Hello again folks. I needed the break from everything. Caught up on the posts yesterday and glad everyone had some fun fishing.
Last night was a fantastic night of fun and live music. Jerry Garcia lives !!

That sucks Trevor, sorry to hear and hope it gets better quick.
Not sure about fun in that but I'm back in the trees. 2 more days of the mechanical bow then gun on Saturday.
With fresh snow Tues and cold last night, it's crunchy. Little wind .
Heavy snow tonight so I hope they get active today.

Another beautiful day staring at trees. Not a creature is moving, not even a mouse.

Gonna get ugly up here tomorrow

I'm keeping my fun stuff inside a ground blind looking out the window today

Well today was the day.
Like I been posting, we have spent a LOT of time in the woods since my actual hunting began 3 weeks and 1 day ago. We know there is deer and lots on our property, my cameras dont lie, lol. We know these are mountain deer and NOBODY hunts our 1,800 foot mountain. It was starting to get frustrating as the deer went nocturnal a month agao and the rut wasn't yet ON. Still we prevailed because we'd catch a glimpse of a nice one here or there. To me its about body mass, the deer up there are very lean on that so seeing just another " Small" deer started getting me worried.
The snow we received and cold temperatures Thursday changed everything.
Now deer were moving because they were being chased by , other deer.
I seen more deer yesterday than I have in the total 3 weeks combined, all on a mission. My son seen what he described as the biggest he's ever seen, its still out there :).
In all that we built a plan for today. Go where the highest concentration of does are.
After 14 does, 1 spike and a 4 pointer passed through his stand, this came behind a doe.
He shot a beautiful 8pt last season and now he's got a 10 point to add to his and my memories.
It was a Fun day indeed and it only takes 1 to make it special.
I know there is a few 8' s another 10 and a 12pt still around that my cameras dont lie.

GREAT

Well I canceled on the real fun weekend stuff, like fishing and am now processing the last one of 3 deer.
Being solo for the most part, it takes me a bout 2 - 3 weeknights per. So's to say , it takes me awhile when I haven't been home on a weekend since October 7th and these deer were shot last Sunday
Alas, giving a full day and full steam ahead the processing will be done today.
Tomorrow is more not so fun stuff by reviving a car that has been in storage in my garage for almost 2 years. It basically only needs a complete 4 wheel brake job, i hope.

Is it ice season yet ?
At least fish are easy.

I am going to hoops games all afternoon. I am caught up so to speak, so time for some fun. Maybe get the ice gear ready tomorrow during the rain storm

Have put this up in the past but its my favorite Hunting Story.
Was after a bigun here in Ct for a couple of years. could never connect but his sign was always around.
He left huge rubs and scrapes and had a great hoofprint too. Could always ID him from the others.
He would be gone in early gun season every year and come back after the rut in Muzzel season in Dec.
My method on that large piece was to walk a n/s ridgeline peeking over on occasion at East facing  bedding areas late season when snow was down.
Yep, there HE was, bed with 2 doe a very reasonable distance for the muzzel loader. 
Put the hairs on him and pulled slowly.
POP--
Just the cap--
All Deer looked at me got up and got outa there.
My most memorable hunt.
Everything went as it shoulda w/o the drag. lol.
By the way-- he was everything I had imagined him to be- rack, big wide and thick.
Never saw him or his sign again.
It aint about the freezer all the time.

Girls now out number the boys 5 to 4.
Lots of pink camo. 😀

Humm, I'm having thoughts of giving the woods 1 more go with the xbow givin the warm temps on Saturday, 40 up there. Why not ? I get bored easily hanging around the house. 3 weekends away from afield is to long for me.
We do have a ice trip or scout planned for Sunday.

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Fine looking family HT, congratulations and a Merry Christmas to all.

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Nice Rich- in its day that was considered a premier varmint gun.
 Great Holiday to all.

Welll- thats that as they say--
 
Last day I will hunt this year. Had 2 properties each with a nice mature buck on them.
Never found either lol.
Passed 'lesser' Deer waiting out their grand poppas to no avail.
It was GREAT--

A friend who could not get out until the last week spent two days with a DMP permit and saw NO brown, hiked back out to his car at sunset on the last day of the season, and had two nice bucks and three does standing   out in the field adjacent to his car watching him case the gun.  Oh, yes , they know!