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Title: Missed hunting first day in NY
Post by: ghost rob on October 15, 2011, 06:22:00 PM

How did everyone do this first day of bow season in NY's southern zone? I missed for the first time since 1998. My 17 yr old son got a concussion in a Friday night football game and we were in the Syracuse University Hospital until 5am. He's alright, there were six different football players in the ER at the same time. We found out today that a player in a game in Homer NY died on the way to the hospital. Really puts things into perspective . It was raining all afternoon so I didn't go out. Just wondering how the rest of you hunters did. I live about 60 miles south of Syracuse and it looks like there's quite a few deer this year. Good luck everyone and please stay safe. Rob

Title: Re: Missed hunting first day in NY
Post by: guspup on October 15, 2011, 06:41:00 PM

Rain out, blow out here.... you didn't miss a thing. Spent the afternoon in Bass Pro :-). Hope your son is doing ok. Terrible news from Homer, I have family in Virgil.

Title: Re: Missed hunting first day in NY
Post by: ScottV_7 on October 15, 2011, 07:37:00 PM

Glad to hear your son is ok Rob.  You didn't miss much in the woods.

Title: Re: Missed hunting first day in NY
Post by: MYSTIKBOW on October 15, 2011, 08:58:00 PM

Went out first thing this morning but only stayed out for a couple of hrs. The rain just wouldn't let up. It didn't take long to get soaked even when staying in the pines.
 I can't get out tomorrow so I hope next weekend will bring better weather.

Title: Re: Missed hunting first day in NY
Post by: Stumpkiller on October 15, 2011, 09:45:00 PM

Windy and rainy.  Than my neighbors brought down a tractor 100 yards away and started cuting wood at 2:00PM, but the rain drove them back in.  I thought it was going to be a washout . . . but at 4:00PM two does came by and the larger offerred me a broadside I just couldn't pass up.

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Title: Re: Missed hunting first day in NY
Post by: sweet old bill on October 16, 2011, 05:13:00 AM

glad you son is ok. nothing by me except lots of wind and then the rain came. up and ready to try again...

Title: Re: Missed hunting first day in NY
Post by: ishiwannabe on October 16, 2011, 08:50:00 AM

Good luck guys. A move, and work will keep me out of the woods until a week from Tuesday.

Title: Re: Missed hunting first day in NY
Post by: ghost rob on October 17, 2011, 09:53:00 PM

Thanks guys, I hope to get out this week a little bit. Stay safe. Rob

Title: Re: Missed hunting first day in NY
Post by: Bobaru on October 18, 2011, 09:56:00 AM

I should have stayed out hunting the whole day.

The moon walking in was beautiful as was the first couple hours.  Then the wind.  A tree crashed to the ground a hundred yards away and it felt like an earthquake.  That should have been a clue.  But, then the walnuts started falling all around me with a thud.  ...  Those buggers were picking up speed at about 100 feet of gravity feed energy.  

What I should have done is set up again in an area protected from the wind.

Congrats, Stumpkiller.  Your patience paid off.