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Title: Good luck NY Bowhunters!
Post by: ronp on September 19, 2018, 05:55:11 PM
It's that time of year again.  Our NY early bow season opens next week, finally after waiting all summer.  Please post about how your season is going, and any pics would be great!  Good luck to all the NY bowhunters, and please remember to be safe.  Wear that safety harness when you're in a tree   :archer2: :archer2: :archer2:
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Post by: ron w on September 19, 2018, 06:23:49 PM
Hey ronp, if you get a chance to hunt the north country think of me. :campfire: One of the things I'll miss living in Georgia. I will find some hunting ground shortly. :archer:
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Post by: Stumpkiller on September 19, 2018, 09:25:47 PM
A little later down here - but good luck to you guys (and gels).

I moved my main stand that was a chain on and pretty much grown into the tree.  Swapped it for a ladder stand that's a little easier to get in and out of.  Hope to do some still hunting as well.
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on September 19, 2018, 10:44:29 PM
Good luck guys :wavey:
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Post by: carbonflyr on September 19, 2018, 11:31:04 PM
wish i could say i am ready but i'm not, but still excited!
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Post by: Stumpkiller on September 20, 2018, 01:14:41 PM
Saw a pair of bucks standing alongside my road this morning on the way to work just 1/2 mile from home.  Three antlerless as well.

As far as I know one of the "big guys" the neighbors and I were watching made it through last fall.  He should be a real bruiser this year.

That gets some of the cobwebs moving in the brain.  Time to sharpen the broadheads!
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Post by: joe munno on September 20, 2018, 04:18:53 PM
yea good luck and be safe cannt wait to be sittin up in a tree thanks
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Post by: Stone Knife on September 20, 2018, 08:24:21 PM
After two seasons of not being able to shoot my recurve I'm more than ready for this season.  :archer2:
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Post by: bkspyder on September 21, 2018, 09:30:49 AM
Forces are conspiring against me to keep me out of the woods on the opener... but I will be in soon!
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Post by: ronp on September 21, 2018, 10:11:46 AM
Dang!  I was hoping to get over to the Moose River Plains in the Adirondack Mts. for the opener next Thursday, but it looks like I have to work. :banghead:

Oh well, I am sure lucky to have a job here in central NY!  :archer2:
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Post by: Rock 'N Bow on September 21, 2018, 07:09:49 PM
Did a bit of scouting yesterday. Saw a decent amount of deer and plenty of sign. I also practiced shooting from a stand the first time since last season. My shots were more accurate than I was expecting them to be. The opener is in 10 more days and I'm feeling confident.
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Post by: Pointer on September 21, 2018, 08:29:48 PM
Dealing with some health issues that may prevent me from getting out but everybody be safe...have fun and I wish much success to all!
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Post by: Homey88 on September 22, 2018, 07:13:45 AM
Best of luck to you guys! Stay safe!
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Post by: R. Combs on September 28, 2018, 04:46:57 PM
Was lucky enough to take a 8 point on the second day of the northern tier season. 12 yard shot 70 yard recovery. Good luck to everyone this season.
Rick
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Post by: Kopper1013 on September 28, 2018, 05:42:46 PM
Congratulations Rick way to kick it off!!!!
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Post by: drewsbow on September 28, 2018, 08:03:32 PM
congrats  :clapper:
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Post by: Stumpkiller on September 28, 2018, 10:26:55 PM
Good job Rick!

Congratulations.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: 1/4 away on September 29, 2018, 03:02:37 PM
Congrats Rick!

Good luck to all my fellow NY'ers. Sure hope the temps drop soon . It's gonna be 75 degrees opening day afternoon. Thankfully the morning will be a bit cooler.
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Post by: SteveB on September 30, 2018, 09:48:51 AM
Good luck to everyone.
I'll be missing opener for 1st time in 15+ years.
Shoulder is getting better every day but couldn't begin to pull 28#'s Friday.
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Post by: swampbow2 on September 30, 2018, 12:10:32 PM
 Nice shot on that buck ! Hope you have a few doe tags after ending the season so soon ! The best time of the year is here again. Good luck to all.
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Post by: R. Combs on September 30, 2018, 12:58:16 PM
Thanks guys, yes I still have two doe tags left and a regular season buck tag when that gets here. It's nice to get one down early but I never put too much pressure on myself I just enjoy being out there!
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 02, 2018, 05:41:07 AM
Well yesterday was uneventful, hunted morning and afternoon and closest encounter was something blowing in the thicket behind/down wind of me. Still beat work and glad to have gone. We'll try again Saturday.
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Post by: huntryx on October 02, 2018, 07:13:05 AM
Southern zone opener was quiet in my area-- still not too much movement or sign, heavy vegetation with the wet summer. Sat AM and PM and saw a trophy squirrel! More rain and warmer this week, then maybe a change for the better!
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Post by: swampbow2 on October 02, 2018, 09:58:18 AM
 Only got out for a 1 1/2 hours last night but had a doe with fawn and button buck walk around under my stand for 5 mins before finally smelling me. Always fun to watch deer up close.Great to be out again... now if it would just quit raining I would get at it again.
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Post by: 1/4 away on October 02, 2018, 10:03:32 AM
With the exception of a red fox walking under my stand yesterday morning the opener was uneventful. Weather is way too warm and wet. Calling for more rain and warm temps this week.
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 02, 2018, 02:17:38 PM
Congrats Rick
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Post by: Stone Knife on October 07, 2018, 10:15:28 PM
Took an adult doe tonight with my Bob Lee
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 08, 2018, 05:39:12 AM
Congratulations James!

