Well I sit in stand yesterday 2:30 until dark ... AGAIN !! I should say I held on to the tree so I didn't get blown out of my stand. Man it was hard on this 65 year old body... lol. Anyhow saw nothing so the season ends today .... well my season ended last night .... HAVE HAD ENOUGH !!!! Good luck to you all .....I need a break until rifle season 😜🍺🍺🍺

Hey young man if I gotta do it, so do you. Things are about to happen so get back out there.😋

So far this morning, three wood chucks, two gray squirrels and, a frozen old guy in a Maple tree.

Have also seen one deer about two hundred yards into the neighbors pasture.

Stay tuned... details at 11.

Gettin ready to head out. Taking the decoy. Hope to **** off Brutus. Good luck !!!
 
BH

BloodyHand
One last crack at it this afternoon. My archery season has been plagued by disappointment and up to now, huge lack of confidence. Beginning of the season I stuck a big doe in the back. Put the 38 yard pin on her and she was only 29 yds. My buddy gets in my stand on the food plot on the day we all went to the farm for junior/senior hunt. We get back and hes got a beautiful 8 pt. in his truck. Another buddy gets into my stand on a different food plot and smokes a monster doe 2 weeks ago. I finally start using the plot stands, on the one property some young kid blows the deer off comin down the neighbors line. Get up into the other stand and the land owner kicks them deer out on accident. Finally, Tuesday night, I have a spike comin up behind me and appears he's not heading for the food plot, Brutus sounds the alarm than comes runnin to confront the spike. After stickin one in the back earlier in the season, I decided to put the 38 yd. pin on him. NOPE, he was 43, put the bolt at his feet. Here's what I've learned about this years archery season. I need a Lazer Range finder baaaaad...................... BH


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BeenThereDoneThat.
Hey young man if I gotta do it, so do you. Things are about to happen so get back out there.😋

So far this morning, three wood chucks, two gray squirrels and, a frozen old guy in a Maple tree.

Have also seen one deer about two hundred yards into the neighbors pasture.

Stay tuned... details at 11.

. Lol .... nope sorry 😜... wife is washing my clothes as I type ... we raked some leaves this morning ..neighbor has filled his 2 doe tags and brought me down a big bag of hot sticks and some hot pepper cheese / bologna so I''m good until rifle season gets here.... 😜🍺..... good luck guys !!

Sat from 9-12:30. Was cold and calm this morning, but still no deer moving around me. Only entertainment was watching a red squirrel aggressively defend his territory against any of the greys brave enough to get too close...lol.

Came home to let the dog out and get some lunch, then back at it one more time until dark. Still hopeful as they finally started cutting the huge cornfield across the road this afternoon.

first year archery hunting and popped a nice doe with the crossbow today.  woohoo.  Too old to be dragging without snow though.  

pikepredator2
first year archery hunting and popped a nice doe with the crossbow today.  woohoo.  Too old to be dragging without snow though.  

congrats pike....., good deal !

Good job pike!

The regular season ends without a deer for my son, but we've got some spots in 2B for the next few weeks.

On the plus side he saw deer on every hunt in 2D this year. Prob were out 15 or so times.

Way to go pike. Enjoy that tenderloin dinner 😀.

Afternoon sit was the most eventful one I've had in a while, which isn't saying much. Watched 2 doe at 4:00 pick their way through the beech saplings and multifloral rose for a while. Shortly after they were out of sight I heard some slow movement in the leaves to my right. Waited, waited, then sloooooowly turned to see a raccoon digging away at the base if a small maple tree. Must have been something good there because he hung out until I got out of the stand. Right before dark heard some footsteps come up slowly behind me. Had a doe and fawn go right underneath the stand.

I'm thankful for getting a doe early in the season, but disappointed in the amount of deer I've seen in the past 3 weeks. Only buck I saw all season was a 7pt the first day, and saw him briefly once again after that. Gonna go bushwhacking tomorrow and do some post season scouting. Might try to cut some lanes so I can get the climber back in during the late season. Good luck to you guys that have the extended season still.