came home empty handed. 2 days of nothing.
i almost hit 3 deer on my way back home, 1 running across highway, [had to slam the brakes]
2 were simply standing in the middle of the road and wont move. had to honk, to get them going.
seems like they were mocking me
Yup we have almost 500 acres that we hunt in the Morrisville region. It's unusual for us not to kill a buck on opening day let alone this far in to season. With that said the doe harvest has been pretty crappy also. Me I took off all of last week to hunt. I have hunted harder than I usually do and haven't had any luck. I'm not even seeing deer. I took one rushed shot and wounded a doe. I haven't wounded a deer since I was a kid, I'm pretty ashamed at myself. With that said I took a bad shot through the brush quartering to me and not taking the proper time to let the rifle settle.
The last time I was out I heard a lot of gun shots. All I could think of in my head was that everyone of those guys got a deer but me.
Not every shot fired results in a hit. Ask me how I know.
Yeah tell me about it. The mountain over there were 8 shots and 4 were in rapid succession then two and two. There’s no way those were all hits.
You're not putting enough lead in the air. Sometimes I get lucky and the deer walk into one.
Yup. Thanks boss!@Carlos Hathcock
Follow this link to DEC’s website. Scroll down to “Deer Tag Types and Privileges“.
Deer and Bear Hunting Regulations
Information and links to big game hunting regulations.www.dec.ny.gov
Nice spot. I hope one shows up soon then send me my way for tomorrow morning please.
That's the right setup.
I think I’d have taken the descent 6 at this point. If you truly just grazed the other deer it will likely live
It alive and well my oldest son who was in a stand 100yrds away saw him this morning but didn’t have a shot. I have meat in the freezer so holding out isn’t gonna cost me my ven brauts
Just a heads up, kenny killer,if you shoot a deer at 4:45 dont put that time on your tag
BTDT. Quite a few years ago, last day of ML season, hadn't seen anything all big game season. Till late closing day. 15' in a pine tree a small spike walked under it. Told him to get lost, he looked around confused. Told him again a bit louder, he wandered back and forth under the tree, gave a last warning and still looked confused so figured he needed to be culled from the gene pool. Reached down with my ML and drove him to the ground.
Buck fever happens with does too.Sucks, but its just part of hunting, happens to everyone at some time until you get a few under your belt.Dont let it get you down.
Yeah I’m a bit down. I appreciate it. I hunted pretty hard this year and wanted some bounty. I just got into hunting hard this year. I started hunting again about 2 years ago and never really took it serious until this year. I’m heading out Friday and Saturday. I went back to that spot and saw really fresh prints so I’m heading to that spot next week. The part of the road was so tore up by turkey tracks, scratching, and deer tracks it wasn’t even funny.