Good luck NY bowhunters

[ron w]

I agree woodchucker.........and we lost the weekend on the end with the Saturday gun opener. That was in prime time.

[longrifle]

So let me recap so far, Drew got first blood, Marv 2nd, now Alex 3rd, way to go WNY guys.

[longrifle]

Alex love that snake skinned longbow

[nashoba]

Thanks Gerald that's one I made back around 2008 and haven't hunted with it since then. I've been using it at all the shoots this year because it's lighter than my other ones that I've made.

[Biggamefish]

Another sit with nothing in the books!! The turkeys were gobbeling like crazy though. I will try again tonight! Probably melt into the tree!

[swampbow2]

Watched a medium sized doe for awhile this morning but that was all I saw even though I stayed on stand until 11am. MAN IT'S HOT ! Taking a break until it's less that 60 degrees.

[nashoba]

I feel the same way Marvin, dying to go back out but
don't want to burn my spot out.

[longrifle]

Hunted with my 13 year old son tonight we saw 5, 2 were bucks but no shot. After they left he told me that was pretty neat , made me feel good knowing that to him just seeing deer close was fun.

[nashoba]

Nice nothing more special than to spend quality time
with your kids .

[Kopper1013]

Saw my first deer of the year Saturday morning (3.5 days 1 deer   :confused:      ) nice little 4 point would have tasted great but alas he stayed out at 40 yards, that's was 8:30am nothing for the rest of the day. However I'm starting to see a lot more buck sign, trees torn up and a few scrapes starting to be tended. Hopefully we'll catch a break in this weather soon can't walk 200yards before starting to sweat.

[Skipmaster1]

Friday I had a few hours to hit the woods and with a south wind I headed to a spot I haven't hunted in years. The spot is a nice funnel adjacent to some power lines and covered in white oaks and beech along a tiny creek. I found a tree that would give me cover and good shooting lanes. At 5:30 I noticed two does across the woodlot and it looked as if they might circle down towards me. At 6:00 both made their way by my stand, feeding in and out of beech saplings. The bigger doe was going to pass me at 8 yards broadside. As she walked behind a tree, I drew... she stopped... I held for 10 seconds or so and she stepped out slightly quartering toward me. I knew I could slip the arrow onto where it needed to be. The shot looked perfect and I knew she wouldn't make it long. She made it 150 yards on a dead run before crashing.

[nashoba]

Congrats Greg!    :D

[Kopper1013]

Congrats Greg!

[mcgroundstalker]

Good Shooting Greg! Enjoy the cutlets...  

... mike ...

[drewsbow]

congrats Greg

[1/4 away]

Congrats Greg!    

[Skipmaster1]

Thanks guys. It was a great hunt  I went out tonight and saw a few does off a ways and had a young 4 pointer walk under me. Going to try and get out tomorrow evening again.

[Stumpkiller]

Congrats Greg.

Saturday I had seven antlerless (one an odd "double button" that may have a interesting rack in a few years).  The button walked a few feet away under my stand.  I could have held out my arm and dropped an arrow on him.  

At two times an our apart I had a doe with twin youngins and both times the older does kept just out of range and walked back and forth along a parallel trail 60 yards west (upwind) of my stand - looking away from me.  It was like they were patrolling.  A pair of the fawns actually bedded 40 yards away at one point.

No real shots presented.  One "iffy" 25 yard on a larger doe that I passed on.  Though I was 3/4 drawn it just didn't feel right - she turned away instead of towards me and never paused.  I'm a 20 yard kind of hunter.

Still hoping for one of the bucks that my trail-cam captured.        

[ron w]

Leaving for an evening sit shortly. Going to see what's moving this afternoon. Hope to have a bit of action but who knows. It is a beautiful day.

[ron w]

Just woodpeckers and chipmunk races, but it was a nice 3 1/2 hour sit. Weather was beautiful.