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As Im sure most of you do, I reach for my phone in the morning and check camera pics as soon as I wake. The wind and rain have activity crawling here this am in the dark. However the past 3 days I have seen a huge uptick in movement. Tons of new bucks showing up. For a minute it seemed like I didnt have a lot of young bucks around and boom, they are here now. Bucks of all sizes and age classes have blown up my cameras. With that being said I also have had 5 different sparring sessions caught on camera in the fast few nights along with some young bucks chasing does. Things are ramping up and its getting frisky in the woods.

Dont knock it to you try it...

Hmmmmmmmm... Look what FedEx just delivered!

Damn. Congrats!

Nope, I still havent caught anything. A little bit of a slow start to the season for me with only one sit so far. I was hoping to get out this morning but the rain had better ideas and scared me away. Im hoping in the upcoming week (tues or weds) that my schedule will change and I can get in the woods. I have been doing my best to get ahead with work so I have free time during prime time.

No doubt the past 24 hours have been the most active my cameras have been on the season so far. The typical doe/fawn pics along with a ton of buck pics. Bucks of all ages including a couple matures. 3 different buck sparring sessions. Im curious to see what the movement is during the first couple of hours of daylight. I did have one of my targets on camera yesterday morning in daylight.

Congrats everyone

The new set...

So I have multiple good bucks daylighting past one of my stands. Mostly PM visits during the daylight. There has been am visits but Im reluctant to hunt the mornings because Im not sure exactly where they are coming from and my approach is in that direction. The issue is I can only hunt the stand on a north wind. So today I went in and hung a new set about 60 yards away that I can hunt on a SW wind. I was hoping to get in there tonight but I past with the rain in the forecast.

No doubt a high probability morning... wishing I was in the woods instead of heading to work!

Damn the bucks were active overnight!!! I figured with the wind yesterday they would be. Cameras blew up after midnight!

Deer are on their feet and cameras have been firing off since about 4 am!

Bucks were moving last night! Since 730pm last night I have had 12 different bucks on camera including 2 matures. Pic is a couple of first racks bumping heads.

I got out of my stand yesterday at 717 and when I got to the truck I had a camera notification. So I sat and checked pictures before I left and one of my targets walked by the stand I just left at 730. I couldn't help but laugh. I guessed right this after but he just showed up late.

My Saturday afternoon view...

October 7 PM W wind 5-20 MPH Partly cloudy skies First sit for me in the NYS deer woods and it was a good one. Snuck into the stand at 230. That was pretty early but I knew I had a few branches that needed to be trimmed. Cameras were surprisingly slow yesterday. I figured with the cool temps deer would be active but apparently nope. By 445 does really starting moving. Around 615 or so I had a first year rack show up and walk by the stand at 28 yards. To my surprise he was being followed by a wide racked mature 8 pt. Of course he didnt follow the same path as the other deer and fed for about 30 minutes from me at 50 yards. Well by this time I am covered up in does including a bunch directly down wind. They were quiet uneasy and eventually blew and took off. The situation in the woods was very tense after that and I eventually watched the buck disappear back where he came from. Great night 25+ deer (2 bucks including one shooter)

Cameras have been silent since this morning but at 6pm the started firing off

Does have been on their feet since 445 and slowing dumping into the adjacent field

Seems like the perfect afternoon to stick a buck...

Live from the NY deer woods!!! Looking forward to my first sit in the NYS whitetail woods for 2023!

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It is. The problem I have with that time of year is Im not willing to give up my time at my home properties to hunt out of state then. However 2 seasons ago I hunted that exact time there because I was tagged out here in NY.

14000+ acres in SE Ohio so no lack of good bucks. 3 of the bucks that were shot were "new" bucks for the outfitter.