LIVE From The Woods 2018 - Lets hear stories and see some pictures!

[turkeyfeathers]

It's pouring out and I'm at work    RE:pouring.....is it still Archery season ?

[TheHornHunter]

On 11/24/2018 at 4:52 AM, Moho81 said:

Awesome! Can’t wait to see some better pictures he looks like a beast!


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Thanks!

[Nomad]

34 minutes ago, OtiscoPaul said:

I don't like slings never use them I have a ring on the foreword sling mount I clip my rope to

I would think about using the rearward mount , as it sounds you’d be pulling gun up muzzle first , even “ unloaded “ something I’m not comfortable with .

[Robhuntandfish]

3 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

It's pouring out and I'm at work    RE:pouring.....is it still Archery season ?

first year of archery you sure drew a rainy one! never seen a fall like this 

[OtiscoPaul]

16 minutes ago, Stay at home Nomad said:

I would think about using the rearward mount , as it sounds you’d be pulling gun up muzzle first , even “ unloaded “ something I’m not comfortable with .

I lift unloaded and open chamber every time but I agree with you I would not have my son or daughter do it that way when it's their time.

Rearward I always get the muzzle buried in something...I am gonna go with buckmaster from here on and do the sling hoist method sans sling.

Edited November 26, 2018 by OtiscoPaul

[WNYBuckHunter]

14 hours ago, MPHunter said:

On the one hand I am envious but that just looks too comfortable to call it hunting....

Its definitely different than sitting in a stand. For this area though, it helps a ton with swirling wind issues, as the blind contains the vast majority of your scent. Its great for gun hunting, but I dont think its going to be all that great for bow. It is perfect for taking kids out.

[turkeyfeathers]

Just now, WNYBuckHunter said:

Its definitely different than sitting in a stand. For this area though, it helps a ton with swirling wind issues, as the blind contains the vast majority of your scent. Its great for gun hunting, but I dont think its going to be all that great for bow. It is perfect for taking kids out.

Yes, Thanksgiving morning it was minus 1 when we climbed into the tower.  Hour and 20 minutes we had it headed to 70 degrees with a buddy heater. No wind, contains sound   Daughter would have froze out very quick just sitting in the woods.  We both agreed it was waiting and not completely hunting  And we enjoyed every second of it    I want land with one now !

[WNYBuckHunter]

2 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Yes, Thanksgiving morning it was minus 1 when we climbed into the tower.  Hour and 20 minutes we had it headed to 70 degrees with a buddy heater. No wind, contains sound   Daughter would have froze out very quick just sitting in the woods.  We both agreed it was waiting and not completely hunting  And we enjoyed every second of it    I want land with one now !

The one thing I do not like about it, is that I cant hear anything in there with the windows closed. Your head has to be on a swivel.

[Nomad]

18 minutes ago, OtiscoPaul said:

I lift unloaded and open chamber every time but I agree with you I would not have my son or daughter do it that way when it's their time.

Rearward I always get the muzzle buried in something...I am gonna go with buckmaster from here on and do the sling hoist method sans sling.

Makes sense. 

[UpStateRedNeck]

12 minutes ago, WNYBuckHunter said:

The one thing I do not like about it, is that I cant hear anything in there with the windows closed. Your head has to be on a swivel.

No different than a real windy day.  Other thing I've thought of is using some of those mounting brackets from tree house masters they sell on their web site, but by the time you get the lumber, it's probably a pretty similar cost, and you can't move it ever.

[TheHornHunter]

Congrats to all the  hunters that were fortunate enough to harvest something this weekend!

Here's some better pictures of the buck I harvested Friday evening. Unfortunately his body was just a little too long for my weight station set up with my hoist, but I was able to get a reading of 220 lbs (before field dressing) with his head and antlers still on the ground so I'm going to guess a live weight of 240-250. Ended up with about 90-95 lbs of meat which still needs to be boned out and trimmed after dry aging but most meat I've ever got off a deer. His body was much bigger than his antlers that I scored at 127"... nice 20 to 21" beams but no mass with his bases measuring 4 to 4 1/2" and everything else in the 3s. That said, I'm happy as hell with him, I'll take a big body over big antlers any day. I've been passing 3 years olds all year including a nice 130-140 class 8 point I saw maybe an hour before I shot this one and I can't say 100% this buck is 4 but he had a long body and nice saggy belly so despite having the antlers of a 3 year old I think he was 4. Even if he's 3, he came out of the woods chasing a doe with his mouth open, nose flared and grunting like crazy which is something I will never forget and that's what counts! I'm also pretty sure he died quickly despite me backing out and giving him time and there was no coyote damage so all around very successful hunt.

