Good Luck NY Bowhunters!

[woodchucker]

NOTHING this morning!!!!!!!!!!   :confused:  

Set from 7:30 to about 1:30... Lots of birds, a few squirrels... NO DEER!!! Not a tail, Not a flick of an ear... Not even a "I thought I saw one sneeking through the brush".....

NO SIGN EITHER!!!!! I found a few scapes last week. Pissed in them to try and freshen them... Nothing!!! A couple days ago, I took the tip of my old Grizzly and flipped a bunch of leaves in them... Yesterday nothing, Today nothing... No attempt whatsoever, to open them back up!!!!

Now I'm STUMPED!!!!! There is usualy a good deer population on the property we hunt. A good number of Does,Fawns,and young bucks. Usualy we see, or see sign of, a real bruiser or two. Most years, the woods are all tore up by this time with lots of scrapes,and all the cedar trees up to a foot in diameter, are all raked to hell!!!

This year??? NOTHING!!!!!

Hmmmmm, Whodathunkit.....

[Pointer]

I hate it when that happens Woodchucker...get all excited because there are some scrapes and then they go cold for no reason that you can see

[ron w]

Did a short sit this evening, got a late start because the landowner wanted to chat. But I still went thru the motions of being a good hunter and again to no avail. Not a chickadee, jay or even a crow was to be seen. A pair of bushy tails had a race all over the place but that was short lived. I also have noticed all the spots that always had rubs and scrape are void of sign..........     I'll keep at it.......

[Biggamefish]

Today was to quite and Sunday sounds like it is going to be a hurricane!!!!!!!

 I got to watch a hawk hunt today but like me he went away empty handed.

[drewsbow]

get you some sauce a birds chuck
I'll be out in the morning

[Sockrsblur]

Saw 2 deer all day... I think they were lost lol I'm at camp making some classic "Camp Stew" carrots, onions, mushrooms, long grain rice, black beans, diced tomatoes, and some moose meat the neighbor gave me... All my gear is dripping as it hangs above the wood stove that is putting out a little to much heat and today after hunting in the 30-40° rain that feels about right... I love Camp... I wish Gerald, David and Ron w were here for some stew!
 

[ron w]

Ahhhhhhh.......camp and a wood stove, don't get no better.     AND moose stew.......

[longrifle]

I spent 10 1/2 hours in the woods today and saw 2 does, and I walked up on them .
You better be careful Jim you might have a dinner guest.

[drewsbow]

small buck and a doe seen this morning no shots

[Stone Knife]

Had does feeding about 50 yards from me right under my other stand. Couldn't sit there cause they would have winded me, they fed for over an hour. No bucks spotted today yet.

[wetfeathers]

Can't get out again until Tuesday after I vote. I haven't seen much action around the house or in my travels to and from work.

[Knawbone]

Deer down in Painted Post.    

  Details to follow!!!

[ron w]

     Good for you Dave!

[ronp]

[Knawbone]

Well, just when you don't expect it, a deer comes marching toward you. I had just left the house and was going up my hill to retrieve a stand and move it the woods behind my house. I usually always carry my bow with me just in case. Good thing I did, cause as I approached a bench oon the side hill I saw a deers head above me coming from the left. I dropped to one knee and quickly drew an arrow from my EFA quiver. The deer was above me and I could see it was a nice Doe. She stopped with her head behind a tree and I pulled up and got ready to draw my bow. She cleared the tree and exposed her vitals for what I thought would be a clean 17 yrd shot. I drew in one fluid motion and picked the spot just behind her front elbow. As I released she turned and saw the arrow coming her way. She did the dip and twist but I heard the 482 grn arrow smack her hard. She took off on a dead run, leaping and bounding, and I could see the arrow sticking straight up out of her back. I thought "oh man" that's not good, but within 30 yrds I heard a crash and thrash. I couldn't believe it at the time and thought it was just her hitting some brush or something. Well I waited a few minutes to survey the situation and got out my little 10x binos to see what I could see. I was hoping she laid down, and then saw that a deer was moving in the direction of her flight. Another deer was there where I had last seen her and figured it must be that another doe was with her, or it was her and she wasn't that badly hit. After not seeing any movement for another half hour, I slowly and quietly moved toward the scene with arrow ready. As I approached, a nice buck got up and tore off and it was laying ten ft from the doe which had indeed been taken out by the supper sharp two blade Zwickey. That's right guys, this doe had a boy friend with her and I never saw him until after I shot the Doe. So low and behold the early girl is telling us that for some, the does are coming into estrous.I believe it's the buck Iv' been after, and hopefully he'll be back on the prowl tomorrow morning when I'm sitting in my stand. I was hoping to get a little of her urine, but see didn't have a drop in her. @#%$%..it Well I got a nice doe from the ground so here she is....

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[ronp]

Nice deer my friend!  You are deadly with that stick and string.  That'll be some real good eatin'.  Good luck tomorrow, too!

[ronp]

Oh, and thanks for sharing the hunt.  I'm proud of you Man!    

[ron w]

Nice Dave.........Get the speedie sauce ready....lol!  

[Knawbone]

Thanks, Ron and Ron, I was having a bad year until today. What a hunt it turned out to be. I'm pumped. I decided to take a doe this year if I got the chance. Wasn't expecting a buck to be with her quite yet. If I had seen him it would have been him I would have waited for. He had about a 15 or 16 in. rack  

[kat]

  Way to go Dave. Nice doe