jjb4900

bunch of years back, my Buddy and I were scouting and reposting property the weekend before the rifle opener......as we're walking, we come across a "dead" Spike that looked very fresh, I reach down and grab his antler and he comes to life and starts thrashing around, gets up and keeps stumbling and falling down......the only Bow we have is a few hundred yards away in the truck......my Buddy jogs back to get his bow and I stay and watch the deer, he eventually gets back and kills it....the next day while butchering it we find a Bear Broadhead stuck in one of the neck vertebrae....guess it wasn't in deep enough to sever the spinal chord, but in enough to paralyze him every time it moved the right way......some of the meat around the head was a little funky, but all else seemed fine (I'm still alive) and the entry wound was only noticeable when you looked for it.

maybe if you give the info on what County and Town the land is in, someone may be somewhat familiar with the area and tell you an overall impression of what you can hopefully expect?......

I've missed a lot of deer in my time......can't remember ever finding a problem with my equipment...always been operator error. So far I have spent 34.7 hours in stands . Saw 16 bucks and 38 anterless deer , 4 red fox and a grouse .

yeah, pretty sure that's why they say your chances of getting one on the first day are the same as on the last.....they hold back and recalculate when the deadline is over.

I thought about that as well, had he come and said "can't wait to get out with my xbow in the morning and as soon as it's close to being light, and the deers close enough I'll let one rip...because why not?....I may have ripped into him, but he didn't.

isn't this also the time they redo the lottery and send them out to guys who were denied the first go round?

yes, I removed mine, but the thermacells are at least twice as thick......

is it laying in a carpeted truck bed wrapped in a tarp??

think you're right.....in NY anyway.

I see no shortage of new hunters getting all types of help on here from everyone....whether it be recovery questions, equipment, places to hunt...you name it. I guess the response directly reflects the way you come across when you pose your question / dilemma.

to be totally honest, him bending the legal shooting hours is the least of what bothered me.....it was the whole "it was already a little dark. But the buck was close enough. So I give it a shot." that bothered me.....and I would give a friend or family member the same crap if they did this as well, because it's well deserved....oh, and I would expect the same sh*t to be shoveled on me if I did it as well.

if you get the chance, pick up the book "The Outlaw Gunner"......all about market hunting back in the day, good read.

I never doubted it would work just fine.....

There's a lot of guys out there who take a "could care less" attitude when hunting and looking for wounded deer, and that's what I got out of his narrative......it didn't come across as very responsible. " it was already a little dark. But the buck was close enough. So I give it a shot."...sorry, but that sounds terrible.

and shoot one!!

it just sounded like he took a casual, "ah, what the hell" approach to the whole thing, maybe not, maybe he just used a terrible choice of wording in how he explained the whole thing.....pretty sure he was on here last year for a second or two, so I don't think he's brand new to the sport.

if it were me, I would be happy with my good fortune of taking two deer already, and just make due with what I have left........

he sounds like a real douche......$25 could be a lot to someone not working, make a call and inquire how much effort is needed on your part......at the very least have a LEO pay him a visit.

I would think that if he was notified on a prior date that he wasn't allowed on the property, and then you personally observed him on it afterwards, that you could file a complaint and have him summonsed for Trespass......if that's how you wanted to play it.

I live on L.I. in Suffolk County.....I picked a spot in the middle of the Island and Sunset yesterday was 5:50....little earlier if you went to the far eastern end of the Island.....oh, and his whole post was a disaster the way it was worded.

was that killed by your Buddy??

Thanks, you helped me make my decision...Spitfires are going back. I may grab a pack of Slick Tricks to try as well, always been a fixed blade guy.

some things are better left unsaid??

I have no problem giving a guy grief if his irresponsible decisions lead to something like this.....each time I read it I cringe. I say take it down and give him the chance to rewrite his question, leaving out the stuff that makes his actions sound questionable....

I felt the need to drink after reading this as well.......