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Nice. I didn't buy the turkey permit, but have lots of pics of them. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Bear Track Outfitters in Wyoming. Pete Dube. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

New Haven County (Private Land).

First opening day in CT for me. I could only hunt until 11am today. Got into my spot at 5:30am. On and off rain showers all morning. Legal shooting light was 6:04am (30 min. before sunrise) was still too dark to see anything, still pretty dark up until about 7:15am. According to all my trail cam pics, deer use this valley I was watching to go to and from the corn fields. I sit on a rock ledge about 15-20 feet above the creek bottom valley (see pic). All my pics show the deer coming from the corn fields to my left in the morning and heading right to left to the corn fields in the afternoon/night. So for the most part I was looking left waiting for deer to come from the fields as it got light. At about 6:50am, I glance over to my right and see a buck heading from right to my left about 50 yards away, he was walking & stopping, over and over again. Constantly had his head down. I put up the binocs but couldn't see much, still too dark. I could see better with my naked eye. I thought I saw a giant fork and thought wow that the biggest the 4 or 6 (with brows) I have ever seen. As the buck crossed in front of me I am blocked by the tree in front of me, but still see him moving. I'm hoping he walks right by my camera down the main trail of valley (BLUE LINE = MAIN TRAIL). Instead he stays off the main trail and walks along the rocks (RED TRAIL). When he gets to the 30 yard bush, he turns his head back to chew his back and I see a beautiful white rack. Huge G2's, solid 8 pointer, probably 100-120. He looks to be about 5 yards farther than the 30 yard bush, so I pick up my xbow, turn on the lighted crosshairs and aim how I would for a 35 yard shot before he is out of sight. He is standing there quartering away. I take the shot at 652am and watch my red lighted lumenok stick into the ground, pefect pass through (so I thought). The buck slowly walks away out of sight. I can see my lighted arrow stuck in the ground. I wait until 720am, and slowly walk down to my arrow, pull it out of the ground and see that it is perfectly clean. I'm shocked until I use my rangefinder to see the distance was actually 42 yards. Those extra 7 yards caused me to miss just under him. Sucks, I felt like throwing up. First deer I ever missed in my life. Definitely would have been my biggest whitetail and my first Xbow buck. I go back to my spot and sit till 1030am and see nothing. I check my 2 trail cameras and found 0 pics of this buck. I don't know if he is new, maybe pushed to me by another hunter somewhere or he just always stays off the main trail? Weirdest part is that he was heading towards the corn fields instead of away from them early in the morning. I'll be back Saturday, but again can only hunt the morning. 99% of the trail cam pics I get of deer are in the afternoon. Hopefully in October I can get there for an afternoon hunt. In addition to the pic from where I was sitting, I attached a few trail cam pics from that spot, including one red fox.

It was $1800 for 5 days when I went. Maybe they only use their Facebook site now? Not sure.... Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Xbow! Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

I don't bowhunt so I can't hunt westchester. I shotgun hunt putnam county. In CT, ill be hunting in New Haven County on private land I paid for access to. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Damn...I had a '92 vette with only 30K miles on it when I sold it in 2007 to move into NYC. Miss that car. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Of course. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

I never hunted this early in the season, but based on trail cam pics, I should have bucks walking by me Monday morning (9/16) just after 6:04am (legal shooting). I'm not waiting for the afternoon.

2 more Bucks....timestamp is wrong, date is correct.

Makes no sense to me. Can't shoot a deer from the couch. Hunt dark-dark unless you have something else to do. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

BMW 330XI AWD Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Love leupolds, have them on all rifles and slug shotguns. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

what part of CT? I'll be on the ground, actually a rock cliff, looking down 15 feet into a creek bottom, so almost like a tree stand.Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

6 yards off? that sucks....they should get them fixed.

Wild.... http://finance.yahoo.com/news/new-rifle-mimics-machine-gun-s-rapid-fire----and-it-s-legal-145153186.html

Purchase complete. Thanks again all.

Nikon prostaff 3 is 6.3oz and 5.1 inches in length. Redfield Raider is 5oz and 3.7 inches in length. Think I am going with the Redfield for $139 on sale instead of $199

Thanks all for the input.

I love under armour cold base layers. I have the 2.0 for NY and 4.0 for subzero temps I used in Minnesota and Canada. Stuff is amazing. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

The leaves are still on trees in CT, so 50 for now. 150 come November. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Anybody out there? Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

93 today, but as of now looks like 41 opening morning Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

I walk west on the south side of 42nd street every morning between 910-920am. I am very patternable. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2