Just had a 2.5 year old get the heart racing. I was checking this thread for updates and when I looked up a buck was standing in front of me about 70 yards. He was just inside the ears and my binoculars told me the rest. The blood pumping felt good. Lol!#onemoreyear Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
Just had a coyote cut across the field with what I believe was a rabbit hanging out of it's mouth! Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
Deer all over the place this morning. Thought I heard some chasing in the neighbors woods. Just heard my first gun shots of the day. Loud walk in had to jump in my closest stand. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
November 30pm 36 degrees Calm wind Cloudy Nothing seen from the stand tonight. Quiet as quiet could be. No lack of deer sign though. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
It's funny how quiet the woods gets half way through gun season. I think we have all tried to convince ourselves that the deer just left our zip code and must be in some secret spot somewhere miles away. A garden of eden, where deer hide until the day after the season. Then you show up to your spot with two day old snow and the deer tracks are endless. Now I have I have to convince myself all over again that deer do still live here. Literally ever where I look there is a set of tracks. Every possible deer trail has tracks on it zig zagging all around my stand. Maybe they are trying to tell me something. Like hey you, yeah you, go f yourself. Damn deer. The tracks don't lie. I have have standing corn and they want to be here. I have the best food source that isn't buried under three inches of snow. For God sakes man show yourselves!!! Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
I would suggest one of the high speed convectors if you're leaning towards Okuma. 300' and 400' is a good place to start. Okuma also has copper specific rods . Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
November 29 pm 37 degrees W wind 5-15 Cloudy Hunted a new stand tonight. It would make for a spectacular rifle stand if they were legal. Lots of deer tonight and on their feet fairly early in the cut corn. 16-21 deer seen. All flatheads from what I could see. A bunch of turkeys also. Got stuck in the stand until 530 because of some late arrivals to the field. Coyotes were yipping and howling again on my way out. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
I never actually have sat in this stand. I hung it in January after the season last year, as a late season spot. Deer are on their feet already! Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
DEC holding photo contest for women who hunt in New York State
https://www.newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/2018/11/dec_holding_photo_contest_for_women_who_hunt_in_new_york_state.html?fbclid=IwAR3L_WeM3UzKgpaSa8xvNwfV2znaFIbq90YfFWpXAmkUtKCNRyCgT91x1rU
November 28 pm 37 degrees WNW wind 5-15 with gusts 20+ Cloudy Wet snow/ sprinkles Heard some early shooting between 3-330. Thought I was in store for some good movement but not really. Everything I saw tonight was after 430. 8-10 deer. Some chasing on the far end of the field. Tough to tell what anything was so close to dark. About 5ish the coyotes sounded off. Yipping and howling. I don't remember another season with so many coyote sightings. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
Back at it after being away from the woods for a couple days. Conditions are too perfect for me not to be in this stand this afternoon. First visitor... A Coyote! Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app