Hunters

• Enforcer

  

  Yes You will need to wear Hunter Orange this weekend if Bow hunting
• Benny The Jet

  

  Got it, thanks.
• Enforcer

  

  Also You have to follow gun season rules while bow hunting , So legal hunting hours are diffrent
• mcburg93

  

  Went out this morning and watched 27 does walk around me for two hours. I have never watched this many so close before. One kept messing around at the bottom of the tree i was in. It was cool to see I must say. I never did see a buck but was pretty awesome to watch the does all morning.
• LJ

  

  Got up at 4:30 this morning. Got dressed, ate breakfast.... Couldn't find my god damned orange coat. Looked for about 45 minutes, said "fuck it" and went back to bed. When my wife woke up at 8 she asked "I thought you were going hunting?" I said I was but that I couldnt find my orange coat. She replied "you hung it right there on the back of the bedroom door so that you would remember you had to wear orange today"
  
  
  god dammit
• Enforcer

  

  My Daughter missed a Very nice 10 this morning , He came in behind us and she had to twist around for the shot, back at it in the AM
• mcburg93

  

  Took my buddy and his daughter out this morning and she ended up shooting the 12 pointer that I passed on a few times. I set them up in the stand I have been seeing the bucks out of. Around nine I hear a bunch of hooping and hollaring. I got out of my stand and walked over to see what they got. She was using her dads crossbow cause she wanted to shoot a deer like her dad. It might have been one of the best days I have ever been a part of. I dont know if I have ever felt so much joy over something so simple.
• Pick6

  

  mcburg93;1323298 wrote:Took my buddy and his daughter out this morning and she ended up shooting the 12 pointer that I passed on a few times. I set them up in the stand I have been seeing the bucks out of. Around nine I hear a bunch of hooping and hollaring. I got out of my stand and walked over to see what they got. She was using her dads crossbow cause she wanted to shoot a deer like her dad. It might have been one of the best days I have ever been a part of. I dont know if I have ever felt so much joy over something so simple.

  Pretty impressed that a girl did that.
• mcburg93

  

  ccrunner609;1323319 wrote:Wait....you passed a 12 pointer a couple times and shy would you take youth bow hunting this weekend when they can use a gun?

  I passed cause I have been watching a larger buck in that area. I took one shot at him a while back and missed it was pretty far. Once I saw the bigger buck that is all i have been waiting on. I have passed the 12 pointer several times since then. The little girl wanted to hunt like her dad does and that is why she was using the crossbow. Not sure why she didnt want to use the gun. She is a pretty good shot with the bow and her gun. It was her first deer ever and I am glad I passed that 12 so she could shoot it.
• GoChiefs

  

  How old is she?
• mcburg93

  

  GoChiefs;1323473 wrote:How old is she?

  ten
• Benny The Jet

  

  Thats's pretty awesome. So were you able to see her take it down? Or were you just able to see the aftermath? Obviously I love taking my own deer, but I helped my friend track a buck last night. That was almost as fun, finding and tracking the blood trail and seeing how pumped he was when we found it.
• mcburg93

  

  I was around the corner from them and just got to see the aftermath. It was cool she started crying cause she was so excited. She wanted to call all her friends and grandpa to come see it.
• Enforcer

  

  mcburg93;1323503 wrote:I was around the corner from them and just got to see the aftermath. It was cool she started crying cause she was so excited. She wanted to call all her friends and grandpa to come see it.

  Very Nice, Its great to see the look on the face of a kid who just killed their first deer or biggest deer
• Benny The Jet

  

  Since I usually hunt public land, I didn't end up going out during youth weekend. I did drive by and saw a ton of trucks by where I usually go in. Does this mean I'm pretty much screwed if I want to go back to my spot this week when I get a few days off? Gotta assume they're all scattered and out of the area after a bunch of gun hunters in there.
• Enforcer

  

  Benny The Jet;1325065 wrote:Since I usually hunt public land, I didn't end up going out during youth weekend. I did drive by and saw a ton of trucks by where I usually go in. Does this mean I'm pretty much screwed if I want to go back to my spot this week when I get a few days off? Gotta assume they're all scattered and out of the area after a bunch of gun hunters in there.

  The thing is Sometimes Hunting pressure is a good thing, One someone starts shooting the deer start moving and alot of the time the move right to You, If You want to get a good spot on public land get in the woods early a hour or so before daylight, alot of hunters dont get in the woods till daylight and bump the deer to you at the stand,And get in as deep as You can , Most public land hunters use only the first mile of land
• mcburg93

  

  Anyone hear about a big buck that got hit? My mom said she heard something about one on the radio but wasnt sure where it was.
• Enforcer

  

  Ive heard of a few getting hit, One was hit a few weeks ago around Mansfield, it was a monster
• mcburg93

  

  A lot of shots from the neighboring woods but nothing running my way today. I only have today I can hunt til the weekend so hopefully after lunch will get to see something.
• Pick6

  

  I an only go this weekend. Good luck boys.
• LJ

  

  I wanted to go out this morning, but our 5 1/2 hour drive home from Buffalo ended up being 7 1/2 hours last night, then the elevation adjustment was stripped on my scope, so I was up until 2am trying to fix that. Headed out here in about 2 hours.
• justincredible

  

  I haven't been deer hunting since I was probably 15. I'd like to go again soon but I'd be completely lost. Also, my shotgun sucks.
• Pick6

  

  justincredible;1329594 wrote:I haven't been deer hunting since I was probably 15. I'd like to go again soon but I'd be completely lost. Also, my shotgun sucks.

  I killed my first buck with a New England Firearms single shot 20 guage.
• Pick6

  

  LJ;1329536 wrote:I wanted to go out this morning, but our 5 1/2 hour drive home from Buffalo ended up being 7 1/2 hours last night, then the elevation adjustment was stripped on my scope, so I was up until 2am trying to fix that. Headed out here in about 2 hours.

  I take it you just sit?
• justincredible

  

  Pick6;1329597 wrote:I killed my first buck with a New England Firearms single shot 20 guage.

  Mine happens to be a New England single shot 12 gauge. Haha.