I hunted all day Saturday and didn't see any which puts me to a whopping 0 deer seen in two full days of hunting :help: hopping this coming weekend turn's things around.
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Post by: huntryx on October 08, 2018, 06:59:33 AM
Not seeing a lot of movement--too warm!
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Post by: swampbow2 on October 08, 2018, 10:46:17 AM
 :clapper: Stone Knife doesn't ever use up much of his season filling his first tag when he's healthy. I've had does and fawns around me about every time out but I've only seen 1 buck so far and that didn't work out do to a branch I didn't think was in the way. I got my miss out of the way now...
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 08, 2018, 02:13:57 PM
Congrats Jim
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Post by: R. Combs on October 08, 2018, 02:26:30 PM
Congrats James
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Post by: 1/4 away on October 08, 2018, 02:32:43 PM
Way to go James  :clapper:

I'm with huntryx. Weather here in my neck of the woods has been crazy. If it's not too warm, it's raining. Tomorrow it's going up to 77 degrees and Thursday is thunderstorms in the afternoon.  :banghead:
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 08, 2018, 09:18:04 PM
Nice buck Rick!
Great shooting Jim!
:bigsmyl:
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Post by: drewsbow on October 09, 2018, 08:21:07 PM
congrats Jim way to get it done  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 09, 2018, 08:39:08 PM
Jim... sure would be nice to look at a picture???   :bigsmyl:
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Post by: Stone Knife on October 10, 2018, 09:36:59 AM
As soon as I master the new format  :archer:
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Post by: swampbow2 on October 10, 2018, 11:04:10 AM
  Too hot this am I didn't see a deer. Decided to clean up a couple of cards for my trail cam to put out later and this is what I found from last year. I had forgotten about this trail camera and it had caught the whole story of last years little buck. You never know whats going to show up on those cameras..even your own !  I hope I can get these pics to post with time stamps.[attachment=1][attachment=2][attachment=3][attachment=4][attachment=5]
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 10, 2018, 07:25:28 PM
That's pretty cool Marvin
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 10, 2018, 09:27:58 PM
Ok Marvin I'll ask... Was that you drivig the Cub Cadet? lol  :knothead:
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Post by: swampbow2 on October 10, 2018, 10:53:04 PM
I don t drag deer when hunting near home. I was only a couple hundred yds from my house. The camera  card was full of nothing  pics so I hadnt gone through it which worked out because I never figured out how to post pics on the old version of this site anyway.
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Post by: Stone Knife on October 11, 2018, 08:04:41 PM
Pretty cool Marvin.
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Post by: Stone Knife on October 11, 2018, 08:24:10 PM

Finally figured out how to reduce the size of my picture.



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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 11, 2018, 10:54:15 PM
Nice Jim! Well Marvin I'm glad it was you. I wasn't sure if it was the neighbor sneaking through your honey hole :)
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 12, 2018, 09:14:40 AM
Hey guys what weather app do you use for wind direction? I've been using weather bug but wouldn't mind something better... mostly for wind direction . Ty
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 12, 2018, 03:06:47 PM
AccuWeather

I find it to very true it'll say things like "rain in 25 min" and by golly it'll be right close to that.
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 12, 2018, 09:03:24 PM
Thank you Greg, Ill try it sir!   :campfire:
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Post by: Stone Knife on October 13, 2018, 10:32:42 AM
Finally some daytime movement

