Getting close now and I will again try to give a blow by blow report of this seasons hunts. I just set up a few trail cams a couple days ago, but with out a crop of apples on the trees it will be harder getting a good inventory of the bucks. A visual scouting run at last 1/2 of light yesterday evening showed approximately 50 deer between 2 clover fields
a lot of small and borderline bucks and 2 shooters, actually one cause one is a 1/2 rack that would have been a 140" 8pt
This year I hope will be even more entertaining and you can see 1st hand that my reports are accurate. I will be videoing from 1st person view using my Go Pro camera

Here's a sample from todays video trial

Vent a baldie or two to get the kinks worked out.

Looking forward to your vids!

Looking forward to seeing a couple of Slick Trick "X"s !!

Nothing this weekend???

Season in his area opens October 1st.

Yup and I won't get real serious till mid Oct

Love following these! Good luck.

Been watching a big guy in a clover field on back side of one of the properties I hunt.Set up a trail cam today to try and get a picture of him.1 week till kick off

Season opened yesterday still warm here 78 degrees right now but I'm heading in for an afternoon hunt. Not expecting much but will be good to get in the woods
I will report as things happen

I love the reports.

I'm in my stand I killed the 8 Pt archery buck last year I slipp in undetected
This will be a better stand in a couple weeks once the seeking begins
In the woods about 300 yards from a clover field they have been hitting
Hope to catch something heading to feed right before dark

3 doe passed at 30 yards

Heading out to hunt,38 degrees this am should be some movement

6 doe so far heard a grunt but woods are still thick

3 more doe right under my stand

First time viewing this post. Can't wait to follow throughout the season. Good luck and safe hunting!

That was it for this morning
This guy showed up on one of my cameras decent buck,boarder line shooter,Need a closer look seems to have good mass but tines are not that long

Back in woods new property

A single doe just slipped by at 125 yards

I am pleased I didn't fall out of my treestand, given that I forgot my safety harness and the wind was blowing the wrong way. And my trail cam isn't working.

But at least I managed to miss the doe that ran in front of me on the highway. And I pulled a giant sticker-thistle from the nose of a Shetland pony.

so an odd weekend, all things considered

3 more doe right at dark and thats a wrap for the day

Less than pleased with the Go Pro for filming hunts. Deer have to be super close to even show up and in low light its not good. Had a deer at 10 yds yesterday afternoon at dusk but video is too dark to see
This Video is from yesterday morning with a doe less tha 10 yards from my stand(I am 30' up though)
I will play with the Go Pro a bit more but so far it's not the best for a hunting video camera(fishing on my boat it's the best)

30'? Dang, I got a nose bleed just watching the video.

That stand is situated part way up a ridge,if I'm not that high up I would be at eye level with deer crossing on the ridge

No hunting?
I need a fix.

Gotchya.

OK, less work, more hunting. Chop, chop.

Stay after 'em Dan.

I'm biding my time... But still having fun
Took the 1953 Ithaca 37 16ga for a spin today
I'm extremely pleased with how well it shoots!Had one rooster get up real close and blew the head clean off!

Nice!

Who's preserve? Take your dog?

F and B in Hamlin NY. Used 2 of their dogs, pointers that were outstanding.

It really is a good time, been years since I did it. I trained my first lab on a preserve in Shelby years ago. My current dog learned on roadkill.

Nicely done Dan. I have a 37 lying around here somewhere. The one with the fiber optic sight on the end..........

Thanks!

Larry let me know if you want to go some time
I was thinking maybe Feb if snow isnt to high

In my stand calm morning 44 degrees
Don't have great hopes for this spot as the food just isn't here this year, no apples on the trees for some reason
Still a bit too early yet but I figured I was up and would sit for a while
Didn't want to hunt my other 2 properties cause wind is wrong
We shall see....

Dead here, what a big difference a year makes. Moved to another stand had 3 doe near it as I walked up. Pulled 2 camera cards not many pictures will have to see if any thing good or just the usual couple doe squirrels and raccoon
It's boom or bust here dependent on the apples

Wow it like watching paint dry this morning
Can't wait till its pre rut time
I promise this post will get far better in 2 weeks

Cooler temps will help, hang in there.

