Robhuntandfish

It def worked last year that was a beauty! Good luck

Lol. If it involves me laying on the ground at any point..last the very last time I tented and slept on the ground I woke up to a full blown stream you could stock trout in going thru the tent. Mason lake is a pretty area though. I've always eyed the are across from lewey lake too. Up near the inflow thought would be a nice spot to hunt.

Nice and in daylight! Hope he walks by the hunting shack!

I have def enjoyed some time in the dacks. But that camping on the ground not for me anymore. Lol. I like to go up there and spend the day in the woods but nothing like coming back to a dry cabin with a fire, a pot of warm food and a soft bed. Was hoping you would spy a moose up there. Deer are certainly scarce in that area.

Hunt #15 dark - 10:15. Scrapetree Wind is still east so this stand is the place to be. Didnt see anything except two raccoons. Prob pairing up looking for the arc as we are supposed get another 1.5" of rain tonite.

Thanks. It really is just the best. If I had a gun could've sent one but bow season is just the best. When gun comes it's almost a let down. Sounds like you had a good afternoon yesterday too!

Wow looking great there. Nice bucks.

Just saw 2 raccoons . Hoping that's not a sign for how much rain we are supposed to get tonight.....

Gobble

Same spot as yesterday. Hope the buck chooses this way on the trail this time.

No growl but a grunt with every step he took.

Venison hot dogs and noodle salad.

Last year did a still hunt in the dacks. And a 3 point was grunting like crazy just up the trail I heard him before I saw him.

Prices here are high but crazy out there. You can buy waterfront on Oneida for that price. This is about 300 yards from my place. Bigger house, waterfront and less $. Still way outa my price range. https://www.coldwellbankerprime.com/p/6705-Lakeshore-Road-N-Verona-NY-13162/dmgid_146711121

Fun night for sure. Look like he is tearing up that area.

Hunt #14. 3:00-dark. Scrapetree. Didn't take a shot but what a great night of hunting. Heard a grunt about 1/2 hour after I got into stand. Then all quiet til about 5:45. Looking way down the trail and I think I see a deer thru the brush. Yup it moves and I can see a big deer with a wide white rack. Big buck about 125+ yards. Looks like he is eating. He lingers in same spot for a while. And dark is coming in 1/2 hour, so I try 5-6 grunts. Wind is blowing at me and I don't think he could really hear it well. A couple of minutes later I hear steps in the brush across from me. Out steps a doe on my right across the trail. Looks like the same one from this morning. She is looking down the trail where the buck was. I can't see him anymore where I am thru the brush. I now am in between a doe and a buck. I'm thinking to myself....look this way dummy! Was expecting him to come trotting down the trail at any minute. She looks some more then starts eating clover and walking around by me. Got to within 10 yards. She then goes in the woods to my right. Didn't see the buck again and it is dark. So I gotta sneak out of there. I get down and I can hear her in the woods to my right crunching some brush. She was prob still close and I bumped her. What a great night in the stand. It has to be that 8 I have pics of. If not there is another nice one about. But I should have good pics of it cause I have a stand and a camera there too. But if I was in that stand Tonite that buck would have been in range but also right in my wind. Although the doe was and never knew I was there. Gonna try to sneak back in there tomorrow. Second pic - doe at 15 yards. She is tempting fate. Not gonna pass too many times.

Back in early for hopefully an evening wandering buck. Breezy now but it's the right direction.

Hopefully I am in His living room!

Western egg. Country venison sausage.

I was ready to send it. But this spot is just one of our best buck stands and with the East wind I'm gonna hold out and hunt it next two days. But man I wanted to. Then I pulled cams and got this boy going thru there. My stand is right between these two pics.

Hunt #13. Dark -10:20. Scrapetree stand. Passed on a lone doe about 9:15 at 34 yards.(first pic by brush) Planning on hunting this spot with the East wind for next two days. She barely made it thru today without sending one. But trying to hold out for a buck as this spot is historically an active buck spot. Although to date no buck pics. Til I pulled the cam from the last week and now I really have some incentive. Pics of a nice buck there on the 23rd checking out my scrape and dripper and also yesterday on another cam, just to the other side of me. Hopefully he will be a player with some does around. But def got me excited to see a good buck. Also a big bodied 3pt around. Will be out there next two days . Doe will get a pass still...I think. Lol .

Just passed a lone doe. Apologies to Lomax and Cynthia for no points. Crappy for no meat and Moho for no shot! Hoping for a buck to follow

This is prob my spot for the next 2 days with an East wind.

Up and at em. Gotta make it count today or tomorrow. Sat looks like a washout and sun not great either. Already feel like I'm hunting flooded timber for ducks. More rain isn't helping my swamp.

Hunt #12. After work til dark. Groundblind. Got in and just as it was getting the golden hour three shots at neighbors 250 yards away. Figured that was it for the night. Waited til almost dark then stood up in blind and started packing up. Get pack half on and a head sticks out down the trail. Doe and two fawns come trotting out. I try to sit back down and doe caught my movement. She blows and runs about 15 yards. And then paces and stomps for a bit. They they go back into the woods and I scooted out of there. Even if I was ready she wouldve got a pass. At least some action.