The neighbor had shot a big 10 pointer Wednesday (he got put up on NY Big Buck Club so I'm sure some of you have seen it... beautiful mid-150 class) that I had 7 encounters with during bow just as I was getting out of my stand so I had been a little bummed out but I got back after it Friday, set up a home made ground blind in some thick brush piles and ended up taking my buck within 100 yards of where the neighbor shot the big ten. Just goes to show you, stay after it and good things happen!

FWIW, I figured Friday was going to be a good day to catch some bucks cruising because it was the first south wind after several days of brutal northerly winds that brought temps down to single digits around Rochester. Cold fronts are great for October and first half of November, but I find once we get past mid-November the deer just hunker down during them and the best time to hunt them is either the first day the winds shift to the north and pressure just starts to rise or the first south wind when pressure starts dropping and temps warm up. I've spent many lonely hours freezing my ass off in the stand thinking the cold would get them moving but they don't appear to like it anymore than us. It's been a pretty reliable formula I've used to see a lot of bucks so hopefully that helps one of you put one down too!

 

Edited November 26, 2018 by TheHornHunter
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[moog5050]

9 minutes ago, TheHornHunter said:

Congrats to all the  hunters that were fortunate enough to harvest something this weekend!

Here's some better pictures of the buck I harvested Friday evening. Unfortunately his body was just a little too long for my weight station set up with my hoist, but I was able to get a reading of 220 lbs (before field dressing) with his head and antlers still on the ground so I'm going to guess a live weight of 240-250. Ended up with about 90-95 lbs of meat which still needs to be boned out and trimmed after dry aging but most meat I've ever got off a deer. His body was much bigger than his antlers that I scored at 127"... nice 20 to 21" beams but no mass with his bases measuring 4 to 4 1/2" and everything else in the 3s. That said, I'm happy as hell with him, I'll take a big body over big antlers any day. I've been passing 3 years olds all year including a nice 130-140 class 8 point I saw maybe an hour before I shot this one and I can't say 100% this buck is 4 but he had a long body and nice saggy belly so despite having the antlers of a 3 year old I think he was 4. Even if he's 3, he came out of the woods chasing a doe with his mouth open, nose flared and grunting like crazy which is something I will never forget and that's what counts! I'm also pretty sure he died quickly despite me backing out and giving him time and there was no coyote damage so all around very successful hunt.

The neighbor had shot a big 10 pointer Wednesday (he got put up on NY Big Buck Club so I'm sure some of you have seen it... beautiful mid-150 class) that I had 7 encounters with during bow just as I was getting out of my stand so I had been a little bummed out but I got back after it Friday, set up a home made ground blind in some thick brush piles and ended up taking my buck within 100 yards of where the neighbor shot the big ten. Just goes to show you, stay after it and good things happen!

FWIW, I figured Friday was going to be a good day to catch some bucks cruising because it was the first south wind after several days of brutal northerly winds that brought temps down to single digits around Rochester. Cold fronts are great for October and first half of November, but I find once we get past mid-November the deer just hunker down during them and the best time to hunt them is either the first day the winds shift to the north and pressure just starts to rise or the first south wind when pressure starts dropping and temps warm up. I've spent many lonely hours freezing my ass off in the stand thinking the cold would get them moving but they don't appear to like it anymore than us. It's been a pretty reliable formula I've used to see a lot of bucks so hopefully that helps one of you put one down too!

 

Beauty hornhunter 

[UpStateRedNeck]

9 minutes ago, TheHornHunter said:

Congrats to all the  hunters that were fortunate enough to harvest something this weekend!

Here's some better pictures of the buck I harvested Friday evening. Unfortunately his body was just a little too long for my weight station set up with my hoist, but I was able to get a reading of 220 lbs (before field dressing) with his head and antlers still on the ground so I'm going to guess a live weight of 240-250. Ended up with about 90-95 lbs of meat which still needs to be boned out and trimmed after dry aging but most meat I've ever got off a deer. His body was much bigger than his antlers that I scored at 127"... nice 20 to 21" beams but no mass with his bases measuring 4 to 4 1/2" and everything else in the 3s. That said, I'm happy as hell with him, I'll take a big body over big antlers any day. I've been passing 3 years olds all year including a nice 130-140 class 8 point I saw maybe an hour before I shot this one and I can't say 100% this buck is 4 but he had a long body and nice saggy belly so despite having the antlers of a 3 year old I think he was 4. Even if he's 3, he came out of the woods chasing a doe with his mouth open, nose flared and grunting like crazy which is something I will never forget and that's what counts! I'm also pretty sure he died quickly despite me backing out and giving him time and there was no coyote damage so all around very successful hunt.

