Robhuntandfish

Good luck to your Dad biz. Was hoping to see hero pics this morn.

Strict rule. Dude gets bed bath and beyond gift card getting married in hunting season so he has a day he has to suffer and shop there to make up for it! Lol

Hunt #36 and #37. 7F lease. Am sat in new stand . Didn't see anything but heard one bleat 5 times in brush about 100 yards away near pond. Have never heard one that many times before Pm walking in by swamp stand of course.. big doe. Always there when I am not in stand. Came around corner of trail and there she was eating grass. Couldn't range her without stepping out so ranged across from her at 40.5 yards. Stepped out and she is about to go into thick brush. Sent it and thought I should've hit her. She takes the jump into brush and is gone. Waited 10 min then went over there and couldn't find bolt or any sign of a hit. Went over to new stand and cut a branch and then came back and snuck up into stand for 1.5 hr. Didn't want to go right into brush if she was hit and jump her. So waited and then went in. So thick. Couldn't find a single thing that would show a hit deer. No blood on anything and there is no way going thru there blood wouldn't rub off on something. Got soaked and scratched up and found nothing. Figured I would sit til dark and see if I can find the lighted nock. Got down just at dark and no luck. But it is swampy there (swamp stand) and could def be buried. With no sign of a hit and no arrow dunno what else to do there. Pulled cam card there and checked it when I got home. I ranged off a bunch of areas and all I can think is she was more like 46 than 42. And I shot low. Hate not knowing for sure but no hair or blood anywhere makes me think miss. And crossbow shots have always been a pass thru and didn't hear any hit on the deer either. So no bloody bolt and no wack if I got bone. First shot I have had at a doe all season believe it or not. Taking the am off and taking boat to storage. Then do a long afternoon sit in 6S. It's been many years since I haven't filled an archery tag and time is getting awful short.

Sat in new stand I moved. Nothing . Heard one bleat 5 times in the brush about 100 yards. Never heard that before. Sat til after 10. Going back out soon. Have a branch I have to cut that is in the way this pm. Tried using the force but no luck. Lol. Guess I have to carry in the cutter Congrats to all the folks that dropped one today !!! I can't even get a scraggly doe to wander thru

Gonna dress 20 minutes early cause my layers will have layers. Pack it heavy today. Oh and warmers lots of warmers toes and hands. Let's see some red snow pics today!

You might even get another make up shot on him again. Sucks for sure.

McGill's is def good. Joe's is a little local hole in the wall but very popular in Utica.

That's crazy. Never heard of that. Freak out your Dad any? Doesn't bother me too much but still raises the hair a little when they start howling and yipping right be fore dark close.

Hunt #35 Went right back out at 11. Decided to move a stand about 80 yards where there are a ton of scrapes and rubs and trails. Moved that quick and hunted Littlefield stand. Didn't see a thing. As soon as I got stand moved it rained and I got soaked then it turned to snow. Was good til about 4:15. Haven't been that cold in a while. On way out deer in neighbors backyard blew at me and ran into woods. Will be in that moved stand tomorrow. Been a tough season.

Depends if they are cruising or not. Slow walk and stop I don't. But walking quick I have and it's worked. I've bleated at a cruising 7 point one time he walked right under my stand and I bleated three times and he wouldn't stop

Good luck Mike. Hope you find her intact and dead close by.

Hunt #34. One of those days just wasn't feeling it. Felt like everything I did was wrong. Was in one stand didn't like it moved to another still didn't like it. Left the woods. Got 3 eyes this morn on a quick fish but 2 were shorts to go back. Will be back out soon. Going to a stand I am looking forward to hunting. And considering moving one on the way thru for tomorrow. Supposed to snow this pm.

Hope you made it to Pelleteri Joe's. Good italian food and don't ask for butter! Lol

This year is so like last year. Didn't down a deer until the 12th, then the 15th. Hoping that happens this year but really would rather not wait til last minute. Lol.

He is a tank just not a huge rack. Def letting it fly if he comes in.

Was in the woods for all of except 1:45 of daylight today and saw one little deer walking in. Location and timing I guess.

Hunt #33- 7F lease. Small deer on way in by pine tree stand. Sat at swamp 12-dark and nothing. Pics of a buck that is only a 5 but def a big boy. Got only one pic of him in daylight but he is in the area.

When I shoot a deer I am gonna cut the legs off and have one sticking out of each end for everyone to wonder about. And I will put a hat on it. Lol

Hunt #32. 7f lease roadkill stand. Seen nothing. Light -10. Tons of pics of two deer we are looking for on lease but all at night. Early trip to lake before hunting for a 45 min limit. Would have been 30 min had I not lost one. Good thing eyes are hitting not stocking the freezer with venison for sure.

Good luck!!!! Sound idea letting him sit. You'll get em

Lol good grief. No conspiracy theories guys. Occums razer. Crossbow behind the house. 10 ringed him. Flipped over as best a 70 year old can into cart, cut leg tendons to fit in wagon. Hope this solves all your questions.

Happy birthday!!

Limit of eyes to start the day. Hoping to make it surf and turf!

Think he had him opened up to drain out

A buddy of mine today dropped a nice one. Way to go Ed!