nybuckboy

I tried turning the photos 90 degrees and loading but still the same. They were shot vertical from the phone as well.

How come uploaded photos are on their side? What can be done to correct this?

I wouldn't be too active just before the season. Pick out 2, maybe 3 spots that look good and just play out this season. Then get back at it for next year after this season and spring.

Another thing... hopefully you have this property to hunt for many years. As others have stated, help the farmer. Re: stand placement. I have owned my almost 100 acres going into my third season. You will probably move every stand you hang, even if it's only 20 yards, at least once if not more over the next few years as you see how the deer travel. You will see bucks travel a certain pathway (might be a bench) a few times and you would have no idea as there is no real sign but that is a buck travel route and you may never see a doe take this path and the bucks may only travel it during the pre-rut and rut.

Benches... look for benches. A flat area between bedding and feeding. Particularly, parallel along a sharp drop is the one place to look for sign of deer travel. If you find it hang a stand right away.

long rope activated nippers work the best.

I think if you can back into a pine tree even at 10ft it can work well but where it is more open 15 - 16' really is about my limit.

I know many people who have told me over the years they read a book and many play with their phone texting (which I do as well) and I do use internet to pass the time as well. All this requires you to look away from the woods around you. About 15 years ago is the first time I tried this and back in 2009 I tried it again when I was on an Illinois bow hunt. On the bow hunt we planned to stay in the stand all day - dark to dark - which I did for 6 days only getting down to stretch my legs about noon each day. I make it a habit near the end of October when I begin to sit for much longer periods to carry my IPOD. When I feel like I can't continue from boredom, I turn on my music of choice at a nearly off level where I can hear the woods around me and barely hear the music. I find about 60- 75 minutes late morning and sometimes again in the mid afternoon it is the difference between staying in/on stand and moving or going home. I know this may sound strange to some of you but if you think about it. 1) keeps you in the woods longer 2) keeps your eyes available to search for movement 3) can still hear your surroundings fine 4) give you a chance to listen to music undisturbed by phone calls, the wife or kids talking, etc. I remember sitting in the woods on the ground about 15 years ago after a fresh snow listening to the IPOD and 3 doe came by me about 20 yds away and I could hear them moving through the snow and they had no idea I was there.

We all know that you can't kill a deer from your bed or couch. As the season goes on and after logging hours on or in a stand it can get increasingly difficult to remain in or on your stand so here is a question for us all. How do you pass the time away on stand?

Ya know Grow, I do too! If fawns are born each year between late March and mid June, then they have to have been bred 200 days earlier every year, therefore the rut is about the same time ever year. I do think the moon does have something to do with why we tend to see more bucks on the prowl some years than other years. Full moon nights around the Nov 15th the bucks may tend to be moving more in the night time and we will see them less during the day, whereas years with a new moon around the Nov 15th may have them on their feet more during daylight hours.

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Last year on the 9th I had just 60 yds from my house (I live in a wooded area off the road) 2 bruisers, a tall 9 and a wide 11 and a smaller buck dogging a hot doe. They were grunting, snort wheezing and briefly pushing each other but were in pursuit of the doe. This coincides with what my predictions tell me for this season as well as the day to be in the woods for sure.

I was gonna say... stand it up it's no good on it's side. LOL I just made a wooden stand between 2 pines 16 ft up. Have since added a seat and a rail on the back side. All the steps have 3 deck screws and one 6" lag screw.

How does this sound folks. I did my own research on this and have come up with my own peak breeding day and best time to be in the woods. Here's how I figured it and plan to bow hunt accordingly this year. Hope this helps someone else in their plans. Whitetail doe in NY State give birth between Late May through Mid June... therefore I used May 25 through June 15 as my range. That's 22 days from the earliest birth to the latest for what we all call the main rut where 90% of all doe will be bred. Gestation in NY State is 201 days. Using a 2017 calendar I used June 4, 2017 as the mid way date and I counted back 201 days to November 15, 2016 as the peak breeding date. Therefore counting back 10 days when the first of the doe should be ready to be bred would be November 5th and counting forward to the 26th when the last doe would be bred. Therefore November 5th through November 26, 2016 should be the breeding season this year. So like every year in my book - October 30 is the date to start spending more time in the stands. I plan to take off the week of Nov 7 -11 when all the boys should be on their feet.

IMHO - 3 things 1 - a single pins site set at 20 (when you get proficient move it out to 25) 2 - a good drop away rest 3 - to determine your poundage, stand up straight and pull the bow straight back w/o raising it. Whatever you are able to pull back at the heaviest back it down about 3 pounds. After sitting in a stand for a few hours when it's cold you'll thank me for this tip.

To help educate less experienced bow hunters and even help the more experienced hunter. Every hunter has one rule he never deviates from when he bow hunts to achieve success. What is yours?

So sorry to hear of this. May peace be with you.

Trails End 307 - anyone use it? Have any success? Recommend?

Don't forget the correct FOC - Front of Center. Should be around 12 -13 % up to about 15%. My son and I both shoot 60# bows with about 460g total arrow weight with about 12 - 13% FOC.

I heard from many hunters who say their deer sightings were down this season. I have unconfirmed reports but from reliable people who have told me of 3 different areas this past spring where many deer were found dead. This was in and around the Hamilton NY area in late April. Must be where they had yarded up. The report was about 50 off Rt. 20 and another 60 closer to Hamilton near the airport and another 15 nearby but a different area. Makes me wonder how many others were not reported.

I would have to agree that a climber is really the best option for State land. Don't hunt SL and don't own a climber but a good friend and hunting buddy... that's all he uses and hunts 90% SL.

This is pretty much what i do as well.

I have always used a Tru-Glo pendulum single pin set at 25 yds.

I have 2, on 2 separated occasions, walk across my hand while in my tree stand just this past week. Never have seen any before this. Interesting... it was in the same stand. Madison County near Hamilton. I have a male cat who like to hunt mice near the house and have pulled 5 or 6 off him this year.

That is great old brute. Probably has had a better rack and is going the other way. I'd be proud to take that buck!!