Good luck NY bowhunters

Cyclic-Rivers · October 17, 2017, 09:10:00 PM

Congrats Greg.

Ron, This is your year!

October 18, 2017, 06:24:00 AM

A couple of does blew past me at around 4:30. Walked home at 6:10 to find 5 of them eating acorns under the oak on my lawn. You just have to laugh sometimes. Anyhow, the temps are a bit more cooperative and maybe we'll start seeing more deer. I agree with whoever said better a longer late season than the early October opener. Wondering what the crossbow menace will bring......

1/4 away · October 18, 2017, 01:13:00 PM

Sat again this morning from 6:15 to 10am without seeing a deer. Last deer I saw was opening morning when I saw 2 does with fawns. Walked out of the woods to my truck at 10am and while putting my stuff in the truck looked up and on the hill overlooking the homeowners driveway stood 3 doe looking down on me. Like huntryx said, " you just gotta laugh".

NANUK · October 20, 2017, 01:25:00 PM

Good Luck to y'all! Congrats to Drew, Alex, Marvin & Greg! Well Done!

October 22, 2017, 09:06:00 AM

More heatwave, but some movement in the AM. Mostly chipmunks during the evening sit.

swampbow2 · October 22, 2017, 10:56:00 AM

I had a little 6pt munching on beechnuts underneath my stand this morning for 5 minutes but I let him walk. I've got plenty of time to hunt and the rut won't get hot for at least another 10 days.Sarting to see more scrapes already but man is it hot quickly in the morning. I just don't believe they're moving much in these temps.Good luck everyone.

Kopper1013 · October 22, 2017, 03:05:00 PM

Was lucky enough to take a small 6pt yesterday morning with my longbow. I believe he came in pushing a doe around (I say believe cause I could see to deer chasing each other through the pines in front of me then he broke off and fed my way and the other turned and left).
It took a while for him to feed in as there was plenty of acorns between him and me to keep him occupied. He fed straight in till he reached 5 yards :( not a fan of shots that close from a stand. When he turned the arrow was on its way.
The shot ended up being back and I was sure I punched liver. The string tracker sang for what seemed like an eternity then just stopped, didn't slow down just stopped. I gave it an hour then got down and checked the arrow. Sure enough looked like a bad shot and the string had been cut off by the broadhead

so I backed out and gave him six hours before going back.
When me and my brother headed back in we took up the track on the string tracker. Now I don't know if you guys have tracked through pine needles before but it's rough! Thankfully the string tracker kept us in the right direction and after a 100 yards I saw his belly infront of us. The string tracker had pulled out of the deer 10 yards from where he lay. The shot was back but ended up severing the artery under the back bone he was dead 30 seconds after the shot and only made it 140 yards. Still glad I waited though.
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed that string tracker, it was my first hunt with one and I love it. I definitely need to practice that shot more as the bow is so long I know I must have gotten out of form for an angle like that.
Hope I cools down soon and we'll be back at it next weekend. Best of luck to the rest of you

ron w · October 22, 2017, 03:24:00 PM

Glad you found him.......

1/4 away · October 22, 2017, 05:40:00 PM

Congrats Greg!

nashoba · October 22, 2017, 05:57:00 PM

Congrats Greg, how about a couple pictures.

drewsbow · October 22, 2017, 07:57:00 PM

congrats Greg

Kopper1013 · October 22, 2017, 08:14:00 PM

Thanks guys, I used photobucket until they went screwy and haven't figured out the whole picture thing since. Happy to pass them along to someone who can.

1/4 away · October 22, 2017, 08:41:00 PM

Greg, email a couple to me and I'll post them for you. Fred

Stumpkiller · October 22, 2017, 09:23:00 PM

Congrats Kopper.

I took a small buck myself this morning. I've been seeing bigger but he offered himself up with a standing 12 yard broadside and I didn't want to embarrass him. ;-) Finally got to see how my three-blade Mowoc Dots work (launched from a Red Wing Hunter of 49# +/- on Douglas fir shafts). Dropped in 150 yards . . . but little blood trail.

Jury is still out. Did a LOT of lung damage but I hit him high and he bled inside. Wasn't until he started to cough that I had a trail. I tracked the disturbed leaves, not the blood.

Kopper1013 · October 22, 2017, 10:13:00 PM

Congratulations Charlie nice deer!

1/4 away · October 22, 2017, 10:24:00 PM

Here's a pic of Greg and his deer........

Sockrsblur · October 22, 2017, 10:34:00 PM

Congratulations Greg and Charlie!

nashoba · October 23, 2017, 08:20:00 AM

Congrats Charlie I,m glad you spared him a life long embarrassment and probably being shunned by the rest
of the herd lol.

swampbow2 · October 23, 2017, 08:28:00 AM

Despite the heat I did see some movement last night but it was late; just before and just after legal time.I had a big doe go by at 6pm and about 10mins later I saw a nice 8pt heading my way.I wasn't in a tree with alot of background and at 40yds I think he saw me as he stopped, stared,and and turned around.I gave him a couple minutes and climbed down.Walking out I turned a corner by a field edge and almost walked into 2 bucks working a scrape.A small 6 and I believe the same 8pt.Spooked them good.I'll give that spot a break and try it again in a few days.

kat · October 23, 2017, 10:40:00 AM

Congratulations Charlie and all.