I only do the ground now, heights don't work for me the older I get.

My slick tricks did the job Wednesday afternoon downstate just as the temps dipped to near 40.

Good hunting Dan.

-Ken

Thanks!
Doe, a squirrel and a 4 point nothing good yet on the cameras

Head in out shortly, I have a good wind for another property this morning, it's 32 degrees and we have our 1st hard frost this season so should be a good morning for deer movement...

4 pt just came thru dogging a doe
Then another doe followed

Something chasing in the brush

4 more doe

I'd enjoy it. My dog isn't up to it anymore, she would burn herself out in about 20 minutes!

I hunted Canadice yesterday morning and it was the same, slow is and understatement. It was so still early on that my stomach growled and startled me...........

In out... Pulled my camera card and I've got what I'm looking for!
I'll post some pictures once I get home and down load

Thats who I'm looking for!

Another different buck

Back out but on a different property wind shifted so couldn't hunt this mornings property

6 doe and a 4 pt chasing and pestering them
Little guy doesn't know he's early to the party

Those are nice bucks in the pics Dan.

Back in my stand for a quick morning hunt
Warm this am 55 degrees and will be warming fast next couple days getting close to 80 degrees so after today I'm gonna hold back till temps drop

4 doe filtered past

Ok hung a new stand today over looking the scrape I got the pictures from. Up about 20' Should be good,going to let it rest for a while before I hunt it

View sitting in stand to scrape



View from ground looking at stand

I don't like the looks of that limb over your right shoulder. You OK with it?

Is that a Lone Wolf stand? I never used one...........

Yes Larry Lone wolf stand,they are the best. Limb is fine, all checks out,I try to leave as much undisturbed as possible also I shoot sitting,bow is always in my hand cam tucked in my rubber boot,less movement and always ready that way

I too shoot sitting all the time.

If you have to stand when shooting turkeys they will be gone before you straighten your legs!

I like to have my bow in hand but I did make a hanger bracket that holds it right I'm front of me with an arrow knocked. I fall asleep far to often to trust holding my bow in my lap.

The millennium tree stands I use are so comfortable it's tough to remain awake for many hours of sitting!

I'm happy to shoot from the seat too but rarely get the opportunity. My hang on of choice for the past 25 years has been Screaming Eagle stands. Seat height is darn near perfect with them for an easy up or sitting shot, IMO.

Talk about sleeping on stand, today I hunted out of my Treewalker climber. Comfortable.........

I couldn't hold my bow for more than a few minutes without getting fidgety. I use the Realtree Ez hanger and it works great.

Dan, what are the grips like on your bow? You use a glove on your bow hand? The grip on my Elite is like an ice cube.....

Wooden grip on my Heli-m. I wear light gloves and when it gets colder I slip one of the small air activated hand warmers in my glove.

Yep. I've been using 'em for over 25 yrs. Strongest stand I ever climbed into.

Only thing is I've been out of those treetops for some 10 yrs now.

-Ken

trust me guys Lone wolf is head and shoulders above the screaming eagle

Never rode a Lone Wolf hang on or climber but their 21" seat height vs the SE 25" would be a minus for my knees and any quick stand ups. I've shot too many deer that came in from the dark side of the trail too to try and stay seated.............

You are taller than me Larry. In this set I have zero shooting behind me just way way to thick...banking on the run right in front of my stand and a visit to the scrape

The lone wolf is comfy and quiet and with the EZ hang hook the easiest set up you can imagine

I haven't looked at bow hunting lately. How'd I miss this from my BFF? So far this year I've seen 4 squirrels and one 3-point.

It's early go kill some doves and wait till temps cool

You gotta remember, we have two seasons...summer and Christmas.

Some bucks starting to show on my ghost town property,not quite what I'm looking for but encouraging
And how about that buck moving at 5 pm in 79 degree weather

Heading in to the new stand I hung Monday
Have the right wind this afternoon
Overcast and 65 degrees

I finally get to hunt this stand and the farmer decides to harvest the clover field that I'm tucked in behind wtf

Waste of n afternoon on my wy home

Just my luck phuucker!