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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 13, 2018, 10:42:00 AM
The Ol Bob Lee is going to look nice laying on his chest...
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Post by: Stone Knife on October 13, 2018, 12:49:17 PM
I hope so
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Post by: Stone Knife on October 14, 2018, 09:04:05 AM
I saw seven last night and three so far today, waiting for me right  :bigsmyl:
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Post by: drewsbow on October 14, 2018, 08:31:51 PM
congrats Marvin :thumbsup:
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 15, 2018, 06:44:23 AM
Well I lucky enough to be invited to a friends property yesterday where I saw 10 doe throughout the day. At last light I finally was provided an opportunity and wouldn't you know it I hit her right in the no go pocket bellow the spine. We tracked her for 300+ yards on a tiny drops of blood maybe every 6 feet. She finally pulled the arrow which had the wet watered down blood on half. After she pulled it we never found another drop :dunno: heart breaking when it happens for sure. Hopefully she'll be fine and nature will provide me another opportunity to right my wrong.
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Post by: huntryx on October 15, 2018, 10:46:24 AM
Still waiting for things to pick up here-- acorn crop here is a bust-- rotting on the ground from all the rain. Apples are spotty but mostly poor. A little corn still standing but most of it was cut weeks ago. The puzzle is always part of the fun!
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Post by: Stone Knife on October 17, 2018, 09:11:22 AM
Passed a nice doe last evening, hoping for a buck to come through but didn't happen.
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Post by: swampbow2 on October 17, 2018, 11:53:02 AM
 I've been passing on does with fawns and yesterday 2 small bucks;  a spike and a 3pt. A lone doe or bigger buck has to come along soon. When I got home last night a young buck stood at the back edge of my lawn and watched me get out of my truck before spooking while I was get out of my hunting clothes on my back deck.Light wasn't good but he looked like a small 6pt.
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 17, 2018, 08:46:29 PM
 :campfire: Come on guys we need another picture up on our thread  :archer2:
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Post by: drewsbow on October 18, 2018, 07:09:17 PM
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Post by: drewsbow on October 18, 2018, 07:11:59 PM
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Shot this doe with my BigJim Mountain Monarch and a Centaur Battle Axe head
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 18, 2018, 07:42:19 PM
Congratulations Andrew great shot!!
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 18, 2018, 08:29:59 PM
Nice shooting Drew and beautiful photo sir!
Boy those battle axes leave a hole :)
Is that a pipe and tobacco pouch? looks really cool!
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Post by: ron w on October 18, 2018, 08:42:32 PM
Good deal Drew...... :thumbsup:
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Post by: drewsbow on October 18, 2018, 09:06:30 PM
Thanks Guys , yes the pipe was made for me by a friend and the tobacco was given to me from another friend.
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Post by: Stumpkiller on October 18, 2018, 09:40:35 PM
Good job Andy.

Did you sprinkle a little tobacco on the deer and say a prayer of thanks?  I used to do that when I carried tobacco.  Now I shave a bit of chocolate candy bar.   :archer:
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Post by: carbonflyr on October 18, 2018, 10:06:58 PM
well done drew!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 18, 2018, 10:07:22 PM
I like that a lot! Special gear...  :campfire:
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Post by: huntryx on October 19, 2018, 08:50:50 AM
beautiful doe-- congrats Drew--I'm sure there is a story to tell.......
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 19, 2018, 02:25:12 PM
Congrats again Drew on the two fine deer
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Post by: huntmaster70 on October 19, 2018, 03:05:01 PM
Congrats Drew! Nice deer :thumbsup:
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Post by: R. Combs on October 19, 2018, 05:06:48 PM
Congrats Drew, nice shooting!
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Post by: drewsbow on October 19, 2018, 08:58:25 PM
Thanks everyone , I did take another doe on opening day as well but didn't get a very good pic. I do say a prayer of thanks to the animal and the four winds , leaving some special tobacco behind.
Susan : I was hunting the swamp stand I moved into a big oak this year after a move last year that left me wanting to be a little more down the fence line. I have a camera there and had taken the card into the stand to check before daylight. I found all the pics where before 9:30 a.m. or in the evening so the plan was to hunt till 9:30. I heard some splashing coming from the end of the swamp and knew they where on the way and kept an eye out that way. I watched as the fog rolled in and a nice doe appeared from the fog followed by a smaller one then a medium doe and finally a small buck. Now I'm not one to let a chance slip by but though she was under ten yards and had no idea I was there for about five minutes turning and giving me many shots i just didn't feel it at that moment and let her walk away. Now I am busy watching skweeeerls and such thinking it's almost time to leave and here she comes running back in . I am caught off guard and the shock sent me right into shoot mode without a second thought . I waited until she was broad side @ ten yards and started to draw but she caught me but wasn't scared just looked up then went back to normal , it's now game on . I let her move left a little more and start to draw again and she catches me once more but isn't really spooked. Now she is within 10 yds so its close and the oak i'm in is huge so she can't really make out what that big skweeeerl is doing . I let her move left more and as her head goes behind a 6 inch tree I start my draw again very slow and see her looking around the tree at me but continue to draw as she takes a couple half steps back. She still has no idea what is going on and I make it to full draw as she is standing still slightly quartering away and I release and at the hit I knew she was all in , no question . The trail was short and easy to follow maybe 40 yds and then the work begins but I'm smilling the rest of the day. Thanks for listening. Drew
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Post by: 1/4 away on October 19, 2018, 10:00:34 PM
Congrats Drew, way go go !  :thumbsup:
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Post by: kat on October 20, 2018, 10:18:06 AM
 :thumbsup: Way to go Drew.
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Post by: huntryx on October 20, 2018, 12:41:32 PM
Drew-- your story  captures well the surprises deer present to us in the moments we hunt them -- fun!  Makes me smile!  :clapper:
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Post by: drewsbow on October 20, 2018, 09:15:19 PM
Thanks again
Susan : That's what it is about , beating them at there game up close  :thumbsup:
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Post by: huntryx on October 21, 2018, 07:56:46 AM
...and being able to get a good laugh out of it when they win!
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 21, 2018, 01:14:36 PM
Had a couple close encounters today including giving a doe a nice shave this morning  :knothead: :knothead:
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Post by: IndianaBowman on October 21, 2018, 09:10:29 PM
I was finally able to get out on Thurs and two nice doe offered up a tempting shot. I picked the bigger doe and the shot looked perfect. However, when I got the arrow it had almost no blood on it and smelled like gut. I backed out and went back in the AM. There was virtually zero blood, but I knew the woods and after a random search, I found her after about 80 yards. The cavity was full of blood. Looks like liver and lung. She will be fantastic table fare. You can see the exit hole in the photo. The entry was a bit higher. Deer are tough!
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Post by: Stumpkiller on October 21, 2018, 09:38:45 PM
Congrats Terry.

