NYS southern zone hunters

[Peter Smith]

Waptichasr and I went out this morning, by 7:38 we both had deer. I got a doe, and Bob got a buck. Ill let him tell his story. I shot my doe from a tree stand at 15 yds. using my saxon arc angel recurve, 50lbs at 28. A cedar shafted arrow tipped with a zwickey 2 blade broad head.
This is my first trad deer ever.

Pete

[Stone Knife]

Now on the serious side, I saw no deer today.

[Peter Smith]

We went to bath and didnt see any till Friday nmight, one lonely little button buck. We go out to my moms in clarkson and kill 2 within the first 45 minutes, what the heck?

[bowhunterfrompast]

Congrats    to all.

bbassi, I would like to see your brother-in-law connect on that fantastic buck also. It says a lot about you, for hoping he gets the buck.

[Gaff]

i went to a little "secret" spot this morning near hoosic. its a small patch of woods that deer have to funnel through to get to their bedding area. i saw 2 does in there yesterday, and i found the trail that it looks like every deer uses to go through. there is no suitable trees for my climber so i made a ground blind and brought the longbow out for its first deer hunt. i setup for a 15 yd shot, so i said this is perfect.
i saw 2 does at 7:30. (same time that they came through yesterday) the does kept lookin behind them but veered off the run and moved past at 25 yds.
at 8:11 i looked to my left and saw a white muzzle lookin at me from 30 yds!! and then i saw the rack!!  :eek:   i dont care much about horns, im more of a meat hunter. but this deer had to be 140 to 150 class!! it just surveyed the area, and turned to his right and slowly walked into the thicket. he obviously didnt like what he saw.
i was so rattled by seeing a buck like that i was useless for about 2 hours!!! i dont think i would have been able to shoot a 60 lb doe i was shakin so bad!!!

anyway, it was my first day ever hunting with trad gear, and i had quite an experience. to bad i couldnt have talked myself into doing it sooner.    
i saw another buck chasing a doe in a field on my way home at 11 oclock. so get out there and sit as long as ya can, cause it on......

[Stone Knife]

Pete, congratulations on you deer,I know that you have been working hard on getting one. You to Bob way to go both of you  

[ishiwannabe]

No deer woods for me today. Yesterday I saw five, three were does, couldnt tell with the other two as they saw me first. I think one of them was responsible for the shed I found last week though.
Today I took the brit out and we got her fix for bird hunting for a while.
Congrats on the deer guys!
Back to work now....might get out thursday/friday if I can bribe someone to babysit.
Good luck with that buck Shawn! Good luck to everyone else...its crunch time!

[drewsbow]

Congrats , Pete , Bob  way to go :0)
For those that know my son Adam , he shot a nice 5 point this morning (not trad gear ) he is a kid after his first and got it done . He made a perfect double lung shot and short recovery . Drew

[Stone Knife]

That is great Drew, tell Adam congratulations  

[bbassi]

Congrats Pete, Bob and Adam!

I spent 17 hours in the stand this weekend and saw 1 doe with fawns.

then this morning as we are leaving for work a buck steps off my property into the road...    

Just goes to show, if there's noo hot does in your area this time of year, there won't be any bucks either. Feast or famin!  :rolleyes:

[Peter Smith]

Seems to be some rut action finally strting this morning, i had a doe run in front of me at mach 15 this morning on the way into work, i slowed to see if a buck was coming behing her, but had traffic backed up, so i kept goen. There was some more road kills this morning on the parkway. i think its time!

brent, I hear someone set up a ground blind near you yesterday!


Pete

[BobW]

Originally posted by bbassi:
OK, don't tell him I said so, but someone's gotta ask BobW how many he missed this year.            

thanks Brent..... um, yeah,   :rolleyes:  sadly to say, 0-7 on 6 different deer in 5 days of hunting..  :eek:  ... On the plus side, after haveing shot over and under as many as I have, the odds are in my favor to get one arrow to fly on line..  

[bbassi]

Originally posted by BobW:
 

Originally posted by bbassi:
OK, don't tell him I said so, but someone's gotta ask BobW how many he missed this year.                    

thanks Brent..... um, yeah,     :rolleyes:    sadly to say, 0-7 on 6 different deer in 5 days of hunting..    :eek:    ... On the plus side, after haveing shot over and under as many as I have, the odds are in my favor to get one arrow to fly on line..       [/b]

Just think, if we were cutting your shirt tails off for missing you's be down to a tube top!

[bbassi]

Originally posted by Peter Smith:
Seems to be some rut action finally strting this morning, i had a doe run in front of me at mach 15 this morning on the way into work, i slowed to see if a buck was coming behing her, but had traffic backed up, so i kept goen. There was some more road kills this morning on the parkway. i think its time!

brent, I hear someone set up a ground blind near you yesterday!


Pete

Yep, apperently the only blind deaf and lazy hunter in the woods. At 8:30 I watched the guy walk in and try to set up. he walked all over a 40 yrd circle around him picking up branches and braking them with his foot to get them the correct "size". I whistled 3 times loudly and waved my arms several times trying to get his attention. Finally, I had enough and decided to leave him to his hunt and head to the house and grab a cup of coffee. The idiot looks at me as I walked out like I ruined "his" hunt, then proceeded to follow me out and leave completely, slamming his car doors defiantly as he left..... Unbelievable.  

[BobW]

you have no idea how much it cost me to have that guy do that...... its the only way I can keep the stakes even

[Stone Knife]

Sorry Brent    after seeing the buck in your photo I thought you might need the company

[Toecutter]

Congrats Adam!!  Drew send the hero pic when you get a chance.

[woodchucker]

Adam,

Well done Young Man!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!

             

[Stone Knife]

I saw the big six tonight, cruising for some female companionship, my buck tag will be good on Sat.

[Aram]

Good job Adam!
Congratulations Pete and Wapiti Chaser too! Bob story? Pictures?
Nathan, it was great hunting with you yesterday. Glad you came all the way from Mass. to show me the beautiful woods in my back yard.   :rolleyes:  Give a call when you're in town again. I saw your doe today... I might have to help myself if she shows up again.  
 
Aram