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They will probably continue with their anti hunting policies and hire the USDA to come in to eliminate the herd, with bait, rifles and night vision scopes. Just like they have doing at the state parks down here for quite some time.

Getting a double is a high probability right now. They are in rut. I got pics the another night of 2 breeding for over an hour.

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I got video of my buck sparring just last week as well. Last year I got pics of sparring on Feb 2. As long as they have hard horns, they will always be sizing each other up.

I forgot about this thread. Here is my harvest from yesterday. I posted the full story in the Live from the woods thread.

Without a doubt, he’s the most satisfying buck that I killed because he was the hardest of many.

I’ve had my eye on this buck since last year. He really blew up this year, and I’ve been watching him since July. I had one close encounter with him on October 1, but he stayed just out of bow range. I got many pics of him through the first 3 weeks of the season, but I never laid eyes on him again. For 3 weeks he disappeared. I thought he was dead. Then I headed upstate for gun season and I got pics of him 3 days in a row, while I was 300 miles away. Figures. He disappeared from my cams once again, only showing up once or twice before making an appearance on Christmas morning. I didn’t hunt too much in December after going at it hard in October and November. I was worn out. After seeing him on Christmas, it lit the fire again. I typically enjoy hunting the late season as they usually become quite predictable in their movements. But not him. It turned into quite the chess match for a the next couple of weeks. I finally saw him again on January 6, the first day of shotgun here. He came out to the field at 180 yards. I let him walk. Since Christmas, I’ve been hunting every weekend and even getting out after work now and then. I got another pic of him on January 18, and he was grouped up with a few other bucks and even sparring with one of them. I knew he was big, but watching him spar with this other buck really put it into perspective on how much bigger he was. I hunted this morning without seeing him and planned on hunting tonight and tomorrow night. I was getting burned out and decided that if I didn’t get him by tomorrow, I was going to pack it in. At about 4:30 or so, 3 small bucks came out of the corner of the field 20 yards from me. They had all shed their racks. This was my biggest fear that he would show up having dropped his rack. Soon after, a nice 2 year old 8 pt joined the party. He was in the last pics that I got with my buck last week. Then a small spike showed up. I got into shooting position behind the tree that I was using for cover. Once the 8 came out, I just knew that my buck was going to show up finally. Sure enough, after several minutes, he walked out at 20 yards. I let him have it and watched him go down in the field. Talk about coming down to the wire. I set my mind on harvesting this buck, and without the use of my cell cams, it probably wouldn’t have been possible. I’m pretty sure this was him last year. Last week.

Got it done tonight. Finally! I’ll post the story later or in the morning when I have some time.

They tried unsuccessfully to put some across the street from my buddies place on Black Oak Rd. That should be just west of you, right? Are you off of 79?

Even better, how great would it be if the big one showed up for me tonight? I’ll be heading in shortly.

Not quite post season pics, but late season here. Still have almost 2 more weeks to go. The one on the left has been dodging me since October.

I scouted a heavily used field from a distance last night. With a spotting scope, I only saw 3 bucks that dropped both sides. They all appeared to be young bucks. I also saw several other young bucks and mature bucks that were still holding both sides. It seems to be on schedule here, as I’ve seen them hold until February or March around here.

I used to see them all the time. There is a high concentration of them in and around a county park that used to be a private hunting club years ago.

Good luck to all the guys in 1C tomorrow for the gun opener! Get it done! Only 26days left!

I don’t like to give any money to the Dicks, but if you have a gift card, you should take full advantage of the price matching policy. If I need something in a pinch and I can’t wait for it to be shipped to me by purchasing online, I’ll google the item on my phone while I’m in the store. Find the lowest price, and they’ll match it at the register. If they’re going to get any of my money, I’m going to make sure that they are making close to zero profit on it, and maybe even losing money on my purchase.

Merry Christmas everyone. I couldn’t get out tonight due to plans with the family. And of course Santa gift wrapped for me one of my target bucks who has been quite elusive the last few weeks decided to make an appearance tonight. This is the first time that I have been able to get a pic of him looking towards the camera. I knew he was big, but now he really is breathtaking. Still have a few more weeks to go. Let’s see what happens. At this poo, I’m almost ready to start rooting for him to make it until next year I can’t wait to see what he’ll look like then

I have the Ariens 28" professional. I agree with what everyone else has already said about them. Second to none. Built to last.

Long Island bow goes until 1/31. Our shotgun season is also the entire month of January.

Still chasing here.

There are not nearly as many deer as what once was, in the park itself. There are still deer to be had, but most of them hang out near the homes outside of the boundaries. The park is extremely thick and was overrun with deer for many years. They finally reduced the numbers after many years with the gun. There just isn't a whole lot of food for them, compared to the surrounding areas for them to eat. They used to harvest 150+ deer there. Now it's more like less than 50.

I didn't bow hunt this morning, but I did get a pic of one of my target bucks hitting a scrape. A big 8 that I haven't seen since October 19 decided to show up at almost 8:30. I was very glad to see that he's still around. I'm sure that he was very busy for the last couple of weeks. I would have loved to hunt the same scrape this evening but the wind just wasn't right. I hunted a new tree just off a green field. I saw plenty of deer as they filtered out to the field. I even had a good 8 point chasing a doe back and forth for about an 30 minutes. Just at last light, I got another pic from my cam that is overlooking a hot scrape. This time it was my other target buck. A really nice 9 point that I haven't seen since November 16. I have no regrets about not hunting that spot this evening as I knew the wind wasn't right for it. It seems as though we are well into the second rut as big buck activity has picked right up again.

Actually there are plenty of fields with a variety of food sources here. Winter wheat, rye, alfalfa, and cut corn to name a few. If you choose to hunt closer to the homes. There is no shortage of fine shrubs for them to feast on.

Come on. We've just passed the halfway point down here. Some of the best is yet to come. Very little pressure and very predictable deer as bucks put the feed bag on. It's like the early season without the bugs.