Geez, anybody sitting in their stand when the "Gales of November" came rippin thru just before sunset yesterday?  Man that gust of wind made the tree I had my highchair tied to bend so far over, the bottom of the ladder rails weren't touching the ground!   That ain't all, when the tree straightened, I was sitting on the other side! 
 
Okay, so, it wasn't quite that bad cause I was only two feet off the ground but, it coulda been!  
 
Actually, right after the blizzard followed by the torrential downpour the sky cleared and the wind died down which brought about hope of bedded down deer jumping up and heading to the feeding grounds.  Which probably did occur but, not past me. Stupid deer.
 
Gonna finish off this last evening, once again perched in my high chair, reminiscing about the good old days when I would be doing something else besides, sitting in a highchair waiting on a stupid deer.
 
In closing out this years archery season may I say, it has been a pleasure making the acquaintance of so many good [Walcat not included] people who have, been more than kind in putting up with my stupid comments and antics.
 
Deer or no deer, this season shall go into my archives as being one of my most enjoyable as far as, 'chytz and giggles' are concerned.
 
Thank-you and good luck to those still seeking the, ever elusive and, smart PA. White-Tailed Deer.
 
So long for now.
 
 
I gotta git ready for two weeks of gun season, then two more weeks of archery, happy days are here again.......

BeenThereDoneThat.
Geez, anybody sitting in their stand when the "Gales of November" came rippin thru just before sunset yesterday?  Man that gust of wind made the tree I had my highchair tied to bend so far over, the bottom of the ladder rails weren't touching the ground!   That ain't all, when the tree straightened, I was sitting on the other side! 

Not in a tree stand, but was in a ground blind when I thought a train was coming through the woods and across the field.  My son said, "Dad, look how bad those trees are bending over there!"  It was weird, that big gust stayed about 200 yards north of us and never hit our hideout.  But I was quickly formulating a plan on how to best escape a ground blind if one of the cherry trees along the field edge would have come crashing down.  
 
Good luck to you this evening BTDT.  I'll be in the blind with 3 boys here in about an hour - my 12 and 5 year old sons, and the oldest's best friend.  Should have a good story to tell about that one.  Warming up some outerwear that's been hanging outside in the dryer now.  

Walcat my wife says she'll let me have one real bullet to hunt with if I do well practicing with my squirtgun.  
 
rsquared, I hear ya on the emergency exit plan.  Night before last, I moved my ground blind in preparation for gun season.  I wasn't 20 yds. from the blind when I heard the wind coming across the field, never even felt the slightest breeze and my blind took off and became a new beaver hut.  Buddy, I'm glad I wasn't in that thing the way it ripped into the air and flew across the ground into the water.   And yes Walcat I had the stakes in the ground, point first. 
 
Hope things went well for you today (maybe see some pictures), sounds like you might have your hands full.
 
 
It's times like these, that make me wonder if all the time, effort and, money are worth hunting, any longer, then something like this happens right in my back yard. https://youtu.be/OkIgWY5HH1U?t=1   Can't help but change my mind and say yes it is. Not all resident geese but, they'll lay over in the beaver pond for a while, many staying until freeze up.
 
 
Just finished putting some of my archery gear to rest, the blind still lays in a pile at the corner of my field, but I'm already looking forward to second season.  No deer (yet) and not real interested with bear as I haven't seen any new sign of my resident bruin.
 
Good news, The Boot Box is having a sale beginning Tuesday and their selling a ground blind for $40.00.  I gotta go see if the wife needs a new pair of slippers or something.
 
 

Well no tags filled but it has been a fun year..... Have enjoyed it and all you guys posts .... Lol. A little excitement tonight... Sitting in my stand about 4:30 hear some crashing through the ticket. Have bow in hand, see these 2?doe just flying probably 50 yds from me. Now I just know I'm going to see the buck that I've been looking for following them ..... RIGHT !! ... NOT it was my cousin's dog chasing them... He followed them into thicket then back under my stand , had some doe scent hanging he got wind of that went and checked it out.... So at least I know it was working, I look and see her walking back up the field toward her house was going to **** at her but her would probably just laugh and say awwww it was almost dark ..... Ya right prime time !!! But it is their property so what ya going to do ....so that is how my evening hunt went .....

