Not a dam thing first 2 hours this morning, Same as last Tuesday.
Decided to sit last 2 hours, had mom and 2 fawns walk by........
 

Well I didn't make it out today, I'll be hanged if I'm sitting in my high chair leaning against some tree with dead branches while the gales of November are blowing in October. Nope......... won't do it.
 
R3G3 that simply super sucks to have to go through all that just to harvest a deer.  If ya ever make it to PA. I could probably get you set up in the area(s) marco hunts.  Gotta watch that guy though, he gets people hyped up and concentrating on fishin line and walleye then, while their off fishin, he's hunting for deer!
 
Hope things do work out for ya, sure would be nice to see some pictures from the great state of Connecticut. 

Ironhed
Just mowin does here.

 
Bagger or a mulching blade?

 
 
                                                 No hat rack but, a shooter 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
                                                              It's baaaaaaaack!
 


 
 
 
Went for a walk around mid-morning just to see, what kind of condition the conditions are in.  Covered the perimeter of one hay field of 12 acres, one corn field of 15 acres, one corn field of 25 acres and, my azz is draggin!
 
All that walking and I spotted one rub on a 3 foot blue spruce.  Typical hoof prints in the dirt but, even those didn't show sign of a thunderous herd, of whitetail, roaming the fields.
 
So, in conclusion, from the data recorded from my daring scientific ventures into the Pennsylvania Wilds, I didn't see crap!!!!
 
And yes, it was a daring venture, as I had but a, primitive weapon using a pointed stick propelled by a string to protect myself from possible attack by the above creature.
                                                             
 
 
                                                                  
 
 

I don't archery hunt (too much tied up in bird dogs), but I do enjoy hearing the hunting stories. Odd thing, at least for me, is that I have yet to talk to any coworkers who are still using a vertical bow. They haveball switched to crossbows.

Below freezing temps. on the horizon......let's get the Big Boys on the chase

Still using a very old Hoyt mystic intruder with 31 inch aluminum arrows and 125 grain thunderheads.
Got it soon after the new 'compound bows' came out and retired the recurve ( still have it for backup and practice with it too-same arrows for both.)
The recurve is a Red Wing Hunter..
Figure the Hoyt is 30 to 35 yrs old- bought it new and still lovin it. Taken many deer and turkey and a Bear as well as assorted small stuff.
Hits where I aim and passes right through Deer- what more can ya ask for.
Hey  Dar- my rig might be older than some of those co-workers.  lol

DarDys
I don't archery hunt (too much tied up in bird dogs), but I do enjoy hearing the hunting stories. Odd thing, at least for me, is that I have yet to talk to any coworkers who are still using a vertical bow. They haveball switched to crossbows.

I've noticed a similar trend with most of my coworkers and friends now shooting x-guns.
 
It's been a chaotic fall for me and I've only been out a few times so far.  I did manage to shoot a big doe on the first evening of the state wide season opener.  Buck activity has been slow as is expected for this time of the year.  Although I did watch a little 4 or 5 point harassing a doe last weekend, which made for an interesting evening.
 
I won't have much time to hunt until November, but by that time things should be in full swing.  Good luck all!   

Bear First Strike purchased in 1990,  only repair was one string about 12 years ago.  Same release, same quiver and just switched to carbon arrows and a D-loop last year.  Has a 65% percent let off and the draw weight set at 65 pounds. Let off is getting a bit tougher to hold compared to years gone by but, something tells me that ain't the fault of the bow.
 
Did buy a crossbow that shoots 20" bolts at 346 fps, has a scope and  tack driving capability at 40+ yards.  Most likely won't use it during regular or the extended archery season hunting the infamous whitetail.  However, bear, turkey and, maybe back in the thick under growth of the bayou while sitting in a ground blind when firearms may be used.  Let's face it, if inline muzzle loaders and scopes with a 100 yd range can be used, I have no reason not to try the crossbow.
 
Dardy you are absolutely correct, more and more crossbows are being purchased for harvesting deer with a stick.  In my little piece of Penn's Woods, it has become common ( the past few years), seeing bicycles and scooters laying along side of the secondary roads.  The devices of travel are, of course, a means of transportation used by the local residents to transport their climbing stands and crossbows to the wilds in search of, the elusive whitetail.  Which brings me to the conclusion that; should I chose not to shoot a whitetail, be it with my compound or crossbow, there will be a Dutchman that will. 
 
In closing may I say it will be nice to see the Penn State Game Commission get the stupid Antler Restrictions shoved right up their 'donkeys'!    Allowing  a person of one age group to kill/take/harvest a antlered deer that is illegal for other persons of another age group to kill/take/harvest is nothing more than, age discrimination.  
 
And if elected President I shall make this my personal project and do sumthin bout it!  Oooops wrong soapbox...... sorry!
 
 
Congrats on your whitetail Esox, we'll keep ya entertained til ya make it back out.

fishin coyote

Ironhed
Just mowin does here.

 Bagger or a mulching blade?

Bagger.
The brush hog is coming out soon.