WNYBuckHunter

I agree, go on Archerytalk and look around. I bought my Hoyt Maxxis on there for $400 and it was only a year old at the time.

My goal is age, not antler points. I blew a chance at a 5 point half rack on the second day of this season. Hes 4 1/2 years old or more, and has carried a half rack for at least the previous 2 years. He would have been my most mature buck to date, and I would have been more than proud. In your situation, I would have chosen the 6 if he indeed was mature. Ive passed on 3 2 1/2 year olds this year that were 8 point and up.

Theres a guy on Archerytalk that has great prices on Predator stuff. I believe its Slippy Field. I like the Fall Grey and Brown Deception.

By the way, over the weekend I got 4 or 5 reports of youths taking their first deer. Congrats to them and their mentors. I saw just as many deer this weekend as I have the other days of the season. There was a Pheasants Forever event on the state land , not all that far from one of the places I hunt. Dogs running, people shooting, etc. Guess what? Still saw deer, could have killed quite a few of them too.

Youve never heard of a few guys hunting together? Especially waterfowl or bird? Come on man, you know what ASSumptions do, right?

3 more does just came by at 20...its getting hard to let all these backstraps go by...

BB and doe fawn went by at 10 feet...

3 more does just went by headed for the corn. 15 yards.

got up in my stand for the evening sit 1/2 hour ago. Had a few doe and two fawns pass 5 yards below me. Im not here for does today. Coming in, I found fresh tracks from what is most likely my target buck. They werent there yesterday. I have a good wond for this stand, if he decides to head for the corn tonight, he should have to go by me.

Sure it wasnt bird hunters?

Ive hunted Rattlesnake a bunch. Phade is right, its very nice as long as you get way back in there, away from the other guys. Big bucks get taken off of that land every year. It used to be very crowded opening day, but I havent been there in years so Im not sure how it is now.

LOL, I was not disappointed at all last night. Ol Bob was no where near my place AFAIK hahaha

I used to base things around those activity charts, and moon theories, etc, but could never match the activity levels in any of my spots, with what those theories were saying should be going on. Was I in the wrong spot? Maybe, but I didnt base it off of just one stand, area, or even property. There are ongoing GPS tracking studies that are starting to show that most (not every one) of the theories are bunk. Now days, I get as much seat time as I can, and base my locations on the wind, and sign I find while scouting and hunting. The biggest weather related conditions I will factor into things (other than wind) is if a storm is coming in. I have noticed that they do tend to feed more, and therefore move more, before and after a storm front.

Cooler would be better, but for me, its all about the winds, and I have all weekend free to hunt. There are 3 stands that will be calling my name.

Im up to 3 kills on the arrow Im shooting currently, plus 1 high hit last year, so its been through 4 deer. It just got cleaned up and put back in the quiver last night.

Its not new technology Early, those two apps are the same as the activity charts, based on fish activity, that have been around forever. Let it go.

I have a few spots that are good mid day. Sometimes Ill hunt one spot in the morning, move to a different spot for the afternoon, then move to a good evening spot. This weekend Ill be starting to hunt mornings and afternoons, as well as evenings.

All cleaned up shawn. I was slacking.

BAAAHAHAHAHAHA Culver doesnt have small hands

Temps in the 50s/60s and NE, ENE winds forecast for Saturday and Sunday! Gonna be a great chance to make a move on my target buck this weekend! I hope the forecast holds up.

I said hunting not shooting of farm animals.

It got axed. Its not a discussion thread. Keep it to what its supposed to be please. Any further discussion type posts will be deleted as well. Oh, and heres the original post for the thread, in case you forget what its for

Theres a pair of those coming over tonight...

Honestly, unless I start mixing beer and liquor, I dont get hungover. I dont run on much sleep as it is, so it doesnt bother me. I work with owners of companies, IT Directors, CIOs, etc.

Pansies. Im older than that and have no issues with that. Granted, I used to do it 3 days in a row, which I cant do, but one night? Pshhhh. Childs play.