Well . . . 1 fat guy and 3 boys piled into a 2 man blind was pretty fun.  We were set up on a field edge and right around 5:00, we had a doe followed by a young 'un that closed the distance from 65 yards as she stepped out of the woods to 42 yards in the field.  Just about 10 yards too far for my son to shoot, but it's always fun to see him get a case of buck fever.  I was pretty impressed with my crew that they all got still and quiet enough for a couple of minutes for her to calm down and close that distance.  She and her skipper turned and headed away from us.  Not alarmed or running, but just a change in direction.  Right before shooting time was over, could hear a deer in the woods close to us coming along a scrape line which would have brought it right in front of us at 25 yards had it stepped out, but it never did and I could hear it change direction as it stayed in the woods, just out of sight.  
 
Although we can hunt a few properties in 2B, I'm ready for a bit of a break from deer hunting, and I think my son is too.  I know for sure the 5 year old is.  He did great on 3 hunts with us this year.  A year makes a big difference.  Bribing him with a stop at Subway for dinner works well.  
 
Monday is looking good to me for the big boy to skip at least a morning of school, and maybe a whole day.  Have lost all of my local duck hunting puddles the last few years, but now that the season is in for the south zone, we may head to a public area for his first crack at wingshooting.  He's done pretty well on clay pigeons with the new 20 gauge he got for his birthday.  Or we might head to Erie for some steelhead fishing. 
 
BTDT, thanks for the heads up on the Boot Box Blind sale.  I was just thinking as we were packing up that we should buy a cheap blind or two and brush 'em in good and leave 'em set up on the property we hunted this evening and use our current one as the traveling blind.  
 
Enjoyed reading all the stories and experiences here, as I do every year.  Know a few of yinz hunt 2B and will have a few more weeks to get it done with the bow.  Good luck.  
 
 

Here's one that sort of gotta way. Local Police car got him on route 51 just south of the Elizabeth bridge.
PSGC tagged him. Meat was not wasted, found its way to the butcher.
 
LOVE seeing the pictures of all yinz kills.............
 
HEY BUT WHY NOT ME????
Ok 2B still hitting it Mon & Tues......

I spent about 10 hours in a tree yesterday to see a grand total of 3 deer.  2 does out feeding with out a care in the world and a spike who  also seemed more interested in sucking down acorns than finding love.  
 
This has been some of the slowest hunting that I've ever experienced in November.  I'm not sure what the reason is as things seemed to be breaking loose around Halloween and then everything just seemed to go dead a few days later.  
 
I've got a few more days to get it done with the bow in 2B with the extended season.  I've never spent much time in the woods during the post-rut, so we'll see what happens.  

Well those stupid deer are still out there...............
Saw nada this morning.
Got to see a doe across the field this evening........
Even though this evening's weapon of choice was my Mossberg 9200.....
OH stupid turkey's too...................
 

Wags it sounds like your going from bad to worse,  say it ain't so!
 
Had a deer blast across the road in front of me on my way back from Pymatuning tonight.  Wasn't so close as to cause a "panic break" but sudden enough to cause me to pucker and impose a self inflicted wedgie. 

Well Xbow this morning, walking to my OLD spot, what the heck could be worse.
Well 50 feet from my driveway looky I see a gobbler roosted 50 yards from my tree stand.
He's got a +10" beard...........STUPID TURKEY
Climbed the mountain to my old spot, okay not a mountain but 1/4 mile up hill at my age a mountain it is.
Sat at the intersection of 2 fields. I saw over 150 crows fly by, yes I was counting WHY NOT no stupid deer around.
Headed back 8:30ish, wife has garbage waiting to be taken to the curb. I get to the curb turn around look to the woods and watch a deer bed down 30 feet from my tree stand. So grab the Xbow sneak to the tree climb in and there is 3 doe, 2 bedded and one feeding. Watched them for an hour then gave up...............
Hanging it up---archery season over for me.
 
OH chiropractor appt. at 3:30 on way home saw 5 deer in 3 different spots........
 
Let hope bear season goes better......BUT I DOUBT IT...........
 
STUPID WILDLIFE