2022-2023 Hunting Season

[1075tech]

Season is right around the corner. Post up your pictures, stories etc.

What did you get? Where? With what?

For me, bow season opens Sept 10 but I'm no where near ready.

My combo hunting/fishing license gives me the opportunity for 2 bucks, 4 antlerless, 2 male/bearded turkey and fishing.

 

[Acer-m14]

looking for a bull bar for the PT Cruiser for just in case .. LOL .

i still need to hit the town clerk to get my tags ..

i do bow .. but not really into it .. i hate sitting in one spot all day ..

reg season .. gunna have to take out the Russian M44 again ..

 

[mca90guitar]

Can't wait. We planted a few nice food plots this season. Corn, turnips, clover etc ..... Got a late start and we never planted shit before so it was interesting figuring that out, must have did something right since the fields are looking good. Just put up another box blind on friday in a different part of the property they like to run.

There are a few real nice bucks hanging out in the area. My cousin shot a nice one last year that grossed 160" and had a net score a little over 140". There is another buck that is bigger than him still hanging out in the area.

Should be a good season by the looks of things.

 

[1075tech]

I had a nice 6 in the yard early July. Haven't seen him since. Doe come through early morning it seems now.

I think they've changed their pattern a little, going across the neighbor's yard and then down to the creek the next road over. I still have tracks in the yard and trails off the driveway.

I haven't seen any rubs but maybe too early for that?

 

[Saltwater60]

I’m hopeful. I cleared some lanes this year so I get some better views and the creek didn’t overflow so many times this year the golden rod is all around my stand. The deer come there to bed down but last year it was all dead. I also have two guys up the hill that are now hunting so hopefully they will get the deer moving around and push some my way. What would always happen is the entire mountain up the hill was vacant and if I spooked any deer they would never come back my way. Essentially I have an area where they sleep and no food so they leave and never come back. I plan to add some food, but there is no where open for me to plant plots and I need to add some food trees. The apple trees are bare this year because of how dry it was though.
I ordered some scent drillers and last year where I hear all the deer bleating I know I’ve a clearing for a blind and I should be able to sneak in there quietly.

 

[S&W Fan]

I got all my tags, Archery/muzzle loader , reg. Season , turkey , fishing and both DMP doe tags. It gonna be a good season !

 

[Saltwater60]

I got all my tags, Archery/muzzle loader , reg. Season , turkey , fishing and both DMP doe tags. It gonna be a good season !

I skipped a turkey tag this year since I never get out. I just didn’t feel like kissing away $10 to NYS. I also skipped trapping since no beavers moved in since the creek was so dry.

 

[Acer-m14]

i don't get the Turkey tag .. only time i see them is when im bow hunting deer and rattle some antlers and 10 mins later i get this BS .. LOL ..

i called out a flock of turkeys from the woods to the farm field ..

im sitting under a pine tree looking over the hay field ..

from what i could count there was 18 of them pissing me off .. LOL ..

 

[camper4lyfe]

Thanks for the reminder. Just ordered my DMPs.

My oldest was asking about taking him turkey hunting. I had to tell him that I can't because 1) I don't know where to do it, and 2) no clue HOW to do it.

 

[Saltwater60]

Thanks for the reminder. Just ordered my DMPs.

My oldest was asking about taking him turkey hunting. I had to tell him that I can't because 1) I don't know where to do it, and 2) no clue HOW to do it.

Who cares just take the kid and learn together. Hell I managed to fuck imo enough to be able to shoot a turkey once. To me it’s about finding them and if they are around in the fall make a few simple calls and they will come. I don’t have many around where I hunt lately so I have given up on it. The year I hunted and got one there was droppings, feathers, and footprints all over. First light three trees loaded with them started calling and flocking together and there must have been 45 birds. I stalked one and shot it.

 

[camper4lyfe]

Who cares just take the kid and learn together. Hell I managed to fuck imo enough to be able to shoot a turkey once. To me it’s about finding them and if they are around in the fall make a few simple calls and they will come. I don’t have many around where I hunt lately so I have given up on it. The year I hunted and got one there was droppings, feathers, and footprints all over. First light three trees loaded with them started calling and flocking together and there must have been 45 birds. I stalked one and shot it.

Yeah, I know they roll through my parents' property once in a blue moon, as well as my extended family's property where I hunt. The hard part is the short attention span and wanting to be able to set up in a position to at least have a chance of at least seeing something.

If it were just me, I'd be all about just fucking around in the woods and hoping to get lucky. It wouldn't bother me a bit. Hell, that's how I currently trout fish lol

 

[S&W Fan]

I skipped a turkey tag this year since I never get out. I just didn’t feel like kissing away $10 to NYS. I also skipped trapping since no beavers moved in since the creek was so dry.

I enjoy hunting Turkey with my bow. I see The majority of turkeys when I’m bow hunting deer anyways.

 

[Saltwater60]

I enjoy hunting Turkey with my bow. I see The majority of turkeys when I’m bow hunting deer anyways.
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I don’t have a traditional bow so crossbow and turkey hunting do not cross paths. Maybe next year I’ll get a bow, but I doubt it.

 

[S&W Fan]

I don’t have a traditional bow so crossbow and turkey hunting do not cross paths. Maybe next year I’ll get a bow, but I doubt it.

You Could, if you chose to , use your crossbow to hunt turkey.
it might be a fun challenge.
Anyway, good luck with your endeavors this year !