The neighbor had shot a big 10 pointer Wednesday (he got put up on NY Big Buck Club so I'm sure some of you have seen it... beautiful mid-150 class) that I had 7 encounters with during bow just as I was getting out of my stand so I had been a little bummed out but I got back after it Friday, set up a home made ground blind in some thick brush piles and ended up taking my buck within 100 yards of where the neighbor shot the big ten. Just goes to show you, stay after it and good things happen!

FWIW, I figured Friday was going to be a good day to catch some bucks cruising because it was the first south wind after several days of brutal northerly winds that brought temps down to single digits around Rochester. Cold fronts are great for October and first half of November, but I find once we get past mid-November the deer just hunker down during them and the best time to hunt them is either the first day the winds shift to the north and pressure just starts to rise or the first south wind when pressure starts dropping and temps warm up. I've spent many lonely hours freezing my ass off in the stand thinking the cold would get them moving but they don't appear to like it anymore than us. It's been a pretty reliable formula I've used to see a lot of bucks so hopefully that helps one of you put one down too!

 

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Congratulations!

[Steuben Jerry]

12 minutes ago, TheHornHunter said:

Congrats to all the  hunters that were fortunate enough to harvest something this weekend!

Here's some better pictures of the buck I harvested Friday evening. Unfortunately his body was just a little too long for my weight station set up with my hoist, but I was able to get a reading of 220 lbs (before field dressing) with his head and antlers still on the ground so I'm going to guess a live weight of 240-250. Ended up with about 90-95 lbs of meat which still needs to be boned out and trimmed after dry aging but most meat I've ever got off a deer. His body was much bigger than his antlers that I scored at 127"... nice 20 to 21" beams but no mass with his bases measuring 4 to 4 1/2" and everything else in the 3s. That said, I'm happy as hell with him, I'll take a big body over big antlers any day. I've been passing 3 years olds all year including a nice 130-140 class 8 point I saw maybe an hour before I shot this one and I can't say 100% this buck is 4 but he had a long body and nice saggy belly so despite having the antlers of a 3 year old I think he was 4. Even if he's 3, he came out of the woods chasing a doe with his mouth open, nose flared and grunting like crazy which is something I will never forget and that's what counts! I'm also pretty sure he died quickly despite me backing out and giving him time and there was no coyote damage so all around very successful hunt.

The neighbor had shot a big 10 pointer Wednesday (he got put up on NY Big Buck Club so I'm sure some of you have seen it... beautiful mid-150 class) that I had 7 encounters with during bow just as I was getting out of my stand so I had been a little bummed out but I got back after it Friday, set up a home made ground blind in some thick brush piles and ended up taking my buck within 100 yards of where the neighbor shot the big ten. Just goes to show you, stay after it and good things happen!

FWIW, I figured Friday was going to be a good day to catch some bucks cruising because it was the first south wind after several days of brutal northerly winds that brought temps down to single digits around Rochester. Cold fronts are great for October and first half of November, but I find once we get past mid-November the deer just hunker down during them and the best time to hunt them is either the first day the winds shift to the north and pressure just starts to rise or the first south wind when pressure starts dropping and temps warm up. I've spent many lonely hours freezing my ass off in the stand thinking the cold would get them moving but they don't appear to like it anymore than us. It's been a pretty reliable formula I've used to see a lot of bucks so hopefully that helps one of you put one down too!

 

He's a stud!

[rob-c]

22 minutes ago, TheHornHunter said:

Congrats to all the  hunters that were fortunate enough to harvest something this weekend!

Here's some better pictures of the buck I harvested Friday evening. Unfortunately his body was just a little too long for my weight station set up with my hoist, but I was able to get a reading of 220 lbs (before field dressing) with his head and antlers still on the ground so I'm going to guess a live weight of 240-250. Ended up with about 90-95 lbs of meat which still needs to be boned out and trimmed after dry aging but most meat I've ever got off a deer. His body was much bigger than his antlers that I scored at 127"... nice 20 to 21" beams but no mass with his bases measuring 4 to 4 1/2" and everything else in the 3s. That said, I'm happy as hell with him, I'll take a big body over big antlers any day. I've been passing 3 years olds all year including a nice 130-140 class 8 point I saw maybe an hour before I shot this one and I can't say 100% this buck is 4 but he had a long body and nice saggy belly so despite having the antlers of a 3 year old I think he was 4. Even if he's 3, he came out of the woods chasing a doe with his mouth open, nose flared and grunting like crazy which is something I will never forget and that's what counts! I'm also pretty sure he died quickly despite me backing out and giving him time and there was no coyote damage so all around very successful hunt.

The neighbor had shot a big 10 pointer Wednesday (he got put up on NY Big Buck Club so I'm sure some of you have seen it... beautiful mid-150 class) that I had 7 encounters with during bow just as I was getting out of my stand so I had been a little bummed out but I got back after it Friday, set up a home made ground blind in some thick brush piles and ended up taking my buck within 100 yards of where the neighbor shot the big ten. Just goes to show you, stay after it and good things happen!

