Ct--

Took one skipper and an 8 pt this year in rifle season.
Deer seen and passed on every sit.---
Hunting in a hard to get, high deer density, urban coastal area- have yet to hear another shot.
Went in for a short time yesterday with black powder- saw 2 doe and much new buck sign.

Checked out my spot for the first time this year.
The mast crop was real heavy- quite a shock considering the drought we have had all Summer and how heavy it was last season.
Not used to two in a row anymore.
It made for great sightings last year and a real nice Buck, but as we all  know, with good mast they don't have to move much.
Cant wait to find out, although new sign was aplenty- but its still Summer.
Have two Pvt land small places to go to so I don't bother with cameras.
Being out there and finding out is half the fun IMHO.
No more 2 or 3 States- at 69 am just hunting in Ct now.
Keep thinking bout the other good Buck that was still there last year.
Will Hunt till they gotta drag ME out.

Thanks BT and good luck out there.
 

Went to my little 20 ac permit where I can only shoot bout half of it.
Made up 2 ground blinds last week and went in to address them after heavy winds the other day.
8- EIGHT- fresh ground scrapes in a 50 yard area.
Have seen a scrub basket,a spike and a small 6 or 8 point.
Hope for better as there was still a nice one after I took what may have been his brother last year.
Time will tell but what can one expect on only a very few acre permit.
It is surrounded by a few hundred NO acres though and all ya need is one ready Doe----
Good luck to all out there---

When its the 'right spot' it doesn't make much difference what size it is.
Hope you and your son contiinue with quality outdoor experiences.
Know what ya mean bout blowing them out- gotta get into this place at least an hour early- NOT fun when its freezing out in the AM.

Got in real early this AM ( first day) no shots heard anywhere.
Had 11- possibly 13- different doe and young around as close to my leafy blind as 30 feet.
All within 2 1/2 hours-- no horns so I chose to pass.
They move here in early AM - afternoon and evening hunts are a struggle at best.
Left bout 10 30.
Noticed that the Doe and young are together and not separated by  rutting.Over or beginning ??

R3, do you have antler restrictions there in CT, or can you shoot any buck?  
 
Sounds like an exciting morning.  
 
Those small properties can be tough but rewarding  
 
On the 30 acres we hunt, it's mostly just clover/timothy fields with only about 5 acres of woods, so most deer we hunt are coming from neighboring properties to feed on the greens.  The property owner to the north and west has about 60 acres of timber that used to be hunted hard, but since he bought it only his twin teenage boys hunt and they don't get doe tags, so that property has really had a rebound in the deer population the past couple years.  We saw three different family groups of does and fawns coming off his property to feed during archery, and 4 different bucks, and that corner of the field is archery only because his house is only about 100 yards through the woods.  
 
Fields to the east and south are still in standing corn, and my experience there over 10 years shows that when that's the case, those deer bed in the corn, feed in the corn and pretty much live in the corn till it gets cut.  Hunted that side a few times, and only saw a few.  AM hunts are just about impossible there.  
 
The 13 acre property is new to us last year, and still getting a feel for it.  It's long and narrow.  Deer feed in the owner's back yard on a buffet of massive red and white acorns.  Hunting it in the AM is just about impossible here too, but my son doesn't like to wake up early to hunt anyway. Not much agriculture within a mile of there, so patterning them has been tough as they move around to different sources of acorns in the big woods.  Good transition area to hunt in the evening between the bedding cover and his yard that's easy to get into without alerting deer.
 
Enjoy your reports.  Keep 'em coming.   

Hit my spot for 4 1/2 hours this AM.
Got in bout 5 30 and sat in a blind.
This was the first time I have ever been there in AM with ZERO sightings-
Especially surprising after yesterday.
Even the Turkeys were not on the 2 small roosts there today.
Wellll- that's why its called hunting- not shopping   lol.
Buck sign everywhere, even refreshed scrapes since the rain Tues and Tues night.
Might think something spooked them pretty good.
I slip straight in easy and out easy- no hiking around - the ones yesterday were all calm- never spooked one.
May hit it tomorrow evening just to see whats up later in the day but most likely not till Monday AM.

I hear ya on the dirt bike r3, maybe the colder weather and lake effect snow will create a change in plans and the bike gets parked for several days.

Perhaps the deer will become more active ahead of the storm and again after the storm and the snow lends to a successful hunt.

Good luck...

'Been'- hunting Connecticut- not Pulaski with lake effect.    lol
No snow here---yet.
Yea Jigs -have had that experience but it sure changes the natural movements and can kinda ruin things.
Gotta drive 64 miles each way to this place and to get there and see new dirt bike tracks in the AM and no Deer would really irritate me.
Knew it was too good to be true last season, seen deer on every sit all  season and took a great mature buck.
Got another spot where I took a 180 lb 8 point the year before that  - may  well go back there.
Only see a Deer there every few days but its quiet with only one other guy who parades around a lot.
Always sumptin eh--

r3 you did say you lived in NW CT........ ummm, didn't you?

Live in Wallingford- just above New Haven.( south Central Ct)
Hunting along the Coast up toward RI.
Other spot over in East Central Ct.
Good luck on that snow and happy T-day to all.
 
Those NW Ct hills get pounded with hard weather.

 
Will likely be sitting on a rock surrounded by brush in the early AM.----- freezing
 today--
BTDT-thanks for the 1/4 inch of new snow..
30 deg minus wind  chill.
Nothing moved on it but it was nice.
Got in bout 5:30 and sat till 8:30.
Big winds came with the 8 am sun.
Walked the area and nothing had moved.
The other place for a week or so.
Something is wrong in the Zoo.-
Deer on every Am sit last year.
 

r3 any chance I could have that snow back. Lol

We open on Monday and it ain't looking good weather wise for the first week.

On second thought I'd best be careful what I wish for. You keep the snow.

Great thing about hunting; "you just never know". Which in my case is certainly, very true. I just never know if I'm going, or not.

Good luck.

Man I had a great afternoon from 1:30 till dark. Three buck with the first at two hundred yards and no problem seeing his hat rack but, kept his distance while maintaining company with three Doe. Second was half rack keeping his nose to the ground harassing 8 Doe now running around within 50 yds of my stand. Rascal wouldn't pick his head up letting me see if he be a shooter.

Third dude walked out of the woods showing me a not so pretty hat rack then turning and walking directly away from me, never to stop and look back.

Was a shooter and I woulda if I coulda but not in the butt.

I'm thinkin' they might be back sometime in the near future.

R3 Keep this under your hat, there's others listening but I know, my secrete is safe on your thread. lmao

Good luck.