It was WINDY hereabouts today.  20 mph with gusts.  I stuck it out hoping it would calm down around sunset.  No luck.  I didn't see nuttin. 
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 22, 2018, 05:47:51 AM
Congratulations terry
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Post by: Mike Manassa on October 22, 2018, 06:56:29 AM
Congrats Terry :clapper:
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 22, 2018, 02:27:08 PM
Congrats Terry, was just wondering how you were making out.
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Post by: drewsbow on October 22, 2018, 07:46:58 PM
congrats Terry :thumbsup:
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Post by: huntryx on October 23, 2018, 05:23:11 AM
Not much movement in the woods hereabouts, though some scrapes are starting to appear. Deer seem to be in the fields (cut corn and/or grass) at sundown.
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Post by: jldumas77 on October 23, 2018, 02:13:28 PM
Not a monster but a solid deer.  I was able to get him on 10/14/18 during night watch on state land out of a natural ground blind.  I had my 49#Dryad, Beman bow hunter shafts with 125 gr heads.  23 yard shot with a 36 yard recovery.  So all and all a great day. 
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 23, 2018, 02:28:01 PM
Congrats Jerry
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Post by: 1/4 away on October 23, 2018, 04:03:06 PM
Congrats Jerry !  :thumbsup:
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Post by: carbonflyr on October 23, 2018, 04:52:30 PM
better than anything i've seen lately...congrats :thumbsup:
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Post by: drewsbow on October 23, 2018, 07:13:27 PM
congrats Jerry  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 23, 2018, 07:42:07 PM
Congratulations Jerry
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Post by: Bobaru on October 23, 2018, 08:52:19 PM
I'm curious if anyone here remembers Rusty Boos. 

Rusty passed away about three years ago now.  He lived in Farmington, which is between Victor and Canandaigua.

I just got to thinking of him because he was such a fanatic for Brackenbury bows; he was so excited I'd found a used Left handed Brack on the internet that he gave me an original Brack quiver, which I covered in wool from an old beat up shirt.

I'd love to be swapping lies with him this evening. 
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 24, 2018, 08:45:42 AM
Congratulations Jerry & Terry  :campfire:

I did something i have not done before. I gave myself a birthday deer and it only took 47 years lol

(https://i.imgur.com/XqFSQWe.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7GYYTZ1.jpg)

I was hunting in a neat little spot. I sit behing this rock wall that I modified to be tall enough that sitting i can just see over, only my head showing. When the deer come I slowly duck below the wall and get low on my knees , bow extended out in front of me, bow end on the ground and wait. I cant see them till they pass a lower spot in the wall where i have a window like opening of low wall to shoot over out to 25 yards. With the wind in the right direction this spot is fun to sit. Well yesterday was my birthday and the wind was perfect for this spot.

I slipped in early and only had to wait till 9:15 for 3 does to feed into view. they were making their way off to a thick bedding area. As they came down the trail I watched as the came closer one was larger and two younger. The bigger doe was out in the lead and when they we closer I ducked behind the wall and into position on my knees. I had a brief but suspenceful wait and as the lead doe came into view she was 20 yards out. I slowly came to full draw, let her clear a tree and softly mouth grunted.

