Legacy

A few days prior to the season I put my gun in my garage. I load my gun before I enter the woods for the first time and it stays loaded for the year. Once its loaded it does not come inside the house.At the end of each hunt I pull the primer out. It spends its loaded time in my truck or in my garage. No major worries about drastic temp changes and condensation. At the end of the year, I pull the breach and unload it that way.

Small buck 3pt! 6 does 1000 yards away Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

December 13 pm 20 degrees West wind 15 mph Cloudy Well. I blew a great chance tonight. A little after four I had a 3pt come out of the bedding. A few minutes later walking the same path a good buck walked out of the bedding and stopped dead in his tracks. He knew something wasn't right. He may have picked me out of the tree. Amazing how the mature deer have a sixth sense. After a couple minutes he takes off running. I try to stop him with a mouth grunt but that only makes him run faster. He stops in the field once he gets to the other buck and looks back at me. I rushed to get the cross hairs on him and squeezed the trigger. Clean miss. 90+ yards. Decent buck. 10 point? And the adventure continues. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Well... I blew that chance. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Feels like Saskatchewan out here!!! Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

December 12 pm 19 degrees West wind 15-20 gusts 30 mph Partly sunny Wow that was a cold sit. Single digits with the wind chill. 3" of fresh snow from last night. 6 deer total. All within easy reach of the muzzleloader. 4 does and fawns, 3 pt, and a 2.5 year old 9 pt. 9 pt was in the cross hairs but lucky for him he got a pass. I'm guessing he's around 110". One more year for him. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

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December 11 pm 33 degrees SE wind 5-10 mph Cloudy Heavy snow at dusk Tons of tracks in the snow since I was there Saturday evening. Only two deer this afternoon. Looked to be a small buck and a doe fawn. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

A few bucks Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

December 11 am- late season opener 25 degrees NW wind 5 mph Cloudy Few snowflakes Beautiful this morning but zero movement this. Lots of tracks in the fresh snow but they looked to be a couple hours old. Checked a camera and it's showing almost no daylight movement since the gun opener. Some deer movement an hour or so before sunrise which seems right. Dusk until about 9pm seems best. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Well another NY gun season is in the books. Congratulations to everyone who punched tags and good luck to those pushing through muzzleloader season. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

December 9 pm 32 degrees SW wind 5 mph Partly sunny Just as I expected does and fawns showed themselves at dusk. 8 total. A bit late to pull the trigger. I did a bunch of scouting the past two days and what I have realized is, is I lack great food late season food sources. I have a couple of spots that look promising including tonight's spot. Time to key in on those locations throughout muzzleloader season and hope a big boy shows himself. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Muzzleloader in hand and on the ground tonight. I'm on overwatch detail and they were here last night. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

December 9 am 22 degrees South wind 5 mph Cloudy skies Back at it this morning after a very long break from hunting. From here on out I should be in the woods every day until the season ends. Zero action this morning but I heard 29 gunshots before 830. 15 of those were before 730. Decent weather so I can imagine there is a lot of guys in the woods today. The tracks in the snow tell a heck of a story. We have had snow since Wednesday afternoon and it showed me that there is plenty of deer around. I sure 99% of the movement is during nighttime hours though. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I drove by today around 11 and he wasn't in front of your ground blind. Just an FYI. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Ouch. If that's not a kick in the n*uts! Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

When do we leave? I'll be ready!!! Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

50 EXPERT TIPS FOR HUNTING THE WHITETAIL RUT https://www.fieldandstream.com/50-expert-tips-for-hunting-the-whitetail-rut?src=ppc1&dom=FB&con=Keywee&lnk=FB12&kwp_0=612534&kwp_4=2195958&kwp_1=917004 Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

DRASTIC 36 HOUR WEATHER COLD FRONT DEER MOVEMENT INFLUENCE https://www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/blog/drastic-36-hour-weather-cold-front-deer-movement-influence Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

December 4 pm 48 degrees SE wind 5-10 mph Cloudy Super moon Deer showed up as expected right at sunset. 10 deer total one unknown buck scent checking does. Saw 2 scrapes that were opened back up. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

It's been a while but I'm back in the woods looking to fill a doe tag with the bow. Tons of fresh sign including a primary scrape that has been recently opened back up. Sent from my XT1585 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Cold front rolling in Tuesday night into Wednesday. More of a typical December weather trend with high temps in the mid 30s and lows in the 20s. Looks like lake effect snow also.