Five Seasons

sure plenty of deer not in camera range. But with 7 cams out covering major runs and food sources, you can get a general feel. I by no means meant to imply there was zero activity, just not what I saw early in the year.

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Sitting in the airport bar and checking cell cams. Looks like haven’t missed anything in this heat. Big boys still active at night, but bachelor groups are long gone. Big boy with a lone doe at 10pm was interesting. I’m dying that I’ll be gone again tu-fr next week. Have the whole week off after that, but that first week… damn. Edit, just as I posted this one of my tweener 8 points showed up. The buck you don’t want to see haha. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You did the right thing by the book. Just bad luck man. Sucks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I guess my point is that 70’s are summer like weather and they’re not going to be as active in the heat. When I lived down south I would run at dusk to avoid the heat. Deer will breed at night to do the same. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

my father in law is an eye doctor and he'd tell you that cheap non-polarized sunglasses can actually be harmful to some degree. But some here would say that's not true and a $5 pair from a gas station is just as good as polarized $130 raybans.

sure but think about physical activity in the summer. They will rut more at night if it's hot out too.

you lost a deer to yotes in 90 minutes? Holy shit man... that sucks. Sounds like you need to call a trapper...

hey now you're leaving out watches and coins!

Saw a doe on the roadside feeding as I drove from Atlanta to Alabama today. Does that count as a siting?

I think the difference from year to year isn’t the time, it’s if it’s a long slower rut or am intense quick one. That’s the variable I see. Both have benefits. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I agree. I’m a believer in the daylight theory. But the chase phase starting around Halloween is fun. Hunting food early is also fun. Seeing only doe and very small bucks in this heat doesn’t surprise me at all. Most hunters would do better to maybe give the woods a break. However if your time is limited, do what you need to do. I will traveling for the 2nd of 3 weeks in a row this week and that helps me stay away a little, but man missing 4 days the first week of November will be tough. Late October has been good to me as well the last few years but only on cooler days or early morning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I agree. Great gun for drives, long hikes/hunts. If I’m taking a short hike to a treestand or blind, I’m opting for a larger gun that has the advantages of more distance and knockdown power. All that said it’s a fine gun for whitetails for most NY situations. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think mistakes happen when your hearts not in it. And for the next 3 or so weeks she’s better bait than any food source. But I wouldn’t fault anyone who didn’t pass. I’ve regretted passing sure freezer fillers in years past. You just never know. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That’s a wrap for me. Warm already and too early to expect anything else to move Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

For me it’s a diagram of intersecting lines. There’s passion The guy who gun hunts a weekend or 2 up to the freak who saves his entire vacation for the rut and obsesses all year long on land management. There’s means Dirt poor to Elon Musk Those lines can intersect in multiple spots and I think we can all agree that any can be successful. I doubt many would turn down good quality stuff if it was free, but they’re also perfectly fine without it. At the end of the day I think we would all agree that you don’t earn awards for hunting frugally and you don’t win awards for spending tons of money. You do you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice fat doe 20 yards broadside… couldn’t do it. She had a bb and doe dawn with her. Just looked so happy grooming them and stuff lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Much warmer already than I thought. Also a little breezier than forecasted, but not the hurricane of last weekend. I guess it’s ok because I dropped my first glove of the year. Bumped what I think was a single buck in the field it my east and what I think was 2 doe on the West. There’s a few field edge scrapes near my approach and wow. Smelled like some rookie hunter dumped a whole bottle of scrape mate lol. Still seems early for that. Lone doe just came flying at me. She didn’t wind me or she would have gone the other way, not upwind. Have seen that script so I got up and ready and nothing following, not even a yote. Another week or 2 and there’s been a longer pursuit I think lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

An interesting end. So as most know, part of my spot is an orchard. A perk is that I almost always pick an apple to eat on the way in and out in early season. So today I ate most of one and tossed it as I got within about 20 yards of my stand. Now mind you where I tossed this there is a row of apple trees with apples on the ground. So around 6:20, 2 doe came out downwind of me but not spooked and feed in front of me. They were smaller doe but not fawns. Some guys here would classify them as delicious and shooters, but not for bow for me so they got a pass. The one proceeded to finish off my mostly eaten apple it was funny to watch. Had another doe show up as light was fading too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What do you mean? I was agreeing with you. Just that in general some are haters, and it’s not just hunting gear. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They do for sure. And turkeys will almost always bust you with their eyesight. Throw in a deers nose and ears and all those eyes and it’s tough to even stand, let alone draw. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Generally applies to everything in life. I get it with my car sometimes as from family about my house. No I never said and don’t think I’m better than you, but here you are bringing shit up to me like you wanna talk about it. Like leave me be and I’ll continue to leave you be. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m only wearing a glove on one hand because of my release style. It’s warm tonight lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

For sure probably got in about 45min earlier than I needed to Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk