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Sounds Like A Great Hunt so Far!

Yep , first cold snap and the woods comes alive. I snuck out for the last hour tonight. My wife bought me this recurve many years ago, but I never killed anything with it. I'm too in love with my old Silvertip recurve to hunt anything else seriously, but I promised her this year it would draw blood. After missing a big'un opening day, when this one offered a 5 yard shot I couldn't resist.

Congrats bbassi!!!

Congrads! on a Buck with a Recurve!

Another super close call this morning I had this buck at 28yds need one more step and he took it but turned with a hard quarter towards me,then turned completely away giving me no shot.
34 degrees frost saw 5 buck the other nice 8 pt but I won't shoot him and 6 doe and a flock of turkey.It was a frustrating but great morning to be in the woods

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Nice going, it’s those 5 yard shots that can get me too. Hard to pass a slam dunk up.......

Tell me about your Silvertip bow, did Paul Shafer build it or is it one of Dave’s?

I love those brow tines Dan! Well worth holding out for. I'm kinda regretting tagging out already.

Lawdwaz, My Silvertip was built in the late 80's by Paul. 62", 52 and 65# limbs. I also have a 57# pair built by Dave and fit to this riser that see most of the work. I shoot it off a rest like it was intended, but no Aluminums or plastic fletch for me. That's where I draw the line. This bow is an Arcadian Woods Tree Stick @ 52# shooting ceders and Bead greenies + bleeders.

Now that's up-close-and-personal! Congrats.

saw a big Spike this evening, darn South wind, is messing up my 2 good spots!

Congrats on the deer guys !

Yes this south wind sucks bad !

It's not the south wind but the damn warm temps it brings. Things don't cool down here till near end of next week

Need things to cold down to get the big guys moving during day time hours

May as well do yard work this weekend Dan........LOL

Mid to high 70's Saturday & Sunday!!

Yup won't hunt this weekend

He should be at his portliest next weekend - get him then.

Yup weather changes mid week and it will be game on!

Hunted this morning saw 4 small junk buck and over 10 doe,big guys aren't moving in this weather. I'll hold off till next week now
Deer are moving at night when it's cooler. 3 pictures of Sprout the buck with the 3rd brow tine sticking straight out and 1 picture of a buck not sure which one

Not a good day.......
i went this morning.Back at the truck by 9 am.
First sit in this stand (treeline between barn and neighbors house, deer enter our thicket via that route (one of 4 ways in ).
Can't walk off road to stand.......because a rather irate coon was growling something fierce.
I stood on country road 10 minutes waiting for him to move, and he finally did, growling the whole way.
Note: I need a flashlight and a suppressed .22 for next go around.
Doubt the feds would OK a can that quick LOL

Get back to stand, half hour later it's getting light. Bang bang bang. 3 shots from woods where deer come from.......
musta been a yote.
Nothing comes across field.
Field...........was beans, cut this week, turned under............pig chitted already.
Stand may be worthless now. Leave for next yr if they do corn.

On way home every blue hair in a Buick was tooling at 50% the speed limit.
Doc has me on antibiotic........been sick a while.
Yeah..............barely made it home in time.
Was a Booner too.

So...........proly buy a ladder stand or have a great lunch before heading in to work.

Def not hunting that stand tomorrow.

Oh............on the long walk down the road to the new stand............no big deal. On way back I smelled a buck, must have crossed from corn to the spot I shot my last 2 in gun seasons.
Smelled just like the HS Scent "Buck Rut" wafers. I will have a stand there for gun, but for bow it sucks........have one down about 75 yards from there, on path to oak flat.

Her in Indiana we have the possibility of snow flurries next wknd......which I kind of doubt.
I imagine New York would have a much better chance next wknd.
I remember when I lived in WNY we always had a snowfall around Halloween

Ha next Saturday forecast high of 70 degrees