New York Hillbilly

Not that it could have been any less worse if he were older, but my goodness an 18 year old kid. How sad! My heart and condolences go out to the family.

Four does and one little spike. All walked. No shots fired on my property and only one shot heard all day that was close by on one of my neighbor's. I agree, this was the absolute quietest I can remember in our southern Oneida county town . Lets see what tomorrow brings.

Coooooooooool! Congrats.

My opinion cannot beat 30-06 for all around everything rifle. With the selection of loads, everything from woodchucks to you name it.

That's how they get to be the big boys, by not doing things we think are normal.Thus, they keep from getting put in the freezer.

Talk about getting caught with your pants down. LOL! Good thing you didn't try to knock the wrong arrow. LOL! Congrats on the buck.

Cool!

It's a beautiful picture. Looks like an oil painting.

And of the two of those choices, "shot" is the most plausible. Someone looking to fill a DMP seems more reasonable than a car small enough to drive through the legs of a deer and severing off one leg. LOL! I can't imagine a deer getting hit by something as big as a car, and hard enough to knock half it's leg off, without smashing it's body as well. Yup........shot off.

Shot off and healed over.

Met nobody yet but still early in the game for me.

Welcome!

I use my 12 gauge/improved cylinder/6 shot on cottontails and 12 gauge/modified/5 shot on hare.

I'll be hunting everyday from November 19th through December 4th. Worked like a dog all year to pull this off and can't wait! Next week I'll get to bow hunt for the first couple hours every morning now that the clocks are going to get set back. That is if I can drag my old tired bones out of bed in the morning. LOL

Yes 7M and 7J

They have been rough on my beagles a couple of times over the years. Hey...just gut them and toss the whole thing onto a BBQ grill and you will have a party serving size of already skewered meats. LOL!

Got me thinking of my youth......yummmmm.....cheese curd from the Colosse cheese factory. Too bad people have turned into such jerks!

Flat tires? Yikes! That's all state land isn't it? There would be holy hell to pay if some knucklehead pulled that stunt on me while I was hunting. Perhaps DEC should cruise through there more.

Happy Valley? I used to hare hunt it as a kid. Long, long time ago!

19" to 20" Nice buck, good luck, go get him!

Well after reading all these posts I figured I chime in. LOL! Sorry about the length of the post but you all gave me lots to think about. I have read all about those who have no problem shooting does, fawns or does with fawns and I figure "hey why not if it's legal and it works for you then go for it". For others the thought of shooting a fawn is not something they choose to do but a spike or four pointer is a true trophy, again if it's legal, who should tell another they need to live up to someone else's standard of what makes a trophy? I myself have been fortunate enough to take many deer over the years and have some really nice bucks on the wall, and have let many a small buck walk past me. I have also taken many a smaller buck over the years and have felt just as fortunate and proud of them. Did I pay big money to mount them? No, but I still kept them all and can recall the story of each, and how I can to harvest them, and they tasted just as good. Heck, from time to time late in the season I will even take a doe if the freezer is low, the doe is big, and she is alone. LOL! But, I think it was what G-Man said that really rings with me. The last thing I want as a landowner, tax payer, or citizen is to have the government impose one more rule or mandate on me. A sure fire way to make me want to shoot a small buck is to dictate to me as a hunter and land owner that I can't. Lastly, this is just a question to the argument of superior genetics. I think it will only apply to the antlers and there will be a lot of stupid, big racked deer running around. If survival of the fittest applies, then only the smartest or craftiest bucks are making it to their third, forth and so on years. If we start give the dullards a free pass through deer season are we really promoting survival of the best?

Thumbs up!

Thanks Fletch for the welcome. I'm not to sure about some of the areas you mention, I would need to look at the map. Isn't there a lot of state land up your way?

Well at 5PM down the hill comes a medium sized doe and just behind her comes her one fawn. Mom stops 12 yards from me and is perfectly broad side. She stops in my shooting lane, paws and pokes around in the leaves and then walks away. Her little one watches for s second and then follows along just like she is supposed to. Oh well I guess I'm just to old to change my ways.

Nice..........congrats!