Arcade Hunter

All my things are put away in totes, guns are put away except for the 308, Ill give it a quick clean this weekend. Only shot it once this season.

Happy birthday Jay! Have a great day!

Happy birthday !

Happy birthday Matt

Happy belated birthday!

Had a very good bow season, Saw a few nice bucks and brought one home with me. I saw deer almost every outing during bow and missed an opportunity on a big doe in november. Gun season was pretty bad... not many deer sightings with gun in hand even though this season I burned four weeks of vacation. Gave a nice doe a hair cut last day of SZ rifle. Thankful for the meat I have in the freezer and the help I had getting him out of there. Kelly was amazing and supportive ... she said last night that she will have to get used to me being around again Time to get to that honey do list! But wait!!! Squirrel hunting time!

Makes sense... I got a good yield off my deer (same day)

I just got a 100 dollar gift card from work for Cabelas, I am definitely going to buy a scale... If for nothing else, I would know how heavy it was. Wont help me this year though..lol

In for a hail mary... I'm one sore puppy... I walked 4 miles this morning in 9h... Ghost town so I'll end my season in 8g. Hoping for a real stupid deer... They're well educated here. Merry Christmas to everyone! Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

My current situation.,. Would really like one more Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Nice deer and I like the gun too! Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

I'll be hunting 9h for the rest of the season..I at least see deer there during gun Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Bummer of a night hunt.. no deer seen. Going to by other favorite public tomorrow. Two days left and it's over Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

I'm currently back in this bucks zone... There's tracks from him for the past 3 days... Almost killed myself getting back here, . Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

You both rock! Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

I did this in the morning. I noticed a rub that got hit over night... A big rub. I'll get a pic Monday when I go after this thing. I followed the tracks not to where it went but where it came from. I found 10 doe beds and found the spot where this buck started following these does. I'll stay out of there tomorrow, but I'll be back Monday when everyone is at work. I know the area a little bit Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Yummy backstraps! Congratulations! Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

This is literally killing me... stuck at work and cant go out until tomorrow morning.... at least I have the next 4 days off. Need one or two more for the freezer!

Looks awesome Tacks! I hoping for one more for the season. I love butchering my deer and I am due!

Taint that the truth, Pygmy !

Yes... Happened twice so far. I have a Gmail account...

Congrats, Guys! Nice Bear

Haven't been keeping up on this journal very well but Ill try to summarize the season for me so far. I started with 4 weeks of vacation to use and I have 2 left, one for christmas eve and one for new years eve. All the rest of the days have been spent hunting. Its been a tough year for sure. I've seen three deer on public in total for regular season. The last sighting was on the last day of regular and I took a shot at a doe and hit her but just nicked her... talk about a hard pill to swallow. I have two more days off scheduled, the last two of muzzle, so hopefully the weekend and the last two days will pay off. This is the most hunting i have ever done in a season and honestly, I don't know what I am going to do when its over. So, a few notable things that happened since i wrote anything in here. Most notable is this: Last Sunday morning, I went to my 8G public and was rather happy to see that there were barely any cars in the various parking areas. I went to a spot semi surrounded in bedding and get in there almost an hour before legal light. Just as it gets legal, I hear someone hitting a tree with a stick a bunch of times , then one shot. I'm thinking this is a drive. A few minutes later, I see an orange soldier walk out of the bedding to my left the continue to walk away from me. I watched him fire his shotgun into the ground, walk another ten feet, then shoot again, then he shoots again, at nothing . I'm not against drives at all but firing your gun out there at nothing seems reckless. Anyway, I got up and left the area. Maybe a coincidence, maybe not but about a week and a half earlier, there was a post on Hunting WNY facebook page about organizing a drive for public in 8G and 9H, they would meet at a Mcdonalds and have breakfast on the tailgates and plan it out. I am thinking it was this group of folks that just shoot randomly and recklessly to get the deer moving... so, maybe the deer are all running now and the standers are going to be shooting at running deer. ANyway, I was there yesterday morning , in before light. No tracks anywhere around the area. The only thing I saw were eight red bull cans hanging in the trees and a pair of white under wear proudly displayed in a bush, complete with a butt wipe mark on them.... I like early season much better, there's no jack asses out there. On a positive note, I have run into several folks out there and every one of them acted friendly really were enjoyable to talk to. There are four days of hunting left for me, Sat, Sun Mon and Tues. The 9H spot I like to go to is looking promising. Last Sunday there, it sounded like the old days, shots fired and deer moving. Now I am seeing on my drive out at the end of the day, The doe are herding up and they are bedding nearby most likely. I must have seen 40 deer in two different herds, so Ill finish my season in that area.

Hope this passes quickly, Cory

Last night I hunted the same spot that I nicked the doe 9H, and on the walk in I came across fresher tracks , so I went in feeling pretty good about this area. I saw nothing. It started snowing pretty good while I was there but noting moved through. I had about 3 inches of snow on me when I left. Working today and tomorrow, the back at it for the last four days of the season. I think ill need one more in the freezer to get me through till next October. Good luck to all going out there today!