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Had a successful last week in the woods. Connected on a nice little 4 point in Pine Bush last Wednesday. Hunted Pine Bush again on the fresh snow last Friday, tracked a doe to 35 yards and was able to put a good shot on her. Then drove down to Finger Lakes National Forest for opening weekend, passed up a basket rack and ended up harvesting another doe. Good week! 

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Big buck down!

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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 thin

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no one told the deer it was to warm.... He came in chasing 5 doe which are walking past me on the ground at 40 yards tight now !

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Kills me that a couple of weeks ago, I went to a local deer farm to buy some fresh doe in estrus urine, Top Shelf stuff. I'm a sucker and had high hopes, so I ended up spending $80! Never had any deer pay attention to it or anything! Even young bucks would walk right over the dragline without giving it a second thought.

On two occasions now, I've had this spike walk in under my stand and lick my freshly deposited urine that I just launched from my stand though! It comes in and licks the branches, eats the leaves and snow that it's on! WTF...


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4 minutes ago, Cabin Fever said:

Kills me that a couple of weeks ago, I went to a local deer farm to buy some fresh doe in estrus urine, Top Shelf stuff. I'm a sucker and had high hopes, so I ended up spending $80! Never had any deer pay attention to it or anything! Even young bucks would walk right over the dragline without giving it a second thought.

I quit using scents for that reason. For the price of them you don't get your moneys worth in my opinion. I have had some scents including Evercalm  spook them as soon as the get a whiff of it. The most I use now is a cover scent but then again I am not shooting any deer either.

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3 minutes ago, Steve D said:

I quit using scents for that reason. For the price of them you don't get your moneys worth in my opinion. I have had some scents including Evercalm  spook them as soon as the get a whiff of it. The most I use now is a cover scent but then again I am not shooting any deer either.

I've had the same results with evercalm. Every deer would get spooked. Same with nose jammer

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6 minutes ago, Team Hoyt said:

I've had the same results with evercalm. Every deer would get spooked. Same with nose jammer

Some swear by it but I swear at it. I had a decent eight come in this year with his nose on the ground and as soon as hit the evercalm he made a wide loop away from where I was sitting.

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Please say hello to Pygmy for me and give him a long, lingering, borderline uncomfortable hug.


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2 minutes ago, Robhuntandfish said:

From behind...... just to keep him on his toes in the woods today and be sure he wont fall asleep in the blind.  lol

Something tells me he could flip that around and make Moog the uncomfortable one. 

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Some swear by it but I swear at it. I had a decent eight come in this year with his nose on the ground and as soon as hit the evercalm he made a wide loop away from where I was sitting.

The stuff is not a magic potion for sure but you also have to keep your scent out of the equation. The best scent won't entice a buck to overlook Human scent and danger. I had great reaction from VS1 and Dominant Buck scents this fall. Every situation is different.


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1 minute ago, Four Season Whitetail's said:


The stuff is not a magic potion for sure but you also have to keep your scent out of the equation. The best scent won't entice a buck to overlook Human scent and danger. I had great reaction from VS1 and Dominant Buck scents this fall. Every situation is different.


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Agree. Every deer will react differently than the next to the next. 

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On 11/18/2018 at 7:09 PM, enewhere said:

My buddy got a doe that had this lungs. Is this normal?

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As an update DEC got back to my friend. Apparently the ungs looking like that is the result from shock or trauma from the gunshot. The State biologisy said the meat is good to eat. They get this a lot from other hunters

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10 hours ago, Moho81 said:

Didn’t Phade say he had to go swimming as well? Never heard anything more on that.


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Yes, there was some water involved.

Our buddy and me ended up being surrounded by 5 other hunters on three adjacent properties - all within viewing distance from our respective stands. Quite the disappointment for opening morning.

Got down around 10:20, slow hunted to my buddy to make plans for a move. Knew a specific section along a creek had some recent daylight activity so I was ready. Watched some antlers lift up out of a bed along the bank and he crossed the creek, of which I had a window to shoot on the opposite bank (our ground still). He stopped immediately after climbing the bank and I pushed a shot through some brush, which hit him hard. He ran back across creek but couldn't make it up and came splashing back down. There was a bend at that point so i couldn't tell if he died there or went around the bank and was still covering ground. Called my buddy and told him to shoot if he sees the buck come through the brush as his stand was up along the creek.

I heard him shoot 15 seconds later and he called back saying he thought he killed a different buck as this one wasn't hit. Turns out I jumped two bucks, one moved up to him from the creek and I shot the other.

One was a likely 2.5 and the other a 3.5. Nothing crazy rack wise but good shooting and a fun hunt given a tough year for encounters. I slept well that night - good shooting, helped a buddy out, clean kill, legal/ethical/safe, and some "fun" hard work to get them out. It checked all the boxes for me.

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Please say hello to Pygmy for me and give him a long, lingering, borderline uncomfortable hug.


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It only got uncomfortable for me.   Dan just kept the hug going.    Actually we almost had a shot on a doe but never got clear enough for a shot.  

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