As she stopped and looked towards me I settled infor that fraction of a seckond and released the arrow... The spiraling chartreuse fletching... the graceful arc of the arrow on rout to a deer... the excitment, tension and relief as the arrow flashes and passes through for a clean kill. I rest the bow tip to the ground and wait still soaking it all in as the other two deer come down the same trail looking through the woods for the disturance. Its then I realize the 3 deer changed order while out of sight and I shot one of the younger deer in all my excitment.

I hear a solid thud as the doe drops out of sight 40 yards away... Thunder off in the distance, steel grey sky, cool damp dark earth under my knees... the sounds smells and feels of fall. To wish for it is almost to wish it away as it seems so brief. I try my best to soak it up, take it in, ts simply never enough. Sitting back on my feet I rest my bow down in the colored leaves and lean over to my pack pulling out a crispy fall apple, life is good as I wait.

(https://i.imgur.com/J6loxNJ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/UUT2JWv.jpg)

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Post by: Homey88 on October 24, 2018, 10:33:03 AM
Congrats to all who have harvested an animal and have been enjoying the outdoors!
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Post by: ron w on October 24, 2018, 01:20:49 PM
Well done socks......... :thumbsup: :notworthy:
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 24, 2018, 02:24:38 PM
Congrats James. Happy birthday
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 24, 2018, 03:18:14 PM
Happy birthday and congratulations James
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Post by: drewsbow on October 24, 2018, 07:37:34 PM
well done James , congrats  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 24, 2018, 08:11:31 PM
Thanks guys  :bigsmyl:
hey I wanted to tell you Knawbone ... David from Corning NY wanted me to say hi and good hunting to you boys. He plans on contributing a photo again this year  :bigsmyl:
:campfire:
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Post by: Stumpkiller on October 24, 2018, 09:49:18 PM
Congrats and happy birthday!

I'm older!  My birthday was three weeks ago.    :thumbsup:
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Post by: longrifle on October 24, 2018, 10:44:14 PM
Just saw your doe Drew, very nice and yours Jim you both are great story tellers I love it. Now we need some dead bucks. I'm going to be able to hunt tomorrow evening any wait.
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Post by: glenbo on October 25, 2018, 04:45:34 AM
Congratulations to all that have been successful. Nice shooting guys.
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Post by: swampbow2 on October 25, 2018, 11:16:15 AM
 I should have had a buck to show you Ger . I was seconds from releasing on a big 8pt yesterday when my phone went off ! I always turn it off before I leave the house but somehow I didn't yesterday. I watched the 8pt with his little 6pt buddy slowly, I mean very slowly ,feed down a ridge towards me for almost an hour. The big guy was at 25yds walking to me angling broadside ,6pt was already past me, I was standing with the bow pointing at him just waiting for a couple more steps to draw, release ! Phone with its screaming eagle sound and music goes off .Not my wife's fault.What are the odds ? I needed a couple seconds at most. It was my second encounter with a bigger buck this year that has failed ; I wonder how many more I'll need .Yikes.  :dunno:I did fill a doe tag from the ground on my way in to my stand last Thursday and its been awhile since I got one that way. I'm just cursed when it come to the big guys. Good luck and make sure to turn off the stinking phone.
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 25, 2018, 12:03:29 PM
I know that feeling Marvin  :knothead: congrats on the doe though
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Post by: IndianaBowman on October 25, 2018, 02:28:51 PM
Congrats Sockrblur!  What a great birthday present!

Congrats to all who have been successful and to all who have been able to enjoy the woods.
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Post by: longrifle on October 25, 2018, 09:26:46 PM
Sorry about your luck Marv, you'll get one
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 25, 2018, 09:39:26 PM
Ugh... sorry Marv. Gerald is right , this is our week coming up. We need more bucks  :campfire:
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Post by: Stone Knife on October 27, 2018, 09:26:21 AM
Congratulations Jim on a great harvest, congratulations to all the other successful hunters.  Marvin we all know you can shoot so it was a lucky break for that buck. Hopefully you will have another encounter with a positive outcome.
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 27, 2018, 10:35:32 AM
Boy did we get soaked this morning!!! No sightings, saw a few yesterday but nothing close enough, hoping they have to move this afternoon  :pray: :help: :dunno:
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Post by: swampbow2 on October 27, 2018, 10:53:41 AM
 Hunters moon is waning so daytime buck activity is going to take off starting next week. It's one of the few old time hunter sayings that I absolutely believe and have observed to be true. Not the crazy rut yet just more movement. Best time to hunt is whenever you can.. but watch next week and see what happens. I will be living in a tree !
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 27, 2018, 06:06:11 PM
I hope you are right Swamp!  :archer2: Im in the mood!
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 28, 2018, 09:46:34 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/mPGWGlo.png)