On a brighter note he's still around

good stuff.
thanks

Wind will prevent me from hunting that stand till Monday am but it will be in the mid 30's at day break Monday should be good.
Tomorrow I'll hit the ghost town spot cause of the wind but deer are starting to show up so maybe not a ghost town any more

Ok in in stand 53 degrees and steady rain

Not good

Try setting the field of view on the Gopro to narrow.

It will get rid of the fish eye effect that you see in many of the videos.

I'm out zero moving

Hunted ducks this morning in Canadice Dan. Same weather here! No ducks and it never stopped raining from 6:30-9:30.

The ducks were the big winner here.........:)

I'm bow hunting from here on.

Gonna try it again this a.m.
Rain has stopped and 38 degrees

Just whacked a big doe looked to be perfect shot 15 yards
Small spike chasing and pestering her
He came right thru after shot and stopped at 5 yards from me
Had video rolling not sure if there was enough light for good footage
Gonna stay put for a while and see what else is moving
I'm in the ghost town spot

Nice going on the doe.

I'm in the warm confines of my buddies place. I killed a 2.5 year old 8pt last night, 15 yards Slick Tricked! Dressed out he goes 172lbs. I had a uphill drag that just about did me in....

Nice job Larry!

Deer ran right past one of my trail cams 10 yards before she dropped should be interesting to see the picture

Nice 8 Larry.


Dan, tasty vittles.

-Ken

Field dressed weight 132 lbs live weight would be 165-170 lbs
I do have video footage it's down loading I'll post it once it's ready

Exit and lung picture

A little dark but it there

Heading out to the property with the cut clover
40 degrees and good wind so I can get a real hunt in out of the stand I hung last week

Bumped a deer coming in
2 doe pasted by the stand
I could see more deer in thickets working parallel with me but way to thick to see what they where

2 more doe and a buck couldn't see how big it's so damn thick here

thats all for this morning
couple pictures from a trail cam that are pretty neat

Back in stand new property that I've killed many of my archery big bucks from
I couldn't ask for a better scenario 30 yds from my stand right in the spot I arrowed 2 big bucks I have a fresh scrape opened up and it's right in my wheel house for shooting

2 doe passed at 150 yds

L O L... I once hunted with a guy from Buffalo we nick-named
"Howitzer Hill", he would have taken those 150 yard shots
He would take 40 yard shots at carp on Irondequoit Bay, not giving anyone else a chance to shoot.

He's dead now... not to be missed by many.

It's great reading your posts,
Thanks

Spent many days on Irondequiot bay it's one of my home ports

Another single die passed 50 yds

8 pt walked 10 yds from stand
Very nice high rack but not quite what I'm looking for

I just shot at a great great 8 pt I think I shot right over him
Came in with another 8 pt not as big
Gonna go check my arrow for blood

Arrow is covered in blood!!

I have a good blood trail and I thought I heard him crash

Oh yeah!!!

Sweet!!! Do you have video on that guy?

It was getting dark so probably won't be too good
I have about a 1 mile drag and I'm alone
Hope to get home before morning

Dang that is cool!!!!

Wish I could help..

Man Im hopeing for one like him! Congrads! the pic of the piebald is it a buck or doe?

OK just got home,my back is shot but its well worth it!
Here's how it all went down...
I passed a nice 8 point and then a few minutes later 2 doe crossed 100 yds from me.
A few minutes later I caught move movement about 80 yds to my right, 2 nice buck! At first glance they both looked to be shooters. They stop and face off and hit horns a bit. Then they move behind some brush and they start fighting for real, antlers were cracking.
I then grab my grunt call figuring if they are getting giggy that they will want to investigate anther buck in the area.
Sure enough with in a few minutes the 1st one starts coming my way.
As he's coming in I decide he's not what I want although he's nice.
the 2nd buck starts to bring up the rear but half way to me he cuts off into the thickets. I think figures,damn it!
The 1st buck stops at about 25 yds looking my way and after a minute cuts away parallel with me. At this point the 2nd buck makes a fatal mistake and comes out of the thicket and starts to follow.
I scan and find 1 window at 30 yds and when he steps thru I release.
Initially I thought I shot over him, and was disgusted but I should know better. That arrow,slick trick and luminock passed thru him and stuck in the ground beyond him so fast it was deceiving!
He ran out in front of me and circled thru the woods,I heard a crash behind me.I waited a few minutes and got down to check my arrow and it was covered in bright blood,at that point I knew he was dead and I'd have my hands on him shortly. Followed the blood trail and he died about 75 yds behind my stand.

