Live From The Woods 2024-2025 Edition

[landtracdeerhunter]

Early season starts soon in select areas of New York. This thread is always a favorite. Good luck, enjoy the season, and be safe.

[suburbanfarmer]

And just like previous years no early season for 8H

Insanity

[greg54]

Looks like temps are going to be in low 80's for 9A early season opener, to warm for me.

[First-light]

Had some storms just roll through. Deer were in the clover and never left even after downpour and thunder. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

On 9/9/2024 at 2:39 PM, suburbanfarmer said:

And just like previous years no early season for 8H

Insanity

Are their alot of antlerless deer in 8H?

[Steve D]

1 hour ago, landtracdeerhunter said:

Are their alot of antlerless deer in 8H?

There are a lot of deer period in 8H. Getting access to hunt them is a problem.

What public land there is gets quite a bit of pressure throughout the season.

[airedale]

With all the leaves still on the trees and underbrush visibility is very limited, early in the Squirrel season it is tough spotting them much less getting a shot especially with a 22. Usually, I hunt them with a shotgun early in the season for that reason, but I am hitting the woods with my pup and want to introduce him to gunfire with something that is easy on the ears. I don't think gun shyness is going to be any kind of problem with this guy, he was outdoors with me today on the shooting range while I was testing some 22 ammo and he was all good.

Al

[landtracdeerhunter]

A very nice morning.  Need another shooting lane.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Another great cool morning out here. Little foggy though.  Saw some good buck potential.  My  first triplets this season in picture.  Great scouting weather and maybe a harvest, we'll see.

Edited September 15 by landtracdeerhunter
Capture the moment

[landtracdeerhunter]

Something to mention about my previous post: noticed all the 24 models have good size to them. Great eating no doubt, I do  know breeding started early last season. I  believe, this season will be no exception.

Climate change?

[landtracdeerhunter]

Another beautiful morning. Breeze circling,. No deer in bow range , but blowing horns.  Those of you not going out are missing  some great adventures 

[Moho81]

Unfortunately I now only have access to this forum from my work computer. I use to be able to log in through Tapatalk on my phone but now even that has stopped. I tried resetting my password but with an absentee owner my request never gets fulfilled. 

Anyways... onto the hunting portion of this story. My daughter and I went out Saturday evening and set up in a log pile to get a jump on where we have been seeing a doe a few evenings a week. The plan worked out and she took her first ever deer in the start of her third season hunting.

It was a pretty wild 15-20 min as the doe popped out but offered no shot. We where not in the best of cover so we had to stay as still as possible but you could tell the doe was getting increasingly nervous. I think she could tell something was off but we where just hidden enough and she was up wind from us. She eventually worked up the courage to try and circle around us to get down wind but she didn't even have to get down wind all she had to do is get directly to our left because at that point we are completely exposed. She gets to our left, freezes, starts to stomp her hoof at us then eventually blows and takes off running. Here's the wild part she stops 60 yards away completely broadside just blowing away almost like she saw us but we somehow still had her confused. My daughter acts fast gets the gun on the doe and whispers "I'm shooting" I just simply replied "take it". Her gun goes off and the does front legs tuck into her body while she crashes to the ground and bulldozes and flips for 10 second before dying within site.  

High fives some hugs and probably a few tears of joy where had. Even though we knew the deer was dead and not moving we sat back down to let it all sink in. After about 10 min I have her get her tag out and start filling it out. At about the 20 min mark we slowly work our way over to the doe, thank her for her sacrifice before taking pictures and getting to work. This is a day neither of us will ever forget and has probably taken over as the best day I've ever had in the woods. 

[greg54]

Congrats to you and daughter!

[airedale]

Glad to see she has come around and got that first one out of the way, congrats to her and you.

Al

[bugsNbows]

Well done young lady! Congrats 

[First-light]

Awesome job!

 

[Steve D]

Nothing like creating memories with your kid(s). Especially hunting. Congrats to you and her.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Congrats to the new hunter.

My view this morning. Bumped several on the walk out.

[Hock3y24]

Did a cam check, just south of the border yesterday, apparently its the year of jacked up bucks, I've got a unicorn, a drop tine buck, a buck with a 4pt side and a giant spike on the other, And a buck with one normal side and an antler growing outa his forehead on the other side. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Enjoying the cool down on the last. Evening sit for this month

[wolc123]

132 lb field dressed  doe (PA chest girth est) from last Saturday evening at my parents:

[DirtTime]

Was out trying to fill the bear tag this past Sunday. No bears were seen but I did manage to walk about three miles in a 150 acre property due to zig zagging all over the place.

[Hock3y24]

really feeling the itch this morning! 1 week!, strange year for doe tags, my dad, son, nephew and I all got 7p and 7s. That's NEVER happened. Usually we only get 1-2 7p. Wife only got 7s. Gonna be a lot of shooting this year. 

 

[First-light]

3 hours ago, Hock3y24 said:

really feeling the itch this morning! 1 week!, strange year for doe tags, my dad, son, nephew and I all got 7p and 7s. That's NEVER happened. Usually we only get 1-2 7p. Wife only got 7s. Gonna be a lot of shooting this year. 

 

Everyone here in 8P got two tags. Yes a lot of shooting. 

[Hock3y24]

Havnt seen a buck with this much potential in awhile. Hes a no doubt pass for everyone!