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Post by: huntryx on October 29, 2018, 07:19:34 AM
What a beautiful fox! Congrats! :clapper:
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Post by: ron w on October 29, 2018, 09:30:54 AM
Looks to be a big fox.......well done! :clapper:
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Post by: huntmaster70 on October 29, 2018, 09:36:16 AM
Nice fox, congrats :thumbsup:
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Post by: RedShaft on October 29, 2018, 09:54:18 AM
That is a dandy RED.  :notworthy:
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Post by: shick on October 29, 2018, 10:11:58 AM
James, good for you, well done.  As stated, that is one helluva fox.   Congratulations.
Shick
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 29, 2018, 02:03:40 PM
Beautiful fox James! Congrats
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Post by: drewsbow on October 29, 2018, 07:44:13 PM
congrats James :clapper:
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 29, 2018, 07:56:46 PM
Dang that's a biggin congratulations!!
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 29, 2018, 08:41:52 PM
Well my brother finally took his first whitetail with a traditional bow...
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Perfect quartering away shot, entered just behind last rib came up through both lungs and you're looking at the exit :thumbsup:
Shot was 8ish yards
Now if I can only find away to keep him from going back to the training wheels :nono:
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Post by: longrifle on October 29, 2018, 09:10:56 PM
Great shot on that buck Kopper, tell him congrats from all us NY Trad men.
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 29, 2018, 10:16:17 PM
Tell your brother congratulations Kopper   :campfire:
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Post by: vintage-bears on October 29, 2018, 10:32:32 PM
Congratulations everyone!
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Post by: Biggamefish on October 30, 2018, 06:58:49 AM
Good to see some people connecting. I finally saw some movement on sunday. Had a bunch of doe in front of me with a small spike horn. A second buck came in and started running the does around. Never got a good look at the second buck but things are starting to ramp up. These next couple of weeks will be good. Good luck out there.
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Post by: Bobaru on October 30, 2018, 11:45:29 AM
Kopper -  Can't get over that mountain man!!!  Where'd you find him?   Hahah...  Congrats to Ben!!!!!  See what happens when we all the geezers get together for Sunday morning Bloody Mary's.  The youngen's get the bucks!!!
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 30, 2018, 02:35:06 PM
Congrats to Ben
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Post by: Kopper1013 on October 30, 2018, 03:14:03 PM
Thanks everyone I'll pass it on

Bob seems you need to still add you picture :saywhat:
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Post by: drewsbow on October 30, 2018, 06:52:07 PM
congrats :clapper:
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Post by: huntryx on October 31, 2018, 09:13:25 AM
Still waiting for some decent action-- windy and wet mostly.....
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Post by: swampbow2 on October 31, 2018, 02:35:52 PM
 Three of the last 4 times out (morning/eve and morning/ eve) I've seen good bucks but just couldn't get a shot. I had one come in ,big 8pt , about 2 minutes after I broke a branch so I could climb higher . I was facing the wrong way and by the time I got turned he was in the thicker stuff. I think he was checking out the noise. If I had been ready and seen him coming I would have had a 12yd shot.I pulled a camera card this morning and had a bunch of activity . I want to see this one...[attachment=1]
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Post by: Sockrsblur on October 31, 2018, 09:26:35 PM
 I love October... Its probably my favorite but come on sweet November :deadhorse:  :help:  :deadhorse:
Title: Re: Good luck NY Bowhunters!
Post by: huntryx on November 01, 2018, 09:06:37 AM
Saw a nice one nose to the ground and focused! Ran right by as I was walking my dogs (of course I wasn't in the right place at the right time with a bow.....) :tongue:
Title: Re: Good luck NY Bowhunters!
Post by: Stumpkiller on November 01, 2018, 10:31:16 PM
I think I have a better chance of seeing a catfish from my stand than a whitetail buck.

A week ago our Airedale was in the front yard jumping back from something on the ground.  I checked it out and he had a crayfish successfully defending itself.  We are at 1,800 feet and five miles from a river!  I have seen a second one since then in the grass and a third one dead on the road.

I think the deer all drowned.  Haven't seen hide nor hair in the woods.  Rain, rain, rain.
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Post by: huntryx on November 02, 2018, 06:30:34 AM
Stumpkiller-- I hear you-- weather is really windy and just plain wet here, and next week calls for the same. Try to be out every minute I can, but I draw the line at thunderstorms in a tree! :scared:
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Post by: Stumpkiller on November 02, 2018, 11:46:11 PM
I had to work until 6:30PM tonight and coming home I had to stop three times on my stretch of road for deer crossing the road.  One would have been a 10 point but one side was broken off; but even missing half of one side he was splendid.  Stood in the headlights and let me gawk for some time.  He was 5 miles from my house/hunting area.  They were moving tonight. 

