What to do after punching your archery buck tag

[wolc123]

I have this Friday off of work, but I was not really looking forward to crossbow hunting at home over the long weekend.  My own family's venison supply is very good now, but my sister's family and some coworkers would like a little more.  I still have (4) DMP tag's for around here ( zones 9F and 9A).   While I am very thankful for my crossbow buck last Sunday,  I keep having visions of a much larger one showing up this weekend at home and not being able to legally take him.  The rut is certainly in full swing right now.   In 35 years of hunting, I have never seen a larger buck after my tag was filled, but it just feels different this year.  That is the main reason why I was not looking forward to hunting at home.  I don't want to see them if I can't kill them.      

My father in law solved that problem for me an hour ago.  He needs help this weekend moving a freezer up at his place in zone 6C.  At first I thought ok, at least I can do a little bear hunting up there.   Then I realized that I still have a valid buck tag for gun season, which is open up there now.  I was up there on opening day a couple weeks ago but did not see anything that day.   I did see lots of sign, and was able to take a doe a few days prior with my ML.   I am also taking the family up there again for the long Thanksgiving weekend.   That will give me (6) full hunting days up there, hopefully enough to get a crack at a big Adirondack buck or a bear.   The buck will have to be real big, otherwise I am saving my tag for gun season down in the Southern zone.   It is hard to imagine being much more exited for the weekend than I am now.   Hopefully there will be some tracking snow.   The scenery up there makes any deer worth about 10 times as much as they are at home, when it comes to making memories.

[fasteddie]

Shoot a doe ! 

[The_Real_TCIII]

Shoot a doe ! 

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[The_Real_TCIII]

Hunt ducks

[BizCT]

Wake up at 9am and watch football and check this forum instead of getting up at 430 and spending all day in the woods


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[GreeneHunter]

8 hours ago, fasteddie said:

Shoot a doe ! 

Shoot a couple Doe and put on a game dinner for your friends here at Huntingny.com !

[Steve D]

Shoot a doe or start making jerky!!!

[moog5050]

I just watched another 130 class buck walk by at 30yds.   I am guessing I should sit home but can't help myself.  Tough to watch em walk but fun to watch period. 

go hunt north.  Imo

Edited November 9, 2016 by moog5050

[dbHunterNY]

Fill doe tags away from unpressured areas with bucks. Check firearms zero. Continue to run cams. That's what I do. That also includes those tasks for new or youth hunters.

[Pygmy]

Go fishing..The smallmouth fishing is superb right now...Also, November is often the very best month for river walleyes.

[wolc123]

I am definitely planning on trying for some smallmouth this weekend.  The water has got to be much cooler now, so the fights won't be as good as on my last trip a couple weeks ago.  Maybe I can catch an elusive 23 incher, and get it mounted for my father in laws place up there. 

[Larry]

hunt does

[Buckmaster7600]

This is the exact reason why I am so stingy with my tags, nothing worse that not hunting during deer season.


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[DirtTime]

I reflected on this question over night. I think it depends on how the fight started and who threw the first punch. Hopefully, we can shake hands, grab a cold beer, and hunt together again next year.