Hock3y24

Interesting, yes. I thought I missed cause he was right over a rock wall and all I had was his head, so I ran over to check cause another bird was comin hard, carried him back pulled decoys and sat down, the other bird came out 5 mins later. I hunted all morning sat, struck up 8 gobblers, 2 came in and different times, saw the Jake decoy and bolted. Gonna bring a youth hunter to that spot Sunday,

I overslept my alarm clock this am, got in my pa bling at 6:05, immediately heard a gobble, they were in the woods avoiding the field. Dead at 6:15 lol. Had another come in right after.

in and sitting by 5 for me

I wish I coulda mounted this one but it lost a ton of feathers when he ran up to tackle it lol. It was dead but flopping down the hill into briars.

11 and 8 inch beards. 1" spurs, my scale is not great but said just a touch over 22lbs, I think he closer to 23-24lbs based on carrying him out.

My son missed a Jake in PA Saturday in the miserable weather, followed it up with a beautiful double bearded heavy Tom. Saw 11 beards in these high winds and it was not easy, we covered 5-6 miles locating a dozen birds, when we found them they wanted to play. Our buddies son missed a Jake for his first bird. Back at it Thursday.

Great season, I took 7 deer between PA and NY, MY son took 4, nephew 1, and my dad missed one. We helped by giving 4 deer to friends and a few families in need. Now its time to dig my ice fishing stuff out and grind some meat to make more jerky, hot and sweet sausage. We just dropped hogs off at butcher 1/4 so ill have plenty of fresh pork to mix. First time in my life every deer I shot died in sight, with the longest "track" being 40 yards. 2/4 sons in sight longest track 70 yards, nephews just out of sight 50 yard track.

i do the same as you, i clear my mz every time i get home. I put a piece of an antler in my bag now to do it.

Brought my 8 yr old daughter out at 3 for her first hunt, she made it till 4:30 and we saw one small one. She snored for an hour. Tons of deer on drive home! She made me stop every time. My last hunt of the season will be in the morning. Got another family lined up if I can connect on a doe or buck with my reg season tag.

Last dmp filled, folded her

Heading out to 7p in am

Saw a fawn and a coon tonight.

Heck its to nice out to be at work, i'm leaving at 2 and gonna grab the smoke pole.

Might hunt a day or two in holiday hunt, other than that it’s been a great season. My son got 4, I got 5, between 2 states. Pa was rough, it’s still snow covered there and all the deer were hanging on neighbors with green patches that melted but we didn’t have any spots like those.

Had a good friend go out this morning and shot a young buck chasing doe. Might have to sneak out after work Thurs.