Because I had to be at work.   :banghead:
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Post by: Kopper1013 on November 04, 2018, 09:30:58 PM
What an outstanding weekend!!!

Saturday: I put my father in the hottest stand we have on a property I joined last year. I got the text at 7:30 he had hit a buck!
My dad had been trying for roughly three years to get his first trad bow kill. Up until April he had been shooting a old bear recurve he had gotten when he was 16. In April I built him a longbow and he has been dedicated to her.
We me being the awful son I am I made him wait an hour and a half before letting him track. His arrow entrance was high but perfect center of rib cage. The arrow never exited instead broke off and punched holes in everything as he ran. The blood trail was virtually non existent with the high entrance and rain but boy did that string tracker work beautifully he only went about 120yrds before piling up. I was so excited for him but also bumming a little as I had blown some opportunities early in the season and we (myself, brother and father) have never tripled during bow season let alone with trad gear. Plus I wast seeing much.

Sunday:
This morning it all came together for me! I had been looking around when I spotted a big six who had snuck in on me. He stopped at about 15yards and began to make a scrape something I've never got to witness! After a couple minutes he began his journey again and as he walked under some limbs I found my anchor. I was in the process of pulling through my shot waiting for my clicker and he was cruising through my lane quicker than anticipated as his shoulder started to disappear behind a tree there was a click and the shot was off. The arrow looked great and he took off. As he disappeared over a ridge the string tracker took off on his down hill run then stopped. I started fist pumping in the stand then the string started out again this time way faster!! My heart sank as it seem to never stop! Finally it came to a stop and never moved again...did it break? Is he dead, did he bed? Was the shot to far back?...I gave myself an hour and a half and was pretty worried. It was definitely a dead deer some time so I decided I'd check the sign and determine my next move. The first 40 yards revealed very little blood but no sign of guts as I got to the ridge he went down I caught my first good blood I could see easily the mess he made push down the hill so I decided to push on a little further at the bottom of the hill I found my arrow lodged in a pine tree, now he was taking double line :bigsmyl: I looked up and could see blood and his trail pretty clear 15 yards ahead I started feelinmuch better! I kept tracking and the blood only got better and soon I came upon him. I had double lunged him square on one bottom of the other and he still went roughly 160+yards.

So this year is the first year we have all killed with a bow, let alone all killed bucks! Not only that but my brother and father got their first trad kills.

I'd love to post pictures but it keeps telling me they're to big and I don't know how to size them down. Best of luck guys I think it's just starting to get going!
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Post by: Kopper1013 on November 04, 2018, 09:31:43 PM
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Post by: Kopper1013 on November 04, 2018, 09:32:29 PM
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Post by: Stumpkiller on November 04, 2018, 09:47:04 PM
Good work all around!  Great that everyone could share in the hunt and success.   :clapper:
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Post by: huntryx on November 05, 2018, 06:44:12 AM
Yes congrats. Weather here (Southern Tier) has undone me this year, and another warm, windy and wet week ahead. Least sightings I have had in years........will keep at it, though. 2 more weeks until the guns start, crossguns started last Saturday.....
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Post by: swampbow2 on November 05, 2018, 07:26:33 AM
 Nice shooting Kopper and father. Tough bucks to go that far with those shots. The weather hasn't been helping but I let a very small 5pt walk by yesterday and that was all my wife and I saw all day. Time is winding down and I won't let many more smaller bucks get a pass. I'm waiting on the rain this am but will head out later. Good luck to all. Anybody seeing any chasing ?
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Post by: Bobaru on November 05, 2018, 08:46:32 AM
Congrats Kopper, Kopper dad, and Kopper brother.  Awesome!!

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Post by: Homey88 on November 05, 2018, 09:58:34 AM
Congrats Kopper to both of you!
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Post by: drewsbow on November 05, 2018, 06:33:29 PM
congrats boys  :thumbsup: :clapper:
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Post by: Stone Knife on November 08, 2018, 05:31:04 AM
Congratulations guys :archer:
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on November 08, 2018, 02:40:20 PM
Congrats kipper to you and dad
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Post by: swampbow2 on November 09, 2018, 08:26:14 AM
 Spent most of yesterday in a tree and saw three bucks cruising . Only a little spike came within my 30yd circle and I let him pass. They're moving , its gonna be cold sitting now ,but they will really show up if this snow that's coming down now sticks.
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Post by: Stone Knife on November 09, 2018, 11:15:53 AM
Snowing pretty good now going back out after lunch. Saw two does this morning had a shot at one from the ground had a deflection, I'm in a thorn apple thicket so tough shooting.
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Post by: huntryx on November 10, 2018, 10:59:41 AM
Still waiting to see some consistent movement in my area......high winds today
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Post by: 1/4 away on November 10, 2018, 11:59:12 AM
Finally starting to see some movement here. Winds gusting here to 40mph. Next week should be slot better weather wise, cool temps less wind.
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Post by: Bobaru on November 12, 2018, 12:44:00 PM
Ground blind fail.

