grampy

All good guy's,thanks for the comments!

Flip a coin..........heads or heads....................

Ithaca Deerslayer II Two and three quarter inch Remington Accu Tip Sabot Thompson Center Shadow Hawk 100 grains Triple Seven 240 grain Hornady

I was wondering if anyone else has a favorite or lucky song that has to be listened to before heading out to hunt on oprning day. Mine is Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits. The song has nothing to do with deer hunting but I have to hear it cranked up in my truck or on headphones before I head out. Been doing this for more than twenty years. I'm a guitar player too so maybe I am a little weird. lol.........

The best way to scientifically observe them would be to get forty or so yards away and about fifteen to twenty feet high. Let me know if another "scientist" will be needed for collaboration. I'll be on call for the next week or so.

For sure, what I call the crazy phase will coincide with opening day here in my area of 4 H. Saturday could be interesting, fun and down right crazy! I have a feeling that a lot of bucks will see their last sunrise chasing a doe opening day.

Do you have the half moon nocks? I have a barnett and have had that happen before. From shooting a small piece of the nock broke off and would not engage the safety mechanism correctly. Put in a new bolt and it worked fine. So replaced all the nocks before the season started and no problems since. Good luck hope it's a easy fix.

LOL.....That's some funny stuff right there......LOL

I didn't kill a deer this bow season but to me it was successful. Had a mature buck at thirty yards that never gave me the angle I needed for a clean shot,and many smaller bucks and does within spitting distance that I chose to let walk. I saw some awesome sunsets and sunrises and smelled the fresh fallen leaves on a cold fall morning. Had my two grandsons,10 and 12,with me more often this year and they are really getting into learning the way of the woods. My best friend and I shared some exciting hunts together this year and we had a couple close encounters with some decent bucks and had more than a few laughs together. Killing a deer is a big part of deer hunting but to me it's not the only measure of success. Looking forward to firearms season and hoping everyone out there has a safe and successful season.

In my years of hunting I've seen the number of hunting accidents come down slowly. But it is not at zero and in my opinion never will be. Do you really have to shoot at a running deer five times,reload and pop off three or four more? I don't want to be a statistic,so always be sure of where your bullets or slugs are going! Keep it safe out there and good luck everyone.

In 4 H over the last four days I have seen that the bucks are close to the does but the does are not quite in estrus yet. The younger bucks are chasing the does relentlessly and the more mature bucks look like they are getting very impatient. But I have not seen a doe stand ready for a buck yet. This could very well be an epic opening day on Saturday when those first does are ready to stand for the bucks. I'm hoping to see a flurry of activity for a few days before the bucks get lost with the does. Be safe and good luck to everyone in gun season!

Years ago I had a conversation with a DEC officer, and asked him about how he responds to early and late shots during firearms season. He told me flat out that he, himself, will not respond,up to fifteen minutes ether side of legal shooting time. Of course this varies from officer to officer, I'm sure. If I am to be totally honest, I don't repeatedly check my watch(no phone while hunting for me) to be sure I am within the minute of legal shooting time. My first and foremost priority is to make a safe shot. And if that safe shot should fall only a few minutes ether side of "legal" shooting time so be it. Just throwing in my two cents, and humble opinion.

The brows look similar too. But I hope for you that they are two different bucks. Then you may just kill two GIANTS in the same year! Good luck!

Where in 4j are you? Have you talked to neighboring land owners to see if they are experiencing something similar?

This has or likely will happen to just about every hunter in their hunting career. Take what you can from it as far as lessons learned and experience. Seems to me you did all you could do to find him.You're probably feeling a bit down now, but pick yourself up and get back out there. And good luck for the remainder of the season!

Great deer man! Congratulations! You're right he is a Giant!

Me too! Four days of rut hunting with the crossbow! Good luck to everyone this weekend!

Happy Hunting grow!! Wish we had some of that here.

Congratulations! Way to finally get it done! Bet you are one happy hunter tonight. What rifle and caliber did you use?

I'm guilty! I can be dead tired and I still play over and over in my head things like weather, temperature, wind direction, recent deer sightings, hunting pressure and what set up to use given all these factors. But it's this excitement that still gets me out of a warm bed on a cold and windy morning at three thirty, after more than forty hunting seasons. If the time comes and I should lose this anxious, excitement feeling. It will be time to hang up the old hunting hat for good.

Nice job on the yotecicle! Great shot!

1..Try and stay as still as I can,don't want to make things worse. And never make eye contact. 2...Keep all movement very slow. Fill in the blind with natural stuff from nearby. Like dead branches,leaves,partially rotted logs and my favorite,hemlock branches. This should be done before the season starts if possible. But I have done it on the fly and have it work out at times too. 3...As long as you have the wind in your favor,keep on hunting. Other deer will show up if you have picked a good spot. Depending how bad the deer was spooked you could see it again the same day or maybe not in that spot again for the rest of the season.

Way to go! Congratulations! You stuck it out and it payed off,great job. And a very nice buck!

Happy Birthday! And good luck for the rest of the season!

I hunt private land that borders state land. I will always have on a blaze orange hat and vest. I want to be sure I'm seen. I use the "camo" orange with the black on orange and it seems to blend in nicely while on watch. Mainly a ground hunter,and unless I get caught moving or get winded,deer don't seem to notice at all.