Connecticut Tradgangers - Opening Day!

[kat]

Good luck all

[TooManyHobbies]

Are you all still hunting?  I am looking forward to getting out again this weekend.  I may well go through January to try to connect with trad gear.

Good luck everyone!

Still at it. It's been almost 19 hours since last sighting of a deer. Not including a couple I bumped. I don't have any zone 11/12 properties, but I may get a RI license to hunt January. Not even seeing any non-deer species since a raccoon back in October.

[Jbseitz]

Still at I seems though the bucks have gone nocturnal. Seeing deer here and there but no bucks during the day. This weekend looks good to hunt going to try it on the ground providing the wind cooperates.

[dirtguy]

I'll be out again Sunday.  Anybody else?

[TooManyHobbies]

Well, I'm down to my last hoorah. Heading to my honey hole tomorrow morning. Will stay as long as I can. Shot a doe there with my muzzle loader ten days ago in this spot and saw nine deer total. Hopefully another parade of does come by. The wind will be perfect. My season will be over when I come out of the woods, so, big, small, buck or doe, if I have a shot I'm taking it.

[TooManyHobbies]

45 minute walk in to my stand this morning for an all day sit. Set up at 6:45, at 7:00 a coyote passed through behind me, first one I've seen this year. No shot. Saw a huge owl late morning/early afternoon. Finally at 3:50, I heard walking. 4 does traveling down a cart path together, way out of range. About 10 minutes later they were gone. Bumped a couple on the walk out. What a long, cold day. My hang-on stand is good for about 3-4 hrs. The last 6 were a killer. Season is done, time to scout, fix stands, and get stuff done before next season. Happy New Year guys

[dirtguy]

Hey TMH,

I didn't check in here over the holidays.  Im glad to hear that you got out again.  Im still planning on hunting in January and keeping my fingers crossed.  Have a great new year!

[hickstick]

I didn't get to hunt CT but 2 times in 2018.  but I had a better than average season in MA,  saw deer 18 out of 21 sits (including a couple all day), and had a <20yard shot at a nice 8 pointerthat turned hard quartering away as I was releasing and the arrow deflected off the shoulderblade and went up into the neck.  tracked it for over 3 miles and he never even bedded.  a gun hunter shot it a couple weeks later had started healing over and was chasing does.  I did end up getting a 6 pt with my muzzleloader the day after christmas...literally the only day I went afield with anything other than a stickbow.