is what I did. I had only been in my stand for the afternoon about a half hour, when and adult doe and a this years fawn came headed straight towards me, and behind them was a really big doe who kept looking back over her shoulder. They were basically walking single file ad were going to walk right in front of the camera I just put up. I had my gun in my lap and they were so close I new I would be busted as soon as I moved. Seeing the fawn was with the first doe I was not having any second thoughts about shooting the big doe bringing up the rear, and was not gambling a buck would show up this late in the season. In hindsight, it was not my finest hour of hunting the way it went down, but as it resulted in a successful and interesting hunt so I'm satisfied. I knew it was gonna be tricky not only because they were close, facing me, and three different sets of eyes and 3 noses, but also because I figured out this morning my eye glasses are so old and cloudy it's like looking through a bottle of milk. And,my glasses have become sort of settled so when I'm looking through my scope I need to push my glasses up with my thumb so I am looking through the distance part of my bifocals. I let the doe and fawn get really close in order to allow the big doe to clear brush and give me a shot. Then I basically told myself one, two, three go, and raised the gun, quickly put the scope on the big doe while thumbing up my glasses trying to get the cross hairs centered on her, and as I did the first doe and fawn spooked and took a couple quick jumps. I pulled the trigger and at the shot the big doe went down. But, it was not ideal. I won't share the less pleasant aspect of this as it was unsettling for me. What I discovered after though was she would not likely have gone far, but in the moment I could not be certain as she was trying to get her legs under her. With her trying to escape; even though my mind was racing, heart pounding, my hands were shaking like a leaf, and I discovered the end of my ram rod was now missing, I still reloaded faster than I ever though possible. She momentarily lay still and I was able to put the second shot on her to put it to a merciful end. Even after the second shot, just in case I reloaded again. The other does only bounded off after the second shot and when I started to climb down. Tomorrow I will pull the card from the trail camera and see what was captured, because much of this went down in front of it. It could be interesting. See the trail camera in the scrubby little tree to the left of the deer.

I’ll post the story after a bit in another thread. It was pretty interesting story.

Just took a big doe with muzzle loader. Three came in and only two left. : ) Picture is from my stand.