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11 hours ago, wolc123 said:

9F?, I am going to stick it out in up in my woods stand in 9F, as long as I can (hopefully the wind is not too bad and the tree rats are out).   I will probably head over to 8G in the afternoon.  My brother in law signed me over a DMP for there (there is also a lot more tree rats over there).  Good luck   

Yes, 9F if I can make it out. Good luck to you

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33 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

Yes, 9F if I can make it out. Good luck to you

I got up in the tree at 7:45.  There were tons of deer tracks on the way back but none from squirrels or coyotes (my neighbor has trapped 8 of them so far this season, hopefully including the whole litter that had a den in a topsoil pile out back along the creek at our place).  The sunrise was beautiful, but not a creature was stirring in the woods after it came up.   The corn is all gone now, but the deer had a very busy night based on all the dug up clover, turnips and wheat I saw on the way back.    

Up in the tree, I started loosing feeling in my toes around 8:45.  Drinking a quart of hot cider helped a little but I had to climb down about 9:15.   The best part of today's hunt was the "free" workout trudging thru the snow which was higher than a foot in many areas.  I also got to double that workout because when I got almost back up to the house I realized that my quiver and two arrows were still hanging back in the tree.  I nearly fired up the old pickup to run back there but by that time the feeling was back in my toes, so I went for the additional workout.    Good luck this afternoon.   

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Here in 7A (Hastings)it was -5 when I headed out and 0 when I came out. Only thing moving was snow, off the trees. 

 

Sadly, this may just be it unless I can find someone to go check out new land with me tomorrow during a rain/snow/sleet event. 

 

4 and 5 years ago I did the triple. Deer taken with bow, gun and muzzle. 

 

Last year 0 deer

 

This year 1 buck with cross bow..... 

 

Until next year 

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Winter wonderland today for a couple hours after work today nestled on the ground with my Muzzleloader up against the edge of some pines where they meet the woods. Had some fresh tracks in snow in front of the pines and passed on a nice mature doe at 40 yds Wednesday afternoon here, hoping a buck was following. She may not get a pass today.

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Well I should have killed one of the bucks I'm after this afternoon but unfortunately I pulled a terrible mistake and shot a branch that I didn't see right in front of him. Did not hit the deer what so ever which I'm glad about but come on. Aw well back at it Sunday maybe. I'll try to dig up a pic of him.

 

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Not hunting. We are in Potsdam and much less snow than in Ontario. Did a lot of rubber necking on the way and never saw any deer.

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33 minutes ago, BigVal said:

Well I should have killed one of the bucks I'm after this afternoon but unfortunately I pulled a terrible mistake and shot a branch that I didn't see right in front of him. Did not hit the deer what so ever which I'm glad about but come on. Aw well back at it Sunday maybe. I'll try to dig up a pic of him.

 

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Well at least u didn't wound him. And if u don't get another shot this season he will be a beaut next season. 

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Well I should have killed one of the bucks I'm after this afternoon but unfortunately I pulled a terrible mistake and shot a branch that I didn't see right in front of him. Did not hit the deer what so ever which I'm glad about but come on. Aw well back at it Sunday maybe. I'll try to dig up a pic of him.
 
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What unit? I have pics of a similar buck.


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