wtnhunt Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 gzilla45 Maine Htr Muff ny gun NS Whitetail hoosierhunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 So who's ready to knock a few good ones down!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gzilla45 Posted September 14, 2016 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 My opener is Saturday but it'll be a week and a half before I'm in the stand. I'm helping a buddy bear hunt this weekend. Almost hard to believe summer is already over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted September 14, 2016 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 Same for me, season comes in tomorrow and I can't hit the stand until maybe Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine Hntr Posted September 14, 2016 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 hey guys, i'm looking forward to the cooler weather and some time in the stand. My seasons won't start for a few weeks yet. Good luck to anyone able to get out sooner than later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 I just bought my first farm this year so I'm pretty excited about getting to hunt what's truly my own dirt. I know it's a top end neighborhood for my area so time will tell what it brings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Congratulations on buying the farm Pat. Nothing like having your own place to hunt & control. Good luck hunting it this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny_gun Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Hey guys, I just got back from Kentucky and unfortunately did not tag one. I was after 1 particular buck and passed up a couple nice 10s he typically traveled with waiting for him to show. He was out in daylight the night before I got there, and the night after I left - the land owner sat in the same stand but decided not to shoot him. He just took a few pictures of him. The NY season opens on October 1st and I will be in Iowa in early November, so there is still plenty of time to connect. Good luck everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine Hntr Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 Pat, how much acreage did you purchase? Is it mixed farm and woodlines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 It's 80 acres that is a combination of woods and 30 year old CRP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine Hntr Posted September 18, 2016 Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 It's 80 acres that is a combination of woods and 30 year old CRP. nice, good luck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted September 18, 2016 Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 Just checking in, I put out carrots ( we can bait here in Nova Scotia ) and my camera this weekend to get a look at whats around. I might bow hunt in a couple weeks time and rifle season opens here October 28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Good night of hunting for temps in the 80's today. Plenty of action, just no chip shots that I was waiting on. Best opportunity was 45 and broadside, but I expected them to come by at 25 to I passed those shots. My trail camera's red flash made them a little nervous and deterred that short shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Just fun to be back out ey pat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Definitely great to be back in the saddle Martin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine Hntr Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 you trying to put meat in the freezer first pat or you going for the big boys right off the bat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 I went in and checked my cams yesterday after having them out for a week over bait, never got a pic. We have had a severe drought here in Nova Scotia for the past two months, its been really bad with 100's of people with dry wells. Me and my buddies figure that the deer aren't moving around much due to the extreme heat and drought. Hoping things change here soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 Chris Qualifying candidates are slim so far this year. I have plenty of good up and comers, but they are not target deer this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 I worked on some Varmit cleanup last night killing three groundhogs off one of my food plots. These things really mow through the brassicas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Nothing new to report on my end. The statewide season comes in tomorrow, but not sure if I will get out much this weekend. It depends on what the cameras show.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 We are on the board, I shot a doe tonight. I'll get pics & story posted soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 It has rained all day yesterday and was still raining, but I felt like giving it a try with the cold front blowing through. I didn't get to the property until right at 6 and already had 7 does in various areas of the field. I was able to slip into the stand without spooking anything and around 6:20 they started filtering closer. By 6:45 I have 8 does and fawns around me, but nothing offering a shot due to limited shooting lanes. By 7:00 they are now ready to head for the beans and one by one start passing through a shooting lane at 50 yards. Unbelievably 4 of them stopped but offered poor shooting angles in the hole. At this point the frustrations of a bad week at work, passing does waiting in chip shots and knowing I can't hunt my shooters until I earn my buck got the best of me. I made the decision that once one of these big old nannys stops that I was cutting an arrow loose. I knew at this long distance they had to stop on their own because if I stopped them there was no way they wouldn't jump the string into next year. Well the last doe started to quarter away and then turned nearly perfect broadside and stopped. My rangefinder actually failed earlier in the hunt, but I had a decent idea of how far she was. I dialed the pin into 60 yards and drew back. As luck would have it she then quartered away for about 5-7 yards and stopped perfect again. I put my pin at the top of her back and turned the axis tipped with a grim reaper loose. It felt like it took an eternity for the arrow to get there and it seemed like slow motion watching my lighted nock arc out over her back to start and then fall right in. She never flinched until it had blown through her and into the ground. It hit her slightly over half way forward and exited behind the off shoulder. She made it about 125 yards and piled up in the field. By all accounts this was a very poor decision to take this shot and my emotions got the best of me in the heat of the moment. It all worked out and I practice consistently out to 100 yards, but I have no intentions of ever taking a shot this long again unless it's a follow up shot in an animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Glad it worked out Pat, you earned your buck tag! Congrats on the kill! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 We have a cold front moving in dropping temps 20 degrees so I will definitely be in the stand this weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 No luck this morning, but the cameras are starting to show deer that have been MIA for quite some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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