 

[Saltwater60]

You Could, if you chose to , use your crossbow to hunt turkey.
it might be a fun challenge.
Anyway, good luck with your endeavors this year !

Sorry if I wasn’t clear but fall turkey ends 10/28 and crossbow doesn’t open until 11/5 from what I saw. They don’t overlap and my wife doesn’t like me gone so much. I’ll be gone for work the week before opening day of crossbow so it’s best I’m not gone the weekend before as well. Plus I hunt by myself with no cell service so my wife and parents get nervous and don’t like it. No one is around where I hunt so I do have to be careful.

 

[Acer-m14]

good luck to the FUDDS .. LOL ..

 

[Saltwater60]

good luck to the FUDDS .. LOL ..

They have begun selling again. I found 4-5 more boxes of 20 gauge slugs so I should be good.

 

[JamieZ]

A few Texas Twinkies, that my buddy shot. I went once

 

[JamieZ]

Did some fly swatting this morning.

 

[Acer-m14]

you would have gotten more if dressed up as a sexy gummy worm ... LOL

 

[Kent Goldings]

Why am I shooting virtual whitetails from my couch instead of real ones from a stand?

I broke my collarbone two weeks ago and I’m out-of-action for the next six-weeks. I probably have lost bow season. I’m not sure I’ll even be well enough to drag a carcass from the woods.

On the other hand, “Way of the Hunter” has really good terminal ballistics modeling.

 

[1075tech]

Why am I shooting virtual whitetails from my couch instead of real ones from a stand?

I broke my collarbone two weeks ago and I’m out-of-action for the next six-weeks. I probably have lost bow season. I’m not sure I’ll even be well enough to drag a carcass from the woods.

On the other hand, “Way of the Hunter” has really good terminal ballistics modeling.

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Hope you heal quickly.

 

[JamieZ]

Shot 25 birds this morning before getting kicked off the property. The son gave us permission, the father didn't know and supposedly he says who can hunt and who cant,,, even know the sons name is listed on the property. Son was like 55 and the father was 75. Dad calmed down after awhile once he realized it was their communication error. He had a wagon full of shit ready to spread on us and our vehicles

Birds were landing in the field when the ole man came out and more flocks were flying in. It was paradise. Birds were eating the manure that was spread.

The son got a reaming

 

[Saltwater60]

Shot 25 birds this morning before getting kicked off the property. The son gave us permission, the father didn't know and supposedly he says who can hunt and who cant,,, even know the sons name is listed on the property. Son was like 55 and the father was 75. Dad calmed down after awhile once he realized it was their communication error. He had a wagon full of shit ready to spread on us and our vehicles

Birds were landing in the field when the ole man came out and more flocks were flying in. It was paradise. Birds were eating the manure that was spread.

The son got a reaming

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Dad should be glad you got rid of some of those flying rats.

 

[Kent Goldings]

Four weeks after my collarbone fracture, I’m trying to get back into the swing of things. I went for a brief scouting in a nearby DEC MUA . As I’m able to shoot a little, I brought my stalwart 10/22 Sporter. The Sporter is mounted by a new Vortex 2-7x32 Crossfire II Rimfire. It replaces the beloved Nikon Prostaff 3-9x40 Rimfire that developed a shakey lens in the eye-piece. I was sad to let that scope go. But, I got a lot of mileage for a $110 scope. Nikon Prostaff were excellent budget scopes.

I took this critter from the top of a tree at about 40-yards with the rifle braced on a tree-trunk.

Squirrel moving through trees in September can be difficult to spot, but they do make the branches move in a manner that is “out-of-tune” with the rest of the branches, if that makes sense. It is subtle, but nearly always leads to a squirrel.

 

[camper4lyfe]

My neighbors have a lucky bastard of a woodchuck living under their shed. I got 2 shots at the thing on Saturday and missed (my .22 isn't terribly accurate), and almost had a 3rd shot yesterday.

I can't help but laugh, though; I'm shooting at it out the window of my son's bedroom.

 

[camper4lyfe]

Four weeks after my collarbone fracture, I’m trying to get back into the swing of things. I went for a brief scouting in a nearby DEC MUA . As I’m able to shoot a little, I brought my stalwart 10/22 Sporter.

I took this critter from the top of a tree at about 40-yards with the rifle braced on a tree-trunk.

Squirrel moving through trees in September can be difficult to spot, but they do make the branches move in a manner that is “out-of-tune” with the rest of the branches, if that makes sense. It is subtle, but nearly always leads to a squirrel.

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I definitely prefer late-season squirrel hunts, but you can't beat the early-season weather.

 

[Kent Goldings]

I definitely prefer late-season squirrel hunts, but you can't beat the early-season weather.

My bones argue with me to get outta bed in those colder mornings.

 

[Hillbilly77]

I’ll be climbing into my deer stand in 12 hours.

I‘ll barely sleep a wink tonight. The night before opening day, I am worse than a kid on Christmas Eve. I can’t fall asleep, I can’t stay asleep. And I love it.

 

[S&W Fan]

I’ll be climbing into my deer stand in 12 hours.

I‘ll barely sleep a wink tonight. The night before opening day, I am worse than a kid on Christmas Eve. I can’t fall asleep, I can’t stay asleep. And I love it.

Good to see you posting again. Good luck in the morning.
I won’t be able to get out until this weekend at the earliest.