I checked the video and I have it all and its not dark!! Also have video of the 1st 8 pt I passed. It takes a while to get it down loaded and then uploaded to youtube so I will post the video tomorrow
I didn't get great pictures as it was getting dark but I took a few on the back of the jeep and in my shed. I have 2 deer to butcher so now the work begins!

Congrats Dan!!

He's a beauty. Looking forward to the footage...........You should age him and slam him on a scale.

Have fun cutting two! I did mine today, solo. Wife had to work and kids are always too busy when I need them. Wrapped back straps & tenderloins, canned 7 qts and ground the rest.

Now I know you are home safe and sound I can go to bed........

Heres the video a bit long but its how it happened in real time
You can here me grunt right at the start of the video,then a lot of watching and waiting as deer commit to come
At the 5:30 min. mark 1st buck shows and at 6:17 he starts to leave just after 7:00 minute mark the buck comes out of thickets and shot comes at 7:18 minute mark

Great job, beautiful deer. You seem to have it figured out - enjoy!

Wow, great deer, and super shot !!

Congratulations !!

Sweet animal and story.
I'll check out the vid.
Thanks, I love this thread.
Slave

Looks to be a yearling doe

Very nice animal Dan. Congrats.

I enjoyed the entire thread including the videos.

-Ken

Back in the saddle this morning
Have a couple doe tags and turkey is opened
Need to keep a pulse in what and who is around for gun season in about 3 weeks

Just breaking light doe passed by at 12 yds all alone

Pie bald just cut thru behind me just caught a glimpse

Look who's still hanging around!

Did you know that the reason for piebald animals is breeding brother to sister or offspring to parent

I did not , so they are like hillbillies from WestVirginia?

Why didn't you smoke the doe?

It's bad luck


Just kidding I had no shot and I need to see if it's a mature doe or not

Just slipped in my stand
In spot with pie bald deer and big buck

That was quick small half rack bumped a doe and then feed thru

Saw a couple more doe and a good buck
Things are gonna heat up quick now!

Think this was the buck I saw



Some more pics of other bucks





Funny,I had pics of squirrel,rabbit,coon,and this chuck
He must be looking for Bill Murray

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Pics from spot I killed buck 30 yds from stand

The buck with the rope in his horns is in trouble. That WILL get tangled in the brush or in another bucks rack and one or two deer will die, count on it.

It'll will be ugly............shame.

Agreed, just kill that one if you get the chance.

I've seen two deer and one elk in my life with rope or wire tangled in their racks. The elk was still alive but dragging a long stretch of rope, his days were certainly numbered. Both deer I found were dead with their rotting carcasses tangled in branches.

If that were some thin string or light electrical wire, maybe he could break it. But that looks like reasonably substantial rope. I don't see that poor bugger surviving til he drops them in Feb! Plus it's hanging around his neck too!

My thoughts also JJ
For the life of me I can't figure out where that rope came from and how it has it so wrapped around his beams

Looks like somebodys "hot wire" fence. Electric fences are a pain in the butt to maintain, and you have perfect evidence they are dangerous refuse to wildlife!

It's getting crazy now saw 7 different buck this a.m.
One of them was a real hammer 140ish 8 pt

I saw three this morning in East Aurora, none would break 80"

Well I won't be shooting the pie bald deer, he's a young button buck hope he lives a few more years

That's a neat one Dan. I hope he survives.

