Turkeygirl

Yes, finally! Thngs didn't come together for archery but opening day of our gun season yesterday and I put a nice doe down. Now on to something with antlers:D Story and pic to come when I get a chance. It is, I believe, my first opening day deer ever.....

Anyone ever find broken antlers from bucks fighting? Either while shed hunting or even during hunting season? Post up some pics if you do! I'll have to look at my antler pile...I dunno that I've ever found one...

Well...I see this place is pretty popular...lol

Turkeygirl here, you can count me in!

I'm here and around, in and out....On days I'm not working, I'm out trying to get an archery deer...Needless to say it's been a tough bow season...good thing I like my job:angel1: Shotgun season starts this coming Saturday so I'm praying for some blessings in the form of vension:gun_bandana::angel1: That's pretty much it...work, eat, sleep, hunt....

Strike 1 occured over the weekend at the neighbor's cabn when I shot right over the back of a buck at 30 yards. Tonight was Strike 2....buck comes in, stop him right in the lane between 20-25 yards....Well shot ended up being shoulder...found the arrow with only about 4" broken off, blood trail very sparse, only drops for the most part, never bedded down. I think it was my error, too excited, aimed a little high, and a mistake happens, blame it on myself. I feel bad for the deer, though I feel that he'll be ok, not a fatal wound. I've got to calm myself down and concentrate on my shot when it comes. Worse for me this year just because opportunities to see deer have been very very slim. So any tips you guys use to calm nerves? Working the next 3 days then will be back at it...I just hate not being able to find deer...Andy helped me, we gave it the best but lost the trail of what very minimal blood there was.

Still plugging along here...missed a 5 point last night...right over the back at 30 yards. Saw a small 3 this am, no shot. I know there are nicer "small" bucks...I'm just torn between holding out and just wanting to put my tag on some bone.

Wow, what a story! Congrats on a great buck! Sorry you couldn't beat the coyotes to him...I can't believe they stripped him down that quickly!! Kudos to you for keeping on tracking him, some would have quit long before you did. Good job:)

Off to the neighbor's cabin to hunt tomorrow AM and PM then back home. Hopefully between Andy, myself, or the neighbor, someone puts one down. Not looking good for a full freezer so far:48: The whole season I've only seen 2 deer from stand....crazy quiet and slow around here. Should be waking up to snow on the hills in the AM. With work, I'm starting to feel pressure to get the tags filled. Good luck to everyone and be safe!:turned:

Post up your photos/stories if you do! Nothing yet for me, hit and miss with my work schedule but my 3 day weekend off = hunting galore! We are going up to the neighbor's cabin tonight to hunt Saturday. I am hunting here at home before we leave, so who knows what could happen. Good luck to you all!

Congrats Tim! Can't wait to see it! You deserve it!

Good idea for sure, but a risk you take.....Ask wooly on here what happened to him this year....lol Good luck tonight!

Wow...that is a shame...I'm along the same lines of Ranger Clay...not that I've ever been in a situation thankfully, but knowing how people are these days...no one wants to break laws and no one wants God's meat go to waste... The Lord knows....this guy will answer for it.

No...and don't plan to on my horse! lol

Ummm....nothing I can think except for mouse/rat hunting...they get too smart to the traps....lol I'm a new addict to goose hunting so add that to small game, turkey, deer....

That's a beauty Mike, congrats!! He'd be a great one in my area! Good luck to ya next hunt!

Not a deer last night, dumb ATVers....we'll see what tonight brings. Archery season is not going well for me this year....in terms of deer sightings.

While loving my trail cams, saw 2 guys on atvs over in the fields near my stand...grrr...hope they didn't go into the woods....the boyfriend of the landowner said they would be marking trees for cutting...he's not too swift...the one day he came up to chainsaw, 50 yards away from the stand I was in. Oh well, got a couple hours for things to settle hopefully. Plan to go out by 3:30 and be up the tree by 4.

Oh boy.....slept in the AM...rough day at work yesterday...like you wouldn't believe. An hour ago, as I was getting ready to shower, the dogs are barking, I look and I see a deer walking across the hill in our woods. Short time later a big bodied deer comes through, same spot. I have a feeling it was a buck trailing a doe. I'm going to be in the stand early this afternoon, and finally got the North wind we've been waiting for! Friday night had a small basket rack 8 come in, couldn't get a shot, not a monster but I'd be proud of him no matter what, just a pretty, tight rack. Whatever God blessed me with, I'll be thankful! Going out to take a few practice shots, and check the trail cams.

Good to see ya! Great deer, congrats!

Looking to get some Canada Goose decoys. If anyone happens to have some for sale or knows of a website with good prices, let me know! Full body or shells I'm looking for, even the Lesser Canada Goose just because they are smaller. Thanks!

Congrats Ross!! Beautiful photo as is the granddaughter in it! Congrats!

I think it's about right for here....rubs and scrapes popping up all over...not seeing much movement though but it was warm.

I've heard occasionally coyotes will pick them up and naw on them somehow...good luck with that. Should be sheds laying all over this next spring with all the bucks I've seen on cam.

really stinks right now. I literally have not seen a deer from my stand for 2 weeks:( I'm hoping this cold gets them up and moving and have had good night shots on the trail cam. Just getting a little depressing is all. But next weekend is my off weekend so I'll have Fri-Sun off:D If it's anything like last year, the bucks were chasing the last 2 weeks. How's the rest of you NYers doing, or in other states?