What a lovely way to end a story. Happy anniversary to your friends.🦌

Had the first real duck hunt of the season (by that calling decoying birds) only shot 4 but those 4 did it right got 2 greenwings, big supprise there a gaddy and a greenhead seen alot of birds really supprised at the amount of teal mallards and even some blacks alot of hunters out, came home ate cleaned birds and 1hr nap turned into 4 so guess sit no 7 will be Monday o well that sleep was nice!

In a earlier post it was stated that deer do not have upper teeth. They do not have upper front teeth but do have 6 back teeth on either side of the jaw.    sam                                                                            

Moved a camera on Friday.  This was the only thing of interest on it.  This little guy stayed there for 3 or 4 mins rubbing the tree.  Had several vid clips of him.  Be a good one for my kids to take as a first deer.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGT58yeNeb8&feature=youtu.be
 
Not much action on my cams to date and not much deer sign in the woods I have been hunting (buck sign, anyways).  Kicking myself for sleeping in and not heading out on Sat. morning but it would have been pushing it trying to get my son to his flag football game.

Glad someone having fun.....lost my prime woods to new landowner in Pa. and quite frankly I'm lost......after 43 years.....my go to spot in Ohio is getting new telephone poles through the property....so I'm waiting till they get done....Double whammy.....seeing a lot of turkey but by November 2
Probably not lol

What side of the city you live on Big Tuna?
 

BTDT, basically what it boiled down to in a rich gready guy owns 300 acres but there was a little 11 acres chunk that was the frontage to part of his property and had 3 major runs....they'd run every deer off the property through that 11 acres...he got jealous and confronted me many time through the years and would question me on what I killed or did I I venture on his property......I was on his property one time in 43 years and that was to retrieve last year's first day gun buck. It crossed to line by 20 yards or so.....I asked him to let me hunt another year or two but he smiled.nicely and said f--k no. So there you have it....sad times for this old man.....lol 

Afternoon sit not much action , sit from 2:30 to almost 6:30 . Saw blue jays , hawk and some squirrel’s then 4 does out in corner of field about 100 yds out ...no horns . One small buck on camera again really slow so far . My Cuz and her 2 dogs decided to take a walk down near my stand ... didn’t even see the deer in the field .... lol. They saw her though 😜👍. Sure was windy out there , oh well move on to next hunt ... good luck out there

Thanks BTDT. It was very unexpected. Sure do miss my hunting/fishing partner.

I am losing 110 acres of great hunting. The owners moved and will be putting it up for sale. I will give someone a hot tip on it if they grant me hunting permission and have $650,000 to spare. :-))

Setup this evening in a stand I put up this summer just behind the house. Its on the edge of some hemlock overlooking a creek bottom the bucks like to travel. Most action I had was some crows harassing a redtail. Gets dark kind of early in the hemlock, but when I made the short trip out I had enough light to see the 4 doe heads poke up over the bank between 2 ponds in the yard and chuckle at me as they scampered off. I think the deer have me patterned. If he's outside pizzing around until dark, stay in the woods. If he's not out around the house all afternoon head for the yard...he's looking for us. As BTDT says....stoopit deer...lol

Checked a camera briefly before I went out today too. Looks like these 2 little guys are working on figuring out the pecking order.

Got home from work later tonight and wasn't gonna go out, but the steady, heavy south wind was calling my name as I stood in the garage debating what to do.

Didn't get into the stand until a little after 5. Around 540 two fawns and mama doe showed up. I decided to pass on the mama as she had some little ones in tow. Watched them feed up the edge of the ravine and into the brushy field edge until a little after 6. Around 615 I heard the leaves rustling around behind me. As I peered thru the hemlock to my back I could see a decent buck sneaking in just a few yards behind me. With my breath heavy now and the wind blowing right at him, he picked up that something wasn't right, turned and slowly walked back from where he came. Sat there thinking "****" for a little bit, then all of a sudden he appeared to the E of me sneaking thru the thicker brush with no shot at 20yds. Watched as he made his way thru the brush and disappeared into the field edge, when another buck came following in his trail. Had to be the biggest 3pt I've ever seen with one big crab claw on one side, and a single large main beam on the other. He followed the path of the first buck and disappeared. Sat for a few minutes and in desperation I hit the doe bleat twice. Few more minutes passed and the the first buck I saw came sneaking back in along the ravine edge. Couldn't believe it, and once he hit the trail of the doe that had previously passed he started back tracking it right toward me. At about 10yds I let the bolt fly, put a good hit on him, but it didn't pass thru. Watched him trot off about 40yds and crash. 3 loud death moans later and I'm thinking dead deer. Couldn't see the deer, but as I sat there in the fading light waiting for him to expire all of a sudden I hear some leaves rustling and then see a deer walking off behind me.

Sat from 635 when I shot him until 715 thinking I'm now in for a long night. Climbed down and looked for a blood trail and saw nothing, but sure enough there he lay where I heard him crash. The deer I had seen walking off in the darkness was thankfully a different one.

This 7pt is not the biggest buck on the property, but I am extremely happy to have him. As said earlier in this thread, my dad passed away last year. We spent the last day of his life doing what he loved, hunting the PA whitetail. This property I bought last year was his childhood home that has been in our family for a long time, and he couldn't have been happier that I ended up buying it. I don't know if it was the doe bleat that brought this guy back in, or dad putting on one last drive for me as I sat reminiscing about all of the good times we've had hunting, but I sure missed giving him that call and hearing "see you in a little bit".

Congrats CS......any deer is a trophy with an arrow.....Sorry about yours father....your story was emotional for me.....he'll always be with you...now you got time for birds and squirrel....still have your dad's tree dog? I'm up a little to early.....going out for old man doe hunt with my 7/30 waters....

Congrats, Crappie!! You guys seeing some deer have me wired up. Hopefully Saturday I see some action.