Good luck to all that will be going out for the opening rifle Saturday...I decided to go up at 04:30 tomorrow, hunt through Sunday then back to bowhunting Long Island.
This morning was an almost great one saw a button buck,doe and a spike then had a big shooter 8 pt pass 35 yds in front of me but so thick no shot Last hooray with bow in the morning we are getting a snow storm right now Saturday the equalizer comes out
Good luck to all that will be going out for the opening rifle Saturday...I decided to go up at 04:30 tomorrow, hunt through Sunday then back to bowhunting Long Island.
Same,same to everyone who's going out with firearms this weekend. I 'm going to sit with # 2 son in a dbl stand,oldest son and my buddy will be out as well.
calling for upwards of 8-12" of snow by then,so who knows how they will be moving.
Enjoyable last morning hunting with a fresh blanket of snow saw 2 deer a button and a 6 pt I could have killed both I had 2 close encounter one with the Turk on Oct 29th and one yesterday with a big 8pt both between 30-35 yds but no shots I could have killed truck loads of lessor deer but I need to be happy when I walk up on a kill not ho hum .
The quest for Turk will continue with the gun starting tomorrow I've said it before I am always dissapointed when archery ends as gun season brings out the knucklehead brigade It becomes more luck than matching wits after the shots start to fly
Ok so my cousin had worse luck than me This picture was taken 10 yds in front of his stand this afternoon He was in the stand with his crossbow When it went to take his safety off it made a slight nose the deer buggered and bounded a few hops and he had no shot The deer slowly walked away He’s been after this piebald for 3 years He had the camera set up on a stump right in front of his stand Time stamp is off 1 hour
I'm not that superstitious, but he better watch out. An old Indian saying is that killing a piebald or albino brings bad Mojo.
Good luck tomorrow with gun season, hopefully the "Walkies" aren't walking around too much and spooking all of the deer. Our gun season starts on the 24th.
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Ok so my cousin had worse luck than me This picture was taken 10 yds in front of his stand this afternoon He was in the stand with his crossbow When it went to take his safety off it made a slight nose the deer buggered and bounded a few hops and he had no shot The deer slowly walked away He’s been after this piebald for 3 years He had the camera set up on a stump right in front of his stand Time stamp is off 1 hour
I'm not that superstitious, but he better watch out. An old Indian saying is that killing a piebald or albino brings bad Mojo.
Good luck tomorrow with gun season, hopefully the "Walkies" aren't walking around too much and spooking all of the deer. Our gun season starts on the 24th.
We heard all your babble about this before I'd whack the crap out of that buck any day, wished the piebald I was after didn't get killed last year BTW you planning on attending the hog hunt in March?
Don't feel bad Dan. You have standards and you stuck by them. I, for one, respect that. Besides, there's always late season and with all the standing corn and soybeans that got left I'm thinking it could be a good one this year. Are you planning to hunt Ohio or PA this year?
They say everything happens for a reason. For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.
Don't feel bad Dan. You have standards and you stuck by them. I, for one, respect that. Besides, there's always late season and with all the standing corn and soybeans that got left I'm thinking it could be a good one this year. Are you planning to hunt Ohio or PA this year?
Had my best opening day in NY ever. 24 deer, 11 bucks. This one and 3 other buck chased a doe right under me at 12:45. Amazing what a hot doe (or 2) will do for you. Stay after them Dan. Gun season started a week early so there's still hot does getting chased hard.
They say everything happens for a reason. For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.