It's been pretty fast and furious the past few days. Bucks on the prowl.
I wished I had not tagged out on my buck cause yesterday I had a giant pined and drawn on at 33 yds, he'd have been mine. He walked right in front of my camera as he filtered by!
This morning to my disbelief I saw what I thought was the button buck pie bald coming through the thick brush but as it got closer I said " that's way to big to be a button buck"
It was a 1 1/2 yr old buck with same pie bald markings! He rubbed up a sapling right in front of me. He passed my camera set up but I pulled the card last night and forgot to bring the replacement. The genes are already planted here!

This is the buck from yesterday I had pinned

Too cool. It looks like your hunting area has no shortage of bucks.

Finally was able to get a mature doe in range late yesterday afternoon. I could have killed 10 buck this past week but no doe.
Shot came at last 15 minutes of light. The deer reacted funny,she ran 40 yds and then stopped and walked into thickets.From her reaction I was nervous but when I got down at dark to retrieve my arrow it was covered in blood. I walked to where I last saw her and she wasn't there so I decided to wait till this morning to look for here.
She was stone dead and was only 75 yards from where I hit her.

Good job Dan. I haven't had a doe closer than 75 yards in a week and a half but could have killed a pile of buck too.

I know funny how things are opposite of what we want

This thread is as good or better then any TV Hunting show. What a great idea you had and a great effort to keep this entertaining and up to date every day!

Speaking of TV heres the video
shot comes at 4:49 minute of video
There was a bit of cat and mouse as she knew some thing was up but I remained motionless until she calmed and then turned and gave me the opportunity to draw unseen

Lighted nocks rock!

They are made for archery video!

Thanks for sharing!

Nice shot.

-Ken

Would love to see a Topo map of this area...

You must be in one heckuva good funnel...

I hunt 3 different properties. I've gots some good stand locations for rut time that just produce year in and out. Then other stands get moved from year to year depending on food and travel patterns.
Rut time spots are on the edge of thick doe bedrooms

I got pictures of the pie bald 1 1/2 yr old

He kind of looks like Little Joe Cartwright's horse

Oh that piebald is great...

I'm afraid I'd have to let him walk for a long time, spread some genes around.

Guy would be almost impossible to see if there was a little snow on the ground...

Piebald is due to inbreeding, not a very good genetic benefit!

Well today is firearm season and the great equalizer comes out..I really don't need any equalizer I did quite well with the bow.It's always a bit sad when archery ends but I now have a buck tag again so onward!
I'll be leaving the house in a short while and still have not decided on which property to hunt.Even though this is the archery forum I'll keep updating and hope to connect with one of the big guys

Can you still use archery during firearm season?

I usually hunt the rifle season with my bow in Wa.

Yes you can but it is really feudal once firearms starts.
Today consisted of the of throwing a trespasser out of a stand 75 yds from me at 8:30 am,driving to next property to find out more people in woods around my set to then driving to 3rd property and seeing 1 doe...Did I mention I really hate gun season?
The yahoo's will quit soon enough and I can actually start hunting deer again instead of orange jerks

To bad, I would hate that as well.

Morning 2 of gun season

Small 8pt 2 doe and piebald button buck... Oh yea and a hunter sitting on a bucket 75 yds behind me
Touchy situation as he's a friend of neighbor where I park and yard I cut thru to get to my stand
Told him he wasn't on property he was supposed to be on that he cut trees and saplings on someone else's property and that it wasn't very cool setting a stand 75 yds from me
Did I mention I hate gun season

Yesterday afternoon was the 1st enjoyable hunt with no hunters around me.Saw 2 small buck a doe and a button buck.
Fresh snow for this morning but no deer moving,but again enjoyable nobody around me.I will get back out this afternoon after I get some work caught up.

1st snow of the season,1 small doe and a 4 pt this afternoon

Work and chores forced a day off...17 degrees and 30mph winds making for a below zero wind chill figured it was a good day for a break

Snow and cold afternoon but saw 15 deer a 4 pt and the rest doe

Dan,
Do the folks around there knock off pretty much everything with 3" up top?

Depends some areas yes and some no

I think lots of guys have started to ease up on the small bucks, voluntarily. The past 5-7 years we seem to be seeing more and more 3.5+ year old bucks around. If a guy/gal wants to cork a young buck, have at it but plenty are passing IMO.