FWIW, I figured Friday was going to be a good day to catch some bucks cruising because it was the first south wind after several days of brutal northerly winds that brought temps down to single digits around Rochester. Cold fronts are great for October and first half of November, but I find once we get past mid-November the deer just hunker down during them and the best time to hunt them is either the first day the winds shift to the north and pressure just starts to rise or the first south wind when pressure starts dropping and temps warm up. I've spent many lonely hours freezing my ass off in the stand thinking the cold would get them moving but they don't appear to like it anymore than us. It's been a pretty reliable formula I've used to see a lot of bucks so hopefully that helps one of you put one down too!

 

Dang he’s a big boy. Very nice congrats.. 

[BowmanMike]

What a tank,that is great. Congratulations!!!

[Moho81]

28 minutes ago, TheHornHunter said:

Congrats to all the  hunters that were fortunate enough to harvest something this weekend!

Here's some better pictures of the buck I harvested Friday evening. Unfortunately his body was just a little too long for my weight station set up with my hoist, but I was able to get a reading of 220 lbs (before field dressing) with his head and antlers still on the ground so I'm going to guess a live weight of 240-250. Ended up with about 90-95 lbs of meat which still needs to be boned out and trimmed after dry aging but most meat I've ever got off a deer. His body was much bigger than his antlers that I scored at 127"... nice 20 to 21" beams but no mass with his bases measuring 4 to 4 1/2" and everything else in the 3s. That said, I'm happy as hell with him, I'll take a big body over big antlers any day. I've been passing 3 years olds all year including a nice 130-140 class 8 point I saw maybe an hour before I shot this one and I can't say 100% this buck is 4 but he had a long body and nice saggy belly so despite having the antlers of a 3 year old I think he was 4. Even if he's 3, he came out of the woods chasing a doe with his mouth open, nose flared and grunting like crazy which is something I will never forget and that's what counts! I'm also pretty sure he died quickly despite me backing out and giving him time and there was no coyote damage so all around very successful hunt.

The neighbor had shot a big 10 pointer Wednesday (he got put up on NY Big Buck Club so I'm sure some of you have seen it... beautiful mid-150 class) that I had 7 encounters with during bow just as I was getting out of my stand so I had been a little bummed out but I got back after it Friday, set up a home made ground blind in some thick brush piles and ended up taking my buck within 100 yards of where the neighbor shot the big ten. Just goes to show you, stay after it and good things happen!

FWIW, I figured Friday was going to be a good day to catch some bucks cruising because it was the first south wind after several days of brutal northerly winds that brought temps down to single digits around Rochester. Cold fronts are great for October and first half of November, but I find once we get past mid-November the deer just hunker down during them and the best time to hunt them is either the first day the winds shift to the north and pressure just starts to rise or the first south wind when pressure starts dropping and temps warm up. I've spent many lonely hours freezing my ass off in the stand thinking the cold would get them moving but they don't appear to like it anymore than us. It's been a pretty reliable formula I've used to see a lot of bucks so hopefully that helps one of you put one down too!

 

Wow! 

I'm speechless that dude is a stud! Congratulations! 

Wow! 

[The_Field_Ager]

26 minutes ago, TheHornHunter said:

I've been passing 3 years olds all year including a nice 130-140 class 8 point I saw maybe an hour before I shot this one and I can't say 100% this buck is 4 but he had a long body and nice saggy belly so despite having the antlers of a 3 year old I think he was 4.

 

The Field Ager Approves of your Field based prognostications.  Congrats on a mature beauty. 

[grampy]

Great buck hornhunter!!!  Congratulations once again!

[crappyice]

Awesome deer.how’d you get him to sit up so straight in 2nd pic?


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[TheHornHunter]

14 minutes ago, crappyice said:

Awesome deer.how’d you get him to sit up so straight in 2nd pic?


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Thanks! He was stiff as a board from hanging all night by his antlers so when I took him down for pics his head and neck stayed straight up. I wasn't planning on that happening but it worked out well!

[TheHornHunter]

1 hour ago, The_Field_Ager said:

The Field Ager Approves of your Field based prognostications.  Congrats on a mature beauty. 

Thanks! 

[Paula]

28 minutes ago, crappyice said:

Awesome deer.how’d you get him to sit up so straight in 2nd pic?


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Frozen? I didn't see the other responses 

Edited November 26, 2018 by Paula

[doebuck1234]

Solid buck!congrats hornhunter!

[TheHornHunter]

27 minutes ago, Paula said:

Frozen? I didn't see the other responses 

Yep, frozen with a side of rigor mortis