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Big buck down!

Robhuntandfish
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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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3 hours ago, turkeyfeathers said:

somebody shoot something !  is the Archery harvest thread on lockdown ?:dontknow:

I just bumped up the Harvest Thread...........

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Saw three bucks and an unknown Saturday and two hen turkey, that was a great day.  This morning this doe came in quiet, she had a good size fawn with her.  I grabbed my bow and didn't want to risk standing up so shot from the sitting position, glad I practiced it religiously at the Academy late this summer.  I have much respect for my professors......... :)

The best parts are she's a mature doe and I made a perfect shot; that doesn't always happen.

 

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Bionic Rising Star

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Sometimes I laugh at my hunting experiences. I don’t see a single deer
all night. I get out of the stand to walk back to the house. And walking nose to nose into a small herd crossing through my backyard.


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That's how my days go too, lol. 

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Did some day drinking at Critz Farm in Cazenovia with the wife. She woke me up and said hey... you missed some good football games and your ass needs to be in the woods... so here I am. Have a dilema of cams only picking up 1 big doe with 1 fawn and another big doe with 2 fawns. Don’t really want to take them. But cameras have like 5 small bucks and no studs. Might pull the release on a bigger body small rack just to get meat in the freezer. We will see if an opportunity presents...


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I never understood people not wanting to shoot a doe with a fawn this time of year? They are 100% ok on their own at this point... in just a few short weeks momma will be ignoring them any way. Plus it’s already been proven they get adopted by other does any way


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32 minutes ago, Lawdwaz said:

I just bumped up the Harvest Thread...........

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Saw three bucks and an unknown Saturday and two hen turkey, that was a great day.  This morning this doe came in quiet, she had a good size fawn with her.  I grabbed my bow and didn't want to risk standing up so shot from the sitting position, glad I practiced it religiously at the Academy late this summer.  I have much respect for my professors......... :)

The best parts are she's a mature doe and I made a perfect shot; that doesn't always happen.

 

woooooohooooo. so  excited. I was hoping to make it out,but finishing my chimney took too long. But now i am ready..

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I never understood people not wanting to shoot a doe with a fawn this time of year? They are 100% ok on their own at this point... in just a few short weeks momma will be ignoring them any way. Plus it’s already been proven they get adopted by other does any way


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well,generally people dont want to shoot a doe because she might bring in a buck when she is in heat,i dont think people are too concerned with the little one surviving.

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I never understood people not wanting to shoot a doe with a fawn this time of year? They are 100% ok on their own at this point... in just a few short weeks momma will be ignoring them any way. Plus it’s already been proven they get adopted by other does any way


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I have seen does with fawns in toe, button bucks, and even small lone does so far this season. All have gotten a pass, and will continue to get a pass if they are in range. Looking for meat, but not killing a deer that weighs out at 30-50 pounds.

Anyways..............

 

This morning, nothing. Blue Jays were out of control, as usual chipmunks pissed me off, and a couple gray squirrels almost took an arrow. 

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I never understood people not wanting to shoot a doe with a fawn this time of year? They are 100% ok on their own at this point... in just a few short weeks momma will be ignoring them any way. Plus it’s already been proven they get adopted by other does any way


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I don’t have an educated answer/opinion/justification... I’ve been trying to read QDMA type articles and can’t say I am anything but confused. I just bought 53 acres July 2016. I’ve never owned property before and want to develop a good hunting area by building cover, adding food, and appropriate herd management. In southern PA growing up, the winters weren’t bad and you weren’t worried about fawn survival. I never even heard of “Yarding up” until moving to upstate NY. In short, by taking one of the many 1.5 yr old bucks and leaving the does alone allow them all to be bred and be better for my property? Do the fawns need a good winter with mom to learn where to yard up and survive a harsh winter? These are the things I’m trying to learn. Because as of right now.... my property is no where near the deer haven my dad has in southern PA. I just don’t want to make things worse... I know in March I will be dropping many trees to open up the canopy. I read about throwing a tennis ball 40 yards and if you can still see it, you don’t have enough understory. Right now I could see a tennis ball 200 yards away.


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I don’t have an educated answer/opinion/justification... I’ve been trying to read QDMA type articles and can’t say I am anything but confused. I just bought 53 acres July 2016. I’ve never owned property before and want to develop a good hunting area by building cover, adding food, and appropriate herd management. In southern PA growing up, the winters weren’t bad and you weren’t worried about fawn survival. I never even heard of “Yarding up” until moving to upstate NY. In short, by taking one of the many 1.5 yr old bucks and leaving the does alone allow them all to be bred and be better for my property? Do the fawns need a good winter with mom to learn where to yard up and survive a harsh winter? These are the things I’m trying to learn. Because as of right now.... my property is no where near the deer haven my dad has in southern PA. I just don’t want to make things worse... I know in March I will be dropping many trees to open up the canopy. I read about throwing a tennis ball 40 yards and if you can still see it, you don’t have enough understory. Right now I could see a tennis ball 200 yards away.


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Have the property logged. In a year you won't be able to see a tennis ball if you drop it off your stand.

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14 minutes ago, CanastotaCamo said:

Yes you dare say. The funny thing is... if I sat the stand closest to the house... they may have walked right past me. Life’s about choices. I chose incorrectly tonight.

 

 

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I have antler restrictions here(3K), and no doe tags for here.  I only see these same 5 doe on cams, and deer density is very low here, just a personal choice not to shoot one of these 5 doe, I see daily.  I have a spot in 3M that has a VERY high deer density,  and no antler restrictions, so I would rather use my bow tag there, on a doe.

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Slow night I was 51-49 hunting- fishing
Made the wrong choice

Saw one beautiful cock pheasant in the beans and a big crane in the water behind me and a couple really colorful ducks, I don’t know my ducks.




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Went back out for an afternoon sit since it was such a nice day. Saw 7 doe; to far away for a shot but at least I am seeing them. 16 does in three sits isn't bad for this area. Haven't seen a set of horns yet since the season opened.

Going to scout it some more as soon as possible and break out the climber.

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Well we had a good morning nothing down. We had 3 does come in down wind and ended up busting us. My nephew now knows when sit still means sit still. They were just about to commit to walking out of our wind when he moved his foot and off they went.  So i told him its ok just a learning expeirnce his first time hunting and had deer come in.  Well about 40 mins later i had just put my phone down and we had a spike trotting straight down the hill at us. So i had him stand up and get ready.  Spike gets to 25 he starts shaking,i told him to breath.  Now spike is at 15 yards quarting towards us and locks brakes. Look over and my nephews arrow is just  bouncing off the rest.  Spike runs off and my nephew just looks at me with that look of. Oh this is buck fever.  He shook for the next hr just laughing at himself. Best hunt ever.   Take that moment on his face anyday of the week. Picture was taken right before i noticed the spike.

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