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1 hour ago, turkeyfeathers said:

4 years ago coming up in day was Snowvember here. 8 feet in about a day n half.  My back still hurts from shoveling. I called into work twelve minute drive and they had half an inch lol. Good luck out there everybody on punching an archery tag at the last day.    I remember that week 

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Congrats to those who got it done, especially CabinFever and RobHunt&Fish.

I'm back home after 6 days of rifle hunting.  I wasn't up for sitting in another snowstorm, so I am home watching the birds at the feeders, and keeping an eye out on the fields out front.  

Hunted roughly 45 hours in 6 days.  Saw 14 deer.  The only bucks I saw were a 3 point that wasn't 100lbs and the same spike twice.  My count doesn't include deer I saw that were on the other side of the neighbor's posted signs.

I made three all-day sits.  We had snow the entire time.  I sat dark to dark through the last snowstorm and saw nothing.  Yesterday I saw 8 deer in the evening.  They were moving before today's snowfall.  We had a foot of snow at the farm yesterday, with another 8-10" forecasted for today.  

I didn't have much on my cameras, and discovered thieves got one of my treestands and a set of climbing sticks.  I need to figure out how to deal with that situation.  

I spent a little time in a new spot where I had a few nice bucks on camera, but all the action was at night.  

The snow is coming down steady now.  I'm recharging, plowing the driveway, filling the wood box, checking a couple cams mid-day and probably sitting for a couple hours before dark.  I will be stuck here a the house for 4 days while the missus is gone to Florida.  It's been a long time since I had anything on the schedule during VT rifle season.  Oh well.  

Good luck everyone.  Shoot straight.

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Ok boys take a deep breath with me cause I am still shaking. 
Mainframe 8 with quadruple brow tines on one side and a row of junk on the other.  Redneck hang a ring on it 16 points, but I am thinking 15 scorable. ?
By farrrrrrrr my best buck ever.  I can't believe it.  
Was watching 7 turkeys and they finally left and this buck cone trotting in hard.  Stopped and was eating something under the snow. Was standing right next to stump I ranged at 35 yards .  There was one twig in the way of the vitals. So I am waiting for what seemed like forever.  Finally he takes a step and looks back hard like he is gonna bolt so I shoot and knew I hit him. He ran like 15 yards and then walked away slow and I couldn't see him anymore. This was about 4:00.  I waited for half hour but that storm is coming in so I went to check bolt.  Great blood on it and a pass thru.  But very little blood 
Track for about 20 yards and no blood but a few drops.  So I go another 30 yards and there is a buck. So I think it's him but it's a smaller buck and he is pacing back and forth in the same spot and doesn't know I am there.  Finally he sees me and kinda trots away .  I think that other deer is down and that's why he was doing that.  And there he lays.....
How a bow season goes to one of my toughest in years to my best ever.  Still shaking....better pics tomorrow as it was snowing bad by the time I dragged him out and got to head home.  
Still can't believe it. 
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Freaky awesome buck


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Atta boy ROB!!!

Live from a 2 hour delay!!! Wait- I’m still in Williamsburg and driving home today- that sux. I guess I can grant myself a floating late start day to be used later in the year!
Good luck to those out there today.


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You missed a debacle on Taconic last night. Took some people (like my wife) 8 hours to go 20 miles. Ice/snow was brutal. Once she got within 3 miles i headed out on foot but of course she made it home by then. People were calling for Camp Smith to intervene!


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12 hours ago, Robhuntandfish said:

Ok boys take a deep breath with me cause I am still shaking. 

Mainframe 8 with quadruple brow tines on one side and a row of junk on the other.  Redneck hang a ring on it 16 points, but I am thinking 15 scorable. ?

By farrrrrrrr my best buck ever.  I can't believe it.  

