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Got the full story on my Dads miss today. He was sitting on ground watching a valley below and had to piss around 340, so he got up and walked up the hill about 10-15 yards and took a piss. When he finished he noticed a doe 30yards away. She slowly walked away and out of sight. My dad then waited about 10-15min and didn't see any other deer so he blew the doe bleat call which works well in our area of deer are nearby. Sure enough within 5min a 3 pointer came walking in smelling the ground. The buck was milling around at 65 yards. My dad realized he wasn't coming any closer so he decide to put a stalk on since the wet leaves made it nice and quiet. He got to 32yds (rangefinder) when the buck spotted him and froze broadside. Only the bucks front half was viewable while his back half was behind a tree. Vitals were open so my dad took the shot and as he shot the buck turned back towards his backside and the bolt went right under his brisket. The buck trotted to about 70yds away and then just slowly walked away. My dad found the arrow with lumenok in a stump. He pulled it out and confirmed it had nothing on it. Clean miss. By the way, my Dad sat in my spot today so this would have been my chance, but I was at work. Nothin I can do from the office. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Me opening day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here we go, another year! I am a few days behind, so I'll catch up quick. As always I will include my Dad's updates as well since he hunts way more than me. Saturday, 11/7/15: Opening Day of the Xbow season. As usual, my Dad and I hunted the private 8 acres we have access to in Carmel (3N). Unless otherwise noted, that is where these hunts take place. We both hunted dark till dark. Neither of us saw anything besides squirrels, chipmunks, and birds. Sunday, 11/8/15: I didn't hunt the morning, but my Dad did and saw 0 deer and 4 turkeys. He ran into the neighbor at 1030am who hunts a few hundred yards away from us and he saw 7 deer, no chasing. 4 does, a spike, a 4pt and an 8pt. All those 3 bucks I'm sure are the ones I have pics of for the last few months. Good to know they still alive. Around 11:45am the 4pt walked by Dad at 45 yards but he passed. 40yds or under and he would have pulled the trigger on the xbow. I came and hunted my spot from 130pm – dark and saw 0 deer and 3 turkeys. My Dad saw 0 deer and 4 turkeys in the afternoon from his spot. Monday, 11/9/15: No hunting by either of us. While I was at work, my Dad didn't hunt because he was at his attorney's office for a few hours signing the contract to purchase land and giving the check. Hopefully the closing is early next week and we have it for the gun season! I'm pumped to say the least. Tuesday, 11/10/15: No hunting by either of us. I was at work, and my Dad stayed in due to the rain. Wednesday, 11/11/15: While I was at work, my Dad stayed home in the morning due to rain but headed out for 1pm – dark. He just texted me at 4:25pm saying that he saw 1 doe and 5 turkeys. Also, he missed the 3 pointer at 30 yards at 3:55pm! He said for me to call him tonight. So tonight I'll find out the full details.

Figure 6 weeks between early xbow, shotgun, late xbow. 1 full day and 1/2 day on each weekend would be like 11 hours on a full day and 5 hours on a half day. So that's 16 hours x 6 = 96 at the max for me. But then subtract from there 2-3 days for other commitments on the weekends so that knocks off say 22-33hours so that puts me back down to around 60-70 or so. My dad does dark - dark almost every single day except for bad rain. So 6 weeks is 42 days x 11 hours is 462hours and I say he misses maybe 3-4 days at most. So that puts him around 420-430hours Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here's my 2012 gun heart shot. Can't find a pic of my 2011 heart shot right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Correct. When I get out of the woods i look at my clothes piece by piece as I take it off. When it's cold I usually only find 1 or 2 or sometimes none. On a warm day, finding 10-20 is not uncommon. I get them on me fishing in the summer too. I guess growing up in this area I just always was taught the awareness of checking your body, showering right after coming Out of he woods etc. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I agree. Just to clarify I've never found one in me that was there for days. When I find them it is always that same day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've always read and was told by doctors that unless you have symptoms you shouldn't be taking antibiotics every time you pull a tick off.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Uh oh lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've pulled many off over the years, but always before or while showering right after leaving woods. I've never had symptoms so I've never take antibiotics. It's always been a ritual to check myself thoroughly and have someone check my hair etc Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I assume you mean me. If someone blatantly breaks the law, I'm going to call them out. Hopefully I've saved the OP a future headache because now he knows the rules/regs. He admitted to hunting since 6th grade and all these years thought that legal hours were a different time, so I think the positive to come out of this is that he now knows the correct rules/regs. Regarding your personal jabs, I only hunt a few days each year. Any buck is a trophy to me. I have no doubts if I had access to better spots I would shoot bigger bucks, but you are right I don't care that much about whitetail deer in NY. This is busy season for me at work and I'm limited in the amount of days I can take off. I'd rather spot and stalk and shoot 400yds than sit dark to dark waiting for an easy shotgun kill. My dad is buying land in Putnam and hopefully closing early next week. Hopefully in the next few years we turn into a productive spot. The only difference between my Dad (who has shot 10-15 7-9pts) and me is that he hunts almost every single day and I hunt just a few days each year. We hunt the same exact spot and our tactics are the exactly same. I can't shoot them from the office in NYC. Ps - I do love golf. I play 25-30 rounds each year between NY and Florida. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Contract finally signed today. Hopefully closing early next week! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've always heard good things from people who sent into deerage.com

It appears that Paul Saloom from Brewster started this.

so now that you know the rules, do you plan to obey them going forward? or continue to make illegal kills/poach?

Jake - If you are fine with shooting deer illegally and bragging about it, you got some serious issues. Might as well just hunt in August next year. It would be one thing if you admitted to making a mistake by thinking legal light was 30 min before sunrise, but you are now just saying the rules/regs mean nothing to you. How big was your bait pile?

Putnam County or is Putnam a town somewhere in NY?

You are 100% wrong. It's sunrise, not 30min before. Read the regs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So basically you are admitting that you shot this buck before legal light?

What part of 3N? I was in carmel yesterday and Saturday and saw nothing. My dad saw a 4pt yesterday, and the neighbor who hunts a few hundred yards away saw 4 does and 3 bucks yesterday but no chasing. Luck of the draw I guess. wish I saw that action.

How long does the tanning process take? I didn't know a mount could be done in just a few weeks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice buck. What town of westchester? Haven't seen any chasing in Carmel yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Good luck, public or private land? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great buck, unique rack. Congrats Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk