Legacy -The 2025 Deer Season-

[Legacy]

[whaler1]

1 hour ago, Legacy said:

Well my kid scored on his second buck ever with a bow this past week. 

He saw this buck earlier in the week so we made a plan for him to go after it. We went through pictures and figured we had him patterned pretty good. He was a regular visitor on cam. We had a good idea on where he was bedded and we knew he was looking to fill his belly with acorns.  So we hung his saddle to intercept him a little closer to where he was going from the field and into the woods. That cold front settled in on Wednesday and he shot him at less than 10 yards on his first afternoon sit. Wide 2.5 year old.

 

Great job Hunter!

[Legacy]

[Gill-T]

Perfect redneck deer blind. Place curbside with deer carcass once deer butchering complete. 

[Legacy]

[whaler1]

Haven’t seen a scrape or rub yet in 8A or 8C. Have watched a few young bucks play a little but that’s all. 
It wont be long. 

[rolmops]

Today I saw an absolutely amazing beautiful white deer right in the middle of Brighton. It is in a place where I have walked every day for the past year and although there are a lot of deer in that place, there never was this white one before.. It either traveled north out of the the Seneca army depot or it has/had a human owner who decided to let it go. I suspect the latter. I'll try to get a few pictures if I see it again tomorrow.

Edited October 13, 2025 by rolmops

[GAMBLER]

Congrats Hunter! 

[dp]

12 hours ago, rolmops said:

Today I saw an absolutely amazing beautiful white deer right in the middle of Brighton. It is in a place where I have walked every day for the past year and although there are a lot of deer in that place, there never was this white one before.. It either traveled north out of the the Seneca army depot or it has/had a human owner who decided to let it go. I suspect the latter. I'll try to get a few pictures if I see it again tomorrow.

Wife n I saw 5 mature does together on Route 370 in Cato this past weekend and 3 of them were all white! Turned around to get a picture but they ran into the brush. Thought i saw some pink inside the ones ear but not fully sure. 

Not sure if they were albinos or Seneca Army deer.

Was very cool to see!

[HOLY DIVER]

Youth hunt success for my kid, her first deer! What an awesome experience to share with my daughter and buddy, she waited for him to stand still from bumping doe around and cracked him perfecty @ 200yd with the .243wssm. 

 

Edited October 15, 2025 by HOLY DIVER

[whaler1]

Fantastic!

[Legacy]

[fisherman21]

9 hours ago, HOLY DIVER said:

Youth hunt success for my kid, her first deer! What an awesome experience to share with my daughter and buddy, she waited for him to stand still from bumping doe around and cracked him perfecty @ 200yd with the .243wssm. 

 

So good! Congratulations to you both 

[mrzero]

Congrats.  A very nice first deer.

[Legacy]

New Science: Rubs and Scrapes Glow Like Highway Reflectors to a Deer’s Eyes

 

 

https://deerassociation.com/new-science-rubs-and-scrapes-glow-like-highway-reflectors-to-a-deers-eyes/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNe8vhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFnaTc5TnZKUEhPcVQ2cUoxAR5pFqB6WSF_iW94ehuoJ9J9cu5A7vEM5Rg2zPTEf9EHxxYQ-1nDbLNA_zd0Rg_aem_lVaxChibwhJvvkvTlYF8Vw

[Legacy]

Spent midday in the woods yesterday moving some things around. I searched for a spot to hang a new set along a field edge but it was unsuccessful due to the fact that every tree was a standing dead ash tree. I also had 4 cameras that I wanted to move. I felt they weren't "teaching" me anything so i moved them to have a new view. The one camera I hung a new vine scrape and it has been visited 6 times (bucks and does) since I hung it yesterday at noon. I love my mock scrapes and hanging vines are great way to install them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Legacy]

Here is some pics from another property in which I also installed a  vine scrape adjacent to my camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[machzrcr]

Well I've been quiet lately but I have been out every day. Only missed a couple sits!  Just nothing exciting yet..   did manage two good does so far with the regular bow.   And seen some nice looking 3 year olds.  Have a couple 4 year olds on camera but they are nothing special 120-130" deer that  don't get me excited.  🤞 I find something on one of these properties that is worth shooting!   Did find one nice 140ish 10 on some public land!  Been after him a couple times!   Did help a buddy out the other nice who  night who shot a 9 point that scored 148!   That was a nice buck! 

Edited October 19, 2025 by machzrcr

[Gator]

6 hours ago, Legacy said:

Spent midday in the woods yesterday moving some things around. I searched for a spot to hang a new set along a field edge but it was unsuccessful due to the fact that every tree was a standing dead ash tree. I also had 4 cameras that I wanted to move. I felt they weren't "teaching" me anything so i moved them to have a new view. The one camera I hung a new vine scrape and it has been visited 6 times (bucks and does) since I hung it yesterday at noon. I love my mock scrapes and hanging vines are great way to install them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm glad to see you're staying busy and out of trouble. It's easy to fall into that "I shot a buck on my first sit" melancholy.

[whaler1]

7 hours ago, machzrcr said:

Well I've been quiet lately but I have been past every day. Only missed a couple sits!  Just nothing exciting yet..   did manage two good does so far with the regular bow.   And seen some nice looking 3 year olds.  Have a couple 4 year olds on camera but they are nothing special 120-130" deer that  don't get me excited.  🤞 I find something on one of these properties that is worth shooting!   Did find one nice 140ish 10 on some public land!  Been after him a couple times!   Did help a buddy out the other nice who  night who shot a 9 point that scored 148!   That was a nice buck! 

You’ll get it done. You always do. 

[machzrcr]

16 hours ago, whaler1 said:

You’ll get it done. You always do. 

I hope so I'm nervous haha !  There was one buck who made it last year I did find his sheds.   I have my heart set on him, really hoping he shows up,  he should be a STUD this year! He was over 150 last year.   

[Legacy]

Some awful weather has moved into NY this weekend and looks to be here all week. A couple of notable time periods that stick out to me are ...

 

Tues morning

Kind of a calm in the middle of the storm. 2+ days of warm temps, wind, and rain. about 12 hours of great conditions. 

temp= 44 

wind= south 8mph

sky cover= clear

pressure= 29.92 

 

Friday Afternoon

Looks like that rain will finally let up on Friday. However it depends on the wind... right now the forecast says 16 mph

 

Saturday Morning

After the storm

temp= 42

wind= south west 6mph

sky cover= partly cloudy

pressure= rising to 30.32 (by 9am)

[whaler1]

I agree about Tuesday morning. Looking forward to it!

[Legacy]

57 minutes ago, whaler1 said:

I agree about Tuesday morning. Looking forward to it!

 

Im curious to see how cameras are during this front vs those "better mornings" 

[Smat64]

Be careful out there. Few ash trees fell in the wind and lots of tops down. The walk in the dark could be interesting. 
 

cameras have some does so far and it feels nice out. Good luck.