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Congratulations to both of you! That's awesome 

Guppy,

     That's awesome, man. Nothing better than getting the kids involved. Don't be ashamed of any deer, we all decide what we want to take and that's what's nice about it. You made the decision and made a good shoot. Kudos and congrats!!

34 minutes ago, Guppy35 said:

Finally connected with a buck yesterday morning.  Although he isn't the biggest buck, there were several factors that lead to me deciding to take the shot.  I took Monday and Tuesday off from work to hunt, and i told my oldest son (7 years old) that if i happened to kill a buck in the morning either of those days, i would pull him out of school to help track it.  Between that, limited time to hunt the rest of bow season, and the fact that i had my new Tactacam Solo camera on my bow, i decided i was going to let an arrow fly.  I was sitting along the edge of a corn field that was partially chopped the day before by my father-in-law.  At about 7:30, he came wandering through along the edge of the corn field.  I quickly turned my Tactacam on as i saw him approaching, and drew back as he crossed behind some pine branches.  I stopped him broadside at 12 yards and made a good shot on him.  He turned 90° and ran down through the corn field about 50 yards before staggering and falling over.

 

After that i kept my promise and got my oldest son out of school and him and my 4 year old helped me "track" it.  Their excitement and reaction after finding the buck just reaffirmed my decision to take him was the right one!  As others have said on here, not my biggest bow buck, but one of the most memorable ones.  The tactacam video turned out awesome, but the file is too large to load.

 

The last few weeks have been pretty awesome, between sitting in the stand with my daughter trying to get her 1st archery deer and spending time with my 2 "boys" in the field has been special.  Some pheasant hunts that turned out great (including the hunt with Matt and Gunner) and yesterday for woodcock was excellent. There is something so special about watching these Griff's point, work and retrieve. The one picture I will add was when I was standing talking to 3 guys after I shot my limit of pheasants at a local club and these 2 chuckars walk threw the parking lot and he creeps up to point them... Enjoy !

Haven't had my bow out yet but we've been in the woods the last few days and it's starting to heat up. My daughter is 12 and it's all about her this year!! Last night was the 1st good encounter with a stud, 135" within 20 yards but no shot. 3 other bucks were seen too.. Monday night she watched a buck clean a scrape violently and was at full draw twice on smaller bucks but they came in behind us and no shot. Her time is coming... I hope!  Last night it was soggy and no complaints, we got home and she told her mom "that was awesome"   

Good luck boys, it's coming

20 hours ago, whaler1 said:

2019

2021

He's awesome. Hope you get him

1 hour ago, Hobo said:

Something I learned in Mexico . Get some zip locks a 5 gallon bucket of water. Put your venison in the bag then lower the bag into the water up to the seal. Seal it shut Presto a vacuum seal!


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Same thing I learned fishing the keys 

Stud buck, congrats!  Way to get us all started...

thanks for the invite, buddy. Great to finally meet you and gunnar! What a great day,  Blaze hasn't pointed anything but flies and grasshoppers this summer, lol. Gunnar went from a boy to a man today in no time, that was awesome!! glad Blaze Could help be a part. That last retrieve and double point was amazing! Truly some special pups... 

That's so unfortunate! I think that's only 1 of a few counties that didn't approve this..  continue to take things away from our youth, unreal. 

Awesome buddy, Let's get the boys together!

He's looking good!  Absolutely hunt him, Time for him to be rewarded for his hard work.. Woodcock are great for them, they follow normal migration but when I start  booting them going in and out of the deer stand is when I focus our time

Couldn't happen to a better guy! That is one of the best looking browns from the lake I've seen. 

So, your opposed to all of the new laws?

All about the kids!! , finally.. 

Nice job buddy. I'll take a medium and a large for Cortni and I. 

Pm sent

Thanks guys. I did not score him, taxidermist gave me a rough score of 158". Personally, I believe he is higher than that. Regardless, still a great deer and couldn't be happier for her. 

My wife got her buck back last week and as usual it looks great 

That's incredible! What a beautiful fish...

Nice job buddy!! That's a stud

Looks like it was on Monroe County legislatures agenda for May 25th!

I was just searching for Monroe County earlier, still nothing posted.....

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Chautauqua County passed this as well!

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Not on the water but I raised my coffee for him. My condolences

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If you can't catch a ride there, Oak Orchard is not too far out of the way = Yankee Troller

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Good research!! How about Chautauqua county? Thanks for your help

Did some research, looks like Wayne County is having a public hearing on it June 15th.  Ontario County may have it on their agenda tonight.