NonTypical

I know you were asking Just Lucky, but I hunt in Enfield, on Conneticut Hill.

Deer feed approx every 6 hours. The does will get on their feet, but may not move too far. If a buck is on its feet at that time of year, looking for does is his first priority. I have seen plenty of mature bucks midday and been successful on quite a few. If I can't do an all day sit, I'll sit for 3/4 of a day. I'll head in early and sit until 2pm. Or I may sleep in and head in around 10 and sit until sunset. Those times between 10-2 have been very good to me.

Nice one! I love waking up to new bucks showing up on my phone app.

I have refused to hunt with him anymore due to previous circumstances. This just reaffirms my decision. He's a bonehead...

And this was exactly my argument with him. How sharp blades will produce a clean, quick kill buy slicing everything they come into contact with. His response was that if Indians used stone heads and killed animals, why couldn't he reuse a broadhead without sharpening it. I had to give up. He just doesn't get it.

That's correct. He doesn't resharpen them, even after shooting into a target.

Nice buck. To be getting pics of him at that time, I bet you're real close to his bedding area. Get him now before all hell breaks loose!

100g Thunder Heads. They've been getting it done for me for more than 25 years. Any fixed blade that you shoot is better than mechanicals imho. You never ever hear of a fixed blade not doing the job if it's put in the right place. One less thing to go wrong.

I made up a few more arrows without the wraps using gorilla glue gel. That is some tough stuff, and I thought for sure that i wouldn't have any issues. I guess not. They peeled right off after being out in the rain one day. So it's safe to say that I will be using wraps from now on with feathers on my aluminum shafts. I was concerned about adding more weight with the wraps. I was using 5" feathers so I went down to 4" instead. They seem to fly just as good.

Thank you.

That's what I figured from everyone's responses. Either replace or touch up with a stone. I still can't wrap my head around this guys reasoning. I've come to the conclusion that he is just too damn cheap, and unethical. Who in their right mind wouldn't want the cleanest, quickest kill possible.

I hung a portable for the first time in about 20 years last week. Since I bought a climber, I've had no desire to hunt from a portable since then. But there was a spot that I've been wanting to hunt and I had no choice. So tonight I decided to put a hunt in because the wind was right. But that was it. It was warm and muggy, and I didn't have any expectations for at least another week or 2. I got in just before 4pm. Around 4:30 to my surprise I spotted a 4p. I then gave a short series of light rattles. Not long after that I had a small basket 7pt within 8 yds looking for the other bucks. I also ad 4 big toms move thru as well as a 6pt at 5:30. A little after 6, I gave another light rattle. Just before dark, I spotted 2 bucks in the thicket behind me. One of them was making a rub. As shooting light began to fade, they came out of the thicket. The first buck was a nontypical, which I was very tempted to shoot. His right main beam came straight down over his eye and hung down several inches, but he was still a young deer. At that point I was finally able to make out the other buck behind him. A big 8. He came within 5 yds and I double lunged him. He only went 40 yds. He's not my biggest, but for mid October and 66 degree weather, I'll remember this hunt for a long time.

I hung a portable for the first time in about 20 years last week. Since I bought a climber, I've had no desire to hunt from a portable since then. But there was a spot that I've been wanting to hunt and I had no choice. So tonight I decided to put a hunt in because the wind was right. But that was it. It was warm and muggy, and I didn't have any expectations for at least another week or 2. I got in just before 4pm. Around 4:30 to my surprise I spotted a 4p. I then gave a short series of light rattles. Not long after that I had a small basket 7pt within 8 yds looking for the other bucks. I also ad 4 big toms move thru as well as a 6pt at 5:30. A little after 6, I gave another light rattle. Just before dark, I spotted 2 bucks in the thicket behind me. One of them was making a rub. As shooting light began to fade, they came out of the thicket. The first buck was a nontypical, which I was very tempted to shoot. His right main beam came straight down over his eye and hung down several inches, but he was still a young deer. At that point I was finally able to make out the other buck behind him. A big 8. He came within 5 yds and I double lunged him. He only went 40 yds. He's not my biggest, but for mid October and 66 degree weather, I'll remember this hunt for a long time.

Saw 4 big toms and 5 different bucks tonight including this one. I'll post up my evening in the harvest thread.

There is no need to kill them all. Just recently we had an area on Long Island that had previously been off limits to hunting. Deer were everywhere. It was out of control. WITHOUT the use of sharpshooters, the population was quickly brought under control in a highly residential area. Yes there are still deer in the area, but numbers are way down and I'm sure that they will be reduced even further this year, at zero cost to the taxpayers.

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I recently got into a discussion with someone that I hunt with occasionally. He was telling me how he was using a used BH when he missed a doe on opening day. I couldn't believe it. He was using a Montec that was used in a target. He also swears that he took 3 deer with 1 BH. Maybe it's the BH, but I shoot Thunder Heads and I replace the blades after every shot taken at an animal regardless. I checked a used head and it will not cut a piece of paper. Who here reuses their broad heads and what kind are you shooting?

Same here, as expected. I expect an increase in movement this week as temps drop for the does and small bucks.

Be prepared to head in as soon as the rain stops, or just before. Good luck!

This. I tried one years ago. The first night that I hunted with it, a rely nice buck came in at last light. I went to draw and I couldn't see a damn thing. I've been shooting a fiber optic sight that has multiple wraps since then.

Let it fly from the stand. As far as making noise hitting the leave, deer pee too. I started making mock scrapes behind my house and I pee in that as well. They don't mind it.

Even though my largest to date is a nearly perfect typical, I do have a thing for nontypicals. Not necessarily lopsided racks, but racks with character with drops, stickers, or something that just makes them unique. Freaks are just as cool to me.

Federal does not use Barnes anymore. Now they use their own called Trophy Copper with a Nosler ballistic tip. They work just as good as the Barnes. They are hard to find. I buy a case which is 10 boxes online from a company in Texas for about $12.50 a box. In the past, they had to be shipped to an FFL, but this year they shipped them right to my house. They told me that the law was changed in New York to shipp ammo.

I have an IPhone and have the adapter from Apple. It works fine for me. I download the entire card and then delete it and put it back in. Then I go through the pics after I'm out of the area.

After seeing this thread, I decided to take a closer look at some pics from last night. Sure enough this guy was all polished up. The 2 other bucks that he's been hanging out with are still in velvet.