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Live From the Stand / Woods 2014!


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Slight drizzly in 9g....had to park on side of the road because it was to risky with the depth of the snow to get the truck and atv trailer stuck......sitting in a honey hole that hasn't been touched in a while.....lookin for sonething to stroll by .....wouldn't even mind a yote at this point!!

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Well..... I just shot a spike..he looked tasty!

I happen to be sitting on my own/family property that I've hunted my whole life... I have never shot a buck on it.. I have seen and passed untold #s of 1 1/2 year old bucks over the years. Meanwhile my family and all the neighbors shoot piles of them... So I decided , what the neck, if I cannot beat them I might as well join them...

I was really lucky.. he stepped out at 20 yds ...and click! Dam ! I forgot to put primer back in.. I managed to sloooowly get one out of my pocket and into my gun while he is looking everywhere but up..( good thing I wasn't on the ground)bam!! One shot in his neck...and there he is, the brown spot next to true trail in the pic. c70076b6b1be7e141e60f33c56f0bebf.jpg

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Came home last night after we took a doe. Snow was deep (20 inches on level, much more in spots). 

 

The deer are not moving very much and we just happened to see an ear sticking up from under some pines that we tracked them to. Was hoping for a buck in the bunch. 

 

Me and a buddy crawled through the deep snow to get in position to get a shot. 

 

The drag out was miserable. 

 

2 days of hunting in that stuff, sans snowshoes, over 6 miles. I'm too old for that crap. 

 

We had a good year, 4 bucks, 3 doe between 2 of us through Bow, gun and muzzle seasons 

 

Cameras are out, gear packed in truck, room at chalet emptied. 

 

Now I have decisions to make, do I keep the lease and deal with idiot neighbor if we don't find new land? 

 

I may just have to hunt some ducks and try and find a spot to help Ithaca area with their deer problem  

 

 

 

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Picture doesn't do him justice . He is a big 1 1/2 year old north country deer.. 135#s all day.. the bucks don't have to go far here in farm country to find good feed and all the does they can chase with very little competition.. the buck to doe ratio is terrible.. And now I joined in ....Lol.... It is fun to shoot deer regardless, though....

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Well I went out too late... crest hill to a different stand and there are 2 adult doe under my stand 80 yrds at the bottom of the hill...great open shots...but I'm carrying the cross bow...I spend an hour going 30 yrds. 50 from the biggest and I'd lost track of the other..when she trotted in and they both trotted off...get to stand and a bit later a tiny fawn runs full board toward me to stop under the stand..looks around....turns like a top and ran just as fast the way she came in. On the way home I glass the stand I was in last night...there stood a young buck....Will hunt before PT tomorrow and after....

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Filled a tag today for a three legged doe who may have been hit by a car. One old rear bad leg held on by skin. Other rear leg freshly broken and bleeding , front shoulders "all Loosey goosey" as grow would say.

Had to take her obviously, but on finding her ailments and weird crunchy belly decided to leave her in the field. No point getting tag replaced, still have more left.

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5 hours in stand so far. Only saw a set of legs off aways. Still have thermos of coffee so hunting til dusk it is. Should have brought food. Think pizza delivery dude will follow my footprints, cross the creek for a 20 spot ?!

He might do it. Have him push the thick stuff for you on the way in!

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last chance to dance here in the southern zone, took the day off to try to make something happen. already shot 2 with the bow in October so I won't be too discouraged if nothing walks by. girlfriend might come out in the afternoon with me. still been getting trail cam pics of a decent 8 point and a huge doe so I'm excited. good luck to everyone going out today!!!

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