Live From The Woods 2024-2025 Edition

[trojan-bushman]

Back at it this afternoon. Noticing all the nice straight trees for saddle climbing. I need to invest in a setup


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[New York Hillbilly]

In and up for the first time since last week.  Was busy most of the day  so I will only have from now till dark. 
Fingers crossed! 
 

 

[Hock3y24]

Lone doe is all we saw in stand, tons of doe by houses not a buck in sight

[First-light]

Had chase this morning. Small buck then 20 minutes later on same trail a nice 8pt. Had a decent buck come by tonight. Out 70 yards or so and I called him into 20. Passed. Thery are starting to show. Game plan for tomorrow is stay in stand until rain starts around 1 pm. 

[fasteddie]

WE changed the batteries in my Cuddeback cameras and then I sat in my 2 man chair blind from 130 to 5 pm . I didn't see a thing . My son and grandson had hunted the am and saw a crapload of of deer . hopefully they will cooperate when gun season starts Saturday . 

[Cory]

Not a damn thing today. Perfect conditions to be out all day. I’m thinking we have entered the lockdown phase.

[Hock3y24]

My son really wants to bring the buck decoy tomorrow, so I’ll be pulling the tarsal glands from my buck out of the freezer and hauling it out there. 

[New York Hillbilly]

Up and in. Very windy and cool in 7M.  Can’t hear a thing over the roar of the wind through the tree tops and their creaking, squeaking, and groaning.  

[landtracdeerhunter]

Just in at 57 yards . 

Edited November 10 by landtracdeerhunter

[New York Hillbilly]

At 7:30 I had a nice little 8 point poking along and stopped 30 yards downhill from me.  Slightly quarter too but I’m not confident to shoot 30 without being level with the deer.  So I took my chance to see if he would turn and come up the logging path towards me, or pass behind me. 

He chose to go behind, and slowly picked his way along but seeming focused on what he was doing.  At an even steeper downhill angle he was quartered away at 27 yards. I even stepped down a rung on my ladder to try for a better angle. I steadied myself and as he passed behind a big tree, when he stepped out there were several small branches I worried might mess up the shot so yet again this season I passed.

 Moments later here came two nice does from where he went.  They stood about 5 yards from the base of my tree so I couldn’t do anything without getting busted. They got nervous and walked off from where they came. 
 

I just did some more pruning and now have much clearer shot to that trail. And for the record, I tried to grunt at him when he was waking off and he paid it no mind.   

[New York Hillbilly]

1 hour ago, landtracdeerhunter said:

Just in at 57 yards . 

Wow. That’s a beauty.  Good luck! 

[Hock3y24]

We didn’t see anything this am, lookin like heavy rain this evening

[First-light]

It opened up this morning. Had a few nice big bucks on cam and I saw 2 shooters today. Had all I could do to not take a big doe. They were under me at 10 yards. 3 big does and 3 yearlings. Shooter buck was close so I held back. Next few days should be good!

[greg54]

Up in stand in 9a. Corn has been cut. It's 52 and windy. Hope to see something cruise by.

[landtracdeerhunter]

The live doe decoys continue to work. Bucks are acting whipped. Run through the mill. Not as excited as they once were. Winds got them a little more spooked too.

 

 

Edited November 12 by landtracdeerhunter
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[First-light]

Got out for 2 hrs this morning. Saw two half racks squaring off in front of me. The little one scared off the big one it was funny. The food plot on lease property hadf a lot of Doe in it this morning. At 10:09 big 10 pt showed up looking for them! Nice to see the big boys again. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Pleasantly surprised to see 8 turkey in the back door yard this afternoon,  Big old moon showing during daylight.. Had this pesty doe stomping behind me three separate occasions.  Turn my head, bump her, but kept coming back.

[First-light]

Yesterday knocked the crap out of me. Thought I would be able to get up again for a 2 hr hunt didn't happen. I'll hunt the next three afternoons and hang up the bow. Except for that day of Oct 8th seeing that bachelor group of 5 bucks its been pretty quiet. Good luck guys!

[Hock3y24]

Almost ran over a 120" 8 pt on my way home trying to cross the road by my house. Heading right toward my stand at 5:30. out of work at 3 the next two days gonna take my son back there with the crossbow and sit on the ground somewhere for the last 1-2 hours.  

[First-light]

Few small bucks tonight thats it. Plan is to hunt Thursday afternoon and do Friday morn and afternoon. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

It always been difficult to hunt an East wind here. It swirls and shift direction quite often. The deer have never trusted it in the past here. Today was no exception. Those that did,, were nervous , very flighty, and didn't feed long. No bucks today. 

[Hock3y24]

Buck FINALLY crusing the trails at pa camp. Everything is 10-12 days behind schedule it seems. 

[ANTLERS]

[landtracdeerhunter]

These shooters are showing up farther away now, like 100 yards and more. Not time to hang up the crossbow just yet. 

Doe in the field at 40.

[Tughill Tamer]

Packing up the truck for a little rutcation on the hill. Myself and 3 others have rented a camp from today through Sunday. Can't wait to get up there. Good luck to everyone going out.

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