Was watching 7 turkeys and they finally left and this buck cone trotting in hard.  Stopped and was eating something under the snow. Was standing right next to stump I ranged at 35 yards .  There was one twig in the way of the vitals. So I am waiting for what seemed like forever.  Finally he takes a step and looks back hard like he is gonna bolt so I shoot and knew I hit him. He ran like 15 yards and then walked away slow and I couldn't see him anymore. This was about 4:00.  I waited for half hour but that storm is coming in so I went to check bolt.  Great blood on it and a pass thru.  But very little blood 

Track for about 20 yards and no blood but a few drops.  So I go another 30 yards and there is a buck. So I think it's him but it's a smaller buck and he is pacing back and forth in the same spot and doesn't know I am there.  Finally he sees me and kinda trots away .  I think that other deer is down and that's why he was doing that.  And there he lays.....

How a bow season goes to one of my toughest in years to my best ever.  Still shaking....better pics tomorrow as it was snowing bad by the time I dragged him out and got to head home.  

Still can't believe it. 

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Congrats on an amazing deer. thats going to be one debateable score. Lets us know what they come up with!

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You missed a debacle on Taconic last night. Took some people (like my wife) 8 hours to go 20 miles. Ice/snow was brutal. Once she got within 3 miles i headed out on foot but of course she made it home by then. People were calling for Camp Smith to intervene!


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Well the state could have afforded to plow the roads but Da Fuehrer gave all our money to Amazon

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11 minutes ago, Jdubs said:

Wow, how much snow did you get?

A foot or so? Got a knee, that doesn't like long walks through deep snow anymore. But I do have snowshoes, that is a possibility. Also dug out the chains for my wheeler too. That will get me through the fields. And the snow isn't the wet heavy variety, so that does make it easier. Will think up the plan for the morning, doing snow removal, now that it has ended.

An opening morning with snow on the ground is exciting to me! Can't wait to get it started! 

Keep safe and best of luck out there!

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Today started a week of hunting vacation.   Got my slug gun and 6.8 ready and in truck.  Spent rest of morning swapping out inlet valve on dishwasher.   So do I go hunt or just wait it out until tomorrow?   Buck tag kicks in tomorrow so I may just let the properties rest until then.  And hit it hard for a week.  Never took time off in gun season.  Guessing I am in for some boring sits. First light last light thing except this weekend when people may push em around.   

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14 hours ago, Robhuntandfish said:

Ok boys take a deep breath with me cause I am still shaking. 

Mainframe 8 with quadruple brow tines on one side and a row of junk on the other.  Redneck hang a ring on it 16 points, but I am thinking 15 scorable. ?

By farrrrrrrr my best buck ever.  I can't believe it.  

Was watching 7 turkeys and they finally left and this buck cone trotting in hard.  Stopped and was eating something under the snow. Was standing right next to stump I ranged at 35 yards .  There was one twig in the way of the vitals. So I am waiting for what seemed like forever.  Finally he takes a step and looks back hard like he is gonna bolt so I shoot and knew I hit him. He ran like 15 yards and then walked away slow and I couldn't see him anymore. This was about 4:00.  I waited for half hour but that storm is coming in so I went to check bolt.  Great blood on it and a pass thru.  But very little blood 

Track for about 20 yards and no blood but a few drops.  So I go another 30 yards and there is a buck. So I think it's him but it's a smaller buck and he is pacing back and forth in the same spot and doesn't know I am there.  Finally he sees me and kinda trots away .  I think that other deer is down and that's why he was doing that.  And there he lays.....

How a bow season goes to one of my toughest in years to my best ever.  Still shaking....better pics tomorrow as it was snowing bad by the time I dragged him out and got to head home.  

Still can't believe it. 

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Good job Rob, good for you ending season on a high note! 

I wonder what the final call on point count shakes out...

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17 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

Today started a week of hunting vacation.   Got my slug gun and 6.8 ready and in truck.  Spent rest of morning swapping out inlet valve on dishwasher.   So do I go hunt or just wait it out until tomorrow?   Buck tag kicks in tomorrow so I may just let the properties rest until then.  And hit it hard for a week.  Never took time off in gun season.  Guessing I am in for some boring sits. First light last light thing except this weekend when people may push em around.   

Unsure if your crew is hunting with you  all week, but if you get board we can get together sometime this week if you want ( hook up didn’t sound right .....) 

I too plan on hunting hard this week .

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