My wife went out for the first time this year, so I took her to a spot a little different and got her set up.  I moved down the hill for a location but happened upon a dynamite trail with thick goldenrod to the south side.  So, I cut two shooting lanes, and a whole in the center and made a home. 

Saw three.  The last, 8 point, game me a shot (I think).  I saw the antler tips coming along the top of the goldenrod, and came to full draw.  He came to a stop at the shooting lane, and I released.  Super!!   (not really).  Just as nice as you please, he ducked that arrow and then went about his day!!

I believe this ground blind had two problems.  1)  the worst, my shooting lane was perpendicular to the trail.  If it were at an angle, I would have had a quarter away shot and he wouldn't have been alert (2)  when I cut the goldenrod, I should have cut higher, and I should have replaced the removed material with brush that was lower. 

Anyway, there's still plenty of goldenrod to build a successful blind.  Twenty minute idea to completion almost netted a nice buck.   
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Post by: Kopper1013 on November 12, 2018, 04:34:22 PM
Dang bob sorry but I believe your first fail was you're to dang y'all to be hiding in goldenrod  :laughing: glad you got to share it with Linda, Better luck next time buddy....still waiting for you to post your doe :campfire:
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Post by: huntmaster70 on November 12, 2018, 07:41:02 PM
Lucky afternoon, got a 6pt. using Waldrop Pac Seat & my new Galaxy Ember longbow. :goldtooth:
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Post by: Kopper1013 on November 12, 2018, 07:53:31 PM
Congratulations Terry!!

But ya know what they say....."no pictures, it didn't happen"  :laughing: :laughing:
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Post by: huntmaster70 on November 12, 2018, 08:05:55 PM
I guess I'm too old & dumb to know how to post pics. I've tried but I'm puter' illiterate. :dunno:
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Post by: fmscan on November 12, 2018, 08:27:26 PM
Finally saw my first buck this morning, a 5 point that I figure was 18 months old. He was a good looking deer. He was 10-15 yds away. I would have had an excellent shot on him, his nose was to ground and no clue I was there. I have only gotten maybe 5-6 deer with trad equipment. I am 71 and been at it a long time. I consider any legal deer with trad gear a trophy... sooo why did I elect to not shoot? I just watched after I picked my spot. I suspect that killing isn't as important as it used to be.... I hope I get over this soon...
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Post by: Stumpkiller on November 12, 2018, 09:28:36 PM
Good job to all successful, and and I hope good times for all the rest of us.

I think this is the first year EVER I did not see a deer while bowhunting.  Zip and nada. 

My game camera shows them well after dark, so I just chose the wrong area to sit.  Oh well.  That's why it's called "hunting".
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Post by: glenbo on November 13, 2018, 09:09:18 AM
Congratulations Terry
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Post by: kat on November 13, 2018, 10:07:53 AM
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Post by: kat on November 13, 2018, 10:08:21 AM
There you go Terry. Congratulations
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Post by: huntmaster70 on November 13, 2018, 01:00:32 PM
Thanks Ken! :notworthy:
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on November 13, 2018, 02:15:12 PM
Congrats Terry.
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Post by: Kopper1013 on November 13, 2018, 07:34:28 PM
So It DID happen :biglaugh:

Congrats again terry great shot :thumbsup:
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Post by: drewsbow on November 13, 2018, 10:58:42 PM
congrats Terry :thumbsup:
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Post by: Stumpkiller on November 13, 2018, 11:10:40 PM
Good job Ken!
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Post by: Oak518 on November 14, 2018, 11:32:21 AM
Good for you Terry.  How do you like the seat Thanks Dan
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Post by: huntmaster70 on November 14, 2018, 11:45:44 AM
Sticker shock at first, but like the old saying "ya get what ya pay for"  I haven't seen a seat more comfortable & with the different options for setup(seat angle-free standing or leaning against a tree. Also pivots with you as you lean forward to shoot) I haven't found any area that I couldn't use it.  Easy to carry-like a backpack & light weight. (You can easily shoot even while wearing it if you need to) :thumbsup:
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Post by: Stone Knife on November 14, 2018, 12:27:42 PM
Nice work
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Post by: Sam McMichael on November 14, 2018, 04:24:31 PM
It seems like you guys have been seeing numerous deer and even taking a few. Congratulations.