That's encouraging.

6 doe and four buck this afternoon
Two 4 pt, 3 pt and a small 8 pt

This one was in spitting distance

Saw 2 doe 2 button buck a 4pt and a half rack spike this morning

pulled camera card and look who came by 15 minutes before I got in my stand

We have a 3 point on one side minimum down my area for a few years now. Seems to be working as 8 of us took 6 decent bucks opening gun week.

-Ken

9 doe this afternoon and one was a piebald that's 3 piebald deer on this property!

very warm here now 50 degrees this a.m.only 1 button buck this morning nothing moving .Went from alaska to Florida in less than 24 hours,snow is completely gone

57 degrees and high winds high temp forecast is 65 degrees today will be a break day. Saw 1 middling 8pt yesterday afternoon

Weather should start getting nicer on Thanksgiving.

Hang in there kiddo.

-Ken

Dan......PA or OH this year?

Neither Larry,staying in Ny

1 doe and another deer I could not make slipping thru pines
Still windy this afternoon, morning should be much better

Nice morning but zero movement back at it this afternoon

2 doe yesterday but the property owner decided to walk his giant sheep dog thru the woods and was coming out just as I was entering.I asked knowingly "did you see any deer"?
he said "yes a whole herd was running around the meadow"
The "meadow" is a scrub golden rod field my stand over looks

Good morning,16 deer 3 buck a spike, 6 pt and a decent 8pt but he needs another year. Took a big doe with my handgun,Les Baer 1911 .45 and hand load,25 yd shot perfect placement and exit

That's pretty cool. Good shooting, Dan!

Nice shot, Nice gun, Nice doe!

Warm today 55 degrees,7 doe this morning no buck

Damn it figured there had to be a buck around,he came thru 2 minuted before I came thru!

A bit of 2nd rut activity this morning
2 doe being dogged by a 3 pt
Button buck bedded 70 yds from me had to sneak out of stand

8 doe this afternoon no buck

Kinda looking like the bigger Bucks are on to your agenda and come through ahead of you. Cheers NC

Thanks I'll change my agenda

10 doe including the pie bald button buck yesterday afternoon

Things are winding down now.This is the last weekend of firearms season and then muzzleloader comes in for 9 days.Im going on vacation the 13th so my season will be ending early.
Expecting good things this weekend

2 doe a 6 pt and another deer skirting thicket couldn't tell what it was
Nice afternoon

Pouring rain this morning but I went any ways,saw 1 doe
this afternoon rain stopped saw 4 doe and a 4pt

A couple doe this morning but NE wind was just wrong got winded didn't hunt this afternoon so that's a wrap on gun season
Muzzleloader starts tomorrow

Only able to get out twice with the muzzleloader,yesterday afternoon was my last hunt of the year saw 2 doe.Can't complain I had a great season, took a nice buck with the bow as well as a couple doe with the bow and pistol.Season runs till Tues day but I leave for a week in Costa Rica tomorrow at 6 AM. 25 degrees here and a foot of snow,but I guess I suffer 89 degrees sun and some Billfishing instead of hunting.
Thanks for all who followed its been a long fun season!
Till next Oct...

Great thread, guess I'll have to scroll down to to the fishing forum to follow your costa trip now!

Taking the GoPro hope to have video

Have a good trip Dan.

Enjoy the Sun, I like following your posts, hope you keep posting next season!

One doe today let it walk

Last day of deer season today and I'm not hunting.... I don't feel cheated













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Gotcha a marlin huh? I'm glad you had a good trip. I'm sure some of our snow bound brethren are sick with envy!

Yup marlin fishing is like hunting gotta put your hours in but when it happens it worth all the hours. 300 lb blue hit the teaser late in the day did the bait and switch and he hammered the big cut bait. 35 minutes and we tagged and released him

I can't believe you let that doe walk without at the very least attempting a shot..........oh, I bet she passed by again on the afternoon hunt??

Great pics & fish. The weather here sucks donkey balls, big time.

Enjoy....